Tadamon! (Arabic for "solidarity"), is a Montreal-based collective which works in solidarity with struggles for self-determination, equality and justice in the ‘Middle East' and in diaspora communities in Montreal and beyond.

Project description:

The Quebec-Israel Economic Accord was signed in 1997, and in the fall of 2008, the Quebec government participated in an official delegation to Israel and signed another agreement with Israeli government representatives to expand the existing one. The latest agreement was signed by Raymond Bachand, the Quebec Minister of Economic Development, and representatives of the Israeli governement. The agreement was signed with little public or media scrutiny.

Tadamon is requesting research on the Quebec-Israel bilateral accord, specifically looking at the following points of interest:

-Lobbying and pressure in the lead-up to the agreement

-Quebec and Israeli government statements on the agreement

-Companies and government institutions benefiting from the agreement

-Partnerships which have been built from this agreement

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The Tamil Action Committee (TAC) is a local group which struggles for social justice for Tamil people, both at home and in the Tamil territories of Sri Lanka. The TAC was particularly active in mobilizing protests against the government-backed war against Tamil people in the spring of 2009. The Canadian government expressed its de facto support for the Sri Lankan government during this war by refusing to condemn the actions of the country’s military.

Project Description: The TAC requires research on links between the Canadian government and the Sri Lankan government. Particularly, they require research on military links (including military assistance and funding), engineering contracts and other corporate operations, and diplomatic relations. Some research would also be required on the position of the Canadian government vis-à-vis the Tamil Tigres. For example, what lead to the Tigres being listed on Canada’s terrorism list? What is their current position?

The TAC would like to work with the student working on this project to compile a report, and put the research findings online once they are completed. Content published online is to be decided on completion of the project, with the consent of the TAC.

Tadamon is an anti-authoritarian, grassroots collective based in Montreal which struggles in solidarity with social movements for justice in the Middle East. Since 2006, we have been working on the campaign for Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid.

Research Description: We are looking for a student or a group of students to do research on links between the 4 universities in Montreal (Mcgill, Concordia, UQAM, and UdM) and Israeli academic, corporate, military, or government institutions. Specifically, this research would focus on links to Israeli institutions who are complicit in human rights abuses in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and the Middle East region. Particular attention should be paid to Boards of Governors, inter-university research exchanges, and repression against Palestine solidarity organizing on campuses. The reseach should detail both the links between the universities in Montreal and Israel, and also the impacts of those links on the ground in Israel/Palestine.

Solidarity Across Borders is a Montreal-based network engaged in the struggle for justice and dignity of immigrants and refugees. We are comprised of migrants, immigrants, refugees and allies, and come together in support of our main demands: the regularization of all non-status people (Status for All!), an end to deportations and detentions, and the abolition of security certificates. Some of us have direct experiences with the immigration and refugee system; some of us come from immigrant backgrounds; all of us organize as part of a collective struggle for justice and dignity.

Project Description: Solidarity Across Borders is currently undertaking a long-term visioning process. As part of our visioning, we would like to have a good idea of the immigrant rights and services organizations in Montreal, and the work they are already doing, as a reference point for our own organizing. Essentially, we would like to ask any and all immigrant/refugee rights and service organizations the following questions:

Please describe your group/organization?

How long have you existed?

How did you come together?

How are you funded?

Do you receive any government funding?

Do you have paid staff?

What is your internal structure?

What is your membership? How do you make decisions?

PASC is a radical non-profit organization based in Montreal. We propose to concretize direct solidarity by sending international witnesses to Colombian peasant communities in order to bring support to these communities, to affirm their rights as civil populations living within a war zone, and to support these communities' efforts in claiming their rights to land and self-determination.

Project description: Research questions we require energy to investigate and report on include: