Fall 2007: President Message
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Nov 27th, 2006 was a landmark in the history of TAs and RAs in Concordia. It was a great victory for all assistants working in research or teaching and a stern reminder to the university that they cannot run roughshod over our rights. That day crowned two years of hard work [...]
Summer 2007 General Assembly
Although the preparation schedule for this GA was extremely tight, it was a success by all means. around 150 members showed up to voice their concerns, exercise their democratic rights, and evaluate the performance of the previous TRAC executives. In addition, this GA had the objective to elect a new executive committee for the 2007/2008 [...]
General Aseembly: Sep. 21st, 2007
TRAC Executive Committee is getting prepared for holding the second General Assembly. After preparing a draft for By-Laws of the union and a bargaining booklet, they are currently working on arranging an information session to be held in September. The second General Assembly is expected to be held in Friday Sep. 21, 2007 from 2 [...]
Winter 2006: President Message
In summer 2006, a group of students started a campaign to build a union that represents the Teaching and Research Assistants at Concordia University (TRAC). I joined the campaign with the hope of promoting social solidarity values and providing the opportunity of fair working condition for all students. I had seen a lot of my [...]