Harm Reduction and Naloxone Training Workshops
Sophia Dobischok and Camille Zolopa, Educational and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education
Canada in general, and Montreal specifically, have been facing a drug toxicity and fatal overdose crisis for nearly a decade. While integrated systems of interventions are necessary to address drug-related harms, the use of naloxone has been a key strategy to reduce the acute effect of opioid-involved deaths. Currently, ş«ąúÂăÎč does not offer naloxone trainings to the campus community, limiting students’ ability to assist in the event of an overdose. This project offers three harm reduction and naloxone training workshops facilitated by a peer worker with lived experience of drug use and homelessness. The workshops will address the current social context of drug use in MontrĂ©al, the philosophy of harm reduction, the use of naloxone, and other harm reduction strategies. Graduate students will come away from the workshop having learned a life-saving skill that can be mobilized in their roles as clinicians, carers, family members, and citizens.
Doctoral Law Research Workshop
Ali Ekber Cinar,ĚýFaculty of Law
A key—if not the key—aspect of graduate life is publishing research. This workshop provides students with the opportunity to learn about the research and publishing process. Professors with extensive experience as editors of prestigious academic journals and accomplished authors will share valuable insights, relevant not only to law students but to graduate students across disciplines. Additionally, several doctoral students will present their research to an audience of peers and professors, with fellow students serving as discussants.
Date: December 20, 2024 ()
Green Minds
Kevin Prada, Educational and Counselling Psychology,ĚýFaculty of Education
Climate change is intensifying at an alarming rate. Yet, climate anxiety, a corollary of climate change, has received little attention thus far. Research has shown that climate anxiety not only causes distress, but also inhibits individuals’ capacity to take action to combat climate change. While climate anxiety is increasing at the same pace as climate change, even more saliently among kids and teens, efforts to address this issue are few.ĚýThis project will see to a multidisciplinary workshop offered by the authors of Green Minds, an evidence-based intervention that is geared to kids and teens in school contexts, which will train participants on this innovative program, while overviewing data supporting its effectiveness and facilitating open discussions on this important topic. Geared to students in the Faculty of Education, this event will also be of interest to various students and professionals throughout educational contexts in Montreal, and any person who is interested in climate action as a whole. Open discussions will be facilitated among participants gathered, facilitating collegial exchange on how we can, as current and future youth-serving and mental health professionals, continue to work with youth facing climate anxiety.
Culture and Technology Discussion and Working Group
Sadie Couture, Art History and Communications, Faculty of Arts
The Culture and Technology Discussion and Working Group will be a peer-led series of professionalization workshops for ş«ąúÂăÎč graduate students working at the intersections of science and technology studies, communication studies, media theory, sound studies, and music theory. Many of these students also work in disability studies. We will meet once per month from January-May 2025. These sessions will be approximately two hours long each and will be a hybrid format of in-person—likely a location in the Art History and Communication Studies Department on campus—and on Zoom. During the sessions we will have two primary activities: (1) A presentation or facilitated discussion on a professionalization topic chosen by the participants, and (2) a time for students to get feedback on previously submitted work, or discuss a prescient problem or challenge they are facing in their academic lives. This project meets a need for both community building and professionalization for students working in interdisciplinary fields which can, because of their specificity, fall through the cracks between ş«ąúÂăÎč departments but which are at the cutting edge of global research and thought.
Educational Landscape Memories: A Photo-Art Workshop
Ezgi Ciftci-Sanal & Ji Yoon Chung, Integrated Studies in Education, Faculty of Education
This project aims to create a collaborative and reflective space for graduate students to share their educational experiences through art workshops, fostering a sense of community within the academic environment.
We felt the growing need among students to connect with others across diverse academic backgrounds, which led to creating this project which will offer an opportunity to creatively explore personal and educational experience. In an academic setting where students often feel isolated, this project will provide an artful platform for meaningful dialogue, allowing them to reflect on and share their unique experiences. Photographs are powerful tools for recalling, reflecting on, and analyzing memories, making them a central component in various memory studies and methodologies. In this project, a photo-art workshop will be used as a memory-work prompt, combining the techniques of photovoice and photo-elicitation.
