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Cinema Politica

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For 16 years Cinema Politica screened independent political films and video by Canadian and international artists at Concordia University every Monday. Cinema Politica hosts films that cover a series of sustainability topics; In Fall 2019 the films comprising the Mining Injustices, Toxic Chemicals: Communities Fight Back series deal with different environmental, social justice and sustainability…

Filipino Canadian Futures

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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…

School Schmool

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Beginning in 1994, School Schmool sought to bring together information, profiles of student and community groups, as well as practical tools of use to all students, in particular to those interested in social justice, equity, and sustainability issues. The purpose of School Schmool is to publish an accessible, recyclable, advertising-free, activist day planner for students. Our mandate…

Tax Clinic

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The Tax clinic is an annual student-run event registered with the CRA’s Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP). Its purpose is to give back to the downtown Montreal community all while enhancing the student life at Concordia University. The majority of the individuals benefiting from our service come from a low-income bracket (many of them…

Queer Between the Covers (QBtC)

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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…

Resisting Dispossession and Displacement

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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

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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…

Farfelle

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Farfelle is a Fiction/Documentary split film which focuses on the dichotomy of sacrifice and love, found within the relationship of one Nonna (Italian for grandmother) and her grandson. The film takes place during one visit to Nonna’s house, in which Jeremy- the grandson engages with concepts of cultural assimilation and passivity. The film is a…

Queering the Map

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Queering The Map (QTM) is a community generated digital counter-mapping project that aims to archive fleeting moments of queer existence and resistance in relation to physical space. Participants of the project anonymously share stories of queer significance and locate them on the map with a drop-pin. The project intends to leave ‘queerness’ open to endless…

We Ask More Questions Than We Can Answer

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“WE ASK MORE QUESTIONS THAN WE CAN ANSWER” (or WAMQTWCA) is an ongoing effort on behalf of the Master of Design 2019 graduating student cohort to bring research-creation into an accessible and public facing environment through the development and deployment of a “non-exhibit” exhibit. Rejecting the traditional hierarchies of historical curation practice and embracing a…
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