Wednesday, July 21, 2010:
Send us your research requests!
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The Community-University Research Exchange, (CURE), a joint initiative of the Concordia and McGill Quebec Public Research Groups, (QPIRG) seeks to connect university students and community groups through research collaborations for social and environmental justice.
Through our database, students complete research projects for grassroots community groups working towards environmental and social justice.
Examples of projects possibilities are:
- a report
- a research paper
- video or photo production
- graphic design
- business planning
- program design communication plans
- annotated bibliography
- journalistic writing
- pamphlets
- translation
- curriculum design
- policy reports
- grant applications
- feasibility studies
- surveys and more
You can look at examples of current and finished projects on our website, www.qpirgconcordia.org/cure
To submit a research request for our database, please submit the CURE Research Request Form which you can access through our website. If you need assistance in completing the form, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We look forward to hearing from you!
In Solidarity,
The CURE team
** We strive to collaborate with grassroots community groups involved in environmental and social justice whose projects reflect our mandate, a crucial foundation for the database and the research which stems from it. Our mandate is as follows:
- Broaden the kind of academic work that is available to students
- Give community organizations, specifically those which experience social and economic marginalization, access to the knowledge and resources circulating in the academic sphere
- Facilitate productive, mutually transformative interactions between students and activists that redefine the boundary between universities and the communities which surround them
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Envoyez nous vos requêtes de recherche !
Nous vous écrivons de la part du projet Communauté-Université Échange de Recherche (CURE), une initiative conjointe des Groupes de Recherche en Intérêt Public (GRIP) des universités de Concordia et de McGill. Le projet CURE cherche à mettre en contact les étudiantes et étudiants universitaires avec les groupes communautaires à travers des collaborations de recherche pour la justice sociale et environnementale.
À travers notre banque de données, les étudiantes et étudiants peuvent compléter des projets de recherche pour des groupes comme le vôtre.
- Voici quelques exemples de possibilités de projets :
- Un rapport
- Une recherche
- Une production vidéo ou photographique
- Un plan d'affaires
- La mise sur pied d'un programme
- Un plan de communication
- Une bibliographie annotée
- Des articles journalistiques
- Des pamphlets
- Des traductions
- Production de curriculum
- Travail sur les politiques de l'organisme
- Demandes de subvention
- Études de faisabilité
- Des sondages et autre chose encore
Pour soumettre une requête de recherche dans notre base de données, vous n'avez qu'à remplir le formulaire qui est situé sur notre site internet. Si vous désirez obtenir de l'assistance dans cette démarche, n'hésitez pas à communiquer avec nous.
En espérant avoir de vos nouvelles bientôt !
Solidairement,
L'équipe du projet CURE
** Nous nous efforçons de collaborer avec les groupes communautaires qui sont mobilisés pour la justice environnementale et sociale et dont les projets reflètent nos mandats fondamentaux.
Nos mandats sont les suivants :
- Élargir le spectre des travaux qui sont disponibles pour les étudiants et étudiantes.
- Donner aux organisations communautaires, spécialement celles qui vivent une marginalisation sociale et économique, un accès aux connaissances et aux ressources qui circulent dans la sphère académique.
- Faciliter les interactions productives et mutuellement bénéfiques entre les étudiants et les activistes, de façon à redéfinir la frontière entre les universités et les communautés qui les entourent.
**** NEW DEADLINE *****
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CURE and STUDY IN ACTION PRESENT:
The First CURE/SIA Undergraduate Journal. Deadline June 23rd.
I. Submissions
Did you do a CURE project in the last year or two? Did you present at the Study in Action conference this year?
We would like to publish your work!
II. How do I Submit Work?
Through this journal, students who participated in the Study in Action conference and completed (or are in the process of completing a CURE project) can showcase their work through a publication. It is our belief that many undergraduate students do not get the opportunity to publish their work, CURE and SIA would like to change that.
Are you an undergraduate student? Would you like the opportunity to share your much toiled over work?
Would you like to make links between your work and social change?
Get your hard word published by
Emailing a either:
1) a 9-15 page paper
OR
2) a description of your particular whether CURE or SIA project (length in this case varies)
to cure.mtl@gmail.com
<mailto:CURE> by FRIDAY, JULY 23rd!
