Blackout: The Concordia Computer Riots

By Kym Dominique-Ferguson, Tamara Brown, Lydie Dubuisson

In February 1969, hundreds of students occupied a computer centre at what is now Montr?al's Concordia University to protest the mismanagement of a racism complaint lodged by Caribbean students against their biology professor. When an agreement to end the occupation fell through, riot police were called in, resulting in widespread damage, a mysterious fire, and nearly a hundred arrests. Created and devised by some of Montr?al's most prolific artists, Blackout re-examines the events that led to the occupation and protests, asking how race relations have changed in Qu?bec and Canada.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0369104161
• ISBN13: 9780369104168
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.3"