In 2024 university campuses across Canada saw encampments and other protest actions. In a new book and podcast series Dr. Roberta Lexier places these actions within the broader history of student activism in Canada since the 1960s. In this discussion we ask her how student activism differes between Québec and the rest of Canada, how radical praxis can be maintained in a rapidly turning over student population, how student activism intersects with off-campus politics and when and why the state responds with violent force.

Follow Dr. Lexier at @robertalexier.bsky.social and check out her work here:

• Book - Student Power: Canadian Student Movements From the Sixties to Today
• Podcast - Student Power: A Canadian Student Movement History Podcast