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Anti-Gentrification Groups Push For Community-Centred Spaces
In the 1970’s, the Lachine Canal closed, and the factories began to close with it. This created the context for the gentrification that is shaking the area today. The high-rise condos that tower over Griffintown, the expensive cafes that line Notre-Dame St., and the changing demographic of the borough are all bearing its symptoms.
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HIV/AIDS Lecture Highlights Montreal as Centre for Activism
Gary Kinsman, a retired Laurentian University professor, and Alexis Shotwell, a professor from Carleton University, visited Concordia on Thursday, Oct. 27. They presented their work, and announced the launch of a series of interviews with Montreal-based AIDS/HIV activists.
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NDG Panel Highlights Quebec’s Need to Move Forward
These “kitchen assemblies” and public consultations are taking place all around Quebec with a single goal in mind: to hear directly from Quebec residents about the changes they’d like to see in the province.
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Protesters March Notre-Dame Street to Push Back Against Gentrification
Tailed by a fleet of police cars, around 40 people marched along Notre-Dame St. on the afternoon of Oct. 29 protesting the gentrification sweeping Saint-Henri, and demanding a vacant building to repurpose into an autonomous space for the neighbourhood.
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New CSU Club Increases Indigenous Presence on Campus
A new CSU club, the Indigenous Students Council, is making its presence felt at Concordia by giving voice to disenfranchised Indigenous students and calling for real results, not boardroom objectives.
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99 Arrests At Climate Protest in Ottawa
Ninety-nine protesters were arrested and issued citations for trespassing from the RCMP for climbing police barricades.
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Divest Concordia to Start Campaign for CSU Mandate in Their Favour
Divest Concordia announced that they will begin campaigning on Nov. 1 to encourage students to vote in favour of the Concordia Student Union taking an official stance in support of Divest Concordia.
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CSU Opposes Rumoured International Tuition Hikes for Deregulated Programs
The Concordia Student Union is looking to hire a contracted student campaigner to advocate against possible tuition hikes for international students in deregulated programs.
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Thousands March to Put an End to Rape Culture
Protesters gathered at Place Émilie-Gamelin downtown to show their support to victims of sexual assault.
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Seventh Annual Vigil for Victims of Police Killings Continues
Grey skies and freezing rain on Oct. 22 didn’t deter Bridget Tolley from attending a vigil to commemorate the death of her mother 15 years ago.