Today's events
Grow microgreens with Co-op CultivAction in the Concordia Greenhouse!
This workshop aims to equip faculty with the knowledge and skills needed to leverage generative AI prompt-engineering techniques to stimulate active learning in university classrooms. Attendees will explore how intentionally crafted prompts can enhance student engagement, critical thinking, and creativity when working with generative AI. Through discussions and brief activities, faculty members will learn how to design prompts that encourage active learning and promote deep exploration of topics of personal importance to their students.
Whether you’re dealing with multiple choice, essay, closed or open book exams, learn how to prepare strategically and progress systematically through the exam to optimize your success.
This workshop focuses on the numerous art-related search tools and resources in the library and how to use them in conjunction with Google Scholar and other web tools. You will discover strategies for tracking down hard-to-find materials as well as learn about library services that give you access to an expansive network of resources in Concordia Library and beyond. Learning Objectives: During this workshop, participants will learn to: 1. Identify and select relevant resources for your research. 2. Access materials at other libraries worldwide 3. Follow emerging information in your research areas. 4. Save and organize results of your searching.
Whether you are a racialized or non-racialized person, this workshop will allow you to better understand how and why we coined the term self-care. In recognition of Truth and Reconciliation Day, we will also honor current issues within Indigenous communities, as well as Indigenous knowledge and sacred ways of practicing radical self-care to maintain community, connection and solidarity.
Join our 4-part workshop to look at spiritual roots of North American environmentalism, and take time to reflect on our care for the planet.
Innovation is almost always described as key to success in entrepreneurship and business. But what does it actually mean to be innovative? It all starts with cultivating a creative mindset!
The mind.heart.mouth. collective garden aims to promote food security on campus by providing free local organic food to any member of the Concordia community who wishes to volunteer in the garden and to the Hive Coop, which provides free lunches for all. No experience needed to volunteer!
A two-part workshop to help you start building Virtual Reality (VR) experiences quickly and easily. This workshop makes use of the A-frame JavaScript library. Prior knowledge of JavaScript or HTML is NOT required (but it doesn't hurt). The second session is for sharing VR creations, troubleshooting, and demonstrating more advanced features. Learning Objectives: This workshop will help participants understand what Virtual Reality (VR) is and the various compotent involved in building various VR experiences. It will also provide a practical walkthrough of setting up and customizing a VR environment. Based on participant interests, different features will be explored in more depth. Ressources for deepening your knowledge after the workshop will be provided. Image: Screenshot from aframe.io
This event is designed to brief female JMSB students about career opportunities in capital markets and the application process for the Van Berkom Investment Management Program.
Join the Climate Fresk workshop to take part in a collaborative, scientific, and creative game to better understand the issues of climate change and its effect on our biodiversity.
Join Cinema Politica Concordia for the Montreal premiere of SOMEONE LIVES HERE followed by a Q&A with director Zack Russell and protagonist Khaleel Seivwright!
SHIFT's monthly Lunch & Learn events are opportunities to engage more with social transformation and all of the amazing work connected through the SHIFT community. Bring your own lunch or come and snack on what we have!
Ongoing events
In this session we will engage in open dialogue with the intention of deepening skills to manage relationships specifically with faculty colleagues. We will identify behaviors in the academic context, interpersonal and systemic, that are damaging to collegial spaces as well as some ways forward
The Concordia Farmers' Market is back on campus! The return means local produce and products will be available right where you study, work and gather.
The Concordia Farmers' Market is back on campus! The return means local produce and products will be available right where you study, work and gather.
This is the registration form for the Anti-Racism Workshop Series, a two-part training program. The first session is theory based and designed to encourage reflection upon contemporary concepts and issues around race as well as racism history. We also pay particular attention to the manifestations and maintenance of racism in the workplace. The second part involves an applied approach, designed to promote, and implement anti-racism best practices through scenarios.
This session offers an open and interactive space for student-facing professionals to explore what it means to foster a culture of inclusivity in a variety of educational settings and service delivery contexts. Join us as we explore ways to build equity into our daily work and practice.
This workshop offers an open and interactive space for student to explore what it means to foster a culture of inclusivity in a variety of educational settings and more broadly, within our communities.
