The Concordian - March 28th 2017

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VOLUME 34, ISSUE 25 | TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017

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Sweeping it under the rug

A new report to detail how Concordia students feel the university handles sexual assault cases News p. 2

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An ode to human Stingers duck, dive Is Canada truly Her deafness does Punching through not define her p.6 gender barriers p.10 resilience p. 12 inclusive? p. 17 and dodge p.15

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NEWS EDITORS /// news@theconcordian.com SAVANNA CRAIG & NELLY SERANDOUR-AMAR ( @savannacraig @nellsamar03)

NATION IN BRIEF

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SLIZZY NSA CO-NEWS EDITOR

The fight to end sexual violence at Concordia

Drake takes over as Prime Minister Rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham will be taking over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s position as head of the country on April 1st. According to Major Key News, Trudeau has been feeling overwhelmed with the job and believes that Graham will be a good replacement due to their common interest for the country. This is the first time a musician and actor will be pursuing a political career in Canada.

Graham has already announced that for his first political act, he would propose to include “Degrassi” in all educational institutions throughout Canada.

Psychiatrist falls in love with patient Harleen Quinzel, a doctor and researcher at a psychiatric institution in Guelph, Ont. was taken into custody after she reportedly tried to let one of her patients escape. Jerome Valeska entered the facility back in November 2016 after he took a hostage from a family in Mississauga for them to become his own family.

According to the Guelph Central Police Department (GCPD), Quinzel wanted to release Valeska so they could run away and start their own family. Quinzel’s mental state is currently being evaluated and it isn’t certain whether she will get her old job back after a leave of absence.

CSaltSanza dumps salt into the St. Lawrence The St. Lawrence river has been contaminated with thousands of tons of #C-Salt yesterday evening. #C-Salt Sanza, the one and only rapper was so fed up of production at The C-Saltian paper, a newspaper based at Concordia, she took out her saltiness on fellow Montrealers. The authorities have not yet found her, although a police spokesperson says she might be swimming in the river of salt.

Have Your Say survey provides a community critique of the way Concordia deals with sexual violence

SAVANNA CRAIG CO-NEWS EDITOR The Concordia Student Union (CSU) and the Centre for Gender Advocacy (CGA) are creating a report based on results from a survey that sought student input on the way Concordia handles cases of sexual violence on campus. The report will be published this week and presented to Concordia University’s administration and the Quebec minister of education.

Before filling out the survey, students were invited to a “Have Your Say” event held on March 16, where they were informed ab out t he consult at ions t he Quebec government is hosting to examine sexual violence at the province's universities and CEJEPs. The consultat ions h o s te d

by Higher Education Minister Hélène David, were held in Montreal, Quebec Cit y, Gatineau and Saguenay during the month of March.

Stacey Gomez, the action coordinator for the CGA, said the sur vey collected student feedback on how the Quebec government can respond to and prevent sexual violence on its university campuses.

“Our hope is to come up with a report that highlights student recommendations around how the campus can be a safer place, and how to better respond to sexual violence on campus,” Gomez said.

L ana Elinor Galbraith, the sustainability coordinator for the CSU and the person writing the report, said she hopes the report will encourage the university to create an actionable plan which will incorporate students’ suggestions.

In January, Galbraith attended a conference where student unions across Quebec were invited to discuss how different universities are handling matters of sexual assault. She was disappointed to learn that Concordia is one of the only universities that is relatively

advanced. “We are the only ones that have a Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC) that’s paid for by the university and run by the university.” SARC offers support to students, faculty and staff who have been impacted by sexual harassment or assault.

Among the feedback gathered from the survey, Gomez said improving the services offered by the SARC was an important recommendation. “One of the things that came out of the Have Your Say event … was the need to have more resources for SARC and more staff,” Gomez said.

“For a long time, there was only one staff person for the entire campus. Now there are two,” she said, adding there is also a team of volunteers at the SARC.

Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR), a small Mont real-based non-profit civil rights organization that has handled 15 cases involving students at Concordia, weighed in on how Concordia’s security often handles reports of sexual assault.

“One of the things that comes back often is that they complain security staff are usually trained to handle crowds, demonstrations, security concerns such as ... bombs or terrorism or emergencies, but not the aspect of what we call the human violence,” Niemi said.

According to Niemi, CRARR has been in contact with some women who have brought forth legal action against universities in Ontario and B.C. where they

recommendation, is to continue to expand the number of groups that receive these trainings—which will include faculty and staff in frontline positions.”

Drummond believes the university has taken the right strides in preventing and responding to sexual violence. “Implementing a sexual violence policy … and having a sexual assault centre with individuals able to accompany the survivor through both internal and external processes can encourage reporting and are evidence of an institution that takes this issue seriously,” Drummond said. “We see female, male and trans* survivors. There are some resources that we provide that are specific to male and trans survivors,” she added.

Drummond said these steps can encourage students to come forward about their experiences with sexual violence. However, many cases are dismissed, go undocumented and, therefore, don’t make it into larger databases about sexual assault.

“Research suggests that less than 10 per cent of sexual assaults are reported to police,” said Drummond.

In addition, she said it can be expected within schools for there to be low numbers of reports, as survivors in institutions face various barriers in disclosing and reporting a case of sexual assault.

According to a 2015-2016 report released by Concordia, 16 complaints of sexual assault were made to the university during that year, with only three of these complaints resulting in a hearing or investigation. During the 20142015 school year, 16 complaints were made to the Office of Rights and Responsibilities under the category of “sexual harassment.”

During this time, there was not a stand-alone policy specifically for sexual assault at Concordia.

Instead, data of harassment and assault were both categorized under sexual harassment.

In a 20-month investigation into authorities’ management of sexual assault cases, conducted

by The Globe and Mail , it was

“Many students mentioned that they did not feel supported by staff at the university, profs and also security,” Gomez said.

“As we know, sexual violence on campus is a major issue, and so that’s not enough resources to be able to support students,” Gomez said.

In addit ion , G om e z s aid mandatory consent training was suggested for students at the university, particularly for those living in residence or involved in frosh.

“Many students mentioned that they did not feel supported by staff at the university, profs and also security,” Gomez said.

She said the survey mentioned it would be beneficial for these parties to receive training on how to support survivors and address sexual violence. This would ensure that those in positions of power on campus “can be more understanding, more empathetic and more accommodating to students who are experiencing difficulties as a result of having experienced sexual violence,” Gomez said.

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were assaulted or harassed.

“We’re not sure [if the way security handles complaints] has really been looked at in an objective manner or a more transparent manner, and I think that is the key thing,” Niemi said.

“Some cases we’ve heard is that security, either they don’t know how to deal with it or sometimes they themselves may do something that could possibly put the victims or the survivors in a very uncomfortable position—even if they mean well,” Niemi said.

Jennifer Dr ummond , t he coordinator of the SARC, said many individuals in positions of power at Concordia already receive training. “All different parts of the Concordia communit y re cei ve t r aining on [sexual assault awareness and bystander intervention], including the security department, upper administrators and the president's executive group,” Drummond said. “Part of SARC's education plan, as outlined in the Sexual Assault Working Group's report

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Results of sexual assault cases in Montreal Data from The Globe and Mail.

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Sexual assault cases with criminal charge laid discovered that one in five sexual assault allegations in Canada are viewed as groundless, resulting in them being dismissed and deemed unfounded—meaning the allegations were not taken seriously, leading the accusation to be dismissed rather than documented. Once a case is dismissed, it is no longer considered a legitimate allegation, according to the report. In the investigation, it was revealed 19.39 per cent of cases in Canada are unfounded, almost twice as high as the rate for physical assault.

The Globe and Mail curated this information by filing 250 access to information requests with police services across the country and requested data from 1,100 jurisdictions. The investigation included responses from 873 jurisdictions, which accounts for 92 per cent of the Canadian population.

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five-year period, 1,256 out of 6,893 allegations—just over 18 per cent—were identified as unfounded.

The Sexual Assault Centre of the McGill Students’ Society (SACOMSS) launched a Sexual Assault Awareness Week on March 27. The week aims to raise awareness of sexual assault not only at McGill, but in the broader Montreal community, by hosting events and workshops between March 27 and 31.

While neither Concordia nor the SARC hosts a sexual assault awareness week, university spokesperson Chris Mota said, “We see every day as an opportunity to raise awareness.” Mota added that SARC has upcoming events, including an open house on Wednesday, March 29. The SARC will also be holding an event on Thursday, April 13 to summarize the consultations held in Montreal by the Quebec government in March.

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Sexual assault cases cleared as unfounded “Concordia was the first university in Canada to create the position of Sexual Harassment Advisor in 1987, and one of the first to adopt a policy on sexual harassment in the early 1990s,” Mota said.

“In 2013, Concordia launched the Sexual Assault Resource Centre to inform the campus community about consent, prevention and survivor support,” Mota said. “We felt it was an important step in supporting our community by providing services that specifically deal with sexual assault, given the issue of sexual assaults on campuses across Canada.”

Niemi said he has noticed some se xual violence c ases at the university level may be prolonged or have unnecessary delays—there is the issue of the level of adequate support that is really given to the women. Niemi said he has not seen a difference in the way cases of sexual assault or harassment have been dealt

with by the university since SARC has been implemented.

“For a student [body] of so many thousands of students with so much diversity [to] have only one person, Jennifer Drummond ... She can be a superwoman, but she can’t address all of these things,” Niemi said. “They need at least three to four people in that office in addition to our support staff in order to work.”

SARC recently hired a service assistant and relocated for greater accessibility on campus.

Fifteen people currently make up the SARC’s volunteer team.

When asked about expansion in terms of the team and the centre’s presence on campus, Drummond said, “SARC is still a very new service at Concordia and I expect, as time goes, on we will continue to expand our team and presence on campus.”

