The five-year agreement between Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and Concordia gets off to a great start with successful President Conference Series.
Six months into Concordia’s multi-pronged fiveyear partnership with the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) the success of the initiative has already been affirmed with the first coproduction between the two learning institutions. Concordia’s five-week long President’s Conference Series (PCS), held at the BanQ’s Grande Bibliothèque at the corner of De Maisonneuve Blvd. And Berri St., attracted a broad cross-section of Montreal’s population.
The PCS showcased Concordia’s exemplary researchers, writers, and artists in a series of performances and ongoing exhibitions. Under the theme Montréal : Sur le fleuve des langues this fourth PCS, was scheduled over several weeks, instead of during a single day.
Concordia highlighted some of its signature academic achievements in research-creation (poetry, visual and sound design, computation arts, trasnslation), and initiatives, such as the University of the Streets Café, a key example of our commitment to community engagement. The program hosted two public conversations bringing together university researchers and different stakeholders to discuss issues of general interest. Both events drew several dozen people to engage in an animated dialogue.
In addition to presenting such integral parts of our institutional culture, Concordia also demonstrated the innovation that keeps us fresh by presenting a multi-stage, multimedia performance presenting seven poets teaching at Concordia in a spectacle of sound, image, video and light.
Related links:
• Concordia President’s Conference Series
• Partnership between Concordia and the BanQ
