Past events
Questioning Social Vulnerability: The Theories in Practice with Danielle Zoe Rivera
This talk explores the theoretical shortcomings of social vulnerability indices and maps, potential avenues to push past these shortcomings, and provide examples of how this could look in practice.
Literature Matters
Join the Avie Bennett Chair in Canadian Literature, Samaro Kamboureli, and the Department of English for Literature Matters, a lecture and dialogue featuring authors Eden Robinson (Haisla and Heitsuk) and Joshua Whitehead (Oji-Cree).
Indigenous Planetary Health: The Path We Walk with Dr. Nicole Redvers
A discussion on Indigenous perspectives on planetary health and greater sustainability movements.
CDTPS Mainstage Show: The Trials
Join us for the Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies Mainstage Show The Trials written by Dawn King, directed by Andrew Kushnir and performed by our DRM403 students running from March 7 to 10, 2024.
'Anneal this Breath': Reading Glass, Poetics, and Nuclear Genealogies with Yhonnie Scarce in South Australia
Exploring the ways in which nuclear proliferation in the 21st century is felt from the inside out: in food, in body, and in breath.
Portraiture, Enslavement, and Locating Black Women
In this talk, Jennifer L. Morgan shares her efforts to understand the woman painted holding a clock in Bologna in 1585. The talk engages both with scholarship on Art History, the Early Modern Black Atlantic world, and the provocation of critical fabulation.
Wildfire Smoke and Public Health: Learn to live with a smoky reality
In this talk, Dr. Yao will provide an overview of recent researches on the health impacts of wildfire smoke, and have a discussion on the implications for public health strategies to mitigate these impacts.
Music Before Humans
How did music, as we call it, originate? Professor John Haines’ presentation will explore music and its origins by beginning a few centuries ago and working backwards millions of years.