Anti-Capitalism and Environmental Justice Organizing Workshop
Monday, November 5, 1:30pm
Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU), 3480 Rue McTavish, Room 302 (3rd floor)
The Midnight Kitchen is always going on about capitalism - is there a rhyme or a reason to it? Why is it important for a food and environmental justice collective to have this framework? Come hear why an anti-capitalist critique is important to an environmental and sustainability praxis and analysis, how capitalism has co-opted radical green and anti-colonial movements, and why we resist greenwashing. We will then look at alternative models of organizing, and strategize about making environmental organizing in direct confrontation of capitalism and other forms of oppression. Come join us for an afternoon discussion with
members of the MK collective. Everyone welcome!
Rae Spoon! Local Legends Reading Series!
Monday, November 5th, 7:00pm until 8:30pm
Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore, 2150 Bishop Street
Montreal-based musician and author, Rae Spoon will be reading from their first novel, First Spring Grass Fire, at the Concordia Co-op Bookstore. This will be the sixth and final event of the month-long Local Legends Reading Series, now in its third year. As part of the Concordia Co-op Bookstore’s 10th Anniversary Shenanigans, the Local Legends Reading Series features local authors and friends of the Co-op. This sixth and final event of the series will see the Co-op Bookstore host Rae Spoon - transgender indie electronica singer-songwriter, reading from their first book, First Spring Grass Fire (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2012). This first book by Rae (who uses “they” as a pronoun) is a candid, powerful story about a young person growing up queer in a strict Pentecostal family in Alberta.
http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=368
SHADOWS OF LIBERTY - Montreal premiere
Monday, November 5th, 7:00pm until 9:00pm
Concordia University, Room H110
In the eve of the US election, join us for this gorgeously shot and superbly argued doc which picks up where MANUFACTURING CONSENT left off, proving the moral and social failures of mainstream media.
The film takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where global media conglomerates exercise extraordinary political, social, and economic power. The overwhelming collective power of these firms raises troubling questions about democracy. Highly revealing interviews, actuality, and archive material, tell insider accounts of a broken media system, where journalists are prevented from pursuing controversial news stories, people are censored for speaking out against abuses of government power, and individual lives are shattered as the arena for public expression has been turned into a private profit zone. Will the internet remain free, or be controlled by a handful of powerful, monopolistic
corporations? The media crisis is at the core of today’s most troubling issues, and people everywhere are taking action, trying to change the media monopolies strangle hold information.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
Panel Discussion on Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure
Tuesday, November 6th, 6:00pm until 8:00pm
Faculty of Law, 3644 Peel Street, Montreal
In light of the recent Supreme Court decisions, 'R. v Mabior' and 'R. v D.C.', OutLaw McGill and RadLaw McGill are hosting a panel discussion on the criminalization of non-disclosure of HIV. The panel discussion will be conducted bilingually in the languages the panellists are most comfortable with, and questions can be asked in English or French.
Board Game night! (every other tuesday!)
Tuesday, November 6th, 10:00pm until 1:00am
4518 Papineau
We're playing board games! Bring your own or play one that we have! Invite your friends! Come a bit early if you want, but you might be playing solitaire for a while! We have loads of events this month, check out our calendar! www.coopsurgenereux.org/calendrier
Before this event from 7pm-9pm Contact Danse workshop with Kelanie at Le Caravane Café (4584 Papineau) with a suggested donation of $7. Last week was the first one and it was INCREDIBLE. Highly recommended! That's why we're starting at 9, cause your main host will be over there!
NEW! Meditation at the Greenhouse
Wednesdays from 9:45-10:45am, until December 5th
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor Concordia University, 1400 Maisonneuve
Find a slice of serenity 13 floors up, in a room that's always warm and filled with greenery and sunshine. Beloved greenhouse intern Christina hosts weekly morning meditation sessions. Christina will provide basic instruction for beginners and newcomers, and sessions will follow a fluid and open format, incorporating some guided meditation and some music, but sticking mostly to simple, silent meditation. Tea will be served after each session. All are welcome, hope to see you there!
NEW! Aquaponics: What the heck is that?
Wednesday, November 7th at 4:00pm.
