Concordia University is best known for its downtown campus which used to be Sir George Williams College. Just across the street from this scene is the Hall building where there was civil unrest in the 1960's. Today was a different group with a different reason, but the unrest was all the same. These were mostly Iranian protestors shouting about the problems in their country. They also flew the Canadian flag, the provincial flag, and the LGBTQ2 flag. People were taking turns saying slogans with a megaphone and everyone repeated the slogans. They sounded angry, and at the same time were very proud of their country, it was change they were asking for. In Canada, we are lucky enough to have elections, even if we disagree with the party who gets elected. But not every country is like that, and often times the people are unhappy.
Flag Waving Downtown Campus, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, November 2022 (No. 3287)
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