Sherrilynne Starkie

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Social media and Montreal’s student protests

Sherrilynne Starkie

“Our objective is to bring the SPVM closer to the community and our use of social media helps us do this,” said Melissa who is a graduate of the University of Laval with a degree in journalism and has been a communications officer with the SPVM since 2004. Prior to the student demonstrations the SPVM Twitter profile had 10,000 followers.