BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//COHDS - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:COHDS X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for COHDS REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T160000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250226T200442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T172408Z UID:22419-1745935200-1745942400@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Casual COHDS DESCRIPTION:Join us for another session of “Casual COHDS\,” a monthly drop-in event for members of the COHDS community and anyone curious about oral history to gather\, converse\, and connect over coffee\, tea\, and snacks in a relaxed setting. If you would like to meet other members of the COHDS community\, or simply take a moment to pause\, recharge\, and connect with other oral history practitioners and enthusiasts\, “Casual COHDS” is an opportunity to foster these exchanges. Held in the afternoon\, each monthly meeting will be loosely designed around a theme\, to get the conversation started. For our gathering in March\, participants are invited to bring a favourite story around an interview encounter or a photograph that they would like to share — or to simply bring themselves. We look forward to welcoming you on Tuesday\, April 29th\, anytime between 14:00 and 16:30 p.m. in the Sunroom (LB- 1019). \nKelann Currie-Williams (they/she) is a writer\, visual artist\, and oral historian based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Kelann is a PhD student at Concordia University’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture\, working at the intersections of Visual Culture\, History\, Black Studies\, and Cultural Studies. Their research focuses on the image-making and photographic preservation histories of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora in Canada from the late 19th to late 20th centuries\, and the scenes of migration\, homemaking\, community-building\, and political mobilization that those photographs depict. Kelann is a long-time student affiliate of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling\, an affiliate of the Access in the Making lab\, and a member of the Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture and Technology’s Post Image cluster. Her critical work has appeared in academic journals such as Urban History Review\, the Canadian Journal of History\, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies\, and Philosophy of Photography. \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/casual-cohds-3/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:Roundtable/table ronde ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC06622-e1743014191973.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T170000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250226T193707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T210324Z UID:22407-1745506800-1745514000@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Ethics in Research: How to Apply for Ethics Certification DESCRIPTION:With Liam Devitt\, Gabryelle Iaconetti\, Barbara Lorenzkowski\, and Sonya Di Sclafani \nTo obtain the informed consent of our research participants is both an ethical and institutional obligation for oral historians working at Canadian universities. This workshop seeks to demystify the process of applying for ethics certification. Three emerging scholars will reflect on their experiences in navigating this process and discuss how they have translated the ethos of “sharing authority” into the formal language of their ethics applications. Meanwhile\, Lead Co-Director Barbara Lorenzkowski will provide hands-on guidance on how to prepare an ethics application for your own thesis research at Concordia. Registered participants will be provided with examples of successful ethics applications\, including consent forms. \nLiam Devitt is a labour historian\, writer\, and research worker based in Tiohti:áke/Montréal. Their MA thesis “Gay Steel Mill” (Concordia University\, 2024) examined how deindustrialization affected queer communities in Cape Breton. Currently\, they are the Associate Director of “Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time” (deindustrialization.org)\, a SSHRC Partnership grant project examining histories and contemporary lived experiences of deindustrialization. They are also Vice-President\, Sir George Williams Campus for their union\, CARE (PSAC 12501). They are in charge of grievances at this campus\, and work with union members to fight for justice in the workplace. \nGabryelle Iaconetti (she/they) is a second-year PhD student at Concordia University in Montréal\, Québec under the supervision of Dr. Rachel Berger. She holds a BA and MA in History from Concordia University and a MISt (Master of Information Studies) from McGill University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of bisexual history\, oral history\, queer space\, queer theory and archives. \nBarbara Lorenzkowski is an oral historian of childhood and youth whose work explores the ways in which global processes of migration\, displacement\, and violence have shaped small people’s lives in outsized ways. She recently published the co-edited anthology Small Stories of War: Children\, Youth\, and Conflict in Canada and Beyond (with Kristine Alexander and Andrew Burt\, McGill-Queen’s University Press 2023) and is currently completing a FQRSC-funded book project The Children’s War\, a large-scale oral history project on children’s sensuous and emotional life-worlds in Atlantic Canada during the Second World War. Dr. Lorenzkowski is the Lead Co-Director of COHDS\, while also serving as the Associate Chair at the Department of History (Concordia University). \nSonya Di Sclafani is a first-year MA student in History at Concordia University. Her research centres on women’s experiences in the Hungarian-Canadian diaspora in Montreal\, with a focus on foodways and intergenerational storytelling. She holds a BA History (Honours)\, with a minor in English Literature\, from Concordia University; a BFA in Photography and Art History (Concordia); and a diploma in Interior Design at Dawson College\, Montreal. \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now. \nPlease note that all of our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! To register\, contact us at: 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/ethics-in-research-how-to-apply-for-ethics-certification/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Voices-from-the-field-visual-845x321-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T120000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250402T171026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T160332Z UID:22744-1745316000-1745323200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Memory\, Art\, and Violence: Listening to Difficult Stories DESCRIPTION:with Manuela Ochoa\, Luana Sampaio\, and Patricia Branco Cornish.  \n\nConflict and dictatorship are challenging topics to discuss and engage new audiences. However\, scholars have tasked themselves with finding creative ways to revisit narratives of these difficult pasts to foster public awareness and prevent socio-political violence from happening in the future. Art has been a long-standing medium through which our society registers our lives\, from pre-historic cave paintings to contemporary cartoons\, films and exhibitions. \nOral history is ubiquitous in recounting stories of survivors’ experiences of traumatic pasts involving state violence\, civil conflicts and abuse of power around the world. Still\, merging oral history with different forms of art practices remains an underutilized approach to retelling the recent violent pasts in Latin America. A new wave of scholars are working to promote more engaging and immersive ways of showing the broader public complex narratives of people who experienced or survived dictatorships and armed conflicts. \nThis panel brings together three doctoral researchers who examine the interconnections between listening\, memory\, and art in Brazil and Colombia. Through three case studies\, researchers discuss how oral history methodology and art practices offer alternative ways to engage audiences with complex narratives about past socio-political violence. \nManuela Ochoa has developed Can You Hear the Trees Talking?\, an arts-based methodology for conducting dialogical interviews and actively listening to survivors\, collaborating with Comunidad\, a displaced human rights defender and musician. \nThrough the question “How can memory be filmed?”