CIRM鈥檚 digital notebooks are knowledge transfer tools intended for the general public as well as researchers and practitioners. They aim to ensure the continuity of the events organized by CIRM through short articles, photos and videos, in addition to offering a summary of the featured activity and a presentation of its participating panellists.

More than a simple report, each notebook is designed to highlight ideas, questions, avenues for reflection, and potential solutions that were discussed during these meetings. The publications are written in the language(s) of the event.

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06.03. Montr茅alais路es et insulaires : 鈥�Hit the Waters, 惭辞苍迟谤茅补濒别谤蝉鈥� and 鈥�Green Cargos: The Challenges of Maritime Transport in the St. Lawrence River鈥�

Events held in summer 2021

In this issue, we invite you to revisit the conference-experiences Hit the Waters, 惭辞苍迟谤茅补濒别谤蝉 and Green Cargos: The Challenges of Maritime Transport in the St. Lawrence River held on June 12th and 19th, 2021, in collaboration with , , the , and the as part of our 惭辞苍迟谤茅补濒别谤蝉 and Islanders series, also available as a . In this Notebook, Nathalie Boucher (CRIEM/R.Es.P.I.R.E), Pierre Moro-Lin (/UQAM), Linda Collette (Universit茅 Laval/), Jean-Pierre Des Rosiers (Geological engineer), Jacynthe Tremblay (Senior Emiritus Member, ), and Manon Lanthier () discussed issues of accessibility, urban planning, and sustainable development in the St. Lawrence.听

Published in June 2023, 36 pages [in French].

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06.02. Montr茅alais路es et insulaires : Saint Laurent : lieu de rencontres听conference-experience

Event held in summer 2021

In this issue, we invite you to revisit the conference-experience Le Saint-Laurent: lieu de rencontres, an event that took place on June 5, 2021, in collaboration with the as part of our 惭辞苍迟谤茅补濒别谤蝉 and Islanders series, also available as a .This Notebook will immerse you in interviews conducted with (Concordia University), Marc Pelletier (), Guillaume Campion (/Trames), and Guillaume C么t茅 (/Trames). You will also find texts by Natalie Doonan (CIRM/Universit茅 de Montr茅al), Jason Di Fiore (), and (Concordia University), as well as a collaborative article by Tina Laphengphrateng (Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Rimouski), Anne-Marie Asselin (), and Viridiana Jimenez-Moratalla ().听听

Published in March 2023, 56 pages [in English and in French].

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06.01.听Montr茅alais路es et insulaires听: nordicit茅 fluviale montr茅alaise conference-experience

Event held in spring听2022

In this issue, the first of a series of four, we present the follow-up to the conference-experience Nordicit茅 fluviale montr茅alaise听held in collaboration with . Researchers, authors, and practitioners Nathalie Boucher (CIRM / R.Es.P.I.R.E), (RESPIRE-ALIGNE), (Hiver en nous), , (U. Laval,) and (Corporation des Pilotes du Saint-Laurent Central) discussed the characteristics of the St.听Lawrence听River in winter, as well as the challenges and opportunities of its seasonality.

Published in December听2022, 42听pages [in French].

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05. Les Promenades de Jane听: quand les citoyen路ne路s racontent la听ville

Special issue

This issue in partnership with the听 revisits听, a series of events honouring the ideas and legacy of the great urbanist Jane Jacobs. Each author invites you to take a walk outside and rediscover a facet of the city. You will get to dive into interviews conducted with Marzia Pellissier (), Nathalie Boucher听(CIRM / R.Es.P.I.R.E), and Sarah-Maude Cossette (UQAM). You will also find three original itineraries conceived by Mary Anne Poutanen (CIRM / McGill听U.), Marie Leconte (CIRM / ;McGill听U.), and Juan Torres (CIRM / U.听Montr茅al) and Ipek Epikmen (U.听Montr茅al).

Published in October听2021, 56听pages [in English and in French].

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04.05. 脡尘辞耻惫辞颈谤听conference-experience

Shaping Neighbourhoods听series 鈥� event held in summer听2019

This final issue of the Shaping Neighbourhoods: Experience and Innovation series features reflections from artists and urban architecture scholars. Aliki Economides (CIRM / McEwen School of Architecture) presents a poem that she recited in June 2019 which 鈥渆xposes urban beauty as a concept that has the power to touch emotionally.鈥� Artist and architect engages in an etymological exploration of the beautiful and the moving, a reflection on the complex emotion that gives beauty its value. Guillaume 脡thier (CIRM / UQAM) discusses the place given to art in the urban imagination and in planning strategies, emphasizing the fact that the production of the city starts 鈥渇rom below.鈥� Finally, artist describes his work Dendrites, composed of two staircase sculptures north of the Bonaventure project.

Published in July听2021, 48听pages [in French].

