Articles by Pierre Chauvin
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Week 14: Still In The Streets
New Education Minister, More Protests
After 14 long weeks, the Quebec student strike continues to rattle the province.
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Cost of an Occupation
McGill Admin Reveals #6party Racked Up $141K Tab
It’s been almost two months since the James Building occupation at McGill University ended, but the party isn’t over just yet. An Access to Information request submitted by The Link revealed that the #6party occupation came with a #6figure…
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Hard Line From Admin
A Ban at McGill, Alleged Assault at ConU
Concordia Security is under fire after one of their personnel allegedly hit a student on Monday morning.
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Political Science Students Vote to Strike
A strike motion asking students not to go to class was passed during the PSSA General Assembly this afternoon.
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This Week in Protests
Several Rallies Result in Violence
March 7 and 8 were busy days for protesters, as the causes of tuition, police brutality, and women’s rights were all represented in four different events within 24 hours.
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Riot Cops End Student Vigil
Protesters Gather After Student Allegedly Hit by Stun Grenade
A student vigil was violently broken up by riot cops near Berri-UQAM the night of March 7.
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Student Tuition Protest Ends in Violence
Riot Police Stop Attempted Occupation of CREPUQ Offices, Student May Lose Eye
A large impromptu student protest against tuition hikes moved through Montreal’s busy downtown streets March 8.
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PSSA Strike Cancelled Amid Controversy
Questions Surrounding GA Lead to Calls for Exec Impeachment
Early Tuesday morning, the Political Science Student Association sent an email to its membership informing them that the strike motion was to be cancelled until further notice.
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Nah’msayin?
It came to my attention last week, in the wake of the tragic death of the escalators in the Hall Building (requiescat in pace) that a certain number of Concordia students don’t know how to use a pretty basic, time-honoured human invention—the stairs.
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What Occupation?
#6party Ends at McGill
After five days of occupying the James Building, the #6party-ers were evicted Sunday morning.
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Occupy McGill Enters 4th Day
#6party People Yet to Negotiate With Admin Over Demands
The occupation on the 6th floor of the James Administration building has now entered its third day.
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Familiar Territory
McGill Administration Building Occupied—Again
Approximately 20 students occupied the 6th floor of the McGill administration building Feb. 7, calling it a “surprise resignation party” for Deputy Provost Morton Mendelson.
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CUTV, Inc.
Confusion Reigns as Campus TV Station Incorporates
CUTV, Concordia’s television station, took the first steps towards restructuring itself and gaining some independence from the Concordia Student Broadcasting Corporation, the umbrella organization that oversees CUTV and radio station CJLO.
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Let the Sun Go Down
Last week, the Sun News Network reported that the Francophone branch of the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Radio-Canada, was using taxpayer money to air so-called “pornography.”
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McGill Admin Rejects Referendum
Students May Have to Vote on CKUT and QPIRG’s Fate Again
McGill’s radio station, CKUT, and the McGill-operated Quebec Public Interest Research Group might be fighting for their lives after a student-wide referendum keeping them afloat has been rendered inadequate by the university’s administration.
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Nah’msayin?
Stop Sucking Up to Profs!
You’re in school trying to follow your class/not fall asleep. And then, that student—you know the one—raises his /her hand.
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McGill Riot Report
Sixty-Page Security Scrutiny Released
Almost two months after the events of Nov. 10, when riot police physically dispersed students on the McGill University campus after the anti-tuition hike protests, a report on the incident authored by Dean of Law Daniel Jutras has been released.
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Let the Press Pass
SPVM Fails to Recognize Non-Mainstream Media
I went to Occupy Montreal as a reporter from The Link. I was covering the event for a legitimate publication, bearing a Link press pass as proof I was doing so.
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Little Black Box
McGill, Pepper Spray and the Arab Spring
Last week as I was perusing the Internet, I came across the writings of third-year McGill Student Teddy Weinstein on the National Post’s Full Comment blog.
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Aftermath of a Mutiny
Students Condemn University Actions at “We Are All McGill”
An estimated 1,000 McGill students participated in an open-air discussion and general assembly on Nov. 14, designed for members of the community to talk about the recent altercation between students and riot police on campus.