Location: 4TH SPACE and online

Co-hosted: Concordia University Library and 4TH SPACE

When: Friday, October 27, 2023, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Where: Drop by in person at 4TH SPACE

OR join us online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube.

Event coordinator: Rachel Harris

Want to learn more about how academic communities can push back against paywalled knowledge in various genres, including books, journals, research-creation materials, datasets, software, dissertations, and more? Want to learn more about how the right to share and access data, information, and knowledge equitably can benefit our research and educational environments? What does cross-platform use mean or look like for innovation in higher education?

This event offers a series of show-and-tell demonstrations of Concordia-led innovation and work-in-progress on community-driven open initiatives, followed by a lively discussion. Participants will have the chance to explore a range of open genres and platforms (i.e.: Manifold for book publishing, Pressbooks for open textbooks, Spectrum for open-access articles and more, Dataverse for data, blogs, and more). We will look at open scholarship and educational content alongside the potential for cross-platform use to reach multiple audiences.

This event features demos and presentations by: 

Open publishing and library support

Saelan Twerdy, Concordia University Press

Rachel Harris and Chloe Lei, Concordia University Library

Open Education

Cristina Sanza and Andrea Hunter, Journalism

Ariel Harlap, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Research Creation

Pippin Bar, Design and Computational Arts

Kathleen Vaughan, Art Education

Open Data

Faisal Shennib, Individualized Program, Facilities Management

Elizabeth Bloodgood, Political Science

Moderated by Ryan Van Huijstee, Concordia University Press