You will be notified if your paper has been selected for publication by mid-July.
For more information, do not hesitate to get in touch: email: cure.mtl@gmail.com
****NOUVELLE DATE LIMITE****
CUER and Étude en Action Présentent
Le Premier Journal CUER ET ÉEA!
I. Submissions
Avez-vous fait un project CUER durant cette année or l'année d'avant? Avez-vous participé à la conférence Étude en Action cette année? Voulez-vous publier vos travaux?
Eh bien, nous voulons publier vos travaux!!!!
II. Comment soumettre?
A travers ce journal, les étudiants qui ont participé à la conférence Étude en Action et ceux qui ont complété (ou sont en train de compléter) un project CUER peuvent partager leurs travaux davantage en publiant! Nous pensons vivement que les étudiants du premier cycle n'ont pas beaucoup d'opportunité de publication, par contre, CUER et ÉEA veulent changer cela!
Etes-vous étudiant au premier cycle? Voulez-vous l'opportunité de partager vos travaux? Etes-vous intéressé par les liens entre la recherche et la justice sociale? Publierz vos traveux en :
Envoyer un courriel
1) d'une dissertation d'environ 9-15 pages
OU
2) d'une description de votre project CUER or ÉEA (longueur varie selon les cas)
à cure.mtl@gmail.com
<mailto:CURE> avant le VENDREDI 23 JUIN!
Vous serez averti de l'état de votre soumission à la mi Juillet.
Pour plus d'information, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter à cure.mtl@gmail.com
Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, May 29+30!
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CURE and STUDY IN ACTION PRESENT:
The First CURE/SIA Undergraduate Journal. Deadline June 21st.
I. Submissions
Did you do a CURE project in the last year or two? Did you present at the Study in Action conference this year?
We would like to publish your work!
II. How do I Submit Work?
Through this journal, students who participated in the Study in Action conference and completed (or are in the process of completing a CURE project) can showcase their work through a publication. It is our belief that many undergraduate students do not get the opportunity to publish their work, CURE and SIA would like to change that.
Are you an undergraduate student? Would you like the opportunity to share your much toiled over work?
Would you like to make links between your work and social change?
Get your hard word published by
Emailing a either:
1) a 9-15 page paper
OR
2) a description of your particular whether CURE or SIA project (length in this case varies)
to cure.mtl@gmail.com
<mailto:CURE> by MONDAY, JUNE 21st!
You will be notified if your paper has been selected for publication by mid-July.
For more information, do not hesitate to get in touch: email: cure.mtl@gmail.com
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CUER and Étude en Action Présentent
Le Premier Journal CUER ET ÉEA!
I. Submissions
Avez-vous fait un project CUER durant cette année or l'année d'avant? Avez-vous participé à la conférence Étude en Action cette année? Voulez-vous publier vos travaux?
Eh bien, nous voulons publier vos travaux!!!!
II. Comment soumettre?
A travers ce journal, les étudiants qui ont participé à la conférence Étude en Action et ceux qui ont complété (ou sont en train de compléter) un project CUER peuvent partager leurs travaux davantage en publiant! Nous pensons vivement que les étudiants du premier cycle n'ont pas beaucoup d'opportunité de publication, par contre, CUER et ÉEA veulent changer cela!
Etes-vous étudiant au premier cycle? Voulez-vous l'opportunité de partager vos travaux? Etes-vous intéressé par les liens entre la recherche et la justice sociale? Publierz vos traveux en :
Envoyer un courriel
1) d'une dissertation d'environ 9-15 pages
OU
2) d'une description de votre project CUER or ÉEA (longueur varie selon les cas)
à cure.mtl@gmail.com
<mailto:CURE> avant le LUNDI 21 JUIN!
Vous serez averti de l'état de votre soumission à la mi Juillet.
Pour plus d'information, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter à cure.mtl@gmail.com
MOVING AWAY FROM THE IVORY TOWER: THE CURE PROJECT AND INDYCLASS
part of Social Justice Days: http://qpirgmcgill.org/events/
Tue 16 Feb 18:00 – 20:00 at QPIRG McGill, 3647 University Ave., 3rd Floor
A presentation by those coordinating the Community University Research Exchange (CURE) project, a joint project between QPIRG McGill and QPIRG Concordia, and the founders of IndyClass, an independent study course at McGill. Come find out how to make your research applicable to the community and how to get involved!