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor Concordia University, 1400 Maisonneuve
If you've ever wondered how that fish tank hooked up to that planter bed in the greenhouse actually works and makes things grow, or if you've ever heard of this word aquaponics and you're slightly mystified (but still intrigued!), or even if you already know what it is but are interested in starting your own aquaponics system, come find out more about the Concordia Greenhouse Aquaponics Project during out semesterly info session. We'll start you off with a run-down of the basic workings of such a system, touching a bit on the biology and water chemistry involved. Then, for those who are interested in the intricacies of our system and the progress we've made, we'll give you some troubleshooting tips and discuss how we've overcome problems through two and a half years of operation.
The Dragonroot Project: a workshop series on gendered violence, Nov 7–Apr 10
Wednesday, November 7 at 6:00pm until February 13 at 8:00pm
1500 de Maisonneuve West #404
The 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy & CKUT 90.3FM present: The Dragonroot Project: a workshop series on gendered violence. Join us every 2nd Wednesday from 6-8pm
November 7: Sexual Assault Awareness with the Sexual Assault Centre Campaign. This workshop is designed to provide a basic understanding of sexual assault, including consent, boundaries, and rape culture. We will explore the right of people to define their own experiences. We will delve into why consent can be complicated, the importance of communicating comfort levels, and what resources are available within Montreal for survivors.
"McGill Journal for Human Rights” magazine launch
Wednesday Nov 7th from 6-8
L’Escalier Café at 552 Saint Catherine Est.
Open mic/spoken word/poetry slam that will take place on Entrance is free.
The goal of this launch is to celebrate the launch of the new magazine, this issue focusing on a variety of topics regarding religious rights, including religious minority representation, homosexuals & the church, Islamophobia, etc. Co-hosting this event is Stand McGill, an anti-genocide coalition with an article in the magazine focusing on human rights violations in regards to mining and genocidal violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We want to celebrate this launch together while networking with other human rights groups and forming connections that we can hopefully collaborate with in the future. This event will be a great place to come out and meet people dedicated to similar interests in advocating all human rights.
History of Prostitution in Montreal walking tour
Wednesday, November 7th, 6:00pm
Meeting at the Southeast corner of René-Lévesque and Saint-Laurent Boulevard
Sex work, especially in its most visible forms, tends to be recognized as a problem,requiring intervention and eradication. However, over the past century, The City of Montreal has had a far more nuanced relationship to its Red Light District –exploiting its attractions for tourists and maintaining a quasi-legal zone in order to
access information to the city’s underworld. This tour explores the social, economic,cultural, racial and gender history of Montreal through its former Red Light.
IntrAnet Installation of Reseau Libre & Atelier Biblio/theatre de la Genereuse!
(not sure if english translation is available for this event)
Wednesday, November 6th, 6:30pm until 11:00pm
4518 Papineau
Vers 17:30, l'installation du router Reseau Libre, un projet d'Internet Alternatif! wiki.reseaulibre.ca/7
Cette évènement fera l'objet d'un documentaire et d'une discussion par la suite.
S.v.p nous informer si vous ne voulez pas être filmé.
Et a 20:00, Atelier biblio/théâtral de la Généreuse!
We'll open dusty books and let the words come out by themselves. Theatre, poetry, a blend that offers unexpected, unknown, and new perspectives... Join us !
NEW! Alterations 101
Thursday November 15th from 2-5pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor Concordia University, 1400 Maisonneuve
Want to revamp your old clothes? Never learned how to mend and sew a button? Tired of the fashion industry telling you how you should look? Then the Greenhouse Alteration 101 Workshops are perfect for you! Starting this week in the greenhouse atrium, these workshops will take place once a month throughout the year, so stay tuned!
This week's material (!) will be Fashion and Politics: DIY, a Brief History of Trade Laws, the Power of Fashion, and Craftism. PLUS: how to make a wish card from recycled materials and scrap fabric (needle work). Don't miss these crafty, hands-on workshops!
NEW! Food Sovereignty Reading Group
Thursday, November 8, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia University Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd
Join us in the Tea Atrium this Thursday October 25, from 5-7pm for another installment of our bi-weekly Concordia Greenhouse Food Sovereignty Reading Group. This week's reading and discussion is inspired by the OCPM's recent publication of the Spring 2012 Urban Agriculture Public Consult report. (While not required reading for this Thursday, you can read a very brief overview of the report here: http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1054113/ocpm-believes-urban-agriculture-in-montreal-involves-numerous-activities-requiring-better-coordination
or access the entire report in French here: http://www.ocpm.qc.ca/agriculture.) We thought it would be a great idea to explore the impacts of this report on urban agriculture in Montreal. For this week's reading, we've chosen a book that is available on google books called Growing Better Cities: Urban Agriculture For Sustainable Development, available here: http://books.google.ca/books?id=dddx3MJ-9qwC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false. The book, only 70 pages long, gives some very interesting insight into the history and development of urban agriculture around the globe.
As always, Christina will begin the meeting with a brief overview of the reading, and then offer a few questions for discussion. Everyone is strongly encouraged to bring their own pertinent questions and discussion topics to the table. Hope to see you on Thursday evening for a great discussion on local urban agriculture issues!
NEW! STOP THE CUTS! To Refugee Health!
Thursday, November 8th, at 6-8pm
Otto Maass building room 10 at McGill University
Healthcare for all. A panel discussion on the federal cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) for refugees
The Interim Federal Health Program provides healthcare services for refugees. As of June 30th, 2012, Federal Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney announced significant cuts to the IFHP. These cuts deny all refugees and refugee claimants’ access to essential healthcare treatment.
Including members from: Doctors of the World: Médecins du Monde Canada; Health Justice Collective and Solidarity Across Borders
Métro McGill. For map: http://www.mcgill.ca/maps/maass-chemistry-building
NEW! Nerd Out on Plants!
Thursday, November 8 from 5-7pm
Concordia University Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd
Join us in the greenhouse for another edition of our horticulture workshop series. This week's topic is Plant Sexual Reproduction and Seed Saving, Come learn how it all works in the plant realm!
All the workshops in this series are offered on a Pay-What-You-Can basis; no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
NEW! d'bi.young anitafrika. Kalmunity Vibe Collective
Thursday, Nov. 8th, 8:30pm
La Sala Rossa, 4848 St. Laurent
Join Howl! arts collective for a Montreal performance by d'bi.young anitafrika, a revolutionary and ground breaking artist performing creative work that incorporates theater, song and dub poetry. This concert will highlight voices on the front lines of contemporary culture, rooted in anti-colonial struggles past and present. Also joining this concert will be the Montreal grassroots artist network, the Kalmunity Vibe Collective as well as Ryan Kai Cheng Thom, a queer Chinese performance artist based in Montréal.
$8 in advance, $11 door
THE CARBON RUSH - QC premiere with director Amy Miller
Thursday, November 8th, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Concordia University, Room H110
Incinerators burning garbage in India. Hundreds of hydroelectric dams in Panama. Biogas extracted from palm oil in Honduras. Eucalyptus forests harvested for charcoal in Brazil.
What do these projects have in common? They are all receiving carbon credits for offsetting pollution created somewhere else. But what impact are these offsets having? Are they actually reducing emissions? And how are they affecting the people who live in these countries?
THE CARBON RUSH takes us around the world to meet the men and women on the front lines of carbon trading. So far their voices have gone unheard in the cacophony surrounding this multi-billion carbon industry, nicknamed "green gold" by its beneficiaries. Indigenous rain forest dwellers are losing their way of life. Waste pickers at landfills can no longer support themselves. Dozens of Campesinos have been assassinated.
THE CARBON RUSH travels across four continents and shows the connection between these tragedies and the United Nations' Clean Development Mechanism. This groundbreaking documentary feature reveals the true cost of carbon trading and shows who stands to gain and who stands to lose.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
NEW! Transitions 2.0
Friday November 9 at 7pm
NDG Food Depot, 2121 Oxford (corner of de maisonneuve in NDG)
The Transition Movement is comprised of vibrant, grassroots community initiatives that seek to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as peak oil, climate change, and the economic crisis. Transition Initiatives differentiate themselves from other sustainability and environmental groups by seeking to mitigate these converging global crises through community engagement and home-grown, citizen-led education, action, and multi-stakeholder planning to increase self-reliance and resilience.
Transitions 2.0 is the second installment of this film series and community discussion spearheaded by the NDG Food Depot. Join us to take part in this growing community initiative!
