Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 Volume 42, Issue 18 @theconcordianmtl @theconcordian @theconcordian theconcordian.com
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
TOP STORIES NEWS
Concordia takes an important step regarding Black Studies pg. 4
SPORTS
Empowerment or Objectification? Navigating the challenges faced by women rugby players pg. 6
LES PAGES FRANCOS
Le Québec et l’intégration nationale, la réforme qui divise pg. 8
ARTS & CULTURE
Resilience and community found through creative arts therapies at Concordia pg. 11
MUSIC
INFOGRAPHIC BY KEVEN VAILLANCOURT // GRAPHICS EDITOR // @KINDAOKEV
Staff Picks: Valentine’s Day
INTRODUCING: THE TRANSPARENT UNIVERSITY PROJECT
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OPINIONS Valentine’s Day outside of cisheteronormativity
This new Concordian project brings access to information directly to students. BY THE CONCORDIAN INVESTIGATIVE TEAM In October 2023, The Concordian’s News Editors received a cease-and-desist letter from Concordia University. The reason? The letter claimed that they had used the process of Access to Information “in bad faith” and as a “means of pres-
suring the University.” Through that experience and the ensuing mediation process, The Concordian has developed an interest in issues of transparency in Canadian universities. This led to an in-depth, award-nominated investigation
into the issue and to the creation of an investigative team. It has always been part of The Concordian’s mission to give students access to the inner workings of the university and to hold Concordia accountable for its actions. Now, we want to
open the gates to this knowledge and make it available to all Canadian students. Welcome to the Transparent University Project.
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