University of the Streets Café is a program of the Office of Community Engagement at Concordia University. It organizes bilingual, public conversations in cafés and community spaces across Montreal.
To celebrate, the fall 2023 season will focus on the importance in our democracies of public dialogue and the spaces that foster them.
Since its inception in 2003, University of the Streets Café has hosted over 400 bilingual public conversations.
As a flagship program of Concordia University’s Office of Community Engagement, the public bilingual conversations are free and open to participants of all ages, backgrounds and levels of education.
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Our participatory events seek to reinvent the idea of the ‘university’ by creating spaces for lifelong learning, critical thinking and community engagement in local neighbourhoods.
A public conversation is much like a conversation you’d have with friends or family around a dinner table, except with more people, more points of view, and slightly more structure.
Thanks to the support of our volunteers, venues and parterning organizations, the program is free and open to participants of all ages, backgrounds and levels of education.
From community spaces to international relations, we have held a broad range of discussions over the past two decades.
We strive to hold all of our public conversations in venues that are accessible to persons with limited mobility. Contact us to find out more about the accessibility details or for any accessibility-related questions and/or needs.
Since its inception in 2003, University of the Streets Café has hosted over 400 public conversations. As a community-driven program, the topics we explore grow, change and occasionally reappear depending on what’s happening in the world and the interests of our participants. To get an idea of what we’ve talked about during our 12+ year history, explore our list of past events.
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Phone: 514-848-2424 ext. 5840
Email: communityengagement@concordia.ca
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