(September 1) Canada the Apartheid State: Myths and Realities / Building Resistance to Canada 2017

Canada the Apartheid State: Myths and Realities / Building Resistance to Canada 2017
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st, 6pm-8:30pm
at QPIRG Concordia, 1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, #204
(métro Guy-Concordia)

This presentation will expose some of the mythologies that uphold Canadian self-identity, focusing on exposing the apartheid realities in Canada, particular in relation to the treatment of Indigenous peoples.

(August 17) Re-appropriating Indigenous Identity (with Clifton Nicholas)

Re-appropriating Indigenous Identity (with Clifton Nicholas) MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 6pm-8:30pm at QPIRG Concordia, 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204 (métro Guy-Concordia) (facebook: www.facebook.com/events/420051278186172/) This presentation looks critically at the uses and misuses of Indigenous imagery, from contact to today. Using a slideshow…

Saturday! Queer Between the Covers Bookfair (August 15)

Queer Between the Covers Bookfair Saturday August 15, 2015, 11am to 6pm new location this year! Centre communautaire de loisirs Sainte-Catherine d’Alexandrie 1700, Rue Amherst Full details: www.queerbetweenthecovers.org facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/1580901022163305/ Queer Between the Covers is a working group of QPIRG Concordia.

School Schmool 2015-16: Callout for articles and artwork (deadline: June 29)

SCHOOL SCHMOOL 2015-16: Callout for articles and artwork (deadline: June 29) CALLOUT FOR ARTICLES: Hey y’all, School Schmool 2015 is looking for articles for this year’s radical organizer! School Schmool is an ad-free, corporate-free and social justice-oriented resource guide and…

QPIRG Concordia is offering a $3000 Research Stipend (deadline to apply: June 29)

QPIRG Concordia Research Stipend
Deadline to apply: Monday, June 29, 2015, at 5pm.

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.

QPIRG Concordia is hiring a Community-University Research (CURE) Coordinator (Emploi Québec subvention salariale)

QPIRG Concordia is hiring a Community-University Research (CURE) Coordinator
(under Emploi Québec’s subvention “expérience travail”)
NOTE: This position is pending approval from Emploi Québec, under the “experience travail” subvention. Candidates are encouraged to seek their eligibility letter at their local Emploi Québec office before applying for the position.
Application Deadline: FRIDAY, JULY 3, before 5pm.

(Call for submissions) CONVERGENCE 6: A journal of undergraduate & community research

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: CONVERGENCE 6
Radical Organizing in Montreal and Beyond
(deadline: June 21, 2015)

Published by QPIRG McGill and QPIRG Concordia, Convergence is a Montreal-based journal highlighting undergraduate and community contributions to social justice research and art.

MONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR

Here are the final details for the upcoming Montreal Anarchist Bookfair. QPIRG Concordia will be there, as will many of our working groups and allies. Please share this announcement. See you next weekend!

MONTREAL ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR 2015
Saturday, May 23 & Sunday, May 24
10am-5pm on both days
Note: Booksellers and vendors will be displaying only on Saturday, May 23. Workshops, theme rooms, films, art and more will take place on both days.
The Anarchist Bookfair takes place in two buildings across from each other in Parc Vinet:
– Centre Culturel Georges-Vanier (CCGV), 2450 rue Workman
– Centre d’éducation populaire de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri (CEDA), 2515 rue Delisle
A short walk from Lionel-Groulx metro.