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La Rentrée
It’s called la rentrée in France, where university students are attending classes in higher numbers than last year. Although French education is virtually free, a study published last month by a French student union found that financial pressures on students decrease their chances of success.
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Students Fight Census Ban
Montreal students are uniting in opposition to the federal government’s forthcoming ban of the mandatory long-form census.
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Sex and Sensibility
On Sept. 1, a coalition of health and women’s groups called for the provincial government to implement a comprehensive sex education course in Quebec high schools after new findings suggested the rates of sexually transmitted infections have skyrocketed among youth since the Ministry of Education stopped offering classes in 2001.
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‘Peanuts’
The union of Teaching and Research Assistants at Concordia ratified its first collective agreement with the university on Aug. 31, guaranteeing base salaries for Concordia TAs and RAs and solidifying the job descriptions of all three levels of TAs.
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Open Season on International Students
Faced with a strange city, a new language and unique laws, Concordia’s international students are falling victim to harassment and exploitation from landlords.
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Cooling the Sidewalks
Despite the MB building, home of the John Molson School of Business, being certified as having an environmentally friendly design, one passing Concordia alumnus spotted a crack in the structure’s environmental façade.
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A Leap of Faith
Montreal’s only Ahmadiyya Mosque is sandwiched between a bakery and a butcher shop north of the Metropolitan highway.
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Green Streets
The current state of downtown back lanes—often filled with garbage, broken shards of glass and other debris—is about to change for the residents and merchants of Hawarden Avenue and Souvenir Street. Things are about to get a whole lot greener.
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The Revolving Door?
During his last month in office, former Concordia Student Union President Amine Dabchy took a part-time job with the university’s department of alumni relations.
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‘Show Me the Money!’
Contract negotiations between Concordia University and the United Steelworkers union are scheduled to resume on Sept. 22.