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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T190000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250903T204310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250903T220553Z UID:23748-1758130200-1758135600@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Artist Talk: “Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal” DESCRIPTION:with Andrew Jackson \n  \nYou are warmly invited to join us for an artist talk with Andrew Jackson at the McCord Museum\, 690 Sherbrooke St. W. Jackson’s exhibition Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal is a foray into this south-western district of the city. Over a two-year period\, the photographer documented important landmarks for the Black community and met people who grew up there\, live there or still have ties to the area. The result is an exhibition featuring 61 photographs of the individuals and sites that bear witness to the urban and social transformations that have impacted Little Burgundy. Three hard-hitting yet touching short films capture local residents’ lived experiences. \n  \nAndrew Jackson’s talk will take place from 6:00-6:30 pm\, leaving time both beforehand and afterwards to immerse yourself into this beautiful exhibit that moved some of us to tears earlier this summer. Please note that the McCord Museum offers free admission to selected exhibitions\, including “Little Burgundy\,” on Wednesday evenings after 5 pm. \nThe exhibition also features some twenty objects and images selected by Andrew Jackson from the Museum’s collection. These artefacts\, juxtaposed with contemporary objects loaned by residents\, create a dialogue between the past and the present. \nThrough this project\, Andrew Jackson exposes the duality involved in designating a place or neighbourhood as a “Black space.” For Black people\, it invokes a sense of security\, freedom and belonging\, while for non-Black persons it conveys a negative image. As Jackson reflects: “When city spaces\, such as Little Burgundy\, are designated as Black spaces\, there are profound implications for Black occupants. This is especially true in North America\, where historically\, in non-Black minds at least\, Black spaces have not existed as places of acceptance or celebration of difference. Rather\, they have been linked to notions of failure – notions that become catalysts for urban renewal\, gentrification and the ensuing erasure of Black communities.” \n  \nAndrew Jackson is a British-Canadian photographer based in Montreal since 2019. His practice is developed at the intersection of photography and text and\, most recently\, focuses on notions of family\, transnational migration\, displacement\, trauma and collective memory. He recently published the monograph From a Small Island\, the first chapter of his ongoing series Across the Sea Is a Shore\, a collection of works that explore the intergenerational legacies of migration from the Caribbean to the UK. \nAndrew Jackson has a history of developing platforms that provide opportunities for traditionally excluded groups to engage with photography. In 2021 he created a public engagement project in collaboration with the DESTA Black Youth Network\, located in Little Burgundy\, which resulted in a group exhibition shown at the PHI Foundation. His works are held in public collections that include the United Kingdom’s Government Art Collection\, the Permanent Collection of the New Art Gallery Walsall and the Autograph ABP and Light Work collections. His photographs have also appeared in such publications as the Los Angeles Times\, The Guardian\, the Financial Times and The New Statesman. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person\, McCord Museum\, 690 Sherbrooke St. West. Please note that the artist talk will take place in the gallery space of “Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal” in the McCord Museum. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/artist-talk-little-burgundy-evolving-montreal/ LOCATION:McCord Museum\, 690 Sherbrooke St. W.\, Montréal\, Quebec\, Canada CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Anyssa-Ranetkins-Youth-In-Motion-Rue-Saint-Martin-e1756931708692.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T120000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250917T172134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T175059Z UID:23880-1758884400-1758888000@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Does Listening Heal? DESCRIPTION:With Constanza Ramírez Molano and Luis C. Sotelo \nHeld in Spanish with consecutive interpretation by Franklin R. Bonivento. \n  \nThis event will take the form of a conversation in which Colombian artist and researcher Constanza Ramírez Molano presents three of her recent works. The dialogue will be moderated by Luis C. Sotelo\, director of the Acts of Listening Lab at Concordia University. \nThe conversation will feature: \n• VIVIFICAR (2015) — a performance that asks What is enforced disappearance? Presented as an orchestra in a shopping mall in Bogotá\, the piece makes visible the crime of enforced disappearance in Colombia through the contrast between everyday public space and collective artistic expression. \n• Volver a pasar por el corazón (2018) — a project that invites participants to identify with those who have been disappeared by engaging with their musical tastes\, transforming memory into an intimate and shared listening experience. \n• Subversiones (2020) — an exhibition hosted in the Virtual Memory Gallery presenting fourteen stories of enforced disappearance in Colombia. “Fourteen stories of courage\, Colombians who inhabit the world deprived of a body but not of a soul.” These narratives\, told by family members of the disappeared who were forced into exile for seeking their loved ones\, explore what it means to continue the search from afar. \n\nConstanza Ramírez Molano is a Colombian artist\, researcher\, and producer whose work explores the intersections of art\, psychoanalysis\, and memory. She develops artistic and audiovisual projects that give symbolic form to experiences of violence\, with a particular focus on enforced disappearance in Colombia. She holds a degree in Community Social Pedagogy from the Pontifical Javeriana University in Bogotá. She is a founding member of the “Otras Voces” association. Through her collaborations with organizations of families of victims of enforced disappearance\, she has supported communication and outreach strategies that use art to make this crime visible and to reflect on its impact on society as a whole. Her artistic practice includes works such as the video installation “Doble Oficio por la Entrega Digna\,” (Bogotá\, 2012) the performance “Vivificar\,” (Bogotá\, 2015) and the acts of memory “Volver a pasar por el corazón: la banda sonora de los desaparecidos en Colombia.” (Bogotá\, 2018). She has also co-created the campaign “Aquí falta alguien” with the International Committee of the Red Cross\, developed the digital memory space “Historia de Memorias\,” directed the exhibition “Voces desde la otra orilla” (2021) at the Virtual Art Gallery\, and produced the documentary “a-bordando la memoria” (Bogotá\, 2023). She is currently responsible for the communications area of the “Otras Voces” \n\n  \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now or online. \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 (ALLab)\, COHDS \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/artist-talk-with-constanza-ramirez-molano/ LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal CATEGORIES:presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Congreso-de-Colombia-e1757532452169.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T150000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250903T205344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T194629Z UID:23757-1758889800-1758898800@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Come Walk With Us: Walkathon Fundraiser for “Award of Distinction in Oral History” DESCRIPTION: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.” \nWe are warmly inviting all members of our community to come and walk with us from Concordia’s downtown campus to Loyola on Friday\, September 26. The shuffle will start at 12:30 pm at the EV Atrium on Sir George Williams Campus. A member of our team will be holding up a sign “Team COHDS”. \nJoin our team: If you liked to “shuffle” with us\, we invite you to join our team (click on “Join Team”). COHDS-affiliated faculty will be donating $ 10 for each COHDS affiliate who will join us at the shuffle. \nSupport from afar: For those members of our community who are not based in Montreal or have prior obligations on September 26\, if you were interested in making a small donation to our campaign\, you could do so at “Donate Now”. Rest assured that 100 per cent of your donation will go towards our annual student thesis prize. \nWe look forward to walking with you! URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/come-walk-with-us-walkathon-fundraiser-for-award-of-distinction-in-oral-history/ LOCATION:EV Atrium\, 1515 Sainte-Catherine St. W.\, Montréal\, Quebec\, H3G 1S6\, Canada CATEGORIES:fundraiser ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/concordia-shuffle-e1756997391871.