Projectarchive
Aside from our main projects, we have other projects that are finished, on hold, annual, or just trickling along. The following is a list of those projects.
Know War was created to highlight the deep connections between corporations, the military and Canadian campuses, with a particular focus on Concordia and McGill Universities. We believe that relationships between public institutions like Universities and private entities like corporations should be looked at more closely and that reforms need to be made. Keeping private funders at arms length from the structuring of schools is crucial if we are to continue benefitting from our education system. When such funding feeds into military coffers, we feel that steps need to be taken to make students aware, and to open up dialogue and debate about whether we want our schools - and therefore ourselves - contributing to war and to war profits. For more information on the Corporatization of Education, see our primer. On March 10, 2005, internationally acclaimed writer and human rights activist Ken Wiwa spoke to over 600 students at Concordia University. His talk - entitled "Human Rights, Corporations and your Campus" - brought all the elements of The Know War Project together in one great talk. The Q and A that followed was the highlight of the evening for many students however, and lasted as long as the talk itself. Wiwa wrote about his talk and The Know War Project in his column in Canada's Globe and Mail the following Saturday. For more on Wiwa and the project, check out the info at the bottom of this page. objectives of the know war project
The Know War Project
Know War was created to highlight the deep connections between corporations, the military and Canadian campuses, with a particular focus on Concordia and McGill Universities. We believe that relationships between public institutions like Universities and private entities like corporations should be looked at more closely and that reforms need to be made. Keeping private funders at arms length from the structuring of schools is crucial if we are to continue benefitting from our education system. When such funding feeds into military coffers, we feel that steps need to be taken to make students aware, and to open up dialogue and debate about whether we want our schools - and therefore ourselves - contributing to war and to war profits. For more information on the Corporatization of Education, see our primer. On March 10, 2005, internationally acclaimed writer and human rights activist Ken Wiwa spoke to over 600 students at Concordia University. His talk - entitled "Human Rights, Corporations and your Campus" - brought all the elements of The Know War Project together in one great talk. The Q and A that followed was the highlight of the evening for many students however, and lasted as long as the talk itself. Wiwa wrote about his talk and The Know War Project in his column in Canada's Globe and Mail the following Saturday. For more on Wiwa and the project, check out the info at the bottom of this page. objectives of the know war project
1. Expose the connections between University Board of Governors and the US military. 2. Inform students of the relationships between the US military, corporations, and post-secondary education in Canada. 3. Halt Canada’s participation in the US-proposed Ballistic Missile Defense System.the companies In Canada, ten of the largest military corporations directly contribute to our Colleges and Universities. These companies have on foot firmly planted in the world's ugliest trenches, and the other in our schools. From cluster bombs and land mines to lab research and Board of Governor decisions, these corporate giants do it all. For more info on this, please check out our page that has the companies in question. partners and sponsors The Know War Project is a campaign headed by überculture, the Canadian Federation of Students-Quebec, GRASP-Mcgill, Democracy In Action, Journalists for Human Rights, the Concordia Political Science Students Association, the Concordia Sociology and Anthropolgy Student Union, UMOJA, NDP Concordia, the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, the Canadian Association of University Teachers and Media Wrench Productions.
