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Pro-Palestine activists protest outside Concordia University's Guy-De Maisonneuve Building to pressure the Concordia Board of Governors to adopt a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions stance within the university—February 6, 2025. Masked protesters hold up a banner demanding Concordia University divests from companies with ties to the Israeli government on February 6, 2025 outside the Guy-De Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec. Concordia is partnered with Lockheed Martin, Bombardier and AirBus for its Co-op programs. These companies also have ties to the Israeli government, drawing criticism from the pro-Palestine student body.(Photo by Hannah Vogan/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class/February 6, 2025/Montreal, Quebec) Over three dozen protesters gathered at the entrance of Concordia University's Guy-De Maisonneuve building around 3:30 p.m. in preparation to rally for the 4:00 p.m. Concordia Board of Governors (BoG) meeting where a Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions motion was to ...

Yasmine Abouali eating a bowl of Rice Krispies for breakfast in her kitchen on January 31, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec.  (Photo by Hannah Vogan /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Abouali drinks mint tea with her breakfast. (Photo by Hannah Vogan /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Photo by Hannah Vogan /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class. Cate Gransaull in her bedroom getting ready for class on January 31, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec. Gransaull is applying blush to her cheekbones with her fingers.  (Photo by Hannah Vogan /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class)                                         Photo by Hannah Vogan /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class.      Photo by Hannah Vogan /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class.

 Jacco Stuben is an unhoused man who lived in the Ville-Marie underpass encampment up until the day it was dismantled by the city in early 2023. Jacco was then subject to extreme cases of NIMBY (the "not in my backyard mentality"). He would be forced to move around the city, from back alleys to behind scaffolding, only to have the same hand shove him out each time: the city's. Currently, Jacco still lives his vagabond lifestyle and has been travelling between Toronto and Montreal, picking up odd jobs to finance a safe place to live. As Montreal enters its coldest and deadliest season for unhoused individuals, with very little municipal infrastructure in place to prioritize unhoused shelter and safety, it is essential to highlight the extent to which some must go to secure basic living conditions. Suboptimal solutions such as warming shelters are shut down on near whims while Montrealers freeze to death on the street. This photo essay will work to highlight Jacco and docum...