Today's events
Open to all members of an active Department Hiring Committee (DHC), Department Hiring Committee (DPC), or Faculty Personnel and Tenure Committee (FPTC). All DHCs involved in the search process are required to participate in this session before starting the hiring process. DPC and FPTC members are strongly encouraged to participate. DHC members would ideally attend the session prior to their first in-person DHC meeting and prior to the review of applications.
During this workshop, participants will learn practical tools to understand trauma through an anti-oppressive lens and identify trauma triggers when supporting students, faculty and staff. Participants will practice inclusive language and de-escalation techniques that support community members impacted by trauma. c Learning Outcomes: Participants will develop an intersectional understanding of trauma on campus Participants will learn to identify triggered service users Participants will practice inclusive language and de-escalation strategies Participants will make plans for connecting service users with on campus support Please note: A Zoom link will be sent to participants the morning of the workshop.
Ongoing events
The exhibition features contemporary Inuit artists from throughout Inuit Nunaat whose works speak to ways of being in relation: to each other and community, the land, past and future generations, namesakes, and Inuit belongings.
The Super Boat People Collective is happy to present the exhibition born from the project "What Travels Through Us: Family History Workshops.
Upcoming events
Open to all members of an active Department Hiring Committee (DHC), Department Hiring Committee (DPC), or Faculty Personnel and Tenure Committee (FPTC). All DHCs involved in the search process are required to participate in this session before starting the hiring process. DPC and FPTC members are strongly encouraged to participate. DHC members would ideally attend the session prior to their first in-person DHC meeting and prior to the review of applications.
From the early 1960s to the early 1970s, Canadian exhibition designer and painter Harley Parker developed a sensory museology by applying Marshall McLuhan's ideas about the sensorium and media to exhibition design.
Bring a $2 twoonie and your own bag to get textbooks, mysteries, fiction, classics and cookbooks -- and more! Prices at $3 and up!
A microaggression is a brief, however commonplace verbal or behavioral action. These actions communicate negative and harmful messages towards, and about, individuals or groups that are historically underserved and underrepresented. How do microaggressions manifest in the workplace, and what impacts do they have on a person or group? Through a guided conversation, this workshop will help participants become aware of their own biases, understand the impact of microaggressions, and consider how they can intervene when they occur to help create a more supportive work and/or learning environment.
The "hidden curriculum" is the unspoken norms and expectations in higher education that can influence students' learning experiences and success, often without their awareness. In this interactive session, we explored the concept of hidden curriculum, its impact on student success, and strategies for navigating and addressing implicit learning.
Every Tuesday, from 2 to 4 p.m., join us for conversation and connection over beverages and snacks, sometimes with a theme. This event is open to all members of the Concordia community (students, faculty and staff).
We invite you to attend our Eco-Anxiety Peer Support Group - a place where our community can come together and grieve, share experiences, and navigate pathways forward that make space for hope.
Bring a $2 twoonie and your own bag to get textbooks, mysteries, fiction, classics and cookbooks -- and more! Prices at $3 and up!
Provide your feedback on the process of designing the next iteration of the plan.
Lucas Zimbel, guitarist, will offer cheerful flatpicking in the lobby of the John Molson Building (MB). Make a point of passing through, and stay for a while to enjoy this warm engaging musical artist.
Build skills and practice dialogue across differences of belief and worldview. We'll build community, practice skills and learn about interfaith and interworldview dialogue over tea and snacks in this four-part workshop.
Focusing on the Greek and the Italian contexts, this presentation draws attention to how governing refugees has been turned into wrecking their lives, by depriving them of water, clothes, edible food and cash assistance.
The purpose of this interest group is to support faculty in applying or improving their application of contemplative practices in their classroom to promote well-being and a compassionate classroom, to further course goals, and to support learning.
This informal workshop invites scholars, teachers, and community members to share experiences with community engagement, both in their research and in the classroom.
This talk will focus on scholarly book publishing and will provide an opportunity to learn about the process of publishing with a university press in Canada.
Michael Pelias (Long Island University, Brooklyn, and founder of the Institute for Radical Imagination) will be speaking on the relationships between Nietzsche and Marx, both historically and conceptually, and their contemporary influence in social theory and practice. The event is presented by the Students of Philosophy Association (SoPhiA).
Led by Mike Barcomb, Educational Technologist. Meets monthly to discuss the role of generative AI in the university classroom. New members are welcome.
To celebrate Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde, Writers Read invites renowned poet, author and thinker Alexis Pauline Gumbs to Concordia. Supported by Amber Rose Johnson, Alexis will read from the innovative work.
