House Plant SALE!
Monday at 11:00am until Tuesday at 5:00pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve West
On September 23rd and 24th from 11am-5pm (or until supplies last), we have a selection of plants to offer you for both sun and shade, both large and small, and all eager for new home. Prices range from $3-30, and we will be providing discounts to undergraduate students in gracious thanks for accepting us as a fee levy group. Don’t forget to bring your student ID!
Here are some species we will have to offer:
- zebrina
- aloe (from small to very large)
- spider plant
- snake plant
- cuban oregano
- purple heart plant
- mexican hat
- prickly pear cactus
- papyrus
- oakleaf ivy
- dwarf money tree
- areca palm
- catnip
- papaya
- lemon tree (large)
Note: the earlier you come, the more selection you will have, some species are short in numbers. Hope to see you there! OPEN WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
DISORIENTATION 2013: A different side of student life!
Monday at 12:00pm until Monday at 4:00pm
QPIRG Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204)
Free & welcome to all: new students & returning students; members of the campus & the community.
HIGHLIGHTS/SCHEDULE IN BRIEF (full details below or visit www.qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation)
MONDAY, September 23, 2013
* 12pm – QPIRG Concordia OPEN HOUSE @ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204
* 1pm – WORKSHOP: “Solidarity Not Charity” Activism in Montréal @ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204
* 7pm – Cinema Politica Film Screening: “Bidder 70” @ DB Clarke Auditorium – 1455 de Maisonneuve West
TUESDAY, September 24, 2013
* 11am – WORKSHOP: “Direct Action Gets The Goods: A 101 to occupations, blockades, and staying safe from the cops and courts” @ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve
West, #204
* 3pm – WORKSHOP: “Mad Hatter Tea Party”: A Rad Mental Health Workshop @ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204
* 5pm – SOCIAL EVENT: Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) “5à7″: Research for Social Transformation @ 7th floor Hall Building – 1455 de Maisonneuve West
WEDNESDAY, September 25, 2013
* 3pm – Radical WALKING TOUR of Concordia, meet @ QPIRG Concordia, 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204
THURSDAY, September 26, 2013
* 11am-4pm – BLOCK PARTY and Tabling Fair @ QPIRG Concordia – on de Maisonneuve West, between Mackay and Guy, #204
FRIDAY, September 27, 2013
* 1pm – Anti-Gentrification Community Bike Tour meet @ the corner of Guy & De Maisonneuve near the statue of Norman Bethune
MONDAY, September 30, 2013
* 2pm-4pm – WORKSHOP: Sexual Assault Awareness: It’s Never Your Fault @ The Centre for Gender Advocacy (1500 de Maisonneuve O. #404)
[Accessibility: All our events are free and open to new and returning Concordia students and community members. With the exception of parts of the Radical Campus Walking Tour and the Community Bike Tour, all our events are wheelchair accessible. Many of our events are taking place in the QPIRG Concordia space. Our building has a ramp but it is steep. The doors to enter the building do not open automatically.
There is one accessible washroom on our floor. Please let us know if you would like assistance entering our space. We encourage anyone wishing to attend DISORIENTATION to get in touch with any accessibility needs and we will do our best to meet them.
If you require childcare or English to French whisper translation during any events, please contact us by September 19 at 514-848-7585 or info@qpirgconcordia.org.]
Build a Sukkah and Plant your Jewish Environmental Seed
Monday, September 23rd, 5:30pm
Santropol Roulant, 111 Rue Roy Est
Join a group of awesome individuals as we build a traditional Jewish hut (sukkah) and then hear about what environmental programs are going on in our city as we envision what other Jewish programs we would like to see in our community.
The agenda will be as follows:
-Build a Sukkah on Santropol's rooftop terrace!
-Enjoy locally produced (and delicious) food, cooked by Avi Gross-Grand of Raddish Foods (http://raddishfoods.wordpress.com/)
-Listen to short presentations about:
a) Bringing an organic lamb to slaughter while respecting the laws of Kashrut,
b) Urban Gardening, Food Security and local Montreal Environmental initiatives
c) Bee Keeping.
Wine & Cheese and Open Mic Night!
Monday, September 23rd, 6:30pm until 9:30pm
10 des Pins Ouest, #414
Open Mic Night and Wine & Cheese!
Come one, come all. Help us celebrate another September and kick-start another inspiring event series by sharing food, drink, and music in a warm, inviting atmosphere. Open mic is open to all spoken, musical, and other sound-making — bring us a riddle, a rhyme, a rant, or a rave!
This event is part of a larger series: Another Word for Gender: an intro to feminist organizing & action (https://www.facebook.com/events/423840214384785/)
Another Word for Gender: an intro to feminist organizing and action! Sept 23–Oct 4
Monday, September 23rd 2:00pm
1500 de Maisonneuve West #404
3rd Annual Indigenous Awareness Week
Monday, September 23rd at 12:00pm until Friday at 7:00pm
McGill University, 845 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
McGill University’s Indigenous Awareness Week is designed to increase awareness at McGill about Indigenous peoples of Canada. The week honours the many Indigenous cultures across the country including the Métis, the Inuit and First Nations. The week also offers an opportunity to collaborate with community partners and draws active participation from McGill students, faculty and staff.
