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Sujata Dey

Leaving Much To Be Desired

Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That? by Henry Alford, Twelve

by Sujata Dey
29.04.2012

Who is not fascinated by manners? Our survival in groups is based on our ability to decode our environment whether it is a boardroom, a children’s playgroup, a drop-in centre, or a Concordia activist meeting. Why is it that Montrealers line up for the bus, for example, whereas in Mexico City a line is an [...]

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EVENTS

A City Sees Red

Students hold massive rally downtown

by Sujata Dey
23.03.2012

On Thursday, as the student rally filled Montréal’s downtown core, one by one, we all became students: the adorable daycare kids with their painted red thumbs pushed against the window, the ice cream vendor in his 50s riding his bicycle with a red square and even the marketing geniuses, whether it be Urban Outfitters, or others, targeting their youth market.

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OCCUPY CHRISTMAS

It Came Upon a Midnight Sale

Learning the lessons of poverty

by Sujata Dey
21.12.2011

So Kalle Lasn, co-founder of Adbusters and instigator of the Occupy Wall Street movement, has shifted his target to the holiday season, urging people to boycott Christmas materialism. Lasn wants people to stop gift buying, which supports environmentally hazardous overconsumption and the unethical actions of certain corporations.

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BOOKS

WWTDD? (What Would Tommy Douglas Do?)

Tommy Douglas, by Vincent Lam, Penguin Canada (Extraordinary Canadians Series)

by Sujata Dey
23.10.2011

“Church halls and assembly halls across the nation were filled with mourners, as Canadians of all political stripes offer their tributes.” Before there was Jack, there was Tommy.

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