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SUMMARY:Symposium Channels of Testimony: Artistic Mediations of Listening
DESCRIPTION:How does art channel and reshape the way we listen to lived experience? \nJoin Amy Starecheski\, Director of Columbia University’s Oral History Master of Arts\, and Luis C. Sotelo\, Director of Concordia University’s Acts of Listening Lab (ALLab)\, for a conversation with three artist–scholar teams funded by ALLab to explore bold new pathways for mediating testimony through creative practice. This symposium brings together innovative practitioners working at the intersection of oral history\, performance\, sound\, and socially engaged art. Together\, we’ll delve into the practical and theoretical challenges of transforming real-life stories into artistic forms \n\n\nSpeakers and Projects \nT Braun and Franklin van Grieken \nSentir la Luz/Sense the Light  \nA research-creation project that investigates how digital mediation and virtual reality\, sound\, and light reshapes perception and listening in a group of people with visual impairment. This project is carried out in collaboration with Kim Sawchuk\, Kara Paul\, and Teatro Ciego. \n\nVanessa Terán and María Fernanda del Real  \nSucúa Haven \nMigrant Stories: Embodied Listening Lab \nInspired by Sucúa Haven\, a collection of migration stories created with Ecuadorian in Connecticut (United States)\, a group of Latin diaspora participants in Montreal (Canada)\, as well as Ecuadorians and other Latin American immigrants in Quito (Ecuador)\, will reflect on their own migratory experiences and create performances of embodied testimonies that places Sucúa Haven stories in dialogue with their own. \n  \nPeng Hsu \nCucumbers\, The Melancholy of a Turtle and a Girl’s Otaku’s Romance \nA novel/play creative project that explores BBR. BBR\, short for Broke Broke Recitation\, is my translation of the Mandarin term 碎碎唸 (siu siu nian)\, a phrase commonly used in Taiwan and China to describe how women chatter incessantly about daily and seemingly banal trivialities. Theorized here as a technique of queer narration\, BBR functions as a dramaturgical writing style through which the project examines housing justice\, an endangered turtle\, and the inarticulable experiences of constipation and yearning of romance. \n\nModerator \nLuis C. Sotelo Castro \nDirector\, Acts of Listening Lab (Concordia University) \nDiscussant \nAmy Starecheski \nDirector\, Oral History Master of Arts Program (Columbia University) \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION \n\nThis is a hybrid event.\nRegister in person with this link\n\nRegister for zoom with this link \n\nLOCATION \nIn-person at the 4TH SPACE\, Concordia University\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West\, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building). \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/symposium-channels-of-testimony-artistic-mediations-of-listening/
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations,Roundtable/table ronde
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T083218
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SUMMARY:The River That is Not: Teaching Oral History and Photography through Fieldwork
DESCRIPTION:With Lea Kabiljo \nThis event marks the opening of The river that is not\, an exhibition presenting a research project developed in collaboration with students from the visual arts program at the Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí\, Ecuador\, and presented at COHDS from March 9 to April 20. \n\n\nDeveloped as a short-term teaching intervention\, the project introduced students to an oral history and photography methodology through fieldwork conducted in residential areas surrounding the contaminated waters of the Río Burro and Río Manta in Manta\, Ecuador. Students worked with residents who shared personal accounts related to environmental conditions\, urban infrastructure\, and long-term lived experience in the area. \nThe exhibition brings together selected photographic works and interview excerpts from the students’ fieldwork\, alongside documentation reflecting their experience of engaging with oral history and photography as a research methodology in a community context. The opening talk will focus on the pedagogical dimensions of the project\, with particular attention to the challenges and possibilities of leading field-based work with students. \nProject collaborators: Alisson Aguayo\, Solange Arteaga\, Cristina Basurto\, Fernanda Candela\, Dayton Cantos\, Eduarda Caviedes\, Vivian Cedeño\, Rody Chiang\, Josue Chinga\, Joshian Defaz\, Hanna Ferrin\, Erick Loor\, Casimiro Loor\, Luís López\, John Mera\, Kayla Moreira\, Jose Pin\, Jean-Paul Plua\, Emily Quiroz\, Yaritza Rodriguez\, Jose Sanchez\, Brithanny Santana\, Sulady Seme\, Camily Torres\, Pedro Villamil\, Kiara Villegas\, Nikole Zambrano and Damian Sinchi (instructor) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLea Kabiljo is an assistant professor of art education at Université Laval and a multidisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of arts\, education\, and oral history. Her research focuses on integrating photography and oral history as a research-creation methodology and examining the pedagogical potential of this approach. \n\nThe artist talk (13:30-14:00) will be followed by a Q & A (14:00-14:20)\, both of which will be held in the Sunroom. Afterwards\, we will wander over to the Media Lab for the exhibit launch. Light refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION \nRegister now with this link \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \n\nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom) and LB-1042 (Media Lab)\, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS)\, Concordia University\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West\, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building). \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/the-river-that-is-not-teaching-oral-history-and-photography-through-fieldwork/
LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Screening of Hommes-relais\, Becoming Ruby and Red Girl Rising
DESCRIPTION:With Vladimir Chindea and HotDocs \n  \nWe are pleased to present\, in collaboration with HotDocs\, three Citizen Minutes documentaries: Hommes-relais\, Becoming Ruby\, and Red Girl Rising. Each of these films runs approximately ten minutes and speaks directly to COHDS’s core values of inclusion\, resilience\, solidarity\, and hope. Together\, they are sure to captivate viewers and evoke powerful emotional engagement. \nHommes-relais explores experiences of grief and adaptation within the Quebec immigration process\, following a group of men who meet regularly to share their stories and develop tools to navigate life in a new home. \nBecoming Ruby follows Ruby Chopstix\, Canada’s first drag artist-in-residence\, as they confront the challenges of underrepresentation and create a showcase that opens space for other queer BIPOC performers. \nFinally\, Red Girl Rising highlights the work of Mohawk matriarch\, retired teacher\, activist\, and humanitarian Joyce Jonathan Crone\, whose compassionate efforts in her Huntsville\, Ontario community help bridge divides and strengthen Indigenous education. \nFollowing the screening\, we are honoured to host a roundtable discussion with Vladimir Chindea\, director of Hommes-relais. \n  \nVladimir Chindea is a Romanian-Canadian filmmaker currently completing the MFA in Cinematic Arts at Concordia University. His work explores themes of migration\, memory\, and existential inquiry. He directed/produced the short film Remember (2022) and regularly collaborates on both narrative and non-fiction projects as an assistant director. Vladimir holds a BA (Honours) in Philosophy and International Relations from the University of British Columbia. Trained as an ‘Homme-relais’ himself\, it was the light of the CRIC community and the felt inspiration from Juan Manuel that guided him to direct this documentary debut. \n  \nREGISTRATION  \nRegister now with this link \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1042 (Acts of Listening Lab)\, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS)\, Concordia University\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West\, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building). \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/screening-of-hommes-relais-becoming-rubi-and-red-girl-rising/
LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251128T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251128T170000
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SUMMARY:Dancing Life Stories/Dancing Biographies/Forming the WE
