Did you notice that we’ve stopped using the “2110” in our name? Here’s what’s up! At our AGM on April 2, 2013, our membership voted to drop the number from our name. The number had referenced the address of our original (and still existing) office at 2110 Mackay, and came …
In response to a campaign spearheaded by Concordia’s Centre for Gender Advocacy, Concordia University has announced they are establishing a Sexual Assault Resource Centre. With 1 in 4 students sexually assaulted during the course of their post-secondary education, over 80% of who are women, this is a much-needed service. “This …
Many thanks to all who attended the Annual General Meeting on April 2nd to support the Centre and elect the new Board of Directors! It was so terrific to be with all of you and reflect on the last year. There’s been so much incredible activity at the Centre and …
Feb 14th 2013, Montreal. The will to fight comes from a heart overflowing with love. Ellen Gabriel is a Native/human right activist, and former president of Quebec Native Women (QNW). She joined the members of her community of Kanehsatà:ke in March 1990 as they erected barricades to protect The Pines …
Feb 14th, 2013: Over 700 gathered at St. Laurent Metro this Valentine’s Day to make this year, Montreal’s 4th annual memorial march for missing and murdered women the largest yet. The first women’s memorial march was held in 1991 in response to the murder of a Coast Salish woman on …
Did you know? Concordia is making great strides in becoming more inclusive of LGBT students. For example, in the last year, changes were implemented to make it easy for Trans* students to have their preferred name used in all communications with the university so as to avoid being outed to …
We’d like to express our sincere thanks the Concordia Council on Student Life (CCSL) and the Concordia Student Union (CSU) for providing us with retroactive funding for the amazing talk by activist and author, Loretta Ross, that took place on September 27th. The event was also supported by our fabulous …
Sisters in Spirit Memorial March & Vigil for Missing and Murdered Native Women, October 4th, 2012, 6-9pm. Montreal. Watch live streaming video from cutvmontreal at livestream.com Photo: Vincent Meurin
Panel Discussion–Defending the Land: Indigenous Women’s resistance to Plan Nord and community violence, Concordia University, H-110. Friday, September 28th, 2012 Watch live streaming video from cutvmontreal at livestream.com Photo: Michael Paolucci
Loretta Ross spoke at Concordia on September 28th 2012. Her talk, “Race, Rape Culture & Reproductive Justice” was truly an inspiration and a renewing force for many of us. More info on the event here: https://genderadvocacy.org/events/loretta-ross-on-race-rape-culture-reproductive-justice/