The week is organized by the Social Equity and Diversity Education Office at McGill University.
SEDE’s Indigenous Educational Program seeks to develop a broad-based educational campaign by providing Aboriginal-specific programming and opportunities for bridge-building among diverse members of the McGill community.
For more information, please contact the Indigenous Education Advisor, Allan Vicaire, via email at allan.vicaire@mcgill.ca or by phone at (514) 398-3711.
Pickling 101
Monday, September 23rd, 4:30pm until 6:30pm
Innovation Jeunes 1410 rue Pierce (corner of Ste.Catherine)
If your garden is producing more food than you can eat, or if you just want to take advantage of the fall harvest at the farmers market – this workshop is for you!
Come join us as we explore simple recipes and techniques for pickling a variety of fall veggies (not just cucumbers!). Bring a mason jar and clear some space in your pantry – pickling can be habit forming!
Space is limited for this workshop. Please contact Jenna innovation@direction.ca to RSVP.
For more info on other workshops in the CFS Free Workshop series, please visit our website
https://concordialoyolacityfarm.wordpress.com/free-workshops/
An evening for Social Entrepreneurship
Monday, September 23rd, 5:30pm until 7:30pm
StreetSuds location (2025 rue Parthenais, local 40)
StreetSuds, with support from the Canadian Community Economic Development Network present....A networking workshop and information session on strategic social financing and management for social economy initiatives in Montreal.
FREE
This evening will bring together social entrepreneurs and community mobilizers to openly share knowledge, spark ideas and build networks. Two guest speakers will be presenting on: Fundraising: What every social entrepreneur should know with Anita Nowak, PhD, Integrating Director of McGill’s Social Economy Initiative Strategic Management for Social Enterprises with Daniel Rotman, Management Consultant for Coop Interface.
Appetizers and Refreshments will be provided by: Propulsion: Cantine Végétalienne
http://www.cantinepropulsion.com/
TO REGISTER: http://streetsudsworkshop.eventbrite.ca/
Créatoire 100 en 1 jour dans Gardens without borders
Monday, September 23rd, 6:00pm until 8:00pm
945 rue du couvent
Gardens without borders invites you to a creative workshop Montréal 100 in 1 day, an international urban creation festival where we invite the citizens of Montreal to re-think and transform their city by doing 100 or more actions in 1 day, the 5th october 2013. The goal is to make Montreal a better place to live and share with each other.
What’s your dream for Montreal? This is the powerful question that bring together everyone during the creative workshops, regardless of their age or origin. The creative workshops are where we explore the city from every angle possible (stakes, possibilities, wishes, etc.) to find ways to change it for the better. It is at the same time an incredible human adventure where you meet all kinds of people who are passionate about Montreal and living in society. We’ll then take action and make of Montreal the city of our dreams.
Join us, sun or rain, this monday from 6pm to 8pm, at 945 rue du couvent, in Saint Henri, 5 minutes walk from the metro Place Saint Henri.
BIDDER 70 - in collaboration with disORIENTATION
Monday, September 23rd, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
DB Clarke Theatre, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve
A story about the power of direct action, featuring climate activist Tim DeChristopher, who stopped a land grab by the US oil & gas industry.
On December 19, 2008 Tim DeChristopher disrupted a highly disputed Utah BLM Oil and Gas lease auction, effectively safeguarding thousands of acres of pristine Utah land that were slated for oil and gas leases. Not content to merely protest outside, Tim entered the auction hall and registered as bidder #70. He outbid industry giants on land parcels (which, starting at $2 an acre, were adjacent to national treasures like Canyonlands National Park), winning 22,000 acres of land worth $1.7 million before the auction was halted.
Two months later, incoming Interior Secretary Ken Salazar invalidated the auction.
Follow Tim, Bidder 70, from college student to incarcerated felon. Redefine justice for yourself. Choose your side.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
Drumming as Spiritual Practice
Tuesday, September 24nd, 2:30pm
Concordia Multi-faith Chaplaincy, 2090 Mackay
Energizing and calming at the same time, drumming is used in traditions around the world to inspire feelings of connection and joy. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of hand drumming and its uses as a tool for spiritual practice.
A unique opportunity to release stress and connect with yourself, and others.
Registration required. To register, please contact Laura Gallo: Laura.Gallo@concordia.ca
Kimchi community workshop!
Tuesday, September 24nd, 5:00pm until 7:30pm
111 Roy E.
Come down to Santropol for a hands-on Korean fermentation workshop! Learn how to make two kinds of traditional kimchi with Meehye, our guest teacher. We will provide two mason jars to take your loot home. The suggested donation is $15.
For more details or to sign up, contact Eddy at eddy@santropolroulant.org.
RESEARCH for SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION: 5 à 7
Tuesday, September 24nd, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia University - Hall Building 7th floor
The Community University Research Exchange (CURE), links students with grassroots community organizations. Students get the opportunity to do community-based, social justice research and receive credit. Want your research to have a real impact? Want to take your work outside the walls of the university?
Come for a casual evening to learn more about CURE, and how you can do a project for credit in a course you are currently taking. Meet cool profs, people from community orgs, and other students who have done CURE projects. Music will be playing and free snacks will be served.
www.curemontreal.org
Art and Agriculture: Sustainable Street Art
Wednesday, September 25th, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve West
Join Sheena Swirlz of RadicalMontreal.com for a creative workshop combing art and agriculture!
We`ll be exploring ways to create greener graffiti including:
Moss Graffiti
Seed and Plant Bombing
Flower Balloons
Yarn Bombing
Reverse graffiti
Street "repairs"
Pot hole gardens
Mud Stenciling
And many more ideas!
Come learn and brainstorm ways to green your city!
Weekly dinners at Marcel's and participating locations
Wednesday, September 25th, 6:00pm until 9:00pm
Weekly dinners at Coop-Sur-Généreux and participating locations.
This project’s purpose is to create connections between living spaces in Montréal.
Currently, there are many projects and living spaces that promote communal and alternative living. We hope that creating liasons between these spaces will not only improve the existing networks, but allow each space to grow stronger by learning and sharing with the others. The growth of one’s community allows greater
accessibility to new projects and events within the city of Montreal.
Coop sur Généreux proposes having weekly dinners with food that is dumsptered from our surrounding neighbourhoods. The purpose for such dinners is simple. People get together and eat. Building stronger ties with other coops and similar places may create a type of Montréal where everyone knows one another and allows the city to feel like a large community.
The idea is to have dinners hosted at different locations every week in order not to overburden a particular home. Also, this way we may be able to visit other people’s homes and possibly get to know other neighbourhoods.
Coop sur Généreux currently hosts several events a week.
Everyone is invited to join in and feast. A FB event/ or email may be a good idea in order to spread the word. Ideally, people would be willing to help out with dumspter diving and preparing the food. The intentions are to have people participate in the process and not necessarily for the hosting home to prepare
everything for everyone. Come join us for a great meal, great conversations and great times among new and old friends. For information contact : luis.e.aguilar1@gmail.com
Manifestation & Assemblée publique: ÉDUCATION POUR TOUS ET TOUTES !
Wednesday, September 25th, 6:30pm until 9:00pm
École Barthélémy-Vimont, 415 rue St-Roch
This demonstration and public assembly will take place during the next meeting of the Commission scolaire de Montréal which will be at the École Barthélemy-Vimont in Parc Extension. The Quebec government still refuses to allow full access to primary and secondary schools to non-status children. Already weeks after the first day of classes, the Collectif éducation sans frontières has been in touch with many families whose children have either been denied access to school, or who are being asked to pay thousands of dollars in tuition fees.
This demonstration will again urge the Commission scolaire de Montréal to exercise its discretionary powers to provide full access to schools for non-status kids, and to stop billing parents for tuition. More importantly, this demonstration will also take the form of a public assembly, so that we can discuss together strategies and tactics to escalate the pressure on the Quebec government, particularly Minister of Education Marie Malavoy. We encourage as many allies as possible to attend, so we can plan together future steps in the Education For All campaign, part of building a Solidarity City in Montreal. Please confirm if you are able to attend the public assembly by e-mail at solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com
For background information: Statement on Quebec Ministry of Education guidelines by the Collectif éducation
sans frontières: www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/enfants-sans-papiers-declaration-du-collectif-education-sans-frontieres-au-sujet-des-directives-du-ministere-de-leducation
* Media Articles (September 2012-August 2013):
www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/revue-des-medias-collectif-education-sans-frontieres
* Education Across Borders Collective:
www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/education-across-borders-collective
Technological Game Changer
Wednesday, September 25th, 7:00pm until 9:00pm
Le Milieu, 1251 rue Robin
In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama described 3D printing as having “the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.” Already, this technology has been used to print toys, rocket engine parts, prosthetic limbs and even a couple of guns. Enthusiasts are declaring this the start of desktop manufacturing: a revolution that will enable each of us to produce our own goods on our own terms. Will 3D printing usher in significant change on the scale of the printing press or the steam engine? Or, is this just another case of exaggerated optimism in the face of new technology? In this public conversation, we will
discuss the impacts 3D printing could have on our economy, our environment, our aesthetics and our daily lives. If a revolution is coming, whose terms will it be on and who serves to benefit? Can we, as consumers, researchers and community members, shape the way new technologies influence our societies – or do the
technologies shape us?
Translating Anarchy: Booklaunch
Wednesday, September 25th, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore, 2150 Bishop Street
Join us and author Mark Bray for the launch of "Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street".
Translating Anarchy tells the story of the anti-capitalist anti-authoritarians of Occupy Wall Street who strategically communicated their revolutionary politics to the public in a way that was both accessible and revolutionary. By “translating” their ideas into everyday concepts like community empowerment and collective needs, these anarchists sparked the most dynamic American social movement in decades.
