Care in Action: Harm Reduction and Naloxone Training听
Caitlin Manicom and Raymond Johnson-Brown, School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts
We are bringing ACCM to campus for a hands-on harm reduction and naloxone training session. Students will learn how to recognize an opioid overdose, how to respond using both injection and nasal naloxone, and what harm reduction looks like when you are supporting people in real life rather than in theory.听
The opioid crisis is touching every community in some听way听and many of us will be working with people who use substances whether we planned for that or not. These skills save lives, but they also help us show up with dignity, respect, and care. Our goal is to create a space where students can build real confidence in responding, ask honest questions, and walk away with tools they can听actually use.听
Disrupt and Dismantle Podcast
Halina Faquirzada, School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts
Disrupt & Dismantle is a video podcast that amplifies marginalized graduate voices at 91丝瓜视频. Through candid conversations, the podcast examines how white supremacy shows up in everyday systems and continues to marginalize BIPOC communities on campus and beyond. Featuring BIPOC graduate students, faculty, and community leaders, Disrupt & Dismantle holds space for hard truths, shared laughter, and everything in between as we work to disrupt and dismantle inequitable structures. Uploaded weekly on @bipocnetwork via Instagram, the series also challenges the dominant 鈥淲est is best鈥� rhetoric by uplifting global perspectives, histories, and forms of knowledge often overlooked in academia.
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Hesitant Eyes, Turbulent Bodies: Documentaries on Contemporary Iran and Afghanistan
Sara Hosseini and Atefeh Kazemi, Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
Hesitant Eyes, Turbulent Bodies: Documentaries on Contemporary Iran and Afghanistan is a film screening series that brings together documentary films by young Afghan and Iranian filmmakers. The films bring audiences into diverse lived experiences across cities, urban landscapes, and national borders between Afghanistan and Iran, capturing bodies navigating instability. The films invite viewers to pause, observe, and reflect on lives shaped by ongoing social and political struggles that form the lived realities of people in contemporary Iran and Afghanistan.
Each screening is followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
Intercom! Zine
El Bush, Olly Joncus, and Sadie Couture, Communication Studies, Faculty of Arts
Intercom! Zine is a student-led publication in Communication Studies at 91丝瓜视频. Intercom! offers an inclusive and multimodal platform for students to share both academic and creative work that often falls outside the bounds of traditional academic publishing. Our goal is to give students the space to share their work and connect with other academics working in Communication Studies. The publication accepts a wide range of submissions across disciplines and departments鈥攊ncluding short essays, creative non-fiction, photography, music and sound pieces, visual art, poetry, and more. We will be accepting submissions for our second issue in the coming weeks. To stay up to date on our call for submissions and to read our first issue, please refer to our website: or follow us on Instagram at @intercomzine.
Working from a Place of Love
Muna Abdulfatah Ahmed, Mina听Lucacher, Cally Ravn, and Zenab Abu听Kishik, School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts
Working From a Place of Love is a collaborative, community-centred art project designed to engage students at 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 School of Social Work in exploring and embodying love as a transformative political and ethical practice. Over the duration of this project students, faculty, and community members will come together in a series of reflective learning sessions, with a hands-on mural painting workshops at the end of each session. Four social work students will听facilitate听these interactive sessions that will lead to an unveiling during Canadian Social Worker鈥檚 Week (March 2026). The mural will be created on moveable canvases and displayed prominently within the school, serving as a lasting visual representation of love as an active, political, and transformative ethic in social work practice, drawing on bell hooks鈥� framework that 鈥渓ove is an act of will.鈥� The project will culminate in a public unveiling during Social Work Week, featuring performances, speeches, and community dialogue.听
The Off-Topic Ensemble
Kalen Smith and Nicholas Ma,听Schulich School of Music
