Stories
Here, we explore in greater detail the campaigns and protests included in our dataset. What tactics were associated with what kind of politics, and how did university administrators and the police react? What strategies brought together the most participants?
We explore those questions and more in these blog posts.
"Red anger rises": Art and revolt in the 2012 Québec student strikeHow performance, poetry, and red squares animated the largest student strike in Canada's history
“You can’t pay your rent with prestige”Tactics, trade-offs, and long-term leverage on the picket lines of the 2015 CUPE strike at the University of Toronto
“Black students on this campus feel uncomfortable every day.”How students confronted historic symbols of white supremacy on their campuses
How Black students in Missouri called out a toxic campus climate - and inspired a wave of solidarity activismTracing an anti-racist movement from the streets of Ferguson to Mizzou to campuses across the U.S. and Canada
Inside a campus occupation, linking past and presentHow Brandeis students drew on a long legacy of anti-racist student activism