Work/Shops: Career Conversations with Information Professionals
Hannah Nelson-Teutsch, Grailing Anthonisen, Han Nguyen, School of Information Studies, Faculty of Arts
Work/Shops: Career Conversations with Information Professionals offers graduate students a series of 5 events styled as AMAs (Ask Me Anythings) that will take place virtually from January through May of 2025. The goal of this workshop series is a simple one: to offer graduate students an informal introduction to potential career paths in information studies by inviting speakers from government, industry, academia, and nonprofits to speak candidly about the work they do, how they came to the positions they hold, and the nitty gritty details of work/life in their chosen fields.
Curated to supplement existing professional development opportunities on campus, these events will draw together graduate students and information professionals – librarians, archivists, data scientists, UX designers, and knowledge managers – for frank and forthright engagements about the job application process, daily schedules, salaries, work/life balance, and more.ĚýGraduate students across the disciplines are warmly invited to join the conversation online and learn more about what it means to work as an information professional from early-career professionals in the field. In order to serve graduate students who won’t be able to make it to live events, key details from each event will be represented in a report that will be made available online.
ş«ąúÂăÎč Community Drum Circle
Colin Enright, Music Education, Schulich School of Music
Mental health concerns are a growing issue globally for many young people as they encounter new and diverse challenges to their learning and living environments. However, discussions of mental health can often narrowly focus on themes of illness, crisis, and treatment rather than building community resources for sustained wellbeing. Embedding spaces that cultivate connection is one way to help build resilience, reduce isolation, and build community. Participatory arts engagement like drum circles create outlets for socialization, expression, creativity, and sincere connection through musicality while also remaining accessible to groups with a wide range of abilities and experiences. The ş«ąúÂăÎč Community Drum Circle (MCDC) focuses on musical expression, improvisation, and wellness, as well as pedagogy and training for those looking to build similar arts-based communities. While this is a musical activity, all are welcome and no musical experience is required. Come to develop rhythm technique, to decompress, to socialize, or to learn about how you can encourage a greater sense of connection, community, and wellbeing through music engagement.
From Classroom to Kitchen
Yinahui Zhang, Educational and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, Xiaoran Li,ĚýEducational and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, & Zijing Yu, Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
This project aims to empower individuals to embrace healthier lifestyles by bridging the gap between classroom nutrition knowledge and practical application. “From Classroom to Kitchen” will offer a series of engaging workshops focused on specific food groups or ingredients, each featuring interactive learning, hands-on demonstrations, and personalized guidance. By exploring the nutritional benefits, culinary uses, and cultural significance of each food, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the power of food choices for enhanced well-being.ĚýThis project addresses the common disconnect between theoretical nutrition education and practical application, often leading to confusion and difficulty in adopting healthy eating habits. By fostering a learning environment that combines education with hands-on experience, “From Classroom to Kitchen” empowers individuals to translate knowledge into action, ultimately leading to sustainable lifestyle changes.Ěý
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From Classroom to Kitchen poster
Insight Exchange: Mastering the Art of Interviews
Meiting Chen, Educational and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education
Insight Exchange: Mastering the Art of Interviews is a series of workshops designed to equip graduate students from diverse disciplines with essential, research interview skills. Conducting interviews is a critical method for gathering qualitative data, whether in research, client relations, patient care, or organizational development. By developing a strong foundation in interview design, techniques, and ethical considerations, participants will gain tools they can apply to various contexts, enhancing the quality of their research or professional interactions. This approach not only fosters academic rigor but also nurtures critical soft skills, such as communication, active listening, and rapport-building, which are invaluable in any career. During a period of three months, four hybrid workshops, followed by two drop-in Q&A sessions, will be executed on campus. The workshops will cover four major topics: 1) Introduction to Interview Methods and Ethics, 2) Designing Effective Interview Questions, 3) Conducting Interviews: Active Listening and Rapport Building, and 4) Analyzing and Interpreting Interview Data.
