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Activist Zeros In on Canada’s Indigenous Women

Julie Bindel / Truthdig Dec 13, 2018 Cherry Smiley believes the government hasn’t done enough to correct conditions that resulted in nearly 3,000 murdered or missing women since the 1970s. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Homa Hoodfar, Expert on the World’s Muslim Women, Imprisoned in Iran

BLANK Jul 23, 2016 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard detained the dual Canadian-Iranian citizen for allegedly fostering a “soft feminist revolution” and are denying her her rights and even medical treatment.Iran’s Revolutionary Guard detained the Canadian-Iranian dual citizen for allegedly fostering a “soft feminist revolution” and are denying her her rights and even medical treatment. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Student Groups to Meet With Quebec’s Government

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2012 Student groups in Quebec are scheduled to meet with the province’s education minister to resume negotiations over tuition hikes that have provoked more than 100 days of sustained protest. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: 400,000 Canadians Launching the ‘Maple Spring’

Staff / Truthdig May 26, 2012 More than 400,000 Canadians—students and defenders of freedom of expression—filled the streets of Montreal this week to protest a 75 percent university tuition hike and emergency legislation that placed draconian penalties on people exercising their right to demonstrate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Student Protests in Montreal Trigger Mass Arrests

Staff / Truthdig May 24, 2012 More than 500 people were arrested in Montreal on Wednesday night while protesting tuition increases and a controversial new law that severely limits the right to demonstrate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Quebec Moves to Quash Student Protests With Harsh Fines

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2012 Quebec is looking to end three months of student protests against rising tuition fees by introducing emergency legislation that would temporarily close some universities and fine the pants off of picketers blocking students and faculty from entering classrooms. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Corporations Have No Use for Borders

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jan 30, 2012 It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the United States became unpalatable, but that was the old Canada. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )