Shows
4thSpace ConcordiaRiC 06 From Extractive to Collaborative Journalism with Aphrodite SalasIn this episode, Patrick Leroux sits down with Associate Professor of Journalism, Aphrodite Salas to discuss her recent collaborative projects with northern Indigenous communities.
The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in substantive conversation with Patrick Leroux, Concordia's Associate Dean of Research.
2023-09-2738 min
4thSpace ConcordiaRiC 05 Risque, responsabilité et société avec Gilbert Émond and Sylvia KairouzDans cet épisode, Gilbert Émond, professeur agrégé de sciences humaines appliquées, et Sylvia Kairouz, professeure de sociologie et d'anthropologie, discutent avec Patrick Leroux des intersections de leurs travaux sur le risque, la responsabilité et la société.
La série Research in Conversation célèbre la diversité et la portée de la recherche au sein de la Faculté des arts et des sciences de Concordia. Des chercheurs des sciences humaines, des sciences sociales, des sciences naturelles et de la santé engagent une conversation approfondie avec Patrick Leroux, doyen associé à la recherche de Concordia.
2023-09-2748 min
4thSpace ConcordiaRiC 04 Solar Energy Conversion with Marek MajewskiIn this episode, sits down with Associate Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry with Patrick Leroux to discuss his work on how inorganic chemistry enables solar energy conversion.
The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in substantive conversation with Patrick Leroux, Concordia's Associate Dean of Research.
2023-09-2740 min
4thSpace ConcordiaRiC 03 Organic Contaminants with Xianming ZhangIn this episode, Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry Xianming Zhangsits down with Patrick Leroux to discuss his work on the transport and long-term impact of organic contaminants.
The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in substantive conversation with Patrick Leroux, Concordia's Associate Dean of Research.
2023-09-2742 min
4thSpace ConcordiaRiC 02 Impact of Aging and Lifestyle on the Brain with Claudine GauthierIn this episode, Associate Professor of Physics, Claudine Gauthier sits down with Patrick Leroux to discuss her work on the impact lifestyle and aging on the brain.
The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in substantive conversation with Patrick Leroux, Concordia's Associate Dean of Research.
2023-09-2740 min
4thSpace ConcordiaRiC 01: Science Through the Eyes of the Humanities and Social SciencesIn this episode, Matthew Barker, Francesca Scala and David Secko sit down with Patrick Leroux to discuss science from the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences.
The Research in Conversation Series celebrates the diversity and scope of research within the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. Researchers from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences engage in substantive conversation with Patrick Leroux, Concordia's Associate Dean of Research.
2023-09-1447 min
4thSpace ConcordiaDecarbonizing Canadian Buildings: Opportunities and ObstaclesThis discussion brought together academic and professional experts from various fields to explore the current state of decarbonization efforts in Canada's building sector and the challenges that must be overcome in order to meet the country's emissions reduction targets.
This panel examinded the various solutions that have been proposed and implemented to date and discuss the opportunities that exist for further progress in this area. Moderated by Concordia's Public Scholar Mostafa Saad, this discussion provides a comprehensive understanding of the state of decarbonization of existing buildings in Canada and will inspire action toward a sustainable future.
2023-07-111h 21
4thSpace ConcordiaCreative Businesses and the Business of CreativityPerspectives on Art-Driven Entrepreneurship.
Business and Art may seem to occupy two opposing ends on a value spectrum. As requirements of funding and business entities increasingly require artists to prove the value, viability, and sustainability of their work, while industry requires innovation, it’s clear that overlap between the two fields is inevitable. What happens when entrepreneurship and creative practices converge? What can they learn from each other?
This panel discussion brings together practitioners and organizers from the non-profit, commercial, and community-based art worlds, with business development and financial experts tackling these questions, exposing the challenges, tensions, and opportunities that ch...
