Jour 1 – Onzième Symposium des chercheur.e.s émergent.e.s

Chaque année, le Centre d'histoire orale et de récits numériques de l'Université Concordia offre aux étudiants et aux chercheurs émergents l'occasion de présenter leurs travaux à tous les stades, d'échanger des idées et d'entrer en contact avec d'autres chercheurs et créateurs. Le titre et le thème principal du symposium de cette année est "Réaliser le […]

Jour 2 – Onzième Symposium des chercheur.e.s émergent.e.s

Chaque année, le Centre d'histoire orale et de récits numériques de l'Université Concordia offre aux étudiants et aux chercheurs émergents l'occasion de présenter leurs travaux à tous les stades, d'échanger des idées et d'entrer en contact avec d'autres chercheurs et créateurs. Le titre et le thème principal du symposium de cette année est "Réaliser le […]

Voices of the Immigrant Workers’ Centre

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Lauren Laframboise and Stefan Christoff  In 2007, Montreal-based garment manufacturer Lamour prepared to shutter its Canadian production activities, gradually laying off nearly 500 of its employees to circumvent labour legislation that would force the company to pay collective layoff benefits. Over 2007 and 2008, Lamour workers and community organizers at the Immigrant Workers Centre […]

Stories Beyond Borders: Mapping the Imaginative Spaces of Movement and Migration

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Stéphane Martelly, Maricia Fischer-Souan, and Kelly Norah Drukker English In this panel presentation and discussion, writers and scholars working within the disciplines of oral history, sociology, and creative writing share different approaches to “mapping” stories of movement and migration—from intimate ethnographies to those told within broader communities. What role does place play in the […]

The Archive of the Future: Oral History and Community Archiving

Online

with Po Ki Chan, Sonia Dhaliwal, Eliot Perrin, and Carla Rodeghero English Join us for a conversation regarding lives of learning, experiences with oral history, and community archiving. Increasingly, we seek to break down institutional barriers and include participants in the archival process. What are the best practices that can help to achieve this? How can we […]

Palates & Passages: Navigating the Intersection of Food and Oral Histories through Migration

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Cassandra Marsillo, Hannah Pinilla, and Amanda Whittaker English This panel discussion delves into the rich crossing of food history and oral history by exploring the connections between migration, the concept of home, and food narratives. Each of the panelists’ research focus on the storytelling found within the pages of cookbooks, identity and memory formation […]

Ethics in Research: How to Apply for Ethics Certification

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Zachary Corbeil, Eliot Perrin, Eleni Polychronakos, and Karl Ponthieux Stern English To obtain the informed consent of our research participants is both an ethical and institutional obligation for oral historians working at Canadian universities. This workshop seeks to demystify the process of applying for ethics certification. Four emerging scholars will reflect on their experiences […]

Gaming & Oral History

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada

with Carl Therrien, Jonathan Lessard, and Dany Guay-Bélanger English Videogames are a fairly young medium. Emerging as a commercial good in the early 1960s, they have slowly made their way into the mainstream. What was once seen as toys for young boys has become so widespread that many of us have them in our living […]

Los Sabores de Hogar: The Transformation of Memory and Identity Through the Food Practices of Colombian Migrants in Montreal

Concordia University LB-1042 (COHDS) 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O, Montreal

with Hannah Pinilla English This exhibit features the collaborative MA oral history research of Hannah Pinilla and her interview partners. Her research explores how the narrations, consumption, and preparation of ‘home foods’  facilitates interactive, diasporic ‘memory work’. In fall 2023, Hannah conducted two collaborative oral history interviews with nine Colombian migrants, both voluntary and forced, […]