I started my masters in communication studies at Université de Montréal after completing a bachelor degree in Alakhawayn University in Ifrane- Morocco. In my masters dissertation I study the Uprising of Women in the Arab world, a Facebook campaign created, following the ‘Arab Spring’, by a group of female activists from several Arab countries. I am particularly interested in how the intersection of discourses on arabity and gender shapes practices of citizenship of the women participating in the campaign. I am also a member of the Lab Culture Populaire Connaissance Critique.

Madden’s artistic practice involves (electronic) music production, sound design, performance and making videos.  Along with independently producing and releasing music and videos, his sound works have been commissioned for contemporary dance productions, research projects, videos and performances.  Madden has taught courses in sound production/theory (COMS 276), and Media and Gender (COMS 368) in the Department of Communication Studies.

website:  www.miraclebabysound.org

My name is Erica Melamed and I am currently an Honours Communications Major with a keen interest in history. I feel the importance of bridging Communication Studies with history, because as our society changes history will change along with it. Working as a Research Assistant under Professor Barbara Crow, the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, I will be participating in a number of MemorySpace style workshops. The workshops will show the senior participants the ways in which to digitize certain media or artifacts. The education of senior communities on digital media will allow for members of this group to become more involved in our digitized society. In turn, the participation of members of the senior community will mean the continuation of a version of history which would otherwise be left behind.

Leila is a graduate student in Communication and Culture at York University in Toronto. She got her BA in English Translation and her MA in TEFL. She was a faculty member in Iran; she also worked as a  coordinator in the English department, and as a translator for a magazine. She translated a book from English to Farsi and wrote two books; moreover, she did two research projects for the Azad University in Iran. She is currently a graduate assistant for Barbara Crow. She is interested in Children’s Education and Digital Media including mobile phones and gaming.

Sumeet Farwaha is a fourth year  undergraduate student at York University pursuing an honours major in Psychology (BA). He has a strong passion for academic research and an interest in the integration of topics pertaining to both psychological and sociological disciplines. For his independent research project, he examined the effects of  internet connectedness on the potential well-being and perceived self capital of senior citizens.

During his third year at York University, Sumeet worked as a research assistant for Dr. Barbara Crow (Dean of Graduate Studies at York University).

Constance Carrier-Lafontaine is a doctoral candidate in the Joint PhD Program in Communication Studies offered by Concordia University, l’Université de Montréal, and l’Université du Québec à Montréal. She has completed undergraduate degrees in Communication and Political Science and, more recently, a Master of Arts in Communication at the University of Ottawa. Constance’s work explores visual culture, human-animal encounters and contemporary practices of displaying animals. Her dissertation examines the ways animals are represented and viewed within discourses of precarity.

Concordia University
Contact: sofieguerin@gmail.com

As a part of her work for her Masters Degree in Media Studies, Sophie is working on a documentary research-creation project called Transitions: From home to residency that speaks about the migration of elderly people into residential homes. Sophie is working with Kim on PAR, a series of collaborative digital media projects exploring the potential of new media tools for use by community-based groups that are headed by elders. She has been most involved with , RECAA: New Media Methods and Ethnocultural Resources Against Elder Abuse, a Participatory action research initiative that demonstrates the social, political and community-based potential of new media and design. Apart these projects, she loves to meet great people and work within community-settings.

Kendra Besanger is an MA student in Media Studies at Concordia University. She has been an active participant in the MemorySpace workshops and exhibition.

I started my PhD in Communication Studies at the Université de Montréal in September 2009, after having completed an MA and a BA in Sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal. In my Masters dissertation I studied the representations around the hockey club the Montreal Canadiens. Under the supervision of Professor Line Grenier, my dissertation thesis continues the study of the Montreal Canadiens through the prism of practices of memory. The project explores the intersections between cultural memory, popular culture and sport. I am currently a research assistant for Line Grenier on a project examining the relationship between successful aging, popular music, visibility and retirement homes. I am also a member of the Lab Culture Populaire Connaissance Critique.

CV – Fannie Valois-Nadeau

Concordia University

I finished my Masters Degree in Media Studies at Concordia University and am joining the Joint Doctoral Programme in Communications at Concordia in 2013, to continue my research on rethinking networks, and network cultures, from am a post-humanist, feminist perspective.  I have worked with the Mobile Media Lab since 2011 as a web designer and information architect. In particular, I have contributed to the development of “Resourcespace” a digital asset management tool for archiving research materials. I am currently working on both this website, and the site for the Mobile Media Lab, Concordia University, Montreal. Antonia has been involved in  MemorySpace and is responsible for the graphics and web design for the project.