Wednesday November 17th, Discussion about Tuition & Corporatization

On November 17th, the International Student Movement's Global Day of Action, you are invited to the following event..

'WHY?' Public Discussion about Tuition & Corporatization at Con U
Wednesday November 17th, 5pm - 8pm
CSU Lounge, Hall Building 7th Floor

Featuring...

*KEYNOTE SPEAKER: DAVID BERNANS, Author of 'Con U Inc.'

In 2001, the Concordia Student Union published a book written by David Bernans, the union’s very own Researcher/Archivist. The book was called Con U Inc: Privatization, Marketization and Globalization at Concordia University (and beyond).

Con U Inc contrasts Concordia’s claim to offer public education and research in the public interest with the reality of an institution whose campus increasingly resembles a shopping mall, whose students are increasingly treated as “customers” and “human resources” and whose corporate partners increasingly influence research and even curriculum, using public resources for private gain.

Dr. Bernans will discuss developments that have taken place at Concordia in the decade since Con U Inc was published. In what ways have private interests succeeded in remaking the university in their corporate image? What strategies have been used to resist privatization and how successful has such resistance been? And most importantly, what is the way forward? Come and participate in the discussion about the past and the future of your university.

David Bernans was once a faculty member in Concordia’s Political Science Department and he is a past President of Concordia’s GSA. On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, Concordia University’s secret “Risk Assessment Committee” banned Dr. Bernans from doing a public on-campus reading from his novel, North of 9/11 (Cumulus Press, 2006).

*'TUITION 202'
The continuation of 'Tuition 101' from September...
...Ask all your questions about tuition to Roddy Doucet (Advocacy Manager of the GSA) and Martin Robert (Research Committee of ASSE)

*POST-TALK LIBATION

After the talk, continue to Ask Why over Beer with Bernans (at Reggie’s!)

** Organized by Free Education Montreal (FEM), TapThirst, Uberculture and the Arts and Science Federation of Associations (ASFA), part of ASFA's 'Ask Why' campaign! For more information, see http://freeeducationmontreal.org/?p=1625 or the Free Education Montreal facebook page