NEW! Sorplusi Methodology - a workshop by d’bi.young
Friday, Nov. 9, 5:30pm
2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy, 1500 de Maisonneuve West, Suite 404
sorplusi is a personal development methodology emphasizing holistic self-actualization through arts-education. originated by d’bi.young anitafrika, sorplusi is based on the seminal dub poetry theory of her mother anita stewart, initiated in the early to mid eighties at the cultural training centre’s drama school now the edna manley college or the visual and performing arts.
a workshop with internationally celebrated artist d’bi young in Montreal. co-presented by QPIRG McGill / 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy / Howl! arts collective, as part of the “Tools of the Trade” workshop series via the Suoni per il Popolo cultural festival.
NEW! Forum On Organic Seed Growing
Friday, November 9-11
Centennial Center, Macdonald Campus, McGill University 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue
NDGSEED CONNECTIONS is the first major seed growing conference in Eastern Canada. Seed savers, farmers, gardeners, market growers, and all kinds of seedy people will be able to get together to learn and talk about seed, and bring the Canadian organic seed movement further. Don't miss the connection!
This fully bilingual event brings Canadian and American speakers from a number of seed companies and organizations to share their knowledge, skill, and experience with participants over three days of workshops, meals, and socializing.
Crochet avec Pandora Hobby -November 9, 23 & December 6
Friday, November 9, 4:00pm
Le Milieu, 1251 rue Robin
A three part series of crochet techniques ( attend 1 or many)with fibre artist Pandora Hobby aimed at getting a head start on gift making. Every second week, different projects will be highlighted.
All 3 workshops start @4/16 h with a suggested 5-7 $ donation. All materials are free for use, but hooks will be available for sale as well. Feel free to come with materials, projects, questions, enthusiasm or just your own self.
QUEER-LOVE-ACTION
Friday, November 9, 5:00pm
RATS 9 Gallery, 372 Ste-Catherine W. #530 Montreal
A Solo Exhibition of New Paintings & Drawings By Jenna Meyers
Opening: Friday 5pm to 12pm, Exhibitions runs Tuesdays to Saturdays 12pm to 6pm, November 9th to November 24th
'Queer-Love-Action' is an exhibition of recent paintings and 'Adorno Porno', the soft cover zine.
Illuminated by a hot glowing palette of greens and prurient oranges, the characters in these paintings are portrayed in moments of intimacy where the audience becomes a voyeur. Variously, these scenes capture a humorous anxiety, an unspoken dialogue of episodic mania, figures languishing in abstract rivers, cartoon lamps lighting dildos. The joke is neither on the characters or the audience; these pictures are an extension of fluid memory of fictional domestic romance. The act of mimicking representations of love found in cinematic narrative forms plays a political role in defining hegemonic gender identities. Within familiar environments, new notions of personhood can be introduced and accepted, mediated as normative through the sociability of their surroundings. Meyers presents their paintings as places to wander and territory to warm to.
http://jennameyers.tumblr.com/
La Coop sur Généreux présente: JAM N' TRASH!
Saturday, November 10, 5:00pm until 1:00am
Coop Généreux, 4518 Papineau, 3e étage
À la coop, on aime ça faire du dumpster-diving. On aime aussi faire de la musique, alors on a décidé de combiner nos deux activités préférées et faire une soirée de cuisine collective et de jam. Et vous êtes tous invités!!!! Donc, pour ceux qui veulent venir faire du dumpster-diving avec nous, rendez-vous chez nous à 16h30 :) si vous en avez jamais fait, c'est une bonne occasion pour essayer et voir comment c'est facile (et à quel point les épiceries gaspillent de la nourriture) Ensuite, on commence la cuisine à 17h30, venez participer et faire des miam miam recettes avec les ingrédients qu'on aura trouvé!!
Le jam commence quand on veut et peut durer toute la nuit si on veut, invitez vos amis musiciens on se fait un gros jam!!!
Risky Telling: Identity, personal narrative and risk (panel discussion)
Sunday November 11th, 2-4pm
185 Van Horne
Languages: English and French with whisper-translation
Four queer artists discuss their experiences of personal narrative and the risk that comes with it. Personal narrative exposes you to harm by laying your self bare to reactions of disgust, fear, anger, misunderstanding or rejection from your audience. Why would you do it? Each artist will briefly present a sample of
their work and talk about how they navigate this risk and why.
