Today's events
Antoine Bilodeau and Mireille Paquet are pleased to invite you to IRI's Seminar, highlighting the research of its three visiting doctoral fellows for 2024. This is an opportunity to discover research topics related to IRI's mission while contributing to the development of these three doctoral students' projects through your comments, feedback and encouragement.
At this workshop, learn how to get started with zero waste, get plant-based cuisine tips and tricks, and more.
This workshop explores how faculty can guide students in using all-purpose GenAI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) for self-assessment and feedback on their assignments. Participants will learn strategies to empower students to leverage GenAI in conjunction with course rubrics, enhancing the development of critical evaluation skills, and freeing in the instructor’s time and resources.
Each session will focus on a different skills theme for managing common emotional challenges that many students face.
OCT 23: Did you know? STI-testing is recommended every 6 - 12 months for everyone who is sexually active. Are you up to date?
In this interactive workshop, you will learn about the transferable skills that employers look for.
The CSLP is sponsoring a new colloquium series by and for graduate students, Unweaving the Researcher, which will explore student experiences beyond research. The series will feature collaborative discussions and offer peer feedback to provide a range of diverse perspectives and critical insights on the lives and struggles of student researchers.
Join MfSC and McGill MORSL to visit Rigpe Dorge Centre, a Montreal Centre in the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
Ongoing events
It's an interactive peer support session that is guided by moderators, and everyone is encouraged to voice their thoughts!
WEDNESDAYS: Each session of this series will focus on a different skills theme for managing common emotional challenges that students face.
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.
Receive help with sentence structure, grammar, spelling, and citations. Drop by for support from a writing assistant, Billy Gelinas, and bring your assignment or rough draft. Come see us for a 25-minute session, first arrived-first served.
Upcoming events
Learn about healthy eating, sleep, quitting smoking, stress management, mental health and more.
Making of the Management Machine: Subjectivity, Desire, and Living Labour
Learn about academic and professional journeys in finance
The Kristeva Circle supports research on, or influenced by, philosopher, psychoanalyst and novelist Julia Kristeva. The Circle holds regular gatherings to establish and advance Kristeva scholarship nationally and internationally. During these gatherings, scholars from a variety of fields and disciplines exchange ideas and collaborate on projects related to the work of Julia Kristeva.
In this workshop – ideal for speakers at all levels – we will dispel common public speaking myths, provide useful tips on body language and tone, and help you to conquer your fears and meaningfully connect with your audiences in-person and online.
Join us as Dr. Fenwick McKelvey presents the main findings from a three-year investigation into AI governance across Canada. This research explores critical aspects of how AI is shaping policy and ethics.
How are technological applications are helping increase access to justice? How is AI being used by the courts? Join Concordia Jurist-in-Residence, Morton S. Minc, as he welcomes guest speaker Nicolas Vermeys, Associate Director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory and Professor at Université de Montréal's Faculté de droit. Vermeys will discuss the future of online justice and share examples of the uses of AI technologies within the court system. Students in the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, lawyers, and the general public are invited to attend.
Dr. Lauren Kaplow (Concordia University) will deliver a public lecture, "Small Dogs in the Ancient World: A Love Story," on Thursday, October 24, at 6 p.m. in Room S1.235 of the John Molson Building (MB). All are invited.
If you are looking to release stress while toning, this is the class for you. All are welcome!
Telling the story of ground rent — a largely underexplored topic — illustrates how local racialized property regimes shape the geography of urban segregation and urban inequality. Part of the Geography, Planning and Environment Brown Bag Seminar Series.
"Working with Friendship: is a round-table discussion featuring five artist duos exploring collaborative ceramics as part of the 5th Virginia McClure Ceramic Biennale and "Ceramic Friends" exhibition (October 25 - November 30).
Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Automated Penetration Testing for Active Distribution Networks
Concordia University is pleased to host a collection of short films selected for the 2024 Etheria Film Festival, the world's preeminent showcase for global genre cinema created by women.
Essays in Macroeconomics and Labour mobility
In this workshop we will review the various stages of event planning from developing your idea, executing all the details, and articulating what was learned from the experience.
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.
Visit with admissions team members, and faculty from art and design schools across Canada and the United States to Showcase your artistic talent!
Join us for the Montreal Premiere of Diaries from Lebanon with special guests! This politically bold film explores direct action against oppression through the life of a militant activist community in France.
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!
Join this mindfulness drop-in series to engage in a “full body” mindfulness practice, encompassing gentle mindful movement, breathwork exercises and guided meditations.
Celebrate Concordia’s achievement of Fair Trade Silver Campus status with a fun-filled event!
Whether you’re looking to recharge or simply take a break, these calming sound baths will leave you feeling refreshed and centered.
This session contains multiple activities to practice new strategies and to help you build a toolkit to take with you into your next group project or relationship. 
This workshop offers to reflect on archives as sites of contested knowledge, and to envision avenues and methodologies to open them to more inclusive decolonial and feminist perspectives.
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 interactive workshop will introduce participants to a variety of visual methods suitable for inter-and cross-disciplinary study.
Collective Symphonies offers a journey into the soundscapes that shape one’s life, capturing the often-overlooked acoustic textures of collective experiences.