SAY LESS is a monthly co-working space to meet and connect with one another while getting work done! Bring your laptop and drop in any time between 1-5pm on the dates mentioned. Snacks, tea, and coffee will be provided. Please register below.
As part of the University’s commitment to accessibility and inclusion, the Equity Office will be offering a series of workshops on accessibility this semester. These workshops will support staff and faculty in their shared responsibility to creating an accessible campus community.
Are you looking for a free on-campus spaces to relax, socialize, and explore your creativity?
Are you looking for a free on-campus spaces to relax, socialize, and explore your creativity?
The Contemplative Pedagogy initiative, offered by the Centre for Teaching and Learning, includes a variety of workshops, activities, and resources on contemplative pedagogy for Concordians in order to re-energize our teaching and learning community during this time of constant change.
Upcoming events
This Guided Hands on Learning Experience is a an opportunity for community members to learn and practice fundamental urban agriculture skills. We will hold semi-structured training sessions and provide immediate opportunities for people to participate in the day-to-day tasks of an urban farm.
In this session we will engage in open dialogue with the intention of deepening skills to manage relationships specifically with faculty colleagues. We will identify behaviors in the academic context, interpersonal and systemic, that are damaging to collegial spaces as well as some ways forward
Le but de cette présentation est de sensibiliser les gens à l'impact de nos pratiques, de nos politiques, de nos attitudes et de nos propos sur des personnes en situation de handicap. Nous examinerons la différence entre l'accessibilité et les aménagements, nous ferons la distinction entre les modèles médicaux et sociaux du handicap et nous aborderons les questions d'équité.
As part of Campus Sustainability Month this October, we would like to invite you to our Sustainability Fair. This event will be an opportunity for Concordia students to learn about and engage with many different sustainability actors on campus.
Generation and storage of gas from waste decomposition in municipal solid waste landfills
Accompanying her voice with singing bowls, a hand pan, ocean drum, flutes and other gentle instruments, Irene Feher will perform gentle soothing sounds that will bring you into a restful calm state.
Find out how you can push the boundaries of business research
Take the first step towards your career path
SHIFT's monthly Lunch & Learn events are opportunities to engage more with social transformation and all of the amazing work connected through the SHIFT community. Bring your own lunch or come and snack on what we have!
In this two-part workshop, you will learn about the nature and types of procrastination and the connection between procrastination and difficulty in emotional regulation. You will also learn some evidence-based strategies to overcome procrastination, including self-regulation and emotion regulation techniques.
The perennial herb garden at Loyola Farm is the main teaching and demonstration site of the City Herbal Apprenticeship Program, and is the oldest garden plot at the site. Volunteers will have the opportunity to get their hands dirty, and will work on a variety of garden tasks including bed and path maintenance, weeding, transplanting, and general garden upkeep.
Drop by our Spirituali-tea for some snacks, coffee and tea! Meet our team and make new friends. Enjoy some fresh tea from harvested herbs this week from the Grey Nuns Garden.
Established in 2014, the Concordia Farmers’ Market is the main provider of fresh local, direct-to-market products for the 40 000+ daily eaters on campus.
Interested in working on fast-paced and engaging policy topics that have a real impact on the lives of Canadians?
This workshop, presented by Robin Long and Laz Kalipolidis, is aimed at providing a basic overview of the Quebec education system, from the perspective of those who have studied in it.
Join us for our first Grey Nun's Community Garden Harvest Party!
Ground and centre yourself through a lunchtime mindfulness practice.
Introduction to the Non-Buddhist religious and ritual practices of Tibet by Professor Charles Ramble.
This webinar will explore strategies and questions around navigating challenging moments that can emerge in the classroom. Often referred to as H-O-T moments (heated, offensive or tense), these can range from controversial topics to disruptive behaviours. This session is designed to help instructors feel more prepared when these arise in classroom, and will cover: 1. How to notice tension, conflict, and charged discussions 2. Examples of H-O-T moments 3. Understanding the impact of these moments on students and learning Strategies to address these moments
This workshop is open to all. Graduate students: please register through GradProSkills. Everyone else can register on this page. Would you like to be able to keep a permanent copy of something that's online? Whether it's your thesis project website, source material for your research, or your favourite cat video, online content is at high risk of disappearing. This workshop will show you how to preserve web content using free and open-source tools. This is an introductory-level workshop and no prior knowledge or technical skills are needed. Learning Objectives: You will have the opportunity to learn how to - capture different types of web content using free and open-source tools - replay and share your web archive - identify potential ethical issues in making your web archive available
Plagiarism at the undergraduate level is a serious academic offense! The university and your professors do not take it lightly even if you plagiarize inadvertently.