Decay: 29th Annual English Graduate Conference
Olga Tsygankova, Ariel Pickett, Adam Hill & Yusuf Saadi, English, Faculty of Arts
The EGSA English Graduate Conference is a community-based emergent scholarship event at the end of the academic year that invites masters’ and doctoral students from the ş«ąúÂăÎč community and beyond to gather, share their best research and ideas, and partake in the exchange of knowledge and expertise within a formal yet supportive framework. The Conference is an inclusive endeavour that welcomes students of all backgrounds and from multiple humanities-oriented fields, such as history, philosophy, communication studies, sociology and more, whose research interests directly or indirectly engage with literature. This year’s event will also host creative readings, giving space for emerging poets and prose writers to share their work with the community.
The gathering on March 29-30, 2025 will center around the theme of Decay, inviting the participants to reflect on the problematic of the environmental crisis as well as the crisis in the humanities-related fields. The theme also encompasses discussions of multiple forms of literary criticism and theory, such as deconstruction and other critique-based forms of discourse. We encourage our colleagues to engage critically with the issues and questions raised by the chosen theme and we expect to host a lively and generative communal sharing or ideas.
Paren(thèses):ĚýAteliers de RĂ©flexion
Marie Chartrand-Caulet, Département des Littératures, de traduction et de création, Faculty of Arts
Paren(thèses) est une initiative pensĂ©e pour les Ă©tudiants aux cycles supĂ©rieurs de la FacultĂ© des arts Ă l’UniversitĂ© ş«ąúÂăÎč qui cherchent un espace de travail et de rĂ©flexion commun. La cohorte de Paren(thèses) se rassemble en moyenne trois fois par mois. Lors de ces sĂ©ances, nous (re)travaillons des propositions de communications, des demandes de subvention, des articles ou mĂŞme des communications. C’est ainsi l’occasion de rĂ©diger ensemble et de se faire relire, mais aussi de s’accompagner dans les diffĂ©rentes Ă©tapes de nos travaux. Paren(thèses) offre un cadre mutuel afin de rĂ©diger de meilleures propositions, d’élargir la portĂ©e de nos articles et de nous orienter professionnellement en tant qu’universitaires. Ă€ cet effet, nous avons un calendrier partagĂ© oĂą les participants peuvent inscrire leurs dates butoirs, lesquelles seront utilisĂ©es pour proposer des ateliers de travail ponctuels axĂ©s sur nos besoins. Les rencontres durent entre 2 Ă 4 heures (des collations et des breuvages seront servis) et se dĂ©roulent entièrement en français, quoiqu’il est possible de travailler sur des propositions, des articles ou des communications en anglais.
Afin de vous inscrire à nos activités, nous vous invitons à remplir avec vos disponibilités pour la session d’hiver 2025.
18th Annual ş«ąúÂăÎč Graduate Law Student Conference
Dustin Chelen & Myrto Leivadarou, Faculty of Law
Description forthcoming
Active Bodies, Active Minds
Mona Abousidou, English, Faculty of Arts
"Active Bodies, Active Minds” addresses a need for movement and a need for some fun in the ş«ąúÂăÎč graduate community. As students, we may forget to consider our physical and mental well-being, nor are there many opportunities to participate in physical activity or professional development in a low-stakes environment. This project suggests holding dodgeball games and a PowerPoint party each month to build connections amongst students and departments. The dodgeball games will provide an opportunity to destress and socialize with other graduate students, while also serving as a reminder to step away from our laptops. The PowerPoint parties – somewhat modelled after the 3-Minute Thesis competition held at ş«ąúÂăÎč – are a social and professional development activity that invites students to present on any topic in a supportive atmosphere. In this way, we hone the very skills we’re asked to constantly use (researching and disseminating our research in an easy-to-understand manner). Overall, I hope to encourage body mindfulness and self-confidence in addition to taking a break from sitting long hours at our desks!
Collective Research in Anthropology Journal (CORA) Second Issue Launch
Maxwell Ward, Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Description forthcoming
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