Community support
The OCE supports community-university partnerships by facilitating strategic introductions; promoting news stories or events; providing modest funding and discounted rental rates; or contributing to programming and logistics coordination when appropriate.
Application Guidelines
The OCE team members will consider each application based on these criteria:
- The project responds to a community identified need and/or benefits the public;
- The events associated with the project are open to the general public and are free or pay-what-you-can;
- The project is a collaboration with a non-profit organization or a non-registered citizen effort;
- The project may create a connection with Concordia students, faculty or staff, or may have potential for a future partnership;
- The project aligns with OCE’s mission and values and social justice principles and functions according to inclusiveness and anti-oppression principles in terms of physical, social, and cultural accessibility.
If you have questions regarding the criteria above or wish to discuss your project with a member of the OCE team please contact us.
We aim to communicate our decision within two weeks, but we recommend you contact us a few months in advance of your initiative due to high demand.
Past Supported Project Examples
Family Information Fair
The Concordia University Student Parent Centre (CUSP) collaborated with the non-profit Families Centre-Ville and McGill University to host a free event that connected families with the resources and services they are looking for in or around Montreal. The OCE supported this event, which took place in the EV atrium, by providing lunch to all of the community organizations who hosted kiosks at the fair.
Creative Spirits
Native Montreal
The Creative Spirit program consisted of four workshops about visual effects creation for video games, which took place in the Faculty of Fine Arts’ Center for Digital Arts. Stephane Nepton (Uhu Labos Nomades) was the main instructor, assisted by Concordia Graduate student, Waylon Wilson. The workshops attracted eight Indigenous youth, aged 14 to 27 years old. The OCE supported this project by coordinating access to space with the Faculty of Fine Arts and covering the costs of hiring the required lab technician and workshop assistant.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson in Conversation With Moe Clark
Pop Montreal
The OCE provided support to Masters and PhD English students from a class about Indigenous Canadian literature and cultures to attend “Leanne Betasamosake Simpson in Conversation With Moe Clark” at the POP Montreal Symposium as well as Simpson’s performance.
Concordia Black History Month: Black Artist Residency Exhibition & Programming
Simone de Beauvoir Institute
The OCE provided financial support to the Concordia Black History Month: Black Artist Residency Exhibition and Programming project, which aims to create a platform for representing Black identity in Montreal and foster an emerging and crucial relationship between Black communities and the University.