Pop into our online Student Service Station via Zoom every Wednesday from 11:30-12:30: a one-stop shop to ask questions!
Join us for a mid-week energy boost at the MFSC!
Interested in learning more about local pollinators?
Debunking myths & exploring opportunities
In this interactive workshop, we will review how to recognize symptoms of anxiety and identify how anxiety can influence our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
Oct. 4: Cervical cancer is easily detectable with regular pap tests. It is also highly preventable with vaccination.
De-stress and unwind through community art sessions.
Math Beyond the Numbers: An EDI Panel Discussion aims to showcase the significance of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in STEM fields, with a particular focus on mathematics and statistics. Join this free event featuring performances, important discussions, art, and door prizes!
The mind.heart.mouth. collective garden aims to promote food security on campus by providing free local organic food to any member of the Concordia community who wishes to volunteer in the garden and to the Hive Coop, which provides free lunches for all. No experience needed to volunteer!
The entrepreneurial skill of interviews – both formal and informal – is key to many aspects of both start-up and professional life. By learning how to ask questions and truly listen for answers, you will learn how to extract powerful insights that can propel your ideas forward and bring them to life.
Established in 2014, the Concordia Farmers Market is the main provider of fresh local, direct-to-market products for the 40 000+ daily eaters on campus.
The powerful combination of nature and art-making is at the heart of building a sustainable community.
Every year, almost 100,000 Canadian couples experience a perinatal death, whether early (first 20 weeks of pregnancy) or late (between 21 weeks of pregnancy and the baby's first six weeks of life).
Le'u priests are lay ritualists who perform rites such as for prosperity, exorcism, healing, and the propitiation of local spirits, Professor Daniel Berounsky (Charles University, Prague) will introduce his research derived for extensive fieldwork and study of ritual performance in Eastern Tibetan areas.
Endogenous tagging using CRISPR/Cas9 to study protein localization across human cell types
Learn about healthy eating, sleep, quitting smoking, stress management, mental health and more.
This workshop offers an open and interactive space for student participants to explore what it means to foster a culture of inclusivity in a variety of educational settings and more broadly, within our communities.
This short workshop will help you to balance and prioritize your time and get organized for the midterm mania!
The community garden is the People's Potato's main summer project.
Concordia is committed to the inclusion and participation of students with disabilities.
For grad students only. This workshop aims to ensure that participants do not miss out on the little-known research tools and tricks which can be indispensable for effective graduate level research at Concordia in all subject areas. We will cover essentials such as: 1. Pinpointing the best spots on the library web site for graduate students 2. Discovering services, resources and perks reserved for grad students only 3. Knowing when and how to seek in-depth assistance from Concordia subject specialists 4. Using specialized and subject-specific resources 5. Optimizing access to Concordia resources from on and off campus 6. Efficiently accessing material within and beyond Concordia Participant questions and input will be invited throughout the session. Learning objectives By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: 1. Fully grasp the breadth and depth of resources and services available for graduate research at Concordia 2. Understand when and how to access material outside of Concordia 3. Understand how to make use of Concordia Library privileges from on and off campus
You will work on many different projects throughout your studies and career, and it is important to learn project management basics to get organized and work as a team.
Do you set excessively high standards for yourself? Are you overly critical of your performance and abilities? Are you very afraid of failure or of making mistakes? Do you measure your self-worth in terms of your achievements?
Ground and centre yourself through a lunchtime mindfulness practice.
Grow microgreens with Co-op CultivAction in the Concordia Greenhouse!
Learn how to create an impactful résumé and compelling cover letter in this comprehensive workshop and find out how to strategically showcase your skills, achievements, and experience to stand out.
