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Sir George Williams affair
The Henry F. Hall building in 1970
LocationMontreal
DateJanuary 29, 1969 (1969-01-29) (EST)
TargetThe Henry F. Hall Building

The Sir George Williams affair (also referred to as "The Sir George Williams Computer Centre Incident")[1] was a 1969 event at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, now a part of Concordia University. It was the largest student occupation in Canadian history, and resulted in $2 million of property damage.[2]

  1. ^ Forsythe, Dennis (1971). Let The Niggers Burn. Black Rose Books. p. 3.
  2. ^ Mills, Sean (2010). The Empire Within: Postcolonial Thought and Political Activitsm in 1960s Montreal. McGill-Queen's University Press.

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