\, Luana Sampaio explores a series of Brazilian documentaries that depict the Civil-Military Dictatorship in Brazil\, which lasted from 1964 to 1985. The films focus on listening and filming the testimonies of survivors and their peers. By examining this creative work\, she uncovers how cinema can offer a new understanding of memory by engaging an artistic expression with the past\, present\, and future. \nPatricia Branco Cornish researches the experiences of women artists during Brazil’s military dictatorship (1964–1985)\, merging oral history and visual art within a decolonial framework. She uses the artworks as memory prompts so women artists can retell their past from daily struggles to groundbreaking creative practices despite censorship and normative gender roles. Patricia seeks to understand the pervasive and subtle ways dictatorship erases women’s stories\, and manipulates how we understand past state violence in the present. \nManuela Ochoa’s is an artist and PhD candidate in Humanities at Concordia University. In Colombia\, she was part of the team at the Museum of Memory\, where she explored the relationship between art and memory in violent contexts. Her research centers on how to listen—effectively and with care—to survivors of violence while collaborating on creative works based on their life stories. \nLuana Sampaio is a documentary filmmaker and a PhD student in Communication Studies at the Federal University of Ceará in Brazil. Her research and creative practice focus on exploring the relationship between memory and history in documentaries that use cinematic narrative tools to tell stories about the past. Luana has co-directed over five documentaries\, including short films\, feature films\, and series\, and is dedicated to discovering new ways to listen to and capture memories through cinema. She holds a Master’s degree in Communication Studies from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) and a Graduate Certificate in Creative Arts from Deakin University. \nPatricia Branco Cornish is a PhD candidate in the Communications Department at Concordia University. Her research focuses on women artists living under the Brazilian dictatorship (1964-85) and their contributions to the country’s avant-garde art scene of the 1960s–70s. In Brazil\, Patricia worked as an art curator and gallery owner. She earned her MA in Art History from the University of São Paulo\, where she investigated how women artists carved out space for themselves in the local avant-garde movement despite censorship and conservative gender norms. \nATTEND THIS EVENT \nJoin us on Zoom.  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/memory-art-and-violence/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image_panel-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T160000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250303T210330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T152055Z UID:22445-1744376400-1744387200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Cancelled - A Reflection Moment: Writing a Land Recognition for COHDS DESCRIPTION:“Our immigrant plant teachers offer a lot of different models for how not to make themselves welcome on a new continent […] But Plantain is not like that. Its strategy was to be useful\, to fit into small places\, to coexist with others around the dooryard\, to heal wounds […] White Man’s Footstep [Plantain]\, generous and healing\, grows with is leaves so close to the ground that each step is a greeting to Mother Earth.” – Robin Wall Kimmerer\, Braiding Sweetgrass \nEnglish \nWith Fran Beauvais\, Catherine Richardson and Mélissa-Anne Ménard \nWe invite you to a moment of connection and deep reflection as we work together to write a land recognition that vibrates with COHDS’ essence and intention of reciprocity\, respect and care. A time to explore the relationship we have to the land that kisses our feet every day and to honor it\, this Reflection Moment will approach the collective writing moment as an ongoing process to be reflected on in the years to come. It is meant as an opportunity to connect to love and commit to the land that houses us\, shapes us and offer deep gratitude to its guardians; it is a commitment to self. \nAs members of the COHDS community\, you will be invited to meditate on your own relationship to the land and the relationship that COHDS\, as the sum of its parts\, also has to it. In small groups\, you will be asked to come up with a land recognition which we will then “braid” together as a whole to act as a heartfelt ode to the land for COHDS to use moving forward. \nWhy are doing this? \nMembers of our team and community have felt the need to write a deeply personalized land recognition and acknowledgement\, gratitude for the Kanien’kehá:ka nation\, people and lands upon which we live and work.  \nOur aim is that this process would also allow us to reflect on COHDS’ positionality and involvement in decolonization. \nPlease note that participating members will ask to read and listen to excerpts beforehand so as to arrive with a common mindset. We will communicate with participants 1 week prior to the event to do so. \nWe look forward to sharing this moment with you. \n  \nREGISTRATION   \nPlease note that this event has been cancelled. \nPlease note that registration for this event will close on April 4. If you wish to attend after this date\, please write to cohdscoordinator@concordia.ca. \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\, Computer Research Lab\, Moonroom)\, COHDS   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.   URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/a-reflection-moment-writing-a-land-recognition-for-cohds/ CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/plantagomajor.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T190000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250307T203014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250402T173904Z UID:22574-1744304400-1744311600@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:WIBCA’s Legacy: Carrying the Torch from Elders to Youth in Montreal’s Black Community DESCRIPTION:with Jamilah Dei-Sharpe\, Joan Lee (President)\, and Ray Resvick\nMC by CBC’s Dionne Codrington.  \nIn 1982\, the West Island Black Community Association (WIBCA) was founded as one of Montreal’s first Black Anglophone associations. The film is guided by the oral histories of WIBCA’s founding elders\, who recount their grassroots efforts to support Black communities in Montreal for over forty years. Despite challenges like school bus drivers refusing to transport Black youth and increased policing\, WIBCA engaged with politicians\, educators\, and law enforcement to develop essential programs. Through intergenerational dialogue\, the film showcases how WIBCA youth continue to champion justice and unity amid the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter Movement\, highlighting WIBCA’s vital role in Black Canadian history and its commitment to celebrating and supporting diverse communities in Montreal. The film was produced by the Decolonial Perspectives and Practices Hub (DPPH) and was funded by the SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation. Directed by Jamilah Dei-Sharpe\, with Ray Resvick as Director of Photography\, Rania Salawdeh as Videographer and Rebeccah Redden as the Video Editor. \nWatch the Promotional Video. \nThe Decolonial Perspectives and Practices Hub (DPPH)\,  is a nonprofit organization based in Montreal. It creates spaces for collaboration between faculty\, students\, and community organizations to address the systemic challenges marginalized groups face in academia. The DPPH makes higher education more equitable and inclusive by incorporating decolonial approaches into curricula and the learning environment\, including integrating oral histories\, community knowledge\, antiracism education\, and promoting student leadership. The DPPH engages in various initiatives to transform teaching and learning\, such as syllabus deconstruction events\, enhancing collaboration between students and faculty\, an online library of antiracism educational videos\, and offering a credit-based experiential student internship program. This program connects Concordia University students with community organizations involved in social justice projects. Notably\, the WIBCA short film was produced as part of this internship program\, linking Concordia film studies students with the West Island Black Community Association.and oral history into her research-creation process.  \nJamilah Dei-Sharpe is\, a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at Concordia University\, specializing in Black Canadian studies\, gender studies\, and decolonizing higher education. As an undergraduate instructor and community organizer\, she is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of students and scholars. Some of Jamilah’s work for community advancement includes serving as co-chair of the Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster at the Canadian Sociological Association\, founding the Decolonial Perspectives and Practices Hub\, and co-founding the National Black Graduate Association. \nFacebook & Instagram \nDionne Codrington is an award-winning journalist. In addition to her role as the producer of the CBC Black Changemakers series for CBC Quebec\, she’s the host of the spin-off podcast\, Changemakers. Dionne is a regular guest TV and radio host. When she’s not in front of the camera or on the mic\, she also works as a TV and radio producer. \nRay Resvick\, is a filmmaker\, comedian & community organizer based in Tiohtià:je / “Montréal.” Their work is focused on marginalized perspectives and subverting mainstream understanding of identity. They graduated from Concordia University in 2023 with a major in Communications and a minor in Creative Writing. They are currently participating in the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s screenwriting mentorship. Ray’s short film Extremely Small Claims Court was screen at the 2025 Canadian Film Fest.  \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/wibcas-legacy-carrying-the-torch-from-elders-to-youth-in-montreals-black-community/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/wibca-e1741037064384-845x321-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T180000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250228T162238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250303T203254Z UID:22453-1743696000-1743703200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Looking at the World from Inside Mosques: Questioning Prejudice Through Art Photography DESCRIPTION:with Marwan Bassiouni. Hosted by Chedly Belkhodja (Concordia) and Paul May (UQAM) \nIslam comes in all shapes and colours. It is now Western and a part of the national identity and landscape of many countries. Since January 2018\, Marwan Bassiouni has visited mosques in various countries in order to document their presence in the landscape from the inside. He was led into the hearts of cities\, suburbs\, villages\, industrial zones and remote areas\, alongside rivers\, lakes and mountains. Mosques were able to become a part of the Western landscape by adapting to the shapes and colors of the local architecture – by building minarets and prayer rooms out of bricks\, wood and various other materials. Through this journey\, Marwan Bassiouni not only witnessed the diversity of locations in which Muslims are living today\, but also the diversity within the Muslim community itself. \nUnfortunately\, Muslims are the most targeted minority when it comes to hate crimes\, and recent terrorist attacks have contributed to an increase in islamophobia\, racism and xenophobia towards Muslims. Many Western medias are biased in their representation of Muslim peoples and contribute towards negative and unwelcoming sentiments towards this multi-ethnic and multi-cultural minority demography. The mosques contained in this project were therefore left unidentified to respect the wishes of mosque representatives who feared for their safety. All photographs in this series document views of actual mosques within their original surroundings. \nMarwan Bassioni’s images\, often presented large-scale\, lie at the intersection of documentary practice\, fine art\, and intercultural mediation. In his photographs\, he explores the poetics and aesthetics of documentary photography while focusing on the Western landscape and themes related to identity\, spirituality\, culture\, and the politics of representation. \nHis work is held in private and public art collections such as Kunsthaus Zürich\, Kunstmusem Bern\, Kunstmusem Den Haag\, The Nederlands Fotomuseum\, and many other arts centres. Marwan Bassioni is the recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Student Grant\, the Harry Pennings Prize\, the Prix Circulation(s)-Fujufilm and several other awards and nominations. His book New Dutch Views was a finalist for the Aperture First Book Award at Paris Photo. \nChedly Belkhodja is Professor and former Principal of the School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia University. He holds a BA (1988) in Political Science from l’Université de Moncton and an MSc (1990) in Political Science from l’Université de Montréal. He completed his Diplôme d’études approfondies (1991) and his PhD (1996) in Political Science at l’Université de Montesquieu (Bordeaux\, France). His research focuses on immigration policies and mobility of migrants in the case of less common destinations. He is also interested in the processes of integration and inclusion. \nPaul May is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montreal. He holds a PhD from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris) and UQAM. His research focuses on the consequences of immigration for Western societies\, with a particular focus on debates on multiculturalism\, public controversies related to identity politics in the public sphere\, and the agency of migrants during their migratory journey. Before joining UQAM\, he was a post-doctoral researcher at Queen’s University (Canada) and Harvard (United States). Dr. May was awarded the Vincent Lemieux Prize for the best thesis in political science in Canada as well as two awards for teaching excellence at Harvard University. He regularly writes articles and op-eds\, notably including the Los Angeles Times\, Huffington Post US\, Le Monde\, Le Figaro\, and Liberation. \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/looking-at-the-world-from-inside-mosques-questioning-prejudice/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_04_03_Looking-at-the-World-from-Inside-Mosques.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250326T170000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250226T184227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T185454Z UID:22383-1743001200-1743008400@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Kids on the Street: Queer Oral History\, Performative Storytelling DESCRIPTION:with Joseph Plaster \nJoseph Plaster’s prize-winning Kids on the Street: Queer Kinship and Religion in San Francisco’s Tenderloin (Duke University Press\, February 2023) explores the informal support networks that enabled abandoned and runaway “kids on the street” to survive in central city tenderloin districts across the United States\, and San Francisco’s Tenderloin in particular\, over the past century. Centering the experiences of street kids enabled him to articulate—indeed excavate—a history of queer sociality that has been overshadowed by major narratives of gay progress and pride. He ultimately represents a politics where the marginal position of street youth—the self-defined “kids on the street\,” hair fairies\, hustlers\, queens\, and “undesirables”—is the basis for a moral economy of reciprocity and mutual aid. \nJoseph Plaster is an interdisciplinary scholar trained in queer studies and public humanities\, with teaching and research fields at the intersection of American 20th-century urban history\, oral history\, performance studies\, public history\, and LGBTQ studies of religion. He is a Lecturer in the Program in Museum and Society and Director of the Winston Tabb Special Collection Research Center at Johns Hopkins University\, where he develops cross-departmental\, community-based research initiative in collaboration with Baltimore’s ballroom and voguing scene\, grassroots trans and non-binary activities\, and local artists of colour. \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/kids-on-the-street/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Copy-of-Employment-opportunity-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250325T160000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250226T192023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T183639Z UID:22397-1742911200-1742918400@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Casual COHDS DESCRIPTION:With Lea Kabiljo \nJoin us for our second session of “Casual COHDS\,” a monthly drop-in event for members of the COHDS community and anyone curious about oral history to gather\, converse\, and connect over coffee\, tea\, and snacks in a relaxed setting. If you would like to meet other members of the COHDS community\, or simply take a moment to pause\, recharge\, and connect with other oral history practitioners and enthusiasts\, “Casual COHDS” is an opportunity to foster these exchanges. Held in the afternoon\, each monthly meeting will be loosely designed around a theme\, to get the conversation started. For our gathering in March\, participants are invited to bring a favourite story around an interview encounter or a photograph that they would like to share — or to simply bring themselves. We look forward to welcoming you on Tuesday\, March 25th\, anytime between 14:00 and 16:30 p.m. in the Sunroom (LB- 1019). \nLea Kabiljo\, assistant professor at Université Laval\, is a multidisciplinary researcher whose expertise spans the fields of the arts\, education\, and oral history. She has a particular interest in integrating photography and oral history into her research-creation process. Holding a PhD in Art Education from Concordia University\, Lea’s research highlights her multidisciplinary approach by exploring the educational potential of oral history and photography in art education. Having taught in school\, community\, and university settings\, Lea is actively engaged in teacher training\, with a special focus on the development of socio-emotional skills. She is also recognized for her expertise in oral history and has led numerous research projects in Canada and internationally. \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/casual-cohds-2/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (sunroom)\, COHDS CATEGORIES:Roundtable/table ronde ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC06622-e1743014191973.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250314T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250314T170000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250226T211605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T194622Z UID:22430-1741941900-1741971600@storytelling.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-Emerging-Scholars-Symposium-Copy-of-ESS-2024-Poster-11x17-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250307T170000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250203T181133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T195031Z UID:22080-1741356000-1741366800@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Best Recording Practices for Oral Historians and Digital Storytellers – Part Two DESCRIPTION:with Andrés Torres  \nThis two-part\, hands-on workshop offers Oral Historians and Digital Storytellers a practical introduction to audiovisual recording and editing. Participants will learn to use recording devices like cameras and microphones while exploring the foundational principles of audiovisual practice. The workshop emphasizes how technical choices in production—shaped by audiovisual theory—can enhance storytelling and research. Participants will gain the skills to effectively capture and edit high-quality material\, preparing it for dissemination or archiving. \nPart 2: Editing and Disseminating – Bringing It All Together \nIn Part 2\, the focus shifts to editing the images and sounds captured in Part 1. You will learn basic editing techniques to refine your recordings\, integrating the process of exporting your final product for archiving and dissemination. You will explore how to make intentional choices in your editing and how these choices enhance the effectiveness of your work as it goes to preservation and/or dissemination. By the end of this session\, you will have the basic skills to edit your audiovisual materials to present to an audience and ready for dissemination in research or creative contexts. \nWho Should Attend: \nThis workshop is ideal for Oral Historians\, Digital Storytellers\, Scholars\, and anyone involved in creative or research projects who wishes to enhance their skills in audiovisual production\, from recording to editing. No prior experience is necessary\, but an interest in exploring both the technical and conceptual aspects of media creation is encouraged. \nEquipment: \nAll equipment\, including cameras\, microphones\, and editing software\, will be available for current COHDS affiliates\, ensuring an immersive and practical learning experience. \nAndrés F. Torres is a filmmaker and screenwriter with extensive experience in fiction and non-fiction\, digital storytelling\, audiovisual archives\, and oral history. He holds an M.F.A. in Film and Media from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently engaged in various projects across his native Colombia\, the United States\, and Canada. Andrés joins COHDS as the Technical Coordinator after serving for five years as the Head Videographer and Digital Archivist at the Voces Oral History Center in Austin.  \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\, Computer Research Lab\, Moonroom)\, COHDS   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.   URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/best-recording-practices-part-two/ LOCATION:LB 1042.03 (Moonroom)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AndresWorkshop_Part2A.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T170000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250226T182217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250303T175846Z UID:22363-1741275000-1741280400@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Walking as a Way of Knowing: Amy Starecheski in Conversation with Luis C. Sotelo DESCRIPTION:with Dr. Amy Starecheski\, Director\, Columbia University’s Oral History MA program and Dr. Luis C. Sotelo\, Director\, Concordia’s Acts of Listening Lab \nWhat and how do we learn about the past when we use our bodies as research instruments? Dr. Starecheski will open this conversation by sharing a paired soundwalk she created as a way of “walking other people’s memories into our bodies” and building enduring relationships grounded in history sharing in her South Bronx neighborhood. \nIn her current research about how people decide what is true about the past\, Dr. Starecheski is doing participant observation and archival research in communities of history practitioners in the Bronx\, from journalists and historians to genealogists and history buffs. While most say that they are carefully weighing textual evidence to find out what happened in the past\, in practice many rely as much or more on affective and embodied ways of knowing – including walking – when trying to make sense of all the messy traces of the past they encounter. Dr. Starecheski will share some of these preliminary findings and invite you to think with her about walking\, and embodied practice more broadly\, as a way of knowing about the past. Dr. Sotelo Castro will respond remotely from the United College at the University of Waterloo\, where he is currently acting as a visiting associate professor in the humanities. \nDr. Amy Starecheski consults and lectures widely on oral history education and methods\, is co-author of the Telling Lives Oral History Curriculum Guide\, and co-founded the Pedagogy of Listening Lab. She was lead interviewer on Columbia’s September 11\, 201 Narrative and Memory Project\, for which she interviewed Afghans\, Muslims\, Sikhs\, activists\, low-income people\, and people who lost work. From 2020-2023 she was Co-Director of the NYC Covid-19 Oral History\, Narrative and Memory Project. \nLuis C. Sotelo Castro is an Associate Visiting Professor in the Humanities at United College (University of Waterloo) and Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre at Concordia University\, Montreal (Québec\, Canada). Between 2016 and 2021 he held the position of Canada Research Chair in Oral History Performance at Concordia. With funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation\, he established in 2018 the Acts of Listening Lab\, a hub for research-creation on the transformative power of listening. \nREGISTRATION \nRegister to attend (in person only)  \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)\, COHDS / Online: You will be sent the Zoom link upon registration (see above). \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/walking-as-a-way-of-knowing/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025_03_06_Walking-as-a-Way-of-Knowing-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T170000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250203T174632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250214T204252Z UID:22061-1740146400-1740157200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Best Recording Practices for Oral Historians and Digital Storytellers - Part One (Registration Closed) DESCRIPTION:with Andrés Torres  \nPlease note registration is full\, email cohds.chorn@concordia.ca for more information if needed. \nThis two-part\, hands-on workshop offers Oral Historians and Digital Storytellers a practical introduction to audiovisual recording and editing. Participants will learn to use recording devices like cameras and microphones while exploring the foundational principles of audiovisual practice. The workshop emphasizes how technical choices in production—shaped by audiovisual theory—can enhance storytelling and research. Participants will gain the skills to effectively capture and edit high-quality material\, preparing it for dissemination or archiving. \nPart 1: Recording – Practical and Creative Foundations \nIn Part 1\, participants will become familiar with cameras\, microphones\, and other recording devices available at the COHDS Center. You will learn the fundamentals of operating these tools\, as well as best practices for capturing clear and compelling audio-visual media. Through practical exercises\, you will gain confidence in your ability to record high-quality material; while also considering the aesthetic and linguistic choices you make during the process. This session will set the stage for creating work that is not only technically sound but also consequent with your practice and visually engaging. \nWho Should Attend: \nThis workshop is ideal for Oral Historians\, Digital Storytellers\, Scholars\, and anyone involved in creative or research projects who wishes to enhance their skills in audiovisual production\, from recording to editing. No prior experience is necessary\, but an interest in exploring both the technical and conceptual aspects of media creation is encouraged. \nEquipment: \nAll equipment\, including cameras\, microphones\, and editing software\, will be available for current COHDS affiliates\, ensuring an immersive and practical learning experience. \nAndrés F. Torres is a filmmaker and screenwriter with extensive experience in fiction and non-fiction\, digital storytelling\, audiovisual archives\, and oral history. He holds an M.F.A. in Film and Media from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently engaged in various projects across his native Colombia\, the United States\, and Canada. Andrés joins COHDS as the Technical Coordinator after serving for five years as the Head Videographer and Digital Archivist at the Voces Oral History Center in Austin.  \nREGISTRATION (Closed) \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    \nFind out more about Part 2 of this workshop \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/best-recording-practices/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AndresWorkshop_Part1A-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250206T171432Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T214317Z UID:22047-1740078000-1740085200@storytelling.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Jad-Orphee-Chami-Noel-Vezina-06-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250220T160000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250203T193413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T193639Z UID:22092-1740056400-1740067200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Introduction à l’histoire orale DESCRIPTION:avec Mélissa-Anne Ménard  \nFrançais  \nCet atelier vous permettra d’explorer certains des éléments fondamentaux dans le domaine interdisciplinaire de l’histoire orale. Les participants découvriront une approche aux entretiens spécifique à l’histoire orale\, l’éthique de la recherche et les nombreuses façons dont les histoires orales sont partagées avec le public. Cet atelier est fortement recommandé à tous nos nouvelles.eaux affilié.e.s\, car il a pour but de présenter la méthodologie et l’éthique suivies par notre Centre.  \nCet atelier offre des conseils sur la réalisation d’un projet d’histoire orale du début à la fin\, y compris la planification du projet\, les méthodes d’entretien\, la gestion des données et le traitement des dossiers\, ainsi que la diffusion de ceux-ci. L’atelier comprend également des moments interactif qui permettront aux participant.e.s de discuter des concepts clés et de mettre en pratique les stratégies d’entretien.  \nMélissa-Anne Ménard est une historienne orale qui s’intéresse principalement à l’histoire de l’enfance\, aux récits de migration\, à l’histoire des émotions et à la production d’archives. Elle a découvert l’histoire orale lors d’un séminaire de premier cycle en histoire. Elle a obtenu sa maîtrise en histoire en 2023\, année au cours de laquelle elle a reçu la bourse de mérite de l’Université Concordia. Sa thèse portait sur les ramifications éthiques et méthodologiques de la réutilisation d’entrevues d’histoire orale archivées menées par d’autres chercheurs afin d’élaborer des cadres et des protocoles nous permettant de réutiliser les innombrables collections d’histoire orale qui sont préservées et qui demeurent souvent dormantes dans les archives.  \nINSCRIPTION  \nInscrivez-vous ici. \nVeuillez noter que tous nos événements sont gratuits et ouverts à toutes et à tous. Cependant\, vous devez réserver votre place. Pour participer à l’événement en présentiel évrivez à: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca  \nLIEU \n Le CHORN/ALLAB sont situés sur le territoire non-cédé de Kanien’kehá:ka à Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/introduction-a-lhistoire-orale-w2025/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC01905.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T163000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250217T204026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T183935Z UID:22291-1739887200-1739896200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Casual COHDS DESCRIPTION:With Kelly Norah Drukker \nJoin us for the inaugural session of “Casual COHDS\,” a monthly drop-in event for members of the COHDS community and anyone curious about oral history to gather\, converse\, and connect over coffee\, tea\, and snacks in a relaxed setting. If you would like to meet other members of the COHDS community\, or simply take a moment to pause\, recharge\, and connect with other oral history practitioners and enthusiasts\, “Casual COHDS” is an opportunity to foster these exchanges. Held in the afternoon\, each monthly meeting will be loosely designed around a theme\, to get the conversation started. For February’s session\, participants are invited to bring a favourite book\, or a question\, quandary\, or story around an interview encounter that they would like to share—or to simply bring themselves. We look forward to welcoming you on Tuesday\, February 18th\, anytime between 14:00 and 16:30 p.m. in the Sunroom (LB- 1019). \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.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/casual-cohds/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:Roundtable/table ronde,workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/DSC06622-e1743014191973.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T200000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250122T205719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T212612Z UID:21997-1739383200-1739390400@storytelling.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Untitled-design.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250207T150000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20250120T173752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T175154Z UID:21877-1738933200-1738940400@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Book Launch: The Left in Power DESCRIPTION:with Steven High  \nEnglish  \n\nYou are cordially invited to the launch of Steven High’s The Left in Power: Bob Rae’s NDP and the Working Class. At the end of the 20th century\, as social democratic parties around the world struggled to produce a coherent response to the end of the post-war boom\, many pivoted towards neoliberalism. Based on extensive archival research and oral history interviews\, The Left in Power examines the response of the political Left in Ontario in the 1990s. \nThis may be Steven’s most personal work to date (though he would quick to point out that this is “no political memoir”!). He joined the NDP at age sixteen in 1984\, was elected president of the national party’s youth wing a few months before the Ontario NDP victory in 1990\, and spent three years criss-crossing the country\, organizing youth from Newfoundland to northern British Columbia. This study arose from his interest in exploring the apparent failure of the centre-left to respond to the industrial crisis and its betrayal of working-class communities. \nPlease join us in celebrating the launch of a work that that Edward Dunsworth (Department of History\, McGill University) has called “[e]ssential reading for anyone interested in bringing about a very different version of the Left in power.” The launch will take place on Friday\, February 7\, 13:00-15:00 in the Sunroom of COHDS (LB-1019). Light refreshments will be served. \n\nSteven High is Professor of History and has published extensively in oral history. He was the principal investigator of the Montreal Life Stories project\, which recorded the life stories of 500 survivors of mass violence\, as well as the Living Archives of Rwandan Exiles and Survivors.   \n  \nREGISTRATION\nRegister now\n\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 \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/the-left-in-power/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/cover-and-back-NDP-book-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241205T120000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20240916T151039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241128T193614Z UID:20807-1733392800-1733400000@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Deep Listening to Life Stories DESCRIPTION:* Please note this event has been rescheduled to 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. \nwith Steven High  \nThe 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 explore different ways of interpreting an interview recording and transcription including narrative analysis\, life course visualization\, analysis of emotion\, etc.  We will send the interview link to those registered ten days before the workshop. It is essential that everyone attending listen to the interview and take some notes for reference.  \n  \nSteven High is Professor of History and has published extensively in oral history. He was the principal investigator of the Montreal Life Stories project\, which recorded the life stories of 500 survivors of mass violence\, as well as the Living Archives of Rwandan Exiles and Survivors.   \n  \nREGISTRATION  \nPlease note that registration for this even is now closed. \nIn person\, LB 1019 (Sunroom)  \n   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/deep-listening-to-life-stories1/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Visuals-for-Fall-Event-Pages-10.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T170000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20240916T145708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241122T173956Z UID:20794-1733238000-1733245200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Community Choral Music in Reperforming Oral Histories DESCRIPTION:With Sara Lucas and Luis Sotelo \nDr. Luis Sotelo Castro and PhD candidate Sara Lucas from the Acts of Listening Lab and The Listening Choir will discuss how musical interventions\, particularly community choral music\, can catalyze dialogue in communities that have experienced collective trauma. We will explore how this form of participatory art\, whether used in reperformances of oral histories or ancient plays\, can be used as a tool for performing listening in a restorative justice context. Speaking to their experiences producing “Llamado y Respuesta: ¿Quién escucha a César Lasso?\,” Dr. Sotelo Castro will highlight how he used community collaboration to support further audience participation within these dialogic spaces. \n“Llamado y Respuesta: ¿Quién escucha a César Lasso?” uses headphones verbatim (a documentary theatre technique) and choral singing to reconstruct moments of a hearing of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace set up in 2016 in Colombia as a war crimes tribunal to enable victims of war crimes to be heard and ex-rebels and other offenders to admit responsibility and contribute to repairing the damages caused. It focuses on the statements by Cesar Lasso\, a police officer who was held hostage for thirteen years\, five months and one day by the rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).” \n  \nSara Lucas is a St. Louis raised\, Montreal-based\, vocalist\, guitarist\, composer and educator and a PhD student in the Individualized Program in Fine Arts at Concordia University. With her groups LADAMA and Callers she has co-written and co-produced five albums of original music and toured internationally as an independent artist. She designs culturally-relevant music curriculum that is currently in use in K-5 classrooms in the United States. Her work experiments with time\, language\, and form and is dedicated to accessing humanity regardless of genre. As a collaborator\, she uses music as an intercultural exploration of communication\, to create original works as part of community music making\, and is invested in the activation of participant-led experiences.   \nLuis C. Sotelo Castro is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre at Concordia University\, Montreal (Quebec\, Canada). In 2018 he founded at Concordia the Acts of Listening Lab\, a hub for research-creation on the transformative power of listening to painful narratives\, with particular reference to testimonies by exiles from sites of conflict. His latest publications explore listening in the context of post-conflict performances of memory. For instance\, see ‘Facilitating voicing and listening in the context of post-conflict performances of memory. The Colombian scenario.’ In: De Nardi\, S.\, Orange\, H.\, et al. Routledge Handbook of Memoryscapes. Routledge: London. (2019)\, and his article ‘Not being able to speak is torture: performing listening to painful narratives’. International Journal of Transitional Justice\, Special Issue Creative Approaches to Transitional Justice: Contributions of Arts and Culture.   \n  \nREGISTRATION  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is a virtual event. Register here to attend. For any questions contact\, cohds.chorn@concordia.ca   \n  \n   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/community-choral-music/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Roundtable/table ronde ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Visuals-for-Fall-Event-Pages-9.