The Faculty of Social Sciences is looking back at its participation in the 91st edition of the annual ACFAS Congress. Our researchers organized, moderated and took part in the various colloquia of the Congress, held on our campus from May 13 to 17, 2024.
Vincent Mirza, Director of the Research Center on the Future of Cities, and his team led the conference Planetary Urbanization, Global Change, and Habitability. During the two-day conference, discussions focused on theoretical and empirical perspectives on habitability, the work of nature, bodies, senses and urban geographies.
The aim was to understand urban processes through a variety of disciplines, and to develop a scientific approach thanks to contributions from several researchers. The symposium examined movements, zones and structures to understand the role of urbanization in climate change, and how the relationship between cities and the climate crisis is transforming today's social, economic, legal and political order.
Eric Champagne, Director of the Centre on Governance, also contributed to the success of this edition by taking part in over 13 round tables on various themes linked to the new horizons of democratic governance.
For more information on the participation of our researchers at ACFAS, please refer to the following list:
- Luc Turgeon / Efe Peker:
407 - Banal Nationalism in Quebec and Canada
- Jude Mary Cénat:
121 - The Health of Black Communities in Canada: Understanding Disparities – Moving Towards Equity
- E.-Martin Meunier:
305 - Cities and Religions: The Issues of Diversity and Living Together in the Francophone Space
- Vincent Mirza / Brieg Capitaine / Jean-François Rousseau:
454 - Planetary Urbanization, Global Change, and Habitability
- Sophie Bourgault / Stéphanie Gaudet / Alexis Hieu Truong:
417 - Thinking, Documenting, and Fighting Epistemic Injustices and Inequalities: Cross Perspectives
- Sonia Ben Soltane:
- Mireille McLaughlin:
- Jean-Martin Deslauriers:
- Jonathan Paquette:
414 - Issues of Culture and Heritage in the Francophone World: Policies, Practices, and Expertise
- Stéphanie Gaudet:
627 - Gender Dynamics in Academia: When Science Becomes Political