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  • Exhibit – Bodies Carrying: Traces & Stories

    Bodies carry and transmit traces of memories, sites, and stories—both as acts of care and as burdens to bear. Bodies Carrying: Traces & Stories is a twofold conversation taking the […]

  • The Metabolism of Silence- Bodies Carrying Exhibit Programming

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

    Description by Eve Garnier and Jacynthe Desjardins In a movement-based workshop, we propose an exploration of relational possibilities and their bodily expression, anchored in silence(s). Here, silence is not a […]

  • Intimate Listening – Bodies Carrying Exhibit Programming

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

    Description by Cristina Alejandra Jimenez Gomez. In an intimate space within the exhibition space, a copera will interact with volunteer participants who visit this spot individually. Before the interaction begins, […]

  • Walking Interludes- Bodies Carrying Exhibit Programming

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

    Description by speaker Sunjay Mathuria. "Walking Interludes is a reflective reading about walking, place, race, identity, and memory. In this reading, I share short excerpts from my field journal that […]

  • Summer Institute: Oral History & Creative Practice (for credit)

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

    May 12-26, 2025 Open to university students (for credit course) and community members Call for applications COHDS Summer Institute 2025 Storytelling, as both an art and a practice, occupies a […]

  • Olga, Erika, & Me

    Montreal Holocaust Museum 5151 Chem. de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

    COHDS is partnering with the Montreal Holocaust Museum and the Cummings Centre to present the following event, The Generations After: “Olga, Erika, and Me” Podcast at the Montreal Holocaust Museum on Tuesday, September 9, […]

  • Artist Talk: “Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal”

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

    with Andrew Jackson   You are warmly invited to join us for an artist talk with Andrew Jackson at the McCord Museum, 690 Sherbrooke St. W. Jackson’s exhibition Little Burgundy […]

  • Does Listening Heal?

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

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

  • Annual General Assembly – Assemblée générale annuelle

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

    This event will happen in-person and online   Keynote speaker: Dr. Steven High "Reflecting Back on Twenty Years of Oral History at COHDS" Our Annual General Assembly is fast approaching. […]

  • Radio Elsewheres at COHDS

    Online

    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, , will take […]

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

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

    with Karen Dubinsky You are cordially invited to join author Karen Dubinsky on Thursday October 9, 4-6 pm for a discussion of her new book: Strangely, Friends: A History of […]

  • Listening as Political Act

    Online

    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, […]

  • Introduction to Oral History

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

    With Lea Kabiljo English This workshop will provide you with some of the fundamentals in the interdisciplinary field of oral history. Participants will learn about an oral history approach to […]

  • The Artist’s Interview

    Online

    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 […]

  • My Dear Theo

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

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

  • Queer Oral History

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

    With Gabryelle Iaconetti and Liam Devitt The workshop and discussion will offer reflections on methodological and ethical approaches to undertaking queer oral history in research. How does one conduct oral […]