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250808T185832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T181132Z UID:23700-1759500000-1759510800@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Annual General Assembly - Assemblée générale annuelle DESCRIPTION:This event will happen in-person and online \n  \nKeynote speaker: Dr. Steven High \n“Reflecting Back on Twenty Years of Oral History at COHDS” \nOur Annual General Assembly is fast approaching. This year\, we are delighted to welcome as our keynote speaker oral historian Steven High\, who co-founded COHDS almost twenty years ago. \nDr. Steven High is an award-winning interdisciplinary oral and public historian with a strong interest in transnational approaches to working-class studies\, forced migration\, and community-engaged research. He has headed a number of major research projects\, most notably the prize-winning “Life Stories of Montrealers Displaced by War\, Genocide and Other Human Rights Violations. “ Currently\, he is leading the transnational SSHRC-funded partnership project “Deindustrialization & the Politics of Our Time.” He has been awarded a Governor General’s History Award in the Popular Media category and\, more recently so\, the J.B. Tyrrell Medal for his outstanding contributions to Canadian history. As many of you know\, Steven is a constant presence at COHDS\, regularly offering workshops on oral history and the art of deep listening\, taking groups of students and community members on oral history walking tours in Montreal’s South-West\, and generously mentoring generations of oral historians. \n\nSCHEDULE: \n2 – 3 p.m. \nKeynote Speaker – Conférencier invité \n3:00 – 3:45 p.m. \nAfternoon Tea – Rafraîchissements et encas \n3:45 – 5:00 p.m. \nAnnual General Assembly – Assemblée générale annuelle \n\n-Reporting – Rapport\n-Electing – Élections\n-Q&A\n\nSee last year’s AGA meeting minutes (2024) \nREGISTRATION\n \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is a hybrid event. \nTo attend in person\, please register here. \nTo attend online\, please register here. \nFor any questions regarding this event please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLB 1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS \n  \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/aga2025/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:assembly,keynote speech ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/MG_9833-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T143000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250910T184234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251003T165045Z UID:23869-1759669200-1759674600@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Book Launch: REMNANTS and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors DESCRIPTION:The event will take place in person at the University of Michigan-Deaborn’s James C. Renick University Center\, Kochoff Hall C\, and online via zoom. \n  \nYou are warmly invited to a special book launch celebrating REMNANTS and What Remains: Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors\, the latest publication by Henry “Hank” Greenspan. The event will take place in person and online on Sunday\, October 5\, 2025\, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. and it will be hosted by Dr. Jamie L. Wraight\, Director of the Voice/Vision Archive. \nThis powerful volume traces the personal and creative journey of Henry “Hank” Greenspan\, shaped by five decades of deepening relationships with Holocaust survivors. At its heart is the first-ever print publication of REMNANTS\, Greenspan’s haunting and widely performed play that brings to life poignant\, often heart-wrenching moments of survival and memory. Performed on more than 300 stages around the world\, REMNANTS captures the raw essence of what survivors endured—and how they continue to live with those experiences. \nIn the companion piece\, What Remains\, Greenspan reflects on the origins of the play\, the profound connections he forged with survivors\, and the shared grief over the loss of a world—and of those who once told its stories. Written in a lyrical\, spoken-word style\, this memoir offers a compelling new lens into Greenspan’s pioneering contributions to Holocaust studies\, oral history\, and the transformative power of theater. The book is dedicated to Sid Bolkosky\, founder of The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive at UM-Dearborn \n  \nThe program will feature reflections from three of Greenspan’s distinguished colleagues and collaborators—renowned Holocaust scholars and educators: \n· Professor John K. Roth\, Emeritus Professor\, Claremont McKenna College \n· Professor Malin Thor Tureby\, Professor of History\, Malmö University\, Sweden \n· Dr. Christine Schmidt\, Deputy Director\, The Wiener Library\, London\, and former student of Professor Bolkosky \n  \nHenry Greenspan will present a short performance and recitation from the book. In keeping with the spirit of his and Professor Bolkosky’s relationships with survivors\, there will be ample time for conversation and audience engagement. \n  \nHenry (Hank) Greenspan is a psychologist\, oral historian\, and playwright based at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Since the 1970s\, he has conducted in-depth\, ongoing interviews with Holocaust survivors—an approach that reveals the evolving nature of memory and testimony over time. His work departs from one-time testimonies\, instead drawing on sustained relationships and layered conversations spanning months\, years\, and even decades. \nAn accomplished performer\, Greenspan was a finalist for the 2022 Alvin Epstein Memorial Prize for Solo Performance. He has performed REMNANTS across North America\, as well as in Europe and Israel. He currently leads online seminars and workshops focused on survivor narratives and the complexities of interpreting oral history. \n  \nRegistration: \nFor in-person attendance please RSVP to jwraight@umich.edu \nFor online attendance registration is required through this link URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/book-launch-remnants-and-what-remains-moments-from-a-life-among-holocaust-survivors/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/whatremainsas-scaled-e1757529653857.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T120000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250924T182124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T182124Z UID:24083-1759744800-1759752000@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Radio Elsewheres at COHDS DESCRIPTION:Join the Radio Elsewheres collective for a two-hour event introducing our ongoing radio art project and offering a preview of its upcoming third edition. The next iteration\, [re.03]\, will take place from October 16 to November 5\, 2025\, at Art Windsor-Essex\, presented within Elsewhere\, on Record — a solo exhibition by Velibor Božović curated by Emily McKibbon. \nSince its inception in 2023\, Radio Elsewheres has activated temporary transmission hubs in Bihać\, Sarajevo\, and now Windsor\, gathering field recordings\, radio essays\, sonic compositions\, and conversations that engage with memory\, belonging\, displacement\, and resistance. Drawing from an open call and commissioned works from 18 countries\, [re.03] will feature transmissions from borderlands visible and invisible — from river corridors to airport halls\, from refugee routes to garden edges. \nThis event will include audio excerpts\, curatorial reflections\, and an open conversation with the collective\, offering a glimpse into how radio can become a space of shared listening\, imagination\, and solidarity beyond the map. \nCome listen\, come ask\, come tune in. \n  \nSteve Bates is an artist\, musician and curator. In addition to his own work\, he operates The Dim Coast\, a small-scale curatorial\, sound art and music label. His work has been exhibited and performed in Canada\, the United States of America\, Europe\, Chile and Senegal. He works in the field\, on the air\, in museological/gallery and performance contexts. These shifting territories reflect the content of his practice. \nDr. Claudia Zini is an art historian\, curator\, and educator. She is also the founder and CEO of Kuma International\, a center dedicated to researching and promoting understanding of visual arts from post-conflict societies. Originally from Italy\, she moved to Sarajevo\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, in 2015\, exploring the intersections of art\, memory\, and healing in post-war contexts. She holds a PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London and has extensive experience in curating\, teaching\, and writing on contemporary art. Through Kuma she has led exhibitions\, publications\, and eight editions of its international summer school. \nVelibor Božović\, originally from Sarajevo\, Bosnia-Herzegovina\, earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Studio Arts at Concordia University where he now teaches. His work explores how images and sound shape memory and how they operate in the space where the historical\, the fictional and the personal interrelate. His projects have been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and by Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec (CALQ). In 2015 he was awarded the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art. His work has been exhibited in Canada and internationally. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is an online event. \nTo attend\, please register here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/radio-elsewheres-at-cohds/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Roundtable/table ronde ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Picture1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T180000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250910T173657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T214743Z UID:23861-1760025600-1760032800@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Book Launch: Strangely Friends: A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters DESCRIPTION:with Karen Dubinsky \nYou are cordially invited to join author Karen Dubinsky on Thursday October 9\, 4-6 pm for a discussion of her new book: Strangely\, Friends: A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters. \nStrangely\, Friends delves into the rich\, often overlooked history of personal and cultural connections between Cubans and Canadians. From the early days of the Cuban Revolution to the present\, this book uncovers the stories of Canadians who were drawn to Cuba—teachers\, artists\, development aid workers\, filmmakers\, and activists—who left a mark on the island\, and Cubans\, especially the musicians\, who found a home in Canada. Through intimate portraits and serendipitous encounters\, Karen Dubinsky explores how these relationships transcended political ideologies and state policies\, revealing a shared humanity that defies borders. \nWe’ll also hear comments on the book from David Austin (John Abbott College) and Zaira Zarza (University of Montreal). The launch will take place on Thursday\, October 9\, 4-6 pm in the Sunroom at COHDS (LB-1019). \nKaren Dubinsky is an Emeritus Professor at Queen’s University. For many years she co-ordinated and co-taught in a Queen’s exchange program with University of Havana. \nShe has published and edited books on a wide variety of topics\, including the history of gender and sexuality in Canada\, the global 1960s\, adoption and child migration in Canada\, Cuba and Guatemala\, and the politics of music in Cuba. She is a recipient of two teaching awards: the Queen’s University Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision and the Queen’s Award for International Educational Innovation. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now with this link \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/book-launch-strangely-friends-a-history-of-cuban-canadian-encounters/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Book-launch-1-e1757017682800.