DESCRIPTION:With the DANC 202 Cohort: Charlotte Bisson\, Nathaniel Cancela Edsell\, Florence Cross\, Homeyra Esmaeilzadeh\, Leonardo Giraldo Rodriguez\, Anaïs Girard\, Elle Golfinopoulos\, Sophie Groleau-Rouleau\, Nasiriyah Hamilton\, Joselande Josue\, Adaline Kuranko\, Camille Moon\, Fredlyne Pierre\, Pooya Ratnam\, Amy Staples\, Kaiya Thomas-Bynoe\, and Cameron Weaver. \n  \nJoin us for an afternoon of dance as students from the Department of Contemporary Dance bring embodied auto-biographical narratives to the Acts of Listening Lab. Such storytelling in motion – based on life history interviews that students conducted with one of their peers – constitutes what Christine Thurner once called “emphatically fragile\, deliberately contingent narrative acts.” These gestural narratives break free of the frame of linear\, literary (auto)biography. Seen in relation to one another they form a complex and rich society. \n  \nThis event is based on students’ coursework in the Department of Contemporary Dance\, who\, under the guidance of Professor Lília Mestre\, are exploring the possibilities of danced life narration\, this time in a collective improvisation setting. \n  \nPlease note that the event will take place in the Dance Studio (MB-7.265) of the Department of Contemporary Dance\, 1600 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nRegister here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person in the Dance Studio (MB-7.265) of the Department of Contemporary Dance\, 1600 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/dancing-life-stories-dancing-biographies-forming-the-we/
LOCATION:Dance Studio\, MB 7.265\, 1600 Blvd De Maisonneuve West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3H 1J5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T210000
DTSTAMP:20260518T083218
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SUMMARY:How to Say ‘Longing’ - Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:with Jad Orphée Chami and Noël Vezina \n\n\nJoin us on Wednesday\, November 19th\, at 7 PM\, at the ALLab\, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling\, for How to say ‘longing’\, a contemplative performance by movement artist Noël Vézina and composer Jad Orphée Chami. \nThis intimate exploration of dualities—music and movement\, composition and improvisation\, the said and the unsaid—delves into the boundaries of closeness\, vulnerability\, and technology. Using a MIDI controller\, a chain of touch-sensitive sensors\, the performers weave a digital soundscape that shifts with their physical interactions\, crafting a dialogue of embodied listening. \n  \nJad Orphée Chami  is a Lebanese-Canadian artist-researcher\, composer and performer born in Beirut and living in Montreal. He notably composed the original music for the feature film Antigone by Sophie Deraspe\, which represented Canada at the 92nd Academy Awards. He was nominated at the age of 21 for the Iris prize for best original music at the 22nd Gala Québec Cinéma\, notably alongside Jean-Michel Blais and Howard Shore. After having provided the soundtracks for more than fifteen short films and three web series\, he composed his second film score in 2023 in collaboration with director Eli Jean Tahchi for the documentary Dorchester: In the Midst of the Fray\, produced by Jonah Mallak (Nemesis Films). \nIn addition to his music work for the image\, he composes and designs works for the contemporary scene\, notably for the École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal and for the Acts of Listening Lab in collaboration with the Center for Restorative Justice. He explores through research-creation the dialogue between music and oral history. In 2022\, he is part of a trio of artists commissioned by the MAI for the realization of the work Justement (en)raciner on the theme of Justice\, among others alongside Kimura Byol-Lemoine\, Angelina Guo and Moe Clark. The same year\, he presented with Noël Vézina the performance How to say ‘longing’\, mixing dance-theatre\, music and new technologies\, at the RIPA performance evening. The testimonies of the disappeared from Lebanon are central to his approach. He is affiliated with the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling and is developing his oral history performance Rhapsody for the disappeared. \nHe is also interested in contemporary issues of art and presents conferences on themes such as the question of the author\, the ethics of research-creation and gender and sexuality in music history. \n  \n Noël Vezina is a queer\, interdisciplinary\, dance and movement artist based in Montreal (Tiohtiá:ke / Mooniyang). Largely self-taught\, her process is highly intuitive and organic. Approaching performance as a tool to connect deeply\, to herself and to others\, her work often takes on ephemeral and intimate forms. \nNoël’s latest accomplishments include: presenting Stardust and Parallax with Festival Quartiers Danses (2021)\, sharing a first version of a cloud\, a distance (September 2020)\, creating We live together now – a video performance presented by Sanskar Festival (August 2020) and Festival Bouge D’ici (March 2021)\, performing 05062020live via Zoom for National AccessAbility Week with the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada (June 2020)\, and her ongoing collaboration with A Safe Space\, initiated by Nicholas Bellefleur in 2019. In February 2020 she hosted the first of many editions of 5×8/6 – a free-from experimental performance evening that takes place in her kitchen – where she premiered Soft Warm Light (an autobiographical solo piece in progress). \nNoël is one sixth of the winning team of the 2021 Dansathon in Liège\, recognized for their imagining of ‘the future of dance’ through a new interactive performance experience The \nLiving Room. They will continue questioning the place of technology in promoting embodiment soon\, with the support of the Maison de la Danse de Lyon\, Sadler’s Wells and the Théâtre de Liège. \nNoël strives to be radically soft\, honest and vulnerable. She values not-knowing and never perfecting. To be kind and loving is essential. \n  \nREGISTRATION   \nRegister now  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca    \nLOCATION  \nIn-person in LB-1042 (ALLLAB)\, COHDS   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. 
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/how-to-say-longing-2/
LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T170000
DTSTAMP:20260518T083218
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SUMMARY:Oral Histories of Migration and Motion: Rábanos Olas Jacarandas Aleonarse
DESCRIPTION:with Nico Contreras\, Sonia Bustos\, and Priscilla Opazo Castillo \n  \nRábanos Olas Jacarandas Aleonarse (2025\, 10min) is an audiovisual collage born out of oral histories of migration\, community\, and the transformative power of art. Through blending interviews and choreographic exploration with Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal-based artists Sonia Bustos and Priscilla Opazo\, the film shares interlinking reflections on political consciousness\, navigating shifting identities across countries of origin and settlement\, and engagement in processes of change. Glimpses of Chile\, Mexico and Canada coexist in a shared space and time\, in a moment of exchange between creative voices. \nThe film screening will be followed by a discussion with the creators. \n  \nPriscilla Opazo Castillo\, an artist and educator from Chile\, has lived in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal since 2017. A self-taught dancer currently training at the Nyata Nyata Centre\, she weaves her path between popular education and artistic research. Her creative experience\, collective and multidisciplinary\, is rooted in an identity fragmented by colonization\, exile\, and violence\, yet rises in resonance with other marginalized voices. A committed feminist\, she envisions art as a living territory of resistance\, healing\, and memory\, where movement frees bodies\, rekindles their connection to the earth\, and nurtures a shared collective consciousness. \n  \nChoreographer and performer born in Mexico and now based in Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal)\, Sonia Bustos is interested in socio-political engagement and the recognition of performers’ creative work. Her artistic research focuses on feminist perspectives\, the Tercera Raíz in Latin America\, memory\, theatricality\, and the relationship with the audience. Pillars of her artistic process include varied bodily states\, the use of voice/text\, the presence of memory-bearing objects\, and non-danced body approaches. Sonia is the interpreter-creator of stage works Intérieur brut\, Je ne vais pas inonder la mer\, Luz : Dentelle\, Luz : Terre and Luz : Écho (in progress). She holds a Master’s degree in dance (UQÀM) and a Bachelor’s degree in theatre (UNAM). \n  \nNico Contreras is an Ecuadorian Canadian interdisciplinary artist\, social worker\, and current doctoral student in Social and Cultural Analysis at Concordia University. A facilitator of reflection and dialogue through creative practice\, he believes in the power of art to transform our conceptions of self and society. His most recent film SAN HEN\, a love letter to Montréal’s Latinx community\, premieres at the Toronto Latin American Film Festival 2025. \n  \nREGISTRATION   \nRegister now  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca    \nLOCATION  \nIn-person in LB-1042 (ALLLAB)\, COHDS   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. 