Graphics by Florence Yee.

On April 1, Queen Elizabeth II initiated a Twitter war with US President Donald Trump. “I’d like to see you try and make America great again,” the Queen tweeted to Trump. “I am the best leader, believe me, my country will be the best,” Trump retaliated only five minutes later. The-back-andforth continued, as the Queen responded “The last time your country was great is when it was one of our colonies.” Trump responded in mere seconds, “Liz, I’d like to see you say this to my face.” In response, the Queen tweeted Trump inviting him to the UK. “Come diss battle me in Buckingham Palace.”

Trump has yet to respond, as Press Secretary Sean Spicer denied the tweets during the la st Whitehou s e pre s s meeting.

Scotland responds to Brexit On April 1, Scotland announced they would be building a wall in response to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on March 29. “If Britain wants to divide, we’ll show them the borders they want,” said Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland. Sturgeon told The Concordian she had recently reached out to former British Prime Minister David Cameron to reiterate her distaste with calling the Brexit elections. However, she said a message on his voicemail reveals that he is in “indefinite hiding”.

Cosplaying woman acts as Superwoman in NYC On April 1, a woman dressed as Superwoman went on a spree in New York, claiming she was solving crimes and defeating bad guys. The woman, identified as 23-year-old Nelly Serandour-Amar, ran around the city telling law enforcement officers that they could take a break, while she protected the streets of New York. “I think she’s just another crazy lunatic,” said Gregory Todaro, a representative from the New York City Police Department. “I didn’t actually see her solving any crimes—instead, she has just been yelling ‘Superwoman to the rescue’ and throwing a bunch of random punches in the air. " Serandour-Amar was prevented her from climbing the Empire State Building.

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ASFA

ASFA’s new VPs discuss their mandates

The Concordian spoke with some of the newly-elected VPs about their upcoming projects and ideas NELLY SERANDOUR-AMAR CO-NEWS EDITOR

remembering how people would question his knowledge on the matter. He believes gender advocacy should be more advertised and he wants to understand the issue more. “I’ve been going to meetings regarding the issue and I, myself, [want to help] with it,” he said.

Czich, the new VP of social affairs, is looking into organizing different events that would bring ASFA’s member associations closer.

“I would like to do a [member associations] tournament, which means that basically each program goes head-to-head in different mental and physical challenges,” he said. Czich is also developing a few ideas for next year’s frosh.

“I would like to collaborate with the CASA and other faculties for maybe some cinq à huit type of events,” he said.

The three VPs are confident

working together will be a positive challenge, and that getting along with people from different backgrounds is part of the job. “If you’re committed to make an organization grow, then there should not be any problems,” Sutera Sardo said.

“I’m also really looking forward to working in a non-hierarchal way because this is what ASFA is all about.”

Photo by Ana Hernandez.

Steven Tutino - VP Internal Affairs

Julie Sutera Sardo - President Photo by Chloe Ranaldi.

Photo by Nelly Serandour-Amar.

Chris Czich - VP Social Affairs

Graphic by Florence Yee.

Students from the faculty of Arts and Science elected their new representatives for the Arts and Science Federation of Associations (ASFA) on March 24.

ASFA’s new executive team consists of Julia Sutera Sardo (president-elect), Christopher Czich (VP-elect of social affairs), Bianca Bruzzese (VP-elect of external affairs and sustainability), Gregory Bedell (VP-elect of Loyola and academic affairs), Steven Tutino (VP-elect of internal affairs) and Francesco Valente (VP-elect of finance). The position for VP of communications and promotions wasn’t applied for in time for the elections.

Sutera Sardo, Tutino and Czich spoke with The Concordian about their upcoming projects and expectations for the 2017-2018 year.

Sutera Sardo, who is in her third year of political science and community, public affairs and policy studies, is happy with the election results. “It’s very nice to know people believed in me to fill the role,” she told The Concordian.

Sutera Sardo said she is planning a few changes for her upcoming mandate.

“I would like to add the advocacy committee to the bylaws,” she said.

Despite having ASFA's support throughout the year, neither the task force nor the advocacy committee—groups that denounce any form of racism or sexism—have been added to the bylaws. Adding these policies to their bylaws is a way of ensuring they are official, according to Sutera Sardo.

She also said she is currently thinking of ways to facilitate the electoral process for the future annual general elections, by-elections and upcoming referendum questions. She told The Concordian this idea arose after the most recent electoral period, when ASFA was forced to extend their voting period on March 24 in order to reach quorum.

The newly-elected president said she also wants to encourage Concordia to develop a family policy to ensure students who are parents in the faculty of Arts and Science have access to the same education and rights as everyone else.

She will also continue to advocate that ASFA’s member associations (MA) provide free menstrual hygiene products. Sutera Sardo initially presented a motion at ASFA’s council meeting on January 12 titled The Support for Individuals that Menstruate Position Motion.

It requests that ASFA finance and supply feminine products in all MA offices for students in need.

She also wants to make ASFA more inclusive and more representative. “We have an anti-racism position, and a sanctuary campus position as well,” she said, mentioning that ASFA just recently added these to their bylaws. “[This academic year] was the year of stabilizing ASFA, and I think that 2017-2018 will be the year of reforming ASFA,” Sutera Sardo said.

Sutera Sardo also mentioned she wants to openly support student engagement within the university and campus politics.

“If I wasn’t engaged my first semester, I probably wouldn’t be where I am right now,” she said.

She said she was hopeful about ASFA’s future based on how many students were engaged and voted during the elections. A total of 459 students voted.

During his campaign, Tutino did a lot of posting and advertising through social media, even though he was the only one running for the internal affairs position. “I told my friends to vote, and engaged students in my class to do the same,” he said.

For his new role as VP of internal affairs, Tutino has already thought of projects he wants to accomplish next year. “I want to help with the lack of representation that some student associations might suffer from,” he said. The newly-elected VP is a theology major and is therefore familiar with the problems that the Theological Studies Undergraduate Student Association has experienced. “They have an association, but are not certified yet. They are not acknowledged by the university,” Tutino said, adding that it’s been an issue because the association should be taken into consideration like any other ones on campus.

He said he also wants to wor k with Queer Concordia and make them more visible on campus. “I want to hear their concerns, and I clearly don’t know all of the politics around it, but I want to create a dialogue with them and just speak with them,” he said.

Tutino plans to work on promoting gender advocacy on campus as well. “It was actually an issue for my campaign.

People were wondering how can I make a poster with something that I’ve never experienced before,” Tutino said,

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RENTING

Red flags to watch when renting in Montreal

Montreal housing is pretty affordable, but many do not know about scammers

MATTHEW COYTE STAFF WRITER Montreal was named the number one city in the world for students, according to the 2017 QS Student City rankings, a bump up from

seventh place last year. A big reason for its popularity among students is the abundance of affordable housing—some of the cheapest in the country—in almost every borough.

Nonetheless, there are

scammers and landlords who specifically target students, who may be desperate to find a place to live.

Leanne Ashworth, a c o ord in ator at C on c ordia’s Housing and Jobs Office (HOJO), has some tips for students and specifics to watch out for when apartment hunting.

“If [landlords] are just contacting by email or by text message, that’s not good enough,” Ashworth said. “You always want to see in person what you’re going to be committing to. If the apartment seems too good to be true for the neighbourhood that it’s in, then that’s a good sign that it’s not actually a real apartment.”

This is the kind of situation Concordia student Roba Riad Bairakdar encountered when she was looking for an apartment earlier this month.

“I was looking through the ads on Kijiji, and I came across a place that was unbelievably cheap,” she said. “There was no phone number in the ad, and I was only allowed to message

the person through Kijiji.”

The scammer, who did not use a name in the emails Bairakdar shared with The Concordian , displayed many red flags indicative of fraud. This included the demand that Bairakdar must pay one month’s rent upfront to secure the apartment. Under the Quebec Civil Code, landlords are not allowed to demand deposits to guarantee apartments—tenants only need to pay for the months agreed upon under the official provincial lease once they move in. The scammer also claimed to be out of the country, in France, Bairakdar said.

Another red f lag was the pictures that accompanied the apartment ad on Kijiji. Bairakdar said she reverse searched the images and found they matched the photos of another apartment worth almost three times what this ad was offering.

Ashwor th recommends students who are unsure about the legitimacy of their lease or are worried their landlord is taking advantage of them to come to HOJO. The office offers a legal

information clinic by appointment for those seeking advice.

“The best thing for students to do is to prepare themselves for how the process should go,” Ashwor th said. This process includes potential renters ensuring they visit the apartment with the landlord and go over all the details before handing over any money or signing anything. The only lease that should be signed is an official provincial lease.

She also suggests students visit the housing committees that exist in each neighbourhood in the city, and speak with them directly regarding any problems. These committees can help students by offering help to find apartments with credible landlords.

For more information, visit HOJO on the second floor of the Hall building. The office is open between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. from Monday to Thursday, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays. There is also a HOJO in the CC building on the Loyola campus, open on Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

CHARITY

Grey Nuns resident helps those in need

First-year student organizes an initiative to create care packages for the homeless SOPHIA DELAFONTAINE CONTRIBUTOR Concordia therapeutic recreation student Marie Nadeau started an initiative to provide care packages for the homeless in Montreal, a project that she is continuing until the end of her first year.

Nadeau was inspired to start the project last Christmas due to the large number of people she saw living on the streets near her home in Concordia’s Grey Nuns residence.

By asking friends and peers in residence for help, largely through social media, Nadeau received an extensive amount of donations ranging from canned food, sweaters and coats to toothbrushes, soaps and towels, among other items.

Since Nadeau’s goal was to get as many people to donate to the homeless as possible, the generosity of her community drove her to continue the project past the initial date of delivery, March 12, and into the end of the school year.