Join us, enjoy some snacks and chat about the Cure project!
Check out our newest feauture, The Project of the Month! This month we feature the Concordia Greenhouse Project and their research request:
Concordia’s Home Grown Greens: What are the legalities of growing and selling food in an urban environment?
QPIRG Concordia presents:
ACTIVISM FOR STUDENTS 101
January 7, 2010 @ 1pm
Open to students from any campus or college in Montreal
This year, QPIRG Concordia presents monthly sessions about activism and community involvement for students. These sessions are meant for anyone who is curious or interested in getting more involved in their community, and engaging and social and environmental justice issues.
"Activism for Students 101" will include an overview of collectives, groups and organizations that people can join or volunteer, as well as answer any questions participants might have about social justice organizing in the Montreal context. We will also discuss QPIRG's anti-oppression, grassroots organizing framework. There are four Activism for Students 101 workshops scheduled for 2010:
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1pm
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1pm
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1pm
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1pm
-> All scheduled workshop take place at the QPIRG Concordia space at 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204 (metro Guy-Concordia), above the Café Depôt.
-> The space is wheelchair accessible. If you require childcare to attend, please contact us 48 hours in advance and we will arrange for free childcare.
-> These workshops are open to ALL students from any campus or college in Montreal. No need to reserve in advance; just show up!
http://qpirgconcordia.org/Article123.phtml
FREE Film Screening: THE FARM
(Life Inside Angola Prison, USA)
WEDNESDAY, December 2, 7:30pm
Concordia University, Hall Building
1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Room H-110
The film screening will be preceded by a "5 à 7" at the Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore for the Montreal Launch of the Certain Days 2010 Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar
2150 Bishop street (between Sherbrooke & de Maisonneuve), metro Guy Concordia, 5-7pm
Part of QPIRG Concordia’s monthly Keeping It Reel Subversive Cinema Series
FREE. Wheelchair accessible. Please get in touch 48 hours in advance if you need childcare or have other accessibility needs: 514-848-7585.
About the film: Angola Prison, a former slave plantation on 18,000 acres of Louisiana farmland, is America's largest maximum-security prison. Eighty-five percent of the prisoners, over 77 percent of them African-Americans, will die there. This documentary covers the personal struggles of six inmates to give a portrait of life in the facility, also known as "the Farm."
WEDNESDAY, December 2, 7:30pm
Concordia University, Hall Building
1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Room H-110
The film screening will be preceded by a "5 à 7" at the Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore for the Montreal Launch of the Certain Days 2010 Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar
2150 Bishop street (between Sherbrooke & de Maisonneuve), metro Guy Concordia, 5-7pm
Part of QPIRG Concordia’s monthly Keeping It Reel Subversive Cinema Series
FREE. Wheelchair accessible. Please get in touch 48 hours in advance if you need childcare or have other accessibility needs: 514-848-7585.
About the film: Angola Prison, a former slave plantation on 18,000 acres of Louisiana farmland, is America's largest maximum-security prison. Eighty-five percent of the prisoners, over 77 percent of them African-Americans, will die there. This documentary covers the personal struggles of six inmates to give a portrait of life in the facility, also known as "the Farm."
Documentary screening of AMERICAN RADICAL: THE TRIALS OF NORMAN FINKELSTEIN
Co-sponsored by CURE and Tadamon!
WHEN: Monday, November 16, 7:30 PM
WHERE: Room H-110, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West
for more info, check out: www.cinemapolitica.org
STUDY IN ACTION 2010
presents:
How to Convert your Class Paper into a Conference Paper:
Tips on Presenting at Academic Conferences.
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 4pm @ QPIRG Concordia
1500 de Maisonneuve ouest, #204 – above Café Depot.
Accessibility:
- Scent-Free
- Unfortunately, right now, because of construction which blocks the ramp, the space is not wheelchair accessible. There are about 6 stairs which to get into the first set of doors, of which there are two. There is an elevator but the hallway on the second floor is not very wide.