Every Tuesday, from 2 to 4 p.m., join us for conversation and connection over beverages and snacks, sometimes with a theme. This event is open to all members of the Concordia community (students, faculty and staff).
Join us at District 3 to learn the importance of building networks and communities throughout your life. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, this event will provide valuable insights and strategies to help you succeed.
Provide your feedback on the process of designing the next iteration of the plan.
Join us at our community-building pasta lunches: $17 for a plate of pasta with meat or vegan sauce, salad, a roll, beverage and dessert.
Build skills and practice dialogue across differences of belief and worldview. We'll build community, practice skills and learn about interfaith and interworldview dialogue over tea and snacks in this four-part workshop.
Join us for an exciting volunteering activity at the MFSC! This event will provide an opportunity for volunteers like you to contribute your time and skills towards helping those in need by prepping, packing, and/or deliver food to Resilience Montreal.
Celebrate the release of the Concordia Food Coalition's latest resource with an inspiring and community-centred event! Be the first to hear from the guide's author, who will share insights and strategies for creating more inclusive and equitable food spaces.
Digital storytelling (DST) is of growing interest within health care settings to better understand patient experience and translate knowledge between health care professionals and patients. DST is a relational tool that can be used for education, advocacy, creative expression, and therapeutic intervention.
This workshop is designed to bring awareness to current and future researchers of the impact of research on Indigenous communities, collectives and organizations. Discussion topics include: access to communities; data management; Indigenous perspectives on and experiences with research; OCAP principles; intellectual property rights; and Indigenous research ethics and protocols. Participants will be invited to reflect on respectful and mutually beneficial ways to conduct research. They will also explore ways to facilitate Indigenous participation in research, building Indigenous research capacity and adequately preparing graduate students before they undertake research on Indigenous people and/or in their communities.
This engaging and informative panel discussion will explore the impact of trauma and trauma triggers on student learning and learning spaces. Panelists will share promising and innovative solutions to integrating well-being into pedagogical practices and discuss the future of teaching and learning as it relates to the changing socio-political landscape. Learning Outcomes: Participants will develop an intersectional understanding of trauma on campus Participants will discuss inclusive strategies to support student learning Please note: A Zoom link will be sent to participants the morning of the workshop.
This one-hour workshop offers a forward-looking exploration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) integration within Moodle. Rather than focusing on current implementations or hands-on building, this session will delve into the exciting future possibilities of GenAI in education.
This event brings together Lea Kabiljo and Kelann Currie-Williams, oral historians and photographers, who rely on the multi-faceted technique of "photo-interviewing" in their respective work. We will invite attendees to reflect on the relationship that exists between images and storytelling in the context of the oral history interview.
Concordia's Centraide Campaign committee invites you to join us at the SHIFT Centre (LB 145) as we announce this year's total funds raised in support of Centraide of Greater Montreal.
Every Tuesday, from 2 to 4 p.m., join us for conversation and connection over beverages and snacks, sometimes with a theme. This event is open to all members of the Concordia community (students, faculty and staff).
We invite you to attend our Eco-Anxiety Peer Support Group - a place where our community can come together and grieve, share experiences, and navigate pathways forward that make space for hope.
Diversity is beautiful. It can also help save lives.Swab your cheeks and join the stem cell donor registry. Stem cell transplants can be life-saving treatments for people with blood cancers and other blood-related diseases.
Build skills and practice dialogue across differences of belief and worldview. We'll build community, practice skills and learn about interfaith and interworldview dialogue over tea and snacks in this four-part workshop.
This workshop will explore what it means to make “good trouble.” Making "good trouble", as described by Civil Rights Leader and Congressman John Lewis is doing “something out of the ordinary,” to make “a way out of no way.” As per Flint and Toledo (2021): "Troubling is about how we relate as we live and become together in the world." Together, we will use the concept of 'troubling' as a framework that notices and names injustices. We will also consider how we can create new ways of relating to one another in order to coexist in a good way. By the end of this session, participants will identify practical strategies for making "good trouble."
Share a free vegetarian meal, meet new people and enjoy the conversations among friends! We're also looking for volunteers to help prepare for the event! Volunteering with the MFSC can appear on your co-curricular record.
Join us in the COHDS Computer Lab for an engaging 2 to 2.5-hour workshop designed to enhance your skills in digital storytelling and interactive exhibit creation. Participants will be asked to develop a mini exhibit concept incorporating edited digital content gathered from a brief exercise in conversational interviewing.
Jessica Gelber is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her primary area of research is Classical Greek and Roman Philosophy, with particular interests in foundational issues in ancient medicine and science.
