Events for April 17 - June 3, 2021

  • Artist Talk: “Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal”

    McCord Museum 690 Sherbrooke St. W., Montréal, Quebec, Canada

    with Andrew Jackson   You 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 […]

  • Does Listening Heal?

    Concordia University, LB-1042 (COHDS) 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O, Montreal

    With Constanza Ramírez Molano and Luis C. Sotelo Held in Spanish with consecutive interpretation by Franklin R. Bonivento.   This event will take the form of a conversation in which […]

  • Book Launch: Strangely Friends: A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters

    LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

    with Karen Dubinsky You 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 […]

  • My Dear Theo

    LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

    With Alisa Kovalenko and Stéphane Siohan   The Chair in European Intellectual History of the Munk School, Marci Shore, is pleased to collaborate with the Centre for Oral History and […]

  • Oral Histories of Migration and Motion: Rábanos Olas Jacarandas Aleonarse

    Concordia University, LB-1042 (COHDS) 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O, Montreal

    with Nico Contreras, Sonia Bustos, and Priscilla Opazo Castillo   Rábanos Olas Jacarandas Aleonarse (2025, 10min) is an audiovisual collage born out of oral histories of migration, community, and the […]

  • How to Say ‘Longing’ – Cancelled

    Concordia University, LB-1042 (COHDS) 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O, Montreal

    with Jad Orphée Chami and Noël Vezina Join us on Wednesday, November 19th, at 7 PM, at the ALLab, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, for How to say […]

  • Deep Listening to Life Stories

    LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

    With Steven High The workshop will invite you to engage deeply with a videotaped interview of a Rwandan genocide survivor recorded as part of the Montreal Life Stories project. We will […]

  • Screening of Hommes-relais, Becoming Ruby and Red Girl Rising

    Concordia University, LB-1042 (COHDS) 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O, Montreal

    With Vladimir Chindea and HotDocs   We are pleased to present, in collaboration with HotDocs, three Citizen Minutes documentaries: Hommes-relais, Becoming Ruby, and Red Girl Rising. Each of these films […]

  • Montreal Book Launch of Gaza: The Dream and the Nightmare

    LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

    With Julie Norman   In this urgent and compelling book, Julie M. Norman and Maia Carter Hallward tell the story of Gaza from its early foundations, across decades of occupation, […]

  • Ethics in Research: How to Apply for Ethics Certification

    LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

    With Barbara Lorenzkowski and Tesfa Peterson To obtain the informed consent of our research participants is both an ethical and institutional obligation for oral historians working at Canadian universities. This […]