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241129T170000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20240916T144239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241120T154337Z UID:20790-1732892400-1732899600@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Dancing Life Stories/Dancing Biographies/ Forming the WE DESCRIPTION:* Please note this event has been moved to the Dance Studio at MB 7.265\, 1600 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest \nEnglish \nJoin us for an evening 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.  \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   \nWith the DANC 202 Cohort: Angel Buell\, E.V. Cloix\, Valeria Cortes Pardo\, Karlanne Dusablon Girard\, Gabrielle Forget\, Magdalen Fortin\, Marina Gris\, Isabelle Grondin Hernandez\, Lauriane Houle\, Isabella Jenkin\, Kathy Jin\, Meryam Joober\, Sabrina Konstas\, Berdelia Loemba Tchiss\, Thaïna Louis-Jeune\, Ruben Macas\, Maria Marsli\, Arezoo Mohadjeri\, Ro Paloma\, Valentina del Mar Rojas Baquero.  \n  \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 (Moonroom)\, ALLab  \n   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/dancing-life-stories/ LOCATION:Dance Studio\, MB 7.265\, 1600 Blvd De Maisonneuve West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3H 1J5\, Canada CATEGORIES:presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Visuals-for-Fall-Event-Pages-8.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241128T170000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20240911T173207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T145737Z UID:20758-1732806000-1732813200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Saathis: A Conversation about Queer Brown History in Tiohtia:ke/Montreal DESCRIPTION:with the Saathi Montreal Archive Project \nEnglish  \nA conversation between some of the members of the 1990s Tiohtia:ke/Montreal-based\, South Asian-focused LGBTQ+ group the Saathis. As many of the Saathis are artists\, performers and activists\, they are also invited to reflect on their creative journeys as racialized queer people in Montreal.     \n  \nThe Saathi Montreal Archive Project documents the experiences and stories of the Saathis\, a queer South Asian collective founded in early 1990s Montreal\, through digital archiving and oral history interviews\, conducted by Sunjay Mathuria\, a PhD Candidate in Department of Geography\, Planning & Environment (Concordia University) and student affiliate of COHDS. \n  \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 1019 (Sunroom)  \n   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/saathis/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:Roundtable/table ronde ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Visuals-for-Fall-Event-Pages-6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T163000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20240909T154903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T145711Z UID:20652-1732284000-1732293000@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:How to Storyboard: A Hands-On Workshop in Digital Storytelling and Interactive Exhibit Design DESCRIPTION:with Hannah Pinilla \nEnglish  \nJoin us in the COHDS Computer Lab for an engaging 2 to 2.5-hour workshop designed to enhance your skills in digital storytelling and interactive exhibit creation. Participants will be asked to develop a mini exhibit concept incorporating edited digital content gathered from a brief exercise in conversational interviewing.    \nIn pairs\, participants will conduct open-ended interviews with each other\, to learn how to draw connections between different narratives. Using IMovie to edit the audio and visual components gathered from the interviews\, and Genially software to transform these elements into interactive panels\, participants will focus on transforming raw material into a polished\, thematic digital story.   \nBy the end of the workshop\, you’ll have hands-on experience with digital storytelling tools\, practical skills in editing and exhibit design\, and a finished interactive panel to showcase your creative ideas. This session is ideal for anyone interested in exploring the intersection of technology and storytelling in a dynamic\, collaborative environment.  \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? \n  \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 (Computer Research Lab)  \n   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/how-to-craft-a-digital-story/ LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Visuals-for-Fall-Event-Pages-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T150000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20240911T170522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T145556Z UID:20744-1732021200-1732028400@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Photo-Interviewing: Bridging Oral History and Photography DESCRIPTION:(photo credit: Kelann Currie-Williams) \nwith Kelann Currie-Williams and Lea Kabiljo \nThis event brings together Lea Kabiljo and Kelann Currie-Williams\, oral historians and photographers\, who rely on the multi-faceted technique of “photo-interviewing” in their respective work. We will invite attendees to reflect on the relationship that exists between images and storytelling in the context of the oral history interview. What are the benefits and tensions associated with combining oral history and photography as an interviewing methodology? How do photographs and photo albums transform the space of the interview and help interviewees remember differently?  Through workshop and discussion we will share different approaches to integrating photography into oral history interviews – from bringing existing photographs into the interview to capturing portraits of the interviewees.  \n  \nKelann Currie-Williams is a writer and PhD student at Concordia University’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture\, working at the intersections of Visual Culture Studies\, History\, Black Studies\, and Cultural Studies. Kelann’s research focuses on the image-making and photographic preservation histories of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora in Canada from the late 19th to late 20th centuries. Their work has appeared in Urban History Review\, the Canadian Journal of History\, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies\, and Philosophy of Photography. Kelann was a 2023-2024 scholar-in-residence at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling.   \nLea Kabiljo\, assistant professor of art education at Université Laval\, is a multidisciplinary researcher with expertise in the arts\, education\, and oral history. She holds a PhD in Art Education from Concordia University and has a particular interest in integrating photography and oral history into the research-creation process. Her research explores the educational potential of this multidisciplinary approach in art education. With experience teaching in school\, community\, and university settings\, Lea is actively engaged in teacher training\, with a special focus on the development of socio-emotional skills. She is also recognized for her expertise in oral history and has led numerous research projects in Canada and internationally.  \n  \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 1019 (Sunroom)  \n   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/photo-interviewing/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_11_19_Photo-Interviewing-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T120000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20240918T151358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T145434Z UID:20818-1731664800-1731672000@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Beyond Transplant Stories: Weaving Community-Based Knowledge in Solid-Organ Transplantation through Arts Based Methods and Digital Storytelling with Patients DESCRIPTION:with the Frictions of Futurity & Cure in Transplant Medicine project team \nEnglish \nDigital storytelling (DST) is of growing interest within health care settings to better understand patient experience and translate knowledge between health care professionals and patients. DST is a relational tool that can be used for education\, advocacy\, creative expression\, and therapeutic intervention.  \nIn this project\, we engaged with DST to amplify the voices of patients in the transplant community by layering patient-experience through multimodal practices alongside the dominant biomedical transplant narratives. We led a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of transplant-educational materials to identify common themes\, gaps\, and narratives between solid-organ groups. Arts-based methods and digital storytelling workshops were used in addition to ethnographic interviews with patients from heart\, liver\, lung\, and kidney transplantation programs at the Ajmera Transplant Centre at the University Health Network.  \nDigital stories encouraged conversations between patients\, clinicians\, family members and solid-organ groups. The main themes that emerged from the CDA of transplant manuals and eighty-four ethnographic interviews demonstrated the transformative experience of transplantation\, the overwhelming emotions\, and the interpersonal or professional misunderstandings. Eight digital stories were created and screened by transplant patients with the Liver Transplant Program at the Toronto General Hospital\, and the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP). Arts-based methods facilitated patients to engage in redefining their transplant narrative through unspoken emotional experiences such as anger\, grief\, and loss\, which sit alongside the more spoken feelings of gratitude and hopefulness for the future.  \nCommunity-based learning emerged from sharing patient-experience and knowledge. The digital storytelling workshops and ethnographic interviews empowered patients by regaining control over their stories and engaging in multiple transplant narratives.  \n  \nREGISTRATION  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! Register for: In-person attendance | Online attendance. \nFor any questions contact\, cohds.chorn@concordia.ca   \nHybrid\, LB 1019 (Sunroom)  \n   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/beyond-transplant-stories/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:Roundtable/table ronde ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Visuals-for-Fall-Event-Pages-11.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T140000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20241016T154808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T144156Z UID:21178-1730462400-1730469600@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Voices from the field: Working with oral history in Armenian contexts DESCRIPTION:with Hourig Attarian\, Melissa Bilal\, Arpine Ghambaryan\, Houry Pilibbossian\, and Julia Cabral Tordeur \nEnglish  \nThis roundtable brings together an intergenerational group of oral historians working in diverse Armenian contexts: Melissa Bilal\, Houry Pilibbossian\, Julia Cabral Tordeur\, Arpi Ghambaryan\, and Hourig Attarian. The conversation will focus on various facets of research creation in the projects the panelists have been working on\, from photography archives\, to documentary filmmaking\, to creative writing\, to music. Hourig will introduce and moderate the discussion.   \nMelissa will focus on the life narratives and expressive culture of Armenians displaced from Burunkışla\, a village in Yozgat\, central Turkey. There is a growing scholarly literature on Armenian genocide survivors who continued living in Turkey. Yet this literature rarely includes the accounts of those who stayed outside Istanbul in the decades following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. Drawing on oral history interviews conducted in the village and its diasporic “extensions” in and outside Turkey\, Melissa will talk about the production of an embodied knowledge of the unwritten history of the village through everyday performances of storytelling and singing. Her talk will explore the multiple versions of narratives of escape throughout the twentieth century: From violence\, from the physical space of the village\, from a condition of being\, from negotiating a livelihood side by side with the perpetrators and their descendants.    \nHoury will address issues of maintaining and losing archives in times of war and the role of visual anthropology and ethnography in creating a repository of a collective visual memory of the Armenian community of Aleppo that was forced to migrate a second time after the genocide. The challenges of building a community photography archive\, ethical\, ownership and copyright issues become focal points of reflection. How does the creation of “Haleb Album” (within the larger Hi Haleb archival project) bridge the gap and bring together the community and unearthed parts of Aleppo’s Armenian life that have not been documented\, curated and accessible? And finally\, what is the role of photographic archives in historical knowledge production?  \nJulia’s research focuses on the Armenian Brazilian community and the lack of studies on Armenian women’s experiences in Latin America. Her PhD project collects their oral histories\, aiming to preserve these narratives through both written and audiovisual formats. She is currently developing a documentary at COHDS and will share a brief preview during the panel.  \nArpi will present her ethnographic research project that explores the daily practice of coffee drinking among Armenian women living in eight different communities in Armenia. Her research is rooted in an earlier project she conducted which focused on the coffee drinking ritual of her grandmother and her neighbor. For Arpi\, this project serves as a diary of a feminist researcher intertwining academia and the everyday\, the personal and the public\, the joy and the sorrow. She transformed her observations into short fictionalized stories\, each capturing the emotional and cultural significance of coffee within these communities.   \nAs we engage in a critical inquiry of the storying act itself in this roundtable–storying the narrator\, the (researcher)-self\, the memory\, the process\, the story itself– we ponder how our works speak to one another and construct a larger narrative.   \n  \nHourig Attarian is an Associate Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the American University of Armenia (AUA). She holds a PhD in Education from McGill University and is a Core Member of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University. Visual arts-based methodologies are a core facet of Hourig’s research endeavours. Anchored in the blurred genre of life history and autobiographical inquiry\, her work focuses on storying memory and identity through visual and narrative explorations. Her research-creation projects merge creative writing\, photo collages\, installations and performance\, drawing together difficult memories and marginalized histories of violence within a framework of public pedagogy. Hourig teaches education\, oral history\, and gender studies courses at AUA. \nMelissa Bilal is a sociocultural anthropologist and historian specialized in Music and Performance Studies\, Gender and Sexuality Studies\, and Memory Studies. She is an Assistant Professor and the Promise Chair in Armenian Music\, Arts\, and Culture at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music where she also serves as the director of the Armenian Music Program. Her ethnographic research explores the role of music in the transmission of Armenian memory in Turkey\, while her archival research is focused on the musical and intellectual history of Armenians in the late Ottoman Empire and early republican Turkey. Her most recent book is the co-authored volume Feminism in Armenian: An Interpretive Anthology (Forthcoming 2025) which unearths the lives and works of twelve Armenian feminist writer-activists in the Ottoman and post-Ottoman contexts. Bilal is currently working on a biography of pianist and composer Koharik Gazarossian (1907-1967) and on her book project Injuries of Reconciliation: Music\, Memory\, and Everyday Survival of Armenians in Turkey. \nArpine Ghambaryan is pursuing an MA in Gendering Practices at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Communications with a minor in Gender Studies from the American University of Armenia. Her research interests focus on exploring the personal narratives of marginalized communities through oral history and visual modes of study. Arpine is one of the founding members of the Oral History Matters initiative at AUA\, which seeks to challenge controversial narratives and bring oral history to the forefront of research. \nHoury Pilibbossian is a sociocultural anthropology PhD student with a minor in Gender and Women’s studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is a photographer and a researcher of Syriac-Armenian origins. Houry received an MA in social anthropology from Goldsmiths University of London and a BA in English and Communications from the American University of Armenia. She is the co-founder of “Hi Haleb-Հայ Հալէպ”– a digital archive about the Aleppo-Armenian community. She’s a founding member of Oral History Matters – oral history based initiative at the American University of Armenia. She is also a research assistant in a collaborative oral history project mapping traces and memories of genocide in Armenia’s urban landscapes. \nJulia Cabral Tordeur is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in History\, Politics\, and Cultural Heritage at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) with a master’s degree in political science from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and a bachelor’s degree in History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). She also specialized in Collective Memory\, Human Rights\, and Resistance through the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO). Julia’s research\, titled “The Women who Survived the Desert: An Oral History of Armenians in Diaspora”\, explores the memory of the Armenian genocide as a central aspect of Armenian identity\, or “armenianness”\, within the Armenian diaspora in Brazil. Her work involves collecting life narratives through in-depth interviews with women from these communities\, aiming to capture diverse perspectives across various backgrounds. Currently\, she is a visiting researcher at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS)\, where she is organizing the audiovisual material from her interviews into a documentary format. \n  \nREGISTRATION  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! This is a virtual event. Register here to attend. For any questions 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/voices-from-the-field/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Roundtable/table ronde ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Voices-from-the-field-visual.