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BDS: The Aftermath

Jonathan Caragay-Cook – Updated February 3, 2015 at 7:30am

Concordia Student Union asked the student body to approve the CSU’s support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The referendum question was changed the day before polling after the No side appealed to the Judicial Board. Chief Electoral Officer Andre-Marcel Baril suspended the ballot count a week later while he sought legal consultation.
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Land, Love and the Colonized

Mab Coates-Davies – Updated February 3, 2015 at 7:23am

Self-described “recovering academic” Leanne Betasamosake Simpson wove traditional Anishinaabeg stories about trust, racism and confidence together with narratives of Western education in a thought-provoking reading at First Voices Week.
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From Solitary to Solidarity

Josh Fischlin – Updated February 3, 2015 at 7:11am

From hunger strikes to alternative educational structures, the mass incarceration of Palestinians has led to a plethora of subversive modes of resistance—some tactical, others cultural.
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CSU Briefs

Michelle Pucci – Published February 3, 2015

Loyola office move expenses approved; general election nomination dates announced; advocacy centre to open in March
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Tuition Payment Deadline Extended

Michelle Pucci – Updated February 3, 2015 at 12:41am

The tuition fee deadline has been extended in response to confusion and minor glitches in the new “Student Centre” within the MyConcordia portal.
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Flock of Sheep Pledge to Follow Couillard Government

Griffin Wright-Brown – Updated February 2, 2015 at 10:16pm

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

Lydia Anderson – Updated February 2, 2015 at 4:47am

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”

Jonathan Caragay-Cook – Updated January 30, 2015 at 7:21pm

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

Griffin Wright-Brown – Updated January 28, 2015 at 4:50pm

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

Jonathan Caragay-Cook – Updated January 27, 2015 at 8:44pm

“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.