2023-07-111h 04
4thSpace ConcordiaAnti-Black Racism Task Force & Student-Led ChangeHomeroom’s Black Perspectives Office Pod created this discussion centred around the recommendations and outcomes from the President's Anti-Black Racism Task Force.
Angélique Willkie, the chair of the task force, joins Vanessa Manroop for a conversation about how students specifically can become involved.
2023-07-1143 min
4thSpace ConcordiaThe Fine Line: Games And GamificationDo we need to separate games and gamification? In this podcast, listen to educators, game developers, and scholars as they tackle tough questions that come up in discussions about Educational games. Hosted by Public Scholar Scott DeJong as part of his Bad Game Arcade, a week-long arcade that explored how games can tackle disinformation.
2023-07-031h 10
4thSpace ConcordiaGROWING Out Of The SystemThis educational panel focused on how to improve the current youth care system. For now, once an individual hits the age of 18, they are no longer considered a minor, and consequently, they are being left on their own. This is the main cause of youth homelessness. Panelists discussed how youth can grow out of the system instead of being 'thrown' out of the system.
Professionals in the field discussed the current system and resources available to youth, ideas they believe may improve the current resource network, and ways any individual could help out with this issue. Ideas of supporting the...
2023-06-231h 15
4thSpace ConcordiaThe Future Of Communication With ChatGPT: Promises and PerilsLarge language models like ChatGPT are transforming the ways we communicate, learn, and interact with one another. In response, it's important to engage an interdisciplinary lens to examine the varied impacts of such technologies.
To this end, the Digital Intimacies, Gender and Sexuality Lab, in collaboration with the Applied AI Institute, organized a panel discussion moderated by Stefanie Duguay and Fenwick Mckelvey. Hear from experts about the pedagogical, ethical, social, and political implications of this technology.
2023-06-191h 06
4thSpace ConcordiaWhile The Animated City Still BreathesConcordia Public Scholar Aristofanis Soulikias in discussion with Janet Blatter tackling the senses beyond vision in making animation, the sense of time in animation and the city, and sensing and communicating space and place via animation.
2023-06-0952 min
4thSpace ConcordiaEight Voices: Finalists for the First QWF Spoken Word PrizeIn an exciting world premiere, the eight finalists for the inaugural Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) Spoken Word Prize will offer short performances showcasing their talents. The prize is open to all forms of spoken word performance, from storytelling to sound poetry, hip hop, and dub.
Performances by Caitlin Murphy, Debbie Braide, Erín Moure, Johanne Pelletier, Liana Cusmano, Lucia De Luca, Raïssa Simone, Roen “Blu’Rva” Higgins and presented by the Quebec Writers’ Federation and Concordia's SpokenWeb project, the event will be hosted by poet and SpokenWeb director, Jason Camlot.
2023-04-211h 00
4thSpace ConcordiaAnishnabe InakonagewinA panel with Algonquin-Anishnabe youth speaking on their perspectives of Indigenous governance. Originally recorded August 24, 2022.
In this panel discussion, Algonquin-Anishnabe guest speakers: Emilio Wawatie, Ryder Coté, Leona Commanda and Savanna McGregor discuss the various aspects intertwined within Indigenous governance, and their experiences engaging and navigating within this paradigm. Similar values and principles resonate with nations across Turtle Island ranging from: ceremony, culture, citizenship, the environment, sustainability, education and language.
Anishnabe constitutional values are directly linked to observations and education learned from nature and its seasonal changes. This conversation will focus on the Algonquin-Anishnabe youth perspectives of navigating these values within a...
2023-04-172h 06
4thSpace ConcordiaRace, Gentrification and Resistance: Reclaiming the Right to Our CitiesHow can we resist and organize against gentrification to preserve community and history?
This discussion, led by Public Scholar Mieko Tarrius creates a dialogue on the ways race informs gentrification and how communities get organized to fight back. With a wide range of panelists discussing their experience: Dr. Margaret Marietta Ramirez, Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University; Dr. Ted Rutland, Associate Professor at Concordia University; Simone Chen, Worker-member, Coopérative de Solidarité La Place Commune (Park Extension) & Member, Parc-Ex Anti-Eviction Mapping Project; Wawa Li, former Chinatown Working Group member, independent fashion designer and student at Concordia University; and Andy Hiep Vu...
2023-04-111h 24
4thSpace ConcordiaBook Launch and Fireside Chat with Alex D. KetchumConcordia University Press and 4th Space launch Engage in Public Scholarship! A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication with an event to celebrate Open Access Week.
Dr. Ketchum and Dr. Natalie Kouri-Towe engage in a conversation about finding better ways to share knowledge and connect with public audiences through acts of public scholarship – whether this is through social media and online content, or through in-person events and exhibitions. They will also discuss how to make public scholarship accessible and inclusive for as many groups and ability types as possible by encouraging scholars to design with disability in mind and to pu...
2023-04-031h 06
4thSpace ConcordiaTown Called Malice: Gender, Industrial Closure and Billy ElliotThe Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DePot) Podcast recorded a live episode, using the film "Billy Elliot" (2000) as an entry point to discuss gender in the context of deindustrialization and deindustrialized communities.
Postdoc Fred Burrill hosts this discussion, joined by Amber Ward, a Depot affiliate and PhD student, along with Montreal-based students Lauren Laframboise, Liam Devitt, and Amanda Whitt.
2023-03-271h 15
4thSpace ConcordiaRepresentation, Identity, and ExperienceThe Potentials and Pitfalls of Social Media Presence for Muslim Women
Within religion and theology, men have dominated the power of voice, to the detriment of women and others. Social media has created a space where women can contribute to the discussion by removing obstacles such as situational and geographical boundaries.
For Muslim women, in particular, these spaces allow for response to their double silencing by Muslim patriarchal traditions and ‘white savior’ feminism. Muslim women have used these public avenues to engage critically with issues of identity, representation, and political discourses. They also use these spaces to build community and supp...
2023-03-201h 26
4thSpace ConcordiaThe Iron Ring with Azadeh DastmalchiA live podcast recording of The Iron Ring from Women In Engineering (WIE). This episode will focusses on Azadeh Dastmalchi's journey through school and her research, as well as her decision to become an entrepreneur
Hosts Emily Phillipp, Emilia Ventulieri, and ambassador Olivia Ferrara will ask Azadeh advice she can offer to future and present women engineers.
2023-03-2044 min
4thSpace ConcordiaBlack Community Health Check: Ariane MétellusThe third interview in the Black Community Health series, a week long event where experts from the field will discuss their work, community initiatives they have taken on or witnessed, disparities they encounter in their sectors, changes they hope to see in community health, and their vision of the future Black community health.
In this event, Annick Maugile Flavien will interview Ariane Métellus about her experience as a doula working in homes and healthcare institutions, and a community advocate.
Ariane Métellus
Ariane K. Métellus is a social entrepreneur, consultant, speaker, birth and perinatal worker. Ariane K is pas...
2023-02-131h 00
4thSpace ConcordiaBlack Community Health Check: Interview with Kimani DanielThe second interview in the week of Black Community Health, a series of events where experts from the field discuss their work, community initiatives they have taken on or witnessed, disparities they encounter in their sectors, changes they hope to see in community health, and their vision of the future Black community health.
In this event, Annick Maugile Flavien will interview Kimani Daniel about her experience as an educator and nurse working in healthcare institutions and the community.
Kimani Daniel is Assistant Professor in the Ingram School of Nursing at McGill University. She has over 15 years of experience in perinatal...
2023-02-0656 min
4thSpace ConcordiaBlack Community Health Check: Interview with Marlihan LopezThe final interview in a week of Black Community Health, a series of events where experts from the field will discuss their work, community initiatives they have taken on or witnessed, disparities they encounter in their sectors, changes they hope to see in community health, and their vision of the future Black community health.
