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Tune in for this conversation investigating the potential of choreographic thinking for an understanding of systems of relations. Moderated between Dr. Jens Richard Giersdorf, Lília Mestre, and Dr. Angélique Willkie, the discussion addresses how dance and choreography can function as mediating forces within social and political structures.
Lynn Kozak performs Demeter. Anonymously composed some time in the 7th or 6th century BCE from a long oral tradition, The Homeric Hymn to Demeter tells the harrowing story of Hades' abduction of Demeter's daughter Persephone, and Demeter's incredible grief and grit as she works to get her daughter back. In Demeter, Lynn Kozak performs an all-new, partially-improvised contemporary English translation, directed by Joseph Shragge.
In this talk, Dr. Jason Millar makes the case that philosophers, particularly applied ethicists, are well-positioned to participate in this kind of translation and design work, to directly support the development and deployment of more ethical technology. But we need to develop new methods for doing so—ethics, as traditionally framed and articulated, does not translate smoothly into engineering design. In this talk, Millar outlines some of these challenges in detail, proposing a framework and method—ethics modelling—that ethicists can use to support ethical tech design, and illustrating ethics modelling with case studies from robotics and AI.
Nicole Yu, Public Scholar and doctoral candidate at the Ziter Urban Landscape Ecology lab, engages in meaningful discussions with other students and community members as they discuss how collaborative data collection empowers citizens while providing insights into urban and wilderness ecology.
How do we understand and resist the power of digital technologies in an era of technofascism, algorithmic capitalism, and online violence? And how can we imagine alternative technological futures rooted in justice, the commons, and plural ways of knowing?Moderated by Dr. Jonathan Martineau, this conversation brings together scholars from different fields to critically examine AI governance, gender-based violence, and algorithmic power—before shifting toward degrowth, digital commons, and pluriversal approaches to technology.
Social Philosophy in UBC, analyses a previously unnamed type of social injustice – girlism – to make sense of the kinds of mistreatment girls endure in the context of pregnancy and abortion, where their status as girls is obscured under this ‘women’s issue’.
explores the transformative power of humour as a form of resistance and within decolonized contexts, and delves into how silenced communities utilize humour to reaffirm cultural identities, resist colonial impositions, and create spaces for healing.
Elizabeth Eley, Public Scholar and doctoral candidate in the Department of Management at the John Molson School of Business, engages in meaningful discussions with an expert panel as they explore how to create a more inclusive work environment in a rapidly changing employment climate.
Artist, illustrator, and visionary, Solomon Enos talks about his incredible work imagining the future of his people, the Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) –and all of us.
We’ve heard it all before. Kids these days are more depressed, less social, and in need of more academic help. If only there was a way to help all these areas simultaneously… Enter: books.English Language Arts Consultants, Literacy Coaches, and Librarians got together to discuss the scientific discoveries associated with reading for pleasure!
For this live conversation, renowned weight bias research experts gather to disseminate the research and advocacy initiatives in this field of research, and to discuss future research directions that aim to make strides in advocacy for individuals with lived experiences of weight bias, stigma, and discrimination.
Are you interested in pursuing a research-based graduate program at Concordia?Concordia's graduate student ambassadors from the Arts and Science, Fine Arts and Business (JMSB) faculties share their experiences finding research supervisors at different stages in their studies, and discuss strategies for building strong mentorship bonds.
Author and activist Ashton Applewhite joins the the Forever Young podcast for this discussion to explore the roots of ageism—between our ears and in the world around us—how it divides and diminishes us, and how we can undo it.
We hear about the emerging artificial intelligence future every day, but how many of us have a say in what shape that future will take?Public Scholar and doctoral candidate Jacob Pitre moderated an exciting and dynamic discussion with a panel dedicated to giving space to imagining alternative AI futures!
In an era where the battle against bacterial infections grows increasingly complex, the global health community faces a not-so-new challenge: antibiotic resistance.Public Scholar and PhD candidate Laura Domínguez Mercado moderated an enlightening panel discussion where distinguished researchers and experts from the fields of animal and human health converge shed light on this pressing global health challenge.
Tune in for an open conversation about gender, moderated by Public Scholar and doctoral candidate Maxine Iannuccilli, psychology researcher specialized in the acquisition of gender stereotypes and their effects on behaviour.The goal was everyone to leave with a fresh perspective informed by shared insights, ultimately contributing to a deeper understanding of how society constructs the meaning of gender and perpetuates stereotypes that influence our lives and wellbeing.
When we are nostalgic for certain pasts or futures, we may start hoarding or intensely use digital technologies to bottle time up, yet, if these objects or "bottles" could speak, what would they say about how we are dealing with time that has been, and will be lost?This introduction was part of NOSTAGAIN NETWORK's Time in a Bottle symposium and research-creation showcase featuring works related to nostalgia by students, scholars, and artists. Workshops, art installments, presentations, debates, and discussions allow for various levels of interaction, reflection, and reception.
In these times of crisis, many of us have days when it's difficult to find hope. In this session, faculty members and graduate students present and discuss readings that bring them hope and inspire them to action.
