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 [...]

Illogical Residency Laws For International Students: Barriers to Residency = Barriers to Economic Contribution?

How easy it is for the international students in Canada to find work after they graduate in Montreal (or in Quebec in general), and how easy is it for them to immigrate to Canada, that is, to get permanent residency? So some of the specific questions would be:  - How many international students look for [...]

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 [...]

Sector Analysis – Campus and Community Television – CUTV

Organization: CUTV – Concordia University TV Research Description: How does CUTV compare to other campus and community television stations in Canada? What is the importance of accessibility to television stations by Northern Communities in Quebec? What are the challenges that community and campus television stations are now facing? What similarities and differences do campus and [...]

What is the History of Campus and Community Television in Canada? – CUTV

Organization: CUTV – Concordia University TV Research Description: For this project the student researcher will chronicle the History of Campus and Community television in Canada. *In December 1975, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) introduced Policies Respecting Broadcasting Receiving Undertakings (Cable Television). In this first community channel policy, the CRTC stipulated that cable companies [...]

The History of CUTV

Organization: CUTV Research Description: What is CUTV’s internal history (founded in 1969) and what is CUTV’s external history (with Concordia University and also with the Montreal community)? What is the history of CUTV’s affiliation with Channel 9? How has the development of CUTV been shaped by its relationship with outside influences, namely Concordia university? *(as [...]

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. [...]

Making profits with war: Canadian corporations in Colombia

Organization: Projet Accompagnement Solidarité Colombie PASC is a radical non-profit organization based in Montreal. We propose to concretize direct solidarity by sending international witnesses to Colombian peasant communities in order to bring support to these communities, to affirm their rights as civil populations living within a war zone, and to support these communities’ efforts in [...]

(Français) Recherches pour l’Association pour une Solidarite Syndicale Etudiante

Organization: ASSÉ (l’Association pour une Solidarite Syndicale Etudiante) Description du projet: Nous voulons une recherche exhaustive qui nous permettrait de bâtir un argumentaire pour soutenir nos revendications. Ce serait une recherche à caractère politique, sociale et économique qui aborde les questions à l’étude en analysant la situation des étudiants, des étudiantes et de la société [...]

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