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Quebec's carrés rouges: François Saillant on why he's running for Quebec...

On the eve of the Quebec election, rabble.ca is proud to showcase profiles of nine individuals amongst the hundreds of thousands who have proudly worn the red square of solidarity with the historic...

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Quebec's carrés rouges: Normand Baillargeon wears the red and black squares...

On the eve of the Quebec election, rabble.ca is proud to showcase profiles of nine individuals amongst the hundreds of thousands who have proudly worn the red square of solidarity with the historic...

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Contemptible: The political trial of Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois

Quebec student leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois was convicted November 1 of contempt of court for publicly criticizing a court injunction issued during last spring's student strike. The injunction ordered...

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Open letter from SFU faculty in support of striking workers

Open Letter on the SFU labour dispute:We, the undersigned SFU faculty members, are in solidarity with the TSSU and CUPE in their struggle for better working conditions.  The workers represented by TSSU...

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York Federation of Students passes divestment resolution against Israel

On March 21, 2013 I was waiting outside the campus restaurant's dance hall at York University. It had been converted into a York Federation of Students meeting room when the originally planned room in...

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Spring message: For a season of peace and reconciliation

In the spirit of spring, as the Equinox is upon us; and the Easter and Passover seasons, the Professors for Peace and Education at the University of Regina wish to open a conversation on peace. These...

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Showdown over funding for OPIRG at Carleton University this week

A campus-wide vote will take place Wednesday and Thursday this week to decide the fate of OPIRG-Carleton. (Photo: Greg Macdougall)Campus activism at Carleton under threat

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Varsity blues: U of T Provost gets big raise while dismantling program for...

Deep in the heart of the University of Toronto campus, a development program of 70 students and 9 faculty members is struggling for its 'financial survival,' according to Shahzali Samah, an alumni of...

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Tuition increase a sign of an underfunded system

Recently while taking the subway in the morning rush there was an almost business-as-usual delay that left hundreds, perhaps even more than a thousand people crammed onto the platform as we waited for...

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Rape culture and Frosh Week, from Halifax to Vancouver

The Sauder Business School Frosh Week is the latest to come under fire for rape chants. It happened on my campus too: The SMU rape chant at UBC

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Is critique of 'rape culture' enough? Waving the feminist arms in the academy

The recent events that have unfolded at SMU and UBC in the past few weeks have ignited justifiable outrage over the persistence and seeming acceptability of sexual violence as a normal part of campus...

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Olivia Chow speaks about transit in Toronto

From the Sears Auditorium at Ryerson University September 15, 2014It was supposed to be a debate between Toronto mayoral candidates John Tory and Olivia Chow.It ended up being an opportunity for Olivia...

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Sexualized violence on our campuses

halifax_panel_jan_9_2015.mp3When posts in a Facebook group joking about having "hate-sex" and chloroforming women were made public, the anonymous members of "Class of DDS 2015 Gentlemen" were instantly...

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How do we address sexual violence at Canadian universities?

On January 9, the Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs responded to the developing crisis at the Dalhousie Dental School with a panel discussion about violence on Canadian campuses.Sexualized violence...

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#BeenRapedNeverReported

been_raped_never_reported.mp3Classes are ending. College and University students are putting away the books. It's been a difficult year as students, faculty and administration of several university...

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