In this last event, Annick Maugile Flavien will interview Marlihan Lopez about her experience as a community advocate and caregiver.
Marlihan Lopez is a Black feminist community organizer tackling issues surrounding anti-blackness, gender-based violence and its intersections. She coordinated the EDI (equity, diversity, inclusion) division for...
2023-01-261h 05
4thSpace ConcordiaPatrick Lejtenyi Checks In With Scott De JongIn the this episode of our Checking In series, Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor sits down with Concordia researcher Scott De Jong to understand why online falsehoods go viral and how they shape our relationships with social media — and each other.
The communication studies PhD student created a board game that pits conspiracy theorists and their online troll amplifiers against moderators and educators. DeJong says Lizards & Lies, available as a free download, is designed as a model to help us grasp the movement of false content and the frustrations those fighting against it can experience.
2023-01-1113 min
4thSpace ConcordiaOnline Age Verification: Social and Technological AspectsWhy is online age verification crucial? Why does it need to be mandatory for certain web content, as already proposed in the Canadian Senate and House of Commons? Is it technologically viable?
Join us for this panel discussion, moderated by doctoral candidate Azfar Adib, to know more, as we engage in a conversation with the lawmakers, social activists, and engineering researchers leading this arena. Panelists Senator Julie Miville Dechêne, MP Arnold Viersen, Nima Karimian, PhD, and Penny Rankin will discuss the need for mandatory age verification, particularly to safeguard kids from online harm, along with its technological feasibility.
2022-11-241h 41
4thSpace ConcordiaPatrick Lejtenyi CHECKS IN with Stefanie Duguay & Christopher DietzelIn the next episode of our Checking In series, Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor sits down with Concordia researcher Stefanie Duguay and one of her co-authors Christopher Dietzel to discuss their new study looking at how dating apps were quick to adapt to the new limits placed on socializing during the pandemic.
2022-05-2721 min
4thSpace ConcordiaA Conversation with Shimon AmirThe first episode of our new series celebrating Concordia's Distinguished University Research Professors, the highest form of recognition for overall research achievements.
In this episode, professor Shimon Amir sits down with Lauren Segall, his former student and the current Advisor, Research Development at Gina Cody School of Engineering. The conversation was introduced Paula Wood-Adams, Interim Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies.
2022-05-2519 min
4thSpace ConcordiaA Conversation on Youth Perspectives on Indigenous Languages"Even the small fact of using a word, saying it out loud, you can feel the connection with the people who are there by your side using the language as well"
Youth Perspectives on Indigenous Languages with The Indigenous component of the Chaire-réseau de la recherche sur la jeunesse du Québec.
In recent years, the vitality of Indigenous languages has become an important priority for the nations of Quebec. Various revitalization and transmission projects are taking shape and are being implemented in communities and in urban areas with the aim, among other things, of making accessible and supervising the learnin...
2022-05-031h 32
4thSpace ConcordiaIn Conversation with Dramaturgical Ecologies"Looking at the social and cultural inscription that bodies carry, we became interested in The idea of how blackness comes into friction with dance dramaturgy"
In this episode we are thrilled to host a conversation with Matthew-Robin Nye, Dana Dugan, Cadu Mello, and Vanessa Montesi - all members of the Dramaturgical Ecologies project.
Dramaturgical Ecologies is a research-creation project led by Angélique Willkie that is working at the intersection of dance dramaturgy and Black performance studies..
2022-03-2522 min
4thSpace ConcordiaPatrick Lejtenyi CHECKS IN with Darren Wershler"Its important to us that the game remains a game, that while my students were trying to recreate Habitat '67 there were zombies and skeletons and other kinds of horrible things coming out of the wilderness trying to kill them"
In this episode of our new Checking In Series series, we meet up with Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor, to listen in on his conversations with Concordia researchers.
This week he sits down with Concordia researcher, and professor of English, Darren Werschler to discuss a new paper, co-authored with Bart Simon and just published in the journal *gamevironments* on how Wersh...
