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The Seminar Series offers a supportive space for SdBI Faculty, Fellows, Research Affiliates, postdocs, and graduate students to share their research, works in progress, and workshop their projects with the SdBI community. The aim is to learn from one another, foster conversations, and build connections across different areas of research.

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January 28, 2026 – March 11, 2026, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Category: Conferences & lectures

Join designer Arrien Weeks on February 11 for an in-depth presentation on the Modular Plinth Project, a sustainable and modular exhibition furniture system co-developed with the FOFA Gallery Sustainability Team. Explore all three versions of the plinth design, learn how reusable structures reduce environmental impact, and hear insights from Weeks’ long-standing work in creative reuse and sustainable design. Conversation in English and French.

When
February 11, 2026, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex 1-715 (1515 Ste-Catherine St. W.)
Speaker(s)
Arrien Weeks

When
February 11, 2026, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Hosted by the Feminist Governance in Times of Crisis Working Group, Professor Orsini's presentation will draw from his current SSHRC-funded project on the ableist roots of progressive social movements, beginning with the feminist movement.

When
February 12, 2026, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
Sir George Williams Campus Henry F. Hall Building 1220 (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Michael, Orsini

When
February 13, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

How can theatre exist beyond sight? Audrey‑Anne Bouchard presents a multisensory, accessible theatre practice grounded in lived experience of vision loss.

When
February 13, 2026, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Audrey-Anne Bouchard

The 2011 Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear disaster was the worst industrial nuclear catastrophe to hit Japan. It was a major event, rated at the highest severity, which released radioactive elements into the power plant's surrounding environment when back-up systems failed and could not sufficiently cool the nuclear reactors.

When
February 13, 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)
Maxime Polleri, Anthropology, Université Laval

Explore how generative AI is reshaping justice, courts and rights, with insight on law, ethics, privacy and accountability. Join Concordia Jurist-in-Residence, Morton S. Minc, as he welcomes University of Ottawa Law Professor Karen Eltis, one of Canada’s leading experts in the impact of new technologies on democratic governance, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

When
February 18, 2026, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Karen Eltis

In this presentation, Dr. Nárlon C. Boa Sorte Silva will provide an overview of his research on exercise and brain health in aging individuals across the cognitive decline spectrum.

When
February 20, 2026, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Where
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Speaker(s)
Dr. Nárlon C. Boa Sorte Silva

When
February 23, 2026, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building LB-145 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Havin Guneser, Harriet Friedman

Join us for an engaging virtual panel exploring the evolving landscape of diversity, equity and inclusion — and what it means for leadership today, as DEI faces growing resistance and pushback.

When
February 24, 2026, 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Where
Online

Join Anne-Marie Croteau, dean of the John Molson School of Business, for a conversation with wealth management executive and investor Ajay Gupta, BComm 95.

When
February 26, 2026, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where
SGW campus MB - John Molson Building (1450 Guy St.)

When
February 27, 2026, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - Pavillon J.‐W.‐McConnell History Department Seminar: LB 1014 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Dr. Yuriko Furuhata (McGill University)

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to welcome invited guest lecturer Michael Goodhart.

When
February 27, 2026, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus H - Henry F. Hall Building 1220 (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Michael Goodhart, Professor of Political Science and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, University of Pittsburgh

This lecture presents insights from the international research project Beyond Seeing (2017–2018), initiated by the Goethe-Institut Paris in collaboration with ESMOD Berlin, Institut Français de la Mode (Paris), La Cambre (Brussels), and the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås, together with organizations for the blind and visually impaired.

When
March 6, 2026, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Irma Jokštytė-Stanevičienė, Vidmina Stasiulytė

A conversation about President Donald Trump’s policies and their implications for democratic politics in the U.S. and globally

When
March 10, 2026, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Fred Block (University of California, Davis), Margaret R. Somers, University of Michigan, and Robert Kuttner (The American Prospect and Heller School, Brandeis University)

When
March 11, 2026, 9:45 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building LB-145 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Florencia Abbate, Dolores Chew, Niloofar Golkar, Bermal Küçük, Geneviève Pagé

Join our monthly seminar to hear Simone de Beauvoir Institute professors and affiliates discuss their research. A short Q&A will follow the discussion.

When
March 11, 2026, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Where
SGW campus ER - ER Building 672 (2155 Guy St.)
Speaker(s)
Alex Tigchelaar, Sandra Smele, Marie-Pier Beauséjour

When
March 12, 2026, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where
SGW campus H - Henry F. Hall Building McEntee Reading Room (H 1001.01), 10th floor (1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Oein DeBhairduin

When
March 13, 2026, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building LB 651 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to welcome invited guest lecturer Devin Curry Sanchez.

When
March 13, 2026, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Devin Sanchez Curry, Associate Professor of Philosophy, West Virginia University

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to welcome invited guest lecturer Sean Kelsey.

When
March 27, 2026, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Sean Kelsey, Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago

Cai Glover presents a Deaf‑conscious choreographic practice that transforms sign language into movement, redefining rhythm, poetics, and embodied expression.

When
April 3, 2026, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Cai Glover

When
April 10, 2026, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building LB 651 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

When
April 10, 2026, 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Where
SGW campus EV - Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex 1.605 (1515 Ste-Catherine St. W.)

When
April 11, 2026, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where

Two-day event where QUESCREN research network and the wider community come together to explore, discuss, and advance research on English-speaking Quebec.

When
May 6, 2026 – May 7, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Where
SGW campus MB - John Molson Building CD (1450 Guy St.)

When
May 10, 2026 – May 13, 2026, 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Where
Speaker(s)
TBA

When
May 15, 2026 – May 16, 2026, 9:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building Open space (first floor) (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

When
May 28, 2026 – May 29, 2026 (all day)
Where
SGW campus MB - John Molson Building MB 14.250 (1450 Guy St.)
Speaker(s)
Pablo Gilabert and others




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