We Won!
We won our referendum question. Hurray!
We won with a margin of almost 600 votes in March's election/referendum.
Thanks sooooooo much to all the undergrad students for your support. Thanks to all our volunteers and working groups for all your hardwork and enthusiasm.
Vote YES! for QPIRG - click here for more info
Check out our mandate, our working groups and our recent events...
Click on the title above for more information about why you should vote YES! Find testimonials from students and community members on what QPIRG has meant for them, a list of all the student and community groups that started out with us, some financial soundbites about QPIRG, and more...
The Question
Do you agree to raise the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia’s fee levy to $0.31 per credit, thereby continuing to support the increased demand for the services of QPIRG, the birthplace of the People's Potato, Sustainable Concordia Project, le Frigo Vert and Right to Move, home to 15 active working groups, and the provider of valuable student resources and programming. This increase would represent a $0.01 increase for Arts & Science, Fine Arts and Independent students, a $0.11 increase for Engineering and Computer Science Students, and $0.31 for John Molson School of Business students, thereby equalizing the levy paid by ALL undergrad students. The fee would continue to be fully refundable and collected in accordance with the university tuition billing and refund policy, starting September 2007.
irRESISTaBASH!!! Friday March 16th - QPIRG Concordia's Benefit BIRTHDAY Ball
“IrRESISTaBASH” Friday March 16th, 9pm
QPIRG Concordia's Benefit Birthday Ball ! ! !
We’re 25 years old!!
March 16th (note NEW DATE) – 9pm
@ L’Alizé (900 Ontario Est, metro Berri-UQAM)
(wheelchair accessible – call for details)
Featuring bum-shaking DJs Kandis C, Mistint, Diasporaface + more
*** Hip Hop, Dancehall, R&B, Bootyhouse, House, Electro and more***
$ by donation (suggested $5-10) $ - no one turned away
A benefit for the Six Nations land reclamation (background info below)
< Dionne Brand: "Writing and Resistance" - March 9th, 7pm, FREE!>
3480 University Street, Room 304
(McConnell Engineering Building - McGill University)
(accessible entrance via Milton gates)
Dionne Brand, one of Canada's most celebrated writers, will be in
attendance for her presentation "Writing and Resistance". For the
event, Brand will be reading from a selection of her award-winning
books of poetry, novels and essays and discussing her experiences using
writing as a form of resistance against oppression, and as a tool for social and
political empowerment....
"Tools4Change" workshop series
Tools4Change Workshop Series -
FREE workshops on:
Desktop Publishing with Quark X-press,
Popular Theatre,
War, Empire and Globalisation and
Environmental Justice.
+ Award winning poet and author Dionne Brand speaking about "Writing and Wesistance", and irRESISTaBASH - our 25th birthday Benefit Party!
ALL FREE or by donation