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T123000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250918T182807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T182807Z UID:23998-1761303600-1761309000@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Listening as Political Act DESCRIPTION:In this interactive performance-workshop\, Brett Davidson explores listening not just as a personal practice\, but as a vital political act. Combining elements of storytelling\, theory\, dialogue\, audio\, and visual imagery\, the session invites participants to reflect on the ways listening shapes democracy\, public life\, and our collective ability to imagine change.  \nDrawing from his extensive experience in narrative strategy\, media\, and social justice\, Davidson frames listening as a tool for transformation—one that can challenge dominant narratives\, create space for marginalized voices\, and foster deeper connections across difference. Participants will be invited to engage actively\, considering how listening can become an ethical and creative practice in their own work\, studies\, and communities.  \nAs a work in progress\, the session opens a space for experimentation and exchange\, encouraging those present to co-create meaning around the political and artistic potential of listening.  \n  \nBrett Davidson is founder and principal at Wingseed LLC\, where he supports social justice changemakers around the world to amplify their impact. Brett also serves as Lead of Narrative Field-Building with IRIS\, the International Resource for Impact and Storytelling. Previously he was director of Media and Narratives at the Open Society Public Health Program\, where he led an international team focused on changing long-held social narratives impacting health equity. Prior to joining Open Society in 2010\, Davidson was a media consultant to civil society organizations in Southern and Eastern Africa. He previously served as program manager at the South African democracy institute Idasa\, where he helped community radio stations develop participatory news and current affairs programming. Before that\, he worked as a presenter and producer in radio current affairs at the South African Broadcasting Corporation\, and in collaboration with the BBC. Brett has an MA in Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes University and an MA in Individualized Study from NYU’s Gallatin School.  \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is an online event. \nTo attend\, please register here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/listening-as-political-act/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2.-Listening-as-a-Political-Act.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250911T174933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T215035Z UID:23891-1761318000-1761325200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Historical Walking Tour – Photographing Change: Reform and Photography in Little Burgundy DESCRIPTION:Walking tour participants will meet at the Union United Church at 3007 Rue Delisle\, Montréal\, QC H4C 1M8 at 2:55 pm \n“Photographing Change: Reform and Photography in 1960s Little Burgundy” is a walking tour which invites guests to learn about and engage in discussion on the expropriation photos of Little Burgundy. Taken throughout the 1960s\, these photos show the expropriated homes which were destroyed in the building of the Ville-Marie Expressway and the development of the neighbourhood. Haunting and in some ways violent\, the photos depict the homes of Little Burgundy residents of the 1960s\, depicting the intrusion of city workers in their private domestic lives. Engaging with the story of the historically black neighbourhood and theories of photography\, participants will be invited to discuss the photos and critically examine the role of photography in the expropriation process. Oral history interviews from the COHDS archives are used to expand the image of the neighbourhood depicted in these photographs. We’ll hear the words of community members as we walk through the Little Burgundy today. \nSerafina Swandel is an undergraduate student in Art History at Concordia University. As a student affiliate with COHDS\, her research interests center around the intersections of oral history and craft and the way in which oral history can illuminate craft practices and relationships forged by craft. She is interested in a study of visual and material cultures that is socially and historically informed. \n  \nPhoto description: Man sitting at kitchen table caught in photo. Expropriation photo on St. Martin Street\, May 5\, 1967. Archives Montreal Dossier D1015: VM94-C1015-101. \n  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/photographing-change-reform-and-photography-in-1960s-little-burgundy/ LOCATION:Meeting at the Union United Church\,\, 3007 Rue Delisle\, Montréal\, H4C 1M8 CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Little-Burgundy-Photo-COHDS-Fall-2025.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250918T183701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T215158Z UID:24006-1761663600-1761670800@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Introduction to Oral History DESCRIPTION:With Lea Kabiljo \nEnglish \nThis 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\, as it is intended to present the methodology and ethics followed by our Centre. \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! \nRegister here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person in the COHDS Sunroom (LB-1019). \nYou will find us on the tenth floor of Concordia’s Library Building\, 1450 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/introduction-to-oral-history-4/ 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/2025/09/oral-history.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T123000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250918T184637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T184849Z UID:24015-1761908400-1761913800@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:The Artist’s Interview DESCRIPTION:This workshop with artist and researcher Lucia Farinatti invites participants to explore the interview as both a method of research and a form of artistic and critical practice. Through collective listening\, transcription\, and discussion\, the session examines how oral history\, sound archives\, and curatorial approaches can open new ways of engaging with voices\, memory\, and experience.  \nParticipants will experiment with different modes of transcription—from verbatim to more interpretative and experimental approaches—highlighting how writing can respond not only to words\, but also to rhythm\, affect\, and embodied presence. The focus is on listening as an active\, creative act\, and on transcription as a form of art writing that captures the emotional and sensory dimensions of language.  \nThe event offers a space to reflect on how interviews can become sites of encounter\, translation\, and creation\, expanding the possibilities of research and artistic practice. \n  \nLucia Farinati is an Associate Lecturer in Art History at Kingston University\, activist\, and independent curator. Her research focuses on dialogic practices and methodologies investigating the role of listening at the intersection of art and activism\, the history of the artist interview\, and performativity in the context of sound and feminist archives. She holds a PhD from Kingston University (2020) on Audio Arts magazine. Recent activities include organising The Listening Academy (London\, 2021-22)\, the conference Regenerative Listening (2023)\, and co-founding the feminist collective Autocoscienza Writing Group (2022). She is co-author of ‘The Force of Listening’ (2017)\, ‘Training for Exploitation?’ (2017)\, and ‘Theorising the Artist Interview’ (2025).  \n  \n\nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is an online event. \nTo attend\, please register here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/the-artistss-interview/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/3.-The-Artists-Interview.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T181500 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20251016T205819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T191118Z UID:24394-1762358400-1762366500@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:My Dear Theo DESCRIPTION:With Alisa Kovalenko and Stéphane Siohan \n  \nThe Chair in European Intellectual History of the Munk School\, Marci Shore\, is pleased to collaborate with the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling of Concordia to invite you to the first screening of My Dear Theo (2025) with Alisa Kovalenko and Stéphane Siohan who will share their unique personal experiences from the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. \n  \nAlisa Kovalenko is a Ukrainian award-winning documentary filmmaker whose films are internationally acclaimed. In the early days of the full-scale invasion in 2022\, she joined the ranks and fought in the Ukrainian Volunteer Army alongside the Ukrainian army. Eight years earlier\, at the beginning of the Russian war in Donbass\, Alisa had been taken captive by a Russian separatist unit. Her personal story\, one of courage and resilience\, provides an opportunity to reflect on contemporary Ukrainian history in a more intimate way. \n  \nStéphane Siohan\, Alisa Kovalenko’s partner\, is a senior French reporter specializing in Central and Eastern Europe\, based in Kyiv since 2013. He is the correspondent in Ukraine for the French newspaper Libération\, one of the most experienced international reporters on Ukraine and the author of the first biographical essay in French on President Volodymyr Zelensky. In 2014\, Alisa Kovalenko\, who was documenting the early days of the war in the Donbas\, was taken captive by Russian-backed separatists and Stéphane Siohan headed to the occupied territories to rescue her. Since then\, Stéphane and Alisa have been living together and working together on documentary film projects that chronicle a decade of history in Donbass and Ukraine at war. What Alisa survived during those days in captivity made her promise herself that if the war were to come to all of Ukraine\, she would pick up a gun herself and fight. Eight years later\, the war did come to all of Ukraine. And Alisa parted from Stephane and their four-year son\, Theo\, and joined a Ukrainian battalion. There on the front lines she filmed a video diary for her son. She wanted to show him the landscape “of beauty and death”—and to leave something for him if she were not to return : My Dear Theo. \n  \nStéphane and Alisa worked for ten years\, together or alternately\, in Donbas and on the front lines of Ukraine at war. This screening\, followed by a panel\, will provide a rare opportunity to engage directly with individuals whose lives have been shaped by the full-scale invasion in deeply personal ways. Their willingness to speak candidly will provide invaluable insight into the lived realities of Ukraine behind the headlines. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nRegister here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person in the COHDS Sunroom (LB-1019). \nYou will find us on the tenth floor of Concordia’s Library Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/my-dear-theo/ 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/2025/10/mydeartheo-e1760648142801.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251107T150000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250918T185840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T173453Z UID:24028-1762520400-1762527600@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Queer Oral History DESCRIPTION:With Gabryelle Iaconetti and Liam Devitt \nThe workshop and discussion will offer reflections on methodological and ethical approaches to undertaking queer oral history in research. How does one conduct oral history interviews with queer narrators? What is particular about queer oral history? How has oral testimony been significant in the figuration of queer histories? \nThis panels brings together historians Gabryelle Iaconetti and Liam Devitt\, who use oral histories in their various research milieus related to queer labour and activism. \n  \nGabryelle Iaconetti is a third-year PhD student at Concordia University in Montreal\, Quebec\, working under the supervision of Dr. Rachel Berger. She holds a BA and MA in History from Concordia University and MISt (Master of Information Studies) from McGill University. Her research interests lie at the intersections of bisexual history\, oral history\, queer space\, queer theory and archives. \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 General Coordinator of their union\, CARE (PSAC 12501)\, organizing for job security\, fair wages\, and workplace justice. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is a hybrid event. \nTo attend in person\, please register here. \nTo attend online\, please register here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person in the COHDS Sunroom (LB-1019). You will find us on the tenth floor of \nConcordia’s Library Building\, 1450 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/queer-oral-history-2/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:Roundtable/table ronde,workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Queer-Oral-History-e1758740023311.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250924T195000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T195000Z UID:24107-1762959600-1762966800@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Oral Histories of Migration and Motion: Rábanos Olas Jacarandas Aleonarse DESCRIPTION:with Nico Contreras\, Sonia Bustos\, and Priscilla Opazo Castillo \n  \nRábanos Olas Jacarandas Aleonarse (2025\, 10min) is an audiovisual collage born out of oral histories of migration\, community\, and the transformative power of art. Through blending interviews and choreographic exploration with Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal-based artists Sonia Bustos and Priscilla Opazo\, the film shares interlinking reflections on political consciousness\, navigating shifting identities across countries of origin and settlement\, and engagement in processes of change. Glimpses of Chile\, Mexico and Canada coexist in a shared space and time\, in a moment of exchange between creative voices. \nThe film screening will be followed by a discussion with the creators. \n  \nPriscilla Opazo Castillo\, an artist and educator from Chile\, has lived in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal since 2017. A self-taught dancer currently training at the Nyata Nyata Centre\, she weaves her path between popular education and artistic research. Her creative experience\, collective and multidisciplinary\, is rooted in an identity fragmented by colonization\, exile\, and violence\, yet rises in resonance with other marginalized voices. A committed feminist\, she envisions art as a living territory of resistance\, healing\, and memory\, where movement frees bodies\, rekindles their connection to the earth\, and nurtures a shared collective consciousness. \n  \nChoreographer and performer born in Mexico and now based in Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal)\, Sonia Bustos is interested in socio-political engagement and the recognition of performers’ creative work. Her artistic research focuses on feminist perspectives\, the Tercera Raíz in Latin America\, memory\, theatricality\, and the relationship with the audience. Pillars of her artistic process include varied bodily states\, the use of voice/text\, the presence of memory-bearing objects\, and non-danced body approaches. Sonia is the interpreter-creator of stage works Intérieur brut\, Je ne vais pas inonder la mer\, Luz : Dentelle\, Luz : Terre and Luz : Écho (in progress). She holds a Master’s degree in dance (UQÀM) and a Bachelor’s degree in theatre (UNAM). \n  \nNico Contreras is an Ecuadorian Canadian interdisciplinary artist\, social worker\, and current doctoral student in Social and Cultural Analysis at Concordia University. A facilitator of reflection and dialogue through creative practice\, he believes in the power of art to transform our conceptions of self and society. His most recent film SAN HEN\, a love letter to Montréal’s Latinx community\, premieres at the Toronto Latin American Film Festival 2025. \n  \nREGISTRATION   \nRegister now  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca    \nLOCATION  \nIn-person in LB-1042 (ALLLAB)\, COHDS   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/oral-histories-of-migration-and-motion-rabanos-olas-jacarandas-aleonarse/ LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Event-photo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T160000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20251001T215849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251003T164844Z UID:24162-1763128800-1763136000@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Intimate Maquettes: Artistic Interventions in Post-Violence Contexts DESCRIPTION:With Pablo Gershanik \n  \n“At the very moment your life changes forever\, what other stories are taking place—on your street\, in your neighborhood\, in your city\, in your country\, across the map of the world?… \n– Intimate Maquettes Lab” \n  \nThe Intimate Maquettes Lab is a participatory artistic practice that explores how personal and collective memories of violence can be re-imagined and re-signified through small-scale narrative and audiovisual reconstruction. Developed over the past decade\, the Lab engages individuals\, families\, and communities who have been protagonists of challenging experiences in a process of symbolic reconstruction\, where symbolic cartographies of memory become a shared stage for testimony\, reflection\, and dialogue. Each participant creates a maquette in the interest of exploring the link between personal and collective history\, giving form to images\, memories\, absent elements\, mythologies\, and desires. These maquettes act simultaneously as archive\, witness\, and metaphor\, opening new pathways for public conversation about trauma\, justice\, and reparation. In this talk\, I will share the conceptual framework of the Intimate Maquettes Lab\, situating it within applied theatre\, object-based performance\, and trauma-informed artistic placemaking. I will also share aspects of my research motivated by key moments that have emerged throughout labs developed across Europe\, North America\, and Latin America\, reflecting on the methodological and ethical challenges of working at the intersection of memory\, art\, and social repair. \n  \nPablo Gershanik is an actor\, clown\, director\, and academic whose work bridges visual theatre\, memory\, and justice. He trained at the École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq (Paris)\, holds a Master’s degree in Dramatherapy from the University of Paris\, and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Arts at Concordia University (Montreal). He is a 2025 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar. Pablo is the creator of the Intimate Maquettes Lab\, an artistic and trauma-informed intervention presented in museums\, universities\, and cultural institutions in North and Latin America\, Europe and China. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is a hybrid event. \nTo attend in person\, please register here. \nTo attend online\, please register here. \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 (ALLab)\, COHDS \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/intimate-maquettes-artistic-interventions-in-post-violence-contexts/ LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-01-at-5.39.26-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T210000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250924T192941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T211948Z UID:24098-1763578800-1763586000@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:How to Say ‘Longing’ - Cancelled DESCRIPTION:with Jad Orphée Chami and Noël Vezina \n\n\nJoin us on Wednesday\, November 19th\, at 7 PM\, at the ALLab\, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling\, for How to say ‘longing’\, a contemplative performance by movement artist Noël Vézina and composer Jad Orphée Chami. \nThis intimate exploration of dualities—music and movement\, composition and improvisation\, the said and the unsaid—delves into the boundaries of closeness\, vulnerability\, and technology. Using a MIDI controller\, a chain of touch-sensitive sensors\, the performers weave a digital soundscape that shifts with their physical interactions\, crafting a dialogue of embodied listening. \n  \nJad Orphée Chami  is a Lebanese-Canadian artist-researcher\, composer and performer born in Beirut and living in Montreal. He notably composed the original music for the feature film Antigone by Sophie Deraspe\, which represented Canada at the 92nd Academy Awards. He was nominated at the age of 21 for the Iris prize for best original music at the 22nd Gala Québec Cinéma\, notably alongside Jean-Michel Blais and Howard Shore. After having provided the soundtracks for more than fifteen short films and three web series\, he composed his second film score in 2023 in collaboration with director Eli Jean Tahchi for the documentary Dorchester: In the Midst of the Fray\, produced by Jonah Mallak (Nemesis Films). \nIn addition to his music work for the image\, he composes and designs works for the contemporary scene\, notably for the École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal and for the Acts of Listening Lab in collaboration with the Center for Restorative Justice. He explores through research-creation the dialogue between music and oral history. In 2022\, he is part of a trio of artists commissioned by the MAI for the realization of the work Justement (en)raciner on the theme of