Social Enterprise Development

Email Assignments and Questions Updates We will meet next on April 11th at 9AM.    Lessons April 11 March 14 February 14 January 17 Course Description Current capitalist crises are affecting people worldwide. In pursuit of profit maximization, corporations across the world are externalizing environmental, social and economic costs. Externalizing costs has led to climate […]

Urban Agriculture – Fall 2020

Course Description Food is at the center of many serious social, political and economic issues, like starvation, obesity, eating disorders, malnutrition, climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, inequality, colonization, and imperialism, among other topics. Food is more than just a biological need, it is also a way people interact with the biosphere, express culture and communicate […]

Food and Sustainability – SOCI/ANTH 384 – Summer 2020

Final Grades Day/Time: Monday & Wednesday – 11:45-2:30 PM Office Hours: By Request (Zoom meetings)   Classroom: Remote (on Zoom)   Is your diet sustainable? Let’s redress the question, instead ask, what types of consequences (positive/negative, intended/unintended, that we are aware/unaware of) does your diet sustain? Digging deeper, we can ask: What were the labour […]

Community and Local Activism

Professor: Erik Chevrier Office Hours: Before or after class (by request) Professor’s Office: H-1125-12 Day/Time: Thursday – 2:45 – 5:30PM E-mail: professor@erikchevrier.ca Classroom – CI-104 SGW   This course is about taking action, resisting, creating, appropriating, and revolting. Current capitalist crises are affecting people worldwide. This course is about making a difference, fighting for social […]

Food and Culture – Fall 2019

Food and Culture Department of Sociology/Anthropology Concordia University Fall 2019 Office Hours: By Request (preferably before or after class) Professor’s Office: H-1125-30 Day/Time: Monday – 8:30 – 10:45 PM E-mail: professor@erikchevrier.ca Classroom – H-561   Food is an important part of cultural studies. It is central to many cultural rituals, like feasts and festivals; it […]

Social Psychology – Fall 2019

Fundamentals of Social Psychology Department of Psychology Concordia University Fall 2019 Office Hours: Tu/Th (By Request)                   Professor’s Office: H-1125.12 Day/Time: Tu/Th 11:45 – 1:00 PM                  E-mail: professor@erikchevrier.ca Room: CC-116   How do others influence your behaviour? How are you influenced by social situations? Do you easily fall for conformity tactics? Would you obey authority, even […]

Food and Sustainability

Food and Sustainability SOCI/ANTH 384 Department of Sociology/Anthropology Concordia University Summer 2019   Day/Time: Mon & Wed– 11:45 – 2:30 PM Professor’s Office: H-1125.12 Office Hours: Mon & Wed 2:30 – 3:30 Classroom – H-431   Is your diet sustainable? To redress the question, let’s instead ask, what types of consequences (positive/negative and intended/unintended) does […]

The Political Economy of Inequality

POLI 489 Department of Political Science Concordia University Summer 2019 Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 4:00PM (by request)           Professor’s Office: H-1125.12 Class Time: Tues & Thurs 1:15-4:00PM                                            Classroom – H 633   Required Readings: Osberg, L. (2018) The Age of Increasing Inequality – The Astonishing Rise of Canada’s 1%, James Lorimer and […]