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27th September 2012, 21:26
Monday, 1 October 2012
18:30 until 20:30
Students in Quebec made international headlines when they went on strike to stop a 75% tuition fee increase. In what became the longest student strike in Canadian history, Quebec students resisted police repression and a government-led attack on civil liberties. In the process, they inspired a solidarity movement across Quebec and Canada.
In response to the social crisis provoked by the strike, Quebec premier Jean Charest called a snap election in August - and lost. On September 20, the incoming government cancelled the fee increase and scrapped Charest's anti-protest law - a total victory of the students' demands.
Join us for this historic meeting, to hear leaders of the Quebec Student Strike discuss how they organized - and won. The meeting will also discuss how students in Ontario can do the same. Other speakers include student leaders of the 2011/12 Chilean student protests and the 2011 Wisconsin labour uprising.
Opening forum of the 2nd Annual Ryerson Social Justice Week
Speakers
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois - former spokesperson, CLASSE, Coalition large de l'Association pour la Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante, Quebec http://www.stopthehike.ca/
Cloé Zawadzki-Turcotte - former executive member, CLASSE, and akey organizer of the Quebec Student Strike
Valentina Latorre - vice-president, Student Federation of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Tina Treviño-Murphy - member, Student Labor Action Coalition, Wisconsin
Rodney Diverlus - president, Ryerson Students’ Union http://www.rsuonline.ca/
Ethan Cox - rabble.ca's Quebec correspondent and a former student organizer
Part of
The 2nd Annual Ryerson Social Justice Week http://www.ryerson.ca/socialjustice/
Decent Work: Decent Lives for All | October 1 to 5, 2012
A week of events, speakers, exhibits and culture to transform Ryerson into a hub for social justice and solidarity in Toronto
and
Lessons of the Quebec Student Strike
A pan-Canadian speaking tour organized by:
rabble.ca http://rabble.ca/
LeadNow.ca http://leadnow.ca/
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada http://www.cep.ca/
Organized by
CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy http://www.ryerson.ca/socialjustice/
Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario http://www.cfsontario.ca/
Ryerson Students' Union http://www.rsuonline.ca/
More info
e: [email protected] | Twitter: @RyeGindinChair
This is an accessible venue | ASL interpretation
18:30 until 20:30
Students in Quebec made international headlines when they went on strike to stop a 75% tuition fee increase. In what became the longest student strike in Canadian history, Quebec students resisted police repression and a government-led attack on civil liberties. In the process, they inspired a solidarity movement across Quebec and Canada.
In response to the social crisis provoked by the strike, Quebec premier Jean Charest called a snap election in August - and lost. On September 20, the incoming government cancelled the fee increase and scrapped Charest's anti-protest law - a total victory of the students' demands.
Join us for this historic meeting, to hear leaders of the Quebec Student Strike discuss how they organized - and won. The meeting will also discuss how students in Ontario can do the same. Other speakers include student leaders of the 2011/12 Chilean student protests and the 2011 Wisconsin labour uprising.
Opening forum of the 2nd Annual Ryerson Social Justice Week
Speakers
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois - former spokesperson, CLASSE, Coalition large de l'Association pour la Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante, Quebec http://www.stopthehike.ca/
Cloé Zawadzki-Turcotte - former executive member, CLASSE, and akey organizer of the Quebec Student Strike
Valentina Latorre - vice-president, Student Federation of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Tina Treviño-Murphy - member, Student Labor Action Coalition, Wisconsin
Rodney Diverlus - president, Ryerson Students’ Union http://www.rsuonline.ca/
Ethan Cox - rabble.ca's Quebec correspondent and a former student organizer
Part of
The 2nd Annual Ryerson Social Justice Week http://www.ryerson.ca/socialjustice/
Decent Work: Decent Lives for All | October 1 to 5, 2012
A week of events, speakers, exhibits and culture to transform Ryerson into a hub for social justice and solidarity in Toronto
and
Lessons of the Quebec Student Strike
A pan-Canadian speaking tour organized by:
rabble.ca http://rabble.ca/
LeadNow.ca http://leadnow.ca/
Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada http://www.cep.ca/
Organized by
CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy http://www.ryerson.ca/socialjustice/
Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario http://www.cfsontario.ca/
Ryerson Students' Union http://www.rsuonline.ca/
More info
e: [email protected] | Twitter: @RyeGindinChair
This is an accessible venue | ASL interpretation