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China’s crackdown draws support for boycott of Olympic Games this August

Anticipating the Bouchard-Taylor Commission’s upcoming report on the reasonable accommodation hearings, the Accommodate This! coalition of Montreal community, religious, and human rights groups released a… Read More »Accomodate This! releases counter-report

The Quebec government announced last Thursday that it would contribute an extra $250-million over five years to postsecondary education, garnering divided opinions from administrators and… Read More »SSMU, admin disagree on Quebec budget

Oil and Israel are responsible for the plight of Palestinians, according to Palestinian journalist Abdel al-Bari Atwan in a lecture titled “Palestine: The Way Forward”… Read More »Keep Canada neutral: Palestinian journalist

McGill and Concordia students hope to expand to include French universities

Corporate managers in the admin detract from collegial governance structure

Newly-acclaimed SSMU VP Finance & Operations Peter Newhook declared his resignation Monday, triggering a by-election to fill the position. Newhook claimed his resignation was motivated… Read More »SSMU calls by-election

Students organizing a two-day boycott of McGill’s corporate-run cafeterias next week are already running into institutional hurdles. Boycott organizers serving a Midnight Kitchen lunch outside… Read More »Students to boycott corporate cafs next week

Montrealers caught downtown near Berri Square and Place des Arts Saturday afternoon were witness to violent clashes between police and protesters during the 12th annual… Read More »Police and protesters clash at anti-brutality march

**[Correction appended] Algonquin speakers from the Barrière Lake community criticized the federal and provincial governments for meddling in their traditional governance, dishonouring land-use agreements, and… Read More »Algonquin community decries government meddling

A chain of 150 student demonstrators joined hands Tuesday to protest a court-approved temporary injunction on student protests at l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM),… Read More »UQAM strike persists through injunction

Famed Irish pub to get torn down, move to new location

SSMU mandate to defend student parents remains on backburner

Technological change may wreak greater consequences than we imagine, according to Professor Darin Barney, who presented the CKUT-Radio Training Days keynote address Friday night, entitled… Read More »Prof argues technology can stifle democracy

Sex work advocacy group Stella addresses students on Montreal’s sex industry