2022-03-1638 min
4thSpace ConcordiaAlexa Ruel & Alex Bailey In Conversation with Teens Considering Careers in Science"We need to figure out solutions to problems like climate change,
so i’m pretty sure we will need scientific knowledge to live in the society of tomorrow"
For this episode, we join up with Concordia Public Scholar Alexa Ruel and her colleague Alex Bailey who are co-hosts of the podcast Brainstorm: Exploring Minds and Behaviours for a special episode in which they sit down with a group of teenagers to ask the next generation what they think about science, research and how they aim to make a difference.
2022-03-0722 min
4thSpace ConcordiaPatrick Lejtenyi CHECKS IN with Seth Wynes"Athletes are role models, If they can show that they are serious about fighting climate change, fans will see it, and it might inspire other business communities to step up the plate, so to speak, and get things done.”
In this episode of our new Checking In Series series, we meet up with
Patrick Lejtenyi, Concordia’s Public Affairs Advisor to listen in on his conversations with Concordia researchers.
This week he sits down with researcher Seth Wynes to discuss a new paper just published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Wynes, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Geography, Plan...
2022-02-2813 min
4thSpace ConcordiaTanya Singh in conversation with Dr. Jing Iris Hu & Alexa Ruel"If someone lends you their time or money, you might feel a need to reciprocate, but if your resources are constrained this could have an impact on your well-being.."
This conversation stems from an ongoing research project by doctoral candidate in Marketing, Tanya Singh and her work investigating the role that gratitude plays in our lives and whether or not it always has a positive impact.
She joins philosopher Dr. Jing Iris Hu, and doctoral candidate in experimental psychology Alexa Ruel, to examine how the ideas, expectations and rituals of gratitude can both influence us and have some unexpected effects.
2022-02-1122 min
4thSpace ConcordiaUntangling The Blurry Lines - Geneviève Grégoire-Labrecque In Conversation"These blurry lines, how can we disentangle them? How can we do quality research but also make a difference?"
Geneviève Grégoire-Labrecque in conversation with Vivek Venkatesh, Jennifer Danquah & Kathleen Manion.
For this episode, Geneviève Grégoire-Labrecque, Concordia public scholar and PhD candidate in the Indi program brings three scholars -- Vivek Venkatesh, Jennifer Danquah and Kathleen Manion together at 4thSpace.
The idea was to ask scholars from different horizons how they attempt to balance the roles, privileges, boundaries, benefits, dilemmas and challenges of being an "engaged" scholar in the hope of doing more quality research while also havi...
2022-02-0218 min
4thSpace ConcordiaBacks To The Future: Rebecca van der Post, Miyu Bao, Joëlle Dubé and Leah Edmonds"If we recognize ourselves as indebted to previous generationswe begin to act in a way that makes room for future generations.."
This episode began as part of the three-day conference hosted at 4th
Space entitled 'Justice between Generations'. Conceived as more of workshop than a conversation - Rebecca van der Post, Miyu Bao, Joëlle Dubé, and Leah Edmonds came together to consider the question of what justice for future generations really means in a time of catastrophic environmental crisis. Reflecting critically upon agency, appropriation, and emotion they interrogate the assumed relations between “self and the world” across generations where we...
2022-01-2434 min
4thSpace ConcordiaSandra Margolian in Conversation with Annie Gérin"The idea of investing in things that are intangible, that will go away, I think is a new way of thinking about investing in public art.."
In this episode we sit down with Sandra Margolian and Annie Gérin. Sandra Margolian is Concordia's first Public Art Lead, working to develop and shape the future of the university's eclectic public art collection. Annie Gérin, the new Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, is also an art historian well known for her research in public art and how art is experience outside of traditional gallery places.
