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Take Heed

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Take Heed is a set of wearable vests that use moving panels and haptic feedback to create an intimate and immersive experience that opens a discussion on mental health. The interdisciplinarity of Take Heed involves programming, electronics, a web database, and experimental fashion design. Take Heed is a year-long medium-term project that encourages female and…

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…

FaisenPour2

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This project aims to stimulate students’ mindfulness towards homeless people. We want to ease access to social involvement by giving students the opportunity to become actors in the aid towards the less fortunate. We aim to provide an inclusive and tangible way for students to contribute in other ways than simply donating money. In theory,…

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…

The PhD

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The PhD is a 20-minute short film that dives into the intimate life of an homosexual student who sees his relationship with his boyfriend shattered after suffering a nervous breakdown that costs him his admission for the PhD in psychology. It is an intimate drama with a touch of black humor that depicts the ins-and-outs…

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…

Women & Homelessness Symposium

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This symposium invites students and faculty members alike to share and to co-create new knowledge by actively engaging in collaborative workshops, panels, and discussions with policy makers, as well as Montreal shelters and organisations that support homeless women. The symposium’s goal is to highlight current gaps in addressing women’s homelessness in Montreal from a gender…
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