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  Students Decry Reductions Proposed for CSU Fee-Levy

  Solidarity Economy Incubator Shut Down by Council

  Miriam Lafontaine — Updated March 22, 2019 | Comments

  The group’s suggestion that $0.35 be removed from the fee-levy collected for the union’s Student Space, Accessible Education, and Legal Contingency Fund is sounding alarm for some.

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  Student March Halts at Ministry of Education, Unhappy with ‘Short Term’ Solutions

  General Assemblies Set to Take Place Friday

  Alexander Perez — Published March 22, 2019 | Comments

  For the second time in two days, students across Montreal partook in a march against unpaid internships. The demonstration was capped off by students coming to a halt in front of the office of the ministry of higher education.

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  Solidarity Economy Incubator Effectively Shut Down

  SEIZE Motion Not Reconsidered at CSU Council Meeting

  Erika Morris — Published March 21, 2019 | Comments

  After the Concordia Student Union council shut down the inclusion of a referendum question on creating a solidarity economy incubator in the regular elections last month, the motion was brought back to the table for reconsideration–and shut down–at a council meeting March 13.

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  Health Insurance for Concordia International Students Too Expensive

  International Students Pay Almost $1,000 More Than Canadian Students

  — Published March 21, 2019 | Comments

  For the upcoming 2019 General Elections, the Concordia Student Union will be asking for support through a referendum question to add an international student health plan to the union’s mandate.

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  Provincial Wide Strike Begins Ahead of CAQ Budget Reveal

  Chair of Concordia’s Journalism Department Supports Student Initiative

  Alexander Perez — Published March 18, 2019 | Comments

  Kickstarting their week-long strike against unpaid internships, students in the School of Community and Public Affairs and Journalism are joining about 35,000 student throughout the province.

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  Thousands Take to the Street to Demand Climate Justice

  Montreal Sees Largest Turnout for International Climate Change March

  Maya Amoah — Published March 18, 2019 | Comments

  Of the climate strikes simultaneously happening throughout Canada, the one in Montreal was the biggest. About 150,000 people, most being students, mobilized to demand change Friday afternoon.

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  Retraction: “Chez Doris to Foresee Almost 40,000 Women by March 2019”

  Article Removed Amid a Number of Factual Errors

  — Published March 17, 2019 | Comments

  On March 17, The Link published an article titled “Chez Doris to Foresee Almost 40,000 Women by March 2019.” The article has since been retracted amid a number of factual errors.

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  Police Brutality March Ends in Two Arrests, ‘No Injuries’

  23rd Annual Protest ‘No Justice, No Peace’

  Alexander Perez & Erika Morris & Elaine Genest — Published March 15, 2019 | Comments

  Pedestrians were urged to evacuate Sherbrooke St. as protesters smashed car windows, rolled dumpster fires down the street, and set off fireworks at the height of the 23rd annual anti-police brutality march.

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  Three JMSB Programs Will Face Tuition Hikes Starting Fall 2019

  Quebec, Out of Province, and International Students Will Experience Hikes Over Three Years

  Savanna Craig — Updated March 15, 2019 | Comments

  Three John Molson School of Business programs will experience tuition hikes which will increase over the next three years. This will be imposed on Quebec, out of province, and international students.

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  CSU Internal Coordinator Resigns Amid ‘Toxic’ Work Environment

  Princess Somefun Leaving Executive Team by End of Month

  Erika Morris — Published March 13, 2019 | Comments

  The Concordia Student Union’s Internal Coordinator Princess Somefun resigned at a council meeting Wednesday night due to a toxic environment.