2021-09-2714 min
4thSpace ConcordiaBecky Van Der Post in Conversation with Jing Iris Hu & Matthias Fritsch"We have emotions for people who are not born yet. This kind of emotional capacity gives us the evidence that we actually have to consider them…"
This September, the 'Nature, Time & Responsibility' research group will be in residence at 4th Space. They are focussing on questions of intergenerational ethics through cross-cultural philosophical dialogue. We invited organizers of the conference entitled 'Justice Between Generations' to speak to some of the key ideas they are looking to explore via international exchanges.
2021-09-2725 min
4thSpace ConcordiaLuis C. Sotelo Castro with Julie Ann Carpini"We are dealing with a recording but we are bringing the recording back to life with the testifier, in her presence.."
As part of the COHDS-SOHC Summer Institute, the event 'The Effects of Being Heard' presented a conversation that employs performative methods to re-construct key moments of a healing journey from abuse. The conversation focusses how a social worker, a restorative justice facilitator or a performance creator can deploy listening and oral history interviewing techniques to support such a healing journey. However, naming and acknowledging what happened to a victim is crucial to the restorative justice process and therefore we wi...
2021-09-2028 min
4thSpace ConcordiaUne conversation avec Richard Foltz, Benoit Léger et Rachad AntoniusLa mondialisation est-elle un phénomène nouveau ? On peut soutenir que les réseaux commerciaux terrestres prémodernes que l’on appelle aujourd’hui « la Route de la Soie » ont jeté les bases de la mondialisation que nous connaissons actuellement. Rejoignez Richard Foltz, l’auteur de Les religions de la Route de la soie : les chemins d’une mondialisation prémoderne récemment publié à Concordia University Press, le traducteur Benoit Léger et le modérateur Rachad Antonius alors qu’ils discuteront de la manière dont la transmission des idées et des pratiques — notamment celles des grandes religions — a accompagné le mouve...
2021-09-1622 min
4thSpace ConcordiaAmélie Daoust-Boisvert in conversation with Sylvie Ouellette and David Secko"The line between what information is meant to do and its use in persuasion is an interesting place for our scientists and journalists."
In a complex landscape of social media and legacy news platforms, quality scientific journalism struggles to get heard. This problem has been exacerbated in the past year. How can we ensure that scientific discoveries and breakthroughs are not ‘’over-pushed’’ for the sake of sensationalism - or hype - especially when the findings are just preliminary?
Join Public Scholar Sylvie Ouellette (B.A. Journalism, 95 and PhD candidate, Chemistry/Biochemistry) and David Secko (PhD, Chair and Professor, Journalism) as they emb...
2021-07-0922 min
4thSpace ConcordiaAnne-Marie Turcotte in Conversation with Elizabeth Fast & Natasha Blanchet-Cohen"We need to have conversations that stem from indigenous knowledge systems in a way that doesn’t always have to go back to explaining the basics"
In this episode, Anne-Marie Turcotte, a Concordia Ph.D candidate and a Public Scholar, who has been working with Nunavimmiut youth moderates a discussion with researchers Natasha Blanchet-Cohen and Elizabeth Fast. They reflect on their current work and the challenges facing those deeply involved in collaborative research with Indigenous youth.
2021-06-2118 min
4thSpace ConcordiaCynthia Hammond in conversation with Bimadoshka Pucan and Nancy R. Tapias Torrado"The feminist efforts that resonate most strongly are those that seek to take action now, on behalf of the future..".
The Summer Institute is a collaboration between Concordia’s Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling and the Scottish Oral History Centre at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
Hosted at 4thSpace this summer, the Institute is organized by former lead co-director of COHDS, Dr. Cynthia Hammond.
As a lead up to these events, Cynthia sat down with two of the participants, to find out more about their research and the connections between their practices
Dr. Bimadoshka Pucan, assistant professor in...
2021-06-0226 min
4thSpace ConcordiaKatherine McLeod in conversation with John Latour"How to listen to the library? Something that is still reading, but a kind of reading that is engaging all the senses".
