Button
This round yellow diaper pin badge features an illustration of a red and white triangular traffic sign with red lettering. A black inscription is to the right of the illustration. 2012 student crisis button.
- Accession Number 2022.12.71
- Fabricant / Éditeur Imprimerie Michel Legault Inc.
- Date 2012
- Materials metal, paper, plastic
- Measurements 4,1 cm
Historical context
The button reflects student anger at the tuition fee hike announced by Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Bachand on March 11, 2011: fees would double in five years.
The first strike took place in November 2011. A second followed a few months later, on February 14, 2012. The movement is still considered slow and marginal. The March 22 demonstration changes this perspective. An estimated 100,000 to 200,000 people took part in the demons...
- Accession Number 2022.12.71
- Fabricant / Éditeur Imprimerie Michel Legault Inc.
- Date 2012
- Materials metal, paper, plastic
- Measurements 4,1 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Simon Turmel, 2022.012.071
Photo by Michel Julien
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