Stay afterwards for cooking and food for the weekly community dinner!
http://www.facebook.com/events/519620828066310/
Monday, November 5, 1:30pm
Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU), 3480 Rue McTavish, Room 302 (3rd floor)
The Midnight Kitchen is always going on about capitalism - is there a rhyme or a reason to it? Why is it important for a food and environmental justice collective to have this framework? Come hear why an anti-capitalist critique is important to an environmental and sustainability praxis and analysis, how capitalism has co-opted radical green and anti-colonial movements, and why we resist greenwashing. We will then look at alternative models of organizing, and strategize about making environmental organizing in direct confrontation of capitalism and other forms of oppression. Come join us for an afternoon discussion with
members of the MK collective. Everyone welcome!
Rae Spoon! Local Legends Reading Series!
Monday, November 5th, 7:00pm until 8:30pm
Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore, 2150 Bishop Street
Montreal-based musician and author, Rae Spoon will be reading from their first novel, First Spring Grass Fire, at the Concordia Co-op Bookstore. This will be the sixth and final event of the month-long Local Legends Reading Series, now in its third year. As part of the Concordia Co-op Bookstore’s 10th Anniversary Shenanigans, the Local Legends Reading Series features local authors and friends of the Co-op. This sixth and final event of the series will see the Co-op Bookstore host Rae Spoon - transgender indie electronica singer-songwriter, reading from their first book, First Spring Grass Fire (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2012). This first book by Rae (who uses “they” as a pronoun) is a candid, powerful story about a young person growing up queer in a strict Pentecostal family in Alberta.
http://www.arsenalpulp.com/bookinfo.php?index=368
SHADOWS OF LIBERTY - Montreal premiere
Monday, November 5th, 7:00pm until 9:00pm
Concordia University, Room H110
In the eve of the US election, join us for this gorgeously shot and superbly argued doc which picks up where MANUFACTURING CONSENT left off, proving the moral and social failures of mainstream media.
The film takes an intrepid journey through the darker corridors of the American media landscape, where global media conglomerates exercise extraordinary political, social, and economic power. The overwhelming collective power of these firms raises troubling questions about democracy. Highly revealing interviews, actuality, and archive material, tell insider accounts of a broken media system, where journalists are prevented from pursuing controversial news stories, people are censored for speaking out against abuses of government power, and individual lives are shattered as the arena for public expression has been turned into a private profit zone. Will the internet remain free, or be controlled by a handful of powerful, monopolistic
corporations? The media crisis is at the core of today’s most troubling issues, and people everywhere are taking action, trying to change the media monopolies strangle hold information.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
Panel Discussion on Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure
Tuesday, November 6th, 6:00pm until 8:00pm
Faculty of Law, 3644 Peel Street, Montreal
In light of the recent Supreme Court decisions, 'R. v Mabior' and 'R. v D.C.', OutLaw McGill and RadLaw McGill are hosting a panel discussion on the criminalization of non-disclosure of HIV. The panel discussion will be conducted bilingually in the languages the panellists are most comfortable with, and questions can be asked in English or French.
Board Game night! (every other tuesday!)
Tuesday, November 6th, 10:00pm until 1:00am
4518 Papineau
We're playing board games! Bring your own or play one that we have! Invite your friends! Come a bit early if you want, but you might be playing solitaire for a while! We have loads of events this month, check out our calendar! www.coopsurgenereux.org/calendrier
Before this event from 7pm-9pm Contact Danse workshop with Kelanie at Le Caravane Café (4584 Papineau) with a suggested donation of $7. Last week was the first one and it was INCREDIBLE. Highly recommended! That's why we're starting at 9, cause your main host will be over there!
NEW! Meditation at the Greenhouse
Wednesdays from 9:45-10:45am, until December 5th
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor Concordia University, 1400 Maisonneuve
Find a slice of serenity 13 floors up, in a room that's always warm and filled with greenery and sunshine. Beloved greenhouse intern Christina hosts weekly morning meditation sessions. Christina will provide basic instruction for beginners and newcomers, and sessions will follow a fluid and open format, incorporating some guided meditation and some music, but sticking mostly to simple, silent meditation. Tea will be served after each session. All are welcome, hope to see you there!
NEW! Aquaponics: What the heck is that?
Wednesday, November 7th at 4:00pm.