Dean Spade: How We Count, If We Count: Legal Equality and the (After)Math of Eugenics
Thursday, September 26, 6:00pm until 9:00pm
SB Atrium Samuel Bronfman Bldg., 1590 Dr. Penfield
In the period leading up to and during the 2010 US Census, a surge of advocacy pushed for the inclusion of questions that would directly solicit information about respondents’ sexual orientations. In March 2011, one of the leading think tanks that produces empirical data about “LGBT” populations released a new study
estimating the size of the “LGBT community” in the US as over 8 million, or 3.5% of US adults. This talk will explore the relationship between the production of statistical data and demands for formal legal equality, observing that both are key features of the most visible contemporary gay and lesbian rights reform efforts.
What do the intertwined goals of formal legal equality and “being counted” share in their relationships to racialized-gendered population management? How might a critical queer and trans politics approach the quest for statistical data about queer and trans people? How might we understand data collection and the call to be counted as surveillance projects that seek to stabilize and immobilize and how might we engage with the perpetual failure of such projects? How might governance and distribution themselves be reimagined through a critique of the promises of being counted?
For more info: http://www.deanspade.net/
Residential Schools & violence against Native women, “My Mother–A Modern Warrior,” a talk with Norman Achneepineskum
Thursday, September 26, 7:00pm until 8:30pm
Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, H-415
Residential Schools & violence against Native women, “My Mother–A Modern Warrior,” a talk with Norman Achneepineskum
“My mother was an orphan at the age of ten; she ended up in the Sainte-Anne’s Residential School at Fort Albany, Ontario where she stayed for eight years until my father removed her from there and married her. My mother is a survivor. She gave birth to eight of her ten children outside in the wilderness during the
spring, summer, autumn and winter months like Our People had done for millennia. Most of her children, young at the age of 5, were torn away from her arms as they were sent to residential schools.”
This event is part of a larger series: https://www.facebook.com/events/423840214384785/
Masks 101
Friday, September 27, 5:00pm until 8:00pm
Le Milieu, 1251 rue Robin
The Creaturiste shares his skills on the art of mask-making with paper mache. You will learn how to make various styles of masks ajusted to your own face, just in time for your Halloween costume!
20$ including all materials.
For all ages.
Marché au troc
Saturday, September 28, 10:30am until 2:00pm
Le Marché Saint-Jacques, 1125 rue Ontario Est
Plutôt que de jeter pourquoi ne pas donner une seconde vie à vos objets?
Pour la première fois dans le quartier Centre-Sud, Éco-quartier Saint-Jacques de l’Association sportive et communautaire Centre-Sud, en collaboration avec le Marché Saint-Jacques, organise un grand Marché au troc festif, le samedi 28 septembre 2013, sur le parvis du Marché Saint-Jacques (côté Amherst)! Rendez-
vous de 10H30 à 14h!
Un marché au troc c’est quoi?
Plutôt que jeter pourquoi ne pas donner ou échanger vos objets? Ils peuvent faire le bonheur de quelqu’un d’autre ! Un marché au troc est une occasion unique de redonner une seconde vie à vos objets désuets et de remettre au gout du jour le concept
du troc : chaque objet apporté pourra être échangé contre un autre objet.
Sur la base de vos apports, nous les échangerons contre des coupons qui vous serviront de monnaie d’échange pour d’autres objets ayant la même valeur de points.
Sur place, venez goûter la cuisine créative et saine faite à partir de produits locaux et biologiques de la Coop le Milieu. Venez également participer à leur oeuvre collective!
Un groupe acoustique donnera du rythme à vos échanges.
Avant de commencer votre marché du troc, venez participer à un atelier à 12H.
Comment participer?
Envoyez vos demandes d’inscription au 3r.ecojac@asccs.qc.ca.
Les places sont limitées! L’entrée ne coûte que 2$!
Le Rendez-vous est pris? Nous vous attendons à partir de 10H30 et jusqu’à 12H
pour le tri de vos objets. Début du troc à 12h30!
Queer Cabaret + Dance Party
Saturday, September 28, 8:00pm until 4:00am
1800 Avenue letourneux
Wear your fanciest, grab your noisemakers and practice your pucker up. This will be a fantastic night of damn fine musicians, homebrew, food and dj dancealongs.
$5-? Sliding scale/Pay what you can. No one turned away!!
Food will be available earlier in the evening so come early to eat!
BEERS / NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS / KOMBUCHA
~RAFFLE TICKETS FOR CHEAP~BAKED GOODS FOR ALL~
BANDs, PREFORMANCES, AND DANCE PARTY AFTERWARDS!
There will be a raffle for 2 bikes fixed in l'achoppes own workshop, along with other win-able goodies.
Wheelchair access to first floor (the dancing room).
Save Democracy from Politics 2013 Tour - MONTRÉAL
Sunday, September 29, 3:00pm
St. James United Church; 463 Ste-Catherine West
Elizabeth May will be in Montreal for her Save Democracy from Politics 2013 Tour town hall.
With Stephen Harper shuttering parliament once again, Elizabeth wants to reach out directly to Canadians to discuss the threat to democracy. She will tour the country for a series of panels and Town Hall Meetings focused on the issues of electoral reform and our democratic deficit.
