Thinking Out Loud

The Indians of Canada Pavillion at Expo 67 was important, with Indigenous peoples determining how they would be represented. Monika Gagnon speaks with Heather Igloliorte and John Moses about Indigenous art and expression and the role of Expo 67.

Childhood memories of Expo 67 — spending days on the islands, passport in hand, getting as many passport stamps as possible. François Morelli and Christine Mota share their memories of being young at expo67.

Cheryl Sim is one of the artists contributing to In Search of Expo 67. Sim talks with Monika Gagnon about her new work exploring women's identity through the theme of the famed Expo hostesses, and her family connection to Expo 67.

Design was a key element of expo67 - and it was everywhere. Join Monika Gagnon and guest Martin Racine for a conversation about design and the ambiguous modernism of Julien Hebert, the designer of the expo67 logo. Martin Racine is professor in Concordia's Department of Design and Computational Arts.

In this episode, join Monika Gagnon and Lesley Johnstone, the co-curators of In Search of Expo 67, an upcoming exhibition at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (MAC). They'll provide the audience with an inside track on curating this exhibition. Opening June 21, In Search of Expo 67 will offer visitors new perspectives on some of the most innovative and experimental aspects of the Montreal World’s Fair. The exhibition is made possible in part by funding from Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts and its Office of the Vice-President of Research and Graduate Studies.

In this episode, join Monika Gagnon and Lesley Johnstone, the co-curators of In Search of Expo 67, an upcoming exhibition at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (MAC). They'll provide the audience with an inside track on curating this exhibition. Opening June 21, In Search of Expo 67 will offer visitors new perspectives on some of the most innovative and experimental aspects of the Montreal World’s Fair. The exhibition is made possible in part by funding from Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts and its Office of the Vice-President of Research and Graduate Studies.

Marking Expo 67's 50th anniversary, interviews with contemporary artists reimagining Montreal's iconic world's fair ... hosted by Monika Gagnon.

Men’s studies, the study of what it means to be a man, is informed by feminist theory and touches on a variety of academic disciplines or areas. It’s a relatively new area of research that has so far generally proposed there are multiple masculinities. In this episode, Marc Lafrance walks us through the future of brawn and the presumed crisis of masculinity.

Think about your voting experiences – about receiving your notification in the mail about a voting location. About ensuring time to get to the voting location, about lining up, about ensuring you are on the list. And then, there’s the voting booth – electronic, paper and pencil, special folds of the ballot, boxes, hand-counts…. Where is the technology? In this episode, I explore the issues around technology and voting with Concordia’s Jeremy Clark.

What do robots, space exploration, the environmental movement and the survival of the human race have in common? In this episode, Krzysztof Skonieczny talks about links between life on the Red Planet and space robotics. Are robots paving the way to vacations on Mars? Will we be able to live there by 2067, and will we have to reinvent the wheel to do so?