Ten alternatives to “ladies and gentlemen” | Special Issue
WEBFeb 1, 2022 · Below is a compilation of some of my favourite gender-neutral terms to address a crowd. Hopefully, this list will help you whenever you find yourself writing a work email or speaking to a group of people. 2022 is the year we stop saying “ladies and gentlemen.”. 1. Friends and enemies (inspired by Malcom X) 2. Humans and non-humans.
The Link – Concordia’s Independent Newspaper Since 1980
WEBSep 3, 2024 · Yasmine Chouman – Published September 10, 2024. Kate Young’s novel Experienced shows how loving someone shouldn’t come at the cost of losing yourself. Since 1980, The Link has been the most read newspaper on Concordia's campuses and the areas surrounding the university, reaching over 40,000 students and 5,000 members of …
Three Decades of the Raging Grannies: Singing, Blockading, …
WEBFeb 21, 2023 · For more than three decades, the Montreal Raging Grannies have been a fixture among the city’s activists, taking part in government hearings, marching in protests, blocking entrances to corporate banks—all while singing against what they consider conservative policies. The gaggle of Grannies, as they refer to …
100,000 protesters rally in Ottawa for Palestine | News
WEBNov 28, 2023 · Protesters began marching through Ottawa at 3:40 p.m., with the demonstration looping back to reestablish its place on Parliament Hill around 5 p.m. Palestinian flags and signs of all sizes waved in the dry, chilly wind. The signs read “stop killing children” and “end the genocide in Gaza.”. …
Local Activist Wins Civil Suit Versus SPVM | News – The Link
WEBAug 31, 2015 · The City of Montreal has not yet announced whether it will appeal this ruling. Video by Matt D’Amours. A Quebec superior court judge has ordered two SPVM officers to pay $15,000 to well-known Montreal activist Jaggi Singh, following a …
In Montreal, we speak franglais | Special Issue – The Link
WEBJan 13, 2021 · Although French is the primary language of Montreal with 57 per cent of the population speaking it at home, Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Canada. In fact, more than half of the city’s population is bilingual. English-French bilingualism in Quebec has continued to rise over the past decade. According to the 2016 census ...
Guerrilla Gardeners | Special Issue – The Link
WEBNov 18, 2014 · Cycle AlimenTerre aims to introduce food to the urban environment, literally bringing it to residents’ backyards. The group farms the lawns of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, keeping its food production hyper-local—its five plots are within a range of two kilometres of each other. The initiative follows a small-plot intensive, or “spin,” model of ...
Reviving the cultural tradition of tattooing Indigenous communities
WEBJan 13, 2021 · While very different from Inuit tattoos, Haudenosaunee tattoos would also reflect social status and mark achievements. “I feel like there is a huge need and demand for [traditional tattooing] in our communities,” said Amberley John, an Onyote’aka (bear clan) woman who is an emerging traditional tattoo artist and team member of Earthline Collective, an organization founded in 2015 to ...
Montreal’s social housing plan taking longer than expected to get …
WEBApr 5, 2022 · The number of households on the waitlist for government-subsidized units has risen to over 24,000. In the last year alone, 800 more households have been added to the list, according to Véronique Laflamme, organizer and spokesperson for Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain.
Seeing the Light | Sports – The Link
WEBSep 21, 2015 · The new CEO of the governing body of university sports, Graham Brown, is presently transitioning to his new job and bringing his business expertise from his current one as CEO of Rugby Canada. The Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Brown as its new CEO on Sept. 3 at Ryerson University. The Link contacted Brown in …