[Fdu] Quebec Student Activists Visit Ryerson - July 19 @ 6PM

[Cynthia Wright]

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> LESSONS FROM QUEBEC: STUDENT ACTIVISTS FROM QUEBEC VISIT RYERSON
> Join the growing movement as we organize for September and learn from our
> sisters and brothers in Québec!
>
> DATE: Thursday July 19 @ 6:00PM
> PLACE: SCC 115, Student Centre (55 Gould St.)
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> QUÉBEC STUDENTS ARE MAKING HISTORY!
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> Students in Quebec have been on strike for six months, refusing to return 
> to
> classes until the Charest government reverses its plan to hike tuition 
> fees by
> 75%. With a quarter of a million people marching in the streets of 
> Montreal for
> three months in a row, a broad, united and powerful resistance has 
> developed.
> Meanwhile in Ontario, students have been organizing against the McGuinty
> government's poor public policies that have made Ontario the most 
> expensive
> province in which to study. Much like Quebec, tuition fees have increased 
> by
> 71% on the high end since 2006.
>
> Come hear first-hand stories and analysis about how Québec students united 
> with
> community and labour to take-on austerity measures, and demand a better
> society, which includes affordable, accessible post-secondary education.
>
> Featured Speakers:
>
> Hugo Bonin: Information Committee Member, CLASSE The main Quebec student 
> union
> coalition on strike which has helped lead the campaign for accessible, 
> quality,
> public and free post-secondary education in Quebec.
>
> Marianne Breton Fontaine: Former Student Union Executive Member at Cégep 
> du
> Vieux Montréal, Student at Université du Québec à Montréal, and Editor of
> Jeunesse Militante Magazine
>
> Audrey Deveault: Dawson Students' Union Chairperson at Cégep Dawson and 
> Quebec
> National Executive Representative for the Canadian Federation of Students
>
> Join the Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/341383485938830/
>
> For more information and tour dates: www.solidaritytour.tumblr.com
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