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La Presse has launched Comprendre this week. It is a new section in the online daily French newspaper that compiles texts on major issues and helps answer common questions.
One of the newspaper's goals is to equip young people with reliable information and to sharpen their critical thinking.
Comprendre is published on Mondays and on Tuesdays, they email a Comprendre newsletter to those who subscribe.
Link to subscribe:
The Dawson Student Union鈥檚 has been steadily picking up signatures. At time of publication, it was at 2,038 signatures. The DSU is urging everyone to sign and share the petition as we get close to the halfway point of the campaign.
鈥淟eading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, this is something everyone can actually do as a concrete gesture to support the future of Indigenous nations,鈥� said Leilah Doyle, DSU Vice-President External Affairs.
鈥淲e urge our fellow students and all Quebecers to stand with Indigenous youth and to listen to what they have to say. This is a chance for younger students to also participate since the petition is open to those under 18.鈥�
Here are all the links for sharing:
The DSU will be actively tabling and mobilizing on campus Sept. 23-27. Other plans are also in the works, including organizing a delegation to Quebec City in October.
The Dawson Student Union's petition to exempt Indigenous students from Law 14 was in the news at the end of August as the petition mobilization campaign began.
The Dawson Student Union set up in the Upper Atrium from Aug. 26-28 to gather signatures supporting Indigenous students disproportionately affected by Law 14 (formerly Bill 96). is sponsored by Westmount-Saint-Louis MNA Jennifer Maccarone, who joined the effort on campus on Aug. 27, lending her voice to the cause.
Many Indigenous students say Law 14 goes against their constitutional right to self-determination in matters of education, including the priority to continue learning in their own Indigenous languages. They say the new French proficiency requirements create a significant barrier to accessing post-secondary education and that the government is adding more bureaucratic hurdles to their success.
The petition to exempt Indigenous students from Law 14 has already reached 1,600 signatures, but the work isn鈥檛 done.
If you haven鈥檛 yet signed, there is still time to before the Sept. 30 deadline.
Kayla Spencer-Young, who will graduate next month from Dawson鈥檚 Pure and Applied Science program, and Rotshenn贸n:ni Two-Axe (Class of 2023, Health Science) will be featured in a TV series called Warrior Up on APTN. The series follows inspiring and activist Indigenous youth aged 15 to 26 as they face challenges and make positive changes happen in their communities and beyond. Kayla and Rotshenn贸n:ni were chosen because they are student founders of IndigeSTEM, which also won a .
The series is airing now over the next 10 weeks or so. You can follow Warrior Up on social media for more info about the upcoming shows:
During promotion of the series, Kayla was interviewed recently on CBC North:
Last Modified: October 10, 2024
