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This lecture presents insights from the international research project Beyond Seeing (2017–2018), initiated by the Goethe-Institut Paris in collaboration with ESMOD Berlin, Institut Français de la Mode (Paris), La Cambre (Brussels), and the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås, together with organizations for the blind and visually impaired.

When

March 6, 2026, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Where

Online

Speaker(s)

Irma Jokštytė-Stanevičienė, Vidmina Stasiulytė

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Ongoing events

Category: Conferences & lectures

The Seminar Series offers a supportive space for SdBI Faculty, Fellows, Research Affiliates, postdocs, and graduate students to share their research, works in progress, and workshop their projects with the SdBI community. The aim is to learn from one another, foster conversations, and build connections across different areas of research.

When

January 28, 2026 – March 11, 2026, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

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Upcoming events

Category: Conferences & lectures

After three years of research focused on the experiences and needs of Montreal’s Black communities, this conference will feature a special keynote, panels, workshops, and live performances rooted in Black healing and collective care.

When

March 7, 2026 – March 8, 2026 (all day)

Where

SGW campus LB - Pavillon J.‐W.‐McConnell (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

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When

March 9, 2026 – March 13, 2026 (all day)

Where

TBD

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When

March 9, 2026, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Where

Online

Speaker(s)

Sarah Sajedi

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When

March 9, 2026, 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 145 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Zariah Williams

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When

March 9, 2026, 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Where

Loyola campus RF - Centre des congrès des Jésuites de Loyola 110 (7141, rue Sherbrooke O.)

Speaker(s)

Emma Despland

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When

March 9, 2026, 1:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Where

Loyola campus RF - Centre des congrès des Jésuites de Loyola 110 or online (link on conference webpage) (7141, rue Sherbrooke O.)

Speaker(s)

Jessica Bleuer, Madeline Montgomery, Atlas Wutapumitukew Lowry, and Bill Yong

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When

March 9, 2026, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Where

Loyola campus RF - Centre des congrès des Jésuites de Loyola 110 (7141, rue Sherbrooke O.)

Speaker(s)

Kat Plamondon and Alex Pace

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A conversation about President Donald Trump’s policies and their implications for democratic politics in the U.S. and globally

When

March 10, 2026, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Where

Online

Speaker(s)

Fred Block (University of California, Davis), Margaret R. Somers, University of Michigan, and Robert Kuttner (The American Prospect and Heller School, Brandeis University)

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When

March 10, 2026, 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Andrea Arias Gutierrez, Natasha Artokun, Karen Ayass, Teprine Baldo, Leanne Mckella Duncan, Amanda-Faith Noble-Gelinas, Deanna Gene , Maya Goss, Philippe Hamel, Lily Hutchison, Kelly Ann Kyle, Anthony Lemelin, Arielle Limoges, Juana Gomez, Viviane Macedo de Oliveira, Blythe Middlebrook, Sophie Mortimer, Maya Oliva-Kreysa, Gabriella Oliveira Trajano, Thomas Valle Painter, Kat Plamondon, Chloe Robichaud, Stephanie Schmidtke, Cristina Sciortino, and Misha Solomon

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When

March 10, 2026, 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Where

Loyola campus RF - Centre des congrès des Jésuites de Loyola 110; also available online via 4th Space (7141, rue Sherbrooke O.)

Speaker(s)

Damon Matthews, Peter McQueen, Dominique Paquin, and Snigdhodeb Dutta

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When

March 11, 2026, 9:45 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building LB-145 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Florencia Abbate, Dolores Chew, Niloofar Golkar, Bermal Küçük, Geneviève Pagé

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When

March 11, 2026, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Annabelle Brault, Rachel Burman, Nick Carpenter, Sarah Galarneau, Asma Ahsan Khan, Heather McLaughlin, and Emilie O'Brien

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When

March 11, 2026, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Mackenzie Guest and Siena Blier

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Join our monthly seminar to hear Simone de Beauvoir Institute professors and affiliates discuss their research. A short Q&A will follow the discussion.

When

March 11, 2026, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Where

SGW campus ER - ER Building 672 (2155 Guy St.)

Speaker(s)

Alex Tigchelaar, Sandra Smele, Constance Lafontaine, Viviane Namaste

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When

March 11, 2026, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Camilo Alejo and Angela Kross

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The first Annual Vinesh Saxena Family Foundation Lecture with award-winning and best-selling author Monique Gray Smith. Monique will be speaking on the transformative and spiritual power of narratives and interaction.

When

March 11, 2026, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where

Sir George Williams Campus John Molson Building MB9 ABCD (1450 Guy St.)

Speaker(s)

Monique Gray Smith

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When

March 12, 2026, 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 145 or join us online (link on conference page) (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Daniel Martinez, Andréa Ventimiglia, Mishel Wong, moderated by Melodie Le Siège

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How do digital technologies “see” aging bodies? Join Dr. Marshall and Dr. Martin for a critical look at datafied aging and the myths of independence.

When

March 12, 2026, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Where

Sir George Williams Campus ER Building ER 661 (2155 Guy St.)

Speaker(s)

Dr. Barbara L. Marshall and Dr. Wendy Martin

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When

March 12, 2026, 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Where

SGW campus ER - Pavillon ER 1428 (2155 Guy St.)

Speaker(s)

Nilufar Sabet-Kassouf

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Nazar explores the “evil eye” as a framework for examining race, colonialism, psychoanalysis, and surveillance. This hybrid lecture by scholar and artist Salar Mameni, “Angel of Critique,” expands the series’ inquiry into the politics of visuality, anti‑Muslim surveillance, and the structures of desire and envy that shape racist technologies. Join us for an evening of critical insight and conversation.

When

March 12, 2026, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Where

Sir George Williams Campus John Molson Building 9EG (1450 Guy St.)

Speaker(s)

Salar Mameni

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When

March 12, 2026, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Where

SGW campus H - Henry F. Hall Building McEntee Reading Room (H 1001.01), 10th floor (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Oein DeBhairduin

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When

March 13, 2026, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Where

Loyola campus HU - Applied Science Hub 115 (7141 Sherbrooke St. W.)

Speaker(s)

Emma Despland

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When

March 13, 2026, 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Where

Loyola campus HU - Applied Science Hub 115 (7141 Sherbrooke St. W.)

Speaker(s)

Amy Badi, Allegra Ghiglione, Daria Monjezi-Kochak, and Lauren Rapley

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When

March 13, 2026, 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Where

Loyola campus HU - Applied Science Hub 115 (7141 Sherbrooke St. W.)

Speaker(s)

Jochen Jaeger, Noa Davidai, Arielle Limoges, Isabel Drummond, and Lisa Ofili

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When

March 13, 2026, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Where

Loyola campus HU - Applied Science Hub 115 (7141 Sherbrooke St. W.)

Speaker(s)

Heather McLaughlin and Annabelle Brault

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When

March 13, 2026, 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Where

Loyola campus HU - Applied Science Hub 115 (7141 Sherbrooke St. W.)

Speaker(s)

Dali Assi, Sofia Ithaca Bandel, Audrey Basic, Catherine Rokakis, and Andrea Tremblay

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The Department of Philosophy is pleased to welcome invited guest lecturer Devin Curry Sanchez.

When

March 13, 2026, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Devin Sanchez Curry, Associate Professor of Philosophy, West Virginia University

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When

March 13, 2026, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Where

HU - Carrefour des sciences appliquées 125 (7141 Sherbrooke St. W.)

Speaker(s)

Shawn Wilkinson, Elizabeth Teel, Enrico Quilico, Pascal Brodeur, and Eric Tessier

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When

March 19, 2026, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Where

Online

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When

March 20, 2026, 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Where

SGW campus H - Henry F. Hall Building 1220 (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Dr Nusta Ko

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When

March 25, 2026, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

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Explore how precarious legal status shapes self-rated health over time, and why its lasting effects persist even after individuals obtain more secure status.

When

March 25, 2026, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Where

SGW campus FB - Faubourg Building 620 (1250 Guy St. (main entrance) | 1600 Ste-Catherine St. W.)

Speaker(s)

Marie-Pier Joly

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xplore Nazar as an anti-colonial theory of sight in a talk by Zoé Samudzi on surveillance, race, colonialism, and the politics of visuality.

When

March 26, 2026, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Where

Sir George Williams Campus John Molson Building 9F (1450 Guy St.)

Speaker(s)

Zoé Samudzi

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When

March 27, 2026, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building LB 651 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

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The Department of Philosophy is pleased to welcome invited guest lecturer Sean Kelsey.

When

March 27, 2026, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Sean Kelsey, Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago

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Cai Glover presents a Deaf‑conscious choreographic practice that transforms sign language into movement, redefining rhythm, poetics, and embodied expression.

When

April 3, 2026, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Where

Online

Speaker(s)

Cai Glover

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A look at how the Applied AI Institute approaches research and responsible AI, with examples from recent projects in government and non‑profit sectors. Part of a series exploring how aging and AI intersect in meaningful ways.

When

April 9, 2026, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Where

Sir George Williams Campus ER Building ER-661 (2155 Guy St.)

Speaker(s)

Valeria Kebets

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When

April 10, 2026, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building LB 651 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

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This presentation builds on existing work to ask how the transnational flows of materiality, expertise, and capital that accompany large-scale infrastructural development can transform rural communities situated along lines of hydropower transmission at a distance from power-generating rivers and dams themselves.

When

April 10, 2026, 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Where

Sir George Williams Campus Henry F. Hall Building 1120 (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Speaker(s)

Sara Shneiderman

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When

April 10, 2026, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Where

SGW campus EV - Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex 1.605 (1515 Ste-Catherine St. W.)