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor Concordia University, 1400 Maisonneuve
If you've ever wondered how that fish tank hooked up to that planter bed in the greenhouse actually works and makes things grow, or if you've ever heard of this word aquaponics and you're slightly mystified (but still intrigued!), or even if you already know what it is but are interested in starting your own aquaponics system, come find out more about the Concordia Greenhouse Aquaponics Project during out semesterly info session. We'll start you off with a run-down of the basic workings of such a system, touching a bit on the biology and water chemistry involved. Then, for those who are interested in the intricacies of our system and the progress we've made, we'll give you some troubleshooting tips and discuss how we've overcome problems through two and a half years of operation.
The Dragonroot Project: a workshop series on gendered violence, Nov 7–Apr 10
Wednesday, November 7 at 6:00pm until February 13 at 8:00pm
1500 de Maisonneuve West #404
The 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy & CKUT 90.3FM present: The Dragonroot Project: a workshop series on gendered violence. Join us every 2nd Wednesday from 6-8pm
November 7: Sexual Assault Awareness with the Sexual Assault Centre Campaign. This workshop is designed to provide a basic understanding of sexual assault, including consent, boundaries, and rape culture. We will explore the right of people to define their own experiences. We will delve into why consent can be complicated, the importance of communicating comfort levels, and what resources are available within Montreal for survivors.
"McGill Journal for Human Rights” magazine launch
Wednesday Nov 7th from 6-8
L’Escalier Café at 552 Saint Catherine Est.
Open mic/spoken word/poetry slam that will take place on Entrance is free.
The goal of this launch is to celebrate the launch of the new magazine, this issue focusing on a variety of topics regarding religious rights, including religious minority representation, homosexuals & the church, Islamophobia, etc. Co-hosting this event is Stand McGill, an anti-genocide coalition with an article in the magazine focusing on human rights violations in regards to mining and genocidal violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We want to celebrate this launch together while networking with other human rights groups and forming connections that we can hopefully collaborate with in the future. This event will be a great place to come out and meet people dedicated to similar interests in advocating all human rights.
History of Prostitution in Montreal walking tour
Wednesday, November 7th, 6:00pm
Meeting at the Southeast corner of René-Lévesque and Saint-Laurent Boulevard
Sex work, especially in its most visible forms, tends to be recognized as a problem,requiring intervention and eradication. However, over the past century, The City of Montreal has had a far more nuanced relationship to its Red Light District –exploiting its attractions for tourists and maintaining a quasi-legal zone in order to
access information to the city’s underworld. This tour explores the social, economic,cultural, racial and gender history of Montreal through its former Red Light.
IntrAnet Installation of Reseau Libre & Atelier Biblio/theatre de la Genereuse!
(not sure if english translation is available for this event)
Wednesday, November 6th, 6:30pm until 11:00pm
4518 Papineau
Vers 17:30, l'installation du router Reseau Libre, un projet d'Internet Alternatif! wiki.reseaulibre.ca/7
Cette évènement fera l'objet d'un documentaire et d'une discussion par la suite.
S.v.p nous informer si vous ne voulez pas être filmé.
Et a 20:00, Atelier biblio/théâtral de la Généreuse!
We'll open dusty books and let the words come out by themselves. Theatre, poetry, a blend that offers unexpected, unknown, and new perspectives... Join us !
NEW! Alterations 101
Thursday November 15th from 2-5pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 13th floor Concordia University, 1400 Maisonneuve
Want to revamp your old clothes? Never learned how to mend and sew a button? Tired of the fashion industry telling you how you should look? Then the Greenhouse Alteration 101 Workshops are perfect for you! Starting this week in the greenhouse atrium, these workshops will take place once a month throughout the year, so stay tuned!
This week's material (!) will be Fashion and Politics: DIY, a Brief History of Trade Laws, the Power of Fashion, and Craftism. PLUS: how to make a wish card from recycled materials and scrap fabric (needle work). Don't miss these crafty, hands-on workshops!