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/oral-histories-of-migration-and-motion-rabanos-olas-jacarandas-aleonarse/
LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T170000
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SUMMARY:Historical Walking Tour – Photographing Change: Reform and Photography in Little Burgundy
DESCRIPTION:Walking tour participants will meet at the Union United Church at 3007 Rue Delisle\, Montréal\, QC H4C 1M8 at 2:55 pm \n“Photographing Change: Reform and Photography in 1960s Little Burgundy” is a walking tour which invites guests to learn about and engage in discussion on the expropriation photos of Little Burgundy. Taken throughout the 1960s\, these photos show the expropriated homes which were destroyed in the building of the Ville-Marie Expressway and the development of the neighbourhood. Haunting and in some ways violent\, the photos depict the homes of Little Burgundy residents of the 1960s\, depicting the intrusion of city workers in their private domestic lives. Engaging with the story of the historically black neighbourhood and theories of photography\, participants will be invited to discuss the photos and critically examine the role of photography in the expropriation process. Oral history interviews from the COHDS archives are used to expand the image of the neighbourhood depicted in these photographs. We’ll hear the words of community members as we walk through the Little Burgundy today. \nSerafina Swandel is an undergraduate student in Art History at Concordia University. As a student affiliate with COHDS\, her research interests center around the intersections of oral history and craft and the way in which oral history can illuminate craft practices and relationships forged by craft. She is interested in a study of visual and material cultures that is socially and historically informed. \n  \nPhoto description: Man sitting at kitchen table caught in photo. Expropriation photo on St. Martin Street\, May 5\, 1967. Archives Montreal Dossier D1015: VM94-C1015-101. \n 
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/photographing-change-reform-and-photography-in-1960s-little-burgundy/
LOCATION:Meeting at the Union United Church\,\, 3007 Rue Delisle\, Montréal\, H4C 1M8
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T123000
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SUMMARY:Listening as Political Act
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive performance-workshop\, Brett Davidson explores listening not just as a personal practice\, but as a vital political act. Combining elements of storytelling\, theory\, dialogue\, audio\, and visual imagery\, the session invites participants to reflect on the ways listening shapes democracy\, public life\, and our collective ability to imagine change.  \nDrawing from his extensive experience in narrative strategy\, media\, and social justice\, Davidson frames listening as a tool for transformation—one that can challenge dominant narratives\, create space for marginalized voices\, and foster deeper connections across difference. Participants will be invited to engage actively\, considering how listening can become an ethical and creative practice in their own work\, studies\, and communities.  \nAs a work in progress\, the session opens a space for experimentation and exchange\, encouraging those present to co-create meaning around the political and artistic potential of listening.  \n  \nBrett Davidson is founder and principal at Wingseed LLC\, where he supports social justice changemakers around the world to amplify their impact. Brett also serves as Lead of Narrative Field-Building with IRIS\, the International Resource for Impact and Storytelling. Previously he was director of Media and Narratives at the Open Society Public Health Program\, where he led an international team focused on changing long-held social narratives impacting health equity. Prior to joining Open Society in 2010\, Davidson was a media consultant to civil society organizations in Southern and Eastern Africa. He previously served as program manager at the South African democracy institute Idasa\, where he helped community radio stations develop participatory news and current affairs programming. Before that\, he worked as a presenter and producer in radio current affairs at the South African Broadcasting Corporation\, and in collaboration with the BBC. Brett has an MA in Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University and an MA in Individualized Study from NYU’s Gallatin School.  \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is an online event. \nTo attend\, please register here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/listening-as-political-act/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T180000
DTSTAMP:20260518T083218
CREATED:20250910T173657Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch:  Strangely Friends:  A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters
DESCRIPTION:with Karen Dubinsky \nYou are cordially invited to join author Karen Dubinsky on Thursday October 9\, 4-6 pm for a discussion of her new book: Strangely\, Friends: A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters. \nStrangely\, Friends delves into the rich\, often overlooked history of personal and cultural connections between Cubans and Canadians. From the early days of the Cuban Revolution to the present\, this book uncovers the stories of Canadians who were drawn to Cuba—teachers\, artists\, development aid workers\, filmmakers\, and activists—who left a mark on the island\, and Cubans\, especially the musicians\, who found a home in Canada. Through intimate portraits and serendipitous encounters\, Karen Dubinsky explores how these relationships transcended political ideologies and state policies\, revealing a shared humanity that defies borders. \nWe’ll also hear comments on the book from David Austin (John Abbott College) and Zaira Zarza (University of Montreal). The launch will take place on Thursday\, October 9\, 4-6 pm in the Sunroom at COHDS (LB-1019). \nKaren Dubinsky is an Emeritus Professor at Queen’s University. For many years she co-ordinated and co-taught in a Queen’s exchange program with University of Havana. \nShe has published and edited books on a wide variety of topics\, including the history of gender and sexuality in Canada\, the global 1960s\, adoption and child migration in Canada\, Cuba and Guatemala\, and the politics of music in Cuba. She is a recipient of two teaching awards: the Queen’s University Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision and the Queen’s Award for International Educational Innovation. \n  \nREGISTRATION  \nRegister now with this link \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/book-launch-strangely-friends-a-history-of-cuban-canadian-encounters/
LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: REMNANTS and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors
DESCRIPTION:The event will take place in person at the University of Michigan-Deaborn’s James C. Renick University Center\, Kochoff Hall C\, and online via zoom. \n  \nYou are warmly invited to a special book launch celebrating REMNANTS and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors\, the latest publication by Henry “Hank” Greenspan. The event will take place in person and online on Sunday\, October 5\, 2025\, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. and it will be hosted by Dr. Jamie L. Wraight\, Director of the Voice/Vision Archive. \nThis powerful volume traces the personal and creative journey of Henry “Hank” Greenspan\, shaped by five decades of deepening relationships with Holocaust survivors. At its heart is the first-ever print publication of REMNANTS\, Greenspan’s haunting and widely performed play that brings to life poignant\, often heart-wrenching moments of survival and memory. Performed on more than 300 stages around the world\, REMNANTS captures the raw essence of what survivors endured—and how they continue to live with those experiences. \nIn the companion piece\, What Remains\, Greenspan reflects on the origins of the play\, the profound connections he forged with survivors\, and the shared grief over the loss of a world—and of those who once told its stories. Written in a lyrical\, spoken-word style\, this memoir offers a compelling new lens into Greenspan’s pioneering contributions to Holocaust studies\, oral history\, and the transformative power of theater. The book is dedicated to Sid Bolkosky\, founder of The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive at UM-Dearborn \n  \nThe program will feature reflections from three of Greenspan’s distinguished colleagues and collaborators—renowned Holocaust scholars and educators: \n· Professor John K. Roth\, Emeritus Professor\, Claremont McKenna College \n· Professor Malin Thor Tureby\, Professor of History\, Malmö University\, Sweden \n· Dr. Christine Schmidt\, Deputy Director\, The Wiener Library\, London\, and former student of Professor Bolkosky \n  \nHenry Greenspan will present a short performance and recitation from the book. In keeping with the spirit of his and Professor Bolkosky’s relationships with survivors\, there will be ample time for conversation and audience engagement. \n  \nHenry (Hank) Greenspan is a psychologist\, oral historian\, and playwright based at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Since the 1970s\, he has conducted in-depth\, ongoing interviews with Holocaust survivors—an approach that reveals the evolving nature of memory and testimony over time. His work departs from one-time testimonies\, instead drawing on sustained relationships and layered conversations spanning months\, years\, and even decades. \nAn accomplished performer\, Greenspan was a finalist for the 2022 Alvin Epstein Memorial Prize for Solo Performance. He has performed REMNANTS across North America\, as well as in Europe and Israel. He currently leads online seminars and workshops focused on survivor narratives and the complexities of interpreting oral history. \n  \nRegistration: \nFor in-person attendance please RSVP to jwraight@umich.edu \nFor online attendance registration is required through this link
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/book-launch-remnants-and-what-remains-moments-from-a-life-among-holocaust-survivors/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk:  “Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal”
