Opening Plenary and Reception: Listening in the Age of Polycrisis Hosted at the MEM — Centre des Mémoires Montréalaises, 1210 Saint-Laurent Boulevard (Nearest metro station: St. Laurent Metro Station) Sponsored by the Centre de recherche interdisciplinairesur la diversité et la démocratie (CRIDAQ) A conversation about listening in an age of polycrisis, as several crises (economic, ecological, geopolitical, […]
The Kitchen Table Collective: Public Day of Workshops and Talks The Kitchen Table Collective (KTC) is an online network, founded by Anna Sheftel and Stacey Zembrzycki, whose members include leading scholars, artists, activists, and independent practitioners from around the world. Since 2023, the group has met virtually eight times a year to discuss members’ work, developments […]
With Steven High This workshop will provide you with some of the fundamentals in the interdisciplinary field of oral history. Participants will learn about an oral history approach to interviewing, ethics in research, and the many ways that oral histories are shared with the public. This workshop is strongly recommended to all new affiliates, […]
Keynote speaker: Ioana Radu “ Nurturing worlds of care and belonging: Indigenous Kinscapes and Oral History ” Ioana Radu is a professor at the School of Indigenous Studies at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) and COHDS core member. For more than two decades, Ioana has worked in partnership with Indigenous communities and organizations […]
With Frankie Ray In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the essentials of setting up and recording oral history interviews with both video and audio. We will cover how to prepare a recording environment, assemble and test a recording rig, and troubleshoot common technical challenges. Beyond capturing the interview itself, participants will gain practical […]
Facilitated by Anna Sheftel, Stacey Zembrzycki and Cassandra Marsillo, who are Kitchen Table Collective Members Creating open, safe, generative, and generous spaces to tell interview stories is vital to thinking through the varied challenges that oral historians face in the field. These monthly listening circles, led by an intergenerational group of practitioners, will enable COHDS […]
This year, “Team COHDS” will be joining the Concordia Shuffle – an annual fundraiser for student scholarships and bursaries – to help raise funds for our annual “Award of Distinction in Oral History.” We are warmly inviting all members of our community to come and walk with us from Concordia’s downtown campus to Loyola on Friday, […]
COHDS Storytelling Festival: “Oral History & Creative Practice” October 6 (Day 1) Join us October 6–9, 2026, for the COHDS Storytelling Festival: Oral History & Creative Practice, a four-day celebration marking COHDS’s 20th anniversary. Bringing together scholars, artists, students, and community practitioners from COHDS and beyond, the festival celebrates two decades of oral history, […]
COHDS Storytelling Festival: Festival Exhibitions October 6–9 Explore the festival exhibitions running throughout the COHDS Storytelling Festival from October 6–9, 2026. Featuring film screenings, podcasts, sound, touch, and creative works, these exhibitions invite visitors to engage with stories and creative practices across the festival. Tuesday, October 6 – Friday, October 9 Time ALLAB The 4th […]
COHDS Storytelling Festival: “Oral History & Creative Practice” October 7 (Day 2) Join us October 6–9, 2026, for the COHDS Storytelling Festival: Oral History & Creative Practice, a four-day celebration marking COHDS’s 20th anniversary. Bringing together scholars, artists, students, and community practitioners from COHDS and beyond, the festival celebrates two decades of oral history, […]
Time The Sunroom The 4th Space SHIFT Walking Tour 9:30–11:00 Oral History & Performance With Mairéad Filgate & Diego Lopez Francia In-Person Registration 11:00–11:30 ☕ Coffee / Tea Break (Media Lab) 11:00–13:00 Cooking with COHDS: Finding History in a Recipe With Eliana Hussain (Number of participants is limited) In-Person Registration 11:30–12:30 Presentation: An […]
Time The Sunroom The 4th Space 9:00–10:30 Panel Presentation: The Understanding Social Work Leadership in Canada Oral History Project In-Person Registration 10:30–11:00 ☕ Coffee / Tea Break (Media Lab) 11:00–12:00 Workshop: Oral History Needs a Body With Dona Nham In-Person Registration Roundtable: The Archive of the Future Hybrid Event Registration 12:00–12:30 12:30–13:00 🍴 BYOL […]
Picture credits: Eve Garnier, on the picture: Anita Saj, Signe Waldorff, Carina Raffel, Fatima Cerqueira and Martin Bélanger. With Eve Garnier This participatory workshop invites participants into the "hows" of Eve's research-creation master NURT/FLOW, exploring family stories as a third-generation descendant through dance practices. Conceived as a laboratory, the space is filled with […]
Facilitated by Anna Sheftel, Stacey Zembrzycki and Kay Ponthieux Stern, who are Kitchen Table Collective Members Creating open, safe, generative, and generous spaces to tell interview stories is vital to thinking through the varied challenges that oral historians face in the field. These monthly listening circles, led by an intergenerational group of practitioners, will enable […]
Avec Marie-Josée Gicali Trente ans après le génocide perpétré contre les Tutsi du Rwanda, les séquelles physiques et psychologiques demeurent profondément inscrites dans les corps, les esprits et la mémoire des personnes rescapées. Cet atelier vise à partager avec le public la démarche entreprise pour recueillir les récits de personnes rescapées portant les cicatrices des […]
With Anna Sheftel Oral historians are increasingly using their recorders closer to home, to try and understand the lives and legacies of their own families. This is often in the context of violence, migration, and diasporic experience. We study our families not just for our own benefit, but also because we know that the […]
Facilitated by Anna Sheftel, Stacey Zembrzycki and Kelann Currie-Williams, who are Kitchen Table Collective Members Creating open, safe, generative, and generous spaces to tell interview stories is vital to thinking through the varied challenges that oral historians face in the field. These monthly listening circles, led by an intergenerational group of practitioners, will enable COHDS […]
Avec Lea Kabiljo Cet 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 […]
With Carolina Cambre Visuality (and sound) has an important yet under-developed and under-theorized role to play in the relationship between learning, knowledge production, and transmission in the university. Tools like digital storytelling present one way to explore this dynamic. This workshop will review the roots of digital storytelling practices and provide ways for participants […]
With David LeRue How can art be a form of testimony and storytelling? This hands-on and methodological workshop explores the possibility of using artmaking as a participatory approach to oral history practices, and considers what participants might share when being asked to create artworks rather than participate in a traditional interview. The workshop will begin […]