Katherine McLeod researches archives, sound, and poetry and is an affiliated researcher with the SSHRC-funded partnership of SpokenWeb.
Most recently, as a researcher-in-residence at Concordia Library, Katherine is working on “Listening to the Library,” a sensory based investigation into the audio-visual collections of Concordia’s Library.
John Latour is the Teaching & Research Librarian in Fine Arts at Concordia University and is a visual artist with an interest in artists’ books and questions of open access.
For this episode, we invit...
2021-05-3128 min
4thSpace ConcordiaAugmented Reality and Public Space: Shauna Jenssen in conversation with PULSE researchers"I love having access to augmented reality to tell those stories that have been deliberately debased and erased..".
In this episode, Shauna Jenssen, the Concordia Research Chair in Performative Urbanism sits down with researchers Amanda Guttiérez, Andrei Mamaliga, and Alex Tigchelaar to investigate the relationship between augmented reality, scenography, data surveillance, and the spatial histories of urban change.
The Performative Urbanism Lab for Spatial, Social, and Scenographic Experimentation (or PULSE) are investigating, via an FQRSC funded research-creation project, augmented reality and its application to art and, more specifically as a scenographic apparatus for creating place-based stories of the city.
2021-05-2127 min
4thSpace ConcordiaDavid Archer in conversation with Annick Maugile Flavien"My activism just works differently - but all forms of activism are necessary for any type of social change"
This episode is the fourth in our series with the Black Perspectives Office. In this episode, the founding coordinator of the BPO sits down with anti-racist psychotherapist David Archer, to find out more about his practice..
David Archer is a anti-racist psychotherapist from Montreal. He has a private practice and provides consulting services for organizations and other therapists. In addition to being trained as a clinical social worker he also a registered couple and family therapist. His thought is informed by...
2021-05-1952 min
4thSpace ConcordiaDr. Tsz-Ho Kwok in conversation with Prem Sooriyakumar"We want to create these tools of design automation to help customization for everyone"
Dr. Tsz-Ho Kwok is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering at the Gina Cody School as well as a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing. For this episode, Prem Sooriyakumar, Knowledge Broker from the Office of Research, sits down with Dr. Kwok to discuss his research, his interest in origami, and the diverse research directions he is exploring with his students.
2021-04-1419 min
4thSpace ConcordiaMarlihan Lopez In Conversation with Annick Maugile Flavien"My experiences have made it feel Like I haven’t had a choice; it’s important to always centre the margins..."
In third episode of our series with Concordia's Black Perspectives Office, the BPO’s coordinator, Annick Maugile Flavien sits down with with Marlihan Lopez, Program and Outreach coordinator at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute.
Listen in for an in-depth discussion around the themes that led Marlihan to her work, her experiences as a Black feminist, the mobilizing work she does around supporting survivors of sexual violence in Montreal North and the impact she hopes to continue to shape at Concor...
2021-04-0951 min
4thSpace ConcordiaAlex Robichaud In Conversation with Bettina Pérez Martínez and Simone Cambridge"Try to centre it more in the different rhythmic and tidalectic relations that exist across the archipelago"
Seascape Poetics was curated by Bettina Pérez Martínez, with assistance from Simone Cambridge. This digital-only exhibition examines the complexity of Caribbean relationships to water.
The Beyond Museum Walls Curatorial Residency program is a student and recent graduate-led initiative developed at the Curating and Public Scholarship Lab (CaPSL) at Concordia University. We invited program coordinator Alex Robichaud, to tell us more about CaPSL's residency program and to speak with Bettina and Simone about the process of developing Seascape Poetics.
2021-03-2720 min
4thSpace ConcordiaRebecca Tittler in conversation with Damon Matthews and Shannon LloydFor this week of March 2021, 4thSpace worked with the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre and the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability to host a full week of online panels and workshops on the environmental crisis and the climate emergency.
