Announced on Oct. 13, Quebec Minister of Higher Education Pascale Déry confirmed that tuition prices for new out-of-province Canadian students will double in the coming year, increasing to around $17,000 a year whereas international student fees will rise to a minimum of $20,000 a year.

On Sept. 8, Morocco was hit by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake, which has been categorized as the deadliest earthquake to hit the country in over 60 years.

A short-documentary created by Menna Nayel, Abby Cole, and Alex Hall. The documentary explores the experiences of different generations of Palestinians.

This film was created as a project for Journalism 532 Documentary Video and Radio, taught by Garry Beitel at Concordia University.

The Hive Café Solidarity Cooperative is a reprieve for many students for its study spots, offering sustainable food options and coffee. Yet, a stark contrast emerges from the accounts of former employees who describe a different side to the cafe. It includes allegations of unjust terminations, problematic interactions with HR, power imbalances in the structure of the co-op and finishing 2022 with a substantial deficit of $42,000.

On May 14, several Montreal-based advocacy groups organized a protest to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba. Protesters gathered in front of the Israeli consulate in honour of the ongoing occupation and violence in Palestine.

On April 29, The Palestinian Youth Movement in Montreal organized an event to commemorate the 75th year of the Palestinian people's ongoing Nakba. The event featured Najat El-Khairy’s art and a panel with her husband, Mazen El-Khairy, a Nakba survivor.

International students at Concordia University pay an annual fee of $1,344 for university-provided Blue Cross insurance. Despite the broad array of services available, some students share the opinion that it is unaccessible.

On April 15, Montreal’s Guineans United for Status Committee (GUSC) hosted a community Iftar. According to one of the organizers, Mostafa Henaway, “Most people coming from Guinea are Muslim. So, the month of Ramadan is very important for them…People want to be together during Ramadan.”

Eradicating objectivity won’t be the end all be all of journalism.

Dozens of Montrealers took to the streets in protest of the recent attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Despite the pandemic, Canada welcomed 401,000 immigrants in 2021. According to CIC News, 45,000 immigrants arrived in September alone, one of the highest monthly totals in the country’s history.

Nearly 18 months after Canada’s best-known journalism school faced an uprising among students and alumni and committed itself overcoming systemic racism and other forms of discrimination, the journalism faculty at Carleton University has recently released its first 2020-2021 annual report on equity and inclusion.

In recent years there have been many attempts at diversifying movies and television shows. By doing so, some cultures are given an opportunity to feel better represented in the entertainment they consume. As a Muslim viewer, I am constantly offended by the false and harmful depictions of my religion. These large, powerful companies mock Islam in the name of representation.

Over the past two years, the fees have risen by 13 per cent, Valentina Vera Gonzalez, Carleton University Students’ Association’s vice-president of student issues, says.

As Ottawa reopens, amid fears of another inevitable lockdown caused by a looming third wave of COVID-19 infection, students are facing another wave of stress. And for international students in the city, other layers of complication can make things even harder.

Selective Activism Exposes Your Prejudice

The Bank Street merchants’ association has been offering visitors an enhanced experience of the retail district’s artistic attractions through an app that celebrates downtown murals with augmented reality.

A Canadian coalition of women’s health advocacy groups has struck a partnership with TD Bank Group to improve maternal health, fetal monitoring and cervical cancer screening among “underserved” patient populations in B.C. and Alberta.

With the capital in the grip of the pandemic last year, the City of Ottawa ran an electric scooter pilot project between July and October. It was a resounding success, the city has concluded, and councillors have decided to allow 1,500 rentable e-scooters this year – more than double the number of in 2020.

On the one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death, thousands of protesters gathered at the McGill University Roddick Gates and rallied to the George-Étienne Cartier Monument.