“Since I’m from Vancouver, we don’t really experience these harsh weather conditions, so it was crazy to see how homeless people in Montreal survive the winter,” Nadeau said. “It definitely made me feel like I should do something about it.”

It was through the Grey Nuns

residence Facebook group that Nadeau reached out to other students for both donations and volunteer help, and where her project proposal first received a lot of positive recognition.

In fact, Theo Grebonval, also a firstyear student residing in Grey Nuns, already had a similar idea.

“I wanted to collect things and donate to the homeless already, and then she proposed the idea and it was just best to do it with her,” Grebonval said. From there, a group chat was created to allow the 19 volunteers to communicate about the details, such as group meeting times and where donations would be delivered.

“One of the first things that we talked about was what should and shouldn’t be in the care packages,” Nadeau said. “Some people had some great ideas that I didn’t initially think about, like feminine hygiene products, and that’s a huge thing.”

Also included in the care packages were items such as granola bars, socks, toques and Band-Aids.

“We asked ourselves, ‘What would someone need the most?’”

Grebonval said. “Everyone brought what they had, and we saw what we needed and wanted to put into one care package.”

However, they received so many clothing items that Nadeau decided the best thing to do was give them

directly to the Old Brewery Mission.

“There was also the aspect of fairness—if I was giving a sweater in one package, and I was giving a winter jacket in one package, that might be unfair,” Nadeau said.

The care packages ended up including donations from people outside of Grey Nuns, as Grebonval reached out to his hometown of Glen Rock, N.J. during reading week. “About five or six families donated some pretty big, prepaid and pre-made packages, so it was great. We had about 20 of them,” Grebonval said.

With the 20 packages organized and ready for delivery on Sunday, March 12, Nadeau along with Grebonval and other volunteers, went out near the Concordia downtown campus, including on Ste. Catherine, in -17 C weather to give out as many care packages as possible. “I would tell them I had a care package for them and would tell them briefly what was inside,” Nadeau said. “They were very thankful and appreciative of the gesture.”

However, on the day of delivery, there ended up being more packages than there were people to receive them.

“Now, each time I leave residence, I bring at least one or two care packages with me because I’ll always see a homeless person on my walk,” Nadeau said, adding

that Grebonval does the same. “It’s just a matter of every time you’re going out, don’t just think about yourself and think about others.”

Nadeau plans to continue handing out the remaining care packages along with more she will make using incoming donations for the remainder of the semester.

For those interested in donating items such as food, clothing or toiletries for future care packages, Nadeau will be accepting donations until April 14. She can be reached by email at marienadeau98@ gmail.com.

Marie Nadeau photographed holding care packages for the homeless.

Photo by Sophia Delafontaine.

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ENVIRONMENT

How to become actively involved in the zero-waste movement Quebec actress Mélissa de La Fontaine talked about her experience joining the movement

MINA MAZUMDER ASSISTANT LIFE EDITOR Quebec actress and environmental health advocate Mélissa de La Fontaine talked food waste and consumption during her Conférence Zéro Déchet on March 21 at Université de Montréal.

During the conference, which was held in French, de La Fontaine touched on her experiences living a zero-waste lifestyle and offered tips for people interested in joining the movement.

She talked about her experience moving from Shawinigan to Montreal, and how she started raising her awareness on environmental issues and the rising problem of food and material waste in Canada. She said through her activism, she wants to encourage all Montrealers to make better environmental decisions.

“You should all know that the garbage that we throw daily, it does not disappear. It ends up at landfill sites,” de La Fontaine said.

According to de La Fontaine’s research, there are two ways these sites pollute our environment—many non-compostable materials, such as plastic produces methane and well-water.

“Methane ends up in the air that we breathe, while well-water is a form of juice that garbage creates, which can end up in our oceans and

deeply harm fish,” she said.

De La Fontaine propelled herself in the movement after reading environmental activist Bea Johnson’s book Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying your Life by Reducing your Waste. The book helped de La Fontaine become more educated on waste and environmental issues in Canada. The environmental advocate said she believes if everyone made small, regular contributions towards waste reduction in their own homes, it would do a lot of good for the planet. According to a 2016 Huffington Post article “Let's Work Towards A Zero-Waste Future By Creating A Culture Of Reuse,” people throw out “an average of 4.7 trash bags of clothing every year,” which is equal to 2.6 billion pounds of garbage that goes into landfills per year.

“We do not need to count every piece of garbage we throw out, but rather all contribute according to our personal limits. We all have limits, so it’s not about going to extremes,” de La Fontaine said.

She said following a minimalist lifestyle is a good way to reduce waste. When you live a minimalist lifestyle, you are dedicated to buying less and focusing on only necessities.

She outlined a four-step technique to limiting waste in urban households. The steps are refusing, reducing, reusing and

recycling.

Refusing is about saying “no” to extra, unnecessary items. This includes trinkets organizations tend to give away at conferences. It also includes promotional cards and flyers distributed on the street, or “freebies,” as de La Fontaine called them. “You are telling the organizations to make more of these items, which causes an issue when they use petrol and energy to create them,” she said.

Reducing is about minimizing the purchase or use of household products, among others.

Reducing not only saves money but also lowers the demand for certain products that harm the environment, but that also create pollution when they are manufactured.

Reusing is about utilizing items such as bags and containers. De La Fontaine suggested to buy reusable plastic containers and grocery bags that can last for many years and do not cause damage to our planet.

While de La Fontaine said recycling seems fairly self-explanatory, it’s important to do it correctly. Composting is one of the most important waste-reducing processes, she

Graphic by Florence Yee

said. About 50 to 60 per cent of garbage being thrown out in Quebec is compostable, according to Statistics Canada.

“I would recommend composting things like fruit peels, which is very easy to do,” de La Fontaine said.

De La Fontaine said she hopes in the next five years, Canadians will start taking serious action towards environmental health, reducing waste and saving the environment from further pollution.

For those interested in finding out more about the zero-waste movement in North America, de La Fontaine highly recommends reading Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate

Guide to Simplifying your Life by Reducing your Waste.

PROFILE

Humans of Concordia: Sera Kassab How one Concordia student doesn’t let her disability stop her from succeeding GABRIELLE BÉLAND CONTRIBUTOR While Sera Kassab never doubted her career path, she did doubt how she would fit in among other students at Concordia.

As a deaf student at Concordia, her scholastic experience is quite unique.

Born deaf in an entirely hearing Lebanese family, Kassab has been in contact with hearing culture from a very young age.

While Kassab said coming to Concordia changed her life for the better, adjusting to

her new surroundings was challenging. “I was extremely nervous. I was going into a hearing environment that I am not used to, and everything felt so weird and scary,” she said. The 28-year-old student communicates using American Sign Language (ASL).

Art, in all its forms, has always been Kassab’s passion—she wasn’t going to let being deaf stop her from pursuing it.

Kassab is now in her sixth year in the studio arts undergraduate program, pursuing her dream the only way she knows how--by letting her art speak for itself.

When she started university, Kassab said some students were caught off-guard by her at first, since many had never met a deaf person before. One of the hardest parts for her was breaking down people’s misconceptions. “People think deaf people are feeble-minded because we don’t always understand what hearing people are trying to tell us,” Kassab said. She, however, argues her deafness strengthens her other senses and actually serves as an advantage. Being Twenty-eight-year-old Sera deaf makes her Kassab has never let her m o r e v i s u a l deafness slow her down. and at tentive Photo by Sera Kassab. to details that

hearing people might miss, she said. Kassab also developed a stronger memory, which helps her in school. When she paints,photographs, sculpts or designs, it helps her recreate things she sees and likes more easily.

Concordia’s Access Centre for Students with Disabilities offers Kassab interpreting services, tutoring and note-takers. Just like any regular student, Kassab attends her classes on campus, but she is accompanied by an interpreter. The interpreter translates the teacher’s explanations and comments made by students into ASL. However, if the interpreter can’t make it, Kassab has to skip the class. Trying to follow the course without hearing anything and trying to communicate on her own would be too demanding. She remembers one time the interpreter didn’t show up, but she felt so uneasy with the situation she stayed in class anyway and just asked her teacher and classmates a lot of questions.

Some students were patient with her, but she could tell they felt uncomfortable.

Kassab said feeling disconnected from her surroundings can be scary and difficult to deal with. She constantly worries about missing information, especially when teachers and students speak too quickly,

or talk over each other. In moments like these, she relies on note-takers and students who of fer their help. Other times, she’ll ask the teacher to go back over certain points. “After class, some students will actually come and thank me because they too can understand better,” Kassab said.

Today, Kassab feels she’s settled in and is “part of a family” at Concordia. She’s become more receptive to interactions with other students—some are even learning sign language to better communicate with her. Alongside fellow Concordia students and close friends, she’s participating in an artistic project called Mtl Seekers.

The group was started by and for artists seeking to move up and evolve in their artistic careers. Within the group, they distinguish themselves by their different artistic tastes and influences. They will have their first art exposition next fall.

Kassab has never seen her deafness as a limitation, and she encourages both deaf and hearing people to see it as she does. By pursuing her dreams despite obstacles, Kassab hopes to “inspire deaf children to become artists [and to not] be afraid to show their talent.”

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COLUMN

Bartender Banter: The scoop on gin The director of Montreal’s only gin pub gives the rundown on what’s good How is it made?

Gin, funnily enough, is technically flavoured vodka. Gin is made from the distillation of a neutral grain alcohol, the botanicals mentioned added after. Vodka is just made from distilled grain like wheat, rye or potatoes. In other words, gin is way more awesome. Technically speaking, gin has a more complex flavour.

The pub has more than 100 options of gin to choose from.

Photos by Danielle Gasher.

