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Dodge for a Cause

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Dodge for a Cause is a dodgeball tournament for Concordia students at the College de Montreal gymnasium near the downtown campus. All the proceeds of team registrations will be going to the Syrian Kids Foundation, an organization that provides education for Syrian regufees. Dodgeball is a fun game that most students played in their childhood and…

Rap Battle Against Consumerism

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The Rap Battle Against Consumerism will be a rehearsed event where local Montreal artists will be ‘battling’ with corporate CEOs, politicians, and other Wall Street types on the topic of consumerism. This will take place on March 29th, 2017 at the Belmont (a haven for local hip hop events like this). This event aims to…

Resist Trump Montreal

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The Resist Trump Montreal Network is designed to be a coordinating space for all anti-trump organizing in Montreal. This organizing has already taken on various forms, including direct actions, popular educations initiatives, resources and networking building as well as Concordia specific mobilization. Years funded: 2016-17 Amount allocated: $4,150.00 Project leader: Gabriel Velasco E-mail: gab-velasco@hotmail.com

SCPA Panel on The Right to Die

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This panel discussion will aim to generate an important and controversial bio­ethics conversation on campus, supported by several medical and legal professionals in the respective fields. This conversation will not only seek to introduce Concordians to key leaders and organizers in the national debate of medical assisted dying but will also be an excellent opportunity for…

Enamel

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Enamel is a short fiction film project which offers a dark and fantastic exploration of housing rights in modern day Mexico City. This project is scheduled to shoot on location in Mexico City from December 19-22, 2016. Following the completion of the film in early April 2017, the team will host a screening and panel…

Rap Battle Against Brutality

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The Rap Battle Against Police Brutality will take place on Feb 15th 2017, at the Belmont (a well­known venue for local hip hop). Local Montreal hip hop artists, especially people of colour, will be demanding an end to state ­sanctioned police violence­­ and to honour black lives and indigenous sisters who were taken away by…

Nature of Institutional Racism in Quebec

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In light of growing pressure to expose and address institutional racism in Quebec, several colleagues and I have organized a panel discussion intended to educate the Concordia community and raise awareness around the subject. Our panel will be part of the series that the School of Community and Public Affairs hosts yearly. Institutional racism is…

Human Right to Breathe Freely

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Our project, “Breathing Games,” invites participants to contribute to a commons (community-based initiatives such as Wikipedia) that fosters respiratory health. Bringing together students, scholars, researchers, physicians, artists, and engineers, the funds received will enable this project to organize key events in the commons. Additionally, we will hold game jams (interdisciplinary prototyping events in which technological…

FIFEQ

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The International Ethnographic Film Festival of Quebec (FIFEQ) is a one week festival that occurs each year in March. While promoting the realm of visual anthropology, the festival is dedicated to the screening of films that celebrate the agency of individuals and collectivities. The goal of FIFEQ Concordia is to involve students in the making of a…

Le Petit Vélo Rouge

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Le Petit Velo Rouge (LPVR), a non­hierarchical, not for profit bike organization, was founded in 2010 with the short-term goal of repairing used bicycles for sale to students at Concordia and across Montreal campuses. In September 2016, LPVR officially opened its doors to the community and has since then operated regular weekly shifts. LPVR, which once focused all…
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