How are places named and who gets to name them? When place names are offensive, how can they be renamed? Who and what is represented or excluded in Canada’s differing naming traditions? Lauren Beck, author of Canada's Place Names and How to Change Them, joins editor Ryan Van Huijstee in a conversation about various kinds of names, the history of naming places, recent and past efforts to rename places, and the naming and renaming practices that are critically examined in her book.
Listen to this panel discussion with Dr. Kamari Clarke, Brenda Paris, Marlène Rateau, and Marjorie Villefranche that looks at the history of Black Women's organising in Montreal, as well as honouring their living legacies.This event is part of Harambec's "Flame Keeping" which is a constellation of events marking the 40th Anniversary of Canada's first university accredited course in Black Women's Studies, Black Women: The Missing Pages from Canadian Women's Studies.
The Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC) launched an exciting new website on the promotion and protection of Indigenous arts (PPIA-PPAA.CA). This website consists of articles, resources, and other information from a wide range of scholars, Indigenous artists, and community members on issues regarding the cultural expressions of Indigenous peoples and the cultural appropriation of Indigenous practices and arts. The launch was followed by a panel on Indigenous fashion with NWT born and Toronto-based fashion designer, Sage Paul (Denesuline), visual artist Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang First Nation), and Kuujjuaq born and Montréal-based fashion designer, Julie Grenier, moderated by Dr. Heather Igloliorte.
This episode of the Iron Ring welcomes Dr. Ann-Louise Howard, Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Human Sciences at Concordia University. With her past experience in high-tech sectors, more specifically the fields of engineering, program management, ethics, and organizational development, she shifted to the world of Academia to research Canadian women engineers' experiences in the workplace.Hosts Emilia Ventulieri, Alexandra Gelastopoulos, and Srabanti Mazumdar discuss how Dr. Ann-Louise Howard's industry experiences impacted her research, what findings she discovered, and what the future holds for future women engineers.
Concordia's Public Scholars are given unique opportunities to share their research with wider community. Listen as the 2023-2024 cohort discusses their academic journeys so far. They highlight the advantages offered by the Public Scholars program, as well as what led them to their current research projects.
In this episode, Patrick Leroux sits down with Associate Professor of Journalism, Aphrodite Salas to discuss her recent collaborative projects with northern Indigenous communities.The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in substantive conversation with Patrick Leroux, Concordia's Associate Dean of Research.
Dans cet épisode, Gilbert Émond, professeur agrégé de sciences humaines appliquées, et Sylvia Kairouz, professeure de sociologie et d'anthropologie, discutent avec Patrick Leroux des intersections de leurs travaux sur le risque, la responsabilité et la société.La série Research in Conversation célèbre la diversité et la portée de la recherche au sein de la Faculté des arts et des sciences de Concordia. Des chercheurs des sciences humaines, des sciences sociales, des sciences naturelles et de la santé engagent une conversation approfondie avec Patrick Leroux, doyen associé à la recherche de Concordia.
In this episode, sits down with Associate Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry with Patrick Leroux to discuss his work on how inorganic chemistry enables solar energy conversion.The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in substantive conversation with Patrick Leroux, Concordia's Associate Dean of Research.
In this episode, Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry Xianming Zhangsits down with Patrick Leroux to discuss his work on the transport and long-term impact of organic contaminants.The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in substantive conversation with Patrick Leroux, Concordia's Associate Dean of Research.
In this episode, Associate Professor of Physics, Claudine Gauthier sits down with Patrick Leroux to discuss her work on the impact lifestyle and aging on the brain.The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in substantive conversation with Patrick Leroux, Concordia's Associate Dean of Research.
In this episode, Matthew Barker, Francesca Scala and David Secko sit down with Patrick Leroux to discuss science from the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences.The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in substantive conversation with Patrick Leroux, Concordia's Associate Dean of Research.
This discussion brought together academic and professional experts from various fields to explore the current state of decarbonization efforts in Canada's building sector and the challenges that must be overcome in order to meet the country's emissions reduction targets.
This panel examinded the various solutions that have been proposed and implemented to date and discuss the opportunities that exist for further progress in this area. Moderated by Concordia's Public Scholar Mostafa Saad, this discussion provides a comprehensive understanding of the state of decarbonization of existing buildings in Canada and will inspire action toward a sustainable future.
Homeroom’s Black Perspectives Office Pod created this discussion centred around the recommendations and outcomes from the President's Anti-Black Racism Task Force.
Angélique Willkie, the chair of the task force, joins Vanessa Manroop for a conversation about how students specifically can become involved.
Do we need to separate games and gamification? In this podcast, listen to educators, game developers, and scholars as they tackle tough questions that come up in discussions about Educational games. Hosted by Public Scholar Scott DeJong as part of his Bad Game Arcade, a week-long arcade that explored how games can tackle disinformation.
This educational panel focused on how to improve the current youth care system. For now, once an individual hits the age of 18, they are no longer considered a minor, and consequently, they are being left on their own. This is the main cause of youth homelessness. Panelists discussed how youth can grow out of the system instead of being 'thrown' out of the system.