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When

April 11, 2026, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

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Two-day event where QUESCREN research network and the wider community come together to explore, discuss, and advance research on English-speaking Quebec.

When

May 6, 2026 – May 7, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Where

SGW campus MB - John Molson Building CD (1450 Guy St.)

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When

May 10, 2026 – May 13, 2026, 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Where

SGW campus EV - Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (1515 Ste-Catherine St. W.)

Speaker(s)

TBA

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When

May 10, 2026 – May 13, 2026, 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Where

SGW campus EV - Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex (1515 Ste-Catherine St. W.)

Speaker(s)

TBA

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When

May 15, 2026 – May 16, 2026, 9:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building Open space (first floor) (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

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When

May 26, 2026, 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Where

Université de Montréal

Speaker(s)

David J. Holroyd

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When

May 28, 2026 – May 29, 2026 (all day)

Where

SGW campus MB - John Molson Building MB 14.250 (1450 Guy St.)

Speaker(s)

Pablo Gilabert and others

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When

August 6, 2026 – August 7, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Where

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building LB-145 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

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Today's events

1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Beyond Seeing: Fashion at the Intersection of Inclusion and Innovation

Ongoing events

Until Mar. 11 SDBI Seminar Series

Upcoming events

Mar. 7 Community-Centred Knowledges

Mar. 9 Planetary, public, and personal health, well-being, and justice conference

Mar. 9 Sarah Sajedi: Invisible plastics, visible consequences

Mar. 9 Roots & Recipes 2nd edition book launch

Mar. 9 Winter campus biodiversity: A snowshoe/walking tour

Mar. 9 The emotional cost of enormity: When climate distress becomes futility—and how creativity can help

Mar. 9 Firing up action

Mar. 10 Contesting the divine rule of Trump at home and abroad

Mar. 10 Issues in environmental science

Mar. 10 Communicating climate research to policy and the public: A workshop

Mar. 11 Contemporary Feminist Movements Across Geographies

Mar. 11 Complexity, care, and collaboration

Mar. 11 The state of Montreal's urban birds

Mar. 11 SDBI March Seminar

Mar. 11 Remote sensing and Indigenous-led nature-based solutions to address emissions and biodiversity targets

Mar. 11 Sharing our Light Through Stories, Connections and Reflections

Mar. 12 Careers in sustainability panel discussion and networking session

Mar. 12 Digital Technologies & Datafied Ageing – With Dr. Marshall and Dr. Martin

Mar. 12 Leadership in environmental and digital innovation for sustainability

Mar. 12 Salar Mameni - Angel of Critique - Nazar Speaker Series

Mar. 12 Na Mincéirí - Exploring Irish Traveller Culture

Mar. 13 Biodiversity fresque: A workshop

Mar. 13 Undergraduate honours research for a healthy planet

Mar. 13 Issues in biodiversity, sustainable fashion, and climate action

Mar. 13 Working across complexity

Mar. 13 Issues in urban biodiversity, greenspace, health, and fire

Mar. 13 Devin Sanchez Curry | Ryle on Cartography and (Cognitive) Ontology | Philosophy Speaker Series

Mar. 13 Sustainable peer-based leisure activity after traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Mar. 19 Breaking barriers: How sports shape women leaders

Mar. 20 Guest Speaker Dr Nusta Ko

Mar. 25 Symposium on Indigenous Land-Based Educational Practices

Mar. 25 The multidimensional effects of precarious legal status on health

Mar. 26 Zoé Samudzi - The Citizen and the Anthropophage - Nazar Speaker Series

Mar. 27 Trans-racinations: An Interdisciplinary Reading Group

Mar. 27 Sean Kelsey | Forms of Understanding in Aristotle’s De Anima | Philosophy Speaker Series

Apr. 3 Disordering Language: The Poetics of a Body in Movement

Apr. 9 AI and Aging: Insights with Valeria Kebets, PhD (Applied AI Institute)

Apr. 10 Trans-racinations: An Interdisciplinary Reading Group

Apr. 10 The hydropower tower: an infrastructural biography of transnational transmission and transformation through Dolakha, Nepal

Apr. 10 Educating the Musical World: The Global Impact of the Willie Clancy Summer School 1973-2026

Apr. 11 Concert

May 6 QUESCREN Researcher-Member Symposium 2026 // Symposium des chercheurs-membres de QUESCREN 2026

May 10 COMBUSTION INSTITUTE CANADIAN SECTION SPRING TECHNICAL MEETING

May 10 Combustion Institute: Canadian section: Spring technical meeting

May 15 Colloque Les Animaux: De choses à êtres sentients

May 26 Navigating the Leviathan - A Skeptical Ethos for Animal Politics

May 28 10th Social Justice Theory Workshop

Aug. 6 Animals at Large: Critical Animal Studies Perspectives on Wild, Feral, and Free-Living Animals