Quebec students vote to return to classes

In Photos: the scene outside CEGEP du Vieux Montréal

This young woman handed out a pro-boycott flyer

August 17, 2012

Early reports suggest students at oth CEGEP du Vieux Montréal and CEGEP St-Laurent voted today to end their class boycotts, which started earlier this year in opposition to a tuition increase. That would mean all of Quebec’s junior colleges will now reopen as an emergency law requires. Students at Vieux Montréal re-voted today, after the result of the first vote on Monday evening was a near tie. Jacob Serebrin captured the scene outside the college.

A few blocks from the school, a large number of police, including a riot squad, waited

A security guard prevented media from getting too close to the school’s entrance

A few students wore red squares, the symbol of the protest movement; most didn’t

A handfull of pro-boycott activists demonstrated outside the school

The assembly was scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. but didn’t start until over an hour later

The line of students waiting to get in stretched almost an entire city block

Both votes at CEGEP du Vieux-Montréal drew large numbers

Pro and anti-boycott activists calmly handed out pamphlets

This young woman handed out a pro-boycott flyer

tags:Boycotts End CEGEP du Vieux Montréal CEGEP St-Laurent politics Quebec Quebec student strike Quebec tuition boycott

Quebec students vote to return to classes

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