* Please e-mail studyinaction@gmail.com to confirm you can attend.
CURE was recently written up in the The Concordian !
CURE gives Concordia an academic edge
By Renee Giblin
Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Updated: Saturday, October 10, 2009
Concordia students learned last week how to take their studies out of the classroom and turn them into a working experience with a non-profit organization. Community University Research Exchange, hosted a social event to help inform and guide students interested in pursuing research in the community. Sandra Jeppensen, professor in Communications at Concordia, is a huge believer in the research program. "Students are able to work with real groups in the community," she said. "They have the opportunity to get a real life working approach and apply it to their research." CURE provides internships for everything from animal rights activists to investigations on Canadian human trafficking. It is a program that allows students to work in a field that interests them and make a difference in their community, organizers say. "Students have the opportunity to develop a relationship with an organization," Jeppensen said. "Depending on the relationship they create, students are getting to know an organization and getting to check out working situations." Jeppensen is not the only advocate of the program. Prospective university students look out for programs that will give them the edge in the work place. Programs such as CURE can help put Concordia on that map, since not all universities offer students an opportunity to mix studies with an internship. John Abbott student Sabrina Smofsky is starting to look into options for post-CEGEP. She said the opportunity to conduct research during her studies is something she is looking forward to. "In your first year you're getting used to the studies, but in your second you're starting to get antsy to work in your field," she said. "You want to start your work experience in university to see if you like it." CURE allows students in their final year of study to make contacts in the workforce and make a contribution to the community, while still amassing academic credit. "The program is a win-win situation," Jeppensen said. "Students get an overall world view and community organizations get to use the analytical skills of students."
CURE is hosting a 5 à 7 social on September 23! Come find out about our work!
-> WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 5-7pm
Community-University Research Exchange Social
@ QPIRG Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204)
This social, including snacks and drinks, will allow students to meet with community groups, and learn more about the Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) and how to make your class work meaningful beyond campus. For more information, contact cure.mtl@gmail.com.
Social Justice, Research, and the University: QPIRG responds to the Gazette
[The following comment piece was submitted to the Montreal Gazette this past Monday by the QPIRGs at Concordia and McGill. The article is in response to the column “Activists group stirs up storm” (August 14, 2009) published last Friday. As of today (Thursday), the article has not yet been published. We include background links concerning the Community University Research Exchange (CURE) following the article below.]
"Social Justice, Research, and the University" by Ashley Fortier and Indu Vashist
To view the whole article, visit: http://qpirgconcordia.org/Article99.phtml
Introducing the Cinema Politica library: a great research resource for Concordia students!
Cinema Politica invites you to check out their long-anticipated viewing libra
Up to five people can book the space for a viewing, and while we have not added all our films yet, there is a decent list to get your started, with films dating back to our launch at Concordia in the winter of 2003/04.
The films can only be screened in the viewing room, which is located at the CUTV offices at 2110 Mackay, and cannot be copied or borrowed.
To reserve your screening space, follow this link: http://cutv.concordia.
New Projects! Summer 2009
That's right! As we head into the thick of summer, and all the construction workers outside the QPIRG window prepare to go on vacation, we're adding a bunch of new and exciting CURE projects! Check out the 'projects' tab on our site, and you'll see new projects from groups like the Tamil Action Committee, the McGill Food Systems Project, Dignidad Migrante, Tadamon, and others!
Keep your project submissions coming! Send inquiries to cure.mtl@gmail.com.
And now for a bit of inspiration, from another kind of Cure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIDeUssDFE0&feature=channel
CURE is still accepting research requests throughout summer 2009
That's right, it's never too late to get your community or activist group's research request in. We are taking submissions all summer long in order to have them ready for the fall 2009 semester. If you are interested in submitting a research proposal, or have any questions, please contact Aaron Lakoff, the interim CURE coordinator at cure.mtl@gmail.com or 514-848-7585.
Finished CURE projects online
We have started uploading some of the completed CURE projects from last year. Have a look at some of the old projects - they can be a great reference for new projects! Check them out here
CURE in the news!
The McGill Daily, Wednesday September 11th, 2008: "CURE seeks to pull students out of ivory-tower doldrums" by Kartiga Thiyagarajah.