DANIELLE GASHER LIFE EDITOR This week, we are talking gin. I could talk about my love of gin for hours. Its bitterness, its versatility, its oomph. As a bartender, I have a lot of fun creating and mixing with gin.

Anything that vodka can do, gin can do better, in my opinion.

When I found out a gin bar existed in Montreal a few years ago, I quickly became a frequent visitor.

Le Pourvoyeur, located at 184 Jean Talon St. East, in the Jean Talon market, offers over 125 different kinds of gin to drink on the rocks or in your favourite cocktail.

Stéphane Bernard is the associate director of the gin pub, which opened six years ago.

Bernard and I talked cocktails and favourite gins. But before I give you all the scoop, let’s go through some basics.

uses this gin to make one of Bernard’s favourite cocktails: the gin old-fashioned.

The drink is made the same way as the classic old-fashioned, but with gin instead of bourbon.

Alternatively, Bernard recommends Juniper Green gin. This London gin is organic, and has a dominating pine flavour.

For the lover of softer, more subtle-tasting gins, Bernard recommends Brockmans gin.

It is subtly bitter with light floral notes.

Bernard says it’s the perfect gin to drink on its own, over ice.

Bernard also says to take advantage of all the awesome Quebec gins available at the SAQ, and at his pub, of course. These include Ungava, Saint-Laurent, Piger Henricus, Romeo’s gin and Neige.

Mixing it up

Some recommendations

What is gin?

Gin is a spirit derived primarily from juniper berries. Gins usually include other botanicals, such as coriander, lemon peel, orange peel, cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg. The difference in flavour from one kind of gin to another largely depends on the balance between botanicals.

As with any drink, people have their favourites. For gin lovers who prefer coarser, more bitter gins, Bernard recommends the Filliers Dry Gin 28, a Belgian gin barrel-aged in a bourbon barrel for added depth and intensity. The gin takes its name from the 28 botanicals used to distill the alcohol, including Belgian hops, angelica root, allspice and fresh oranges. Le Pourvoyeur

The pub’s cocktail menu includes all the classics, from a negroni to a Pimm’s Cup. But it also has some funkier, delicious options to try, such as the Earl Grey G&T or the cocktail of the month, the Gold n’ Ginger.

This special drink is a mix of Botanivore gin, cognac, ginger syrup, thyme, an egg white and fresh lemon. One of Bernard’s favourites is the Piger Bloody Caesar. The classic bloody is made with a Quebec gin, the Piger Henricus, instead of plain ol’ vodka. The gin flavour really elevates the clamato flavour and the spiciness of the drink.

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR EXAMS! Good luck with your exams and final projects.

After exams, enjoy the summer break.

If you are graduating, I look forward to seeing you at spring convocation!

Alan Shepard alan.shepard@concordia.ca

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ARTS EDITOR /// arts@theconcordian.com TIFFANY LAFLEUR

FILM

T2 Trainspotting: A return to the dark path of addiction Sequel to 1996 hit film plays it safe, but falls short of its ground-breaking predecessor

T2 Trainspotting brought in the s a m e c a st a n d characters as the original 1996 film.

MATTHEW TURNBULL STAFF WRITER A lot of care went into T2 Trainspotting.

What holds it back is a strong sense of sentimentality, which prevents it from going as far down a dark path as it could have. The gritty reality of drug addiction takes a backseat to slapstick comedy, coupled with elements usually found in romantic comedies.

T2 Trainspotting , directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller, is the sequel to the 1996 hit Trainspotting. The original cast returns to Edinburgh to pick up where

they left off—living fast, getting in trouble and going straight down to rock bottom.

Although a genuinely funny film, some audience members might not enjoy how some serious subject matters are addressed.

The tone of the film is reminiscent of Trailer Park Boys in that it brings dark humour to serious issues. It could have been a dreary experience given the presence of drug use, relapse, depression and death. However, it ops for a good time and viewers should expect a comedy.

T2 is a self-aware film, with many references to the original source material, sometimes so much so that it seems preoccupied with its predecessor’s success.

Under all the jokes, pop music and surprising amount of slapstick humour, T2 could be seen as a decent film about relapse into addiction. When things are going good for the characters, the film is a fun time. It’s a night out with your best friends, it’s choosing life and loving it. When things aren’t going so well, the film takes an emotional dip, as all hope seems to be lost. Whereas the first film was timeless because of how it handled the seriousness of heroin addiction—the sequel does not delve deep enough into the topic. T2 plays it safe.

The original film dealt with addiction in a way that hadn’t been done before, and so comparing T2 to Trainspotting is

unfair. But T2 is so rooted in the last film that viewing the first is practically mandatory.

Yet, this film does not match up to the 1996 classic.

However, despite the shortcomings that keep T2 from being a classic itself, there are some moments which are truly great, such as when Simon reminisces with Mark about the first time they got high—a beautifully heart-breaking moment when two young men effectively destroy their lives for good.

Once the film finally comes to an end, it is clear this is a story about redemption more than relapse— but while T2 accurately depicts relapse, it does not fully delve into the subject.

FILM

The Netflix Original film you should see I Don’t Feel at Home In This World Anymore will keep you laughing while on the edge of your seat ALEXANDRA COLATOSTI SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR

neighbour (played by Elijah Wood) to track down the thieves.

The dark comedy had its world premiere

it as a “satisfying story of two people who have decided the only way to behave in a mad world is to be a little mad.”

While Netflix has a dedicated “originals” section, it can be hard to differentiate between what is actually good and what is just completely unwatchable (ahem, The Ridiculous 6).

Despite the previously mentioned Adam Sandler flop, Netflix Originals has delivered mostly solid content, and this is best showcased in their original television series. Shows like Orange is the New Black and Stranger Things have been among some of the most-watched television series in the last couple of years. Since 2015, Netflix has begun to develop and release their own original films, and the recent I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Macon Blair’s feature film debut, is one to watch.

I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore is so much more than just The film is the latest in a series of original movies produced by Netflix. a mouthful of a title. Starring Melanie Lynskey—arguably the queen of weird indie at the Sundance Film Festival back in January Lynskey easily gives one of the best films (Happy Christmas and The Perks of and won the festival’s Grand Jury Prize for the performances of her career as Ruth, a Being a Wallflower)—it tells the story of Ruth, U.S. Dramatic competition. It also received pushover with no direction in life. However, a depressed alcoholic who, after her home tons of critical acclaim before premiering on Ruth is given new purpose when her home is is burglarized, teams up with her troubled Netflix on Feb. 24, with Collider describing invaded and her laptop and late grandmother’s

china collection are stolen. But she doesn’t care so much about the stolen goods. She describes the robbery as a “violation.” She can’t get past the fact that a stranger was in her home. She doesn’t feel safe anymore.

We see Ruth overcome her people-pleasing ways as the story progresses—whether it’s cutting in line at the grocery store or angrily questioning a potential suspect, the traumatizing experience of having her house broken into forces Ruth to take charge of her life.

The film keeps you hooked as you watch Ruth and Tony (Wood) on their vigilante endeavours, and also features a killer soundtrack. With an array of eccentric characters dressed in flannel shirts and 70s-inspired mobster garb and a bloody ending you won’t see coming, I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore gives new meaning to the term “weird little indie film.”

Most of all, I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore has a certainty in its uniqueness that makes it truly enjoyable to watch. If this is what Netflix’s original films have to offer, I’m looking forward to seeing what’s to come.

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EXHIBITION

Intersectional feminist art exhibition puts spotlight on emerging artists

Area Codes art exhibition addresses multiculturalism, marginality, and identity MAGGIE HOPE ARTS ASSISTANT EDITOR Right to Campus McGill hosted an intersectional feminist art exhibition at Studio XX on March 23. Area Codes was curated by Concordia students Madelyne Beckles and Leah Schulli.

The exhibition featured the work of Concordia and McGill students, as well as other up-and-coming artists. The contributors shared their personal experiences of marginality and social oppression, and boldly confronted the issues from a female-identifying perspective.

Area Codes aimed to raise awareness about these emerging artists’ work, but also to publicly recognize International Women’s Day, Anti-Street Harassment Week and the Commission on the Status of Women, a UN intergovernmental body dedicated to empowering women and promoting gender equality.

Right to Campus McGill is a student-run organization that aims to promote social equality and facilitate the right to public space on the McGill campus. The organization is part of an initiative taken by Women in Cities International, a Montreal-based non-profit association that focuses on “the empowerment, safety and inclusion of women and girls in urban settings,” according to Right to Campus McGill’s Facebook page. Right to Campus McGill organizes a variety of events with this goal in mind, including documentary screenings, art exhibitions, discussions and panels.

The curators collaborated with Women in Cities International for this exhibition.

The Area Codes exhibition featured 12 installations, one of which was a performance piece by Anika Ahuja. During her performance, which lasted about five minutes, everyone in the gallery gathered

around the artist and watched attentively.

It blended well with the other pieces, but also added another layer of intrigue and engagement with the audience.

The artist sat cross-legged in one corner of the room with a bowl of red dye, a bowl of water, a scrub brush and a towel. Ahuja applied the dye to the palms of her hands and the tips of her fingers.

She repeated this motion a number of times before washing her hands, scrubbing the dye off and then beginning to apply the dye again.

According to the artist’s statement, the performance, titled In Attempt to be Definitive, “addresses the conflict of the intangible cross-cultural space, and considers ideas of inherent versus chosen identity, denial and shame.” It is described as a representation of the artist’s attempt to take ownership of her various cultural identities that conflict with one another. By repeatedly dying and washing her hands, Ahuja seemed to be torn between accepting and ridding herself of any cultural significance that could be attached to her identity.

