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To kick off the semester, we're trying something new! For our January Brown Bag Lunch, we are integrating our local seminar with the international webinar series, "New Leisure Studies: International Perspectives."

When
January 22, 2026, 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Where
Loyola Campus Vanier Extension 317 (7141 Sherbrooke St. W.)
Speaker(s)
Steve Henle, Shawn Wilkinson




Upcoming Arts & Science events

This talk draws on research examining Section 141 of the Indian Act (1927-1951), a little-known provision that made it an offence for Indigenous peoples to raise funds or hire lawyers to advance claims without government permission.

When
January 23, 2026, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Henry F. Hall Building 1120 (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Amy Swiffen

When
January 27, 2026, 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Where
SGW campus FB - Faubourg Building 620 (1250 Guy St. (main entrance) | 1600 Ste-Catherine St. W.)

Von Borzyskowski and Vabulas argue that there is a common logic to IO exit which helps explain both its causes and consequences. By examining IO exit across 198 states, 534 IOs, and over a hundred years of history, they show that exit is driven by states' dissatisfaction, preference divergence, and is a strategy to negotiate institutional change.

When
January 29, 2026, 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Henry F. Hall Building H-1220 (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Dr. Felicity Vabulas

Concordia University Jurist-in-Residence, Morton S. Minc, invites you to the conference, The Future of Canada/US Trade Agreements.

When
January 29, 2026, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where
SGW campus MB - John Molson Building ABCD (1450 Guy St.)
Speaker(s)
Ian Lee

This paper traces the user experience of disabled audience members as they attend a Kinetic Light performance. Focusing on touch and sight as types of sensory encounter, Lawson and Sheppard draw in sensory studies to analyze how audiences experience dance.

When
January 30, 2026, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Alice Sheppard, Laurel Lawson

Join the Department of Economics in welcoming Senators Leo Housakos and Tony Loffreda for an armchair conversation hosted by Anthony A. Noce, senior lecturer and course coordinator for ECON 318 Canadian Economic Policy and ECON 319 International Economic Policy.

When
February 6, 2026, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus John Molson Building (1450 Guy St.)
Speaker(s)
Senator Leo Housakos, Senator Tony Loffreda, Dr. Anthony A. Noce

When
February 24, 2026, 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Where
SGW campus FB - Faubourg Building 620 (1250 Guy St. (main entrance) | 1600 Ste-Catherine St. W.)

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

When
March 24, 2026, 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Where
SGW campus FB - Faubourg Building 620 (1250 Guy St. (main entrance) | 1600 Ste-Catherine St. W.)

When
April 21, 2026, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Where
SGW campus FB - Faubourg Building 620 (1250 Guy St. (main entrance) | 1600 Ste-Catherine St. W.)




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