Press Release
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
NIGHT OF IDEAS MONCTON - « (Re)building together »
Thursday January 27th at 7:30 pm (ADT)
Online - free
Live on
Facebook
or YouTube.
Live of the Day
of Ideas (student roundtable).
Second edition in New Brunswick of the international event
Initiated in 2016 by the Institut Français, the
Night of Ideas celebrates the free flow of ideas and knowledge between countries,
cultures, disciplines and generations. Ten virtual Nights of Ideas events are organized in
Canada, including Moncton and Halifax, around the theme "(Re)building
together".
For its second edition, the Night of Ideas in New
Brunswick is presented by Acfas-Acadie, the Alliance Française de Moncton,
the Chaire Senghor en francophonies comparées, the Consulate General of France in
the Atlantic Provinces, Resurgo Place (Moncton Museum), the Université de Moncton,
Radio-Canada Acadie, TomorrowLAN Production, with the support of the Embassy of France in
Canada.
A program blending debate and artistic performances
11:30 am - Day of Ideas, student roundtable
(in french) presented by Acfas-Acadie
Students from the Université de
Moncton will discuss the theme "(Re)building together" based on their field of
study: Claudie Ringuette (public administration), Emilie
Savoie (engineering and environment) and Onitriniaina
Rakotorahalahy (environment). The discussion will be moderated by Arnaud
Scaillerez, professor at the Université de Moncton and member of
Acfas-Acadie.
7:30 pm - Artistic presentations (bilingual)
presented by Resurgo Place (Moncton Museum)
Six artists, selected through a call for
proposals, will interpret the theme by presenting videos specially created for the event:
Chantal Baudouin, Nid (Contemporary dance performance); Shivanya
Ra, Disjunction and the Reimagined (Collection of mixed media works: painting,
drawing, collage); Joette Lavoie, Life as a senior: We have arrived
(Poetry reading); Lucia Choulakian, Consequat (Photography series);
Sébastien Labrunie, Milamugsit (Digital animation); Laure
Bourdon, Secret de longévité (Slam poetry
performance).
8:00 pm - Roundtable (in french) presented by
Acfas-Acadie, the Chaire Senghor en francophonies comparées de
l'Université de Moncton and Radio-Canada Acadie. "(Re)building
together, Covid-19: how to (re)think together the "world
after"?"
This roundtable aims to identify the milestones that
outline this "world after", evoked from the first lockdowns. The pandemic was
for all of us a moment of rupture that forced us to become aware not only of the
indispensable character of our freedoms but also of their sine qua non conditions
(solidarity, mutual aid, collective mobilizations, etc.) to face the social challenges.
Here we are now, heading for the "after". How can we overcome our apparent
collective powerlessness and face this real ultimatum that reality seems to be sending
us?
Four academics will propose such a reflection on these global issues, in order to
try together, locally, in the night, to illuminate the path that we could collectively
follow: Alain Deneault, Professor of Philosophy at the Acadian Peninsula
Campus of the Université de Moncton, Jalila Jbilou, Professor of
Public Health at the École de psychologie and at the Centre de formation
médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, Chedly Belkhodja, Professor of
Political Science at Concordia University's School of Community Public Affairs, as
well as Pierre-Marcel Desjardins, Professor of Economics and Director of
the École des Hautes Études Publiques at the Université de Moncton.
The discussion will be moderated by Janique LeBlanc, journalist at
Radio-Canada Acadie.
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Press
contacts:
Consulate General of France in the Atlantic Provinces: chloe.saulas@diplomatie.gouv.fr / (506) 862 3906
Alliance Française de Moncton: communication@afmoncton.ca / (506) 387-5056
Resurgo Place (Moncton Museum): sophie.auffrey@moncton.ca
Acfas-Acadie: arnaud.scaillerez@umoncton.ca
Chaire
Senghor en francophonies comparées de l'Université de Moncton:
christophe.traisnel@umoncton.ca
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