The Law and Society Student Association (LSSA) is back with its famous Wine and Cheese event! Come grow your network by meeting lawyers from various fields, law school representatives and alumni while sipping wine and enjoying delicious food.
Find out about the benefits and career opportunities as a CPA.
This workshop is for undergraduate students who want to learn how to take efficient notes. Different strategies and techniques will be explored.
Each session will focus on a different skills theme for managing common emotional challenges that many students face.
Optimized Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Target Search and Localization
Stretch your creative problem-solving muscles in our newly launched design challenge, a low-stakes, high impact workshop. This 3 hour event centers on a challenge that impacts students’ daily lives and how to use design thinking to generate solutions and shape our future.  
This conference is an in-person event and will be presented in English and French with a bilingual question period.
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.
This hands-on workshop will introduce students to the modern, no-cost, digital note-taking tool, Obsidian (or Zettlr). Integrated with Zotero and used in an academic framework, these tools can foster productive research writing. The workshop will help students start practising the principles of a Zettelkasten technique to build a personal knowledge base of literature notes, interlinked ideas, long-form writing, visual concept maps, and more. It will show how to associate Obsidian notes with bibliographic information in Zotero as part of the research writing workflow. The workshop will revolve around Obsidian's structure as a markdown file editing tool, suited to short or longform notes stored as a knowledge graph or in a hierarchy. The workshop will include the option to use the tool Zettlr instead of Obsidian and will cover techniques for writing with Markdown and options for transforming notes into other digital forms. It does not require programming knowledge but participants should already be comfortable using Zotero.
Connect with employers, learn about career opportunities, and gather information for your job search!
Connectez-vous avec des employeurs, découvrez des opportunités de carrière et recueillez des informations pour votre recherche d’emploi.
In this deep relaxation, you will be guided to bring your gentle awareness to different parts of the body, and with kindness, get in touch with the energy that is there.
Interdisciplinary bibliography building can shed new light on research questions and topics. In this workshop we will explore strategies for expanding research across fields and disciplines and look at tools to facilitate or focus your searching. Skills learned could be useful in various stages of the research process, such as: working on literature reviews or annotated bibliographies, preparing for comprehensive exams, participating in research forums and conferences.
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.
If you are looking to release stress while toning, this is the class for you. All are welcome!
Bring a $2 twoonie and your own bag to get textbooks, mysteries, fiction, classics and cookbooks -- and more! Prices at $3 and up!
Recruitment and info session
Whether you’re looking to recharge or simply take a break, these calming sound baths will leave you feeling refreshed and centered.
Unpacking the Complexities of Hybrid PBL and EDI in STEM Education
Attend this workshop to help you learn how to make well-informed decisions and be confident about them.
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).
Looking to get involved in student life? Curious about how organizations work? The Dean of Students Office and the Fee-Levy Associations of Concordia are hosting a workshop on Collective Governance so you can be prepared to help lead.
Bring a $2 twoonie and your own bag to get textbooks, mysteries, fiction, classics and cookbooks -- and more! Prices at $3 and up!
Come pick up some study tips, get support from peers and get FREE exam survival kits! Open to first year students.
Learn how to make your CV stand out
Learn practical tips on integrating AI into your life and future career and hear firsthand how teams and supervisors are guiding its use in the workplace.
In this deep relaxation, you will be guided to bring your gentle awareness to different parts of the body, and with kindness, get in touch with the energy that is there.
Books are an ancient form of technology that has remained central to human culture for thousands of years. While the emergence of eBooks, the internet and word-processing tools have replaced some of the functions of the book, many of us still prefer to use physical notebooks and read printed books. Join us to learn about the basic elements of book binding and come away with three notebooks that you have created yourself. While we will explore traditional methods of book binding and decoration, we will also discuss ways to incorporate emerging technologies like 3D printing and digital die cutting (available in the Technology Sandbox) into the process. This introductory workshop is open to all. By the end of the workshop, you will be able to execute saddle-stitch binding, Japanese stab stitch binding, and Coptic binding. All materials will be provided. The workshop is designed to create blank notebooks, but we also encourage participants to attend our Zine Making Basics workshop (January 30) and use the techniques learned in this session to create covers for their zines.
Part 2 of this Public Speaking series is all about the prepared speech. You will have the opportunity to practice your new skills in a supportive, safe, and fun atmosphere and receive immediate feedback.
Formalization of Partial Differential Equations using HOL Theorem Proving
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.
BIM-Based Automated Fault Detection and Diagnosis in HVAC Systems Using Knowledge Models
If you are looking to release stress while toning, this is the class for you. All are welcome!
This informal workshop invites scholars, teachers, and community members to share experiences with community engagement, both in their research and in the classroom.
We will explore AI's potential impact on various industries, discuss which skills we anticipate will be in demand, and discover how to leverage your education to stay competitive in the future.
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).
MfSC, Hillel Concordia and Hillel McGill invite Concordia students of any faith or no faith to join them for their annual Interfaith Shabbat.
This session will provide an overview of "prompt engineering": the process of crafting and structuring text to effectively communicate with generative AI models. Core concepts and best practices of prompt engineering, as well as how you can use these tools in all aspects of your life will also be discussed.
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