Supriya Dwivedi

Last night marked a turning point in the Quebec student conflict, as police arrested over 500 protesters. This is the largest number of arrests made since the start of the conflict, which dates back to February. The police have come under constant attack for being heavy handed in...

Montreal was once again the stage for large-scale student protests on Tuesday. Just how large? Well, the protest was so large that when people go to McDonald's, instead of saying supersize it, they say "Mtl Protest it." OK, so maybe the "yo momma" style jokes haven't quite yet caught on...

For over four months a minority of post-secondary students have been boycotting their classes in an attempt to corner the government into brokering a deal with the student leaders over tuition increases. Up until recently the Liberal government has made three haphazard -- albeit, conciliatory -- moves.

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...

March 29 marked yet another student protest in Montreal over planned tuition hikes by the Quebec provincial government of $1625 over the next five years, which would still make Quebec's tuition among the lowest in Canada.

As the child of immigrants, I often find it...

Last month after a few too many drinks with a good girlfriend, I uttered the four words that are unthinkable to any feminist: Women don't deserve equality. My friend looked at me in shock, and demanded I explain myself. Between shots of tequila I managed to slur out my drunken...

I never really liked the Senate. I always thought it was akin to taking a pottery class: nice in theory, but a waste of time in practice. Except unlike the pottery class, which would just be a waste of my time, the Senate is a waste of my tax dollars...

Honour killings, polygamy, and a family wide cover-up. Once upon a time this would have led Canadians to think of far off and exotic places where only such a heinous crime could occur. Distressingly, however, it took place on Canadian soil.

In October 2009, Mohammad Shafia, his wife Tooba...

If ever there was any doubt about the potential for sensationalized Canadian journalism, this past week the doubt was put to rest. The Globe and Mail demonstrated the sad state of Canadian news reporting in a story about a lesbian couple seeking a divorce was convoluted into an...

This past federal election cycle, I struggled with which party to vote for. At the time the election was called, I had been a card-carrying Conservative for 10 months. I had always thought of myself as being Liberal, but recent late night political discussions with friends over pints of beer...

Harper and the Conservatives were elected to a majority government with next to no help from Quebec. As a result, the Tories have decided to rub it in Quebec's face. There is a long list of exemplifications of this, however, the most egregious of all the offences is the federal...

I am often asked about the socio-political climate at Université de Montréal, and I habitually fail to come up with an adequate response. For whatever the reason, I never seem to be able to put my disappointment in the perpetual disrespect towards minorities -- linguistic, racial or religious -- into...

The whole country is in mourning today. Mourning a man who brought charisma and charm to Canadian politics. Very few people could have managed to go out and campaign so soon after having hip surgery, cane in tow. Fewer still could have managed a brave visage and a voice full...

The last two weeks have proven to be a tumultuous time for Canadian politics as our nation learned of the tragic news of Mr. Layton's cancer and his consequential temporary leave as leader of the opposition. What we as a nation witnessed next was people from all walks of political...

For the last few weeks, the media has been rampant with outrage and defensiveness alike, on the matter that every Friday afternoon, an imam comes to Valley Park Middle School in Toronto to lead a prayer session lasting approximately 40 minutes during class...

Last month, the Thomson Reuters Foundation released the results of a survey which ranked India as the fourth worst place in the world for a woman to live. That's right; India is the world's largest democracy, an emerging economic superpower and is concurrently an atrocious place to...

Last week a 15-year-old girl, Sarah Benkiran, was told she could no longer referee for the Lac St. Louis Soccer Association. It wasn't because of her age, her qualifications as a referee or because of anything she did wrong. It was simply because she wears a hijab.

After having changed the channel from the Stanley Cup final to an old episode of Seinfeld once the score became a dismal 3-0 for Boston, I gave little thought to Vancouver and its fans. The reasons for this are twofold. First, the Seinfeld episode was the infamous dinner party episode,...

As a card-carrying Conservative who voted Liberal (in vain) this past election, I have no intention of renewing my Conservative membership. My justification can be brought down to its common denominator: no matter how fiscally conservative I may be, there are certain values I am not willing to compromise. Thus,...