Quebec Protest // Translating the printemps érable

Translating the printemps érable is a volunteer collective initiated in an attempt to balance the English media's extremely poor coverage of the student conflict in Québec by translating media that has been published in French into English. The claims...

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P-6 BYLAW: QUÉBEC SUPERIOR COURT INVALIDATES THE PROVISION ON MASKS AND RECOGNIZES THE RIGHT FOR SPONTANEOUS PROTESTS TO NOT DISCLOSE AN ITINERARY (Press Release)

P-6 BYLAW: QUÉBEC SUPERIOR COURT INVALIDATES THE PROVISION ON MASKS AND RECOGNIZES THE RIGHT FOR SPONTANEOUS PROTESTS TO NOT DISCLOSE AN ITINERARY (Press Release)

By: Julien Villeneuve, Standing Committee for the Support of Demonstrators (SCSD) Originally published on: June 22 2016 Original French text here: https://www.facebook.com/Anarchopanda/posts/885912131520663 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Montreal, June 22 2016 P-6 BYLAW: QUÉBEC SUPERIOR COURT INVALIDATES THE PROVISION ON MASKS AND RECOGNIZES THE RIGHT FOR SPONTANEOUS PROTESTS TO NOT DISCLOSE AN ITINERARY…

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Obituary – Quebec’s universal public healthcare system (IRSC Research Chair / Health, Policy and Evidence)

Obituary – Quebec’s universal public healthcare system (IRSC Research Chair / Health, Policy and Evidence)

By: IRSC Research Chair / Health, Policy and Evidence Originally published on: October 29 2015 Original French text here: http://pocosa.ca/2015/10/29/avis-de-deces-systeme-de-sante-universel-public-du-quebec/ 1970 – 2015 R.I.P It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Quebec’s universal public healthcare system today following a lengthy and painful demise. Over the course of its…

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Elections, a theatre of democracy (Huffington Post)

Elections, a theatre of democracy (Huffington Post)

By: Étienne Boudou-Laforce, Paco Lebel, Normand Baillargeon, Guillaume Wagner, Dan Bigras, Jean-François Mercier, Ianik Marcil, Patrick R. Bourgeois, Marc-André Cyr, Frédéric Dubé, Sébastien Trudel, Ken Pereira, Sarah Labarre, Catherine Dorion, Véronique Grenier, Étienne Savignac, Jonathan Durand Folco, Vladimir De Thézier, Brice Dansereau-Olivier, Marie-Laurence Rancourt, Steve E. Fortin,…

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Why school? (Petit Rorqual)

Why school? (Petit Rorqual)

By: Anonymous Originally published on October 2 2015 Original French text here: https://petitrorqual.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/pourquoi-lecole/#_ftn1 In her book Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune [1] , Kristin Ross lays out the discourses and images of a revolutionary project that she describes as a lived experience of “equality in action”. If the issue was then the…

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The morning after the protest (Le Devoir)

The morning after the protest (Le Devoir)

By: Martine B. Côté, Quebec City Originally published on: October 2 2015 (Letter sent on September 30 2015) Original French text here: http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/451556/lendemain-de-manifestation Like on every morning after a protest, I’m irate. All through the day, I cringe at each and every mention in the media of “citizens held hostage” and at headlines such as “Teachers play…

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We stand in solidarity with our teachers (Le Devoir)

We stand in solidarity with our teachers (Le Devoir)

By: Myriam Boileau, Pénélope Dulude-de-Broin et Marie Longpré – grade 10 & 11 students, respectively, as well as all members of the Association militante des élèves du secondaire (AMES) [High School Activist Student Association] Originally published on: September 30 2015 Original French text here: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/education/451278/nous-sommes-solidaires-de-nos-enseignants Photo:…

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2.5 million axed from the Conseil des arts budget: an unprecedented cut (Voir)

By: The Voir web team Originally published on June 23, 2015 Original French text here: http://voir.ca/nouvelles/2015/06/23/le-budget-du-conseil-des-arts-ampute-de-25-millions-une-coupe-sans-precedent/ Photo: Hélène David, Minister of Culture & Communication, as well as Minister responsible for the protection and promotion of the French language / Credit: The Liberal Party of Québec This morning,…

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Hostility and Confusion (Le Journal de Montréal)

By: Domonique Scali Originally published on: April 10, 2015 Original French text here: http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2015/04/10/hostilite-et-confusion

QMI Photo Agency, JOËL LEMAY | Police officers and protesters exchanges “pleasantries” throughout the evening.