Jane Malcolm is an associate professor at the Université de Montréal. She is the co-editor of A Description of Acquaintance: The Letters of Laura Riding and Gertude Stein 1927-1930 (UNM Press) and a scholarly edition of Laura Riding's 1928 treatise, Contemporaries and Snobs (UAlabama Press), as well as essays and articles on the work of Muriel Rukeyser, Alice Notley, Yoko Ono, and Gail Scott, among others.
Join us for our monthly "Chai, Coffee & Change: Discussing Inclusion" sessions! This informal gathering is open to all members of the Concordia community. Whether you're passionate about EDI or simply curious, you are welcome to join us for coffee, snacks, and dialogue.
Led by prof. Mireille Paquet, this reading group is open to all interested students and faculty. Participants are only required to read and discuss the text assigned for each meeting. This is a welcoming, stress-free environment for Concordians interested in immigration studies, regardless of their level of knowledge or discipline. We look forward to meeting you!
The Canadian 2SLGBTQIA+ communities are a microcosm of our wider society, susceptible to the –isms and –phobias that contribute to inequity and exclusion. Through facilitated discussion, this workshop invites participants to investigate the compounding effects of anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender expression and identity. It also invites learners to question how the history of racism in Canada has impacted the present-day experiences of the underrepresented 2SLGBTQAI+ members of our communities and what we can do to advocate for racial justice and equity in our campus community and beyond.
Every Tuesday, from 2 to 4 p.m., join us for conversation and connection over beverages and snacks, sometimes with a theme. This event is open to all members of the Concordia community (students, faculty and staff).
This is informational session will provide all details about nominations for the 3M National Teaching Fellowship, Canada’s most prestigious recognition for excellence in educational leadership and teaching in post-secondary education.
Build skills and practice dialogue across differences of belief and worldview. We'll build community, practice skills and learn about interfaith and interworldview dialogue over tea and snacks in this four-part workshop.
The OSC Indigenous Holiday Market showcases the creativity of Indigenous artisans and entrepreneurs from local Indigenous communities in and around Tiohtià:ke and at Concordia.
Rebecca Todd is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Centre for Brain Health at UBC. The event will be in person and on Zoom. No registration is required if attending in person.
A conversation between some of the members of the 1990s Tiohtia:ke/Montreal-based, South Asian-focused LGBTQ+ group the Saathis. As many of the Saathis are artists, performers and activists, they are also invited to reflect on their creative journeys as racialized queer people in Montreal.
Join us for an evening of dance as students from the Department of Contemporary Dance bring embodied (auto-)biographical narratives to the Acts of Listening Lab.
Every Tuesday, from 2 to 4 p.m., join us for conversation and connection over beverages and snacks, sometimes with a theme. This event is open to all members of the Concordia community (students, faculty and staff).
Dr. Luis Sotelo Castro and PhD candidate Sara Lucas from the Acts of Listening Lab and The Listening Choir will discuss how musical interventions, particularly community choral music, can catalyze dialogue in communities that have experienced collective trauma.
We invite you to attend our Eco-Anxiety Peer Support Group - a place where our community can come together and grieve, share experiences, and navigate pathways forward that make space for hope.
The workshop will invite you to engage deeply with a videotaped interview of a Rwandan genocide survivor recorded as part of the Montreal Life Stories project.
The purpose of this interest group is to support faculty in applying or improving their application of contemplative practices in their classroom to promote well-being and a compassionate classroom, to further course goals, and to support learning.
Every Tuesday, from 2 to 4 p.m., join us for conversation and connection over beverages and snacks, sometimes with a theme. This event is open to all members of the Concordia community (students, faculty and staff).
How might we apply care ethics to our daily lives? How might it influence how we understand what is “good” and “right”? How does this apply to educational spaces? This workshop will draw on the work of Nicki Ward (Ethics of Care, 2015) to investigate the relationship between intersectionality and care ethics. It will consider how these two theoretical frameworks might complement each other through the exploration of their individual principles, and how they might expand our own understanding of the lived realities of care, identity and diversity.
Concordians are invited to join the Office of Sustainability as we monitor our bird feeders, which will be incorporated into the overall count numbers for the day within the Montreal count circle.
Concordians are invited to join the Office of Sustainability as we monitor our bird feeders, which will be incorporated into the overall count numbers for the day within the Montreal count circle.
Article to be selected from book: Ziff, B. H., & Rao, P. V. (1997). Borrowed power : essays on cultural appropriation. Rutgers University Press to be read prior to reading circle.
Every Tuesday, from 2 to 4 p.m., join us for conversation and connection over beverages and snacks, sometimes with a theme. This event is open to all members of the Concordia community (students, faculty and staff).
Daniel Steel is Associate Professor at the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics and the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia.
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