Quebec universities mobilizing for a province wide strike

French universities are leading the way in round two of the battle against Quebec tuition fee hikes.

Over ten thousand students from UQAM and Université Laval are on an unlimited strike. CBC reported that some of the students marched in Montreal yesterday.

According to the Montreal Gazette, students announced they’re willing to miss a semester to protest fee hikes. The province plans to raise university tuition by over one thousand six hundred dollars over the next five years.

Concordia students will vote on March seventh whether to join the strike mandate. Université de Montreal, Cegep de Saint-Laurent and Cegep du Vieux Montreal are set to go on strike next week. No word yet from McGill.

Photo taken outside of UQAM on November 10, 2011 by Joel Balsam