Tag: protest

Democratic Culture and the Culture of Fear

DAVID WADDINGTON, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, EDUCATION https://doi.org/10.65968/TBTD1626   Sound the alarm and head for the underground shelters: a grave new threat to civil society has arisen in Québec. Fred Pellerin (see terror-inspiring mug shot above), whose main activities up until now…

Anarchopanda’s Soft Subversions

ALANNA THAIN, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH https://doi.org/10.65968/GQVX2711   Students and BodiesOver the many months of the student strike in Quebec, the streets of Montreal have been filled with the creativity of protest as street theatre, an enactment of eventness…

Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams

MAGDALENA OLSZANOWSKI, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATION STUDIES https://doi.org/10.65968/UYIQ6187   Summer started right? Yes. Long bike rides in the midday sun. Rocks between my teeth. In the sun, the tear gas smell goes away. In the sun, I forget Montréal by night.…

Carré Rouge : Droit de Parole

PHILIPPE MONTBAZET ET DARREN ELL https://doi.org/10.65968/EBJF3242   À partir du mois de février 2012, nous avons travaillé sur un projet photographique documentaire sur le mouvement étudiant au Québec. Leur mobilisation a pour objectif de bloquer la hausse des frais de…

Abécédaire d’une crise

(ou les mots que nous avons appris ce printemps) NICOLAS LaROSÉE https://doi.org/10.65968/JNRN4796   A assourdissante B bébé bloc C casseroles D déontologie policière E endettement F fracassées (vitrines) G gratuité scolaire H la hausse I injonction J judiciarisation K les…