Professionals in the field discussed the current system and resources available to youth, ideas they believe may improve the current resource network, and ways any individual could help out with this issue. Ideas of supporting the cause will touch on fighting stigma to helping associations and individuals directly.
Large language models like ChatGPT are transforming the ways we communicate, learn, and interact with one another. In response, it's important to engage an interdisciplinary lens to examine the varied impacts of such technologies.
To this end, the Digital Intimacies, Gender and Sexuality Lab, in collaboration with the Applied AI Institute, organized a panel discussion moderated by Stefanie Duguay and Fenwick Mckelvey. Hear from experts about the pedagogical, ethical, social, and political implications of this technology.
Concordia Public Scholar Aristofanis Soulikias in discussion with Janet Blatter tackling the senses beyond vision in making animation, the sense of time in animation and the city, and sensing and communicating space and place via animation.
In an exciting world premiere, the eight finalists for the inaugural Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) Spoken Word Prize will offer short performances showcasing their talents. The prize is open to all forms of spoken word performance, from storytelling to sound poetry, hip hop, and dub.Performances by Caitlin Murphy, Debbie Braide, Erín Moure, Johanne Pelletier, Liana Cusmano, Lucia De Luca, Raïssa Simone, Roen “Blu’Rva” Higgins and presented by the Quebec Writers’ Federation and Concordia's SpokenWeb project, the event will be hosted by poet and SpokenWeb director, Jason Camlot.
A panel with Algonquin-Anishnabe youth speaking on their perspectives of Indigenous governance. Originally recorded August 24, 2022.In this panel discussion, Algonquin-Anishnabe guest speakers: Emilio Wawatie, Ryder Coté, Leona Commanda and Savanna McGregor discuss the various aspects intertwined within Indigenous governance, and their experiences engaging and navigating within this paradigm. Similar values and principles resonate with nations across Turtle Island ranging from: ceremony, culture, citizenship, the environment, sustainability, education and language.Anishnabe constitutional values are directly linked to observations and education learned from nature and its seasonal changes. This conversation will focus on the Algonquin-Anishnabe youth perspectives of navigating these values within a modern context.Presented by the Indigenous Stream of the Youth Network Chair.
How can we resist and organize against gentrification to preserve community and history? This discussion, led by Public Scholar Mieko Tarrius creates a dialogue on the ways race informs gentrification and how communities get organized to fight back. With a wide range of panelists discussing their experience: Dr. Margaret Marietta Ramirez, Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University; Dr. Ted Rutland, Associate Professor at Concordia University; Simone Chen, Worker-member, Coopérative de Solidarité La Place Commune (Park Extension) & Member, Parc-Ex Anti-Eviction Mapping Project; Wawa Li, former Chinatown Working Group member, independent fashion designer and student at Concordia University; and Andy Hiep Vu, Urban planner, Montreal's Chinatown Roundtable.
Concordia University Press and 4th Space launch Engage in Public Scholarship! A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication with an event to celebrate Open Access Week.Dr. Ketchum and Dr. Natalie Kouri-Towe engage in a conversation about finding better ways to share knowledge and connect with public audiences through acts of public scholarship – whether this is through social media and online content, or through in-person events and exhibitions. They will also discuss how to make public scholarship accessible and inclusive for as many groups and ability types as possible by encouraging scholars to design with disability in mind and to publish work in open access formats.
The Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DePot) Podcast recorded a live episode, using the film "Billy Elliot" (2000) as an entry point to discuss gender in the context of deindustrialization and deindustrialized communities.Postdoc Fred Burrill hosts this discussion, joined by Amber Ward, a Depot affiliate and PhD student, along with Montreal-based students Lauren Laframboise, Liam Devitt, and Amanda Whitt.
The Potentials and Pitfalls of Social Media Presence for Muslim WomenWithin religion and theology, men have dominated the power of voice, to the detriment of women and others. Social media has created a space where women can contribute to the discussion by removing obstacles such as situational and geographical boundaries. For Muslim women, in particular, these spaces allow for response to their double silencing by Muslim patriarchal traditions and ‘white savior’ feminism. Muslim women have used these public avenues to engage critically with issues of identity, representation, and political discourses. They also use these spaces to build community and support forums to talk about issues relevant to their lives.However, their presence on social media is often hyper-focused on the hijab and religion which leads to stereotypical and monolithic representations and occludes the lived complexity of their lives. At the same time, although these spaces are avenues of empowerment, they are also points of vulnerability for women, who disproportionately face criticism and online abuse. This roundtable, led by Public Scholar Arwa Hussain, addresses these issues by bringing into conversation a diverse group of Muslim women, in order to foreground the knowledge of those with first-hand experiences.
A live podcast recording of The Iron Ring from Women In Engineering (WIE). This episode will focusses on Azadeh Dastmalchi's journey through school and her research, as well as her decision to become an entrepreneurHosts Emily Phillipp, Emilia Ventulieri, and ambassador Olivia Ferrara will ask Azadeh advice she can offer to future and present women engineers.