Janina Anderson, a teaching assistant who works in the Fine Arts Department at Concordia, contributed her piece titled Cut Outs. The work consisted of two large collage pieces that were mounted on Bristol board and hung from the ceiling of the studio. The collages commanded the attention of gallery viewers due to their size and conspicuous placement—they hung just above the heads of the crowd.

One piece featured a photo of a young African-American girl sitting with what seemed to be an open box in her lap. The other collage piece displayed a photo of an African-American man loosely floating in the fetal position with his arms tucked into his chest. The photos were taken from National Geographic magazines published in the

mid-20th century.

The artist explained that, by removing the surrounding environment from the photos, in other words, decontextualizing them, she wanted to highlight the “social, political and cultural values through which they are constructed and disseminated.”

Her work provokes quest ions surrounding identity and multiculturalism through the medium of collage.

Liz Xu’s interactive piece was simply a tent emoji.

Xu constructed a small tent out of synthetic material, and screen-printed grass, f lowers, trees and mountains onto the inside of it.

From the outside it appears to be a plain white tent, but upon entering, the viewer is encircled by mountains and a forest lit up by a lamp in the centre of the tent.

In her artist statement, Xu explained that her piece “functions as a physical representation of the boundary between human and nature.” Though humans may attempt to break this boundary by immersing themselves in nature through activities like camping, the materials and supplies needed to do so are man-made and therefore maintain the division between man and nature. Xu’s piece may also be interpreted as a broader comment on

Area Codes brought together artists from McGill and Concordia at Studio XX. Photos by Ana Hernandez.

Western society—the modern consumer and its relationship to the natural world—by presenting a blatant example of a manmade object combined with forms of the natural world. While sitting inside the tent, one feels relatively isolated from the everything outside the tent, which enforces a feeling of separation between oneself and the outdoors.

The exhibition also included the works of Sophia Borowska, Simone Blain, Molly Caldwell, Sara Graorac, Salina Ladha, Lindsey Lagemaat, Alicia Mersy, Hayley O’Byrne and Amery Sandford. Pieces ranged from sculptures and oil paintings to digital art and posters.

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CINEMA POLITICA

With this Ring gives stereotypes a one-two punch Concordia alumnae shine light on female Indian boxing champions in new documentary TIFFANY LAFLEUR ARTS EDITOR MC Mary Kom, who was born in Manipur, India, financed her early boxing career by squirreling away whatever money she could until she had enough to buy her first pair of cheap boxing gloves. Despite winning match after match in the ring and slowly climbing in the rankings, Kom kept her involvement in the sport a secret from her family.

After she won the boxing state championship, her story was featured in a newspaper and her parents found out she was a boxer.

Kom’s story is one of many told in With this Ring. The documentary, directed by Concordia alumnae Anna Sarkissian and Ameesha Joshi, examines the reality of female boxers in India. Despite earning numerous titles and medals, the athletes reside in a country where old traditions and societal pressures discourage women from participating in sports such as boxing.

The documentary follows several female boxers over a period of six years as they train to become the next world champion, competing on the global stage. In addition to showing the grueling training schedule, the film also highlights the challenges these women face outside the ring, such as the huge pressure for young Indian women to marry.

For many athletes in the film, boxing is more than just a sport. It’s a source of income, or an escape from poverty, or a means to get a job. Yet, for all the successes of India’s female boxing team, the top-ranked in the world, recognition is hard to come by.

“Our ultimate goal was to share the boxers' stories with Indian society and hopefully the rest of the world too, so that they can be recognized for everything they've sacrificed and achieved. We wanted them to be known,” Sarkissian said.

The film draws its strength from the way it is structured. Rather than telling the viewer what exactly is happening, it opts to show it instead. There is no narration, and the only intrusion on behalf of the directors is intermittent text insertions to give context or explain a concept. This allows the boxers to tell their own stories—to Mary Kom is the explain their own hardships, their only boxer in India own accomplishments and their to win the state own pains. In addition to the championships five athletes’ points of view, the film consecutive times. also includes short segments in original plan was to go in for two which regular citizens are asked months, embed themselves in their opinions on women in sport. Most the boxers’ lives, then head back home. times, the answers are very traditional: the Instead, producing the documentary has boxing ring is no place for a woman, as her been a decade-long adventure. The filming face might get scarred, which would prevent section of their project took six years and her from finding a husband. included four trips to India.

When Joshi and Sarkissian decided “People may think that being a filmmaker to commit to producing this film, the is quite glamorous, but it often involves

having a day job and spending evenings and weekends on a project you're really passionate about,” Sarkissian said. “There are lots of highs and lows in this type of work.”

With this Ring will be screened as part of Cinema Politica’s program on April 3 at 7 p.m. Admission is by donation. The screening will take place in H-101.

FILM

Power Rangers: A nostalgic film without the original's charm The first Power Rangers film in 20 years takes itself too seriously for the franchise

ROMINA FLORENCIA ARRIETA STAFF WRITER Over the past few years, nostalgia has taken over the film industry. The TV shows and movies millennials grew up with in the 90s and late 80s have been adapted and revamped for a new generation of moviegoers, as well as the original fans who never sold their VHS cassettes.

This new trend in cinema has led to inconsistent results, from hits such as the

much-loved live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book, to misses such as the hardly watchable Jem and the Holograms, both released last year.

This wave of adaptations and reboots shows no signs of stopping, as Beauty and the Beast had great box-office results during its release last week. This film was quickly followed by Power Rangers, another film riding the wave of 90s nostalgia.

The last Power Rangers movie datesback 20 years, and therefore, this latest installment devotes its first half to explaining the origin

is extremely enjoyable as she completely loses herself in the character to become a campy supervillain.

The set of teenage characters resembles The Breakfast Club formula of having a character who encompasses a dif ferent stereotype. There is a cheerleader, a football star and even the "new girl." This dates the film terribly, as screenwriters have not used this writing trope seriously in a while. What is surprising about this movie is the lack of action scenes, The new Power Rangers film takes a as the first two thirds grittier approach to the franchise. are character-driven.

The main issue with the story of the main characters to benefit the lack of action sequences general public who is not familiar with the is that a Power Rangers movie shouldn’t storyline. The Power Rangers are a group take itself seriously. of rowdy teenagers who come together The directors missed an opportunity to form an unlikely team. They have to by not embracing how ridiculous the learn to work together and embrace their original TV series was. By taking itself too differences to fight a supernatural villain. seriously, the film loses its flavour. Even During their quest to become great fighters, if there are a few fight scenes, they are they learn to overcome the obstacles they poorly executed and the visuals are not face in their lives. The characters have aesthetically pleasing. There is a problem a good sense of humour, and the actors with the film’s tone, as its serious approach have great chemistry as a unit. Moreover, does not mesh with its cartoon-inspired Elizabeth Banks’ performance as Rita Repulsa fight scenes.

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Fe a t u r e d C o n c o r d i a A r t i s t Mel Arsenault

We only die once, stoneware, 2016.

"Curiosity for the potential of material transformation is one of the many elements motivating my practice; research in glaze chemistry a l l o w s m e to p e r fo r m a n d experiment with a wide variety of mineral matter. I feel like an alchemist as I’m making and exploring glazes to achieve different ef fe c ts of i n ex p l i c a b l e a n d mysterious transmuting.

I love the unexpected, want to feel some wonderment and ceramic as a medium, has the capacity to convey those aspects: when a piece goes through the firing process, so many variables are at play that the results (sometimes d i s a p p o i n ti n g) a re o f te n unpredictable and the anticipation of rediscovering a piece that has been transformed by fire is always exciting."

Petri Biomes project

The idea for making the Petri Biomes comes from an aesthetic interest for nature’s beautiful compositions of mold and bacteria growing in petri dishes. In this project, the container becomes a place where different ideas about cellular life, landscape and color can be developed.

We only die once..?

These 36 individual self-portraits were made with the idea of quantum physics in mind and question the notion of identity and experience. Based on the string th e o ry , w e w o u ld b e l i v i n g simultaneous lives in deferent locations and periods, meaning that we could die more than once...

Curiosities, 2016.

Petri Biome - naxos, porcelain, 2016.

Petri Biome - Wound desert, porcelain, 2016.

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Petri Biome - Diffusion, porcelain, 2017.

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Quickspins

MUSIC EDITOR /// music@theconcordian.com SANDRA HERCEGOVÁ

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PROFILE

Bigger Fish to Fry

Songs of Resilience takes us on a spiritual journey

(Salty EIC Records, 2017)

Simrit Kaur embarks on an international tour, sharing spiritual chants with the world

SANDRA HERCEGOVÁ MUSIC EDITOR Drawing soulful harmonies from the Greek Orthodox chants she grew up with, Simrit Kaur and her ensemble make music that will take you on a spiritual journey. Their album, Songs of Resilience, stems from a variety of different cultural influences, including Greek, West African, north-western Indian (Punjab) and classical American-European folk music.

Simrit’s ensemble consists of Shannon Heiden, who plays the electric cello and guitar; Salif Bamakora, who plays the Kora, a 21-string West African instrument; Tripp Dudley, who plays the percussion, and Jared May who plays electric bass. Kaur plays the harmonia—a pump organ—and sings. May also sings background vocals and, together, Kaur and May sing the harmonies.

Their international tour begins on March 25. Heiden will also open for their show, performing a 15-minute solo piece at every concert.

Kaur has been around music her whole life. “I started studying and playing music since I was very little. I sang at the church choir since I was six years old, I learned to read and write music—it’s always been in my blood and definitely in my soul,” Kaur said. However, her music career only began four years ago. “Once I realized I had serious drive to do it, I was super motivated so I put all my energy into it,” she said.

The music of Kaur and her ensemble is all about bringing a variety of cultural sounds together. “We all bring a strong set of influences,” Kaur said. “This music is nothing we’ve ever heard before—it’s crazy, it’s wild.”

