Symposium

Social Science Festival

October 21-October 25•Auditorium

Many serious issues face us today, both here in Quebec and in other parts of the world. Upholding human rights and democracy, protecting the environment, and combating misinformation all need our engagement. This festival hopes to increase our understanding of difficult and complex issues, celebrate ancestral cultures, and promote respectful dialogue about future visions of our society and world.

"It’s Time for Change": Lineup for October 21-25  

October 21st, 2024

  • Welcome breakfast at Auditorium entrance (Oct. 21, 9:30 – 10 a.m.)
  • Karen White: Anxiety has increased! What can we do about it?  (Oct. 21 at 10 a.m.)
  • Tara Gold: Students and Social Movements: Palestinian Liberation and Divestment Activism (Oct. 21 at 12:00)
  • Simone Samuels: Body positivity in a weight-hating world (Oct. 21 at 2:30 p.m.)
  • Eleni Dikeakos and Mischa Fernando: Painted Perceptions: How Does Wearing Different Amounts of Makeup Affect Social Interactions? (Oct. 21 at 4 p.m.)  

October 22, 2024

  • Neil Caplan: DEADLOCKED: The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested histories, competing narratives and unwinnable core arguments (Location: in B325, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m.) 
  • Courtney Montour:  screening and discussion of “Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again” (Oct. 22 at 1 p.m.)
  • Julius Grey: Language laws in Quebec (Oct. 22 at 4 p.m.)  

October 23rd, 2024

  • Atna Njock:  Le langage des tons de la musique Bantou et Baka"/ phrases de son en rythme, mouvement, chant, dialogue, théâtre mimé, poésie  (Oct. 23 at 11 a.m.)  
  • Student Quiz Show, organized by Eric Lamoureux, moderated by Miles DeNora (Oct. 23 at 12:30 p.m.) 
  • Alessandra Renzi:  Media Activism: How Voices Shaped Changes & Why Yours Matters Today (Oct. 23 at 2 p.m.) 
  • Miles DeNora: The twenty-five-year New York Times war against Hillary Clinton: How the “Newspaper of Record” made Donald Trump president (Oct. 23 at 4 p.m.) 

October 24th, 2024

  • Sudeshna Maulik: Classical Indian dance performance and hands-on workshop with students (Oct. 24 at 10 a.m.) 
  • Jon Caluza and Althea Galiza: En français SVP! Bill 96 & the perspectives of CEGEP students (Oct. 24 at 11:30 a.m.)  
  • Lidiya Beida: Unravelling fashion’s dirty secrets with interdisciplinary thinking  (Oct. 24 at 1 p.m.)  
  • Chedly Belkhodja: The changing realities of immigration in Canada and Quebec (Oct. 24 at 4 p.m.)  

October 25th, 2024

  • Joel Casseus and Ashley Vu: Social media threats to democracy (Oct. 25 at 10 a.m.)
  • Randal Schnoor: The value of Israel/Palestine student dialogue on campus (Oct. 25 at 11:30 a.m.)  
  • Avi Goldberg and Anna Zalik:  Dissenting Jews: Normalizing Non-Conforming Engagement with Israel-Palestine Within Jewish & Academic Communities  (Oct. 25 at 1 p.m.)