Editing Concordia University (section)

===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]].