Thanks to everyone who participated in Study In Action 2010 – panelists, workshop presenters, volunteers, artists, and attendees.  This year’s conference was our biggest year ever! Over a span of three days, there were:

• 19 undergraduate paper and community group presentations
• 3 key events (an opening keynote panel, a post-keynote social event and a 2-day conference)
• 7 undergraduate visual art installations
• over 350 student and community member participants
• student participants from all four of the major Montreal universities, and also from across Canada including Dalhousie University, Ryerson University and University of Waterloo.

Please check out the photo-essay of the conference:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=19587&id=100000171973013&l=8d3663a7ea

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ÉTUDES EN ACTION :
Une conférence qui relie les étudiant-e-s de premier cycle avec l’engagement communautaire
12-14 mars 2010
Université Concordia, MONTRÉAL
La conférence Études en action est gratuite. Tou-te-s sont la bienvenue.

Panel Principal: D’AUTRES VÉRITÉS QUI DÉRANGENT
Au-delà de la “durabilité” et vers la justice environnementale
Cinéma de Sève, 1400 de Maisonneuve Ouest
(métro Guy-Concordia)

STUDY IN ACTION:
An undergraduate conference linking students with community activism
MARCH 12-14, 2010
Concordia University, MONTREAL
The Study In Action conference is free. Welcome to all!

Opening Panel: OTHER INCONVENIENT TRUTHS
Beyond “sustainability”, towards environmental justice
FRIDAY, March 12, 6:30pm
de Sève Cinema, 1400 de Maisonneuve West
(métro Guy-Concordia)

Speakers includes:
-> 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 Liberterre

Keynote panel followed by a reception at QPIRG-Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, #204).
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SATURDAY, March 13 (10am-6pm) & SUNDAY, March 14 (10:30am-6pm)
PANELS, DISCUSSIONS, WORKSHOPS & ART EXHIBIT AND FOOD
7th Floor, Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve West
THEME: “Environmental Justice”

Topics include: Radical Environmentalism; Racism in Canada; Food Security and Urban Agriculture; Urban Renewal and Public Space; Greenwashing NGOs; Indigenous Land Issues and Development; Impacts of Canadian Mining; “Greening” Prisons; and more (more…)

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)
Please e-mail studyinaction@gmail.com to confirm you can attend. (more…)

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ÉTUDES EN ACTION 2010
Une conférence qui relie les étudiant-e-s avec l’engagement communautaire

APPEL DE SOUMISSIONS
NOUVELLE DATE DE TOMBÉE: Le 26 janvier 2010

Études en action est une conférence qui porte sur la justice sociale et environnementale et a été créée pour relier les étudiant-e-s au premier cycle et l’engagement communautaire. La conférence est un espace où les étudiant-e-s peuvent présenter leur recherche et développer une plus grande connaissance des enjeux sociaux et environnementaux et de créer des liens avec des organismes communautaires. La conférence aura lieu les 12-14 mars 2010 à l’Université Concordia.

La conférence Études en action accepte les soumissions en français et en anglais. Veuillez noter que vous n’êtes pas obligé-e de soumettre une rédaction complète ou présentation pour la date de tombée du 10 décembre, mais seulement une proposition (détails ci-dessous) et une courte introduction qui explique comment votre soumission à rapport au mandat d’Études en action, qui est la justice sociale et environnementale. (more…)

STUDY IN ACTION 2010
An undergraduate conference linking students with community activism

CALLOUT FOR SUBMISSIONS
NEW DEADLINE: January 26, 2010

Study in Action is an undergraduate student conference on social and environmental justice designed to link students and community activism. The conference is a space for students to present research and develop greater knowledge of social and environmental issues and build ties with community organizations. This year’s conference will take place from March 12-14, 2010 on the Concordia campus.

The Study in Action conference will accept submissions in English and French. Please note you do not have to submit a completed paper or presentation by our December 10th deadline, but only a proposal (details below) and a brief introduction that explains how your submission relates to Study In Action’s mandate of social and environmental justice.

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