Research
QPIRG McGill offers campus activists and community groups access to our many resources for conducting action-oriented research. Aside from space and the assistance of our staff, we also offer a resource centre, computer use, and access to sources of funding, including many at QPIRG McGill itself.
CURE: Community University Research Exchange
The Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) is a database by which students can integrate their academic research with the work of local movements and activist organizations. Through the administrative infrastructures already in place at McGill and Concordia University, students may complete a CURE research project as an independent study course, internship, or thesis advised by a departmental professor, or as a term project for an upper-level class.
Convergence: A Journal of Undergraduate and Community Research
CONVERGENCE brings together articles, papers, political pamphlets, photos & art that were either presented at Study In Action or were part of the Community-University Research Exchange (CURE). CONVERGENCE highlights both social justice-based research and the essential contributions of undergraduates
In its simplest, however, convergence is intended as a modest companion piece to the community-university research exchange (CURE) and the Study in Action conference – a kind of archival capsule that, by recording their work, affirms the efforts of undergraduate students. But at the same time we hope this small convergence of people and ideas ultimately takes on a life of its own, encouraging and creating space for intellectual work that is geared towards community and committed to fighting for justice.
Study in Action: An Undergraduate Research Conference
Study in Action is an undergraduate conference designed to link students and community activism. The conference is a space for undergraduate students to present research, develop greater knowledge of social and environmental issues and build ties with community organizations.
The aim of the conference was to provide an opportunity for students and people outside the academic community to come together to work on and discuss approaches to social and environmental justice, while creating a forum to highlight undergraduate research. This year, the conference took a closer look at economic justice, the economic recession and responses to austerity measures both at home and abroad.
Resource Library
QPIRG McGill’s Resource Library offers McGill students and the general public hundreds of books, manuals, directories and videos that you won’t find at university or public libraries in the city. Use the library free of charge and learn about the wonderful world of social justice including: race/anti-racism, dis/ability issues, radical feminism, queer issues and so much more!
Summer Stipends
QPIRG’s summer stipend provides an individual or group with a budget/honorarium of a few thousand dollars each to work over the summer doing research that leads towards action and change within the Montreal community.
