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The presentation focuses on Qureshi's ongoing postdoctoral project, exploring the absence, erasure, and fetishization of queer Muslim, racialized, and immigrant bodies in the visual and archival histories of gay liberation and queer resistance in Canada.

When
October 19, 2026, 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Faubourg Building FB 630.15 (1250 Guy St. (main entrance) | 1600 Ste-Catherine St. W.)
Speaker(s)
Abdullah Qureshi


Category: Conferences & lectures



Upcoming events

Category: Conferences & lectures

When
October 21, 2026, 1 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building Open space (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Annick Maugile Flavien, Concordia PhD candidate and Public Scholar, discusses Black caregiving practices, aging, housing, intergenerational knowledge and community care in Canada as part of the engAGE Student Speaker Series.

When
October 21, 2026, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus ER Building 672 (2155 Guy St.)
Speaker(s)
Annick Maugile Flavien

This presentation addresses how the logic of alignment moves ambiguously between the technologies being used to train GenAI models to governance and geopolitics.

When
October 22, 2026, 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex 10.625 (1515 Ste-Catherine St. W.)
Speaker(s)
Alexander Campolo

When
October 22, 2026, 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Barry Eidlin

When
October 23, 2026 – October 24, 2026 (all day)
Where
TBD

Concordia University Jurist-in-Residence Morton S. Minc invites you to the conference with the Honourable Marie-Anne Paquette, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec.

When
October 26, 2026, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus John Molson Building ABCDEFG (1450 Guy St.)
Speaker(s)
The Honourable Marie-Anne Paquette, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec

Découvrez le nouveau livre de Thomas Lacroix et Bénédicte Michalon, Des localités pour accueillir: Migrants dans les villes et villages de France et d’ailleurs.

When
October 28, 2026, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Where
SGW campus FB - Faubourg Building 620 (1250 Guy St. (main entrance) | 1600 Ste-Catherine St. W.)
Speaker(s)
Bénédicte Michalon

Découvrez le nouveau livre de Thomas Lacroix et Bénédicte Michalon, Des localités pour accueillir: Migrants dans les villes et villages de France et d’ailleurs.

When
October 28, 2026, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Where
SGW campus FB - Faubourg Building 620 (1250 Guy St. (main entrance) | 1600 Ste-Catherine St. W.)
Speaker(s)
Bénédicte Michalon

Join Guillaume Lamontagne, chief architect for satellite systems at MDA Space, for an in-person presentation on the rapid expansion of the commercial space sector. Discover how advances in launch capabilities, satellite technologies and new applications are driving this growth.

When
October 29, 2026, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus EV - Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex EV 1.605 (1515 Ste-Catherine St. W.)
Speaker(s)
Guillaume Lamontagne

As technology evolves, the boundaries of privacy are being tested and redefined. Join Concordia’s Jurist-in-Residence, Morton S. Minc, as he hosts privacy lawyer Éloïse Gratton, Ad. E., partner in Osler’s Privacy and Data Management group. Our guest speaker Éloïse Gratton, Ad. E., is a partner and co-chair of Osler’s national Privacy and Data Management practice. Recognized nationally as a pioneer in the field of privacy, she advises corporations and their boards on compliance, crisis and risk management, cyber incidents, ethics and data governance matters, including the evolving field of artificial intelligence. Gratton also represents clients in privacy regulatory investigations.

When
October 29, 2026, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where
SGW campus MB - John Molson Building (1450 Guy St.)
Speaker(s)
Éloïse Gratton

In this presentation, I analyze a wealth of primary statistical data and testimonies of menstruators and healthcare workers to argue that we need to urgently cast menstrual dysregulation in rural America as a serious crisis in public health.

