About The Lab

Raah is a media research lab based in the Film and Moving Image Studies Department at Concordia. It aims to examine the intersection of migratory processes and media practices. Taking our cue from the evocations offered by the Persian word raah – which can mean ways or passage, and its underlying resonances of fellow-traveler, or companion, Raah aims to investigate the many methodological pathways open to researchers in migration and media studies.

Raah's project is a community-driven model, which hopes to bring together scholars, activists and community partners in a single space, becoming the first institutional hub in Canada for the study of media and migration. Raah aims to host both theoretical and practice-based research, as well as community-facing projects, in order to investigate the questions of immigration, hospitality, marginalization and their mediatized forms.

The development of the Raah Lab website infrastructure was made possible through support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).

• Hatim El-Hibri: Aesthetic Critique, Platforms, and Infrastructure in the Global South

  upcoming: Wednesday, October 22 This talk takes up the question: what role should aesthetic analysis play in the critical study of media today? It refracts this question through the issues raised by examining digital platforms in the Global South, exploring how the contradictions that shape the infrastructure and political economy of platform and streaming media […]

  2025-10-09
• Art and Activism: An Interactive Workshop with Stefan Christoff

  Art and Activism This interactive presentation and workshop, facilitated by long-time community organizer and artist Stefan Christoff, will highlight three examples of creative activist campaigns and community organizing efforts that speak to the intersections of art and activism. Raah Lab @ Concordia University (FB 630.17) |  October 2, 2025 | 5:30 PM   Montreal artist […]

  2025-09-23
• In a Displaced World: Short Films by Mahdi Fleifel

  Screening Series: In a Displaced World A film series highlighting cinematic engagements with forced displacement, border regimes, and the political economies of migration. The films move beyond humanitarian lenses to reframe the so-called migration “crisis.” EV 1.615 | September 26, 2025 | 6–9 PM   Screening 1 – Short Films by Mahdi Fleifel Xenos (Denmark/Greece/UK, […]

  2025-09-16
• “Who Does Montreal Belong To?” – A Community Conversation

  As part of our community partner Brique par Brique's annual Monsoon Festival, we were invited to facilitate a discussion for their Community Conversations series.

  2025-06-27