Monday at 11:00am until Tuesday at 5:00pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve West
On September 23rd and 24th from 11am-5pm (or until supplies last), we have a selection of plants to offer you for both sun and shade, both large and small, and all eager for new home. Prices range from $3-30, and we will be providing discounts to undergraduate students in gracious thanks for accepting us as a fee levy group. Don’t forget to bring your student ID!
Here are some species we will have to offer:
- zebrina
- aloe (from small to very large)
- spider plant
- snake plant
- cuban oregano
- purple heart plant
- mexican hat
- prickly pear cactus
- papyrus
- oakleaf ivy
- dwarf money tree
- areca palm
- catnip
- papaya
- lemon tree (large)
Note: the earlier you come, the more selection you will have, some species are short in numbers. Hope to see you there! OPEN WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
DISORIENTATION 2013: A different side of student life!
Monday at 12:00pm until Monday at 4:00pm
QPIRG Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204)
Free & welcome to all: new students & returning students; members of the campus & the community.
HIGHLIGHTS/SCHEDULE IN BRIEF (full details below or visit www.qpirgconcordia.org/disorientation)
MONDAY, September 23, 2013
* 12pm – QPIRG Concordia OPEN HOUSE @ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204
* 1pm – WORKSHOP: “Solidarity Not Charity” Activism in Montréal @ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204
* 7pm – Cinema Politica Film Screening: “Bidder 70” @ DB Clarke Auditorium – 1455 de Maisonneuve West
TUESDAY, September 24, 2013
* 11am – WORKSHOP: “Direct Action Gets The Goods: A 101 to occupations, blockades, and staying safe from the cops and courts” @ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve
West, #204
* 3pm – WORKSHOP: “Mad Hatter Tea Party”: A Rad Mental Health Workshop @ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204
* 5pm – SOCIAL EVENT: Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) “5à7″: Research for Social Transformation @ 7th floor Hall Building – 1455 de Maisonneuve West
WEDNESDAY, September 25, 2013
* 3pm – Radical WALKING TOUR of Concordia, meet @ QPIRG Concordia, 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204
THURSDAY, September 26, 2013
* 11am-4pm – BLOCK PARTY and Tabling Fair @ QPIRG Concordia – on de Maisonneuve West, between Mackay and Guy, #204
FRIDAY, September 27, 2013
* 1pm – Anti-Gentrification Community Bike Tour meet @ the corner of Guy & De Maisonneuve near the statue of Norman Bethune
MONDAY, September 30, 2013
* 2pm-4pm – WORKSHOP: Sexual Assault Awareness: It’s Never Your Fault @ The Centre for Gender Advocacy (1500 de Maisonneuve O. #404)
[Accessibility: All our events are free and open to new and returning Concordia students and community members. With the exception of parts of the Radical Campus Walking Tour and the Community Bike Tour, all our events are wheelchair accessible. Many of our events are taking place in the QPIRG Concordia space. Our building has a ramp but it is steep. The doors to enter the building do not open automatically.
There is one accessible washroom on our floor. Please let us know if you would like assistance entering our space. We encourage anyone wishing to attend DISORIENTATION to get in touch with any accessibility needs and we will do our best to meet them.
If you require childcare or English to French whisper translation during any events, please contact us by September 19 at 514-848-7585 or info@qpirgconcordia.org.]
Build a Sukkah and Plant your Jewish Environmental Seed
Monday, September 23rd, 5:30pm
Santropol Roulant, 111 Rue Roy Est
Join a group of awesome individuals as we build a traditional Jewish hut (sukkah) and then hear about what environmental programs are going on in our city as we envision what other Jewish programs we would like to see in our community.
The agenda will be as follows:
-Build a Sukkah on Santropol's rooftop terrace!
-Enjoy locally produced (and delicious) food, cooked by Avi Gross-Grand of Raddish Foods (http://raddishfoods.wordpress.com/)
-Listen to short presentations about:
a) Bringing an organic lamb to slaughter while respecting the laws of Kashrut,
b) Urban Gardening, Food Security and local Montreal Environmental initiatives
c) Bee Keeping.
Wine & Cheese and Open Mic Night!
Monday, September 23rd, 6:30pm until 9:30pm
10 des Pins Ouest, #414
Open Mic Night and Wine & Cheese!
Come one, come all. Help us celebrate another September and kick-start another inspiring event series by sharing food, drink, and music in a warm, inviting atmosphere. Open mic is open to all spoken, musical, and other sound-making — bring us a riddle, a rhyme, a rant, or a rave!
This event is part of a larger series: Another Word for Gender: an intro to feminist organizing & action (https://www.facebook.com/events/423840214384785/)
Another Word for Gender: an intro to feminist organizing and action! Sept 23–Oct 4
Monday, September 23rd 2:00pm
1500 de Maisonneuve West #404
3rd Annual Indigenous Awareness Week
Monday, September 23rd at 12:00pm until Friday at 7:00pm
McGill University, 845 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
McGill University’s Indigenous Awareness Week is designed to increase awareness at McGill about Indigenous peoples of Canada. The week honours the many Indigenous cultures across the country including the Métis, the Inuit and First Nations. The week also offers an opportunity to collaborate with community partners and draws active participation from McGill students, faculty and staff.
