Ethan Cox is the Quebec Correspondent for Rabble.ca where this interview with Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the former spokesperson for student group CLASSE originally appeared.. Ethan Cox: You were recently […]
Tag: Education
Education for the Sake of Education. Who Woulda Thunk It?
I wonder how and when we stopped studying for the sake of learning. Why must it be an investment? A must? A pressure?
Infographic: The End of Crime
As you may know studies show that a better educated population leads to less crime. Here is an infographic explaining why we should better educate […]
The Spring of Student Discontent
The student strike and protest is now entering its fourth month, they have spawned more than 160 protests in 72 days in Montreal alone. The protests have now garnered international attention including coverage on CNN and Al Jazeera. In my (new found) opinion, the actions of the students are completely justified. This whole state of affairs revolves around the Quebec government’s rising debt…
Reflections on the Student Strike: How We Devalued Our Education While Raising Tuition
Access to free education ought to be a fundamental human right. Across Canada, students have almost free public education up to the end of the secondary cycle, with some provinces offering subsidized options for post-secondary studies. Because we are a consumerist nation…
Education Is the Key
During a campaign stop in New Hampshire the other day, Rick Santorum said “What elitist snobbery out of this man!” referring to Barack Obama’s statement that every child should go to college by 2020. I have no idea why Santorum is opposed to giving every student a chance to go to college as it is central to improving our standard of living and our economy…
Tuition Increases and the Underfunding Myth: Where Your Education Money is Actually Being Spent
Everyone’s heard about how Montreal universities are underfunded and that the quality of students’ education is suffering. These issues are as established in public dialogue as an aged spaghetti stain, permanent and unforgiving, and monopolizing all the attention. Forgive me for being saucy, but…