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DISORIENTATION 2015: A different side of student life! 12 events over 5 days!

The Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia presents:
DISORIENTATION 2015: A different side of student life!
September 21-25, 2015

Free & welcome to all: new students & returning students; members of the campus & the community.

12 events over 5 days!

“Solidarity Not Charity”: Activism in Montréal (September 21, 1pm)

WORKSHOP: “Solidarity Not Charity”: Activism in Montréal @ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204 Part of DisOrientation “I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom.…

(September 21, 12-6pm) QPIRG Concordia OPEN HOUSE

QPIRG Concordia Open House @ QPIRG Concordia – 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204 Monday, September 21, 2015, 12-6pm Part of DisOrientation Come by the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia to learn more about the projects, publications, initiatives…

THIS WEEK: Support community-based social justice research at Concordia; Sign the CURE Concordia Petition

THIS WEEK: Support community-based social justice research at Concordia Sign the CURE Concordia Petition —– The Community-University Research Exchange at Concordia (CURE Concordia) requires the signatures of 750 undergraduate students as part of the process of having a referendum for stable…

SCHOOL SCHMOOL! The ad-free organizer & alternative agenda!

SCHOOL SCHMOOL is an alternative, activist organizer for both McGill and Concordia students, as well…

(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.

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