The week is organized by the Social Equity and Diversity Education Office at McGill University.
SEDE’s Indigenous Educational Program seeks to develop a broad-based educational campaign by providing Aboriginal-specific programming and opportunities for bridge-building among diverse members of the McGill community.
For more information, please contact the Indigenous Education Advisor, Allan Vicaire, via email at allan.vicaire@mcgill.ca or by phone at (514) 398-3711.
Pickling 101
Monday, September 23rd, 4:30pm until 6:30pm
Innovation Jeunes 1410 rue Pierce (corner of Ste.Catherine)
If your garden is producing more food than you can eat, or if you just want to take advantage of the fall harvest at the farmers market – this workshop is for you!
Come join us as we explore simple recipes and techniques for pickling a variety of fall veggies (not just cucumbers!). Bring a mason jar and clear some space in your pantry – pickling can be habit forming!
Space is limited for this workshop. Please contact Jenna innovation@direction.ca to RSVP.
For more info on other workshops in the CFS Free Workshop series, please visit our website
https://concordialoyolacityfarm.wordpress.com/free-workshops/
An evening for Social Entrepreneurship
Monday, September 23rd, 5:30pm until 7:30pm
StreetSuds location (2025 rue Parthenais, local 40)
StreetSuds, with support from the Canadian Community Economic Development Network present....A networking workshop and information session on strategic social financing and management for social economy initiatives in Montreal.
FREE
This evening will bring together social entrepreneurs and community mobilizers to openly share knowledge, spark ideas and build networks. Two guest speakers will be presenting on: Fundraising: What every social entrepreneur should know with Anita Nowak, PhD, Integrating Director of McGill’s Social Economy Initiative Strategic Management for Social Enterprises with Daniel Rotman, Management Consultant for Coop Interface.
Appetizers and Refreshments will be provided by: Propulsion: Cantine Végétalienne
http://www.cantinepropulsion.com/
TO REGISTER: http://streetsudsworkshop.eventbrite.ca/
Créatoire 100 en 1 jour dans Gardens without borders
Monday, September 23rd, 6:00pm until 8:00pm
945 rue du couvent
Gardens without borders invites you to a creative workshop Montréal 100 in 1 day, an international urban creation festival where we invite the citizens of Montreal to re-think and transform their city by doing 100 or more actions in 1 day, the 5th october 2013. The goal is to make Montreal a better place to live and share with each other.
What’s your dream for Montreal? This is the powerful question that bring together everyone during the creative workshops, regardless of their age or origin. The creative workshops are where we explore the city from every angle possible (stakes, possibilities, wishes, etc.) to find ways to change it for the better. It is at the same time an incredible human adventure where you meet all kinds of people who are passionate about Montreal and living in society. We’ll then take action and make of Montreal the city of our dreams.
Join us, sun or rain, this monday from 6pm to 8pm, at 945 rue du couvent, in Saint Henri, 5 minutes walk from the metro Place Saint Henri.
BIDDER 70 - in collaboration with disORIENTATION
Monday, September 23rd, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
DB Clarke Theatre, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve
A story about the power of direct action, featuring climate activist Tim DeChristopher, who stopped a land grab by the US oil & gas industry.
On December 19, 2008 Tim DeChristopher disrupted a highly disputed Utah BLM Oil and Gas lease auction, effectively safeguarding thousands of acres of pristine Utah land that were slated for oil and gas leases. Not content to merely protest outside, Tim entered the auction hall and registered as bidder #70. He outbid industry giants on land parcels (which, starting at $2 an acre, were adjacent to national treasures like Canyonlands National Park), winning 22,000 acres of land worth $1.7 million before the auction was halted.
Two months later, incoming Interior Secretary Ken Salazar invalidated the auction.
Follow Tim, Bidder 70, from college student to incarcerated felon. Redefine justice for yourself. Choose your side.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
Drumming as Spiritual Practice
Tuesday, September 24nd, 2:30pm
Concordia Multi-faith Chaplaincy, 2090 Mackay
Energizing and calming at the same time, drumming is used in traditions around the world to inspire feelings of connection and joy. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of hand drumming and its uses as a tool for spiritual practice.
A unique opportunity to release stress and connect with yourself, and others.
Registration required. To register, please contact Laura Gallo: Laura.Gallo@concordia.ca
Kimchi community workshop!
Tuesday, September 24nd, 5:00pm until 7:30pm
111 Roy E.
Come down to Santropol for a hands-on Korean fermentation workshop! Learn how to make two kinds of traditional kimchi with Meehye, our guest teacher. We will provide two mason jars to take your loot home. The suggested donation is $15.
For more details or to sign up, contact Eddy at eddy@santropolroulant.org.
RESEARCH for SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION: 5 à 7
Tuesday, September 24nd, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia University - Hall Building 7th floor
The Community University Research Exchange (CURE), links students with grassroots community organizations. Students get the opportunity to do community-based, social justice research and receive credit. Want your research to have a real impact? Want to take your work outside the walls of the university?
