Take a break out of your day and be sure to listen to hosts Joel Balsam and Melissa Mulligan as they fill you in with all you need to know about issues facing Concordia Students. With segments like “Con U Tell Me What’s Happening”, “The French Connexion”, and “Tweet This”, how could you not want to listen?! If you’re interested in contributuing to the show, or have a specific subject you want to hear about, email us at currentlyconcordia@cjlo.com. Check us out on Facebook or tweet us at @currentlyconu
It's our last show of the semester! Hosts Joel Balsam and Melissa Mulligan spoof things up a bit with contributors Aisha Samu, Katie Mcgroarty, and Daniel J. Rowe while French Connexion host Judy-Ann Mitchell goes solo and Science Reporter Luciana Gravotta breaks down bitterness and regret. See you next semester and stay classy Montreal!
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For this special sustainability edition we speak to Sustainable Concordia's Shona Watt about everything sustainable food systems to the Quebec proposed sustainable policies in this week's budget.
Later, Luciana Gravotta provides us with a radio documentary on the potential of using waste as fuel. Then, Pauline Mauche and Judy-Ann Mitchell go head-to-head French Connexion style with an argument over Montreal and Paris's environmental policies.
Finally, Katie McGroarty gives us her weekly take on what's up in Montreal and Aisha Samu gives us an in depth review on the upcoming blockbuster The Hunger Games....
Today on the show we host a debate between the two CSU presidential candidates Mel Hotchkiss and Shubert Laforest. We start our debate by asking the candidates questions gathered from actual Concordia students, exploring everything from sustainability initiatives to issues surrounding the improvement of on-campus facilities. Later we ask the candidates to discuss several controversial and significant issues surrounding Concordia University and student life. Then, we wrap up the debate with an intense, and hilarious, round of rapid-fire questions where both candidates expose some of their lesser-known ideas and beliefs. Listen in...
In celebration of International Women's day, today we focus on women. Our feature chat interview is with Viviane Namaste from the Simone de Beauvoir Institute who talks to us about what tuition hikes could mean for women. Science Reporter Luciana Gravotta takes a look at the state of women in academia while the French Connexion looks at how women are portrayed in the media. Our sport's reporter Julian Mei fills us in on Concordia's Women's basketball team, and Shaun Malley is our guest co-host. This is Currently Concordia!
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The anti-tuition hike movement is ramping up. This week, Concordia students have been voting to go on strike in protest. We invite Concordia Student Union President Lex Gill and outspoken economics student Erik Scanlon for a debate on tuition hikes and the strike.
Judy Ann-Mitchell and Pauline Mauche of the French Connexion debriefed a debate on Quebec's "Tout le monde en parle" about the tuition hikes. Later, Audrey Folliot was at the Red Bull Paper Plane competition at Concordia and Julian Mei explains the excitement that is building for the Concordia Men's and Women's Stingers basketball teams.
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