Events for March 8, 2027 - February 5, 2027

  • Immersive Oral History Capture: Setup, Recording, and Archiving

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

    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 […]

  • Listening Circles: Telling Interview Stories (Monthly)

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

    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 […]

  • Storytelling Festival Day 1

    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 […]

  • Storytelling Festival: Exhibitions

    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, […]

  • Storytelling Festival Day 2

    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 […]

  • Storytelling Festival Day 3

    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 […]

  • Storytelling Festival Day 4

    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)   […]

  • Together-mess: Co-Crafting Family Stories Through Movement

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

    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 […]

  • Listening Circles: Telling Interview Stories (Monthly)

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

    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 […]

  • Récit des cicatrices

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

    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 […]

  • Getting Personal: working with family stories

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

    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 […]

  • Listening Circles: Telling Interview Stories (Monthly)

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

    Facilitated by Anna Sheftel, Stacey Zembrzycki and Kelann Currie-Williams, who are Kitchen Table Collective Members Creating open, safe, generative, and generous spaces to tell interview stories is vital to thinking […]

  • Introduction à l’histoire orale

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

    Avec Lea Kabiljo Cet atelier vous permettra d’explorer certains des éléments fondamentaux dans le domaine interdisciplinaire de l’histoire orale. Les participants découvriront une approche aux entretiens spécifique à l’histoire orale, […]

  • Artmaking in Community: A Conduit for Testimony and Life Stories

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

    With David LeRue How can art be a form of testimony and storytelling? This hands-on and methodological workshop explores the possibility of using artmaking as a participatory approach to oral […]

  • Working with Oral History Transcripts

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

    With Steven High   What can we learn from an oral history transcript? This workshop will introduce you to ways of interpreting oral history transcripts starting with the underlying interview […]

  • Capturing Voices: Recording Audio for History

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

    With Frankie Ray   This 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 […]

  • Beyond the Label

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

    With Gracia Dyer Jalea What stories do your clothes tell? Inspired by Projet Friperie, this interactive workshop invites participants to explore fashion as a form of storytelling through the clothes […]