The third interview in the Black Community Health series, a week long event where experts from the field will discuss their work, community initiatives they have taken on or witnessed, disparities they encounter in their sectors, changes they hope to see in community health, and their vision of the future Black community health.In this event, Annick Maugile Flavien will interview Ariane Métellus about her experience as a doula working in homes and healthcare institutions, and a community advocate.Ariane MétellusAriane K. Métellus is a social entrepreneur, consultant, speaker, birth and perinatal worker. Ariane K is passionate about perinatal, sexual and reproductive health, more specifically obstetrical and gynaecological violence and systemic racism in Quebec’s health care system. She is the Regional Recruitment Coordinator for the province of Quebec and sits on the steering council committee of The RESPCCT Study (Research Examining Stories of Pregnancy and Childbearing in Canada Today) at UBC's Birth Place Lab, on Breast Cancer Action Quebec’s board and on the steering committee of La CORPS féministe. Her background has led her to examine the importance we give to the experience of marginalized women, particularly black and racialized women in Quebec's health care system, specifically concerning sexual and reproductive health and during the perinatal period. Through her work, she hopes to raise awareness, inform and support these women, assert their rights to all those who work closely or remotely with them, and participate in the recognition of the various issues that concern them by institutions and the various communities affected by these realities.Her work is rooted in love!
The second interview in the week of Black Community Health, a series of events where experts from the field discuss their work, community initiatives they have taken on or witnessed, disparities they encounter in their sectors, changes they hope to see in community health, and their vision of the future Black community health.In this event, Annick Maugile Flavien will interview Kimani Daniel about her experience as an educator and nurse working in healthcare institutions and the community.Kimani Daniel is Assistant Professor in the Ingram School of Nursing at McGill University. She has over 15 years of experience in perinatal health. In her role as Clinical Nurse Specialist in Maternal-Child Health at the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, she has been involved in educational initiatives, quality improvement projects and policy development.
The final interview in a week of Black Community Health, a series of events where experts from the field will discuss their work, community initiatives they have taken on or witnessed, disparities they encounter in their sectors, changes they hope to see in community health, and their vision of the future Black community health.In this last event, Annick Maugile Flavien will interview Marlihan Lopez about her experience as a community advocate and caregiver.Marlihan Lopez is a Black feminist community organizer tackling issues surrounding anti-blackness, gender-based violence and its intersections. She coordinated the EDI (equity, diversity, inclusion) division for the Quebec Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres, where she did advocacy work and raises awareness on how gender, race, class and ability intersect in the context of sexual violence. She has also organized with movements such as Black Lives Matter around issues such as racial profiling and police brutality. She was Vice-President for la Fédération des femmes du Québec and is currently Program and Outreach Coordinator at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute. She is also cofounding member of Coalition to Defund the Police, based in Montreal.
In the this episode of our Checking In series, Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor sits down with Concordia researcher Scott De Jong to understand why online falsehoods go viral and how they shape our relationships with social media — and each other. The communication studies PhD student created a board game that pits conspiracy theorists and their online troll amplifiers against moderators and educators. DeJong says Lizards & Lies, available as a free download, is designed as a model to help us grasp the movement of false content and the frustrations those fighting against it can experience.
Why is online age verification crucial? Why does it need to be mandatory for certain web content, as already proposed in the Canadian Senate and House of Commons? Is it technologically viable?
Join us for this panel discussion, moderated by doctoral candidate Azfar Adib, to know more, as we engage in a conversation with the lawmakers, social activists, and engineering researchers leading this arena. Panelists Senator Julie Miville Dechêne, MP Arnold Viersen, Nima Karimian, PhD, and Penny Rankin will discuss the need for mandatory age verification, particularly to safeguard kids from online harm, along with its technological feasibility.
In the next episode of our Checking In series, Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor sits down with Concordia researcher Stefanie Duguay and one of her co-authors Christopher Dietzel to discuss their new study looking at how dating apps were quick to adapt to the new limits placed on socializing during the pandemic.
The first episode of our new series celebrating Concordia's Distinguished University Research Professors, the highest form of recognition for overall research achievements. In this episode, professor Shimon Amir sits down with Lauren Segall, his former student and the current Advisor, Research Development at Gina Cody School of Engineering. The conversation was introduced Paula Wood-Adams, Interim Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies.
"Even the small fact of using a word, saying it out loud, you can feel the connection with the people who are there by your side using the language as well"
Youth Perspectives on Indigenous Languages with The Indigenous component of the Chaire-réseau de la recherche sur la jeunesse du Québec.
In recent years, the vitality of Indigenous languages has become an important priority for the nations of Quebec. Various revitalization and transmission projects are taking shape and are being implemented in communities and in urban areas with the aim, among other things, of making accessible and supervising the learning of indigenous languages. This event is organized by the Indigenous component of the Chaire-réseau de recherche sur la jeunesse du Québec in collaboration with 4th Space.
