In Conversation: Collaborative & Interdisciplinary Projects at Milieux

For the past 10 years, the Milieux Institute has served as a hub for creative experimentation. Drawing members from across Concordia University, Milieux fosters interdisciplinary work through both its programming and its infrastructure. While research clusters regularly host their own activities (workshops, book launches, guest talks, roundtables, etc.), the Institute’s broader mandate is to support and initiate cross-cluster activities and organize institute-wide events that connect our research community. This vision extends to the infrastructure itself: working and common spaces are designed to encourage and facilitate these connections. At Milieux, cluster spaces and research labs are open and designed to bring together researchers from different backgrounds.

In this panel discussion, we invite members to highlight three collaborative projects made possible by Milieux’s model: the Montreal Waterway Collective, the NOSTAGAIN Network, and, more recently, the Orange Shirt Day Workshop hosted by IFRC in collaboration with Textiles and Materiality and the MaSH Lab.

This conversation will be moderated by Dr. Bart Simon.