Travel and Accommodation

Our Degrowth Conference Committee members and friends of degrowth are opening up their homes and want you to be their guest at no cost. On couchsurfing.org we have created a group entitled Degrowth in the Americas to facilitate your search for a host or guest. This is an amazing opportunity to meet members of the degrowth community, and to simultaneously minimize the conference's impact on the planet!

Please refer to CouchSurfing's Terms of Use if you plan on using their service.

Not sure how it works? Here's how to join couchsurfing.org:
First, visit our Degrowth in the Americas group page. From here, if you do not already have a CS account, you go to the top right-hand side of the monitor and click on the "sign up" icon.

Create your free CouchSurfing profile:
Fill in the registration form and once you've proven you are a human, click on "Join CouchSurfing". Success! To complete the registration, you must access your email and activate your CS account. Once you log-in again, go back to our Degrowth in the Americas group, and finally, click on "Join Group". From here you can post hosting requests and offers on the discussion board.

You can also register with Facebook.

Once you have created your CS account, you can login. When you have the homepage in front of you, look over on the left hand side, under your profile, there you will find "Can you host right now?" From there you select the arrow and choose your status.

You can also "search for surfers or hosts" directly from the main page.

Lastly, you can access more groups, such as the "last minute emergency" group, and the Degrowth in the Americas group.

New Residence Hall

New Residence Hall (McGill University) is just steps away from the downtown core, as well as the Metro system (subway) and within walking distance of the Quays of the Old Port - one of the world's major historic ports

Website: www.mcgill.ca/nrh

McGill University
3625 avenue du Parc
Montreal, Quebec H2X 3P8

Tel.: +1 (514) 398-3471
Fax: +1 (514) 398-4521
Email: reserve.residences@mcgill.ca

UQAM University Residences

UQAM (Université de Quebec à Montreal) is located in the heart of Montreal, near Place des Arts and the Place des Arts Metro station.

Website: www.residences-uqam.qc.ca/hotel/

Auberge Ouest
2100 Saint-Urbain
Montreal, Quebec H2X 4E1

Tel.: +1 (514) 987-7747
Fax: +1 (514) 987-0159

Email: delouest-residences@uqam.ca

Auberge Est
303 Boul. René-Lévesque Est
Montreal, Quebec H3X 3Y3

Tel.: +1 (514) 987-6669
Fax: +1 (514) 987-0344

Email: est@residences-uqam.qc.ca

Grey Nun's Residence

The newly refurbished and affordable Grey Nuns Residence (Concordia University) is situated in the heart of Downtown Montreal, within walking distance of the Metro (Green and Orange Lines), the Bell Centre, Crescent Street, the Museum of Fine Arts and of some of the city's finest historical and contemporary architecture.

To access the special group rates of $44/night for a single room and $64/night for a double, visit the online reservation page. Enter ICEDESSE in the Group/Company/Promo Code field before clicking "search availability".

For more information: vpservices.concordia.ca/summerhousing/greynunsresidence/

1185 rue St-Mathieu
Montreal, Quebec H3H 2H6

Tel: +1 (514) 848-2424 x 8000
Fax: +1 (514) 848-3937

Email: reservations@concordia.ca