The protest last night in Montreal unfolded amidst confusion and hostility, as had been the case all week.

Several hundred students…

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Fuck it all! (Le Devoir)

By: Sébastien Jean Published on: April 10, 2015 Original French text here: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/437086/fuck-toute

A generation of spoiled brats, as the saying goes. A generation saddled with debt that will probably not have a pension, will retire at 74, have a 50-year mortgage, life-long precarious employment, a slowly privatising healthcare system and a…

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When The Masks Come Off (Journal de Montréal)

By: Josée Legault Originally published on April 9, 2015 Original French text here: http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2015/04/09/quand-les-masques-tombent

PHOTO LE JOURNAL DE QUÉBEC, SIMON CLARK

The images were spectacular. Massive property damages. Masked students running rampant. A pavilion ransacked. Riot police called in for reinforcement by UQAM’s administration. The perfect recipe for…

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Protest’s Variable Standards (Le Devoir)

By: Marie-Andrée Chouinard Originally published on: April 4, 2015 Original French text here: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/436429/profilage-politique-manifs-a-geometrie-variable

The way that cops treat students is different than the way they treat other advocacy groups

PHOTO CREDIT: Annik MH De Carufel Le Devoir | Hundreds of protesters, including many students, took to…

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Political repression of the social protest movement must end! (La ligues des droits et libertés)

By: La ligue des droits et libertés Originally published on: April 1, 2015 See original French text here: http://liguedesdroits.ca/?p=2688

PRESS RELEASE

Embargoed until 10:00 April 1, 2015

Montreal, April 1st, 2015 – In the face of the extremely brutal police interventions used to crack down on student strike-related demonstrations, the Ligue des droits et libertés, ASSÉ, SPUQ, SGPUM, FNEEQ, the

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The Faces of Austerity (La Presse)

By Jeanne Larocque-Jeffrey, Community Sector Worker, Québec City Originally published on April 1, 2015 See original French text here: http://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/31311754-6ad2-4120-904a-6236946da175%257C_0

The government has dashed even the faintest hopes of people with autism, downtrodden youth, immigrant mothers…

Mister Couillard,

I am a student and a protester. Don’t stop reading right…

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Lessons from the Spring of 2012 (La Presse)

By Rima Elkouri Originally published on March 31, 2015 See original French text here: http://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/52819f3b-8470-48e8-8497-c6efe5c4584a%257C_0

What lessons have we learned from the student uprising in the spring of 2012?

I asked myself this question while listening, on Sunday, to Prime Minister Philippe Couillard comment on the violent episode before the Parliament of Québec in…

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Austerity fashioned from candle ends (Le Journal de Montréal)

By Ianik Marcil Originally published on February 19, 2015 See original French text here: http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2015/02/19/austerite-de-bout-de-chandelles

After the “Hats Off, Girls!” program, which encourages young women to choose non-traditional occupations, today we learn that the Couillard government is slashing the “Secondaire en spectacle” [High schools on stage] program. Yet…

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Authoritarian Spiral at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) (Le Devoir)

Authoritarian Drift at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) (Le Devoir)

By Various (group text) Originally published on March 26, 2015 See original French text here: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/education/435441/derive-autoritaire-a-l-uqam

Source: Wikipedia

Since the establishment of the first universities in Europe, students have mobilized around academic and social problems, such as the cost of rent. Student activism is not new. Strikes, occupations, and event…

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Letter to my mother: why I am striking (Huffington Post)

By Gioia Cazzaniga Originally published on March 26, 2015 See original French text here: http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/gioia-cazzaniga/lettre-a-ma-mere-pourquoi-je-fais-greve_b_6942712.html

My Dear Mother,

I know you are a bit far from here, from Montreal and the hot spot of the protest. You only have access to mainstream media, to [Education] Minister Blais who threatens students with…

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