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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.
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News‘Drop the charges now’: Sit-in at McGill University in support of student protestors
Over 50 protesters performed a sit-in in front of the James Administration Building at McGill University on March 25. The sit-in was organized in response to criminal charges being placed on a group of 13 activists for Palestine who were arrested for occupying the same building in 2024.
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NewsConcordia to increase compulsory fees for Fall 2026
The Concordia Board of Governors approved two per-credit fee increases for students in another attempt to reduce the university’s stark deficit.
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NewsHundreds rally in Longueuil against police brutality
Around 300 demonstrators gathered in Longueuil to protest police brutality, call for abolition and denounce the killing of 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi by Longueuil police in September 2025.
