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"Even the small fact of using a word, saying it out loud, you can feel the connection with the people who are there by your side using the language as well" Youth Perspectives on Indigenous Languages with The Indigenous component of the Chaire-réseau de la recherche sur la jeunesse du Québec. In recent years, the vitality of Indigenous languages has become an important priority for the nations...

"Looking at the social and cultural inscription that bodies carry, we became interested in The idea of how blackness comes into friction with dance dramaturgy" In this episode we are thrilled to host a conversation with Matthew-Robin Nye, Dana Dugan, Cadu Mello, and Vanessa Montesi - all members of the Dramaturgical Ecologies project. Dramaturgical Ecologies is a research-creation project led by...

"Its important to us that the game remains a game, that while my students were trying to recreate Habitat '67 there were zombies and skeletons and other kinds of horrible things coming out of the wilderness trying to kill them" In this episode of our new Checking In Series series, we meet up with Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor, to listen in on his conversations with Conc...

"We need to figure out solutions to problems like climate change, so i’m pretty sure we will need scientific knowledge to live in the society of tomorrow" For this episode, we join up with Concordia Public Scholar Alexa Ruel and her colleague Alex Bailey who are co-hosts of the podcast Brainstorm: Exploring Minds and Behaviours for a special episode in which they sit down with a group of teenager...

"Athletes are role models, If they can show that they are serious about fighting climate change, fans will see it, and it might inspire other business communities to step up the plate, so to speak, and get things done.” In this episode of our new Checking In Series series, we meet up with Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor to listen in on his conversations with Concordia research...

"If someone lends you their time or money, you might feel a need to reciprocate, but if your resources are constrained this could have an impact on your well-being.." This conversation stems from an ongoing research project by doctoral candidate in Marketing, Tanya Singh and her work investigating the role that gratitude plays in our lives and whether or not it always has a positive impact. She...

"These blurry lines, how can we disentangle them? How can we do quality research but also make a difference?" Geneviève Grégoire-Labrecque in conversation with Vivek Venkatesh, Jennifer Danquah & Kathleen Manion. For this episode, Geneviève Grégoire-Labrecque, Concordia public scholar and PhD candidate in the Indi program brings three scholars -- Vivek Venkatesh, Jennifer Danquah and Kathleen Mani...

"If we recognize ourselves as indebted to previous generationswe begin to act in a way that makes room for future generations.." This episode began as part of the three-day conference hosted at 4th Space entitled 'Justice between Generations'. Conceived as more of workshop than a conversation - Rebecca van der Post, Miyu Bao, Joëlle Dubé, and Leah Edmonds came together to consider the question of...

"The idea of investing in things that are intangible, that will go away, I think is a new way of thinking about investing in public art.." In this episode we sit down with Sandra Margolian and Annie Gérin. Sandra Margolian is Concordia's first Public Art Lead, working to develop and shape the future of the university's eclectic public art collection. Annie Gérin, the new Dean of the Faculty of...

"We have emotions for people who are not born yet. This kind of emotional capacity gives us the evidence that we actually have to consider them…" This September, the 'Nature, Time & Responsibility' research group will be in residence at 4th Space. They are focussing on questions of intergenerational ethics through cross-cultural philosophical dialogue. We invited organizers of the conference en...

"We are dealing with a recording but we are bringing the recording back to life with the testifier, in her presence.." As part of the COHDS-SOHC Summer Institute, the event 'The Effects of Being Heard' presented a conversation that employs performative methods to re-construct key moments of a healing journey from abuse. The conversation focusses how a social worker, a restorative justice facilita...

La mondialisation est-elle un phénomène nouveau ? On peut soutenir que les réseaux commerciaux terrestres prémodernes que l’on appelle aujourd’hui « la Route de la Soie » ont jeté les bases de la mondialisation que nous connaissons actuellement. Rejoignez Richard Foltz, l’auteur de Les religions de la Route de la soie : les chemins d’une mondialisation prémoderne récemment publié à Concordia Unive...

