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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…

Tired Students

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Tired Students is a sculpture of 26 seats made of end-of-life recycled tires. The grouping of seats will be based on configurations derived from an architectural study of how positioning affects the way humans interact with each other. The sculpture will be situated on the Concordia Visual Arts Courtyard at 395 René-Lévesque Blvd.  For a…

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…

ConcordAI

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ConcordAI / Artificial Intelligence Concordia organizes free AI Research & Development Mentorship Programs that provide participants from all backgrounds the opportunity to work with exceptional mentors, acquire real-world experience and skills in AI, and to push the boundaries of AI in environmentally sustainable research and development and open innovation projects. In addition to providing experiential…

BOLD Science

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The Science College is organizing a conference on understanding and communicating sustainable research and science. This conference aims to educate both University and CEGEP students in all STEM fields to become enlightened on sustainable ideology. This would allow for the future generation of scientists to come up with creative and applied research. This is crucial…

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…

UZURI Gala

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The 9th edition was grand, educational, and inclusive to all! The Gala themed event is the center place for modern afro-inspired fashion, as well as theatrical and stage talent. The showcase included dancers, singers, poets, fashion designers, and musicians. The objective behind this occasion is to gather the different communities that constitute the diaspora and…

Take Heed

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Take Heed is a set of wearable vests that use moving panels and haptic feedback to create an intimate and immersive experience that opens a discussion on mental health. The interdisciplinarity of Take Heed involves programming, electronics, a web database, and experimental fashion design. Take Heed is a year-long medium-term project that encourages female and…

There’s Something in the Water- Book Launch and Panel

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A launch of Dr. Ingrid Waldron’s book, There’s Something in the Water, based on her Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities and Community Health Project (ENRICH), which is addressing the social, economic, political, and health effects of environmental racism in Nova Scotia. The book launch was followed by a panel of speakers from communities impacted by environmentalism…

Ineffable

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ineffable is a play telling a Black, queer falling-in-and-out-of-love story to be presented at Revolution They Wrote Festival (RTW) and at Concordia’s Fine Arts Reading Room (FARR). We approach this work as both a creative process and an opportunity for social organization. This project seeks to create new forms of theatre while exploring marginalized stories…
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