8:30 AM
8:30
AM
- Registration
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 10 hours 30 minutes
9:00 AM
9:00
AM
- Meeting - Ecosystem mapping process: exchange of practices
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB EFG (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 2 hours 30 minutes
- Meeting / Rencontre
10:00 AM
10:00
AM
- Meeting - Coalition for Healthy School Food
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB D (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 7 hours
- By-invitation / sur invitation
- Meeting - National Community of Practice on Food Security (am)
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB A (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 2 hours
- By-invitation / sur invitation
- Tour - The Depot Community Food Centre: Redefining Support for Food Insecure Communities
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 5 hours
- Tour / Visite guidée
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- Tour - "Grand Potager ", Centre for Urban Agriculture in Montreal
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 3 hours
- Tour / Visite guidée
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- Tour - Concordia Greenhouse
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 1 hour
- Tour / Visite guidée
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- Tour - Farms in Frelighsburg and St-Armand
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 5 hours
- Tour / Visite guidée
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- Meeting - FLEdGE Research Project
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.130
- 7 hours
- By-invitation / sur invitation
- Meeting - Indigenous and Northern Networking
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB C (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 7 hours
- Meeting - Municipal Food Planning in Canada
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB B (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 3 hours
- By-invitation / sur invitation
1:00 PM
1:00
PM
- Tour - Concordia Greenhouse
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 1 hour
- Tour / Visite guidée
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- Tour - Community Greenhouse in Centre-Sud Neighbourhood
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 1 hour
- Tour / Visite guidée
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- Walking Tour - Concordia’s Sustainable Food System
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 2 hours
- Tour / Visite guidée
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- Tour - Welcome Hall Mission
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 2 hours
- Tour / Visite guidée
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- Meeting - National Community of Practice on Food Security (pm)
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB EFG (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 4 hours
- By-invitation / sur invitation
5:00 PM
5:00
PM
- KAIROS Blanket Exercise™
- Tickets required Sold out Ticket sales have finished Ticket sales haven't started yet You've purchased a ticket
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB A (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 2 hours 30 minutes
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5:30
PM
- Friends of Food Secure Canada Book Launch
- McKibbins Irish Pub - McKibbins Irish Pub
- 2 hours
7:00 AM
7:00
AM
- Registration
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 11 hours
- Headsets for simultaneous interpretation
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 11 hours
8:30 AM
8:30
AM
- Opening Remarks
- Concordia University - H Building - H110
- 1 hour
- Talk / Conférence
Mme Chantal Rouleau
Ministre déléguée aux Transports, ministre responsable de la Métropole et de la région de Montréal et députée de Pointe-aux-Trembles
9:30 AM
9:30
AM
- Reconnecting Food and Health
- Concordia University - H Building - H110
- 1 hour
- Plenary / Séance plénière
Malek Batal
Moderator
Département de nutrition, Faculté de Médecine Université de Montréal
Professeur agrégé et directeur de TRANSNUT
Elisa Levi
Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University
Certificate Instructor and Associate Researcher
10:30 AM
10:30
AM
- Coffee Break
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium & MB 3.130
- 30 minutes
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11:00 AM
11:00
AM
- Centring health, belonging, and social justice in community food programs
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.130
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- A fresh fruit and vegetable prescription for Canada? Thinking through fresh produce subsidies for the Canadian context with Michel Nishan
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 5.255
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- The Changing Philanthropic Landscape: Food, Funding and Innovation
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB AB (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Social Economy & Food: A Winning Recipe!
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Food Policy 101
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 6.425
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Skills-building workshop / atelier
- Food on Turtle Island, past and present
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Perceptions of food waste at the consumer-distributer interface
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.445
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Skills-building workshop / atelier
- Alternative Farmland Tenure Models: Seeking Solutions to Land Access Challenges
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB CD (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative session / séance collaborative
- School Food: The Virtuous Cycle
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.435
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Phasing Out Pesticides is Urgent: GMOs and the Pesticide Treadmill
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
12:30 PM
12:30
PM
- Lunch & Networking (Multiple locations, check lunch ticket for details)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Friday Lunch - EV Norman Hébert (2nd Floor)
- Concordia University - EV Building - EV Norman Hébert (2nd Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Friday Lunch - EV Atrium
- Concordia University - EV Building - EV Atrium
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Friday Lunch - MB EFG (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB EFG (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Friday Lunch - MB Atrium
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Friday Lunch - LB Atrium
- Concordia University - LB Building - LB Atrium
- 1 hour 30 minutes
2:00 PM
2:00
PM
- The Future of Food in Québec
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 1.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Feature panel / la grande salle
Laure Waridel
Moderator
Éco-sociologue, co-fondatrice d’Équiterre, professeure associée à l’UQAM, chercheure au CINBIOSE et conseillère spéciale pour TJL
- Northern Food Sovereignty: Actions taken and lessons learned
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB S1.435
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Building community and making change - Community based approaches
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Using Food to Build Bridges with Newcomers
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- What's Sustainable About Local Food Systems?
