military

The Cost of Canada’s Militarist Culture: Perspectives From a Former Cadet

Fernando Arce — Sun, 10 May 2020 06:14:15 +0000

Is war rhetoric desensitizing Canadians to its effects?

On April 23rd, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the government would be deploying the Canadian Armed Forces to fight COVID-19 on what he had earlier described as the “front lines

Unraveling the neoliberal, colonial links between Québec and Israel

Stefan Christoff — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 22:34:45 +0000

Political and economic relations between Québec and Israel have developed in major ways over the past decade.

Higher-Calibre Education?

nat marshik — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:51:17 +0000

Uncovering the military applications of high-tech research at McGill University

MONTREAL—On a January morning in 1963, residents of the island nation of Barbados heard a deafening thud.

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Research grant proposals submitted by Prof. David Frost between 1996 and 2008, including research into shock wave physics.

In 2010, the Department of National Defence solicited bids for over $200 000 of funding for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle research.

The June 30th Popular Uprising in Egypt and its Aftermath

Lillian Boctor — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:13:13 +0000

Egyptian artist Adham Hafez analyzes Egypt's historical June 30th rebellion against the Morsi government and the Muslim Brotherhood

On June 30th, 2013, in an unprecedented popular movement, after 22 million Egyptians signed the Tamarod (Rebel) petition, and a year after Mohamed Morsi started his presidency, millions of Egyptians took to the streets calling for the ouster of Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood government, protesting against the tyranny of the Morsi government and with the same demands of the January

The Second Egyptian Revolution

Lillian Boctor — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:22:04 +0000

Thousands return to Tahrir Square as Central Security Forces and military police continue violent attacks: Interviews with Egyptian activists Sherif Joseph Rizk and Yehia El Gammal

The second wave of the Revolution has come back to Tahrir Square. After the massive demonstration on Friday, 18 November 2011, calling for an end to military rule, about 200 people, mainly family members of martyrs who died in the January 25 uprisings and people who were previously injured, staged a sit-in at Tahrir Square.