The Indigenous component of the Chaire-réseau de la recherche sur la jeunesse du Québec is a work platform bringing together co-researchers, Indigenous organizations and young people in order to collaboratively carry out work aimed at improving the well-being of Indigenous youth in Quebec. Highlighting youth perspectives through creative and versatile dissemination mediums is therefore central.
This podcast highlights several themes put forward by several young people in the context of past field research. As such, we focus on the analysis and specific perspective of four youth facing the vitality and transmission of Indigenous languages in the context of today's world.
This event takes place in both English and French without translation
"Looking at the social and cultural inscription that bodies carry, we became interested in The idea of how blackness comes into friction with dance dramaturgy"
In this episode we are thrilled to host a conversation with Matthew-Robin Nye, Dana Dugan, Cadu Mello, and Vanessa Montesi - all members of the Dramaturgical Ecologies project.
Dramaturgical Ecologies is a research-creation project led by Angélique Willkie that is working at the intersection of dance dramaturgy and Black performance studies..
"Its important to us that the game remains a game, that while my students were trying to recreate Habitat '67 there were zombies and skeletons and other kinds of horrible things coming out of the wilderness trying to kill them"
In this episode of our new Checking In Series series, we meet up with Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor, to listen in on his conversations with Concordia researchers.
This week he sits down with Concordia researcher, and professor of English, Darren Werschler to discuss a new paper, co-authored with Bart Simon and just published in the journal gamevironments on how Wershler used Minecraft to teach a class on the history and culture of modernity. This new pedagogical framework presented the researchers with the opportunity to see how the students used the game to achieve their academic goals.
"We need to figure out solutions to problems like climate change, so i’m pretty sure we will need scientific knowledge to live in the society of tomorrow"
For this episode, we join up with Concordia Public Scholar Alexa Ruel and her colleague Alex Bailey who are co-hosts of the podcast Brainstorm: Exploring Minds and Behaviours for a special episode in which they sit down with a group of teenagers to ask the next generation what they think about science, research and how they aim to make a difference.
"Athletes are role models, If they can show that they are serious about fighting climate change, fans will see it, and it might inspire other business communities to step up the plate, so to speak, and get things done.”
In this episode of our new Checking In Series series, we meet up with Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor to listen in on his conversations with Concordia researchers.
This week he sits down with researcher Seth Wynes to discuss a new paper just published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Wynes, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, writes that the drop in travel among the four major sports leagues in North America — Major League Baseball, National Football League, National Basketball Association and National Hockey League — had a noticeable effect on their carbon footprints.
In this conversation they look into how Sports leagues can optimize team travel and have a major impact on greenhouse-gas emissions.
"If someone lends you their time or money, you might feel a need to reciprocate, but if your resources are constrained this could have an impact on your well-being.."
This conversation stems from an ongoing research project by doctoral candidate in Marketing, Tanya Singh and her work investigating the role that gratitude plays in our lives and whether or not it always has a positive impact.
She joins philosopher Dr. Jing Iris Hu, and doctoral candidate in experimental psychology Alexa Ruel, to examine how the ideas, expectations and rituals of gratitude can both influence us and have some unexpected effects.
"These blurry lines, how can we disentangle them? How can we do quality research but also make a difference?"
Geneviève Grégoire-Labrecque in conversation with Vivek Venkatesh, Jennifer Danquah & Kathleen Manion.
For this episode, Geneviève Grégoire-Labrecque, Concordia public scholar and PhD candidate in the Indi program brings three scholars -- Vivek Venkatesh, Jennifer Danquah and Kathleen Manion together at 4thSpace.
The idea was to ask scholars from different horizons how they attempt to balance the roles, privileges, boundaries, benefits, dilemmas and challenges of being an "engaged" scholar in the hope of doing more quality research while also having a better research-life.
"If we recognize ourselves as indebted to previous generationswe begin to act in a way that makes room for future generations.."
This episode began as part of the three-day conference hosted at 4th Space entitled 'Justice between Generations'. Conceived as more of workshop than a conversation - Rebecca van der Post, Miyu Bao, Joëlle Dubé, and Leah Edmonds came together to consider the question of what justice for future generations really means in a time of catastrophic environmental crisis. Reflecting critically upon agency, appropriation, and emotion they interrogate the assumed relations between “self and the world” across generations where we all could ask “how else might we be?”
"The idea of investing in things that are intangible, that will go away, I think is a new way of thinking about investing in public art.."
In this episode we sit down with Sandra Margolian and Annie Gérin. Sandra Margolian is Concordia's first Public Art Lead, working to develop and shape the future of the university's eclectic public art collection. Annie Gérin, the new Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, is also an art historian well known for her research in public art and how art is experience outside of traditional gallery places.
"We have emotions for people who are not born yet. This kind of emotional capacity gives us the evidence that we actually have to consider them…"
This September, the 'Nature, Time & Responsibility' research group will be in residence at 4th Space. They are focussing on questions of intergenerational ethics through cross-cultural philosophical dialogue. We invited organizers of the conference entitled 'Justice Between Generations' to speak to some of the key ideas they are looking to explore via international exchanges.
