Meet people where they are and invest in concrete relationship development practices
WHAT WE DO
We bring diverse people, communities, and organizations together to address major societal challenges and create a more just, inclusive, and broadly prosperous Montréal.
Our mandate
Make connections across divides
- Host events that bring together actors from different ecosystems
- Facilitate tough conversations
- Enable knowledge exchange and mobilization
- Activate a physical space where people can meet and work together
Support existing and emerging social transformation initiatives
- Provide directly or facilitate connections with internal and external resources for funding, training, and hands-on support
- Provide access to space
- Advocate with internal or external seats of power
Cultivate multidisciplinary curriculum and research
- Support transdisciplinary relationship development
- Support degree programs and courses that don't easily fit in other departments/faculties
How we work
Look for affinities and act as a concierge to connect and facilitate collaboration between projects, people, resources, and opportunities across boundaries
Prioritize projects and activities that are responsive to, relevant for, and led by community
Democratize knowledge-making and recognize diverse forms of expertise
Prioritize the integration of student leadership, hiring students as much as possible
Strive for complementarity; look first to engage with what already exists rather than re-inventing
Work from an awareness and long-term memory of Concordia's past and present social transformation initiatives
