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Concordia Recognizes Students’ Strike, Cancels Classes on Monday

Jonathan Caragay-Cook – Updated March 22, 2015 at 11:24am

Concordia University will cancel classes for one faculty and two departments whose student associations voted to strike on Monday, March 23, according to a press release by Provost and VP Academic Affairs, Benoit-Antoine Bacon.
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Philosophy Grads Join the Strike

Jonathan Caragay-Cook & Michelle Pucci – Published March 20, 2015

Graduate students in the philosophy department voted to strike alongside philosophy undergrads on March 23 and from March 26 to April 2.
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Student Associations Protected in Quebec Ruling

Michelle Pucci – Published March 20, 2015

Two students from Université de Laval in Quebec City lost their court battle against the law governing student associations on Thursday.
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Community and Public Affairs and Women’s Studies Students Vote to Strike

Josh Fischlin – Published March 20, 2015

Two more student associations voted to strike against the Liberal government’s austerity measures at their respective general assemblies on Thursday evening.
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Protest Season is Here

Jonathan Caragay-Cook – Published March 20, 2015

Approximately 100 demonstrators in downtown Montreal denounced austerity at one of the first protests of the upcoming “spring” season.
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It’s Election Time?

Michelle Pucci & Josh Fischlin – Updated March 19, 2015 at 12:41pm

The Concordia Student Union’s election campaigns kicked off today.

Except they didn’t really.
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Geography Students Become the Fourth to Strike

Jonathan Caragay-Cook – Published March 18, 2015

The Geography Undergraduate Student Society (GUSS) voted to strike against austerity on two separate days Wednesday afternoon. The protests will take place March 23 and April 2.
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Concordia Food Coalition in Negotiations to Buy Burritoville

Michael Wrobel – Published March 18, 2015

The Concordia Food Coalition is currently involved in negotiations to buy Burritoville, a restaurant on Bishop Street that serves no-meat tacos, burritos and quesadillas using organic and locally grown ingredients.
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Liberal Arts Students Vote to Strike

Jonathan Caragay-Cook – Published March 17, 2015

The Liberal Arts Students (LAS) voted to strike against austerity at a general assembly Tuesday afternoon. The strike will take place from April 1 to April 2.
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Canadian Doctors Speak Out for Refugee Health Care

Brandon Johnston – Published March 17, 2015

The changes made it so that those in the process of seeking refugee status would receive no medication coverage or any supplemental services.