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October 2026 - Octobre 2026
Events - Événements
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Arts and Social Justice GatheringA day of panels and an open mic nightWednesday, October 21, 2026 (1 p.m. – 9 p.m.) Panels on Arts and Social Justice (1:00 – 5:30 pm) at the SHIFT CentreThe first panel starting at 1 pm, “Artists vs. Financialization,” examines how finance capital threatens the cultural autonomy of artists and undermines their ability to organize collectively for social change. This discussion also marks the launch of a new zine edited by Brodie Conley and Stefan Christoff. Guest speakers:
The second panel at 3 pm, “Cultural Work, Scholarship, and the Housing Crisis,” explores how cultural workers and cultural theorists are creating points of intersection between grassroots, street‑level organizing around the housing crisis and broader struggles for a more just and equitable society—both in Montréal and beyond. Guest speakers:
A free lunch and refreshments will be served. RSVP: Fill out this form to let us know you will join us for the panels. Location: SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation - 1400 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal, QC Open Mic at Reggie’s (6:30 – 9:00 pm)Join us for an Open Mic - Show & Tell for ALL types of art! The evening will begin with performances by our invited performers, followed by an hour of open mic. There will be free food and drinks available for purchase. RSVP and register through this form for the Open mic night. Organized by Shakiya Williams and Ra'anaa Ekundayo with the support of the Social Justice Centre. Location: Reggie’s - Hall Building 1455 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal, QC |
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Barry Eidlin - Faculty Confront the Corporate UniversitySolidarity is the New CollegialityThursday, October 22, 2026 In this talk, professor and longtime labour activist Barry Eidlin will assess the challenges currently facing faculty and teaching staff in Quebec and across Canada, and discuss concrete steps being taken to confront those challenges. Barry Eidlin is an Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University, and a founding member and Second Vice-President of the Association of McGill Professors of the Faculty of Arts (AMPFA). He is a labour expert whose research focuses on dynamics of working-class power and politics, particularly in a comparative Canada-United States framework. Voir notre page pour une description en français. L'événement aura lieu en anglais. |
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Book Launch with Chris DixonJoin us for the book launch of Chris Dixon's For the Long Haul: How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World. Monday, October 26, 2026 Location: Bar Milton Parc Coop For the Long Haul: How to Stay in the Fight for a Better World addresses the question of how to sustain long-term involvement in transformative social movements. It takes up this question with a particular focus on our time of compounding crises and widely-felt urgency. This urgency, the book argues, is absolutely warranted; creating a just and habitable future requires dramatic social transformation on a massive scale. |
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Book Workshop Animals and the Right to Politicswith Sue Donaldson and Will KymlickaFriday, October 30, 2026 Commentaries by:
By invitation only. This workshop is not a public event. For an intro to the book, watch the recording of Christiane Bailey's talk at the CCAS conference on Youtube: Renouncing violence and doing politics with animals in Donaldson and Kymlicka's Animals and the Right to Politics (19 minutes) |
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Pablo Castello: Why don't we see animalsBook Workshop with Angie PepperThursday, November 5, 2026 The Quebec Observatory on Animal Law and the Social Justice Centre organize a research workshop on Why Don’t We See Animals? by Pablo Castello. Pablo P. Castelló (University of Denver) will present his chapter titled “On the Conditions for Recognizing Animal Freedom,” which examines the work of Alasdair Cochrane, specifically his book Animal Rights Without Liberation. The chapter aims to bring animal worlds into view and to establish the conditions necessary for recognizing their moral and political status as members of shared communities. The presentation will be followed by a commentary by Angie Pepper (University of Roehampton). The session will be held virtually: Register here to receive the Teams link. |
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Will Kymlicka - Charles Taylor Lectures SeriesAn Ethics of Membership for Diverse SocietiesThe 2026 Charles Taylor Lecture Series welcomes Will Kymlicka for two talks on "An Ethics of Membership for Diverse Societies." The series of conferences will take place at McGill and Concordia Universities:
About the speakerWill Kymlicka is the Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen’s University, where he has taught since 1998. He has published eight books and over 200 articles, which have been translated into 32 languages, and has received several awards. His books include Contemporary Political Philosophy (1990; second edition 2002), Multicultural Citizenship (1995), which was awarded the Macpherson Prize by the Canadian Political Science Association, and the Bunche Award by the American Political Science Association, Multicultural Odysseys: Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity (2007), which was awarded the North American Society for Social Philosophy’s 2007 Book Award, Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights (2011), co-authored with Sue Donaldson, and, most recently, Animals and the Rights to Politics (2025). |