Justice\, among others alongside Kimura Byol-Lemoine\, Angelina Guo and Moe Clark. The same year\, he presented with Noël Vézina the performance How to say ‘longing’\, mixing dance-theatre\, music and new technologies\, at the RIPA performance evening. The testimonies of the disappeared from Lebanon are central to his approach. He is affiliated with the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling and is developing his oral history performance Rhapsody for the disappeared. \nHe is also interested in contemporary issues of art and presents conferences on themes such as the question of the author\, the ethics of research-creation and gender and sexuality in music history. \n  \n Noël Vezina is a queer\, interdisciplinary\, dance and movement artist based in Montreal (Tiohtiá:ke / Mooniyang). Largely self-taught\, her process is highly intuitive and organic. Approaching performance as a tool to connect deeply\, to herself and to others\, her work often takes on ephemeral and intimate forms. \nNoël’s latest accomplishments include: presenting Stardust and Parallax with Festival Quartiers Danses (2021)\, sharing a first version of a cloud\, a distance (September 2020)\, creating We live together now – a video performance presented by Sanskar Festival (August 2020) and Festival Bouge D’ici (March 2021)\, performing 05062020live via Zoom for National AccessAbility Week with the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada (June 2020)\, and her ongoing collaboration with A Safe Space\, initiated by Nicholas Bellefleur in 2019. In February 2020 she hosted the first of many editions of 5×8/6 – a free-from experimental performance evening that takes place in her kitchen – where she premiered Soft Warm Light (an autobiographical solo piece in progress). \nNoël is one sixth of the winning team of the 2021 Dansathon in Liège\, recognized for their imagining of ‘the future of dance’ through a new interactive performance experience The \nLiving Room. They will continue questioning the place of technology in promoting embodiment soon\, with the support of the Maison de la Danse de Lyon\, Sadler’s Wells and the Théâtre de Liège. \nNoël strives to be radically soft\, honest and vulnerable. She values not-knowing and never perfecting. To be kind and loving is essential. \n  \nREGISTRATION   \nRegister now  \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca    \nLOCATION  \nIn-person in LB-1042 (ALLLAB)\, COHDS   \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/how-to-say-longing-2/ LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Jad-Orphee-Chami-Noel-Vezina-06-1-845x321-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T140000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250918T192719Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T204509Z UID:24033-1763641800-1763647200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Brown Bag Metting: Listening and Perspective-Taking DESCRIPTION:This Brown Bag Meeting will be an informal\, lunchtime conversation between Mireille Paquet (Concordia Research Chair on the Politics of Immigration; Director of IRMS) and Luis C. Sotelo Castro (Director of the Acts of Listening Lab\, Department of Theatre\, Concordia).  \nThe session will explore the intersection of Perspective Taking and Active Listening\, two frameworks that resonate strongly with the work of both IRMS and ALLab. Rather than a formal lecture\, the gathering is designed as an open\, reflective exchange\, encouraging questions and dialogue from participants.  \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is a hybrid event. \nTo attend in person\, please register here. \nTo attend online\, please register here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person in the ALLAB (LB-1042). You will find us on the tenth floor of Concordia’s Library Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/brown-bag-metting-listening-and-perspective-taking/ LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal CATEGORIES:Roundtable/table ronde ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/4.-Brown-Bag-Metting-Listening-and-Perspective-Taking.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T123000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250918T193817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T204600Z UID:24055-1763722800-1763728200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:CONECTADAS: la doble vía de la escucha y del habla / Connected: The Two-way Path of Listening and Speaking DESCRIPTION:Held in Spanish with consecutive interpretation by Franklin R. Bonivento. \nIn this event Constanza Ramírez Molano ends her residency at the ALlab by presenting two interviews carried out with the method CONNECTED. This method proposes a journey from the intimate to the collective through narration\, listening\, and dialogue. It begins with mutual recognition between interviewer and interviewee\, giving value to personal stories of care and attachment to life. Listening is understood as an act of hospitality and ethical responsibility\, welcoming the other’s words without imposing prejudice. The testimonies\, recorded in audio or video\, become shared memory when brought into collective reflection\, where the personal acquires common meaning and transformative power. Finally\, the social circulation of these voices opens possibilities for new forms of citizenship and the construction of peace.  \nCreators of the method: Luz Marina Monzón\, Hugo Andrés Rincón\, and Constanza Ramírez.  \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is a hybrid event. \nTo attend in person\, please register here. \nTo attend online\, please register here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person in the ALLAB (LB-1042). You will find us on the tenth floor of Concordia’s Library Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. \n  URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/conectadas-la-doble-via-de-la-escucha-y-del-habla-connected-the-two-way-path-of-listening-and-speaking/ LOCATION:Concordia University LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal CATEGORIES:presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/5.-CONECTADAS-la-doble-via-de-la-escucha-y-del-habla.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251126T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251126T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250918T195959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T204632Z UID:24063-1764165600-1764176400@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Immersive Oral History Capture: Setup\, Recording\, and Archiving DESCRIPTION:With Frankie Ray \n  \nIn 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 skills in file transfer\, organization\, and archival best practices\, ensuring that valuable stories are safely preserved for long-term use. Participants will practice setting up tripods\, microphones\, and recorders\, then conduct short mock interviews to apply these skills in real time. Cameras available to participants will be Sony FX6\, Canon XA40\, Blackmagic and JVC 3CCD. The session will conclude with a focus on safe file management: offloading to a computer\, creating backups\, and preparing files for the archive. No prior technical experience is required; this workshop is designed for anyone interested in documenting\, preserving\, and safeguarding oral history materials. \n  \nWhat we’ll do: \n§ Why technical setup matters for oral history \n§ Demonstrate a short 10-minute oral history video/audio project from our archives \n§ Equipment set up: build camera & mics \n§ File offload and management for editing \n§ Best Practices in Archiving Audio- and Videofiles \n§ Tear down gear and put it back safely \n  \nPerks: \n§ Everyone gets to touch gear \n§ Make a check list for oral history kit for everyone to take home \n  \nFrankie Ray is a Montreal-based videographer and DJ\, with professional experience across music festivals\, music videos\, and film productions\, including Netflix\, HBO\, the NFB and Crave. Trained as a certified 2nd Assistant Camera in ICG669/IATSE\, Frankiebrings both technical expertise and creative insight to their work. Outside of their personal work\, Frankiehas always put a focus on accessible\, hands-on training. At COHDS\, Frankie combines their professional background with a commitment to supporting researchers\, artists\, and storytellers in capturing and preserving stories with care and technical confidence. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nRegister here. \nThis technical workshop has a maximum number of sixteen participants. To have your name added to our waiting list once this maximum number is reached\, please contact: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person in the COHDS Media Lab (LB-1042). \nYou will find us on the tenth floor of Concordia’s Library Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/immersive-oral-history-capture-setup-recording-and-archiving/ 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/2025/09/DSC03537.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251128T170000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250918T201502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T201502Z UID:24068-1764342000-1764349200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Dancing Life Stories/Dancing Biographies/Forming the WE DESCRIPTION:With the DANC 202 Cohort: Charlotte Bisson\, Nathaniel Cancela Edsell\, Florence Cross\, Homeyra Esmaeilzadeh\, Leonardo Giraldo Rodriguez\, Anaïs Girard\, Elle Golfinopoulos\, Sophie Groleau-Rouleau\, Nasiriyah Hamilton\, Joselande Josue\, Adaline Kuranko\, Camille Moon\, Fredlyne Pierre\, Pooya Ratnam\, Amy Staples\, Kaiya Thomas-Bynoe\, and Cameron Weaver. \n  \nJoin us for an afternoon of dance as students from the Department of Contemporary Dance bring embodied auto-biographical narratives to the Acts of Listening Lab. Such storytelling in motion – based on life history interviews that students conducted with one of their peers – constitutes what Christine Thurner once called “emphatically fragile\, deliberately contingent narrative acts.” These gestural narratives break free of the frame of linear\, literary (auto)biography. Seen in relation to one another they form a complex and rich society. \n  \nThis event is based on students’ coursework in the Department of Contemporary Dance\, who\, under the guidance of Professor Lília Mestre\, are exploring the possibilities of danced life narration\, this time in a collective improvisation setting. \n  \nPlease note that the event will take place in the Dance Studio (MB-7.265) of the Department of Contemporary Dance\, 1600 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nRegister here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person in the Dance Studio (MB-7.265) of the Department of Contemporary