Join fellow U of T alumni and other Canadians to celebrate Canadian history.
Decolonizing the Canon - An Evening of Poetry, Performance and Painting
Featuring U of T Professor and National Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke, JUNO Award-winning cellist Cris Derksen, and First Nations visual artist Kent Monkman
Thursday, May 18, 2017
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON
K1N 9N4
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The Future of Religion in Canada - Utopia or Dystopia?
Featuring U of T alumna and Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood and environmental activist Leah Kostamo
Friday, May 19, 2017
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
University of Ottawa
Tabaret Hall
550 Cumberland Street
Ottawa, ON
K1N 6N5
The 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation is an ideal moment to re-examine the stories told of Canada's past. Restorying Canada has organized these events to inspire bold challenges to historiographic conventions of how we remember, celebrate, and explore multiple media and genres for evoking and interrogating the past, while privileging artistic creativity and academic rigour.
To learn more or register for these events, click here.
These special occasions are some of the many diverse events bringing U of T right into your community, and is part of a series of programming that celebrates Canada's 150th anniversary. Stay informed, inspired and connected, because together we are boundless.
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