Concordia spends $33,000 on student handbook riddled with political messaging
The 2026–27 publication includes a strike guide, criticism of elections and a campaign supporting prisoners, raising questions about how student fees are being spent.
The Concordia University Student Union's 2026–27 student handbook is raising questions about how student fees are being spent and what political messaging the union is promoting on campus.
The $33,000 budgeted handbook publication contains dozens of pages of political material, including criticism of elections, references to Montreal as “so-called Montreal,” a ‘Strike Guide’ telling students blocking classrooms is resistance, and a campaign encouraging students to write to prisoners, including individuals convicted in terrorism-related cases.
Its calendar also omits Canadian holidays and civic dates such as Christmas and Remembrance Day while highlighting days like Nakba Day and the 1959 Cuban Revolution Day.
Rebel News took the handbook directly to Concordia students to see what they thought of its contents and whether their fees should fund it.
Anastasia Zorchinsky
Anastasia Zorchinsky is a Montreal-based Student Journalism Intern with Rebel News, political science student and campus leader. Her reporting investigates ideological radicalization, extremist movements, antisemitism and political organizing. She is the co-founder and co-president of StartUp Nation Montreal and a three-term elected Concordia Student Union councillor, where she has spent years pushing for institutional accountability.
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Dre Mat commented 2026-09-27 20:33:36 -0400Even back when I was in university, between 1999 and 2003, the impression I got from Concordia is that it was about protests, with education on the side. It’s sad that they’ve let the inmates run the asylum. -
Lib Ferguson commented 2026-09-27 17:44:30 -0400Corcordia … let kids learn. Gobshites