Button
This round diaper pin badge is red with a white arrow pointing to the right. Inside the arrow are red markings. 2012 student strike button.
- Accession Number 2022.12.85
- Fabricant / Éditeur Minimedia
- Date 2012
- Materials metal, paper, plastic
- Measurements 3,5 cm
Historical context
The badge reflects student anger at the tuition fee increases introduced by Jean Charest’s Liberal government, which 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 changed this perspective. An estimated 100,000 to 200,000 people took part in the demonstration in M...
- Accession Number 2022.12.85
- Fabricant / Éditeur Minimedia
- Date 2012
- Materials metal, paper, plastic
- Measurements 3,5 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Simon Turmel, 2022.012.085
Photo by Michel Julien
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