Come for a casual evening to learn more about CURE, and how you can do a project for credit in a course you are currently taking. Meet cool profs, people from community orgs, and other students who have done CURE projects. Music will be playing and free snacks will be served.
www.curemontreal.org
Art and Agriculture: Sustainable Street Art
Wednesday, September 25th, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve West
Join Sheena Swirlz of RadicalMontreal.com for a creative workshop combing art and agriculture!
We`ll be exploring ways to create greener graffiti including:
Moss Graffiti
Seed and Plant Bombing
Flower Balloons
Yarn Bombing
Reverse graffiti
Street "repairs"
Pot hole gardens
Mud Stenciling
And many more ideas!
Come learn and brainstorm ways to green your city!
Weekly dinners at Marcel's and participating locations
Wednesday, September 25th, 6:00pm until 9:00pm
Weekly dinners at Coop-Sur-Généreux and participating locations.
This project’s purpose is to create connections between living spaces in Montréal.
Currently, there are many projects and living spaces that promote communal and alternative living. We hope that creating liasons between these spaces will not only improve the existing networks, but allow each space to grow stronger by learning and sharing with the others. The growth of one’s community allows greater
accessibility to new projects and events within the city of Montreal.
Coop sur Généreux proposes having weekly dinners with food that is dumsptered from our surrounding neighbourhoods. The purpose for such dinners is simple. People get together and eat. Building stronger ties with other coops and similar places may create a type of Montréal where everyone knows one another and allows the city to feel like a large community.
The idea is to have dinners hosted at different locations every week in order not to overburden a particular home. Also, this way we may be able to visit other people’s homes and possibly get to know other neighbourhoods.
Coop sur Généreux currently hosts several events a week.
Everyone is invited to join in and feast. A FB event/ or email may be a good idea in order to spread the word. Ideally, people would be willing to help out with dumspter diving and preparing the food. The intentions are to have people participate in the process and not necessarily for the hosting home to prepare
everything for everyone. Come join us for a great meal, great conversations and great times among new and old friends. For information contact : luis.e.aguilar1@gmail.com
Manifestation & Assemblée publique: ÉDUCATION POUR TOUS ET TOUTES !
Wednesday, September 25th, 6:30pm until 9:00pm
École Barthélémy-Vimont, 415 rue St-Roch
This demonstration and public assembly will take place during the next meeting of the Commission scolaire de Montréal which will be at the École Barthélemy-Vimont in Parc Extension. The Quebec government still refuses to allow full access to primary and secondary schools to non-status children. Already weeks after the first day of classes, the Collectif éducation sans frontières has been in touch with many families whose children have either been denied access to school, or who are being asked to pay thousands of dollars in tuition fees.
This demonstration will again urge the Commission scolaire de Montréal to exercise its discretionary powers to provide full access to schools for non-status kids, and to stop billing parents for tuition. More importantly, this demonstration will also take the form of a public assembly, so that we can discuss together strategies and tactics to escalate the pressure on the Quebec government, particularly Minister of Education Marie Malavoy. We encourage as many allies as possible to attend, so we can plan together future steps in the Education For All campaign, part of building a Solidarity City in Montreal. Please confirm if you are able to attend the public assembly by e-mail at solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com
For background information: Statement on Quebec Ministry of Education guidelines by the Collectif éducation
sans frontières: www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/enfants-sans-papiers-declaration-du-collectif-education-sans-frontieres-au-sujet-des-directives-du-ministere-de-leducation
* Media Articles (September 2012-August 2013):
www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/revue-des-medias-collectif-education-sans-frontieres
* Education Across Borders Collective:
www.solidarityacrossborders.org/en/education-across-borders-collective
Technological Game Changer
Wednesday, September 25th, 7:00pm until 9:00pm
Le Milieu, 1251 rue Robin
In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama described 3D printing as having “the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.” Already, this technology has been used to print toys, rocket engine parts, prosthetic limbs and even a couple of guns. Enthusiasts are declaring this the start of desktop manufacturing: a revolution that will enable each of us to produce our own goods on our own terms. Will 3D printing usher in significant change on the scale of the printing press or the steam engine? Or, is this just another case of exaggerated optimism in the face of new technology? In this public conversation, we will
discuss the impacts 3D printing could have on our economy, our environment, our aesthetics and our daily lives. If a revolution is coming, whose terms will it be on and who serves to benefit? Can we, as consumers, researchers and community members, shape the way new technologies influence our societies – or do the
technologies shape us?
Translating Anarchy: Booklaunch
Wednesday, September 25th, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore, 2150 Bishop Street
Join us and author Mark Bray for the launch of "Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street".
Translating Anarchy tells the story of the anti-capitalist anti-authoritarians of Occupy Wall Street who strategically communicated their revolutionary politics to the public in a way that was both accessible and revolutionary. By “translating” their ideas into everyday concepts like community empowerment and collective needs, these anarchists sparked the most dynamic American social movement in decades.
