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iGEM (international genetically engineered machines) Concordia is a synthetic biology team and club of undergraduates with graduate mentors growing every year. Synthetic biology uses engineering principles to solve world-wide issues. iGEM Concordia tackles pressing local and international problems through synthetic biology while integrating community involvement and public engagement within Concordia and beyond. Through programming at…

From September 27 to 29 2019, the Simone de Beauvoir Institute (SdBI) and the Filipino Organization of Concordia University Students (FOCUS) will host a one-day community building conference for members of the Filipino Community, with pre and post conference events. Following on the recent success of Pinoys on Parliament (PoP, University of Ottawa) and Pinay…

The Queer Between the Covers (QBtC) book fair aims to provide access to queer written materials, prioritizing traditionally marginalized voices and a variety of queer experiences. We seek to provide access to materials that promote anti-racism, anti-capitalism, anti-colonialism, anti-ableism, feminism and gender and body self-determination. We want to consider whose stories are being told and…

In cities throughout the nation and the world, people are facing powerful economic and political forces that lead to evictions from their homes and displacement from their communities. In response, people are organizing, resisting, and developing their own plans and policies as alternatives. Resisting Displacement and Dispossession is a two-day, multi-city conference organized by Planners…

Connect Concordia is attempting to bridge the divide between staff and student bodies at Concordia University and cultivate mutually beneficial dialogue between the two parties while also giving students a chance to improve their workplace literacy by gaining insight into the nature and range of staff positions at the university. Connect Concordia is a project…