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NewsMcGill’s 15th Annual Pow Wow Pushes Powerful Message
“When we dance, we pray,” said 61-year-old Sedalia Kawennotas, an Elder Woman from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory. “Each and every step of these dancers is a prayer for North Dakota. It’s a prayer for our Sioux brothers and sisters—that their waters are safe, that the pipeline doesn’t go through.”
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NewsMarc Garneau Directly Addresses Citizens on Climate Change
The event drew sometimes sharp criticism of the Trudeau government’s approach to the environment, while some audience members took the time to express their gratitude for the consultation.
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NewsDespite Progress, Frigo Vert Still Not Fully Wheelchair Accessible
Since the move, the non-profit health food store has installed a ramp inside the space for wheelchairs, but Frigo Vert collective member Maria Forti said that there are “quite a few more things [Frigo Vert] could do.”
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NewsTRAC Negotiates New Pay Grades With Concordia
TRAC executives announced that Concordia agreed to increased, more uniformed pay grades at a general assembly on Wednesday night.
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NewsFirst Nations Activists Weigh in on Canada’s Climate Battle
“The reason why we’re having this event is because we believe that Indigenous communities are the people doing the most important work and have been doing so for many years,” said Sustainable Concordia External and Campaigns Coordinator, Isabella Harned. “We’re creating this space to listen, learn and follow.”
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NewsConcordia Establishes Response Team for Victims of Sexual Violence
The new sexual violence policy establishes a group known as the Sexual Assault Response Team which will quickly convene in the event of sexual violence on campus.
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NewsAVEQ General Coordinator Resigns
Only three months after beginning his mandate, Association for the Voice of Education in Quebec, or AVEQ General Coordinator, Jean-René Leblanc Gadoury, has resigned due to personal reasons. Members found out about the resignation on Sept. 9.
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NewsCaribou Legs Runs for the Missing
Caribou Legs has spent the last few months running across Canada to honour and raise awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Having begun in Vancouver in May, he stopped in Montreal on Friday, Sept. 9 for a conference at Concordia.
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NewsHoma Hoodfar: A Global Effort
The conference, which was held at Concordia on Sept. 7, brought to light the great impact Hoodfar’s imprisonment had on her personal relationships, her fragile health, and the state of global academic freedom.
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NewsAddressing Equity at Concordia
C-FAR is leading an effort to collect relevant data that will help form a clearer picture of the scope of misrepresentation and toxicity at the university.
