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Chirps for Thought

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Chirps for Thought is a CFC working group aiming to lay the groundwork for the widespread adoption of edible insects in the Concordia community by challenging perceptual and economic barriers. Its objectives are threefold, namely to: 1) implement a participative insect farm in the basement of the Hall building using food waste as feed and producing both edible insects and organic fertilizer for community plant growers; 2) develop educational activities allowing for people to get…

Food Against Facism

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Food Against Fascism is a collective of approximately 15 students and community members who prepare and distribute a free five-course meal in a non-exclusionary manner to folks in and around the Concordia area. The meals are prepared using recuperated food wherever possible, in an effort to counter consumer culture. We serve outside of the Hall…

Campus Potager

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Le Campus Potager (The Rooftop Gardens Project) is a student-based project that aims to improve, educate and promote food security and sovereignty on Concordia University’s downtown campus. Its goal is to engage the Concordia community through urban agricultural initiatives and empower students to produce their own gardens and to share their knowledge and experience with others.…

Concordia University’s Centre for Creative Reuse (CUCCR)

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Concordia University’s Centre for Creative Reuse (CUCCR) will focus on the artistic and pedagogical reuse of materials that are abundant within the university walls and commonly thrown in the dumpster. This effort aims to positively impact the goal of becoming a zero waste university at both SGW and the Loyola campuses. Capturing useable materials 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…

Carbon City Project

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Carbon City is a card game about municipal politics and their effects on carbon emissions. Players are tasked with selecting policies that will earn them voters and compete to win elections over 12 years. The winner is determined by the amount of carbon they were able to have their city reduce while in power. Policies…

JSEC Sustainable Case Conference

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JSEC/ECCC sustainability case competition is a unique initiative that brings together business students from JMSB and Engineering students to compete on different issues related to sustainable entrepreneurship. Teams are given a case and have to come up with solutions which they present in front of a jury composed of professors and industry experts. The JSEC/ECCC sustainability…

Bread and Puppet Theatre

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This project is a radical and exciting bilingual theatre and community event that unites the world-renowned political puppetry company, Bread and Puppet Theater; the theatre students of Concordia and of UQÀM; the Concordia student body; and the community of Montreal at large. Bread and Puppet will come to Montreal for a weeklong, 4 show run…

Women in Engineering Wine and Cheese

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This project consists of a Wine and Cheese event taking place on September 21st, 2016. The event will provide students the opportunity to discover paths in sustainability that professionals have taken, how they have gotten to where they are today, and gain valuable insights that will help to guide their career choices. This will help raise…

Food Preservation Project

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The Food Preservation Project aims to promote the year-round consumption of local, organic and seasonal produce through public education and collective food preservation. We provide a hands-on and community-based course on seasonal food preservation to the Concordia student community. The semester long course will bridge theory and practice as well as traditional and modern knowledge.…
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