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No Crying at the Dinner Table

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2019-202018-192019-20 “No Crying at the Dinner Table” is a student film that shows the life of second generation Vietnamese Canadians. This year the filmmaker will host a free community screening of two documentaries from two Vietnamese documentary directors along with an intimate discussion, we hope to provide a safe and artistic environment for second-generation Vietnamese…

Social Leadership in Action

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Social Leadership in Action is a workshop that will give students experience on sustainable social entrepreneurship. Students will learn how to use business as a tool to tackle real-life social problems. Additionally, we will co-host a workshop with CEED to explain the impact of climate change in developing countries and its effects in business operations,…

Rap Battles for Social Justice

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2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 The Rap Battles for Social Justice, in support of the First Nations at the forefront of this fight for climate justice, plans to throw a fundraiser in the form of a Hip Hop concert with the aim of raising awareness. Our goal is to bring attention to the topic…

Extinction Rebellion Town Hall

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The CSU, SEIZE, Extinction Rebellion, and the Climate Clock are partnering to bring you the Townhall on Billionaires, a discussion on the roles of the ultra-wealthy in perpetuating the climate crisis. When discussing climate change, too often the conversation becomes focused on individualistic solutions, like eating less meat, or appeals to governments, who have displayed…

Climate Change: Social Impacts Panel

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Vanessa Nakate, a young Ugandan environmental activist, is making waves in the news and especially in the environmental community. She gained a lot of international attention when she was recently cropped out of a photo by a major news outlet that pictured her and other young climate activists, including Greta Thunberg. She used this incident…

Ineffable

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2019-20 2018-19 The Farmers Collective and Sort of Productions will adapt ineffable, originally an alternative stage play, into a 30-minute, experimental film. Through this project, they seek to empower Black queer artists within Concordia’s Fine Arts community and beyond, and to challenge the film conventions that limit the expression of marginalized artists. ineffable is a…

Women in the Workforce- Challenging Gender Stereotypes

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The project is based on a video documentary project developed by CEED which empowers young Ugandan filmmakers by leveraging access to technology, skill building and connection to important networks to produce an annual documentary. Its adapted, relevant and pertinent to the challenges and accomplishments experienced by the residents of Gulu, Uganda. This event, part Canadian…

Women in Engineering Power Networking

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2019-20 2018-19 Women in Engineering host a Power Networking event for women Engineering students at Concordia, with the aim of encouraging the presence of women in the engineering field by providing them opportunities of improving their professional networks. This event is organized with the goal of professionals providing guidance to current students, by discussing topics…

Cinema Politica

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2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14 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 Winter 2020, the films comprising Cinema Politica’s “Resilient Bodies: Reclaiming Life & Space” series deal…

Transform Your Workplace, Save the Planet Panel

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On the evening of February 11, 2020, labour organizers from across Canada will be speaking in Montreal about how organized labour can respond to the climate crisis. These organizers will be discussing some of Canada’s most ambitious initiatives to simultaneously address climate change, diminish social inequalities, and increase democratic participation. We will be bringing together…
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