"We are dealing with a recording but we are bringing the recording back to life with the testifier, in her presence.."
As part of the COHDS-SOHC Summer Institute, the event 'The Effects of Being Heard' presented a conversation that employs performative methods to re-construct key moments of a healing journey from abuse. The conversation focusses how a social worker, a restorative justice facilitator or a performance creator can deploy listening and oral history interviewing techniques to support such a healing journey. However, naming and acknowledging what happened to a victim is crucial to the restorative justice process and therefore we will be referring to some of the violence experienced by Julie Ann.
Warning: This talk is about how a woman, a victim of incest by her father, went from being silenced to become an emerging public activist whose voice in support of victims of sexual violence resounds across different communities. We advise you to practice self-care as you listen to this talk and invite you to notice where the information that you are hearing sits in your body.
Julie Ann Carpini is a speaker and communicator whose desire to speak for sexual violence victims and survivors grew from her healing journey from relating deep traumatic wounds. As an activist, in partnership with Université de Montréal, she is one of five committee members at "Experte en Vécu" for the research project entitled "Cellule Trajectoires", which addresses major issues with domestic violence. Julie Ann is currently in a specialized training at Centre de Services de Justice Réparatrice in Montréal to accompany victims and offenders in a restorative justice process. She is also collaborating with Dr. Luis Carlos Sotelo Castro in a research-creation project that intersects performance and restorative justice in the Acts of Listening Lab at Concordia University.
Luis C. Sotelo Castro is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre at Concordia University, Montreal (Quebec, Canada). He is also the second co-director of Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. In 2018 he founded at Concordia the Acts of Listening Lab, a hub for research-creation on the transformative power of listening to painful narratives, with particular reference to testimonies by exiles from sites of conflict. His latest publications explore listening in the context of post-conflict performances of memory.
La mondialisation est-elle un phénomène nouveau ? On peut soutenir que les réseaux commerciaux terrestres prémodernes que l’on appelle aujourd’hui « la Route de la Soie » ont jeté les bases de la mondialisation que nous connaissons actuellement. Rejoignez Richard Foltz, l’auteur de Les religions de la Route de la soie : les chemins d’une mondialisation prémoderne récemment publié à Concordia University Press, le traducteur Benoit Léger et le modérateur Rachad Antonius alors qu’ils discuteront de la manière dont la transmission des idées et des pratiques — notamment celles des grandes religions — a accompagné le mouvement des marchandises à travers l’Eurasie à l’époque prémoderne, et comment ces processus historiques pourraient mieux nous permettre de comprendre le rôle du commerce mondial dans la transformation des normes culturelles aujourd’hui.
"The line between what information is meant to do and its use in persuasion is an interesting place for our scientists and journalists."
In a complex landscape of social media and legacy news platforms, quality scientific journalism struggles to get heard. This problem has been exacerbated in the past year. How can we ensure that scientific discoveries and breakthroughs are not ‘’over-pushed’’ for the sake of sensationalism - or hype - especially when the findings are just preliminary?
Join Public Scholar Sylvie Ouellette (B.A. Journalism, 95 and PhD candidate, Chemistry/Biochemistry) and David Secko (PhD, Chair and Professor, Journalism) as they embark on a discussion on how researchers can best serve the media, and vice-versa. Amélie Daoust-Boisvert moderates the conversation.
"We need to have conversations that stem from indigenous knowledge systems in a way that doesn’t always have to go back to explaining the basics"
In this episode, Anne-Marie Turcotte, a Concordia Ph.D candidate and a Public Scholar, who has been working with Nunavimmiut youth moderates a discussion with researchers Natasha Blanchet-Cohen and Elizabeth Fast. They reflect on their current work and the challenges facing those deeply involved in collaborative research with Indigenous youth.
"The feminist efforts that resonate most strongly are those that seek to take action now, on behalf of the future..".
The Summer Institute is a collaboration between Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling and the Scottish Oral History Centre at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
Hosted at 4thSpace this summer, the Institute is organized by former lead co-director of COHDS, Dr. Cynthia Hammond.
As a lead up to these events, Cynthia sat down with two of the participants, to find out more about their research and the connections between their practices
Dr. Bimadoshka Pucan, assistant professor in History and at the School of Public Affairs at Concordia and Nancy R. Tapias Torrado currently a post doctoral fellow at the Faculty of Political Science and Law at UQAM.
"How to listen to the library? Something that is still reading, but a kind of reading that is engaging all the senses".
Katherine McLeod researches archives, sound, and poetry and is an affiliated researcher with the SSHRC-funded partnership of SpokenWeb.
Most recently, as a researcher-in-residence at Concordia Library, Katherine is working on “Listening to the Library,” a sensory based investigation into the audio-visual collections of Concordia’s Library.
John Latour is the Teaching & Research Librarian in Fine Arts at Concordia University and is a visual artist with an interest in artists’ books and questions of open access.
