Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS): Crime & Impunity

  This project will compile information on criminal and scandalous activities of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) from its founding in 1984 to the present. It will attempt to track the consequences for CSIS of each scandal which has come to light. Finally, it will analyse the data according to a set of questions [...]

The collective is just as important as the cooking: Organizing student and youth based collective kitchen groups

THE COLLECTIVE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE COOKING Organizing student and youth based collective kitchen groups Group: Réseau D’Entraide De Verdun  Issues addressed: The project is based on community organizing and food solidarity. It addresses issues such as poverty, food insecurity, isolation, marginalization, class, gender and race. Size of project: We would like to have [...]

The unbearable temporariness of being! (Part 2): A resource guide of Temporary Agencies in Quebec

Quebec industries are hiring migrant workers under the federal Temporary Foreign Workers Program.  Little is known by the public about the conditions of workers in this program, particularly those workers under the Low Skilled Pilot Project.  Under this program the worker’s status in Canada is tied to their their employment.  Once the employment ends for [...]

The unbearable temporariness of being! (Part 1): A resource guide of Quebec companies that hire Temporary Foreign Workers.

  Quebec industries are hiring migrant workers under the federal Temporary Foreign Workers Program.  Little is known by the public about the conditions of workers in this program, particularly those workers under the Low Skilled Pilot Project.  Under this program the worker’s status in Canada is tied to their their employment.  Once the employment ends [...]

How has Web T.V. changed the kind of programming people watch? – CUTV

Organization: CUTV – Concordia University TV Research Description: How has the development of Web T.V. affect the type of programming that CUTV offers? What are the necessary factors for Web T.V. programming to be successful? How do other Web T.V. networks similar to CUTV attract and retain their audiences? What type of content do they [...]

Research and Writing project – Montreal Media Co-Op

The Montreal Media Co-op is looking for a student, preferably in Journalism or Communications, to undertake a research and writing project for the upcoming semester. The student would be expected to work with members of the MMC is researching one or several topics through various means, including Access to Information Requests, archival research and interviews. [...]

A Brief History of Incarceration in Canada

We are seeking an overview as to how public policy has influenced incarceration levels in Canada over the past fifty years to help us contextualize other work we are doing on HIV prevention in prisons. This request does not entail primary research but rather the collection and synthesis of a broad range of information on [...]

Drug Laws and Incarceration in Canada

Organization: ReCon Project description: Already there is substantial body of literature which addresses the impact of U.S. drug laws on incarceration. Much less has been written on the issue in Canada. As penal institutions, parole officers, and police “toughen up” their responses to drug infractions, it is crucial that Canadians know how drug laws affect [...]

Community Economic Development in Parc-Ex

Organization: Jobra Centre The Jobra Centre is a migrant-run anti-poverty organization based in the Parc-Ex neighborhood of Montreal. They are working on starting up a cooperative laundry mat on Birnam Street under the principles of Community Economic Development (CED) with the goal of empowering migrants, especially women, living in Parc-Ex. The Jobra Centre is seeking [...]

The Dangers of Domestic Work

For the last several years, Pinay has been leading a campaign in Quebec to have domestic workers (many of whom are of Filipino origin) covered under the provincial CSST program (worker’s compensation). Up until now, they have not been included under the CSST program because the Quebec government does not consider domestic workers to be [...]

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