DESCRIPTION:with Andrew Jackson \n  \nYou are warmly invited to join us for an artist talk with Andrew Jackson at the McCord Museum\, 690 Sherbrooke St. W. Jackson’s exhibition Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal is a foray into this south-western district of the city. Over a two-year period\, the photographer documented important landmarks for the Black community and met people who grew up there\, live there or still have ties to the area. The result is an exhibition featuring 61 photographs of the individuals and sites that bear witness to the urban and social transformations that have impacted Little Burgundy. Three hard-hitting yet touching short films capture local residents’ lived experiences. \n  \nAndrew Jackson’s talk will take place from 6:00-6:30 pm\, leaving time both beforehand and afterwards to immerse yourself into this beautiful exhibit that moved some of us to tears earlier this summer. Please note that the McCord Museum offers free admission to selected exhibitions\, including “Little Burgundy\,” on Wednesday evenings after 5 pm. \nThe exhibition also features some twenty objects and images selected by Andrew Jackson from the Museum’s collection. These artefacts\, juxtaposed with contemporary objects loaned by residents\, create a dialogue between the past and the present. \nThrough this project\, Andrew Jackson exposes the duality involved in designating a place or neighbourhood as a “Black space.” For Black people\, it invokes a sense of security\, freedom and belonging\, while for non-Black persons it conveys a negative image. As Jackson reflects: “When city spaces\, such as Little Burgundy\, are designated as Black spaces\, there are profound implications for Black occupants. This is especially true in North America\, where historically\, in non-Black minds at least\, Black spaces have not existed as places of acceptance or celebration of difference. Rather\, they have been linked to notions of failure – notions that become catalysts for urban renewal\, gentrification and the ensuing erasure of Black communities.” \n  \nAndrew Jackson is a British-Canadian photographer based in Montreal since 2019. His practice is developed at the intersection of photography and text and\, most recently\, focuses on notions of family\, transnational migration\, displacement\, trauma and collective memory. He recently published the monograph From a Small Island\, the first chapter of his ongoing series Across the Sea Is a Shore\, a collection of works that explore the intergenerational legacies of migration from the Caribbean to the UK. \nAndrew Jackson has a history of developing platforms that provide opportunities for traditionally excluded groups to engage with photography. In 2021 he created a public engagement project in collaboration with the DESTA Black Youth Network\, located in Little Burgundy\, which resulted in a group exhibition shown at the PHI Foundation. His works are held in public collections that include the United Kingdom’s Government Art Collection\, the Permanent Collection of the New Art Gallery Walsall and the Autograph ABP and Light Work collections. His photographs have also appeared in such publications as the Los Angeles Times\, The Guardian\, the Financial Times and The New Statesman. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person\, McCord Museum\, 690 Sherbrooke St. West. Please note that the artist talk will take place in the gallery space of “Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal” in the McCord Museum. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/artist-talk-little-burgundy-evolving-montreal/
LOCATION:McCord Museum\, 690 Sherbrooke St. W.\, Montréal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations
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SUMMARY:Identity\, Care Labor\, and Matrilineal Stories– Bodies Carrying Exhibit Programming
DESCRIPTION:Description by Cristina Alejandra Jimenez Gomez\, Javi Fuentes Bernal and David Diaz Méndez.\nThis is an event composed of two artist presentations followed by a joint Q&A. It will begin with a performance and talk by Cristina Alejandra Jimenez Gomez (Resonant roots: an intergenerational storytelling)\, followed by a presentation from Javi Fuentes Bernal and David Diaz Méndez on their collaborative project (Démarches décoloniales de fabulation critique et de reconnection: Hypergraphie\, performance et futurismes andins dans la création de la Revue d’études Travesti\, Q’iwa & Suprabinaires). \n(1) Resonant roots: an intergenerational storytelling (Cristina Alejandra Jimenez Gomez): \nCristina Alejandra Jimenez Gomez’s event includes a solo performance (resonant roots) and a performative talk: (mise en corps/puesta-en-cuerpo) which zooms in on the role of coperas (women who worked at cafés\, combining traditional waitressing with some escorting services without necessarily being sex workers) in Colombia. \nResonant Roots encompasses Alba’s story (the artist’s great-grandmother) narrated through the voices of her daughter and granddaughter. While a video is projected\, the performer enacts physical movements and interacts with objects around the space. Within this maternal lineage\, some stories want to be told\, others are hidden or denied. Are those stories somehow imprinted in the performer’s body\, although unknown? What are the resonances of her body with the audio archives of her distant lineage? \nmise en corps/puesta-en-cuerpo expands the inquiry; It is a performative talk which outlines the research process on the concept of public women\, focusing on the role of coperas. Also\, it draws on the dramaturgical guidelines\, the exploration of storytelling\, and the creative questions raised to develop these pieces. \nCristina Alejandra Jimenez Gomez (she/they) is a Colombian interdisciplinary artist and educator developing her PhD studies in the INDI program. She is interested in creative\, transformative and communal experiences that address critical intersectional concerns. Based in Tiohtià:ke – Mooniyang – Montreal since 2019. CA is affiliated with Hexagram\, Milieux-LeParc\, COHDS\, ALLab\, and SenseLab-3e at Concordia University. Editor and workshop facilitator at Kodama Cartonera\, an independent publishing house born in Tijuana\, Mexico\, in 2010. CA’s research-creation approach is performative\, feminist\, and (an)archival. Her perspectives stem from embodied practices as a source of knowledge\, intertwining processes of doing-feeling-thinking. Due to their experience in different theatre troupes\, CA learned about diverse techniques focused on developing research and creative methods for\, in\, and within public spaces and non-conventional stages. Currently\, they are a board member of Teesri Duniya Theatre\, where she has developed two community engagement projects. \nEvent language(s) \n\nThe performance includes audio in Spanish with video subtitles in English.\nThe performative talk is held in English. \n\n(2)  Démarches décoloniales de fabulation critique et de reconnection: Hypergraphie\, performance et futurismes andins dans la création de la Revue d’études Travesti\, Q’iwa & Suprabinaires (Javi Fuentes Bernal & David Diaz Méndez) \nDecolonial approaches of critical fabulation and reconnection: Hypergraphy\, performance\, and Andean futurisms in the creation of the Journal of Travesti\, Q’iwa & Suprabinaires Studies. \n​​Interweaving critical fabulation\, hypergraphy\, and Pastos symbolism\, this presentation delves into the creative process behind the Journal of Travesti\, Q’iwa & Suprabinary Studies. This journal challenges the linear narratives of colonialism by reactivating indigenous imaginaries through their hybridization with experimental graphic practices. Grounded in Travesti and diasporic studies\, the journal’s critical fabulation—developed in collaboration with David Mendez for graphic design and enriched by the performances of Javi Fuentes Bernal and their mother\, Yadila Bernal—becomes a tool for inventing alternative narratives that unsettle the boundaries of the so-called fixed truths of colonial historiography. Through a hypergraphy that intertwines writing\, drawing\, ancestral symbols\, and contemporary visual languages\, the project explores forms of storytelling that are vibrant\, multifaceted\, and polysemic. This hybridity serves as a lever for reconfiguring Latinx Cholas aesthetics and imagining new visual forms in resonance with Andean futurism. By mobilizing performance as a space for the reactivation of long memories and other sensory repertoires\, the project fosters living connections between intergenerational transmission\, critical fabulation\, and humor. In this presentation\, we explore our research and creative process from sensitive perspectives aimed at rethinking and inhabiting our identities beyond the frameworks imposed by colonialism and whiteness. \nJavi Fuentes Bernal est un·e artiste transdisciplinaire\, chercheur·e et intervenant·e colombien·ne basé·e à Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. Son travail s’inspire des fabulations critiques et des pratiques archivistiques\, à l’intersection des pensées trans*travesti\, migrantes et autochtones. À travers la performance\, la vidéo\, l’installation et l’écriture\, Javi explore les affects liés à la mobilité\, ainsi que les relations entre mémoire\, territoire et culture populaire. Javi a récemment contribué à des expositions telles que Unique en son genre (Musée de la Civilisation\, 2023)\, Awera en Bakatá (Museo Nacional de Colombia\, 2024)\, et Le Québec\, autrement dit (Musée de la Civilisation\, 2024) et Minga Suprabinaire (PHI\, 2025). Ses recherches ont bénéficié du soutien d’institutions telles que le Centre de recherche en santé publique CReSP\, le Fonds de recherche du Québec\, et une bourse Vanier pour ses études doctorales en travail social à l’Université de Montréal. \nDavid Díaz Méndez est étudiant en design graphique à l’École de design de l’UQAM. Il s’intéresse au langage polysémique caractéristique des contextes d’hybridité culturelle et à la manière dont celui-ci peut enrichir les différentes sphères du design graphique. Il a rejoint l’équipe d’Hypercodex en 2023\, où il participe à la conception de l’identité visuelle de l’exposition ALCUIN (2023-2024)\, à l’événement FORUM (2024)\, ainsi qu’à la recherche et à la conception graphique des projets d’Amandine Alessandra Ephemeral Typography: Writing the impermanent et FLUX/Mémoires Photophobes. II sest illustré aux ADCC Student Awards 2024 en remportant le bronze dans la catégorie design graphique. \nEvent language(s): French \n\n\nREGISTRATION \nRegister now. \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/identity-care-labor-and-matrilineal-stories-bodies-carrying-exhibit-programming/
LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Intimate Listening - Bodies Carrying Exhibit Programming
DESCRIPTION:Description by Cristina Alejandra Jimenez Gomez.\nIn an intimate space within the exhibition space\, a copera will interact with volunteer participants who visit this spot individually. Before the interaction begins\, each participant will be given a token amount\, which will be used to exchange stories and typical beverages of the Colombian cafés. The tokens have different values\, and will determine the type of story\, drink and interaction the visitor may have with the copera. After those tokens are consumed\, the next participant is invited to visit the spot. This immersive theatre game delves into the notions of intimate labor\, embodied listening\, and care. \nEvent Requirements: \nThis piece requires one person at a time in the exhibition space. Each person will have around 10 minutes of interaction. For the quality of the piece\, it is requested that participants interact individually as personal stories arise during the conversation\, and those who wish to participate are invited to wait outside the room. \nCristina Alejandra Jimenez Gomez (she/they) is a Colombian interdisciplinary artist and educator developing her PhD studies in the INDI program. She is interested in creative\, transformative and communal experiences that address critical intersectional concerns. Based in Tiohtià:ke – Mooniyang – Montreal since 2019. CA is affiliated with Hexagram\, Milieux-LeParc\, COHDS\, ALLab\, and SenseLab-3e at Concordia University. Editor and workshop facilitator at Kodama Cartonera\, an independent publishing house born in Tijuana\, Mexico\, in 2010. CA’s research-creation approach is performative\, feminist\, and (an)archival. Her perspectives stem from embodied practices as a source of knowledge\, intertwining processes of doing-feeling-thinking. Due to their experience in different theatre troupes\, CA learned about diverse techniques focused on developing research and creative methods for\, in\, and within public spaces and non-conventional stages. Currently\, they are a board member of Teesri Duniya Theatre\, where she has developed two community engagement projects. \n\nEvent language(s): English \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now. \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person at COHDS Exhibition (LB-1042) \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/intimate-listening-bodies-carrying-exhibit-programming/
LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions
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SUMMARY:كان حتى ما كان (Once Upon a Place): What Remains of the Halqa? Performing Memory and Absence - Bodies Carrying Exhibit Programming
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credits: Film still from Crossing the Seventh Gate (2017) by Ali Essafi\nDescription by Bouchra Assou and Salma Chouqair\nDrawing from a post-colonial concern with the preservation of different forms of oral traditions in Morocco\, this lecture performance seeks to restage a halqa as both a space and a conduit for ancestral storytelling\, performance and communion. \nThe halqa\, both evoking a space and a practice\, serves as the epitome of narratology and the subversive oral histories of Moroccan heritage. Exploring the intersections between space\, body and practice and treating the memories they hold as a form of resistance to authoritarian/colonial power\, this lecture performance will centre the role of the halqa and its role in preserving and transmitting traditions in their visual and auditory manifestations such as theatre\, storytelling\, carnivalesque practices\, music (tagnawit)\, etc. Furthermore\, we will explore the cinematic and literary languages that seek to disrupt\, challenge\, and dismantle hegemonic historical narratives using alternative modes of knowledge production\, such as the ancient North African practices that encompass a form of storytelling beyond text-image relationships \nBouchra Assou is an independent researcher\, film curator\, programmer\, writer\, and archivist of Moroccan origin based in Montreal\, Canada. She is the founder and curator of Dhakira Collective (2020): an independent research\, archival and curatorial platform that foregrounds art\, cinema\, and music outside the western canon with a focus on cinema from the SWANA region (South West Asia & North Africa) and the co-founder and director of programming of the North African Queer Film Festival (2021) : a community-driven platform dedicated to celebrating and supporting films by\, about\, and for North African queers\, powered by Dhakira Collective. She was invited to deliver lectures on North African cinema and archives by Concordia University\, McGill University and The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). Press features about her work have appeared in publications such as Mille World\, Journal de Métro\, Also Cool Mag\, The Link Newspaper etc.  \nSalma Chouqair is a freelance writer and an independent researcher of Moroccan Amazigh origin. She is currently pursuing a BFA Art History and Theology at Concordia University. In 2023\, Salma launched Bayt Zuhal\, an independent cultural platform dedicated to recollecting and preserving the traditions\, arts and archives of Tamazgha & the post-colonial Maghreb with a focus on ancestral futurism. Since its inception\, the project has amassed a global online community. Press features about Salma’s work and research were published in Dune Magazine\, The Road to Nowhere and more recently The Link Newspaper and Dazed MENA.  \nEvent language(s) English\, French\, Arabic & Darija \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now. \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. \n 
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%ad%d8%aa%d9%89-%d9%85%d8%a7-%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%86-once-upon-a-place-what-remains-of-the-halqa-performing-memory-and-absence-bodies-carrying-exhibit-programming/
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Exhibit - Bodies Carrying: Traces & Stories
DESCRIPTION:Bodies carry and transmit traces of memories\, sites\, and stories—both as acts of care and as burdens to bear. \nBodies Carrying: Traces & Stories is a twofold conversation taking the form of a group exhibition and a program consisting of workshops\, performances\, and talks. This is an experiment in transforming the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling into a dialogue space that brings together artists and researchers who engage with or reflect on oral history in their work\, from the curatorial process to the mise en œuvre. \nThe exhibition and program explore the traces we carry—the traces of what was willingly or unwillingly passed on\, those that were inflicted\, and the lingering ghosts of what was left behind.  \nThese imprints can be things we hold onto or want to make more visible\, carried through acts of care\, (re)connection\, and resistance. Yet\, these traces also represent the weight of what bodies have borne and still bear. Bodies Carrying: Traces & Stories asks: How do we hold space for both the tenderness and heaviness of what it means to carry? \nExhibition Location \nCOHDS\, 10th Floor – LB-1042; 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. \nExhibition Hours \nMay 1 – May 16\nOpen daily | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM \nDates \nMay 5 – May 8\nPlease register for individual events. \nVernissage \nApril 30\, 5 à 7\, Sunroom (LB-1019)\nWith durational performance “I Insist” by Sol Worsnip \nProgram \nMay 5\, 10h-13h\nCorps\, émotions et recherches: une exploration par cartographie corporelle – Atelier \nMay 6\, 12h-14h\nAttuning to Spectralities: Senses\, Whispers\, and Other Connective Membranes – Workshop \nMay 6\, 15h-16h30\nكان حتى ما كان (Once Upon a Place): What Remains of the Halqa? Performing Memory and Absence – Lecture Performance \nMay 7\, 10h-13h\nThe Metabolism of Silence – Workshop \nMay 7\, 16h-17h30\nIntimate Listening- Immersive Theatre \nMay 8\, 14h-15h\nWalking Interludes – Reading and dialogue  \nMay 8\, 16h-18h\nIdentity\, Care\, Labour\, and Matrilineal Stories – Performance and Artist Talks  \nREGISTRATION \nRegistration forms are linked on each event page. \nCurated/facilitated by: Annie Thao Vy Nguyen \nAnnie Thao Vy Nguyen (they/she) is a Master’s student in Geography and Urban Studies at Concordia University\, exploring queer futurity and political imagination through dialogic processes. Their thesis uses oral history to trace the evolution of queer Asian activism in Montreal across generations\, using Chinatown as a case study. Annie holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Université de Montréal\, with a thesis at the Technical University of Munich on inquiry-based exhibition pedagogy\, where they co-developed and co-taught a course on pedagogy in architecture exhibitions. Trained and soon-to-be certified in Philocreation dialogue facilitation\, Annie used these tools to facilitate this exhibition and program through a curatorial dialogue with all contributors.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/exhibit-bodies-carrying-traces-stories/
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations,workshops
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SUMMARY:Vernissage and Durational performance\, "I Insist" - Bodies Carrying Exhibit Programming
DESCRIPTION:I insist is a long-duration performance piece that unfolds over the course of several hours. In it\, the artist slowly wraps their body in red sewing thread. With minor\, ritualistic\, almost inconsequential movements\, the piece itself is mostly understood in fragments. The scale of this piece does not encourage you to sit with it in its entirety\, though one may choose to\, but rather to understand it as it unfolds in the space. The slow disappearance of the body from its surroundings enhances a distinction between the person and the outside; the other. I insist is an exploration of what it means for a body to be woven (or not) into networks of community\, lineage\, and environments. \nSol Worsnip is an emergent interdisciplinary artist whose work primarily lies at the intersection of sound\, video\, and performance art. They are currently completing a B.A. in Communication Studies at Concordia with a focus on sound and audio art. Through their work\, they seek to ask the simplest questions. How can one inhabit a body and move it through the world—and get everything else done as well? And what does it mean to witness? \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now. \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/i-insist/
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions
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SUMMARY:“Vivre avec le trouble” – Trouble in Oral History and Storytelling 12th Emerging Scholars Symposium (Friday\, March 14)
DESCRIPTION:How might trouble and troublemaking (re)shape our fields? How might oral history and storytelling help us survive the current moment of poly-crisis? How might we mobilize oral history and storytelling to engage in necessary troublemaking? This year’s symposium brings together twenty emerging scholars from Concordia and beyond in an interdisciplinary conversation on “Vivre avec le trouble” and the transformative potential of oral history in troubled times. \nOver the course of our day-long conversations\, panelists and conference attendees will explore ways of knowing\, interrogate the politics of the archive\, listen to oral histories on the ground\, and examine how oral history and storytelling might be used in creating a more just society. We will delve into intergenerational conversations and contemplate ways of feeling memory. There will be “ghost stories” too. The program will culminate in a series of four brief performances\, followed by a conversation with the researchers-artists. \nOur keynote speaker\, Dr. Lea Kabiljo (Université Laval)\, the 2024 recipient of the Award of Distinction in Oral History\, will reflect on the complex ethical and relational dynamics of sharing authority in works of research-creation. Her keynote – “Oral History x Photography: Negotiating Authority in Participatory Research-Creation” – brings oral history and photography into a single analytical frame to explore the tensions between researcher subjectivity and participant agency. \nThe Emerging Scholars Symposium is one of the highlights of our COHDS year. We’d be delighted if you could join us! \, \nSee the program at a glance. \nSee the full program (including panel description and biographies of panelists) \n  \nThe Program Committee | Le comité organisateur \nSamia Dumais is a PhD student in history at Concordia University. A transdisciplinary researcher\, she is interested in Afro-descendant and Black transnational discourses and their materialization in Quebec and Canadian educational structures. Member of the editorial board of HistoireEngagée.ca\, Samia is the archivist for the afro-feminist community organization Harambec and a Scholar-in-Residence (2024-25) at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS). \nVarda Nisar is a mother\, daughter\, and sister. She is also a PhD Candidate in Concordia’s Department of Art History and a Concordia Public Scholar (2022-23). She is currently a Fellow at the Social Justice Center and a COHDS Scholar-in-Residence (2024-25). Varda is the co-founder of the Art History Decolonial Action Group (AHDAG)\, which actively challenges the silence around Palestine in academia. Her doctoral research draws attention to cultural production under military regimes in Pakistan\, mainly focusing on museums and archives. She currently sits on the executive committee of the South Asian Women’s Cultural Centre as the Vice-President of the Board and on Concordia University’s Graduate Student Association Council as the Director of the Faculty of Fine Arts. \nAnna Vigeland is a PhD student in Concordia’s INDI program and a COHDS Scholar-in-Residence (2024-25). Her research is driven by overlapping interests in oral history\, performance histories\, translation\, memory\, and interdisciplinary forms of creation. Her approach also draws on over 15 years working in circus and on a translation practice that is increasingly interwoven with her research and artistic practices. \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now. \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom) and LB-1042 (Moonroom)\, COHDS \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/vivre-avec-le-trouble/
LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:keynote speech,performances and exhibitions,presentations,symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260518T083218
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: How to Say 'Longing'
DESCRIPTION:with Jad Orphée Chami and Noël Vezina \nJoin us on Thursday\, February 20th\, at 7 PM\, at the ALLab\, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling\, for How to say ‘longing’\, a contemplative performance by movement artist Noël Vézina and composer Jad Orphée Chami. \nThis intimate exploration of dualities—music and movement\, composition and improvisation\, the said and the unsaid—delves into the boundaries of closeness\, vulnerability\, and technology. Using a MIDI controller\, a chain of touch-sensitive sensors\, the performers weave a digital soundscape that shifts with their physical interactions\, crafting a dialogue of embodied listening. \nJad Orphée Chami  is a Lebanese-Canadian artist-researcher\, composer and performer born in Beirut and living in Montreal. He notably composed the original music for the feature film Antigone by Sophie Deraspe\, which represented Canada at the 92nd Academy Awards. He was nominated at the age of 21 for the Iris prize for best original music at the 22nd Gala Québec Cinéma\, notably alongside Jean-Michel Blais and Howard Shore. After having provided the soundtracks for more than fifteen short films and three web series\, he composed his second film score in 2023 in collaboration with director Eli Jean Tahchi for the documentary Dorchester: In the Midst of the Fray\, produced by Jonah Mallak (Nemesis Films). \nIn addition to his music work for the image\, he composes and designs works for the contemporary scene\, notably for the École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal and for the Acts of Listening Lab in collaboration with the Center for Restorative Justice. He explores through research-creation the dialogue between music and oral history. In 2022\, he is part of a trio of artists commissioned by the MAI for the realization of the work Justement (en)raciner on the theme of Justice\, among others alongside Kimura Byol-Lemoine\, Angelina Guo and Moe Clark. The same year\, he presented with Noël Vézina the performance How to say ‘longing’\, mixing dance-theatre\, music and new technologies\, at the RIPA performance evening. The testimonies of the disappeared from Lebanon are central to his approach. He is affiliated with the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling and is developing his oral history performance Rhapsody for the disappeared. \nHe is also interested in contemporary issues of art and presents conferences on themes such as the question of the author\, the ethics of research-creation and gender and sexuality in music history. \n Noël Vezina is a queer\, interdisciplinary\, dance and movement artist based in Montreal (Tiohtiá:ke / Mooniyang). Largely self-taught\, her process is highly intuitive and organic. Approaching performance as a tool to connect deeply\, to herself and to others\, her work often takes on ephemeral and intimate forms. \nNoël’s latest accomplishments include: presenting Stardust and Parallax with Festival Quartiers Danses (2021)\, sharing a first version of a cloud\, a distance (September 2020)\, creating We live together now – a video performance presented by Sanskar Festival (August 2020) and Festival Bouge D’ici (March 2021)\, performing 05062020live via Zoom for National AccessAbility Week with the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada (June 2020)\, and her ongoing collaboration with A Safe Space\, initiated by Nicholas Bellefleur in 2019. In February 2020 she hosted the first of many editions of 5×8/6 – a free-from experimental performance evening that takes place in her kitchen – where she premiered Soft Warm Light (an autobiographical solo piece in progress). \nNoël is one sixth of the winning team of the 2021 Dansathon in Liège\, recognized for their imagining of ‘the future of dance’ through a new interactive performance experience The \nLiving Room. They will continue questioning the place of technology in promoting embodiment soon\, with the support of the Maison de la Danse de Lyon\, Sadler’s Wells and the Théâtre de Liège. \nNoël strives to be radically soft\, honest and vulnerable. She values not-knowing and never perfecting. To be kind and loving is essential. \nREGISTRATION   \nRegister now  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca    \nLOCATION  \nIn-person in LB-1040.02 (ALLLAB)\, COHDS   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  \n  
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/how-to-say-longing/
LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T200000
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SUMMARY:Sharing Black Stories with Care\, Intentionality and Authenticity
DESCRIPTION:with Martha Nduwayo\, Methsaïca Philippe\, and Lourdenie Jean \nBilingual \nJoin us for an immersive experience that highlights the art of storytelling of black communities. Through a captivating multimedia exhibition\, a panel with experts and an engaging interactive component\, this workshop invites you to explore how to collect\, tell and value these essential narratives. \nWhether you’re a creator\, researcher\, entrepreneur\, oral history enthusiast or simply a human willing to share with intention\, this event is an opportunity to rethink how we bring the stories of the black community to life. Leave inspired\, better equipped and ready to become agents of change through ethical\, empathetic and transformative storytelling. \nArt and activism \nLourdenie Jean: is deeply is passionate about the humanities\, particularly sociology\, psychology and anthropology. Beneath this passion for justice lies an unconditional love of the arts\, as well as a childlike heart. As an author\, visual artist\, actress and singer in her spare time\, she uses art as the main emancipatory tool in her daily life.\nToday\, she marries her experiences to express herself through a variety of mediums in the breadth of her personal practices. Today\, she marries all of her experiences to express herself through a variety of mediums in the breadth of her personal practices.  \nHer achievements include:\n \n\nFounding of the platform L’Environnement\, c’est intersectionnel – ECI (2019)\n\nPublication of her short story Car Tu es avec moi in the book Il y a des joies dont on ignore l’existence (2022)\n\nAppearance on On est rendu là (2023)\n\nPublication of her Afrofeminist essay L’amour\, l’élément manquant de la justice climatique in the book 11 brefs essais sur la justice climatique (2024).\n\nMartha Nduwayo is deeply committed to amplifying Black voices and fostering mental health and wellness within her community. She co-founded the Black Healing Fund and served as Operations Director at the Black Healing Centre\, roles that reflect her dedication to creating spaces for healing and empowerment.\n \nCurrently\, Martha is the Quebec Regional Coordinator for the Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (Q-BEKH)\, where she bridges academic research and community needs. She is also a co-founder of the Community Capacity Building Initiative (CCBI)\, a tax and finance clinic providing programming for Two-Spirit\, trans\, non-binary\, and gender-diverse communities. \nMartha recently collaborated with the Black Inc Podcast team to produce a series highlighting Black entrepreneurship and community innovation. Her passion for storytelling continues with this upcoming workshop\, where she invites participants to explore the transformative power of Black narratives and their impact on community\, identity\, and resilience. \nMethsaïca Philippe is an independent and creative marketing strategist whose mission is to create a positive and lasting impact within the environments in which she operates by amplifying meaningful voices and fostering innovative creation. Dedicated to empowering creators\, entrepreneurs\, and small businesses through an authentic and impactful online presence\, she specializes in brand strategies\, content creation\, and social media management. As the co-producer of the Black Inc. Podcast\, a platform that highlights the experiences\, expertise\, and excellence of entrepreneurs and business leaders from Black communities\, Methsaïca stands out for her thoughtful and intentional narrative approach. By combining strategy\, creativity\, and storytelling\, she helps build memorable brands and share impactful stories\, all while staying true to her mission of inspiring\, uplifting\, and connecting communities. \nEn collaboration avec / In collaboration with: \nBlack Inc. Podcast \nQ-BEKH \nOffice of Community Engagement \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca   \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/partager-les-histoires/
LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T190000
DTSTAMP:20260518T083218
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SUMMARY:What Travels Through Us: Exhibition Vernissage and Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:with Naomi Frost\, Rémy Chhem\, Eva-Loan Ponton-Pham\, and Marie-Ève Samson \nEnglish  \nThis vernissage event and roundtable discussion\, a collaboration between the Super Boat People Collective\, COHDS\, and Concordia University Library\, introduces and celebrates the launch of the “What Travels Through Us: Exhibition\,” on display at Concordia University Library from September 12 until December 12\, 2024.  \nThe Super Boat People Collective is happy to present the exhibition born from the project “What Travels Through Us: Family History Workshops.” From Fall 2023 to Spring 2024\, the project brought together a cohort of fifteen participants of Cambodian\, Laotian and Vietnamese descent\, whose families were affected by war and exile. Organized in the form of sharing and creation circles\, these workshops encouraged participants to delve into the layers of their family histories\, often fragmented and intricate. In each session\, guided by a documentarist or an artist of Asian descent who incorporated these experiences into their practice\, participants explored a variety of mediums and approaches.  \nThis community art exhibition is the imperfect culmination of the cohort’s reflections\, sharing and work. For most of the participants\, this is the first time that they have created such work\, and for a general public. Artworks\, everyday objects\, crafts\, interview extracts\, personal notes\, archives blend together within a setting that echoes domestic spaces\, to evoke the character both familiar and strange of each person’s family past. These are candid\, magnificent and touching works\, slowly thought out and shaped. They speak\, among other things\, of attachment\, filiation\, memory\, silence\, absence\, gift\, gratitude\, departure and discovery. We also aimed to highlight the calming and restorative power of the group\, along with the collaborative essence of the entire process.  \nThe vernissage and round-table event delves deeper into the process of the workshops\, the community and family memory work of participants\, as well as the collaborative process of taking this public through the exhibition. The roundtable discussion will center on the transmission of family histories and memory in the context of exile\, and how oral history\, the arts and family histories intersect in the process of memory work. The participants and co-curators will also introduce the exhibit and the works\, the process of their creation.   \n  \nNaomi Frost is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Concordia University. She completed her MA in history at Monash University in Melbourne\, where she served on the committee for Oral History Victoria. Her research centers on the oral histories of 1.5 and second-generation Cambodian Australians\, Canadians and Americans who grew up in the diaspora\, intergenerational memory and family storytelling. She was appointed as Concordia University Library’s Researcher-in-Residence (2023-2024) and is a research assistant for the project Cemetery as Metaphor: An Oral History of Montreal’s Back River Memorial Gardens.  \nRémy Chhem is a social scientist specializing in the governance and management of natural resources in the Mekong region and within indigenous contexts. In his free time\, Rémy acts as a community organizer for Asian diasporas in Montreal. As the co-founder of the Super Boat People Collective\, he is dedicated to developing dynamic projects that build connections\, foster collaboration\, and encourage dialogue and cultural continuity between communities and across generations. His current work seeks to understand and frame the experiences of boat people refugees beyond the good and grateful refugee trope.  \nEva-Loan Ponton-Pham is a multidisciplinary artist with a degree in Art History & Visual Arts from Concordia University. In all her projects\, whether as co-founder of Atelier La Coulée\, as a member of the feminist zine collective Les Bêtes d’hier or as a cultural mediator in various community projects\, it’s important to her to make space for voices that are too often marginalized\, by focusing on personal and collective narratives that challenges dominant discourses. Her personal work deals with confluent identities and the complexities of cultural transmission in diasporic contexts.   \nMarie-Ève Samson is a doctoral candidate in Anthropology at the Université de Montréal. Her research centers on the experiences of ageing\, end-of-life and care for immigrant elderly and their caregivers\, particularly in the context where Quebec’s social protection and healthcare systems are facing significant change. Co-founder of Super Boat People\, she was also involved in the Montreal Life Stories project in the early 2010s. Her thesis is informed by these various engagements and focuses more specifically on intergenerational issues in elder care within families of Cambodian\, Vietnamese and Laotian origin in Montreal.     \nSuper Boat People is a collective dedicated to mobilizing Cambodian\, Laotian\, and Vietnamese individuals in Quebec\, encouraging them to reclaim their histories\, reconnect with their culture and communities\, ensure fair representation\, and defend and promote the interests of immigrants and refugees. To this end\, the collective develops various initiatives\, focused on community and family history\, literature\, social mobilization\, urban agriculture and cooking.   \nPROGRAM \n5:00 – Welcome\n5:15 – Roundtable Discussion\n6:10 – The artists introduce their work\n6:45 – Library exhibition visit and closing remarks \nREGISTRATION  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! Register here. For any questions contact\, cohds.chorn@concordia.ca   \nIn person (max 45 people)\, LB 1019 (Sunroom)  \n   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. 
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/what-travels-through-us/
LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T203000
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SUMMARY:Film Screening of Dorchester: In the Midst of the Fray
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a visioning and sound exploration of Dorchester: au coeur de la mêlée. Please note that this film will be screened in English. \nIn the heart of the city of Montreal and in the midst of Montreal’s business district lies one of Canada’s most beautiful squares: Dorchester Square. \nNeglected for years\, its renovation was entrusted to landscape architect Claude Cormier in the early 2000s. The challenge was immense\, for beneath the square lie the remains of 55\,000 Montrealers\, victims of five cholera epidemics between 1830 and 1850. \nAnd so began an exceptional artistic and historical adventure. The 20-year project brought together a team of Montreal artists\, architects and archaeologists\, and resurrected the secrets of the city’s history. From the Catholic movement of the 1870s to the beheading of the John A. McDonald statue in 2020\, via the two referendums and the Maple Spring in 2012\, the square condenses 150 years of social conflict in modern Quebec in its architecture and public art. \nThe screening of Dorchester: au coeur de la mêlée will be followed by a Q&A with Director Eli Jean Tahchi (Nemesis Films)\, Producer Karim Haroun and Composer and COHDS Scholar-in-Residence Jad Orphée Chami. \nWatch the trailer \nREGISTRATION  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! Register here. For any questions contact\, cohds.chorn@concordia.ca   \nIn person\, LB-1042.03 (ALLab)\, 10th floor of 1400 de Maisonneuve West. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. 