Sankofa Farming Cooperative is calling on Africans/Afro-descendant/Black-Indigenous peoples to reclaim and seek the wisdom of their roots through teach-ins, workshops, media projects, Black-Indigenous farming/gardening, storytelling and rituals!
So you want to model things in 3D, but you’re unfamiliar with how to do it or the software you’re using doesn’t give you the fine control you need? Come to our workshop. For this session, we are going to focus on building practical structures for lab environments. OpenSCAD is free, open-source software for detailed, programmatically defined, primitive based rendering software. If that sounds complicated, you will be pleasantly surprised at how easy and intuitive the software is once you get started. No programming experience required (although it doesn't hurt). Computer and software are provided, but to walk away even better prepared, feel free to bring your own laptop and have OpenSCAD installed on your computer before the session. This workshop is open to all.
La démocratie libérale est un régime politique qui fait de la communauté des citoyens l’autorité souveraine ultime et des individus les dépositaires de droits universels et inaliénables. Que se passe-t-il dès lors si les citoyen.ne.s décident souverainement de limiter les droits des individus en situation de migration sur leur territoire?
Come join us downtown caring for the planters at the back of the Grey Nuns Residence garden located close to rue St Mathieu. Our volunteer sessions are open to everyone, from those with gardening experience to beginners!
Geshes Yongdong Losar, a scholar of Yungdrung Bön religion and graduate of the celebrated Nangzhig Monastery in Eastern Tibet will introduce the tradition of this institution, its history, curriculum of study and activities.
Find release in this high energy & rhythmic class! Discover a fusion of Afrobeat & Azonto foundations and steps from West Africa and more specifically, Ghana. All levels welcome.
Join this mindfulness drop-in series to engage in a “full body” mindfulness practice, encompassing gentle mindful movement, breathwork exercises, and guided meditations.
The act of codeswitching can feel exhausting for black folks and is often a conscious or unconscious act that Black people engage in as a means of being perceived positively with inner or outer groups.
From colorism to the racial wealth gap, racial identity, culture, codeswitching and more, this workshop will offer a detailed understanding of the significant and on-going challenges and consequences that Black folks have endured as a result of slavery, racism and colonial oppression.
This event is part of the Campus Sustainability Month and 'Glocal Learning Journey's' at the international Adaptation Futures 2023 Conference.
Featuring Concordia speakers this annual event features leading international speakers in a variety of domains all related to forms of digital transformation.
This presentation will provide staff and faculty with an understanding of visible and invisible disabilities on campus. The common symptoms and characteristics associated with the most prevalent mental health conditions will also be reviewed, as well as how these conditions appear in classrooms, offices, meeting rooms, and on campus. Strategies for barrier reduction will be addressed.
Discussing the role of generative AI in the university classroom
Faculty members can learn how to design a new real-world project-based student experience for an upcoming course.
One stop shop information session on future internship opportunities
Have a hard time understanding and remembering your readings? This workshop will teach you how to select the most important information in a reading and look at ways to effectively review and apply what you’ve learned. We will be reviewing strategies for both hardcopy and digital textbooks.
Drop by our Spirituali-tea for some snacks, coffee and tea! Meet our team and make new friends.
We will cover features such as pivot tables, building and maintaining budgets, advanced formulas, and data management techniques. You’ll be given a template to practice using pivot tables, a budget, and managing data while following along with the facilitator. Sophia is excited to answer all your questions!
Access to nature in urban environments can be limited, so why not increase our indoor greenery to help boost our spirits?
Join Cinema Politica Concordia for the Montreal premiere of BREAKING SOCIAL followed by a Q&A with director Fredrik Gertten!
Join us for the official launch of the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) program to electrify society.
Cybersecurity events, financial analysts, and earnings forecast uncertainty
Learn how to make a great impression
Learn how to chart your academic and career path
Pop into our online Student Service Station via Zoom every Wednesday from 11:30-12:30: a one-stop shop to ask questions!
Take a break and spend a mini retreat walking and contemplating nature and your steps.
In this hands-on workshop, you will have the opportunity to practice masterful communication through prepared speeches and presentations, improvisational speaking, and storytelling in a fun and supportive environment.
MIGS will host the inaugural Montreal International Security Summit on 11-12 October.
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