Editing Concordia University (section)

==Student activism==
===Sir George Williams affair===
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The Sir George Williams affair (also referred to as "The Sir George Williams Computer Centre Incident")<ref>{{cite book|last=Forsythe|first=Dennis|title=Let The Niggers Burn|publisher=Black Rose Books|year= 1971|pages=3}}</ref> was a 1969 event at [[Sir George Williams University]], now a part of Concordia University. It was the largest student [[occupation (protest)|occupation]] in [[Canadian history]], and resulted (in 1969 currency) in $2 million of property damage.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Empire Within: Postcolonial Thought and Political Activitsm in 1960s Montreal|last=Mills|first=Sean|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=2010}}</ref> Among those arrested and convicted were [[Roosevelt Douglas]], who later became [[Prime Minister of Dominica]], and who was a son of one of the richest men in [[Dominica]]. Also arrested was [[Anne Cools]], who later became a [[Senate of Canada|Canadian Senator]]. Deeply involved also was student [[Joey Jagan|Cheddi "Joey" Jagan Jr.]], who was of [[Indo-Guyanese]] and [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] descent, and the son of [[Cheddi Jagan]], an American-educated dentist and former [[Prime Minister of Guyana#Premiers of British Guiana|Premier]] and [[Prime Minister of Guyana#Chief minister of British Guiana|Chief Minister]] of [[British Guiana]] at the time, and his American wife [[Janet Jagan]].

===Strike of 1999===
As the 1990s progressed, student activism began growing, coming to a head in 1999 with the election of the first in a series of radical slates to the Concordia Student Union. Under the presidency of Rob Green, a referendum regarding a strike garnered 2,284 votes of support. This was an unusually strong show of support, as student governments at Concordia are often elected on the basis of less than 1,000 votes in their favour. The strike lasted from November 3 to 5 and targeted a range of issues, including student representation in the university senate, corporate presence and advertising on campus, and government. There were several demonstrations, where both protesters and police were reported to be injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ctr.concordia.ca/archives/is181199/art9.html|title=Concordia's Thursday Report November 18, 1999|website=ctr.concordia.ca}}</ref>

===Anti-Netanyahu riot===
{{Main|Concordia University Netanyahu riot}}
On September 9, 2002, a [[Anti-Netanyahu riot at Concordia University|scheduled speech]] from the former (and later subsequent) Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] was cancelled following violent pro-[[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] riots inside the Henry F. Hall Building.<ref name="CTV">{{cite web |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20030115/concordia030115?s_name=&no_ads= |title=Concordia U. regrets anti-Netanyahu riot |agency=The Canadian Press |date=January 15, 2003 |publisher=CTV.ca |access-date=May 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601103256/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20030115/concordia030115?s_name=&no_ads= |archive-date=June 1, 2008 }}</ref> Protestors raised concerns about Israeli human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, namely in the [[West Bank]] and the [[Gaza Strip]]. Netanyahu accused protestors of being supporters of [[terrorism]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2248555.stm Canada protests stop Netanyahu speech] BBC</ref> The event is depicted in a documentary named ''[[Confrontation at Concordia]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7074/is_16/ai_n28249285/pg_2/?tag=content;col1|title=The debate on Canadian campuses: bringing back democracy and the spirit of scholarship|first=Howard|last=Stein|journal=Inroads: A Journal of Opinion|volume=Winter-Spring|year=2005}}</ref>