courtesy of wikipedia
photographer: Pierre-Alain Gouanvic
march 22 2012 demonstration
democracy now! has an overview here of the student protests in québec, including an interview with student organizer Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and assistant professor Anna Kruzynski, a member of Professors Against The Hike.
yesterday's arrest tallies now stand at 1,000 (excluding total arrest tallies since the strike began), and estimates for the 100th day demonstration now total over 400,000 montreal protesters.
more here from jesse rosenfeld with NOW news - an earlier piece on how the concept of free tuition has deep roots in québec.
courtesy of rebel youth magazine
jan 2012
"L'education est un droit!"
(Education is a right!)
and here, rebel youth magazine via the ontarion debunks myths about the québec student strikes. one of the most commonly dispensed myths is that the students shouldn't complain because they have the lowest tuition rates in the country. denise martins writes:
The fundamental flaw of this myth is its failure to analyze why Quebec fees are so low. The freeze in tuition fees, along with many other victories, are the result of mass mobilization on behalf of the student movement. A ten-year freeze was won in 1996 through a student strike in Quebec, and an attempt to convert student bursaries into loans in 2005 was stopped the same way. Students in English-speaking Canada have long been able to point to the Quebec model of accessibility where students graduate with a debt a fraction the size of those in other provinces. The erosion of Quebec students’ right to education will hurt our ability to demonstrate that alternatives are possible.
courtesy of free education montreal
from the mcgill daily commentary, nov 17 2011
"Fight For Your Right To Education"
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