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In this episode, sits down with Associate Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry with Patrick Leroux to discuss his work on how inorganic chemistry enables solar energy conversion. The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences enga...

In this episode, Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry Xianming Zhangsits down with Patrick Leroux to discuss his work on the transport and long-term impact of organic contaminants. The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health S...

In this episode, Associate Professor of Physics, Claudine Gauthier sits down with Patrick Leroux to discuss her work on the impact lifestyle and aging on the brain. The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in substantive...

In this episode, Matthew Barker, Francesca Scala and David Secko sit down with Patrick Leroux to discuss science from the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences. The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in su...

This discussion brought together academic and professional experts from various fields to explore the current state of decarbonization efforts in Canada's building sector and the challenges that must be overcome in order to meet the country's emissions reduction targets. This panel examinded the various solutions that have been proposed and implemented to date and discuss the opportunities that ex...

Homeroom’s Black Perspectives Office Pod created this discussion centred around the recommendations and outcomes from the President's Anti-Black Racism Task Force. Angélique Willkie, the chair of the task force, joins Vanessa Manroop for a conversation about how students specifically can become involved.

Perspectives on Art-Driven Entrepreneurship. Business and Art may seem to occupy two opposing ends on a value spectrum. As requirements of funding and business entities increasingly require artists to prove the value, viability, and sustainability of their work, while industry requires innovation, it’s clear that overlap between the two fields is inevitable. What happens when entrepreneurship and...

Do we need to separate games and gamification? In this podcast, listen to educators, game developers, and scholars as they tackle tough questions that come up in discussions about Educational games. Hosted by Public Scholar Scott DeJong as part of his Bad Game Arcade, a week-long arcade that explored how games can tackle disinformation.

This educational panel focused on how to improve the current youth care system. For now, once an individual hits the age of 18, they are no longer considered a minor, and consequently, they are being left on their own. This is the main cause of youth homelessness. Panelists discussed how youth can grow out of the system instead of being 'thrown' out of the system. Professionals in the field discus...

Large language models like ChatGPT are transforming the ways we communicate, learn, and interact with one another. In response, it's important to engage an interdisciplinary lens to examine the varied impacts of such technologies. To this end, the Digital Intimacies, Gender and Sexuality Lab, in collaboration with the Applied AI Institute, organized a panel discussion moderated by Stefanie Duguay...

Concordia Public Scholar Aristofanis Soulikias in discussion with Janet Blatter tackling the senses beyond vision in making animation, the sense of time in animation and the city, and sensing and communicating space and place via animation.

In an exciting world premiere, the eight finalists for the inaugural Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) Spoken Word Prize will offer short performances showcasing their talents. The prize is open to all forms of spoken word performance, from storytelling to sound poetry, hip hop, and dub. Performances by Caitlin Murphy, Debbie Braide, Erín Moure, Johanne Pelletier, Liana Cusmano, Lucia De Luca, Raïs...

A panel with Algonquin-Anishnabe youth speaking on their perspectives of Indigenous governance. Originally recorded August 24, 2022. In this panel discussion, Algonquin-Anishnabe guest speakers: Emilio Wawatie, Ryder Coté, Leona Commanda and Savanna McGregor discuss the various aspects intertwined within Indigenous governance, and their experiences engaging and navigating within this paradigm. Sim...

How can we resist and organize against gentrification to preserve community and history? This discussion, led by Public Scholar Mieko Tarrius creates a dialogue on the ways race informs gentrification and how communities get organized to fight back. With a wide range of panelists discussing their experience: Dr. Margaret Marietta Ramirez, Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University; Dr. Ted Rut...

Concordia University Press and 4th Space launch Engage in Public Scholarship! A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication with an event to celebrate Open Access Week. Dr. Ketchum and Dr. Natalie Kouri-Towe engage in a conversation about finding better ways to share knowledge and connect with public audiences through acts of public scholarship – whether this is through social media and onl...

The Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DePot) Podcast recorded a live episode, using the film "Billy Elliot" (2000) as an entry point to discuss gender in the context of deindustrialization and deindustrialized communities. Postdoc Fred Burrill hosts this discussion, joined by Amber Ward, a Depot affiliate and PhD student, along with Montreal-based students Lauren Laframboise, Liam...

The Potentials and Pitfalls of Social Media Presence for Muslim Women Within religion and theology, men have dominated the power of voice, to the detriment of women and others. Social media has created a space where women can contribute to the discussion by removing obstacles such as situational and geographical boundaries. For Muslim women, in particular, these spaces allow for response to their...

A live podcast recording of The Iron Ring from Women In Engineering (WIE). This episode will focusses on Azadeh Dastmalchi's journey through school and her research, as well as her decision to become an entrepreneur Hosts Emily Phillipp, Emilia Ventulieri, and ambassador Olivia Ferrara will ask Azadeh advice she can offer to future and present women engineers.

The third interview in the Black Community Health series, a week long event where experts from the field will discuss their work, community initiatives they have taken on or witnessed, disparities they encounter in their sectors, changes they hope to see in community health, and their vision of the future Black community health. In this event, Annick Maugile Flavien will interview Ariane Métellus...

The second interview in the week of Black Community Health, a series of events where experts from the field discuss their work, community initiatives they have taken on or witnessed, disparities they encounter in their sectors, changes they hope to see in community health, and their vision of the future Black community health. In this event, Annick Maugile Flavien will interview Kimani Daniel abou...

The final interview in a week of Black Community Health, a series of events where experts from the field will discuss their work, community initiatives they have taken on or witnessed, disparities they encounter in their sectors, changes they hope to see in community health, and their vision of the future Black community health. In this last event, Annick Maugile Flavien will interview Marlihan Lo...

In the this episode of our Checking In series, Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor sits down with Concordia researcher Scott De Jong to understand why online falsehoods go viral and how they shape our relationships with social media — and each other. The communication studies PhD student created a board game that pits conspiracy theorists and their online troll amplifiers against...

Why is online age verification crucial? Why does it need to be mandatory for certain web content, as already proposed in the Canadian Senate and House of Commons? Is it technologically viable? Join us for this panel discussion, moderated by doctoral candidate Azfar Adib, to know more, as we engage in a conversation with the lawmakers, social activists, and engineering researchers leading this aren...

In the next episode of our Checking In series, Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor sits down with Concordia researcher Stefanie Duguay and one of her co-authors Christopher Dietzel to discuss their new study looking at how dating apps were quick to adapt to the new limits placed on socializing during the pandemic.

The first episode of our new series celebrating Concordia's Distinguished University Research Professors, the highest form of recognition for overall research achievements.  In this episode, professor Shimon Amir sits down with  Lauren Segall, his former student and the current Advisor, Research Development at Gina Cody School of Engineering. The conversation was introduced Paula Wood-Adams,...