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Insect Energy Bars

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Contrary to the Eastern world, insects are an extremely overlooked food source in the West. The Insect Energy Bars Project aims to create at least one viable product (taste, flavor, aesthetics etc…) of an insect enriched energy bars, for on-sale distribution on Concordia campus during the new semester. Insects can be used to enrich many common dishes from…

CURE Outreach

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The Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) promotes community-driven social justice research by facilitating research collaborations between Concordia students and grassroots community groups. Community groups make research requests and students undertake that research, often for class credit. The project is an active way to decentralize sustainability politics, facilitating community-driven social justice projects for students in the classroom, independently, and/or in the wider…

HEART Winter Housing Fair

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On February 17th, 2015 The HEART (Housing Engagement Activism Research and Training) Winter Housing Fair will provide students with the skills and resources to pursue environmentally and socially just housing. Environmentally just in the sense of reducing the use of energy and encouraging autonomous food production. Socially just by involving students in their communities and connecting housing issues…

SCPA National Education Conference

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The School of Community, Public Affairs in collaboration with the Aboriginal Students office (SCPA), the First Peoples Studies program and First Peoples on campus will be holding a public exchange about First Nations education as a part of Concordia’s Indigenous Awareness Week. The panel will be an opportunity for speakers and attendees to share their experiences of decolonizing…

Cooking X-Mas with a Twist

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Cooking X-mas with a Twist cooking class will take the classic side dishes of the upcoming holiday season and help participants see them in a whole new light using local ingredients from the Concordia Farmer’s Market. The class took place on Wednesday November 19th, 2014  from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The class is being…

Pilot Cooking Project

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The Basic Cooking Class – Pilot Project is meant as learning experience for both the team (representatives from Sustainable Concordia, Concordia Student Union Campus 101’s and the PERFORM Centre) and students. For our team, it is to evaluate the feasibility of organizing and running a sustainable and accessible community cooking class. For participants (students), it’s…

Loyola Chapel Visioning Process

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We are creating a blueprint for a centre that will encourage both spiritual reflection and transformative approaches. Program activities may include: meditation and mindfulness-based practices, integral body-mind-spirit wellness, the spiritual arts, eco-literacy and environmental ethics, spirituality and business ethics in the workplace, inter-religious dialogue and wisdom inquiry, and compassionate engagement. Students, staff, and faculty will…

Conflict Free Concordia

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The project we planned was designed to involve both Concordia students and staff simultaneously by having them work together with global leaders and experts on the Conflict-Mineral trade. We hosted a panel discussion in March 2011 with the 5 upmost experts in the field. The goal of the panel was to raise awareness of the…

People’s Potato

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The People’s Potato is a collectively-run soup kitchen that offers vegan meals to students and community members on a by-donation basis. No one is turned away for lack of funds. It serves food during the Fall and Winter semesters from Monday to Friday. It is located at 1455 de Maisonneuve West on the 7th floor.…

City Farm School

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In the spring of 2011, the Concordia Greenhouse Project, a working group of Sustainable Concordia, came together and created the City Farm School.  In its inaugural year, the school was comprised of a 5-day City Farm School Conference followed with optional internship placement either at the university or in the community. Forty students attended the school, with 11…
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