NEW! Food Sovereignty Reading Group
Thursday, November 8, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia University Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd
Join us in the Tea Atrium this Thursday October 25, from 5-7pm for another installment of our bi-weekly Concordia Greenhouse Food Sovereignty Reading Group. This week's reading and discussion is inspired by the OCPM's recent publication of the Spring 2012 Urban Agriculture Public Consult report. (While not required reading for this Thursday, you can read a very brief overview of the report here: http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1054113/ocpm-believes-urban-agriculture-in-montreal-involves-numerous-activities-requiring-better-coordination
or access the entire report in French here: http://www.ocpm.qc.ca/agriculture.) We thought it would be a great idea to explore the impacts of this report on urban agriculture in Montreal. For this week's reading, we've chosen a book that is available on google books called Growing Better Cities: Urban Agriculture For Sustainable Development, available here: http://books.google.ca/books?id=dddx3MJ-9qwC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false. The book, only 70 pages long, gives some very interesting insight into the history and development of urban agriculture around the globe.
As always, Christina will begin the meeting with a brief overview of the reading, and then offer a few questions for discussion. Everyone is strongly encouraged to bring their own pertinent questions and discussion topics to the table. Hope to see you on Thursday evening for a great discussion on local urban agriculture issues!
NEW! STOP THE CUTS! To Refugee Health!
Thursday, November 8th, at 6-8pm
Otto Maass building room 10 at McGill University
Healthcare for all. A panel discussion on the federal cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) for refugees
The Interim Federal Health Program provides healthcare services for refugees. As of June 30th, 2012, Federal Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney announced significant cuts to the IFHP. These cuts deny all refugees and refugee claimants’ access to essential healthcare treatment.
Including members from: Doctors of the World: Médecins du Monde Canada; Health Justice Collective and Solidarity Across Borders
Métro McGill. For map: http://www.mcgill.ca/maps/maass-chemistry-building
NEW! Nerd Out on Plants!
Thursday, November 8 from 5-7pm
Concordia University Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd
Join us in the greenhouse for another edition of our horticulture workshop series. This week's topic is Plant Sexual Reproduction and Seed Saving, Come learn how it all works in the plant realm!
All the workshops in this series are offered on a Pay-What-You-Can basis; no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
NEW! d'bi.young anitafrika. Kalmunity Vibe Collective
Thursday, Nov. 8th, 8:30pm
La Sala Rossa, 4848 St. Laurent
Join Howl! arts collective for a Montreal performance by d'bi.young anitafrika, a revolutionary and ground breaking artist performing creative work that incorporates theater, song and dub poetry. This concert will highlight voices on the front lines of contemporary culture, rooted in anti-colonial struggles past and present. Also joining this concert will be the Montreal grassroots artist network, the Kalmunity Vibe Collective as well as Ryan Kai Cheng Thom, a queer Chinese performance artist based in Montréal.
$8 in advance, $11 door
THE CARBON RUSH - QC premiere with director Amy Miller
Thursday, November 8th, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Concordia University, Room H110
Incinerators burning garbage in India. Hundreds of hydroelectric dams in Panama. Biogas extracted from palm oil in Honduras. Eucalyptus forests harvested for charcoal in Brazil.
What do these projects have in common? They are all receiving carbon credits for offsetting pollution created somewhere else. But what impact are these offsets having? Are they actually reducing emissions? And how are they affecting the people who live in these countries?
THE CARBON RUSH takes us around the world to meet the men and women on the front lines of carbon trading. So far their voices have gone unheard in the cacophony surrounding this multi-billion carbon industry, nicknamed "green gold" by its beneficiaries. Indigenous rain forest dwellers are losing their way of life. Waste pickers at landfills can no longer support themselves. Dozens of Campesinos have been assassinated.
THE CARBON RUSH travels across four continents and shows the connection between these tragedies and the United Nations' Clean Development Mechanism. This groundbreaking documentary feature reveals the true cost of carbon trading and shows who stands to gain and who stands to lose.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
NEW! Transitions 2.0
Friday November 9 at 7pm
NDG Food Depot, 2121 Oxford (corner of de maisonneuve in NDG)
The Transition Movement is comprised of vibrant, grassroots community initiatives that seek to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as peak oil, climate change, and the economic crisis. Transition Initiatives differentiate themselves from other sustainability and environmental groups by seeking to mitigate these converging global crises through community engagement and home-grown, citizen-led education, action, and multi-stakeholder planning to increase self-reliance and resilience.
Transitions 2.0 is the second installment of this film series and community discussion spearheaded by the NDG Food Depot. Join us to take part in this growing community initiative!
