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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…

From the Source

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The goal with this project that came out of classwork, was to advance sustainability in its curriculum by directly including Indigenous perspectives in the course “Indigenous Peoples and the Environment (GEOG 407/607)”. The instructor was able to include 5 guest speakers and 2 field trips which greatly enhanced the course. YEARS FUNDED 2018-19 AMOUNT ALLOCATED…

Digital Democracy

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Awakening of Digital Democracy is a bilingual panel emphasizing the paradigm shifts imposed by the growing and highly influential digital sphere. Canadian’s increased usage and reliance on the digital sphere forwards important questions regarding the veracity of online information. Focusing on different issues such as the “Fake News” epidemic to the current Democratic Deficit, this…

Cinema in the Midst of Struggle

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Cinema in the Midst of Struggle is a public education project that aims to raise awareness of historical and contemporary anti-colonial, anti-racist, anti-imperialist, and anti-capitalist struggles through film screenings, public lectures, workshops, and panel discussions. Each year we develop our programming in an effort to provide the Concordia community and broader Montreal public with an…

Business Beyond Tomorrow

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2018-19 2017-18 John Molson Sustainable Enterprise Committee (JSEC) represents sustainable business within JMSB and Concordia at large. Every year, we organize Business Beyond Tomorrow (BBT), an event designed to facilitate the discussion of ideas and catalyze innovation in sustainable business. BBT is attended by nearly 200 individuals, comprised of Concordia Students, Montreal business leaders, and…

African Development Conference

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The African Student Association of Concordia is collaborating with CEED Concordia and ACSioN to have widely renowned sustainability expert Thione Niang hold a conference in the Hall Building Alumni Auditorium. Thione Niang is the co-founder for Akon Lighting Africa, creator of the Give 1 Project, and was ambassador to the U.S Ministry of Energy under…

Pledge to Lead

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Under the Paris Agreement, the world has pledged to limit global temperature increases with the aim of avoiding the worst potential impacts of unmitigated global warming. This goal will require a major societal transformation, leading to the rapid elimination of greenhouse gas emissions. We, as individuals in the Concordia community, have a key role to…

Sustainable Business Plan Competition

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John Molson’s Sustainable Business Group is a well-organized graduate student organization at Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business (JMSB). Essentially, JMSB graduate students are developing skills which will likely one day put them in a position of power; over business decisions, over the planet, and over people. Our goal is to ensure JMSB graduates…

SHED

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The SHED aims to promote a culture of change around reuse through furniture upcycling, tool literacy and collaborative consumption. In its full form, the SHED will provide an accessible space to transform and repair usable but previously unwanted materials, with a key focus on furniture. Members will be invited to participate in a series of…

SEIZE

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2019-20 2018-19 Following the success of SEIZE’s curriculum series “Fundamentals of the Solidarity Economy” (see below), we are launching into the next phase of our campaign, which is to host a large-scale conference on the solidarity economy at Concordia. This conference will showcase the tremendous work the Concordia community has engaged in through the years…
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