The Off-Topic Ensemble is a collaborative, student-led composer鈥損erformer initiative at 91丝瓜视频 entering its second season of residency. This project invites early-career composers to create new works (5鈥�7 minutes in length) for small mixed ensembles through a two-semester-long process of mentorship, workshops, and performance. Selected composers will collaborate closely with performers and doctoral composer student mentors and professional guest mentors across three workshops between November 2025 and March 2026, receiving individualized feedback on notation, communication, and technique. The residency culminates in a public concert and live recording at the Canadian Music Centre (CMC) in May 2026, featuring composer talks and audience interaction.听
Early Music Student Baroque Opera Production 鈥� A Portal to the Past:听Les F锚tes de Ramire听
Paige Boulet, Schulich School of Music
The early music students at the Schulich School of Music are thrilled to present a student-led production that transports audiences to the golden age of French Baroque opera. Step back in time to the court of Versailles in 1745 with a fully staged performance of听Les F锚tes de Ramire, a one-act opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Voltaire.听Set in medieval Spain, the story follows the captive princess Fatime鈥攖aken by the conquering Alphonse鈥攁nd her rescue by Alphonse鈥檚 son, Prince Ramire.听What follows is a lavish transformation: Fatime鈥檚 prison becomes the scene of grand ceremonies, music, dance, and a triumphant celebration of love.听
This project offers a rare chance to revive a seldom-performed听work听while giving students hands-on experience in producing a Baroque opera. Participants will receive training in historical performance practices, including Baroque gesture, dance, and acting techniques. The project culminates in a public performance, with tickets offered on a 鈥減ay-what-you-can鈥� basis to ensure accessibility for all.听Our goal is not only to entertain, but also to illuminate the richness of 18th-century French opera鈥攂ringing history to life for modern audiences. Join us for a night of splendour, emotional intensity, and musical brilliance as we revive听Les F锚tes de Ramire听on stage.听
Voice in Motion
Michal Aloni, Schulich School of Music
This project is a graduate-student-led circus workshop and rehearsal series designed to help 91丝瓜视频 music students, especially voice and opera students, explore the relationship between physical movement and vocal expression in performance. Professional circus and contemporary dance artists from the Montr茅al-based circus and contemporary dance collective People Watching鈥擩茅r茅mi听Levesque and Natasha Patterson鈥攚ill lead a听3-hour听master class. The workshop will introduce students to hand-to-hand acrobatics and contemporary movement techniques, emphasizing physical expression, balance, strength, and collaboration. Students will explore how movement can affect vocal technique, interpretation, and stage presence, while developing trust and responsiveness in ensemble settings.听
Following the workshop, the guest artists will return to work with the cast of my final directing recital, Menotti鈥檚听The Medium听(April 15, 2026).听 These sessions will allow students to apply movement-based techniques to staging and performance while听observing听the integration of physicality and vocal expression in opera. Rehearsals will be open to all 91丝瓜视频 students, providing broader exposure to interdisciplinary practices.听听
Tapping the Strength within and among Ourselves
Shubhangi Bhardwaj and Zihan Liao,听Educational Psychology and Integrated Studies in Education, Faculty of Education
The progress towards equity, diversity, and inclusion over the years has been remarkable at 91丝瓜视频, including the Faculty of Education. However,鈥痮ur own experience听last year听on March 8 sparked our passion for this initiative. More specifically, we听noticed听that there was no explicit celebration of听International听Women's Day听within the faculty,听or even 91丝瓜视频听more broadly.听At the same time,听many鈥痝raduate鈥痵tudents have expressed听their need for a听community where they听could听talk and express their feelings鈥痠n a safe space.听Coming from diverse backgrounds, they navigate the intersections听of gender, race, class,听and听social status in their听daily lives.听
These observations听led听us to鈥痚stablish鈥痑鈥痵tudent-led鈥�Women in Support and Education (WISE)鈥疐eminist Club鈥痠n line with the鈥疐aculty of Education鈥檚鈥疎quity, Diversity, and Inclusion鈥痠nitiative.听WISE will听host听a series of听workshops听designed听to build community, foster reflection, and support students鈥� well-being鈥痜rom January through May 2026听in the Faculty鈥痮f Education.鈥疶hese鈥痺orkshops will听be听facilitated听by the founders鈥痑nd听guest speakers听working in different fields,听who听will鈥痓ring听in听their own lived experiences of听spiritual awakening,听navigating unhealthy relationships,鈥痵elf-awareness,听inner voice, body-shaming,听and鈥痶ools for cultivating鈥痵elf-love.鈥疶he听second听week of March鈥�2026鈥痺ill听also听be dedicated to听International听Women鈥檚 Day,听marked by听a three-day听conference/celebration听and networking!鈥�
Learn more about the听Women in Support and Education Feminist Club: 听and
Upcoming event: Jan 28, 2026 - Silence around periods! What climate injustice does?
