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  1. Digital Power and its Undoing: Resisting Algorithmic Domination, Reclaiming Tech Futures

    07/24/2025

    Digital Power and its Undoing: Resisting Algorithmic Domination, Reclaiming Tech Futures

    How do we understand and resist the power of digital technologies in an era of technofascism, algorithmic capitalism, and online violence? And how can we imagine alternative technological futures rooted in justice, the commons, and plural ways of knowing? Moderated by Dr. Jonathan Martineau, this conversation brings together scholars from different fields to critically examine AI governance, gender-based violence, and algorithmic power—before shifting toward degrowth, digital commons, and pluriversal approaches to technology.

    50 min
  2. The Injustices of Girlism: Childhood Pregnancy and Abortion in America

    07/24/2025

    The Injustices of Girlism: Childhood Pregnancy and Abortion in America

    After the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many U.S. states enacted abortion bans. This changed legal landscape exposes crucial ethical questions about pregnancy in childhood. Dr. Kimberley Brownlee, Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political & Social Philosophy in UBC, analyses a previously unnamed type of social injustice – girlism – to make sense of the kinds of mistreatment girls endure in the context of pregnancy and abortion, where their status as girls is obscured under this ‘women’s issue’.

    49 min
  3. Laughter As Resistance

    07/24/2025

    Laughter As Resistance

    "Laughter as Resistance" explores the transformative power of humour as a form of resistance and within decolonized contexts, and delves into how silenced communities utilize humour to reaffirm cultural identities, resist colonial impositions, and create spaces for healing.

    1h 8m
  4. Rethinking Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Workplace

    07/24/2025

    Rethinking Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Workplace

    Elizabeth Eley, Public Scholar and doctoral candidate in the Department of Management at the John Molson School of Business, engages in meaningful discussions with an expert panel as they explore how to create a more inclusive work environment in a rapidly changing employment climate.

    49 min
  5. Bringing Back Books: Promoting book reading in a world gone screen-crazy

    03/13/2025

    Bringing Back Books: Promoting book reading in a world gone screen-crazy

    We’ve heard it all before. Kids these days are more depressed, less social, and in need of more academic help. If only there was a way to help all these areas simultaneously… Enter: books. English Language Arts Consultants, Literacy Coaches, and Librarians got together to discuss the scientific discoveries associated with reading for pleasure!

    31 min
  6. Ending Weight Stigma: Priorities for Action

    03/13/2025

    Ending Weight Stigma: Priorities for Action

    For this live conversation, renowned weight bias research experts gather to disseminate the research and advocacy initiatives in this field of research, and to discuss future research directions that aim to make strides in advocacy for individuals with lived experiences of weight bias, stigma, and discrimination.

    35 min
  7. How to Find a Research Supervisor

    03/13/2025

    How to Find a Research Supervisor

    Are you interested in pursuing a research-based graduate program at Concordia? Concordia's graduate student ambassadors from the Arts and Science, Fine Arts and Business (JMSB) faculties share their experiences finding research supervisors at different stages in their studies, and discuss strategies for building strong mentorship bonds.

    27 min
  8. Indigenous Futurism in Hawai’i and Beyond - An Artist Talk with Solomon Enos

    03/13/2025

    Indigenous Futurism in Hawai’i and Beyond - An Artist Talk with Solomon Enos

    Artist, illustrator, and visionary, Solomon Enos talks about his incredible work imagining the future of his people, the Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) –and all of us.

    51 min
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  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
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