Are you interested in oral history and storytelling and how they can be used for activism? Passionate about community-based research and want to develop some research skills? Apply for our Fall 2019 research project! We’ll be working in collaboration with an awesome bookstore in Montréal-Nord called Racines that serves as a vital meeting space for members of the community to have access to affordable books by racialised authors.
This Fall, we’ll be working with them on a research project about the Maple Spring protests, which were a series of demonstrations organized by students across Quebec in 2012 to fight against the raise in tuition. These protests were a very important part of Quebec’s history, with hundreds of thousands of students and community members involved throughout. They received a large amount of coverage in the media, however the focus was often on the work and experiences of white students, excluding the many contributions of those who were racialised. Now, we would like to reach out to some of those racialised activists who were involved to learn about their experiences.
The research done this Fall will be used by Racines to create a short film documenting the efforts of racialised students in the Maple Spring protests. We believe that it is extremely important that we not forget the work that they did, and that we create space for them to tell their stories.
This project will consist of designing questionnaires and verbally interviewing people. Priority on this project will be given to students who are bilingual, as some of the interviewees will be francophone. However, anglophones are still encouraged to apply!
Please note we are no longer accepting applicants for this project!