When
October 30, 2026, 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Henry F. Hall Building 1120 (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Dr. Akanksha Misra (SUNY Plattsburgh)

When
November 4, 2026, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Where
SGW campus GM - Guy-De Maisonneuve Building 340.10 (1550 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Dr. Anthony A. Noce will be hosting an armchair conversation in-person and live online with Samuel Berridge, High Commissioner of St. Kitts and Nevis to Canada, and Don Stephenson, Former Canadian Ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

When
November 6, 2026, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus J.W. McConnell Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Anthony A. Noce, Samuel Berridge, Don Stephenson

A panel discussion on emerging trends shaping the accounting industry and practice.

When
November 10, 2026, 4:45 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building LB 103 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

When
November 12, 2026 – November 13, 2026, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Will Kymlicka

Join us for a discussion with Ruth Kaplan about her photo book Crossing.

When
November 13, 2026, 12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Where
SGW campus FB - Faubourg Building 620 (1250 Guy St. (main entrance) | 1600 Ste-Catherine St. W.)
Speaker(s)
Ruth Kaplan

Go beyond the headlines in a panel exploring lived experiences of immigration, settlement, belonging, identity and encounters with Canadian institutions.

When
November 13, 2026, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where
SGW campus GA - Grey Nuns Annex 2.221 (1211-1215 St-Mathieu St.)

Dr. Dilara Baysal explores how managers shape creativity, autonomy, and worker identity in Canadian tech startups through everyday managerial practices.

When
November 18, 2026, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Henry F. Hall Building 1120 (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Dilara Baysal

Lunch & Learn on The Trudeau-Lévesque Constitutional Debate: Competing Visions of Multiculturalism in 1982 Canada

When
November 19, 2026, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Speaker(s)
Klervi Tirel

How does radiation affect the electronics used in spacecraft, aircraft and critical systems on Earth? Join SERESSA 2026 at Concordia from November 23 to 27 to explore these effects and learn techniques to make embedded systems more resilient.

When
November 23, 2026 – November 27, 2026 (all day)
Where
SGW campus H - Henry F. Hall Building (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Explore how colonialism shapes stories, bodies, places and futures in a community dialogue centring lived experience, memory, resistance and belonging.

When
November 24, 2026, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Where
SGW campus GA - Grey Nuns Annex 2.221 (1211-1215 St-Mathieu St.)

Find out how to stay in Canada for up to 3 years after you graduate.

When
November 30, 2026, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Lunch & Learn on Navigating Health and Social Services: Experiences of English-Speaking Older Adults

When
December 4, 2026, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Speaker(s)
Alexandra Ethier

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to welcome invited guest lecturer Manish Oza, Assistant Professor at Western Law, whose research currently focuses on voluntary associations and the state.

When
January 22, 2027, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus MB - John Molson Building 14.250 (1450 Guy St.)
Speaker(s)
Manish Oza, Assistant Professor, Western Law

Lunch & Learn on Anti-Black Racism and the Labour Market Integration of English-Speaking African Immigrants

When
January 29, 2027, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Speaker(s)
Jilefack Amin Ngami

Lunch & Learn on Language Loss, Variation, and the Role of English within Montreal’s Italian-Speaking Community

When
February 11, 2027, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Speaker(s)
Fabio Scetti

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to welcome invited guest lecturer Nicholas Smyth, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, whose research focusses on ethics and moral psychology.

When
February 26, 2027, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus MB - John Molson Building 14.250 (1450 Guy St.)
Speaker(s)
Nicholas Smyth, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University

When
March 15, 2027 – March 16, 2027, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Where
SGW campus MB - John Molson Building (1450 Guy St.)
Speaker(s)
TBD

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to welcome invited guest lecturer Ariel Zylberman, Associate Professor of Philosophy, State University of New York at Albany.

When
April 16, 2027, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus GN - Grey Nuns Building NR-4 (1190 Guy St. (main entrance) | 1175 St-Mathieu St. | 1185 St-Mathieu St.)
Speaker(s)
Ariel Zylberman, Associate Professor of Philosophy, State University of New York at Albany