For this episode, we invited Katherine to bring a selection of objects and sound recordings into 4thSpace, hoping to make audible the sounds held within the Concordia Library collections and, simultaneously to engage in conversation with John about ‘reading’ or, rather, hearing the library as somatic.
"I love having access to augmented reality to tell those stories that have been deliberately debased and erased..".
In this episode, Shauna Jenssen, the Concordia Research Chair in Performative Urbanism sits down with researchers Amanda Guttiérez, Andrei Mamaliga, and Alex Tigchelaar to investigate the relationship between augmented reality, scenography, data surveillance, and the spatial histories of urban change.
The Performative Urbanism Lab for Spatial, Social, and Scenographic Experimentation (or PULSE) are investigating, via an FQRSC funded research-creation project, augmented reality and its application to art and, more specifically as a scenographic apparatus for creating place-based stories of the city.
"My activism just works differently - but all forms of activism are necessary for any type of social change"
This episode is the fourth in our series with the Black Perspectives Office. In this episode, the founding coordinator of the BPO sits down with anti-racist psychotherapist David Archer, to find out more about his practice..
David Archer is a anti-racist psychotherapist from Montreal. He has a private practice and provides consulting services for organizations and other therapists. In addition to being trained as a clinical social worker he also a registered couple and family therapist. His thought is informed by mindfulness, intersectional feminism and critical race theory.
Annick Maugile Flavien is a Black community advocate, a Black scholar, the founding coordinator of the Black Perspectives Office (BPO), and a Co-chair on the President's Task Force on Anti-Black Racism at Concordia University. She is a three-time graduate of Concordia and has been working on campus for the last ten years where she had the opportunity to participate in and support grassroots EDI and anti-racist initiatives across campus. She now offers anti-discriminatory consultations, workshops and trainings, and is developing trainings specifically for anti-Black racism at Concordia University. In her creative and academic research, Annick roots herself in communications, ageing studies, migration and geography in order to explore the transmission of intergenerational knowledge and identity for Black communities in Canada with the goal of addressing Black community isolation in Canada and fostering connections across Black Canadian communities.
"We want to create these tools of design automation to help customization for everyone"
Dr. Tsz-Ho Kwok is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering at the Gina Cody School as well as a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing. For this episode, Prem Sooriyakumar, Knowledge Broker from the Office of Research, sits down with Dr. Kwok to discuss his research, his interest in origami, and the diverse research directions he is exploring with his students.
"My experiences have made it feel Like I haven’t had a choice; it’s important to always centre the margins..."
In third episode of our series with Concordia's Black Perspectives Office, the BPO’s coordinator, Annick Maugile Flavien sits down with with Marlihan Lopez, Program and Outreach coordinator at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute.
Listen in for an in-depth discussion around the themes that led Marlihan to her work, her experiences as a Black feminist, the mobilizing work she does around supporting survivors of sexual violence in Montreal North and the impact she hopes to continue to shape at Concordia and beyond.
Annick Maugile Flavien Annick Maugile Flavien is a Black community advocate, a Black scholar, the founding coordinator of the Black Perspectives Office (BPO), and a Co-chair on the President's Task Force on Anti-Black Racism at Concordia University. She is a three-time graduate of Concordia and has been working on campus for the last ten years where she had the opportunity to participate in and support grassroots EDI and anti-racist initiatives across campus. She now offers anti-discriminatory consultations, workshops and trainings, and is developing trainings specifically for anti-Black racism at Concordia University. In her creative and academic research, Annick roots herself in communications, ageing studies, migration and geography in order to explore the transmission of intergenerational knowledge and identity for Black communities in Canada with the goal of addressing Black community isolation in Canada and fostering connections across Black Canadian communities.
Marlihan Lopez Marlihan Lopez is a Black feminist activist and community organizer tackling issues surrounding anti-Black racism, gendered based violence, police violence and its intersections. She is currently co-Vice-President for la Fédération des femmes du Québec and Program and Outreach Coordinator at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute. Her writing has appeared in CBC, Le Devoir, Ricochet, Huffington Post among others.
"Try to centre it more in the different rhythmic and tidalectic relations that exist across the archipelago"
Seascape Poetics was curated by Bettina Pérez Martínez, with assistance from Simone Cambridge. This digital-only exhibition examines the complexity of Caribbean relationships to water.
The Beyond Museum Walls Curatorial Residency program is a student and recent graduate-led initiative developed at the Curating and Public Scholarship Lab (CaPSL) at Concordia University. We invited program coordinator Alex Robichaud, to tell us more about CaPSL's residency program and to speak with Bettina and Simone about the process of developing Seascape Poetics.
For this week of March 2021, 4thSpace worked with the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre and the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability to host a full week of online panels and workshops on the environmental crisis and the climate emergency.
Coordinator for this week-long session, Rebecca Tittler hosts this conversation with Geography professor and Concordia Research Chair in Climate Science and Sustainability, Damon Matthews and Assistant Professor in Managment Shannon Lloyd to discuss their collaborative work and the role interdisciplinarity plays in the research of climate change.
