Quebec was under the media spotlight this spring as students took to the streets in a showdown with the Charest government over tuition hikes. Now, with protests dwindling and summer setting in, media attention has waned, leaving the door open for public scrutiny of mainstream media’s treatment of the events of Quebec’s student movement
The student strike is now in its 103rd day, with over half the arrests made in the last five days, as new legislation has prompted police to crack down harder on protestors
Two days after legislation aimed at pacifying student protests went into effect, protesters and police clashed violently once again on Sunday night, culminating in mass arrests and at least two people hospitalized
Fourteen students claim to have been assaulted by McGill Security while they occupied the fifth floor of the James Administration building for two hours last Thursday afternoon