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Flock of Sheep Pledge to Follow Couillard Government
A parade of people dressed as sheep led the way through the Berri-UQAM metro station, “baaaaa-ing” their support for Premier Philippe Couillard and making the station a scene of protest for austerity last Thursday.
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Raising Awareness and Funds for Syrian Children
Local Syrian activists called for more support in raising funds and awareness about the crisis faced by civilians and children in Syria at a panel discussion held at McGill last Thursday as part of UNICEF Week.
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“Decolonization is not an Aboriginal problem, it’s a Canadian one”
Kenneth Deer hasn’t read Bill C-33, the First Nation’s Control of First Education Act. “And I don’t intend to,” he musingly told an audience of approximately 100 people.
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Concordia Organization Helps Entrepreneurs Succeed
Getting started is often the toughest hurdle in the business world. District 3, Concordia’s startup incubator, was developed to help fledgling companies overcome that.
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Activist Reveals Hidden Military Ties Between Canada and Israel
“We’re all Palestinians.” These are the words of Jeff Halper, one of 191 Nobel Peace Prize nominees in 2006. Not only a sentiment of solidarity, this statement reflects the effects of Israeli military research on civil liberties in Canada, according to the Israeli academic and peace activist.
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Anonymity and Ethics in Video Games
Gamers, under the protection and comfort of anonymity, will often do things in video games that they would never do in real life.
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Piping Hot Resistance
Activists “piped up” Saturday night to raise awareness about the Energy East Pipeline and fundraise for the Unist’ot’en Camp, a hotbed of grassroots resistance fighting for indigenous peoples’ right to their land in British Columbia.
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Art in the Atrium
Gathered on the top floor of the Hall building, a small group of students sat quietly among shelves of plants, carefully cutting, pasting and glittering a fresh batch of artistic booklets.
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Hope Sprouts Eternal in Multidisciplinary Soil Panel
“The difference between soil and dirt is that soil is alive while dirt is dead.”
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Concordia Panel Explores the Work of Aboriginal Artists in the Digital Sphere
Can the digital realm exist as decolonized space? This was one of the topics discussed at last Friday’s panel discussion “Aboriginal Territories in Digital Space” in the EV building’s auditorium.