Songs of Resilience, which was released in the fall of 2016, was inspired by the resilience of people. “It’s about life, people, my own resilience—I had an interesting life and I’ve seen and experienced my own resilience in

myself. I’ve seen how I’ve grown stronger because of my challenges, and I can relate with people because of these challenges,” Kaur said.

She said the songs on this album not only reflect her own resilience, but the resilience of others throughout history.

Various peoples, such as the Greeks, First Nations, Native Americans and the Irish have gone through a lot, but they still stand strong, she said. “We carry the blood and lineage of our ancestors. We are no different than they were 1,000 years ago, we are just in a different time,” Kaur said. “This album

shares compassion for human beings living on this planet—it’s not an easy place to live.”

One song on the album is called “Prithvi Hai.” "Prithvi" means "the Earth," and "Hai" signifies heaven in Gurmukhi, a 500-year-old sacred language from north-western India.

“It’s the balance of the heaven and the earth that is within all of us,” Kaur said. “It brings out a state of balance and neutrality in all of us.”

“The words from the song will help you be more happy and change your perspective—it’s really effective and supportive,” Kaur said.

According to Kaur, all these chants have the ability to enhance our state of being. “It depends on the person and what kind of state of mind they are in,” she said. The chants in “Prithvi Hai” bring out the greatest power

we have on this planet: “the power of the heart,” Kaur said.

The song “Sat Narayan” is also sung in Gurmukhi, and represents the element of water. We are 75 per cent water, she said, and so this chant balances the water element within us. “It is a beautiful chant from the heart,” Kaur said.

Another chant from the album, called “Pavan Guru,” another Gurmukhi chant from the album, evokes a supreme life force. “If you need more Simrit Kaur will be touring energy, this is a across North America and great chant—you Europe this spring to can get a lot of promote theiralbum, Songs energy listening of Resilience. Photos by to this chant while Ingrid Nelson. singing it,” Kaur said.

The ensemble has toured together many times over the last few years. “I couldn’t ask for a better band. As far as the musicianship, everyone is a master in what they bring. They are incredible people, and that translates into our music. We really enjoy being together on tour,” Kaur said.

Kaur said she is looking forward to the international tour. “I’m eager to be meeting all the amazing fans and the people who are moved by our music,” Kaur said. The ensemble will be performing in Kaur’s hometown of Athens, Greece, on April 14. “We are super excited to go to Europe to experience the ancient buildings, structures, the sights—it’s a beautiful thing to experience all that,” Kaur said.

This will also be the ensemble’s third time performing in Montreal. “We love Montreal, it’s an amazing place. One thing that gets us everytime we go is all the murals everywhere.

The murals are incredible, we’ve never seen anything like it,” Kaur said.

Kaur and her ensemble will be in Montreal on April 2 at the Cabaret Lion D’Or for a soothing afternoon show at 2 p.m. Tickets are available online for $35.

CsaltSanza’s debut EP, Bigger Fish to Fry, is a tale of what it’s like to work a thankless job at a student-run newspaper. From the title track, “My Life is a Meme,” all the way to the closer, “I’m Cancelling the Meeting,” we get a glimpse into the life of CsaltSanza.

Considering this album explores a theme no one has ever sung about, you’d think the album would be good, right? No, not right. Bigger Fish to Fry is a shallow attempt at discussing one's inner working, while providing the listener with so many genre shifts, it would make Twenty One Pilots blush.

I’m not sure what CsaltSanza was trying to do here, but if alienating her masthead was the goal, she sure accomplished it. You can probably buy the album for 10 cents at HMV now, if that’s your kind of thing. Worst album I’ve heard this year. Still pretty solid tho.

11 Trial Track: “Kk perf”

7/10

—Alexander Cole, Sports Editor

2 ACOLE

It’s a Sports Term (SportsTerm Records, 2017)

ACole’s debut record, It’s a Sports Term, is loaded with just that—sports terms.

The opening track, “Hat Trick,” is essentially a rant about how uncultured our copy team is. In “This is How It’s Said,” ACole lectures listeners on the importance of proper sports terminology by repeating the phrase 46 times throughout the three-minute track. The standout track is “ESports.”

Here, ACole incorporates synths, banjo and even a sitar, while attempting to convince the audience ESports are real sports that require strength and endurance. In the end, every song on the album sounds the same lyrically.

It’s simply a salty mess—and that’s coming from CsaltSanza, so that’s saying something. I would say he should just stick to sports, but if he did, his second album would be even more of a disaster. This was still pretty lit tho.

Lit is a sports term, btw.

11 Trial Track: “Off the Bench”

7/10

—Cristina Sanza , Editor-in-Chief

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3 PL AYBOI CARTI FT. LIL UZI VERT

Swim away with Great Lake Swimmers The band dials it down to simplicity in their new EP, Swimming Away

Woke Up Like This

Playboi Carti collaborated with Lil Uzi Vert in his new single, “Woke Up Like This.” Carti, the young Atlanta rapper, has managed to stay under the radar for the past couple of months, but he has finally bestowed a club banger upon us.The song has nearly three million plays on Soundcloud and doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. Not only does this track bring together two of today’s most talked-about underground rappers, but it also hints towards rumours of the much-anticipated release of Carti’s debut album. The track emphasizes the usual ad-libs and repetitive lyrics one would expect from these two artists. However, it seems to blend seamlessly into a piece of trap magic.

Lil Uzi Vert complements Carti’s rhythmic flows perfectly. The content of the track is nothing special, but allows the listener to “catch a feel” of living in the drug-induced culture influencing a majority of today’s most popular rap artists.

11 Trial track: “Woke Up Like This”

8/10

— Nick Pankratz, Contributor

4 DEAD OBIES

Air Max (Bonsound Records, 2017)

Montreal-based rap group Dead Obies released a new EP, Air Max on March 17. The release is filled with calming beats that border on melancholic, with songs like “Cruel Summer” and “Allo Allo.” Straying far from the usual mosh pit-inspiring songs, Air Max is perfect for a chill evening with friends.

While keeping with the technique of voice clips dispersed throughout the album, as was done on Gesamtkunstwerk¸ the bilingual hip-hop band included much more English in this release.

This makes the album more accessible, but admittedly diminishes the charm that stemmed from the group’s French Canadian origins. While the album itself is very good, it's a definite departure overall from the sound of Dead Obies’ previous albums.

11 Trial track: “Cruel Summer"

7.5/10

— Emma Brayley, Contributor

A portrait of Great Lake Swimmers, from left to right: Bret Higgins, Tony Dekker and Erik Arnesen.

Photo courtesy of Great Lake Swimmers.

EMILY VIDAL ASSISTANT MUSIC EDITOR Toronto-based indie-folk group Great Lake Swimmers just released their newest EP, Swimming Away, and are set to tour Canada and the United States.

The EP alludes to the new musical direction the band is headed in, singer-songwriter Tony Dekker said. “I think I’ve come around again to a very lessis-more attitude, and I think that’s sort of the direction I see for the future of this group too—focusing in on the quieter and more intense part of the songwriting again,” he said.

Great Lake Swimmers has garnered a lot of success over the past 15 years.

They were nominated for a Juno Award in 2009 for their album Lost Channels, and made the Polaris Music Prize shortlist. The band even received public endorsements from Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and cyclist Lance Armstrong.

However, Dekker did not expect to achieve any fame when he created the group over 15 years ago. “I released [the first] album with really low expectations, and basically as a vehicle just for songwriting,” he said.

“It actually started as a kind of songwriting project that added people over the years as I crossed paths with people who were like-minded.”

Now, the frontman is excited to share a new aspect of his music on this tour. “It’s back to scaling it back and bringing it back to its basic elements, almost. You know, so that the message and the lyrics don’t get lost in the music,” he said.

Dekker said the band will feature some of their previous work in their performances as well. “We’re focusing on some of the older songs from our catalogue, some of the quieter ones, some of the more quietly intense songs, you could say,” he said. “We did a tour like that in Europe last year and it was really well-received, so we thought

we should do this across Canada.”

The band’s first stop on their CanadaU.S. tour was at La Sala Rossa in Montreal on March 22. “We’ve always had a good following [in Montreal],” Dekker said. “We’re really excited to be back in Quebec, for sure.”

They will be heading as far east as Halifax, N.S., and then to the American mid-west to Michigan and Wisconsin.

Joining Dekker onstage are Bret Higgins, who plays the upright bass, the mandolin and keyboards, and James Taylor, who is filling in for full-time band member Erik Arnesen on the banjo. Singer-songwriter Megan Bonnell will also be joining them.

“We’re lucky to have her on tour,” he said.

The band has always been expanding and contracting in terms of membership, however, Arnesen and Higgins have been with Dekker for the longest time compared to the other musicians who have played with the band in the past. “[Erik and I] have been playing music together for 15 years or more,” Dekker said, “Bret has been with the band since 2008, so it’s almost 10 years now.”

Dekker said he finds himself most inspired by nature when creating his music. It is a theme that can be heard on all Great Lake Swimmers albums. Dekker said it’s because, while he now spends the majority of his time in the city of Toronto,

he was born and raised on a farm in a small town in rural Ontario. “One of the main things that is a thread throughout the album is that I take a lot of inspiration from the natural world,” Dekker said. “I feel like that’s the kind of thing that’s in my bones—a more pastoral imagery.”

Dekker also has a degree in literature and a deep passion for telling stories through his music. “The whole reason that I do this is to really express an idea through music and in song and in writing,” he said.

The artist will take hours, days and sometimes years to develop the lyrics and add a level of complexity to his music. It once took him five years to develop a single song.

“I spend a lot of time with the lyrics, and I think there’s a lot more going on beneath the surface,” Dekker said. “I think that’s the type of thing that becomes rewarding once you start digging into it a bit more. I think there’s a reward in really investigating it, you know?”

