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Concordia Student Union Candidates Debate Ahead Elections

Slates Proposed Plans and Ideas for the Upcoming General Election

Elaine Genest — Updated March 27, 2019 at 6:42pm | Comments

Candidates for the upcoming Concordia Student Union general elections had their chance to go head-to-head to debate topics ranging from fee-levies to student engagement.
March Against Racism Calls Out CAQ’s Hijab Ban

Protesters Walk in Solidarity With Oppressed Minorities

Maya Amoah & Erika Morris — Published March 25, 2019 | Comments

In solidarity with anti-racist and anti-fascist movements of the city, the demonstration addressed the growing concern for oppressed minorities being discriminated against and the rise of the nationalist populism that fuels it.
Student Denounces ‘Illegal Arrest’ During Anti-Police Brutality March

Dominique Rémy Arrested and Fined Without Being Told Why

Erika Morris — Published March 25, 2019 | Comments

March 15 started off as a normal Friday for Concordia engineering student Dominique Rémy. Little did he know that evening he would be headbutted, tackled, and arrested outside of his school without explanation following this year’s anti-police brutality protest.
Students Decry Reductions Proposed for CSU Fee-Levy

Solidarity Economy Incubator Shut Down by Council

Miriam Lafontaine — Updated March 22, 2019 at 2:28pm | Comments

The group’s suggestion that $0.35 be removed from the fee-levy collected for the union’s Student Space, Accessible Education, and Legal Contingency Fund is sounding alarm for some.
Student March Halts at Ministry of Education, Unhappy with ‘Short Term’ Solutions

General Assemblies Set to Take Place Friday

Alexander Perez — Published March 22, 2019 | Comments

For the second time in two days, students across Montreal partook in a march against unpaid internships. The demonstration was capped off by students coming to a halt in front of the office of the ministry of higher education.
Solidarity Economy Incubator Effectively Shut Down

SEIZE Motion Not Reconsidered at CSU Council Meeting

Erika Morris — Published March 21, 2019 | Comments

After the Concordia Student Union council shut down the inclusion of a referendum question on creating a solidarity economy incubator in the regular elections last month, the motion was brought back to the table for reconsideration–and shut down–at a council meeting March 13.
Health Insurance for Concordia International Students Too Expensive

International Students Pay Almost $1,000 More Than Canadian Students

Elaine Genest — Published March 21, 2019 | Comments

For the upcoming 2019 General Elections, the Concordia Student Union will be asking for support through a referendum question to add an international student health plan to the union’s mandate.
Over 200 Students March Against Unpaid Internships

Student March Accompanied By Riot Police as Protest Ends Peacefully

Adrien Congourdeau — Updated March 21, 2019 at 11:06am | Comments

Ahead of the provincial government’s budget announcement, supporters of the cause gathered at Place Émilie-Gamelin on Wednesday night and took to the streets once again in an effort to continue to apply pressure on the provincial government to change their policies around internships.
Provincial Wide Strike Begins Ahead of CAQ Budget Reveal

Chair of Concordia’s Journalism Department Supports Student Initiative

Alexander Perez — Published March 18, 2019 | Comments

Kickstarting their week-long strike against unpaid internships, students in the School of Community and Public Affairs and Journalism are joining about 35,000 student throughout the province.
Thousands Take to the Street to Demand Climate Justice

Montreal Sees Largest Turnout for International Climate Change March

Maya Amoah — Published March 18, 2019 | Comments

Of the climate strikes simultaneously happening throughout Canada, the one in Montreal was the biggest. About 150,000 people, most being students, mobilized to demand change Friday afternoon.