Dean Spade: How We Count, If We Count: Legal Equality and the (After)Math of Eugenics
Thursday, September 26, 6:00pm until 9:00pm
SB Atrium Samuel Bronfman Bldg., 1590 Dr. Penfield
In the period leading up to and during the 2010 US Census, a surge of advocacy pushed for the inclusion of questions that would directly solicit information about respondents’ sexual orientations. In March 2011, one of the leading think tanks that produces empirical data about “LGBT” populations released a new study
estimating the size of the “LGBT community” in the US as over 8 million, or 3.5% of US adults. This talk will explore the relationship between the production of statistical data and demands for formal legal equality, observing that both are key features of the most visible contemporary gay and lesbian rights reform efforts.
What do the intertwined goals of formal legal equality and “being counted” share in their relationships to racialized-gendered population management? How might a critical queer and trans politics approach the quest for statistical data about queer and trans people? How might we understand data collection and the call to be counted as surveillance projects that seek to stabilize and immobilize and how might we engage with the perpetual failure of such projects? How might governance and distribution themselves be reimagined through a critique of the promises of being counted?
For more info: http://www.deanspade.net/
Residential Schools & violence against Native women, “My Mother–A Modern Warrior,” a talk with Norman Achneepineskum
Thursday, September 26, 7:00pm until 8:30pm
Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve West, H-415
Residential Schools & violence against Native women, “My Mother–A Modern Warrior,” a talk with Norman Achneepineskum
“My mother was an orphan at the age of ten; she ended up in the Sainte-Anne’s Residential School at Fort Albany, Ontario where she stayed for eight years until my father removed her from there and married her. My mother is a survivor. She gave birth to eight of her ten children outside in the wilderness during the
spring, summer, autumn and winter months like Our People had done for millennia. Most of her children, young at the age of 5, were torn away from her arms as they were sent to residential schools.”
This event is part of a larger series: https://www.facebook.com/events/423840214384785/
Masks 101
Friday, September 27, 5:00pm until 8:00pm
Le Milieu, 1251 rue Robin
The Creaturiste shares his skills on the art of mask-making with paper mache. You will learn how to make various styles of masks ajusted to your own face, just in time for your Halloween costume!
20$ including all materials.
For all ages.
Marché au troc
Saturday, September 28, 10:30am until 2:00pm
Le Marché Saint-Jacques, 1125 rue Ontario Est
Plutôt que de jeter pourquoi ne pas donner une seconde vie à vos objets?
Pour la première fois dans le quartier Centre-Sud, Éco-quartier Saint-Jacques de l’Association sportive et communautaire Centre-Sud, en collaboration avec le Marché Saint-Jacques, organise un grand Marché au troc festif, le samedi 28 septembre 2013, sur le parvis du Marché Saint-Jacques (côté Amherst)! Rendez-
vous de 10H30 à 14h!
Un marché au troc c’est quoi?
Plutôt que jeter pourquoi ne pas donner ou échanger vos objets? Ils peuvent faire le bonheur de quelqu’un d’autre ! Un marché au troc est une occasion unique de redonner une seconde vie à vos objets désuets et de remettre au gout du jour le concept
du troc : chaque objet apporté pourra être échangé contre un autre objet.
Sur la base de vos apports, nous les échangerons contre des coupons qui vous serviront de monnaie d’échange pour d’autres objets ayant la même valeur de points.
Sur place, venez goûter la cuisine créative et saine faite à partir de produits locaux et biologiques de la Coop le Milieu. Venez également participer à leur oeuvre collective!
Un groupe acoustique donnera du rythme à vos échanges.
Avant de commencer votre marché du troc, venez participer à un atelier à 12H.
Comment participer?
Envoyez vos demandes d’inscription au 3r.ecojac@asccs.qc.ca.
Les places sont limitées! L’entrée ne coûte que 2$!
Le Rendez-vous est pris? Nous vous attendons à partir de 10H30 et jusqu’à 12H
pour le tri de vos objets. Début du troc à 12h30!
Queer Cabaret + Dance Party
Saturday, September 28, 8:00pm until 4:00am
1800 Avenue letourneux
Wear your fanciest, grab your noisemakers and practice your pucker up. This will be a fantastic night of damn fine musicians, homebrew, food and dj dancealongs.
$5-? Sliding scale/Pay what you can. No one turned away!!
Food will be available earlier in the evening so come early to eat!
BEERS / NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS / KOMBUCHA
~RAFFLE TICKETS FOR CHEAP~BAKED GOODS FOR ALL~
BANDs, PREFORMANCES, AND DANCE PARTY AFTERWARDS!
There will be a raffle for 2 bikes fixed in l'achoppes own workshop, along with other win-able goodies.
Wheelchair access to first floor (the dancing room).
Save Democracy from Politics 2013 Tour - MONTRÉAL
Sunday, September 29, 3:00pm
St. James United Church; 463 Ste-Catherine West
Elizabeth May will be in Montreal for her Save Democracy from Politics 2013 Tour town hall.
With Stephen Harper shuttering parliament once again, Elizabeth wants to reach out directly to Canadians to discuss the threat to democracy. She will tour the country for a series of panels and Town Hall Meetings focused on the issues of electoral reform and our democratic deficit.