The band will be playing in smaller venues than usual for this tour to be closer with the audience. “I think that the main expectation is to make a real sort of connection with audiences on a more intimate level,” Dekker said.

The band hopes to record a new album following the tour.

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A look at the business aspect of sports

Three speakers in the sports business industry shared their knowledge at the JMSM speaker series conference

Chris Moynes has his own asset management firm for athletes.Photos by Ana Hernandez.

ALEXANDER COLE SPORTS EDITOR Around 40 JMSB students packed into the Sheraton Hotel on René Lévesque Boulevard for the John Molson Sports Marketing speaker series conference on March 24.

The event was organized by JMSB students and featured three speakers: Rob Campana, Jonathan Mailhot and Chris Moynes. They each spoke for about an hour, with Campana and Mailhot presenting students with a case study where students had to come up with ideas to fix a problem that affected the speaker’s business.

Moynes was the keynote speaker.

At around 1 p.m., Campana, who is the founder of Flag Plus Football league in Montreal, spoke to students about starting his sports league and the challenges that came with it. A graduate of JMSB, Campana started Flag Plus Football when he was 19, in 2005.

“I started the league because the leagues that did exist seemed to not want my friends and I,” Campana said. “It’s like we weren’t part of their friend group, so I felt like I needed to make something for my friends.”

There were only 18 teams when the league started in 2005, but now there are more than 300. Since then, league has become a luxury brand for recreational flag football in Montreal.

As a former student, Campana was happy

to speak at the conference and share his knowledge with the eager crowd.

“It’s interesting to stay connected with the John Molson community as an alumnus,” Campana said. “Sports marketing has always been a passion of mine, and I was honoured that they wanted to have me.”

After giving his talk, Campana presented the students with a case study related to his own company. Flag Plus Football grows about 10 to 15 per cent each year, according to Campana.

However, low profit margins make it hard to expand the business.

Campana looked to students for solutions to his problem. After 30 minutes, the students came back with ideas, which Campana listened to and gave feedback on.

“John Molson students are very smart,” Campana said. “I’m always curious and interested in what they come up with.”

Some students thought that one route Campana could go, is license his league’s services to other recreational leagues for a royalty fee.

The next speaker was Mailhot, who is the head of advertising, media planning and innovation for the Montreal Canadiens. Mailhot spoke to the group about his role with the Canadiens, as well as how he got there, having started out as a student in JMSB. In his role with the Habs, Mailhot helps

Students enjoyed a cocktail event after the conference at the Sheraton Hotel

develop social media strategies, as well as create promotional videos for the team’s various events and media platforms. For instance, Mailhot is in charge of helping create the “pump up” videos shown before each game at the Bell Centre.

Mailhot said he remembers being a student and attending these conferences.

“I think the biggest thing is I was in those chairs not so long ago,” Mailhot said. “Presenters don't even notice how much impact they have on someone’s life, so I always like to think of what I would have liked to learn and then bring that information to these types of conferences.”

For Mailhot’s case study, he asked students to figure out how the Montreal Canadiens could make their Bell Centre tour more enticing to people. He also wanted to see if students could tie the tour into a social cause that would help the organization give back to the community.

He said despite students only having 30 minutes, he was impressed with the ideas the students came up with.

“I was curious to see what people came up with. It was a real challenge that we have at the Montreal Canadiens, so it was interesting,” Mailhot said. “What came out today was a bit of

what we’ve worked on already, but to hear it from a group of students may have confirmed some of those projects.”

The third and final speaker was Moynes, who is the creator of One Sports Entertainment Group.

The firm helps professional athletes manage their assets and make the right investments so they don’t go bankrupt.

Moynes talked about his early years as an employee at his father’s company which also dealt with asset management. There, he would help manage the assets of some of hockey’s biggest names. He then went on to work at RBC and later started his own company.

Each student got to go home with two of his books, The Pro’s Process and After the Game, which discuss how athletes can avoid financial instability later in their careers and after retirement.

While speaking about his career path, Moynes left students with some motivational words.

“In life, you never know where you’re going to end up,” Moynes said. “But with hard work and determination, you’re going to go down the path you want to go.”

After his talk, a networking cocktail was held for students to formally meet each of the three speakers.

Jonathan Mailhot is in charge of advertising, media planning and innovation for the Montreal Canadiens.

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In celebration of the NHL’s centennial, it was announced that the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators will play outdoors in Ottawa in December. As fun as it sounds, I’m sick of of all these games.

Axe throwing is a lot more difficult than you would think. Photos

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My problem is, ever since 2014, the NHL upped the ante. Since then, there have been up to six outdoor games per year—and that is too many.

MATTHEW OHAYON CONTRIBUTOR If you are familiar with the movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, then you know the five Ds of dodgeball: Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge. These are the skills needed to become the ultimate dodgeball player. On Friday, March 24, Concordia students and student-athletes from all sports were inspired by the film and put the five Ds to the test by taking part in the fourth annual Concordia Athletics Dodgeball Tournament.

All funds raised during the tournament will be donated to a charity that will be decided on later. However, according to one of the tournament’s organizers, Andrew Barlett of the Concordia Stingers football team, the event is also meant to build the Stingers family.

“The main reason behind the event is to build a sense of community within the Stingers family, and build a camaraderie bet ween athletes of different sports teams within the Stingers family and the Concordia community to develop more school pride,” Barlett said.

The participating teams consisted of athletes from almost every Stingers team as well as regular students. The teams were co-ed, — ­ one of the rules was to have at least two members of each sex per team. The tournament had a friendly, fun and competitive atmosphere. The other tournament organizer, Antoine Marchand, goaltender for the Stingers men’s hockey team, jokingly said he was not expecting the tournament to run as smoothly as it did.

“In past years, people got very heated because we’re all athletes so we want to win. But everyone was very happy with how it was run this year,” Marchand said.

Several friendly rivalries between the dodgeball teams were formed, as men and women from the same sports joined forces to take down the other sports for bragging rights. Katherine Purchase, goaltender for the Stingers women’s hockey team, fielded a team of hockey players who faced off in the finals against Trenton Miller,

Ever since the first Heritage Classic outdoor game between the Canadiens and the Oilers in Edmonton in 2003, the NHL has turned them into a cash grab. In 2008, the NHL had the first ever “Winter Classic” when the Pittsburgh Penguins visited the Buffalo Sabres at Ralph Wilson stadium, the home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills. Since then, there has been at least one outdoor game every year, which is fine. One Winter Classic and one Heritage Classic per year is what the NHL can use to get more people to watch.

The tournament is a way for players from different teams to bond.

Photos by Alex Hutchins.

quarterback of the Stingers football team and his squad.

Purchase’s team came out on top in a heated battle where blood, sweat and even some tears were shed. In the end, bragging rights belonged to the hockey players. The tournament’s biggest surprise was Anthony Gingras, defenceman on the men’s hockey team, and his cannon of an arm that propelled Purchase’s team to the championship. He also won tournament MVP. This is the fourth annual dodgeball tournament organized by Barlett. He organized the original tournament alongside former Stingers place kicker Keegan Treloar and Eric Noivo, a former defensive end for the Stingers. “We thought that people would be more willing to pay if the money being raised went to charity rather than the football team, so we’ve continued that route for the past three years,” Barlett said.

Sixty athletes and students made up this year’s 10 teams, which was less than last year. However, Marchand and Barlett both feel this year’s tournament was a success.

“I’d say the timing of [the tournament] this year posed a bit of challenge,” Barlett said. “It’s on a weekday and people have class and other stuff going on.”

“As long as it’s consistent with the amount of athletes showing up and bonding together over this fun activity, there will be the sense of community—which is what we’re aiming for,” Marchand added.

This year is Marchand and Barlett’s last as students at Concordia University, so the future of the event is currently unclear. However, Marchand is confident it will continue to be an annual tradition.

“The reigns are there for the taking for whoever wants to run this event next year,” Marchand said. “It’s an event put on by students for students, so we’re not expecting huge turnouts. As long as there is that community feel, the event is a success.”

The NHL has taken the “Classic” out of Winter Classic. The outdoor games are no longer special—they are just another game with no real meaning. All the games are now a chance for the NHL to make more money. At the 2014 Winter Classic, the NHL made over $20 million in profit, according to Sports Business Daily. Every time there is an outdoor game, there are two new jerseys for fans to buy, overpriced tickets (the cheapest seats cost $229 at the gate for the January 2017 Centennial Classic in Toronto, according to the National Post), and the quality of the game goes down when played in poor conditions.

If the NHL is going to continue to shove outdoor games down the throats of fans, there needs to be more teams featured, instead of just using the New York Rangers or the Pittsburgh Penguins all the time. Also, they need to keep the games in places where outdoor hockey is feasible, unlike California like they have tried in the past.

With Las Vegas entering the league next season, you just know they will somehow swing an outdoor game. The league should just keep the games in areas where the fans have actually seen snow.

There are already too many games outdoors, but if the league wants to continue, keep it classic. Don’t oversaturate an event that defines the NHL and is a throwback to memories of playing outdoors as a kid.

opinions OPINIONS EDITOR /// opinions@theconcordian.com SANIA MALIK

EDITORIAL

Increasing sexual assault awareness on campus One in three women will experience some form of sexual assault in their lifetime, according to Concordia’s Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC). This issue will impact virtually all women in this country, and we must act now in order to safeguard our society.

McGill University is hosting a Sexual Assault Awareness Week from March 27 to 31, and we at The Concordian applaud them for doing so. We wish Concordia would follow suit.