NEW! Sorplusi Methodology - a workshop by d’bi.young
Friday, Nov. 9, 5:30pm
2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy, 1500 de Maisonneuve West, Suite 404
sorplusi is a personal development methodology emphasizing holistic self-actualization through arts-education. originated by d’bi.young anitafrika, sorplusi is based on the seminal dub poetry theory of her mother anita stewart, initiated in the early to mid eighties at the cultural training centre’s drama school now the edna manley college or the visual and performing arts.
a workshop with internationally celebrated artist d’bi young in Montreal. co-presented by QPIRG McGill / 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy / Howl! arts collective, as part of the “Tools of the Trade” workshop series via the Suoni per il Popolo cultural festival.
NEW! Forum On Organic Seed Growing
Friday, November 9-11
Centennial Center, Macdonald Campus, McGill University 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue
NDGSEED CONNECTIONS is the first major seed growing conference in Eastern Canada. Seed savers, farmers, gardeners, market growers, and all kinds of seedy people will be able to get together to learn and talk about seed, and bring the Canadian organic seed movement further. Don't miss the connection!
This fully bilingual event brings Canadian and American speakers from a number of seed companies and organizations to share their knowledge, skill, and experience with participants over three days of workshops, meals, and socializing.
Crochet avec Pandora Hobby -November 9, 23 & December 6
Friday, November 9, 4:00pm
Le Milieu, 1251 rue Robin
A three part series of crochet techniques ( attend 1 or many)with fibre artist Pandora Hobby aimed at getting a head start on gift making. Every second week, different projects will be highlighted.
All 3 workshops start @4/16 h with a suggested 5-7 $ donation. All materials are free for use, but hooks will be available for sale as well. Feel free to come with materials, projects, questions, enthusiasm or just your own self.
QUEER-LOVE-ACTION
Friday, November 9, 5:00pm
RATS 9 Gallery, 372 Ste-Catherine W. #530 Montreal
A Solo Exhibition of New Paintings & Drawings By Jenna Meyers
Opening: Friday 5pm to 12pm, Exhibitions runs Tuesdays to Saturdays 12pm to 6pm, November 9th to November 24th
'Queer-Love-Action' is an exhibition of recent paintings and 'Adorno Porno', the soft cover zine.
Illuminated by a hot glowing palette of greens and prurient oranges, the characters in these paintings are portrayed in moments of intimacy where the audience becomes a voyeur. Variously, these scenes capture a humorous anxiety, an unspoken dialogue of episodic mania, figures languishing in abstract rivers, cartoon lamps lighting dildos. The joke is neither on the characters or the audience; these pictures are an extension of fluid memory of fictional domestic romance. The act of mimicking representations of love found in cinematic narrative forms plays a political role in defining hegemonic gender identities. Within familiar environments, new notions of personhood can be introduced and accepted, mediated as normative through the sociability of their surroundings. Meyers presents their paintings as places to wander and territory to warm to.
http://jennameyers.tumblr.com/
La Coop sur Généreux présente: JAM N' TRASH!
Saturday, November 10, 5:00pm until 1:00am
Coop Généreux, 4518 Papineau, 3e étage
À la coop, on aime ça faire du dumpster-diving. On aime aussi faire de la musique, alors on a décidé de combiner nos deux activités préférées et faire une soirée de cuisine collective et de jam. Et vous êtes tous invités!!!! Donc, pour ceux qui veulent venir faire du dumpster-diving avec nous, rendez-vous chez nous à 16h30 :) si vous en avez jamais fait, c'est une bonne occasion pour essayer et voir comment c'est facile (et à quel point les épiceries gaspillent de la nourriture) Ensuite, on commence la cuisine à 17h30, venez participer et faire des miam miam recettes avec les ingrédients qu'on aura trouvé!!
Le jam commence quand on veut et peut durer toute la nuit si on veut, invitez vos amis musiciens on se fait un gros jam!!!
Risky Telling: Identity, personal narrative and risk (panel discussion)
Sunday November 11th, 2-4pm
185 Van Horne
Languages: English and French with whisper-translation
Four queer artists discuss their experiences of personal narrative and the risk that comes with it. Personal narrative exposes you to harm by laying your self bare to reactions of disgust, fear, anger, misunderstanding or rejection from your audience. Why would you do it? Each artist will briefly present a sample of
their work and talk about how they navigate this risk and why.
Stay afterwards for cooking and food for the weekly community dinner!
http://www.facebook.com/events/519620828066310/