Working with Communities: A Conversation on Navigating Relationships
Montreal, Québec Canada
Photo description: Marjorie Villefranche in a collective oral history interview at La Maison d'Haïti With Philippe Blouin, Michael Ferguson, Cassandra Marsillo, Tesfa Peterson, Léa Denieul Pinsky, and Désirée Rochat […]
Interpreting the Underlying Dynamic in Oral History
Montreal, Québec Canada
With Steven High This 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 […]
Cooking with COHDS: Molisan Winter Remedies
Montréal,
With Cassandra Marsillo This 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 […]
Screening of Hommes-relais, Becoming Ruby and Red Girl Rising
Montreal,
With Vladimir Chindea and HotDocs We are pleased to present, in collaboration with HotDocs, three Citizen Minutes documentaries: Hommes-relais, Becoming Ruby, and Red Girl Rising. Each of these films […]
Deep Listening to Life Stories
Montreal, Québec Canada
With Steven High The 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 […]
ÉCOUTER / ENREGISTRER / ARCHIVER
Avec Nalini Mohabir Participez à une séance d’écoute active guidée par Nalini Mohabir, en réponse à l’installation SIGHTINGS 45 de Joyce Joumaa. Ensemble, nous écouterons des extraits audio jusqu’alors inaccessibles provenant […]
Stories Matter 2.0: Working with COHDS’ (very own) Innovative Oral History Software
Montreal,
With Kelann Currie-Williams This 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 […]
Exploring Diaspora Communities: Oral History, Storytelling, and Digital Mapping
Montréal,
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 […]
Dancing Life Stories/Dancing Biographies/Forming the WE
Montreal, Quebec H3H 1J5 Canada
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 […]
Immersive Oral History Capture: Setup, Recording, and Archiving
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 […]