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How Pro-Israel Lobby Groups Are Involved in Judicializing Mc Gill Pro-Palestinian Actions " The Rover
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1690+ words) This article was originally published by Pivot." Last March, students in the Faculty of Law voted in favour of a motion for an academic boycott of Israel in a referendum. Almost immediately, an Israeli student filed and application for an…...
'Society Is Built to Keep Us in the Gutter': Sex Workers in Montreal to Strike During F1 Weekend " The Rover
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1910+ words) This latest "whoreganization" effort is part of sex workers" fight for labour rights and decriminalization. Emelia Fournier of The Rover interviewed eight sex workers in Montreal over the past 10 months to get a sense of their working conditions. Their names…...
The Rover: Come Work With Us! " The Rover
1+ week, 4+ day ago (408+ words) The Rover is partnering with Journalists for Human Rights to help lend our platform to underrepresented voices in Canadian journalism. Are you a young BIPOC journalist looking for a paid gig and some mentorship? The Rover is partnering with Journalists…...
Bill C-22: Surveillance and Punishment " The Rover
2+ week, 1+ day ago (821+ words) The "Act respecting lawful access" lowers privacy protection standards and normalizes expanded access to personal data. A few weeks ago, I came across an open letter in Le Devoir signed by privacy lawyer Simon Du Perron, who referred to Bill…...
Editor's Note: Haters Be Damned, it's Awards Season at The Rover " The Rover
3+ week, 1+ day ago (589+ words) With more nominations in our name, Savannah writes about why industry awards matter to an indie outlet like ours. When you seek to challenge the status quo, people will come out of the woodwork to try to delegitimize you." We…...
Opinion: The SPVM Has a Police Brutality Problem" " The Rover
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (1261+ words) I stumbled through another cloud of tear gas." Disoriented and surrounded by the echoes of police batons clashing against plastic shields, I could barely see where I was running in the dark streets. My eyes could hardly function after a…...
Quebec Munitions Expansion Raises Questions Over Supply Chains Linked to the IDF " The Rover
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1131+ words) The planned expansion of the General Dynamics facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield has drawn criticism over public-health risks and concerns that its products may ultimately support operations by the Israel Defense Forces through US supply chains. The planned $682-million expansion of a…...
Is There Life after PEQ? Montreal's Immigrants Search for a Path Forward " The Rover
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1808+ words) When the Quebec Experience Program ended in 2025, thousands of immigrants lost a near-guaranteed route to permanent residency. Facing the strict criteria of the PSTQ with no grandfather clause, what recourse do they have? In a sea of union flags, fluorescent…...
OPINION: Why is Mc Gill Fighting to be on the Wrong Side of History? " The Rover
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1148+ words) The university insists on silencing its students as they push Mc Gill to take a stand on genocide. Should Mc Gill University maintain ties with schools that are complicit in war crimes? This isn't a rhetorical question. Mc Gill has…...
MP Slams "Authoritarian" Decision to Bar Rima Hassan from Canada " The Rover
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1741+ words) The federal government prevented Hassan, a member of the European Parliament, from speaking at two Montreal conferences last month. A Montreal Member of Parliament is calling Canada's decision to bar Rima Hassan from entering the country "a blatant case of…...