As part of our exhibition The fortune of the city is that it has never been perfect, Cinéma Public presents a series of three evenings in Parc Baile bringing together film screenings and workshops.
Parc Baile
27 August 2026
Ciné-Façade: Inhabiting the Imperfect
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As part of our exhibition The fortune of the city is that it has never been perfect, Cinéma Public presents a series of three evenings in Parc Baile bringing together film screenings and workshops.
Parc Baile
How did the colonial photographic gaze shape the ways Indian architecture and cultural heritage were documented, understood, and preserved?
the Study Room
25 September 2026, 2pm to 4pm
Photography, Cultural Heritage, and Conservation in Colonial India with Sarah Carter
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How did the colonial photographic gaze shape the ways Indian architecture and cultural heritage were documented, understood, and preserved?
the Study Room
Bazaar 2026
Cities are not shaped by planning alone, but by a collaborative ethos of making, tending, and sharing. For a second year, the CCA Bazaar opens its doors to the community, bringing together the independent businesses, makers, and community organizations that give Montreals neighbourhoods their character.
12 September 2026, 10am to 2pm
Bazaar 2026
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Cities are not shaped by planning alone, but by a collaborative ethos of making, tending, and sharing. For a second year, the CCA Bazaar opens its doors to the community, bringing together the independent businesses, makers, and community organizations that give Montreals neighbourhoods their character.
Emerging from the 2026 and inaugural edition of the CCA-WRI Research Fellowship Program, join Rayshad Dorsey, Hi’ilei Hobart, and Jake Hobart as they discuss their approaches to the complex social and legal processes that determine contemporary conditions of vacancy in St. Louis and Honolulu.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
27 August 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Vacancy as Return and Renewal
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Emerging from the 2026 and inaugural edition of the CCA-WRI Research Fellowship Program, join Rayshad Dorsey, Hi’ilei Hobart, and Jake Hobart as they discuss their approaches to the complex social and legal processes that determine contemporary conditions of vacancy in St. Louis and Honolulu.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
This presentation by Amanda Zhang explores toys as world-building technologies, revealing the ideals and imaginaries of those who make, play with, and collect them.
4 September 2026, 2pm to 3:30pm
Constructing Childhood with Amanda Zhang on the CCA toy collection
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This presentation by Amanda Zhang explores toys as world-building technologies, revealing the ideals and imaginaries of those who make, play with, and collect them.
Everlasting
A film from the CCA’s 2023-2024 Indigenous Land Restitution Research Creation Fellow, multidisciplinary Haudenosaunee artist Iako’tsi:rareh Amanda Lickers.
Shaughnessy House
25 September 2025 to 8 November 2026
Everlasting
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A film from the CCA’s 2023-2024 Indigenous Land Restitution Research Creation Fellow, multidisciplinary Haudenosaunee artist Iako’tsi:rareh Amanda Lickers.
Shaughnessy House
H.E.R.E (Homecoming Equity + Regenerative Encounters) and Back Again: Letters, Land, and Living Memory assembles research, storytelling, and community dialogue to explore how relationships to land are remembered, maintained, and reimagined across generations. Initiated in the context of the CCA-Mellon Multidisciplinary Research Program (In the Hurricane, On the Land), the(...)
H.E.R.E. and Back Again: Letters, Land, and Living Memory
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H.E.R.E (Homecoming Equity + Regenerative Encounters) and Back Again: Letters, Land, and Living Memory assembles research, storytelling, and community dialogue to explore how relationships to land are remembered, maintained, and reimagined across generations. Initiated in the context of the CCA-Mellon Multidisciplinary Research Program (In the Hurricane, On the Land), the(...)
Tour of the Sculpture Garden
Guided Tour of the Sculpture Garden
the Sculpture Garden
6 September 2026, 1pm and 2:30pm
the Sculpture Garden
With an Acre
With an Acre is the third chapter of Groundwork, a three-part film and exhibition series exploring the conceptual development and field research of contemporary architects cultivating alternative modes of practice.
2025
With an Acre
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With an Acre is the third chapter of Groundwork, a three-part film and exhibition series exploring the conceptual development and field research of contemporary architects cultivating alternative modes of practice.