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What is QPIRG Concordia?
The Quebec Public Interest Research Group at Concordia is a resource centre for student and community research and organizing. We strive to raise awareness and support grassroots activism around diverse social and environmental issues. Our work is rooted in an anti-oppression analysis and practice. We seek to make campus-community links and inspire social change through engaging, inclusive and non-hierarchical approaches..... Learn more About Us
MARCH 12-14, 2010 Concordia University, MONTREALThe Study In Action conference is free. Welcome to all! FRIDAY, March 12, 6:30pmde Sève Cinema, 1400 de Maisonneuve West(métro Guy-Concordia)Speakers include: -> Gord Hill: Indigenous (Kwakwaka'wakw) artist and organizer, author of "500 Years of Indigenous Resistance," member of the Olympics Resistance Network-> Sharmeen Khan:environmental justice and anti-racist activist, writer and researcher-> Poya Saffari: farmer and activist active with le Coop jardins de la résistance & Solidarity Across Borders-> Catherine St-Arnaud-Babin: queer feminist activist and ex-squatter, member of the eco-radical collective LiberterreMore detailed info below or http://www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction Keynote panel followed by a reception at QPIRG-Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, #204).
Montreal Premiere Film Screening: TAPPED
 About the greatest advertising and marketing trick of all time.
Friday, March 19
Film begins at 7:30pm
1455 de Maisonneuve West, Auditorium H-110
(Guy-Concordia Metro)
FREE – Wheelchair accessible
Co-presented by QPIRG Concordia and TAPThirst, with the support of Sustainable Concordia and the Loyola International College.
ABOUT THE FILM: Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? This feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.
This timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water.
From the plastic production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, this inspiring documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry and the communities which were the unwitting chips on the table. A powerful portrait of the lives affected by the bottled water industry, this revelatory film features those caught at the intersection of big business and the public's right to water. (Atlas Films, USA, 2010)
Wednesday: Activism for Students 101 | How to convert your class paper into a conference paper
QPIRG Concordia presents two workshops this coming WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3:
Activism for Students 101, 1pm
and
How to Convert your Class Paper into a Conference Paper:
Tips on Presenting at Academic Conferences, 3pm (Eng.) & 4:30pm (fr.)
Open to students from any campus or college in Montreal; welcome to all!
Announcing ... STUDY IN ACTION: Other Inconvenient Truths (March 12-14, Concordia, Montreal)
MARCH 12-14, 2010Concordia University, MONTREALThe Study In Action conference is free. Welcome to all! FRIDAY, March 12, 6:30pmde Sève Cinema, 1400 de Maisonneuve West(métro Guy-Concordia)Speakers include: -> Gord Hill: Indigenous (Kwakwaka'wakw) artist and organizer, author of "500 Years of Indigenous Resistance," member of the Olympics Resistance Network-> Sharmeen Khan:environmental justice and anti-racist activist, writer and researcher-> Poya Saffari: farmer and activist active with le Coop jardins de la résistance & Solidarity Across Borders-> Catherine St-Arnaud-Babin: queer feminist activist and ex-squatter, member of the eco-radical collective LiberterreMore detailed info below or http://www.qpirgconcodia.org/studyinaction Keynote panel followed by a reception at QPIRG-Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, #204).
Film Screening: TO SHOOT AN ELEPHANT (February 10)
 PALESTINE, GAZA STRIP, DEC 08 – JAN 09
An eyewitness account of "Operation Cast Lead"
A documentary by Alberto Arce & Mohammad Rujailah
First-time showing in Montreal
Wednesday, FEBRUARY 10, 2010
Film begins at 7:30pm
1455 de Maisonneuve West, Auditorium H-110
(Guy-Concordia Metro)
FREE – Wheelchair accessible
TO SHOOT AN ELEPHANT is a raw, on-the-ground, rare, first-hand view of the siege of Gaza during Operation Cast Lead (2008-2009).
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