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.130
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Skills-building workshop / atelier
- Community Food Assessments : Planning, Participation and Politics
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB EFG (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Skills-building workshop / atelier
- Worker Welfare & Organics: Challenges and Opportunities for a Growing Sector
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 5.215
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Urban farm projects supporting empowerment of marginalized youth
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.435
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Traditional Food in Schools: Creating the Space for Indigenous Food Practices
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
3:30 PM
3:30
PM
- Coffee Break
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium & MB 3.130
- 30 minutes
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- Youth focus group on access to sustainable food
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 6.425
- 1 hour 55 minutes
4:00 PM
4:00
PM
- Question Period
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB ABCD (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Feature panel / la grande salle
Luc Berthold
Conservative
Member of Parliament Mégantic - L'Érable, Ministre du cabinet fantôme pour l'Agriculture et l'Agroalimentaire
Alistair MacGregor, Member of Parliament
Cowichan-Malahat-Langford
Member of Parliament Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, Critic for Agriculture and Agri-Food
Jean-Claude Poissant
Member of Parliament for La Prairie (Quebec)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
Anne-Marie Morel Dt.P, M.Sc.
Coalition québécoise sur la problématique du poids
Conseillère aux politiques publiques
- Creating sustainable meat value chains
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 5.215
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Northern and Indigenous food systems: blurring the line between fields and forests
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.445
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Why the Right to Food Matters: Food Justice, Policy and Practice
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Collective Impact Project: Innovating in Montreal Neighbourhoods
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.130
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- The Impact of Urban Agriculture: How to Collectively Evaluate the Benefits for Our Communities
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB S1.435
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Regenerating Soils: A Paradigm Shift in Agriculture
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Institutional Good Food: How to Build Sustainable and Just Food Systems
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Food Waste in Québec: Innovative Projects
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.435
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
5:30 PM
5:30
PM
- Assembly cocktail at St-Jax's Church (OPEN TO ALL)
- St-Jax Church - Main Space at St-Jax Church
- 3 hours
Jean-Claude Poissant
Member of Parliament for La Prairie (Quebec)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
8:00 AM
8:00
AM
- Registration
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 10 hours
- Headsets for simultaneous interpretation
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 10 hours
9:00 AM
9:00
AM
- The Changing Global Trade Landscape: How are Agricultural Producers, Consumers, and Workers Impacted In Canada?
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Feature panel / la grande salle
Anouk Collet
United Food and Commercial Workers Canada
Executive Assistant to the National President
- Everybody Eats: A Public Engagement Approach to Food Systems Planning
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB EFG (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Skills-building workshop / atelier
- Agrarian Bricolage: Addressing the shortage of appropriate farm technologies through DIY
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Northern Food Systems and Food Sovereignty
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Food as a Pathway Towards Reconciliation
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB CD (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Food Movement Stories: Learning from the Past and Looking to Our Future
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB AB (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative session / séance collaborative
- Food is a Feminist Issue
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Raising the Bar: Income Security and Social Solidarity
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.270
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Farmland Grab: Canadian Pension Funds' Role
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.270
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Youth Food Literacy Education: Lessons and Looking Forward
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.445
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
10:30 AM
10:30
AM
- Coffee Break
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium & MB 3.130
- 30 minutes
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11:00 AM
11:00
AM
- Chefs, farmers, consumers: Putting local on the menu
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Feature panel / la grande salle
Maud Lapierre-Courtemanche
Ferme de Quatre-Temps
Maraîchère/Responsable des relations entre ferme et restaurant
- Prioritizing Food Justice in our work together
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB CD (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Food Policy Governance: Democracy, Accountability, Inclusion and Complexity
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB AB (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Transitioning agriculture practices in Quebec
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Food, resilience and health; approaches to change-making
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.445
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Season Jars: The Art of Fermentation Through Sauerkraut
- Signup required Registered On Wait List Session is full
- Concordia University - Multi-faith & Spirituality Centre - Multi-faith & Spirituality Centre
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Skills-building workshop / atelier
- Two Birds with One Stone: Why and How to Develop Food Literacy Amongst Youth
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB EFG (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Skills-building workshop / atelier
- The Changing Face of New Farmers
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Municipal Food Policy: Connecting Nationally to Advance Municipally
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative session / séance collaborative
- Indigenous Food in the City
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.270
- 2 hours
- Collaborative session / séance collaborative
12:30 PM
12:30
PM
- Lunch & Networking (Multiple locations, check lunch ticket for details)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Saturday Lunch - EV Norman Hébert (2nd Floor)
- Concordia University - EV Building - EV Norman Hébert (2nd Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Saturday Lunch - EV Atrium
- Concordia University - EV Building - EV Atrium
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Saturday Lunch - MB EFG (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB EFG (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Saturday Lunch - MB Atrium
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Saturday Lunch - LB Atrium
- Concordia University - LB Building - LB Atrium
- 1 hour 30 minutes
1:00 PM
1:00
PM
- Lunchtime Chat: Building a Community-Campus Engagement Movement in Canada
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 1.301
- 1 hour
- Meeting / Rencontre
2:00 PM
2:00
PM
- Interfacing Food Policy and Youth Action
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB EFG (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative session / séance collaborative
- Where are food banks going? How have they evolved so far, and what are food bank leaders planning now?