According to Concordia University’s spokesperson Chris Mota, every day is a day to recognize the impacts of sexual assault, but as of now, Concordia doesn’t have a specific week dedicated to it. We believe the university should dedicate an entire week to this issue. Of course, in an ideal world, sexual assault would always be recognized. Actually, in an ideal world, sexual assault wouldn’t even exist. But, as we’re sure you can tell, real life isn’t always positive and hopeful.

Real life requires time dedicated to educating students, staff and citizens about sexual assault.

SARC posts statistics about sexual assault on their website, one of which states that, across Canada, 82 per cent of all sexual assaults are committed by someone the

survivor knows. Also, one in six men will experience sexual violence at some time in their life. It’s troubling to know these facts exist, but this is what makes a week dedicated to educating university students about sexual violence so essential.

It’s a hard fact that sexual assault is an ongoing issue, and has been since the beginning of time.

According to CBC News, a 15-yearold girl was recently raped by f i ve or si x men in Chicago, and the violent act was posted on Facebook Live. Forty people watched the video—yet none called the

police to report it.

A 14-year-old boy was recently accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student at Heritage Regional High School in St. Hubert, according to CJAD. Longueuil police confirmed they are investigating allegations made by two ot h er s t udents about the same boy as well.

In December 2016, Gilles Deguire, a former Montreal politician and ex-police officer, pleaded guilty to sexually touching a minor, and was sentenced to six months behind bars.

These recent news events clearly

show sexual assault is something that still needs to be discussed and acknowledged—especially early signs, so that it can be prevented. It’s important to talk about sexual violence, and it’s important to ask questions. One of the many root causes of sexual assault can be a lack of understanding, an issue which can be remedied by education.

We at The Concordian believe SARC should create a one-week workshop series to address various topics that relate to sexual assault—from the bystander effect, consent, and to the ways in which sexual violence can be prevented. We absolutely cannot ignore the great amount of work SARC has done to improve sexual assault awareness at Concordia, though—they’re a great resource, and have always been active when trying to prevent sexual violence and educating others. A one-week interactive workshop series, however, can improve their services and improve the overall education of sexual assault. Of course, sexual assault should be acknowledged as an issue every single day. But in the world we live in, it’s rare that it is—and perhaps a proper, educational initiative can help increase people’s understanding of sexual violence and how to prevent it.

Photo by Marie-Pierre Savard.

CAREER

Where am I headed? To the mall, probably Not knowing what you’re good at isn’t a bad thing, and neither are gap years ELISA BARBIER STAFF WRITER As you grow up, dream jobs come and go as interests evolve. After graduating high school or college, some will have a smooth ride and pursue their first career choice. For others—the majority, I’d say—the road will be bumpier. They will have to fail, to experience and to rethink in order to find the right path.

Not knowing what you are good at, what to pursue in university or as a career can be frightening, especially with the societal expectation to have a certain level of success.

With an educational system combining core knowledge and a hands-on approach, some young Canadian students have opportunities to discover what they excel at. However, not all schools offer the same options, and sometimes students are forced to hastily choose a career before they’ve even finished high school.

When students have to quickly choose which degree to pursue, it can lead them to switching majors once or twice over the course of their education. It is normal to switch programs and to not know what career you should follow.

In fact, only one third of youth under 25 make their career decisions during their early 20s, and only 16 per cent have the same career expectations from age 21 to 23, according to a study published in The Daily.

Finding your forte is a complex challenge that requires trial and error, mainly through personal experiences in and outside of school.

It is also important to be well-aware of the strengths and weaknesses you have which could block your learning process in some way.

One solution to all of this questioning and confusion can be a gap year. A gap year at any point in your student life can give you time to test the waters—to find your likes and your dislikes, gain experience, discover new interests and, of course, save money.

I took a gap year after graduating high school. I had great plans to study microbiology in Scotland, but I realized I was not good enough for any scientific field. It took me only four months after graduating to figure out that microbiology would have driven me straight into a wall.

During my gap year, I spent a lot of time just thinking about what my academic strengths were and I tried to relate them to my personalit y. I concluded I am someone who is curious, but who cannot stick to something for too long, including studying. I didn’t have any strengths at that point, except speaking English.

It was only after looking for something to

Graphic by Thom Bell.

match my interests and my personality that I stumbled upon journalism. I never thought I would pursue this career, nor that I would ever write for a newspaper. Yet here I am, an extremely exhausted but blooming student.

Time, reflection and a will to experience

are your best friends when it comes to figuring out what you are the best at and what to pursue in university or as a career.

Mistakes and changes will always happen—but they should never stop you from thriving or figuring out what you were meant to do.

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The presence of xenophobia in Canada

CBC Radio-Canada's new poll shows that Canadians aren’t as accepting as they seem

BARBARA MADIMENOS STAFF WRITER In February, a poll done by CBC RadioCanada asked Canadians about their stance on a series of issues, specifically about populism and xenophbia. The results revealed that our so-called far and wide land that is “free” is not as hospitable as one may think.

Out of 2,513 Canadians surveyed for this poll—1,024 of whom were from Quebec—74 per cent of respondents answered they would “very” or “somewhat” welcome the act of screening immigrants on their values to determine if they coincide with those of Canadians.

Sixty per cent of Canadians believe refugees are great additions to our society, and 83 per cent feel they enhance our cultural diversity. However, when asked again if Canadians would be open to enforcing a Muslim ban, a quarter of them answered they would “strongly” or “somewhat” accept such a motion.

Is this really shocking? No, it shouldn’t be. Realistically speaking, as much as we would like to deny these discomforting

revelations and promote that we are the overly-polite nation that accepts everyone, it’s time to face reality. Canadians are scared, Canadians are judgemental and Canadians, just like everyone else, are easily influenced.

Therefore, it should come as no surprise that Canada is very much reflecting xenophobic characteristics when those characteristics are so prominent in today’s news.

In another survey done by the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) in 2014, Quebec’s results were just as negative. The survey, conducted with the help of The Province, a branch of the Postmedia Network, the Laurier Institution and the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, asked Canadians about their views on radicalization and homegrown terrorism. When it came to questions about whether people were supportive of religious symbols or religious clothing in public, Quebec scored the lowest for all Muslim symbols, such as the niqab and the hijab. The crucifix was the most accepted symbol, nationally.

It’s only human nature these views seep into our consciousness. We absorb what we are surrounded by. We live in a world saturated with overly-dramatic

and mostly-negative media and we are instinctively accustomed to form likes and dislikes through personal experiences with particular people. We are drawn to what is familiar rather than unknown. Hence, our biases and escalated fear.

Take, for example, the rise of hate crimes in Canada. According to Mélanie Lajoie, Montreal police spokesperson, in Montreal alone, 81 hate crimes were reported in 2013, 89 in 2014, 112 in 2015, and we closed off 2016 with 137.

Furthermore, entering the new year, 14 hate crimes were reported just after the Quebec City mosque shooting, already a 10th of last year’s total.

Sadly, even our nation’s leaders seem to be in the same boat. Racing to become the next leader of the Conservative Party, exhibiting Trump-like qualities, Kellie Leitch has proposed a method of screening newcomers to Canada, in order to make sure foreigners’ values reflect those of Canadians. On her campaign’s website are the values: equal opportunity, hard work, helping others, generosity, freedom and tolerance.

Insinuating these values only belong

to Canada, and not to other nations, is insulting. Leitch, as well as her long-lost twin, Trump, seem to have a strategized method of targeting minorities, particularly Muslims, who are already marginalized and feared for no reason. They instill fear and anger into their supporters. Knowing that people’s emotions are sometimes stronger than common sense, the tactic works, and an increase in xenophobia ensues.

Does this mean we’re doomed? Not at all. Luckily, these sentiments can change, and it is up to us to educate ourselves and challenge in how we see and treat different cultures, religions and ethnicities. We can then feel confident in being known as a country for its inclusiveness, hospitable nature and multiculturalism. When we surround ourselves with different types of people, experiences and environments, we not only develop tolerance, but we develop further knowledge of the world as a whole.

It is not too late for Canadians to take a step in the right direction, and to learn, most importantly, to live with one another and appreciate our differences.

Graphic by Thom Bell.

Number of Hate Crimes against Muslims in Montreal

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Number of hate crimes against Muslims reported in Montreal this year since the Quebec mosque shooting.

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of last year's total hate crimes in Montreal.

letters d e t t i m m Co : t c e n n o ie nced TeamEC r e p x d an After consulting the platforms and attending the public debate, I would like to encourage members of the community to support Team Connect for the 2017-2018 Concordia Student Union Executive.

This group is clearly committed to continuing the important community projects already underway, as well as creating new initiatives that can allow the CSU to further advocate for student rights.

Most particularly, I would like to support the candidacies of Leyla Sutherland for the position of Student Life Coordinator and Asma Mushtaq for Academic and Advocacy Coordinator. I have had the chance to interact with Leyla as a FASA member during the two years she spent on the Coordinator Team of the Fine Arts Student Alliance. There I was able to see her enthusiasm and serious work ethic to promote inclusive student life activities for Fine Arts students.

As for Asma, I can speak to her rigor and professionalism, important qualities for the difficult task

of engaging with the complexities of the University’s highest academic bodies. Seeing the thought she has put into projects on the Executive of the School of Community and Public Affairs, and her experience on several academic committees of the University including the Retroactive Withdrawal Committee, I do not doubt her capacity to handle the important dossier of Academic Governance at the CSU. Without going into detail for the other candidates, it is clear to me that the vision of Team Connect corresponds with my hopes and priorities for the Student Union. Through their grassroots experience in a variety of community groups on campus, the candidates have shown their commitment to making more spaces for marginalized voices, advancing student rights at an institutional level and promoting inclusive events on campus. Clearly this team has the experience and necessary understanding of the organization, and I encourage you to give them your vote in the CSU elections!

Marion Miller Internal Coordinator Fine Arts Student Alliance

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