A special open-wi issue of wi: journal of mobile media on the Quebec student strike, the ongoing remarkable demonstrations and the odious bill 78.
By Kim Sawchuk with Owen Chapman, Alison Loader, Magda Olszanowski and Ben Spencer
It has been a scant three weeks since we first sent out a call for articles in response to Québec’s Bill 78 and the student strike.
At that time, the sweet sounds of the clanging of pots and pans dominated the nightly streets of our cities and towns. They have subsided in the wake of the increasing presence of riot police at public events in Montreal and Québec City.
By Katja R. Philipp and Annie Lalancette
A visual overview of the proposed funding plan for education
By Alison Reiko Loader, Kim Sawchuk, Malcolm Sutherland, Nancy Bouchard, Magda Olszanowski, Matt Soar, Owen Chapman and Scottmontreal
Two weeks ago open-wi sent out an open call for photographs and animation of the Quebec student protests and manifestations casseroles. Within one week we received the over 500 photographs, videos and animated images that form the Rouge ta rue video.
By Peter C. van Wyck
– being a very preliminary collection of notes and thoughts toward an abécédaire for young people, with particular reference to the conditions of life during the printemps érable
By Owen Chapman
By Murray Forman
As a university professor and former university student in Montreal, I am fascinated and, frankly, encouraged by the ongoing student protests that are rocking that city and Quebec.
As Montreal police chief Marc Parent stated, it is something “never before seen in Canada,” but we should not necessarily frame it in negative terms (despite the media fixation on the isolated violence of a minority of trouble-makers whose actions are inarguably pernicious). This is not an isolated battle in the streets of a great metropolitan city, but a battle for the soul of society and an attempt to wrestle priorities back to educating our youths so they can succeed as responsible citizens.
By Aziz Choudry
This is a discussion – one of many that will take place today – which would not be happening without the willingness of thousands of people to take to the streets, put their bodies on the line day after day, for months on end, and, at the time of this writing, with no apparent end in sight. For that, I am deeply grateful.