(EN) Law Professors vs McGill: Inside the Union Strike & campus activism : w Vice President Kirsten Anker
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In this episode of the EcoMindset Podcast, Alex Tyrrell interviews Kirsten Anker, the Vice President of the newly formed Union of Law Professors at McGill. They discuss McGill's resistance to unions, the state of unionization across Canadian universities, and key issues at the McGill campus, including the law professors' strike, the encampment in support of Palestinian rights, the Mohawk mothers' advocacy for the protection of ancestral grave sites, and Francois Legault's move to make out-of-province students pay international tuition fees. The conversation highlights the challenges faced by the law professors' union, the need for unionization in universities, and the importance of addressing governance issues, indigenous rights, and affordable education.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:25 McGill's Resistance to Unions and the Law Professors' Strike
21:21 Francois Legault's Move to Limit Access to Education
10:12 Challenges in Governance and the Need for Unionization
11:31 Addressing Indigenous Rights and Ensuring Affordable Education
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This podcast episode is produced by the Green Party of Quebec. We choose guests whose work resonates with the party's values, platform and ideology. A guest's appearance on the podcast does not imply partisan support for the Green Party of Quebec. https://www.pvq.qc.ca/
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