"There is something in knowing what Is likely to be resonant, but there is also something in seeing it in action.."
In second episode of our series with Concordia's Black Perspectives Office, the BPO’s coordinator, Annick Maugile Flavien sits down with with Temi Akin-Aina, the Associate Director of Alumni Relations.
Listen in for an in-depth discussion around the themes that led Temi to her work, the creation of the Black Alumni Network and Council, the importance of Black Alumni engagement, and the role Alumni play in supporting students and the university.
Annick Maugile Flavien is a Black community advocate, a Black scholar, the founding coordinator of the Black Perspectives Office (BPO), and a Co-chair on the President's Task Force on Anti-Black Racism at Concordia University. She is a three-time graduate of Concordia and has been working on campus for the last ten years where she had the opportunity to participate in and support grassroots EDI and anti-racist initiatives across campus. She now offers anti-discriminatory consultations, workshops and trainings, and is developing trainings specifically for anti-Black racism at Concordia University. In her creative and academic research, Annick roots herself in communications, ageing studies, migration and geography in order to explore the transmission of intergenerational knowledge and identity for Black communities in Canada with the goal of addressing Black community isolation in Canada and fostering connections across Black Canadian communities.
Temilade (Temi) Akin-Aina is the Associate Director of Alumni Relations at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, a position she has held since 2015. With more than a decade of practice in higher education alumni relations, Temi’s experience includes alumni program strategy and community development, market research, virtual programming and change management. At Concordia, Temi has worked with student groups and student leaders, alumni volunteers and campus partners to advocate for an improved student experience. She has also spearheaded and refined engagement with key constituent groups including Women, Queer alumni, Black alumni and Asian alumni, and researched and launched institutionally relevant portfolios such as Alumni Career Services.
The Black Perspectives Live podcast series is a collaboration between Concordia’s Black Perspectives Office (BPO) and 4th Space. In the last year we have seen a true mobilization and congregation around Black advocacy, knowledge exchange, and collaboration at Concordia and we want continue to foster this collective engagement. With this podcast series the BPO and 4th Space will be highlighting and offering entry points to the impactful voices and knowledges from members of the Black communities across Concordia University and beyond.
"When we stop trusting institutions, people start to flock to alternative pathways like the blockchain.."
Erica Pimentel speaks with Pierre-Yann Dolbec on how our idea of work is being transformed. From the gig economy to blockchain to a global pandemic - how does this impact how we connect with our work?
Erica Pimentel is a Concordia Public Scholar, a CPA and a doctoral candidate in Accountancy at the John Molson School of Business. Pierre-Yann Dolbec is crrently the Concordia Research Chair in Complexity and Markets.
Recorded as part of 4thSpace live virtual event in November 2020
"I like to think of myself as disposable and if I don't - I'm not going to put in place structures that last.."
The Black Perspectives Office (BPO) is a newly launched area of leadership at Concordia that provides resources, supports, connects and advocates for Black perspectives, initiatives and scholarship at Concordia University.
In this special episode, the first of a series of conversations entitled Black Perspectives - Live at Concordia join the BPO’s founding coordinator, Annick Maugile Flavien, as she enters in conversation with multimedia freelance journalist, Josie Fomé, to discuss the legacy that brought forth the BPO, its commitment to supporting the community and connecting networks, and the collaborative initiatives across campus that are working towards addressing anti-Black systemic racism at Concordia University and beyond.
"Display is a twenty-first century way of being - that we have to get in touch with"
Maria Carolina Cambre is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education. Her work considers the digital politics of communication, the representation debate, critical policy analysis & critical visual sociology. In this episode, she sits down with Prem Sooriyakumar, knowledge broker for the Office of Research to discuss her process and current research into the politics of the 'selfie'.
"Journalists have been trained to use an arms-length reporting method. It became clear that was not going to be the best way."
Aphrodite Salas is an Assistant Professor, in the department of Journalism. Her research engages with visual journalism, mobile journalism and experiential teaching and learning. With CTV Montreal, Aphrodite worked as a video journalist, assignment editor and line-up editor.
In this episode, she sits down with knowledge broker Prem Sooriyakumar to find out more about her process and current work to collaboratively document and share stories of Indigenous leadership and climate action.
"To understand how these layers of language each represent a moment of history.."
In this episode, Johanne Sloan sits down with Sherry Simon to discuss her work.
Sherry Simon is a Professor in the Department of French Studies at Concordia University. She has also held the position of Canada Research Chair in Translation and Cultural History (York University, 2005) and served as Director of Concordia’s interdisciplinary PhD in Humanities Program. An internationally renowned scholar, Professor Simon has published extensively on subjects related to Translation Studies, literary translation, and gender in translation, among others.
Johanne Sloan has a BFA from Concordia University, an MA from the Université de Montréal, and a PhD in the History and Theory of Art from the University of Kent, England (1998). Dr. Sloan is interested in broader categories of visual culture and the urban environment, and these issues converged in the multi-authored book of essays about the world's fair held in Montreal during the summer of 1967.