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04.04. Communiquer听conference-experience

础尘茅苍补驳别谤 series 鈥� event held in spring听2019

This fourth issue of the series Shaping Neighbourhoods: Experience and Innovation explores the use of public space as a springboard for exchange between citizens and artists. Genevi猫ve Mass茅 opens this issue as a representative of , a multidisciplinary art centre in Montr茅al. This organization displays the work of more than thirty artists per year and uses public space as a material medium to reach 鈥渘on-publics,鈥� i.e., people who were not initially targeted by a specific project. Similarly, poet Nicholas Dawson offers a reflection on urban innovation as seen from the socio-economic margins, as well as on his own poetic contribution to the DARE-DARE project. In 鈥淟es murs qui parlent,鈥� Imen Ben Jemia (CIRM / U.听Montr茅al) explores the value of art murals beyond aesthetics as 鈥渄iscursive elements of the construction of a semantically-charged territory.鈥�

Published in June听2021, 30听pages [in French].

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04.03.听Appartenir听conference-experience

Shaping Neighbourhoods听series 鈥� event held in summer听2018

This third issue in the Shaping Neighbourhoods: Experience and Innovation series includes Fr茅d茅ric Morin-Bordeleau鈥檚 () thoughts on the commemoration of cultural, material, immaterial, or industrial heritage in the era of technological innovation and social inclusion. Namely, he addresses the project aiming to reassert the value of former Montr茅al metro cars by transforming them into a central building in the Sud-Ouest borough. In a similar vein, Jonathan Rouleau (McGill听U.) mobilizes his research-engagement experience at the Salon 1861 to illustrate the possibilities and limits of the mechanisms put into place by stakeholders to develop cultural programming in a restored and converted church in Little Burgundy.

Published in June听2021, 23听pages [in English and in French].

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04.02. Habiter听conference-experience

Shaping Neighbourhoods听series 鈥� event held in summer听2018

The retrospective of the Shaping Neighbourhoods: Experience and Innovation series continues with a second issue introduced by Nik Luka (CIRM / McGill听U.), which addresses urban densification as a topic for public debate and a phenomenon of multifaceted changes. Erwan Po毛nces (MUP, U.听Rennes听2) draws on the Montreal example of Griffintown to outline the possibilities and possible improvements of community housing as a 鈥済enerator of diversity.鈥� Michel St-Cyr (), for his part, shares his experience in conceptualizing urban housing and accommodation projects adapted to the ageing population. Laurence Vincent () concludes with a reflection on the responsibility of real estate developers and the importance of sharing it with stakeholders.

Published in April听2021, 35听pages [in English and French].

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04.01. Construire听conference-experience

础尘茅苍补驳别谤 series听鈥� event held in spring 2018

This notebook is the first of five focusing on the Shaping Neighbourhoods: Experience and Innovation series with participating researchers and practitioners. Richard Shearmur (CIRM / McGill听U.) pens the foreword entitled 鈥淧ourquoi est-il devenu n茅cessaire de construire les lieux partag茅s?鈥� and an article on the importance for citizens to reclaim non-places. Pauline Butiaux () discusses public space as a field for reflection and action, outlining the history of a redevelopment project of the former Wellington Control Tower. Finally, (Agirre Lehendakaria Center) reflects on the cultural dimension鈥攖he narratives鈥攐f the innovation process, while Jonathan Cha () presents a panorama of Montr茅al鈥檚 鈥渁lternative territories.鈥�

Published in December听2020, 31听pages [in English and French].

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03. Vivre et analyser la crise sanitaire 脿 Montr茅al

Special issue

This third notebook presents a reading of the different 鈥渕arkings鈥� of the COVID-19 health crisis on the urban landscape. Edited by Laurent Vernet (CIRM / UQAM), (INRS), and (INRS), it gives shape to the thoughts initiated in two seminars given in the spring of 2020 as past of the Urban Studies program offered jointly by INRS and UQAM. The experiences and analyses of professors, students, and practitioners provide avenues to reflect on the elements of change and continuity brought by the crisis in Montreal, as well as to analyze the spaces of marginalization or resistance that it reveals.

Published in September听2020, 69听pages [in English and French].

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02.听鈥�脌 nous la ville! Trait茅 de municipalisme听seminar

Event held in spring 2018

This second digital notebook allows readers to reflect on the eponymous essay by Jonathan Durand Folco (CIRM / Saint听Paul听U.). In his text entitled 鈥淧romesses et d茅fis du municipalisme,鈥� the author looks at both the founding principles and the concrete applications of this political project. He highlights the possibilities and limits of municipalism in order to better identify the strategic perspectives to be adopted. This digital notebook also presents a commentary by Caroline Patsias (CIRM / UQAM) on issues of equality and human relationships in the creation of local commons.

Published in June听2020, 17听pages [in French].

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01.听DIY Urbanism听conference-experience

Event held in fall 2018

CIRM is pleased to launch this publication series by looking back on the conference-experience DIY听Urbanism, with (San听Jos茅听State听U.). In his text entitled 鈥淭he Vitality of Participatory Urbanisms, and Some Cautions,鈥� the visiting researcher offers an interdisciplinary perspective on urban agriculture issues and the inequality that inhabits initiatives of 鈥渄o-it-yourself鈥� urbanism. This digital notebook further includes an analysis of urban agriculture by Athanasios Tommy Mihou (), and a foreword by Jan Doering (CIRM /McGill听U.).

Published in May听2020, 21听pages.