"The line between what information is meant to do and its use in persuasion is an interesting place for our scientists and journalists." In a complex landscape of social media and legacy news platforms, quality scientific journalism struggles to get heard. This problem has been exacerbated in the past year. How can we ensure that scientific discoveries and breakthroughs are not ‘’over-pushed’’ for...

"We need to have conversations that stem from indigenous knowledge systems in a way that doesn’t always have to go back to explaining the basics" In this episode, Anne-Marie Turcotte, a Concordia Ph. D candidate and a Public Scholar, who has been working with Nunavimmiut youth moderates a discussion with researchers Natasha Blanchet-Cohen and Elizabeth Fast. They reflect on their current work and...

"The feminist efforts that resonate most strongly are those that seek to take action now, on behalf of the future..". The Summer Institute is a collaboration between Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling and the Scottish Oral History Centre at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Hosted at 4thSpace this summer, the Institute is organized by former lead co-direct...

"How to listen to the library? Something that is still reading, but a kind of reading that is engaging all the senses". Katherine McLeod researches archives, sound, and poetry and is an affiliated researcher with the SSHRC-funded partnership of SpokenWeb. Most recently, as a researcher-in-residence at Concordia Library, Katherine is working on “Listening to the Library,” a sensory based investigat...

"I love having access to augmented reality to tell those stories that have been deliberately debased and erased..". In this episode, Shauna Jenssen, the Concordia Research Chair in Performative Urbanism sits down with researchers Amanda Guttiérez, Andrei Mamaliga, and Alex Tigchelaar to investigate the relationship between augmented reality, scenography, data surveillance, and the spatial historie...

"My activism just works differently - but all forms of activism are necessary for any type of social change" This episode is the fourth in our series with the Black Perspectives Office. In this episode, the founding coordinator of the BPO sits down with anti-racist psychotherapist David Archer, to find out more about his practice.. David Archer is a anti-racist psychotherapist from Montreal. He ha...

"We want to create these tools of design automation to help customization for everyone" Dr. Tsz-Ho Kwok is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering at the Gina Cody School as well as a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing. For this episode, Prem Sooriyakumar, Knowledge Broker from the Office of Research, sits down with Dr. Kwok to discuss his resear...

"My experiences have made it feel Like I haven’t had a choice; it’s important to always centre the margins..." In third episode of our series with Concordia's Black Perspectives Office, the BPO’s coordinator, Annick Maugile Flavien sits down with with Marlihan Lopez, Program and Outreach coordinator at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute. Listen in for an in-depth discussion around the themes that le...

"Try to centre it more in the different rhythmic and tidalectic relations that exist across the archipelago" Seascape Poetics was curated by Bettina Pérez Martínez, with assistance from Simone Cambridge. This digital-only exhibition examines the complexity of Caribbean relationships to water. The Beyond Museum Walls Curatorial Residency program is a student and recent graduate-led initiative devel...

For this week of March 2021, 4thSpace worked with the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre and the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability to host a full week of online panels and workshops on the environmental crisis and the climate emergency. Coordinator for this week-long session, Rebecca Tittler hosts this conversation with Geography professor and Concordia Research Chair in Climate S...

"There is something in knowing what Is likely to be resonant, but there is also something in seeing it in action.." In second episode of our series with Concordia's Black Perspectives Office, the BPO’s coordinator, Annick Maugile Flavien sits down with with Temi Akin-Aina, the Associate Director of Alumni Relations. Listen in for an in-depth discussion around the themes that led Temi to her work,...

"When we stop trusting institutions, people start to flock to alternative pathways like the blockchain.." Erica Pimentel speaks with Pierre-Yann Dolbec on how our idea of work is being transformed. From the gig economy to blockchain to a global pandemic - how does this impact how we connect with our work? Erica Pimentel is a Concordia Public Scholar, a CPA and a doctoral candidate in Accountancy a...

"I like to think of myself as disposable and if I don't - I'm not going to put in place structures that last.." The Black Perspectives Office (BPO) is a newly launched area of leadership at Concordia that provides resources, supports, connects and advocates for Black perspectives, initiatives and scholarship at Concordia University. In this special episode, the first of a series of conversations e...