Photo Series: A Year of Protest

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The death of Joyce Echaquan is a sign of systemic racism in Quebec, activists say. Thousands descended upon Place Émilie-Gamelin in the chilly afternoon on Saturday, Oct. 3, to call for justice. Photo Philippe Champagne

Both survivors of sexual assault and allies leaned on each other during sexual assault awareness demonstration, as countless emotional testimonies were delivered. Parc Lafontaine, Montreal.19 July, 2020. Photo Caroline Marsh

Around 500 protestors marched the streets of NotreDame-de-Grâce on Nov. 7, 2020, calling for the reallocation of police funding to social services. Photo Caroline Marsh

Thousands of people from Montreal’s Armenian community gathered in Dorchester Square on Sunday, Oct. 4th, 2020, to protest Azerbaijani and Turkish aggression against the disputed territory of Artsakh, more commonly known as Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo Esteban Cuevas Thousands of supporters gathered in a march against anti-Asian racism following the death of multiple Asian women in a mass shooting in Georgia. The march was organized by Asian activists in Montreal and was followed by a vigil to pay respects to the eight victims of the shooting, six of whom were Asian women. March 21, 2021. Photo Léa Beaulieu-Kratchanov

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Montrealers lined up outside S.W. Welch Bookseller in the Mile End on March 13 to participate in a readin after commercial landlord Shiller Lavy Realties attempted to raise the store’s rent by 150 per cent, which would have forced it to close. Photo Léa Beaulieu-Kratchanov

In the midst of a snowstorm on Jan. 16, around 75 protestors gathered at Place Simon-Valois in Hochelaga at 3:30 p.m. to demonstrate against Premier François Legault’s 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. Photo Esteban Cuevas Protesters take a knee and raise their fists at the summer’s second Black Lives Matter protest. 7 June, 2020. Photo Esteban Cuevas

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Top left: Hundreds of protesters surrounded Mount Royal in a physically distanced chain at the George-Étienne Cartier statue at the base of Mount Royal on Friday, June 13, 2020, to denounce Bill 61, hours before it was announced the bill did not pass. Top right: Activists took down the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in downtown Montreal during Nationwide March to Defund the Police. Montreal, Aug. 29, 2020. Photo Caroline Marsh Bottom: Some 1,500 people gathered at Cabot Square late in the afternoon on April 3 to commemorate the life of Rebekah Love Harry, and to condemn domestic violence as a whole. Photo Ibrahim Mahmoud