The Science and Education Dialogue Series
Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia and Pascale Saint-Denis, Integrated Studies in Education, Faculty of Education
The Science & Education Dialogue Series听is听an interdisciplinary,听peer-led听workshop series听and symposium听that听seeks听to听foster a听much-needed听community of practice and learning space centred on听informal听science education.听This initiative will听facilitate听community building across faculties and connect students with a common interest who often听operate听in separate disciplinary silos.听Our听objective听is听to听establish听a long-lasting relationship between听students from the听Faculty of Education听and Faculty of Science听who are听interested in science education.听Through two skills sharing workshops,听students听in听Education and Science听will听showcase听their knowledge and听exchange ideas听on a variety of science education听topics, such as fostering scientific inquiry, equity work in outreach, developing a lesson plan for informal science learning, and more.听
Our symposium听event听will feature听prominent members of community-based science outreach groups听as guest speakers.听By connecting students with these experts, they will learn about lived experiences, best practices, and challenges听in听science outreach.听The initiative is听open to all students from the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Education!听
Film Screening & Live Panel: A Place Where I Belong
Kevin Prada, Education and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education
This event features a screening of the award-winning Canadian documentary A Place Where I Belong, followed by a panel discussion with the film鈥檚 director and two people featured in it: a staff member from the organization Creating Queer Communities and a service recipient with this organization. The screening will take place at the Faculty of Education Learning Commons in February or March 2026. The intersecting needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ people with disabilities will meaningfully enrich the training of 91丝瓜视频 students in Psychology (school, clinical, counselling), Education, Social Work, Medicine, and other programs that serve this population. Hearing firsthand experiences from 2SLGBTQIA+people with disabilities offers attendees a rare opportunity to expand their worldview and critically examine their own practice.
Facing a system that often fails to recognize their full humanity, six 2SLGBTQIA+ people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities fight for visibility, love, and freedom through a radical program that鈥檚 at risk of disappearing. A Place Where I Belong follows these individuals as they navigate identity, love, and systemic barriers through an innovative non-profit program called Connecting Queer Communities (CQC). As participants find safety and solidarity within CQC, their stories鈥攕panning self-advocacy and family rejection to the joy of coming out鈥攈ighlight the urgent need for inclusive spaces. With CQC at risk of disappearing, the film asks: what happens to a community when the only safe place they鈥檝e known is under threat? The post-screening discussion will privilege lived expertise, offering live commentary and Q&A that translate the film鈥檚 themes into concrete practice shifts.
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Connecting Hearts: Building Supportive Relationships in Graduate Life
Yan Liu, Educational and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education
Graduate study is a period of intensive academic growth and also a stage when complex interpersonal networks form, including relationships with advisors, instructors, classmates, lab mates, and faculty members. Unlike undergraduates, new graduate students often receive limited guidance on how to navigate these relationships, which may lead to stress, uncertainty, and challenges to both academic progress and mental well-being.听
Connecting Hearts is a peer mentoring project designed to support graduate students in building supportive, meaningful relationships within the Faculty of Education community. The project aims to foster a culture of connection, mutual support, and shared growth through structured peer engagement. The project includes two interactive workshops and a voluntary one-on-one peer mentoring. The first workshop features senior graduate students sharing their experiences navigating academic and interpersonal relationships, while facilitating mentor鈥搈entee connections. Following this session, peer mentors provide individualized support and guidance related to graduate life over several weeks. After peer mentoring, the second workshop focuses on reflection and growth, where participants engage in case-based discussions, receive toolkit materials, and collectively sign the Peer Support Network Charter to formalize their commitment to sustaining supportive graduate relationships. To acknowledge participants鈥� engagement, mentors will receive a peer mentorship certificate, and mentees will receive a certificate of participation.
By strengthening mentor鈥搈entee connections and expanding participants鈥� social networks, Connecting Hearts empowers new graduate students with relational resources that support their academic success, professional development, and overall well-being. The relationships established through this project will extend beyond the project itself, contributing to a more connected and supportive graduate community.
Thriving through Feedback: Building Literacy and Resilience
Junzhu Su,听Educational and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education
Graduate students are inundated with feedback from instructors, supervisors, peers, and increasingly, AI tools. However, few receive any formal guidance on how to process and apply it effectively. This lack of structured training often leads to stress, confusion, and disengagement,听ultimately hindering听academic progress. Our project听seeks听to break this cycle by providing a comprehensive, evidence-based workshop series designed to help students navigate both the cognitive and emotional dimensions of feedback. Through interactive sessions, students will learn practical strategies to provide,听interpret听and apply feedback constructively, alongside techniques for managing the emotional responses it can trigger. By reframing feedback as a tool for growth rather than a source of anxiety, the project empowers students to engage more confidently and productively with critique, which skills essential for success in academia and beyond.听