Dance\, 1600 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest. \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/dancing-life-stories-dancing-biographies-forming-the-we/ LOCATION:Dance Studio\, MB 7.265\, 1600 Blvd De Maisonneuve West\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3H 1J5\, Canada CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Visuals-for-Fall-Event-Pages-8-845x321-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T140000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20251113T211825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T211825Z UID:24469-1764586800-1764597600@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Exploring Diaspora Communities: Oral History\, Storytelling\, and Digital Mapping DESCRIPTION:In June 2025\, the University of Debrecen (Hungary) and Concordia University’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize our collaboration on a large-scale research oral history project that explores the memories and lived experiences of Hungarian Canadians in Montreal and beyond. \n  \nWe are delighted to host a research showcase and storytelling panel to share early findings of the project\, including an interactive map that brings to life the one-hundred-year-old history of Hungarians in Montreal. Featured speakers will include Dr. Balázs Venkovits (University of Debrecen) and Sonya Di Sclafani (Concordia University). We are honoured to welcome a panel of Hungarian-Canadian elders\, who have graciously agreed to speak to their life histories and reflect on their memories of making Montreal home. \n  \nThe event is organized in collaboration with the Hungarian Consulate in Montreal. It will take place at Concordia’s SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation (LB-145) on Monday\, December 1st (11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)\, followed by a reception (12:30 p.m. – 14:00 p.m.). The Hungarian ambassador\, His Excellency\, Mr. Miklós Lengyel\, will be in attendance. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register. \nThis is a hybrid event. To attend in person\, please contact: invitation.mtr@mfa.gov.hu (As space is limited\, in-person attendance is by invitation only.) \nTo attend online\, please register here. \nFor any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nThe event takes place at Concordia’s SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation\, J.W. McConnell Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. (LB-145). \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/exploring-diaspora-communities-oral-history-storytelling-and-digital-mapping/ LOCATION:Concordia’s SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation (LB-145)\, 1400 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest\, Montréal ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Hungarian-meeting-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T150000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20250918T202449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T204740Z UID:24075-1764939600-1764946800@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Stories Matter 2.0: Working with COHDS’ (very own) Innovative Oral History Software DESCRIPTION:With Kelann Currie-Williams \nThis workshop will provide a hands-on introduction to using Stories Matter— a free\, open-source oral history database software that allows for the archiving of digital video and audio materials\, and enables oral historians to annotate\, analyze\, and evaluate audio and video recordings of interviews. First developed in 2010 at COHDS\, this second iteration of the software known as Stories Matter 2.0. provides previous and new users the ability to recover old databases and create new workspaces for various oral history projects. Participants will be supported via guided walkthroughs and live demos on how to build their projects using a software that emphasizes orality and individual interviewees as central to the narration of stories. \n  \nKelann Currie-Williams is a writer and PhD Candidate 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. 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. Kelann was a 2023-2024 scholar-in-residence and 2024-2025 Student Representative at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now. \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. \nThis technical workshop has a maximum number of sixteen participants. To have your name added to our waiting list once this maximum number is reached\, please contact: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \n  \nLOCATION \nIn-person at the COHDS Media Lab (LB-1042). \nYou will find us on the tenth floor of Concordia’s Library Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.\, Montreal\, Quebec. \n  \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/stories-matter-2-0-working-with-cohds-very-own-innovative-oral-history-software/ 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/2025/09/DSC03487.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260114T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260114T190000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20260107T185936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T191731Z UID:25044-1768411800-1768417200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:LISTENING/RECORDING/REGISTERING  DESCRIPTION:With Nalini Mohabir \n  \nTake part in an active listening session with Nalini Mohabir\, inspired by artist Joyce Joumaa’s SIGHTINGS 45 installation. Together we will listen to previously restricted audio excerpts from a 1969 rally in the Hall Building’s mezzanine at the outset of the Sir George Williams Affair. Mohabir\, associate professor in Concordia’s Department of Geography\, Planning\, and Environment and co-editor of Fire That Time: Transnational Black Radicalism and the Sir George Williams Occupation\, will guide participants through the recording\, attending to the voices and perspectives of its speakers while situating the material within a broader political moment and localized space. We will also reflect on the act of acute listening to institutional archives\, and the implications for transcribing the past into the present. \nHosted in the immersive Acts of Listening Lab\, the session will consider how we listen to and work with archive\, sound\, and modes of register. Please sign up in advance at the email address above. \nThis event is presented in conjunction with SIGHTINGS 45: POWER. FORWARD. REVERSE. REWIND.\, a project by Joyce Joumaa on view on the ground floor of the Hall Building until February 1st\, 2026. \n  \nNalini Mohabir is an associate professor in the department of Geography\, Planning\, and Environment at Concordia University. She teaches in the fields of feminist and postcolonial migration geographies\, and her research is primarily in the field of Caribbean studies\, with a focus on indentureship. She has published articles in various publications including Small Axe\, Habitat International\, Caribbean Review of Gender Studies\, and Interventions. She has been working with long-time collaborator Ronald Cummings (McMaster University)\, on a series of publications about the Sir George Williams “Affair”  including the edited collection\, The Fire That Time: Transnational Black Radicalism and the Sir George Williams Occupation (Montreal: Black Rose\, 2021)\, a special issue of Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies (March 2022) on the legacies of the 1969 Sir George Williams student protests\, and an upcoming anthology (with Ronald Cummings and Christiana Abraham) on the visualities of the protest. \n  \n  \nREGISTRATION \nTo register\, please contact: juliaeilers.smith@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1042 (ALLab)\, COHDS  COHDS/ALLab is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/listening-recording-registering/ LOCATION:ALLab\, J.W. McConnell (LB) Building\, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. LB-1042-03 (10th floor) CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/9074a23d-7aa8-4fd1-bcf1-5d6d0c192c04.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260115T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T200000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20251218T195845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T194315Z UID:24769-1768500000-1776974400@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:COHDS Choir: Sounds of Home\, Sounds of Elsewheres DESCRIPTION:With Sara Lucas \n“Sounds of Home\, Sounds of Elsewheres” is a community choir project led by Sara Lucas\, open to COHDS members who want to sing together beyond their research. The repertoire will explore storytelling through song\, focusing on how personal and community histories are shared and passed down. \nThe project embraces the idea that everyone can express themselves through sound and movement\, using an inclusive approach to developing natural voices. Songs will be learned mainly by ear\, so no singing or music-reading experience is required. Rehearsals will emphasize breathwork\, harmony\, and unison singing\, encouraging diverse forms of expression and joy. The group will work toward a performance for COHDS’ 20th anniversary in October 2026\, with participation encouraged but not mandatory. \nSara Lucas is a composer-performer and vocalist with twenty years of ensemble experience. She has toured internationally with Callers and LADAMA\, produced multiple albums\, and taught community-based music programs worldwide. More at: https://www.saralucas.net/ \nWe will be meeting from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on the following dates: \nJanuary \nThursday\, January 15 Thursday\, January 29 \n  \nFebruary \nThursday\, February 12 Thursday\, February 26 \n  \nMarch \nThursday\, March 12 Thursday\, March 26 \n  \nApril \nThursday\, April 9 Thursday\, April 23 \nIf you’re interested in participating\, please reach out to Sara Lucas at: sara.lucas@mail.concordia.ca \n  \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now with this link \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom) and LB-1042 (Acts of Listening Lab)\, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS)\, Concordia University\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West\, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building). \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/cohds-choir-sounds-of-home-sounds-of-elsewheres/ LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Sara_Lucas_BIO_PIC-1-1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T120000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20251218T201335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T191944Z UID:24787-1769076000-1769083200@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Deep Listening to Life Stories DESCRIPTION:With 