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/dorchester/
LOCATION:LB 1042.03 (Moonroom)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240617
DTSTAMP:20260518T083218
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SUMMARY:Los Sabores de Hogar: The Transformation of Memory and Identity Through the Food Practices of Colombian Migrants in Montreal
DESCRIPTION:with Hannah Pinilla\n\nEnglish\n\nThis exhibit features the collaborative MA oral history research of Hannah Pinilla and her interview partners. Her research explores how the narrations\, consumption\, and preparation of ‘home foods’  facilitates interactive\, diasporic ‘memory work’.\n\nIn fall 2023\, Hannah conducted two collaborative oral history interviews with nine Colombian migrants\, both voluntary and forced\, living in Montreal and Longueuil. In these interviews\, participants were asked to narrate food-centred memories and explore foodwork as a form of diasporic storytelling.\n\nThis research suggests that Colombian migrants bridge the past and the present\, the here and there\, and the then and now of the two social realities that they inhabit through quotidian\, interactive\, and embodied enactments of memory. Moreover\, Hannah defends the value of recipe and food sharing in fostering a reciprocal and productive research relationship with migrant communities. The exhibit is a work of public history creation\, featuring video installations and sensory memory prompts. It is intended to engage participants and visitors in reflections on food-centred practices of life history narration and storytelling.\n\n\n\nHannah Pinilla is an oral historian and MA student in public history with a specialization in digital humanities at Carleton University. Her SSHRC-funded master’s research project\, “El Sabor del Hogar: The Transformation of Identity and Memory Through the Food Practices of Colombian Migrants in Quebec\,” engages nine Colombian migrants\, living in Montreal and Longueuil in oral history interviews facilitated through cooking sessions\, to explore how the narration\, preparation\, and consumption of ‘home foods’ is a form of embodied and interactive diasporic memory work. Her research question was guided by my own lived experiences as the granddaughter of a first-generation Colombian-Canadian: how does the dialectical relationship between identity and memory manifest through food practice and what impact does it have on the process of home-building?
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/el-sabor-del-hogar/
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231125
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231216
DTSTAMP:20260518T083218
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SUMMARY:EXPOSITION : Vivre (et écouter) autrement
DESCRIPTION:Horaire : en semaine de 10h à 16h \nCette exposition présente la recherche-création de l’artiste Sarah Bengle développé en réponse au projet « Raconte-moi Riopelle » autour de la vie et l’œuvre du peintre Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002).   \nD’une part\, l’installation invite à découvrir par le dessin et la cartographie une vingtaine d’entretiens de personnes ayant côtoyé Riopelle\, que ce soit personnellement ou par son œuvre. En tant qu’étudiante chercheure affiliée au COHDS\, Sarah Bengle explore ainsi différentes façon d’aborder l’histoire orale par la pensée visuelle.   \nD’autre part\, Sarah présente une réflexion en images sur l’expérience du deuil\, créant un dialogue personnel avec le corpus d’entretiens. L’écoute attentive des récits a poussé Sarah à réaliser un pèlerinage à vélo de Montréal à l’Isle-aux-Grues pour réfléchir aux traces laissées par la perte de personnes aimées.   \nLancement public du projet : 23 novembre 2023 @17:00 au 4th Space \n 
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/exposition-vivre-et-ecouter-autrement/
LOCATION:Concordia University LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,performances and exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231125
DTSTAMP:20260518T083218
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SUMMARY:Exhibition: COVID In the House Of Old - November 14 - 24
DESCRIPTION:Schedule: see below \n\n\nIn January 2022\, historian and COHDS-affiliate Megan Davies launched a travelling and online exhibition “Covid in the House of Old.” At the heart of the exhibition sit eight storytelling chairs. As Megan Davies notes\, “three of the seven chairs represent residents who died in care homes\, one is held by a support worker who was a nurse in Uganda; another by a resident who left the institution; and the sixth belongs to a woman from the Squamish First Nation in BC who endured a long isolation.” The seventh chair represents an entire facility – the Wikwemikong Nursing Home on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario – capturing the voices of both staff and residents.  \nAn activist historian interested in issues of social justice\, Dr. Davies wanted to collect stories “because I knew they would be an engine for social change.”  Objects of memory are mounted to the back of each chair\, while paper “Valentines\,” lovingly created by family and friends\, rest on each seat.The website also features a moving podcast and a petition to transform long-term residential careinCanada to prioritize quality of life. \nCentred around 7 “chairs” each representing an individual or community’s story\, the exhibition includes rich interviews and a “Story Space” that invites visitors to share their stories about COVID-19 in personal care homes as well as their thoughts about the future of long-term care.  \nCOHDS will be hosting the last leg of the exhibition\, which has been touring the country since April 30\, with bookings in Winnipeg (Manitoba)\, Saskatoon (Saskatchewan)\, and Nanaimo (British Columbia) and upcoming stops in Manitoulin Island and Toronto (Ontario). \nFor more information on the project\, visit https://covidinthehouseofold.ca \n\n  \nSchedule:\nNovember 14-19 \n\nWed.\, Nov. 15: 2-5 p.m. / 14h-17h\nThur.\, Nov. 16: 2-5 p.m. / 14h-17h\nFri.\, Nov. 17: 2-5 p.m. / 14h-17h\nSat.\, Nov. 18: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. / 11h-17h\nSun.\, Nov. 19: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. / 11h-17h\n\nNovember 20-24 \n\nMon.\, Nov. 20: Closed/ fermé\nTues.\, Nov. 21: 2-5 p.m. / 14h-17h \nWed.\, Nov. 22: 2-5 p.m. / 14h-17h\nThurs.\, Nov. 23: 2-5 p.m. / 14h-17h\nFri.\, Nov. 24: 2-5 p.m. / 14h-17h
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/exhibit-covid-in-the-house-of-old/
LOCATION:Concordia University LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,performances and exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230519
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SUMMARY:Mapping Memory - Atlases of Rwandan Life Stories
DESCRIPTION:From April 28 to may 18\, COHDS and the ALLab will host the exhibition “Mapping Memory – Atlases of Rwandan Life Stories“. This exhibition offers an immersion into the world of memory maps. Through the mapping of 21 life stories of Rwandan individuals who left their country of origin to come to Canada\, this exhibition transports us from Kigali to Montreal via Bujumbura\, Bukavu\, Louvain and Ottawa. More than a geographical journey\, these original maps invite us to take a moment to listen to these rich and inspiring stories of childhood\, family\, friendship\, exile\, genocide and resistance. \nEntry is free. \nSchedule: \nMonday to Friday: 16:00-19:00\nSaturday: 11:00-17:00 (Sunday closed) \n\nProgramming: \n\n6 mai (14H00-16H00) : Visite personnelle de l’exposition “Cartographies de la mémoire” – En Français\nMarie-Josée Gicali  \n\n\n9 mai 2023 (17H00-19H00) : L’exposition “Cartographies de la mémoire” – Dialogues entre les mondes communautaires et universitaires – En Français\nEmmanuelle Kayiganwa\, Élise Olmedo et Sébastien Caquard  \n\n\n15 mai 2023 (11H00-12H00 EDT) : Virtual tour of the exhibition “Mapping Memories” (conférence hybride) – In English\nSébastien Caquard and Élise Olmedo. Register here \n\n\n17 mai 2023 (10H00-11H00 EDT) : “Cartographies de la mémoire”\, une exposition itinérante de Montréal à Bordeaux (conférence hybride) – En français\nSandra Gasana\, Élise Olmedo et Sébastien Caquard. Register here \n\n\nLocation: \nCentre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) and ALLab Concordia University – Library Building- 10th floor – Room LB-1042\n1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W \nMétro Guy-Concordia \nThis exhibition is being held on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory.
URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/cartographies-de-la-memoire-atlas-des-recits-de-vie-rwandais/
LOCATION:Concordia University LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal
CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions
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