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Indigenous Food Sovereignty Approaches
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.270
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative session / séance collaborative
- Mobilizing FSC Networks: Rethinking Membership and Food Citizenship
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative session / séance collaborative
- Envisioning a School Food Program for Canada: If We Had a Billion Dollars
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB CD (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative session / séance collaborative
- Northern Food Systems: Confronting Challenges and Building Solutions through Research and Practice
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB AB (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative session / séance collaborative
- Injured Migrant Workers and Structural Violence: Turning Individual Stories into Collective Action
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Collaborative session / séance collaborative
- Strange Bedfellows: Non-Traditional Partnerships in Healthy and Sustainable Food
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.270
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
- Scaling Out Agroecology: Lessons from La Via Campesina
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel discussion / panel de discussion
3:30 PM
3:30
PM
- Coffee Break
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium & MB 3.130
- 30 minutes
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4:00 PM
4:00
PM
- Whose Food Sovereignty? Indigenous Food Systems, Land, and Governance
- Concordia University - H Building - H110
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Plenary / Séance plénière
Treena Delormier
Center for Indigenous Peoples Nutrition and Environment -McGill University
Associate Director & Associate Professor
5:45 PM
5:45
PM
- Santropol Roulant Tour and Social
- Santropol Roulant - Santropol Roulant
- 2 hours 15 minutes
- Social event / Activité sociale
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6:00 PM
6:00
PM
- Youth at the Table: Food Policy and Youth Networking Event
- McKibbins Irish Pub - McKibbins Irish Pub
- 2 hours
- Social event / Activité sociale
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8:00 AM
8:00
AM
- Registration
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 8 hours
- Headsets for simultaneous interpretation
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium
- 10 hours
9:00 AM
9:00
AM
- Building Resilience: Rethinking the Transition to a More Sustainable Food System
- Concordia University - H Building - H110
- 1 hour
- Plenary / Séance plénière
10:00 AM
10:00
AM
- Cathleen Kneen Award
- Concordia University - H Building - H110
- 30 minutes
10:30
AM
- Coffee break
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Atrium & MB 3.130
- 30 minutes
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11:00 AM
11:00
AM
- Working Groups to Activate Change
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB Multiple locations
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Working Group - Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Activists, Allies and unsettling food politics
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB S2.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Working Groups to Activate Change / Groupes de travail pour catalyser le changement
- Working Group - Making the Case for Agro-ecology in the Next Federal Election
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB CD (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Working Groups to Activate Change / Groupes de travail pour catalyser le changement
- Working Group - Municipal Policy & Urban Innovation in Food
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB AB (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Working Groups to Activate Change / Groupes de travail pour catalyser le changement
- Working Group - Open space
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB S2.115
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Working Groups to Activate Change / Groupes de travail pour catalyser le changement
- Working Group - Planning Eat Think Vote 2019, an Election Year
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB EFG (Conference Centre, 9th Floor)
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Working Groups to Activate Change / Groupes de travail pour catalyser le changement
- Working Group - Fighting Poverty to Achieve Zero Hunger
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Working Groups to Activate Change / Groupes de travail pour catalyser le changement
- Working Group - Taking Action on Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.430
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Working Groups to Activate Change / Groupes de travail pour catalyser le changement
- Working Group - Labour and Human Rights
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.270
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Working Groups to Activate Change / Groupes de travail pour catalyser le changement
- Working Group - Building a Movement Towards a National School Food Program
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 2.270
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Working Groups to Activate Change / Groupes de travail pour catalyser le changement
- Working Group - Organizing for Food Justice: Fighting Racism in the Food System
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 3.210
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Working Groups to Activate Change / Groupes de travail pour catalyser le changement
12:30 PM
12:30
PM
- Sunday Lunch - EV Norman-Hébert (2nd Floor)
- Concordia University - EV Building - EV Norman Hébert (2nd Floor)
- 1 hour
- Sunday Lunch - EV Atrium
- Concordia University - EV Building - EV Atrium
- 1 hour
- Sunday Lunch - LB Atrium
- Concordia University - LB Building - LB Atrium
- 1 hour
1:30 PM
1:30
PM
- The Wrap
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 1.210
- 1 hour
- Plenary / Séance plénière
2:30 PM
2:30
PM
- FSC's Annual General Meeting
- Concordia University - MB Building - MB 1.210
- 1 hour
- Meeting / Rencontre