Personal Archives in the Interview Space
With Kelann Currie-Williams and Derek Garcia Much of oral history interview preparation rightly (and evidently) revolves around the audio and visual recording of the event. But what happens when […]
With Kelann Currie-Williams and Derek Garcia Much of oral history interview preparation rightly (and evidently) revolves around the audio and visual recording of the event. But what happens when […]
With Sonya Di Sclafani In Montreal’s Hungarian community, food is not only a reflection of stability, tradition, and assimilation, but also carries meanings of family, nostalgia, and joy. Palacsintá, […]
With Alistair Thomson How do we make sense of the memories that we record as oral historians? How do we begin to transform stories into histories? In this workshop […]
With Martha Norkunas This advanced oral history workshop focuses on miscommunications and complexities in listening. Participants will read a chapter from my forthcoming book, Learning to Listen, called “Complexities […]
Opening Plenary and Reception: Listening in the Age of Polycrisis Hosted at the MEM — Centre des Mémoires Montréalaises, 1210 Saint-Laurent Boulevard (Nearest metro station: St. Laurent Metro Station) Sponsored by […]
The Kitchen Table Collective: Public Day of Workshops and Talks The Kitchen Table Collective (KTC) is an online network, founded by Anna Sheftel and Stacey Zembrzycki, whose members include leading scholars, […]
With Steven High This workshop will provide you with some of the fundamentals in the interdisciplinary field of oral history. Participants will learn about an oral history approach to […]
Keynote speaker: Ioana Radu “ Nurturing worlds of care and belonging: Indigenous Kinscapes and Oral History ” Ioana Radu is a professor at the School of Indigenous Studies at […]
With Frankie Ray In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the essentials of setting up and recording oral history interviews with both video and audio. We will cover how […]
Facilitated by Anna Sheftel, Stacey Zembrzycki and Cassandra Marsillo, who are Kitchen Table Collective Members Creating open, safe, generative, and generous spaces to tell interview stories is vital to thinking […]
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 […]
COHDS Storytelling Festival: “Oral History & Creative Practice” October 6 (Day 1) Join us October 6–9, 2026, for the COHDS Storytelling Festival: Oral History & Creative Practice, a four-day […]
COHDS Storytelling Festival: Festival Exhibitions October 6–9 Explore the festival exhibitions running throughout the COHDS Storytelling Festival from October 6–9, 2026. Featuring film screenings, podcasts, sound, touch, and creative works, […]
COHDS Storytelling Festival: “Oral History & Creative Practice” October 7 (Day 2) Join us October 6–9, 2026, for the COHDS Storytelling Festival: Oral History & Creative Practice, a four-day […]
Time The Sunroom The 4th Space SHIFT Walking Tour 9:30–11:00 Oral History & Performance With Mairéad Filgate & Diego Lopez Francia In-Person Registration 11:00–11:30 ☕ Coffee / Tea Break (Media […]
Time The Sunroom The 4th Space 9:00–10:30 Panel Presentation: The Understanding Social Work Leadership in Canada Oral History Project In-Person Registration 10:30–11:00 ☕ Coffee / Tea Break (Media Lab) […]
Picture credits: Eve Garnier, on the picture: Anita Saj, Signe Waldorff, Carina Raffel, Fatima Cerqueira and Martin Bélanger. With Eve Garnier This participatory workshop invites participants into the […]
Facilitated by Anna Sheftel, Stacey Zembrzycki and Kay Ponthieux Stern, who are Kitchen Table Collective Members Creating open, safe, generative, and generous spaces to tell interview stories is vital to […]
Avec Marie-Josée Gicali Trente ans après le génocide perpétré contre les Tutsi du Rwanda, les séquelles physiques et psychologiques demeurent profondément inscrites dans les corps, les esprits et la mémoire […]
With Anna Sheftel Oral historians are increasingly using their recorders closer to home, to try and understand the lives and legacies of their own families. This is often in […]