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Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War Panel

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At this panel discussion, which will be held on February 16, 2016 at the Hall Building of Concordia University, the legal, medical and social practitioners with field experience will be debating issues concerning the prevention and prosecution of the systematic use of sexual violence against women during conflicts, but also how victims and survivors of…

Montreal Toxic Tour

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Every year, Aamjiwnaang & Sarnia Against Pipelines (ASAP) organizes Toxic Tours to raise awareness about environmental racism in the Aamjiwnaang First Nation community. Aamjiwnaang is surrounded by 63 refineries and petrochemicals plants owned and managed by companies including Esso Imperial Oil, Lanxess, and Shell, among many others. These plants are responsible for 40% of Canada’s total annual production of oil,…

The Burritoville Project

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The main purpose of this project is to convert Restaurant Burritoville on Rue Bishop in Montreal into a student-run solidarity cooperative. We hope to maintain much of its original vigor,only adding and complementing what it has already established. This will be one huge step forward inthe larger goal of transforming the campus food system, developing a…

ACCM Theatre Documentary Project

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The ACCM Theatre Documentary Project aims for the production of a documentary theatre piece that tells the story of the Montreal based community organization AIDS Community Care Montreal (ACCM). The content of the theatre piece is derived from both practical and theoretical research including: interviews with members of the ACCM community (past and present), archival research, discussion groups, workshops…

Luminotherapy Project

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The Luminotherapy Room Project will provide Concordia students with a space to relax from the stress of University life. This project aims at teaching students healthy living while providing them with a space to decompress. The appeal of this room would be its special lights which has been proven to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder. Indeed, the lack of sunlight…

Student-Run Food Groups Documentary Project

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The Concordia Student Run Food Groups Research Project consists of an online archive that displays information about the student run food groups at Concordia University.  This project was developed to provide an institutional memory of the student-run food projects – past, present and future – on campus at Concordia University. The long-term goal of this…

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…
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