In an online article published this week, Macleans magazine explores Concordia University’s Risk Assessment Committee, the secretive body that allegedly rejects student events, according to an arbitrary definition of “risk — and the political interests of the university administration. Mentioned in the article is the RAC’s rejection of a film screening organization by Cinema Politica, a project of the non-profit media arts organization I co-founded, überculture.
This can’t be helpful for the university’s PR department, still reeling from the media storm caused by the unexpected departure of university president Claude Lajeunesse. They haven’t said much, and the city is starting to demand some answers.