CUPFA MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS

CUPFA celebrates noteworthy contributions by its members. This document highlights this work.

2008

Karin Doerr has been invited by Sichuan University in Chengdu and by Beijing Foreign Studies University, for this coming April, to give workshops on women in Canadian literature and, with Professor Gary Evans from the University of Ottawa, to present The National Film Board of Canada and its Feminist Lens.
Karin Doerr received CUPFA PDG to participate at the 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, January 11-14, 2008. The paper delivered was Genocide in Language: The Case of Nazi Germany.
The 11th Annual Roots of Rock and Roll Concert, Friday, February 1, 2008, 8 P.M., The Oscar Peterson Concert Hall (Loyola Campus). More ...
Spotty & Eddie Learn to Compromise. By Lisa M. Chalifoux. Trafford Publishing. 2007. ISBN: 1-4251-5547-2.

2007

The 2008 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC 2008). Montreal, Canada. July 13-16, 2008. Submission of Proposals: ipcc2008@gmail.com; Further Information: Pankaj Kamthan (Conference Committee Member) <kamthan-AT-cse-DOT-concordia-DOT-ca>.

Rights Here! A Theatre & Law for Human Rights Project. By Rachael Van Fossen. [English, French]

Laura Endacott: Amie Neff, is an architect who has been granted the pilot project of renovating the dorms of the Old Brewery Mission. This project looks to enhance both the men and women's dorms with the help of local artists in creating privacy panels. These panels, made of fabric are designed to contribute to more privacy for the people using the space in question. Artists from "Dans la rue" as well as from the Studio Arts and Art Education departments at Concordia, have been asked to design the panels destined for the dorms. This pilot project also has a more elaborate philosophy of support for these people as a means of helping those who can, to change their current situation. It is our hope that the bridge between our two communities will be an on-going association. As part of my Undergraduate Fibers 260/3, Print and Dye class, my 20 students have been given this assignment as their final project. It is an exciting venue for young artists to partake in an outreach project into the greater Montreal Community. The vernissage will be April 1st, 2007 at the Old Brewery Mission from 2-4 PM, where the panels will be displayed.

The Quebec Association for Adult Learning (QAAL)/Semaine Qu?ecoise des Adultes en Formation: Adult Learner's Week, March 24-30, 2007. CUPFA members are invited to attend to pay tribute to workers in training, and to highlight methods available that achieve a life-work-education balance and recognize employee qualifications.

"Building Partnerships: The Community Learning Centre Initiative", Thursday, March 29, 5 PM, Hall Building. More ...

Launch of Gary Schwartz's New Music CD "Public Transport Project", Sunday, March 11, 8:30 PM, Upstairs Jazz Club, 1254 MacKay (514-931-6808), $10 Admission.

The feature length documentary - Chez Schwartz - will be in theatres as of March 2. In Montreal, it will be at the AMC, Cin?a du Parc, and Parallel at Ex Centris. It will also be shown at the Cin?a Le Clap in Qu?ec City and at La Maison du Cin?a in Sherbrooke. It has also been selected for the Rendez-Vous du Cin?a Qu?ecois and will be shown February 23rd, 8:30 PM, at the Cin?ath?ue Qu?ecoise, 335, Boulevard de Maisonneuve Est [M?ro Berri-UQAM].

HOMAGE TO PUNJABI POET LAL SINGH DIL BRINGS OUT THE POWER OF LITERATURE TO EXPOSE DISCRIMINATION AND OPPRESSION. By INDIRA PRAHST, Instructor of Race and Ethnic Relations, Department of Sociology, Langara College, Vancouver. The Voice - Vancouver, August 25, 2007. "Also present at the event, as the only non-South Asian, was conference participant Dr. Karin Doerr, Concordia University, Montreal. She was called upon to be part of the award presentation. Her work as researcher and educator is connected to injustice, revolving around the issues of extreme discrimination and genocide as they occurred during World War II in Germany and examines its manifestations in language and literature. Of special concern to her is the plight of women in struggles and conflicts because it often gets neglected. She said her visit and interactions within the South Asian community and its literature was a learning experience as she enhanced her knowledge about the injustice experienced by the Dalits and the widows in the Delhi colonies following the Sikh massacre of 1984. This, she feels, needs to be shared and exposed more to promote general awareness."

Craig Morrison's Web Site. Music Everywhere! Clips, Newsletter, Schedules of Shows, and More!

2006

Siting Paradiso. By Daniel Oxley; Exposition April 27-June 3; Maison de la culture de Cote-des-Neiges, 5290 Chemin de la Cote-des-Neiges; Tuesday/Wednesday 1-7, Thursday/Friday 1-6, Saturday/Sunday 1-5.

Tramontano: Video Screening Announce & Conf?ence. de Bonnie Baxter / Bois Grave / Le Samedi 13 Mai, 2006 ?14h / Atelier Circulaire / 503-5445, Avenue de Gasp?/ T?ephone: 514-272-8874.

Human Nature/Human Identity: Anthropological Revisionings (CASCA 2006) Conference, Concordia University, Montr?l, Qu?ec, Canada, May 9-14, 2006. Paper Presentations by CUPFA Members: Michiko Aramaki, Aditya Kumar Dewan, and Karin Doerr.

Canadian Feminism in China: A Personal Experience. By Dr. Karin Doerr, Part-Time Faculty, Research Associate, Simone de Beauvoir Institute; Friday, April 7, 2006; 1:30 - 3:00 PM; The Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, 2170 Bishop, MU-101, Refreshments. Description: Karin Doerr will reflect upon her two academic trips to China in 2005 and the varied aspects of Canadian feminism that interested her Chinese hosts. The themes included Canadian women writers, the latest trends in feminist research, and Canadian women and film. She will also discuss the challenge of covering such a wide range of themes and how she connected it to her own research.

"Acting Blind", A Film by Martin Duckworth. Friday, February 24, 9:15 PM; Sunday, February 26, 7 PM, 8:30 PM; NFB CineRobotheque l'ONF / ONF Cinema, 1564 St. Denis Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 3K2; Phone: (514) 496-6887; Admission $5.

"Haunted Land", A Film by Mary Ellen Davis; Canada-Guatemala; 74 Minutes; Spanish, Maya-Chuj and French with English subtitles.

Monday March 13, 2006, 7:30 PM; Concordia University, Room H-110, 1455 de Maisonneuve West; Admission by donation.

Mary Ellen Davis and Mateo Pablo will be at the screening. Presence of Projet Accompagnement Qu?ec-Guatemala.

Two paths cross on a descent into Guatemala's past: that of Mateo Pablo, a Maya survivor of one of many massacres committed by local government troops, and Daniel Hern?dez-Salazar, a concerned Guatemalan artist and photographer. Together they travel to a remote site in the highlands where the community of Petanac once stood. The bones found there by archaeologists tell a mute story of agony.

"A moving work, and a great testimony to break the silence about the genocide in Guatemala."
- Rigoberta Mench?Tum, Nobel Peace Prize winner

2005

American Popular Music: Rock and Roll. By Craig Morrison (Department of Music), Facts On File, 2005.

Go Cat Go! Rockabilly Music and Its Makers. By Craig Morrison (Department of Music), University of Illinois Press, 1999.

Mindy Yan Miller, Fibres Department. Installation and Artist Talk. [English, French] [PDF]

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