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Classes Shuttered In Montreal

CBC | Posted 10.28.2012 | Canada

The University of Montreal has suspended classes in the departments that have been targeted by student protesters since Monday, when a winter make-up ...

Only Select Media Welcome At Crucial Student Vote

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.07.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - A group of Quebec students voting on whether to return to school, a decision that could hold far-reaching political consequences, is limiti...

Won't Wear Red Square

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 08.20.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - Pauline Marois's little red square is being replaced by a blue fleur-de-lis.The square, which is the symbol of the student protest movement...

Heil Hyperbole! Montreal Protesters Are Fighting the Gestapo!

Supriya Dwivedi | Posted 08.13.2012 | Canada Politics
Supriya Dwivedi

The student protest movement has been rife with hyperbole and misconstrued comparisons since its inception. Thus, it should in fact come as no surprise that the protesters have now taken to making links between the Montreal police and the Nazi regime. In a picture that went viral, students are shown to be giving the Nazi salute.

Talks Hit A Wall: Student Leader

Posted 07.30.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL -- Negotiations between students and the provincial government have hit a wall, student leaders said Wednesday evening as they returned to a ...

How do You Like it Now, Boomers? You're to Blame for the Quebec Protests

Joshua Ostroff | Posted 07.29.2012 | Canada Politics
Joshua Ostroff

Canada's baby boomer-run media has been pretending that Quebec's student protests are only about tuition, when that's merely symbolic of the boot the older generation is placing upon the necks of their kids.

Why Don't Student Groups Protest Outside Of Quebec?

CP | Brian Platt, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.28.2012 | Canada

VANCOUVER - When a six-year tuition freeze was lifted in British Columbia in 2002, causing tuition at most universities to double over the next three ...

No, The Student Protest Is Not Just About Tuition

Larry Rousseau | Posted 07.23.2012 | Canada Politics
Larry Rousseau

Contrary to what is claimed repeatedly in the mainstream press, students are not saying that they should not pay their "fair share" for education and let the province sink into debt. In the context of the strike, where one stands on the above public financing options is certainly important, but it is ultimately of secondary significance.

Emergency Law A Major Bust : Opposition

CBC | Posted 07.22.2012 | Canada Politics

Quebec's opposition parties have taken aim at the Charest government for failing to restore order in the streets of Montreal, charging th...

A Timeline Of The Student Protest

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 07.22.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - A timeline of events in the tuition dispute between the Quebec government and student federations, which has sparked 100 days of unrest in ...

Olympic Bid Imperiled?

CP | Martin Ouellet, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.22.2012 | Canada Politics

QUEBEC - The president of the International Olympic Committee diplomatically sidestepped the question Tuesday of whether student strife in Quebec coul...

Students Slam Law, Call For New Talks

CBC | Posted 07.17.2012 | Canada

Quebec's legislature has gathered for a late-night debate on emergency education legislation Thursday night, as student protests were hel...

Emergency Law In Quebec As Semester Canceled

CP | Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.16.2012 | Canada

The Quebec government has announced plans to suspend the current academic session for striking students in an attempt to restore order in a province p...

Students Overwhelmingly Reject Deal

CBC | Posted 07.11.2012 | Canada

The votes are in, and all three of the largest student groups in Quebec have rejected the tentative agreement reached with the Liberal go...

Heavy-Handed Police Contributing To The Problem?

CP | Nelson Wyatt, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.07.2012 | Canada

MONTREAL - Some people are lashing out at Quebec police in the wake of violent confrontations in which several protesters were injured, including one ...

End To Quebec Student Strike Near?

CBC | Posted 07.05.2012 | Canada Politics

Quebec's education minister said she has reached an "agreement in principle" to potentially end the province's student strike launched th...

Why the Media Hate-On for Quebec Students?

J.J. McCullough | Posted 07.02.2012 | Canada
J.J. McCullough

2012-04-27-mediabitesreal.jpgTwo quiet professors in yesterday's Globe and Mail drew upon that rarest resource in opinion writing (actual evidence). They noted one of the great unspoken truths about post-secondary education in Canada: the leading variable determining whether kids attend university or not is usually cultural pressure within one's social class -- not cost. For some reason, asking university-educated journalists to analyze politically active university students rarely yields these sorts of conclusions, however.

"Maple Spring?" Seriously, Students?!

Supriya Dwivedi | Posted 06.26.2012 | Canada
Supriya Dwivedi

Once again, the boycotting students took to the streets of Montreal last night in protest of tuition hikes. Once again, Montrealers are subject to broken glass and a shattered downtown core. And once again, the student leaders of the organization refuse to take any responsibility or action for what they have unleashed on our beautiful city.

More Protests As Clock Runs Down On Academic Year

CBC | Posted 06.10.2012 | Canada

The head of Quebec's Federation of CEGEPs said Tuesday that the window to save the academic year is closing fast at junior colleges, wher...

Thousands On Strike Over Quebec Tuition Hikes

CP | Posted 02.13.2012 | Canada

MONTREAL - Quebec students are hitting the bricks, not the books, to protest tuition-fee increases. A series of strikes will be carried out over th...