The strikes in Québec universities, notably and centrally the francophone universities in Montréal, have been going on for over 100 days now. Québécois students are opposing tuition hikes and rightly so; the rest of Canada should not be blaming them for having lower tuition, but asking why we ourselves are not fighting harder to keep higher education affordable. Recently, their provincial government put into effect Bill/Loi 78 in an effort to quash protestors and strip their rights away. Unfortunately, the media outside of Québec is presenting only one side of the issue. So this post is an aggregation of links that explain things, and help to explain why I am in support. (These links and this information is due mostly to the internet communities I frequent, and the friends I have made there)
- Student Strike in Québec 2012 (Fr)
- Bill 78 (Eng)
-Timeline of tuition issues in QB
-Manifestations de casseroles (video)
-Concordia University’s media (Both Fr/Eng)
- Translating the Printemps Erable (translated articles from Fr to Eng)
- McGill article on the 100th day of protest (Eng)
- Bloquons la Hausse (Fr)
- On public spaces and protest (Eng)
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