Type of Research: Research Paper, Database          

Research Description:

This project will compile information on criminal and scandalous activities of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) from its founding in 1984 to the present. It will attempt to track the consequences for CSIS of each scandal which has come to light. Finally, it will analyse the data according to a set of questions developed in collaboration with the People's Commission Network in the course of this project.

Part A. Scandalous activities and consequences for CSIS.

Drawing on a wide variety of public sources (literature review; media coverage; SIRC reports; internal Public Safety audits; court decisions and transcripts; interviews with activists and lawyers; reports by human rights and community organizations), information on CSIS misdemeanors will be gathered, synthesized, and categorized.

We are interested not only in illegal activities but any ""shocking"" behaviour: actions that are broadly held to be incompatible with justice and freedom. To narrow the scope of the research, we have categorized the kinds of activities that have in the past provoked public scandals. The following ten categories can be refined and modified in the course of the research, but serve as an initial basis:

Project Description:

The Montreal Media Co-op is looking for a student, preferably in Journalism or Communications, to undertake a research and writing project for the upcoming semester. The student would be expected to work with members of the MMC is researching one or several topics through various means, including Access to Information Requests, archival research and interviews. While familiarity with journalistic research methods is a plus, training will be provided to the student as well.

The research will revolve around a clear topic with the goal of publishing at least one in-depth investigative piece. The topic will be defined based on the needs identified by the MMC and take into account the student's research interests. Possible topics include: Housing and homelessness Poverty rates/anti-poverty programs Environmental initiatives on Montreal island Police brutality/killings and accountability Women, queer and trans- issues in Montreal Race and racism in Montreal.

Project description: Queer McGill has operated at McGill in various forms since the early 1970’s, and has played its own particular role in queer history. Being able to access and reflect on this aspect of our local queer history would be incredibly meaningful to present and future generations of queers and activists.

Tadamon is an anti-authoritarian, grassroots collective based in Montreal which struggles in solidarity with social movements for justice in the Middle East. Since 2006, we have been working on the campaign for Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid.

Research Description: We are looking for a student or a group of students to do research on links between the 4 universities in Montreal (Mcgill, Concordia, UQAM, and UdM) and Israeli academic, corporate, military, or government institutions. Specifically, this research would focus on links to Israeli institutions who are complicit in human rights abuses in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and the Middle East region. Particular attention should be paid to Boards of Governors, inter-university research exchanges, and repression against Palestine solidarity organizing on campuses. The reseach should detail both the links between the universities in Montreal and Israel, and also the impacts of those links on the ground in Israel/Palestine.

Description du projet:  Nous voulons une recherche exhaustive qui nous permettrait de bâtir un argumentaire pour soutenir nos revendications. Ce serait une recherche à caractère politique, sociale et économique qui aborde les questions à l’étude en analysant la situation des étudiants, des étudiantes et de la société québécoise en général. Le produit final sera principalement utilisé dans le matériel d’information produit par l’ASSÉ. Il sera aussi publié sur notre site Internet et sera accessible à tous et toutes.

Sujets possibles pour la recherche:

• privatisation de l’éducation
• accessibilité à l’éducation
• prêts et bourses
• les programmes d’études

Description du produit final:  La recherche prendrait la forme d’un texte descriptif et analytique qui tenterait d’évaluer en profondeur les problématiques et les solutions en rapport avec le sujet choisi (voir ci-dessous). Le ou la recherchiste aurait peut-être comme tâches de vulgariser les notions abordées dans le but de rédiger un pamphlet ou un article.