Explorations is proud to announce that we are now official partners with Concordia’s Women in Engineering. To launch our new partnership, WIE will be hosting a free virtual workshop on Empowering Girls in STEM, where girls can hear from female engineering and computer science students and ask questions to them!

Women in Engineering is a student body association within Concordia University that aims to provide female engineering and computer science students with academic, social and professional support along their educational path. The engineering profession is a driving force in improving society; WIE seeks to continue this mission as well as to create an inclusive environment to promote diversity within the engineering community. In 2018, Concordia became the first school in Canada to name an engineering faculty after a woman. Now, known as the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia supports our cause to empower and inspire. WIE events, in particular the outreach programs, encourage young women to explore engineering as a career option all while engaging in mentorship and professional development with WIE members.

We are so excited about this new partnership and this great workshop! See you all there!

Using conventions from the epistolary genre as well as role-playing game techniques, intergenerational participants will write letters to each other as fictional characters that they will create. A preliminary workshop will introduce world-building tools to help participants create dynamic characters, immersive settings and engaging plots. Participants will also take part in weekly workshops to keep exploring their invented world. Finally, a post-program workshop will offer participants different avenues to continue in their creative adventure!

Using conventions from the epistolary genre as well as role-playing game techniques, intergenerational participants will write letters to each other as fictional characters that they will create. A preliminary workshop will introduce world-building tools to help participants create dynamic characters, immersive settings and engaging plots. Participants will also take part in weekly workshops to keep exploring their invented world. Finally, a post-program workshop will offer participants different avenues to continue in their creative adventure!

Graffiti, tags, murals, public art all share the same goal: creating through destruction. It is a static visual art form that lives outside of traditional art settings like galleries and museums. From subways to buildings, urban space is used as a canvas, allowing artists to create work visible to the mass public. A form of art that has historically been looked down upon, street art has become a cultural phenomenon and a well-beloved form of art that has been incorporated around the world. In this workshop, learn the history of street art, create using the techniques of street artists and have an interactive online tour of the murals in the city of Montreal.

Using conventions from the epistolary genre as well as role-playing game techniques, intergenerational participants will write letters to each other as fictional characters that they will create. A preliminary workshop will introduce world-building tools to help participants create dynamic characters, immersive settings and engaging plots. Participants will also take part in weekly workshops to keep exploring their invented world. Finally, a post-program workshop will offer participants different avenues to continue in their creative adventure!

Using conventions from the epistolary genre as well as role-playing game techniques, intergenerational participants will write letters to each other as fictional characters that they will create. A preliminary workshop will introduce world-building tools to help participants create dynamic characters, immersive settings and engaging plots. Participants will also take part in weekly workshops to keep exploring their invented world. Finally, a post-program workshop will offer participants different avenues to continue in their creative adventure!