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NewsCSU approves $36,000 in funding for student-led initiatives
The Concordia Student Union passed eight motions during their regular council meeting on April 8. These included $16,000 toward a Palestine and Lebanon solidarity fund and $10,000 for the Spinach Collective.
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NewsIn conversation with Aaron Maté
The Link sat down with journalist Aaron Maté to reflect on his experiences in student activism at Concordia University. Maté shared what he believes are the ongoing challenges for the Palestinian movement and how students can continue to advocate for Palestinian rights.
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NewsStudents and professors raise concerns over limited Concordia design labs access
As a shortage of staff limits access to Concordia University’s design labs, some fear that a decline in program resources could affect the long-term quality of the department.
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NewsAdvocacy groups call for boycott of Concordia Azrieli Institute
The Concordia Student Union (CSU) and Students for Palestine’s Honour and Resistance (SPHR) Concordia are pushing an academic boycott against the university’s Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies. The boycott of the institute would function as an extension of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) motions the CSU adopted in 2025.
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NewsIranian Montrealers grapple with communication crackdown in Iran
In Iran, as ordinary lives are upended by war, cities are hit by military strikes and communication lines are collapsing, families abroad in Montreal wait in silence to hear from loved ones back home.
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NewsLabour advocates call for unionization of incarcerated workers
Federal inmates in Canada are not legally considered employees and are often coerced into working in dangerous conditions for little pay. An ex-inmate is fighting for prisoners’ right to unionize, which would allow them to collectively bargain for better conditions.
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NewsThe rise of student gig work
Three student gig workers—a sex worker, YouTuber and a babysitter—weigh the pros of gig work’s flexibility against the cons of income instability and job insecurity.
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NewsConcordia prayer rooms future uncertain
Bill 9, an expansion to the 2019 secularism legislation, Bill 21, would force Concordia to shut down prayer rooms if signed into law. Bill 21 is currently being challenged in the Supreme Court of Canada, with critics saying it limits freedom of religion in the province.
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NewsAntisemitism committee quits Concordia task force against racism
Close to two years after the announcement of the Standing Together against Racism and Identity-based Violence (STRIVE), its antisemitism subcommittee quit and pro-Palestine Jewish professors are speaking out.
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NewsHundreds of Montreal students participate in march against austerity
Hundreds of students from across Montreal marched against austerity and education cuts as part of a week of action that saw 65,000 Quebec students go on strike.