Coordinator for this week-long session, Rebecca Tittler hosts this conversation with Geography professor and Concordia Research Chair in Climate Science and Sustainability, Damon Matthews and Assistant Professor in Managment Shannon Lloyd to discuss their collaborative work and the role interdisciplinarity plays in the research of climate change.
2021-03-1721 min
4thSpace ConcordiaTemi Akin-Aina In Conversation with Annick Maugile Flavien"There is something in knowing what Is likely to be resonant, but there is also something in seeing it in action.."
In second episode of our series with Concordia's Black Perspectives Office, the BPO’s coordinator, Annick Maugile Flavien sits down with with Temi Akin-Aina, the Associate Director of Alumni Relations.
Listen in for an in-depth discussion around the themes that led Temi to her work, the creation of the Black Alumni Network and Council, the importance of Black Alumni engagement, and the role Alumni play in supporting students and the university.
Annick Maugile Flavien is a Black community advocate, a...
2021-02-1039 min
4thSpace ConcordiaErica Pimentel In Conversation With Pierre-Yann Dolbec"When we stop trusting institutions, people start to flock to alternative pathways like the blockchain.."
Erica Pimentel speaks with Pierre-Yann Dolbec on how our idea of work is being transformed. From the gig economy to blockchain to a global pandemic - how does this impact how we connect with our work?
Erica Pimentel is a Concordia Public Scholar, a CPA and a doctoral candidate in Accountancy at the John Molson School of Business. Pierre-Yann Dolbec is crrently the Concordia Research Chair in Complexity and Markets.
Recorded as part of 4thSpace live virtual event in November 2020
2021-02-0818 min
4thSpace ConcordiaAnnick Maugile Flavien In Conversation with Josie Fomé"I like to think of myself as disposable and if I don't - I'm not going to put in place structures that last.."
The Black Perspectives Office (BPO) is a newly launched area of leadership at Concordia that provides resources, supports, connects and advocates for Black perspectives, initiatives and scholarship at Concordia University.
In this special episode, the first of a series of conversations entitled *Black Perspectives - Live at Concordia* join the BPO’s founding coordinator, Annick Maugile Flavien, as she enters in conversation with multimedia freelance journalist, Josie Fomé, to discuss the legacy that brought forth the BPO, its...
2021-01-2842 min
4thSpace ConcordiaMaria Carolina Cambre In Conversation with Prem Sooriyakumar"Display is a twenty-first century way of being - that we have to get in touch with"
Maria Carolina Cambre is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education. Her work considers the digital politics of communication, the representation debate, critical policy analysis & critical visual sociology.
In this episode, she sits down with Prem Sooriyakumar, knowledge broker for the Office of Research to discuss her process and current research into the politics of the 'selfie'.
2021-01-2523 min
4thSpace ConcordiaAphrodite Salas In Conversation with Prem Sooriyakumar"Journalists have been trained to use an arms-length reporting method. It became clear that was not going to be the best way."
Aphrodite Salas is an Assistant Professor, in the department of Journalism. Her research engages with visual journalism, mobile journalism and experiential teaching and learning. With CTV Montreal, Aphrodite worked as a video journalist, assignment editor and line-up editor.
In this episode, she sits down with knowledge broker Prem Sooriyakumar to find out more about her process and current work to collaboratively document and share stories of Indigenous leadership and climate action.
2021-01-2522 min
4thSpace ConcordiaSherry Simon In Conversation with Johanne Sloan"To understand how these layers of language each represent a moment of history.."
In this episode, Johanne Sloan sits down with Sherry Simon to discuss her work.
Sherry Simon is a Professor in the Department of French Studies at Concordia University. She has also held the position of Canada Research Chair in Translation and Cultural History (York University, 2005) and served as Director of Concordia’s interdisciplinary PhD in Humanities Program. An internationally renowned scholar, Professor Simon has published extensively on subjects related to Translation Studies, literary translation, and gender in translation, among others.
Johanne Sloan has a BFA from Concordia Un...
2020-11-2322 min