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. \nSteven High is Professor of History and has published extensively in oral history. He co-founded Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) and led the prize-winning Montreal Life Stories project from 2005 until 2012\, where he worked in close partnership with survivor groups\, 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 with this link \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS)\, Concordia University\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West\, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building). \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. \n  \nPlease note: All those registered will need to be provided with the following link upon registration for this workshop and no later than Monday\, January 12: \nInterview with Valerie Fernandez \nREFUGEE YOUTH WORKING GROUP \nhttps://vimeo.com/showcase/11167762 \nPassword: RYWG2024 URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/deep-listening-to-life-stories-2/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:presentations,workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Untitled-Design-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T200000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20251218T200637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T192506Z UID:24778-1769623200-1769630400@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Screening of Hommes-relais\, Becoming Ruby and Red Girl Rising DESCRIPTION:With Vladimir Chindea and HotDocs \n  \nWe are pleased to present\, in collaboration with HotDocs\, three Citizen Minutes documentaries: Hommes-relais\, Becoming Ruby\, and Red Girl Rising. Each of these films runs approximately ten minutes and speaks directly to COHDS’s core values of inclusion\, resilience\, solidarity\, and hope. Together\, they are sure to captivate viewers and evoke powerful emotional engagement. \nHommes-relais explores experiences of grief and adaptation within the Quebec immigration process\, following a group of men who meet regularly to share their stories and develop tools to navigate life in a new home. \nBecoming Ruby follows Ruby Chopstix\, Canada’s first drag artist-in-residence\, as they confront the challenges of underrepresentation and create a showcase that opens space for other queer BIPOC performers. \nFinally\, Red Girl Rising highlights the work of Mohawk matriarch\, retired teacher\, activist\, and humanitarian Joyce Jonathan Crone\, whose compassionate efforts in her Huntsville\, Ontario community help bridge divides and strengthen Indigenous education. \nFollowing the screening\, we are honoured to host a roundtable discussion with Vladimir Chindea\, director of Hommes-relais. \n  \nVladimir Chindea is a Romanian-Canadian filmmaker currently completing the MFA in Cinematic Arts at Concordia University. His work explores themes of migration\, memory\, and existential inquiry. He directed/produced the short film Remember (2022) and regularly collaborates on both narrative and non-fiction projects as an assistant director. Vladimir holds a BA (Honours) in Philosophy and International Relations from the University of British Columbia. Trained as an ‘Homme-relais’ himself\, it was the light of the CRIC community and the felt inspiration from Juan Manuel that guided him to direct this documentary debut. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now with this link \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1042 (Acts of Listening Lab)\, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS)\, Concordia University\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West\, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building). \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/screening-of-hommes-relais-becoming-rubi-and-red-girl-rising/ LOCATION:Concordia University\, LB-1042 (COHDS)\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O\, Montreal CATEGORIES:performances and exhibitions,presentations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-3.00.08-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T160000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20251218T202355Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T193006Z UID:24794-1769778000-1769788800@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Cooking with COHDS: Molisan Winter Remedies DESCRIPTION:With Cassandra Marsillo \n  \nThis workshop will centre on making two different types of pasta shapes and accompanying recipes typical to Molise\, a small region in Southern Italy with a big\, historic presence in Montreal. Cavatelli and taccozze are integral parts of Molisan winter remedies. The recipes used for this workshop were collected through oral history interviews with community members for the cookbook Dalla valigia alla tavola: A journey through Molisan culinary heritage. \nCavatelli are the perfect pasta for hearty sauces to get you through the winter. Their shape allows them to hold a lot of sauce in their ridges and grooves. Taccozze are the typical pasta used to make scattone\, a very particular dish that is said to cure all ailments. Participants will make enough for 2 portions of cavatelli and taccozze each. As we shape the pasta\, participants will listen to the stories of these dishes from the original oral history interviews (in Italian). Additional historical information\, final recipes\, and translation will be provided. \nFinally\, as winter is the perfect time for storytelling over a steaming hot bowl of something delicious\, participants will be invited to share stories of their own winter remedies of all kinds! \n  \nCassandra Marsillo is public historian\, artist\, and educator\, based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal)\, telling and listening to stories about immigration\, identity\, collective memory\, food\, and folklore\, particularly in relation to the Italian-Canadian experience and traditions from her family’s region\, Molise. \nCurrently a doctoral student at Concordia University\, Cassandra graduated twice from Concordia University with a BFA in Studio Arts and an Italian minor\, and a BA in Honours Public History. In 2019\, she completed her Master in Public History at Carleton University\, Her research project\, The Yellow Line: Italo-Canadian Oral Histories from Montreal’s Backyards and Schoolyards\, was an archival photo\, installation\, and oral history pop-up exhibit\, presented at the Casa d’Italia in March 2019. \nHer latest project is an oral history cookbook on the stories and recipes of Montreal’s molisani\, Dalla valigia alla tavola: A journey through Molisan culinary heritage\, which she completed in collaboration with the Federazione delle associazioni molisane del Quebec\, photographer and artist Vee Di Gregorio\, chef Joseph D’Alleva\, and pastry chef Erica Marsillo. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now with this link \nAs part of our exploration of Molisan foodways and oral histories\, we will be preparing and eating a small meal together. Given space constraints\, we need to limit the number of participants to sixteen. We will purchase food items based on the number of registered attendees. Should you be unable to attend\, may we ask that you let us know at least one week in advance? We’d then be able to calibrate our food purchases accordingly and/or offer your spot to a participant on the waiting list. \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person at “The SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation\,” LB-145\, Concordia University\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West\, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building). \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/cooking-with-cohds-molisan-winter-remedies/ LOCATION:Concordia’s SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation (LB-145)\, 1400 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest\, Montréal CATEGORIES:workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/73473adecb803098c593f795ad5db266376bbbe9cede608bbdb167afcae57e25.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T120000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20251218T203322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T193349Z UID:24803-1770285600-1770292800@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Interpreting the Underlying Dynamic in Oral History DESCRIPTION:With Steven High \nThis workshop will introduce you to ways of interpreting the underlying interviewer-interviewee dynamic that structures the oral history recording. It is an interview after all. Yet we tend to be so focused on the words spoken by our interview partners that we submerge the underlying dialogic that is its structuring force. \nSteven High is an award-winning historian whose research on the structural violence of deindustrialization has put Canada at the centre of important global conversations about what a “just transition” might look like after past failures. His use of oral history ensures that his interpretation is grounded in the lives of working people. He is currently leading a large transnational project investigating the politics of deindustrialization (see the website: deindustrialization.org). He has published many books and articles on this topic\, including Deindustrializing Montreal: Entangled Histories of Race\, Residence and Class (2022) and Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America’s Rust Belt (2003). \nHis second area of expertise involves the methodology\, theory and ethics of oral history\, particularly as it relates to mass violence. Steven High co-founded Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) and led the prize-winning Montreal Life Stories project from 2005 until 2012\, where he worked in close partnership with survivor groups. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now with this link \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS)\, Concordia University\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West\, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building). \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/interpreting-the-underlying-dynamic-in-oral-history/ 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/2025/12/COHDS_Curatorial-Dialogue_Edited-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T150000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20260122T191849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T193707Z UID:25213-1770382800-1770390000@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Working with Communities: A Conversation on Navigating Relationships DESCRIPTION:Photo description: Marjorie Villefranche in a collective oral history interview at La Maison d’Haïti \n  \nWith Philippe Blouin\, Michael Ferguson\, Cassandra Marsillo\, Tesfa Peterson\, Léa Denieul Pinsky\, and Désirée Rochat \n  \nThis conversation explores a central topic: How do oral historians navigate the web of relationships that tie them to the community they are working with? \nOver many years\, the six panelists have worked closely with the Mohawk Mothers and Duplessis Orphans (Philippe Blouin & Léa Denieul Pinsky); a Lebanese community in Leamington\, Ontario that has maintained deep connection to its homeland (Michael Ferguson); Molisan Italian-Canadians in Montreal\, who are telling stories about immigration\, identity\, collective memory\, food\, and folklore (Cassandra Marsillo); the Institute for People’s Enlightenment in the Grenadian village of LaDigue that cultivates inclusive and intergenerational spaces for learning (Tesfa Peterson); and Black communities in Quebec whose knowledge activism has generated practices of community archiving and popular pedagogy. \nSome of the panelists are members of the communities they study; others have been welcomed into the community. Yet\, for all panelists\, relationality lies at the core of their commitment to non-extractivist research. Their research affords an extended contemplation of the principle of “Shared Authority\,” so foundational to our work at COHDS. In essence\, they write\, we are reflecting on what we are doing to try and “make oral history a more democratic cultural practice.” (Zembrzycki\, 2009) \nBy attempting to tell complex and layered histories that centre knowledge generated by and with communities\, researchers develop multi-faceted ways to work collaboratively. In this conversation\, we will reflect on experiences of working in community toward a shared goal – to shed light on history. The discussion will centre around five questions: \n  \n𖥔 How do we reaffirm ongoing commitments as projects evolve? \n𖥔 How do we manage different temporalities and rhythms due to the multiplicity of actors involved? \n𖥔 What kind of challenges emerge from sharing authority? \n𖥔 How are positionality and relationality negotiated? \n𖥔 How do we protect vulnerable community members from other forms of extractivism? \n  \nThese questions will act as a springboard into a broader conversation with the audience. This conversation will be moderated by Barbara Lorenzkowski. \n  \nPhilippe Blouin (he/him) is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. As part of his doctoral research in anthropology at McGill University\, he studied the role of the Two Row Wampum as a diplomatic protocol based on respect for difference in the Mohawk Mothers’ and Duplessis Orphans’ searches for unmarked graves. He coordinated the publication of the oral history book\, The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival (2023 PM Press) and published articles in journals such as The South Atlantic Quarterly and PoLAR: Political\, and Legal Anthropology Review. \nMichael Ferguson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Concordia University. His research focuses on the history of migration and slavery in the Ottoman Empire\, the modern Middle East\, and its diasporas. He has worked with two different communities on oral history projects: Afro-Turks (who trace their history through enslavement) in the Turkish port city of Izmir and a Lebanese community in Leamington\, Ontario. \nCassandra Marsillo is an oral and public historian\, artist\, and writer\, based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal)\, telling and listening to stories about immigration\, identity\, collective memory\, food\, and folklore\, particularly in relation to the Italian-Canadian experience and traditions from her family’s region\, Molise. In 2019\, she completed her Master’s project–The Yellow Line: Italo-Canadian Oral Histories from Montreal’s Backyards and Schoolyards–in Public History at Carleton University. The project culminated in an exhibit co-curated with the project’s six narrators. She is the author of Dalla valigia alla tavola: A journey through Molisan culinary heritage\, a community project done in collaboration with the Federazione delle associazioni molisane del Quebec. Currently\, she teaches in the Department of History at Dawson College and is pursuing her PhD at Concordia University on the development of Italian-Canadian cuisine and food identity in Montreal. \nTesfa Aki Peterson is a public humanities researcher and community-based scholar whose work centers Caribbean history\, feminist postcolonial thought\, and participatory storytelling. As a student in the PhD Humanities program at Concordia University\, her current project traces the life and legacy of Helen Louise Langdon Norton Little\, a woman born in LaDigue\, Grenada in the late nineteenth century\, whose life connected Grenada\, Montreal\, and the American Midwest. Helen Little was active in the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Montreal and was the mother of eight children\, including civil rights leader Malcolm X. Grounded in community knowledge and Caribbean feminist and postcolonial perspectives\, her work asks how public humanities can preserve and honor lives that have been marginalized by colonial archives\, while creating inclusive\, intergenerational spaces for learning in both Grenada and the diaspora. Since 2020\, she has collaborated with the Institute for People’s Enlightenment in the Grenadian village of LaDigue to organize lectures\, storytelling sessions\, and public conversations that center local voices and oral histories. Additionally\, the project also extends to Montreal through an oral history and ritual storytelling podcast documenting Grenadian women’s community organizing. Across storybooks\, podcasts\, workshops\, and public events\, Tesfa’s work models a decolonial public humanities rooted in care\, collaboration\, and community memory. \nLéa Denieul Pinsky is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS). Working collaboratively with artists\, community leaders\, and activists\, she conducts research on place\, memory\, and indigenous-settler alliances. Her current postdoctoral projects\, carried out with the Mohawk Mothers and the Duplessis orphans\, aim to develop community-centred memory work and ethics of care as tools for repairing urban sites marked by state-perpetrated violence. \nDésirée Rochat is a community educator\, transdisciplinary scholar\, and Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Concordia University. She works to document and transmit histories of Black communities’ activism in Quebec in the 20th century\, with a focus on knowledge activism. Her collaborative approach bridges historical research\, community archiving and popular pedagogy to preserve and promote Black community archives. She co-edited Statesman of the Piano: Jazz\, Race\, and History in the Life of Lou Hooper\, with historians Sean Mills et Eric Fillion. Her latest project\, “Black lives in/and archives” fosters an archival ecosystem to cultivate archives of Black lives. \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. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but you need to register! \nThis is a hybrid event. \nTo attend in person\, please register here. \nTo attend online\, please register here. \n  \nLOCATION \nThe round-table conversation will take place in our Sunroom (LB-1019) \, Concordia University\, Library Building\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W. \nFor any questions regarding this event please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/working-with-communities-a-conversation-on-navigating-relationships/ LOCATION:LB-1019 (Sunroom)\, COHDS\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.\, Montreal\, Québec\, Canada CATEGORIES:Roundtable/table ronde ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_6210-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260213T160000 DTSTAMP:20260515T162939 CREATED:20251218T204255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T194014Z UID:24811-1770987600-1770998400@storytelling.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Capturing Voices: Recording Audio for History DESCRIPTION:With Frankie Ray \n  \nThis workshop provides a hands-on introduction to the principles and practices of recording high-quality audio in a range of real-world contexts. Participants will gain practical experience setting up and working with multiple microphone types\, including lavaliers\, shotgun microphones\, podcasting microphones\, and built-in camera audio systems. Through guided demonstrations and exercises\, the workshop examines how microphone selection\, placement\, and recording environment shape the clarity\, texture\, and intelligibility of recorded sound. \nParticipants will practice recording in both indoor and outdoor settings\, rotating between the roles of recorder and speaker while capturing short audio samples across varied acoustic conditions. Emphasis is placed on critical listening as a methodological skill. The workshop also introduces basic audio workflows\, including offloading recordings\, performing foundational edits using Audacity\, and organizing audio files for long-term storage and archival preservation. \nFramed around the documentation of oral histories\, this session equips participants with practical and transferable skills for recording clear\, durable\, and ethically sound audio materials. No prior technical experience is required. \n  \nFrankie Ray (they/them) is a Montreal-based videographer and DJ\, with professional experience across music festivals\, music videos\, and film productions\, including Netflix\, HBO\, the NFB and Crave. Trained as a certified 2nd Assistant Camera in ICG669/IATSE\, Frankie brings both technical expertise and creative insight to their work. Outside of their personal work\, Frankie has always put a focus on accessible\, hands-on training. At COHDS\, Frankie combines their professional background with a commitment to supporting researchers\, artists\, and storytellers in capturing and preserving stories with care and technical confidence. \n  \nREGISTRATION \nRegister now with this link \nPlease note that all our events are free and open to all\, but registration is mandatory. For any questions\, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca \nLOCATION \nIn-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom) and LB-1042 (Media Lab)\, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS)\, Concordia University\, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West\, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building). \nCOHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory\, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal. URL:https://storytelling.concordia.ca/event/capturing-voices-recording-audio-for-history/ 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/2025/12/TESL-Podcast1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR