Institut du Nouveau Monde holds première events
This August, Concordia looked as busy as it usually does post-Labour day as 451 people aged 15 to 35 descended for the seventh Institut du Nouveau Monde (INM) Summer School.
This marked the first time the Institute, dedicated to justice and social inclusion, open-mindedness and innovative thinking, held its summer school at an English university.
Built around an educational program of sessions, debates and workshops, the four-day conference, held August 12 to 15, welcomed a wide range of guest speakers such as Bloc Québecois leader Gilles Duceppe, journalist and feminist Geneviève Saint-Germain, and author and musician Biz to encourage active citizenship among the participants.
Shortly after, between Aug. 18 and 20, 120 participants came to Concordia for the CIVICUS Youth Assembly. For its third edition, the Youth Assembly was part of the larger World Assembly of CIVICUS, an international alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society.
In connection to the Summer School, President Judith Woodsworth was interviewed for the INM’s newsletter which was inserted in the Aug. 14 subscriber's issue of Le Devoir.
These events are the ideal opportunity to link our innovative research with an international community of international and emerging world leaders.