Andre Goulet

Student Power: A Canadian Student Movement History Podcast

History EN ↓ 6 episodes

As global campus protests attract academic and public attention, interest in student movements continues to grow; however, very little is known about the Canadian context. Dr. Roberta Lexier’s monograph offers the first detailed history of on-campus activism in Canada with each chapter drawing upon archival documents, media reports, and oral interviews to chronicle major upheavals in, respectively, the Sixties, 1975-2000 and 2001-2020. Grounded in the larger historical, political, economic, social/cultural, and institutional context of the period, each episode analyzes the various demands and...

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Andre Goulet

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Canadian Student Movements 15.04.2026 28:28

On episode 6 Dr. Roberta Lexier speaks with Mount Royal University professor, Muhannad Ayyash, author of Lordship and Liberation in Palestine-Israel: The Promise of Decolonial Sovereignties , about the importance of the Palestinian Exception to on-campus repression and to the Canada in Decline series author, Nora Loreto, about neoliberalism and its effects. Show Notes: Roberta Lexier, Student Pow...

Swift Repression 03.04.2026 26:26

On episode 5 Dr. Roberta Lexier examines the repression of pro-Palestinian encampments at University of Calgary and University of Alberta in a conversation with independent, Edmonton-based journalist, Jeremy Appel, and at McGill University with local activist and journalist, Jack Solar. Show Notes: Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link....

The Neoliberal University 19.03.2026 24:44

On episode 4 Dr. Roberta Lexier unpacks the 2012 Maple Spring with Concordia faculty member and participant Dr. Anna Kruzynski and discusses fossil fuel divestment movements with McMaster alumna Adeola Egbeyemi. Show Notes: Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://link.springer.com/book/9783032109620 Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robertalex...

The End of History 03.03.2026 25:00

On episode 3 Dr. Roberta Lexier talks to anti-apartheid activist, Zainab Amadahy, about her experiences at the University of Toronto in the 1980s and former Canadian Federation of Students leader (and later politician), Joel Harden, about efforts to resist tuition fee hikes in the late-1990s. Show Notes: Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - https://...

The “Radical” Sixties 20.02.2026 28:41

On episode 2 Dr. Roberta Lexier explores the history of Vietnam War protests in Canada with Dr. Jessica Squires, author of Building Sanctuary: The Movement to Support Vietnam War Resisters in Canada, and the May 1970 Abortion Caravan with participant (later union leader and politician), Judy Darcy. Show Notes: Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today - h...

Canadian Student Movements: An Introduction 26.01.2026 39:53

On episode 1 Dr. Roberta Lexier introduces the pro-Palestinian encampments in an interview with University of Alberta faculty member, Dr. Michael Litwack, and considers the long history of student movements with Dr. Pieter Dhondt, co-editor of the book Student Revolt, City, and Society in Europe: From the Middle Ages to the Present. Show Notes: Roberta Lexier, Student Power: Canadian Student Movem...