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241029T160000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20240920T161430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T161430Z UID:20907-1730210400-1730217600@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Women and Invisible Labour: Re-Imagining the Archive DESCRIPTION:with Varda Nisar and Lola Rémy \nEnglish \nThis workshop offers to reflect on archives as sites of contested knowledge\, and to envision avenues and methodologies to open them to more inclusive decolonial and feminist perspectives. Dr. Lola Rémy examines how the archives of experimental filmmakers rest on the invisible labour of their wives and daughters\, whose affective work is rooted in kinship and care. Her presentation reflects on how a mixed methodology of close archival research and oral history can recentre archival margins and rewrite a history of film more inclusive of women’s diverse and central roles. Varda Nisar reflects on the notion of archives itself within the context of Pakistan\, and how social media platforms provide community and grassroot movements a space to counter military regimes. Understood as countervisual sites that challenge the master-narrative of the nation-state\, her presentation brings forth examples of these emerging archives and how they have become spaces of both record-keeping and of critical pedagogy. Together\, these presentations bring attention to the gendered labour that goes into building archives and how oral testimonies and interview can offer an alternative reading of these institutions.   \n  \nVarda Nisar (she/her) is a mother\, daughter\, and sister. She is also a doctoral candidate in Concordia’s Department of Art History and Public Scholar (2022-23). Her work diverges in several directions\, including art education\, community outreach and art education. During her time in Canada\, she has consistently tried to foreground the work of artists from Pakistan and South Asia. In 2021\, she convened a speaker series titled (Art+Micro)History: Contemporary Artistic Voices from the South\, which drew attention to artistic modes of resistance in Pakistan. In 2023\, she co-curated a multi-venue exhibition\, “re*  imagining / créer / building / faire / mapping / connaissance /…” She was a 2015-16 Arthink South Asia Fellow and worked with Spark Arts for Children as part of her secondment. Her current research draws attention to cultural production under military regimes in Pakistan\, particularly focusing on museums and archives.   \nLola Rémy (she/her) is an FRQSC postdoctoral fellow at McGill University\, Montreal. She completed her PhD at Concordia University in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. Her project is an oral history that recenters women’s affective and gendered labor in experimental film archives. Her work on archives as sites of cultural encounters\, racial and gendered violence\, and reappropriation by communities and artists has appeared or is forthcoming in The Canadian Journal of Film Studies\, Frames Cinema Journal\, NECSUS European Journal of Media Studies\, and Synoptique\, An Online Journal of Film and Moving Image Studies. She is one of the 2024-25 Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling Scholars-in-Residence.  \n  \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 25 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/women-and-invisible-labour/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Visuals-for-Fall-Event-Pages-12.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T190000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20240909T161832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T162829Z UID:20669-1729789200-1729796400@storytelling.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Visuals-for-Fall-Event-Pages-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T203000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20241003T165110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T194830Z UID:21024-1729623600-1729629000@storytelling.concordia.ca 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Affiche-de-Dorchester.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T150000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20241004T165435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241004T165454Z UID:21045-1729170000-1729177200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Crafting the (de)Industrialised Culture of the City of Elefsina\, Greece: The Openeleusis Oral History Research Project DESCRIPTION:with Regina Mantanika \nThe Openeleusis research project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers in anthropology\, history and visual arts for community-based research in Eleusina\, a city where Greek industrial history is heavily imprinted on people’s memories and everyday life. Eleusina is situated in Western Attika and has undergone various phases of (de)industrialisation since the late 19th century. The Openeleusis team has worked on the industrial culture of Eleusina through participant observation\, workshops\, individual biographical interviews\, focus groups and ethnographic filmmaking. One of the results is an open digital archive\, https://openeleusis.eu/?lang=en. It is a digital space\, a living library and memory bank of the city\, which presents in an inventive way the material resulting from the historical and ethnographic research in order to ‘return it back’ to the community. \nThe OPENELEUSIS archive includes texts\, videos and documents such as photographs\, videos\, maps\, testimonies\, interviews\, etc. To have an intergenerational approach in the field\, our team organised docu-animation workshops for children aged 8-12 in Elefsina. Three different teams (schools) were trained in oral history and stop-motion animation techniques for one week each. Finally\, the team organised oral history seminars for the local community\, leading to the creation of the Oral History Group of Eleusina (OPIEL)\, which will have its own space on openeleusis.eu. \n  \n\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 1019 (Sunroom)  \n   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/openeleusis/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Screen-Shot-2024-09-30-at-1.37.56-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T163000 DTSTAMP:20260520T151206 CREATED:20240909T160617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T161836Z UID:20661-1728568800-1728577800@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Rescheduled to winter 2025 - Rethinking our Territorial Acknowledgment DESCRIPTION:•••Please note this event has been postponed until Winter 2025. We look forward to seeing you then!*** \nwith Catherine Kineweskwêw  Richardson and Mélissa-Anne Ménard \nEnglish  \nThis gathering consists of an invitation to COHDS’ community members to come together and create a statement of commitment and appreciation for the land we live on and the traditional caretakers of the land.  For some time now\, COHDS has wanted to develop its own unique expression of appreciation and acknowledgement\, gratitude for the Kanien’kehá:ka nation\, people and lands upon which we live and work. This gathering will be facilitated by Cathy Kineweskwêw Richardson together with Mélissa-Anne Ménard.  They will lead a process through which we can explore expressions of gratitude and form them into a statement that can be shared on our website and at our gatherings.  \n  \nCatherine Richardson/Kinewesquao is a Métis scholar with Cree\, Gwichin and English and Viking ancestry (Swedish/Orkney).  She is the Director of First Peoples Studies and is the co-founder of the Centre for Response-Based Practice\, an organization dedicated to helping people recover from violence in a spirit of dignity and social justice. Cathy has a background in practice and research in counselling and social work.  Her degrees are in child and youth psychology\, counselling psychology\, French and Political Science.  She has supported Indigenous survivors of genocide and racism to tell their stories in various contexts including in the counselling room\, in community settings and in national inquiries\, such as the TRC.  Currently\, Cathy is on the Yukon Task Force to develop protocols on the issue of MMIWG2S+.  She was the Quebec-lead in the Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative.  Her work centres around gathering accounts of resistance and explorations of how people respond to mistreatment and humiliation\, in attempts to preserve dignity and maximize safety.   Cathy has travelled extensively and is enlivened by  story-sharing\, cultural exchange and stories of resistance to oppression. https://www.responsebasedpractice.com  Indigenous Healing Knowledges In this project\, Catherine Richardson\, along with her team\, interview Indigenous healers from across the globe\, including from Greenland\, Aotearoa\, Venezuela and from Turtle Island.  In these interviews she asks the healers to share important information about their worldview\, cosmology\, creation stories and how within that they work to help people achieve well-being\, balance and a sense of belonging.  The healers will talk about their community\, including the various rituals and ceremonies as well as some of the current issues they face\, such as aspects of ongoing colonialism and mistreatment.  Catherine is working with Zeina Allouche and others to create a special edition journal as well as organizing an on-the-land retreat for students with the international healers. \nMélissa-Anne Ménard is an oral historian whose main research interests center on the history of childhood and emotions\, stories of migration\, and the production of archives. She first encountered oral history during an undergraduate seminar in childhood history. Mélissa-Anne holds a master’s degree in history from Concordia university\, partially funded by a Concordia University Merit Scholarship. Her thesis explored the ethical and methodological ramifications of reusing archived oral history interviews conducted by other researchers to develop frameworks and protocols to allow us to engage with countless oral history collections that often lie dormant in archives. She additionally holds a music degree in jazz interpretation for violin from the Collège Lionel-Groulx and most enjoys playing the fiddle. \n    \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/rethinking-our-territorial-acknowledgment/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Visuals-for-Fall-Event-Pages-7.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR