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Anti Racial-Profiling Event

Click Here To Download Audio. On March 21, the CSU Legal Information Clinic hosted a discussion and workshop concerning legal nuances in cases of racial profiling in policing. Businessman Joel Debellefeuille gives a testimony of his Driving While Black experiences, and of subsequent interactions with courts, the Police Ethics Commissioner, and the Human Rights and […]

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Old Trees Matter

Source: Sauvons la falaise facebook page Download here  On March 29th, the association Sauvons la Falaise organised a peaceful gathering to protest against the decision of the owner of the Meadowbrook Golf course in Cote Saint Luc to cut down old silver maple trees. This event is part of the association’s general fight for the preservation of […]

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Living on the Streets: Toronto vs MTL

https://archive.org/download/RealDeRealEnMp3/Real%20de%20real%20en%20mp3.mp3 https://archive.org/embed/RealDeRealEnMp3“>Download here On March the 15th, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) officially released its report Out in the Cold on the state of the Toronto shelter system . The study’s findings are based on numerous interviews with service users and workers. It points out to a shelter system in crisis, plagued by constant overcrowding, […]

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Artist and Refugee Speaks: Islamophobia, Intersectionality, and Integration in Canada

Click here to download. CKUT correspondent Claudia Edwards spoke with a queer Muslim refugee from Iran about his personal experiences with cyberbullying, and with xenophobia, Islamophobia and homophobia while living in Canada. The difficulties that come with the integration process, along with the services and kinds of support that would help to better serve the refugee community, […]

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Non-Status Women Haunt Justin Trudeau’s Office: “We Don’t Exist”

  Click here to download audio. This past Friday the Collective of Non-Status Women of Montreal held a public “haunting” outside of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s constituency office, right across the street from Jarry metro. Since delivering a letter to his office last November, appealing for amnesty while describing their extreme precarity as women and […]

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Education Across Borders denounces Bill 86

Source: http://collectifeducation.org/?lang=en Bill 86, an Act to modify the organization and governance of school boards, is currently being debated in Quebec’s National Assembly.  Migrant justice activists are raising the alarm, saying that the Bill will maintain discrimination in access to public schools, as undocumented migrant youth are still being denied the right to study for […]

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March 5th: International Women’s Day Conference 2016

Click here to view full playlist or download individual presentations.   The International Women’s Day Conference was held March 5, 2016 at Concordia University, and marked the 41st annual celebration of Women’s day and the march held on March 8th. International Women’s Day was only officially recognized by the U.N. in 1975. The conference was put together […]