We are the Land: Jaime Black Artist Residency Opening Gathering

Winnipeg- based, Métis multidisciplinary artist Jaime Black will be introducing her week-long residency at WGSI (Women and Gender Studies Institute), University of Toronto. Co-produced by Dr. Karyn Recollet and Melissa Nesrallah, the residency which features the installations The REDress Project (2010) & Conversations with the Land (2016) explores the complexities of history, gender, place, identity and resistance through artistic mediums of photography, sculpture, […]

Event: The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair Public Lecture at York University

Annual Avie Bennett Historica Canada Public Lecture in Canadian History The annual Avie Benner Historica Canadian Public Lecture in Canadian History has announced this year's guest is the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. The title of his talk is "Indigeneity, the World, and Canada." Date: Thursday, […]

Guest Lecture: Unmasking Settler-Colonialism

The Department of Political Science will be hosting Assistant Professor Allan Downey of McGill University to deliver a talk on the role of lacrosse in Haudenosaunee culture. He will examine how lacrosse was central to granting the Haudenosaunee nation the sovereignty to represent itself in international competition. When: Monday, March 6, 2017, 2:30-4:30pm Where: South […]

HIPN Event: Lecture with Anishinaabe Elder Lewis Debassige

We are proud to announce a new initiative! The History of Indigenous Peoples' Network will be hosting an annual event which invites an Indigenous Elder to speak about history, knowledge, and ethics. The inaugural speaker is Anishinaabe Elder Lewis Debassige from M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island. Lewis Debassige is well known for his work as […]

Guest Lecture - From Dark to Light: Illuminating the Critically Missing History of Illustration

On Monday March 6, 2017, York University is proud to host Dr. Jaleen Grove for a special guest lecture on The History of Illustration. This lecture will take place at 5pm in The Seneca@York building, Room S1209 (aka Lower Kaleidoscope room). This is a free event and open to the public. In 2018, the 648-page History […]

2017 Melville-Nelles-Hoffmann Lecture in Environmental History on March 20

The Department of History is proud to host the annual Melville-Nelles-Hoffmann Lecture in Environmental History on March 20 at 4pm in the Schulich Private Dining Room. This year’s lecture will be delivered by Professor Sara B. Pritchard from Cornell University. Professor Pritchard is a leading scholar in environmental history and science and technology studies whose new research examines the politics […]

Commemorate 15 years of Project Naming: regaining Inuit, Métis Nation and First Nations History

15 years of Project Naming—regaining Inuit, Métis Nation and First Nations history, one picture at a time… Library and Archives Canada in collaboration with Carleton University is honoured to host members from Inuit, Métis Nation and First Nations communities to commemorate 15 years of Project Naming. We invite you to join us from March 1 […]

Commemorate 15 years of Project Naming: regaining Inuit, Métis Nation and First Nations History

15 years of Project Naming—regaining Inuit, Métis Nation and First Nations history, one picture at a time… Library and Archives Canada in collaboration with Carleton University is honoured to host members from Inuit, Métis Nation and First Nations communities to commemorate 15 years of Project Naming. We invite you to join us from March 1 […]

Upcoming Event: Are Refugees Welcome Here? Trump, Immigration, and Canadian Responses

Friday February 3rd, 4:30 - 6PM Seminar Room, Centre for Ethics, 2nd Floor, Larkin Building, 15 Devonshire Place, University of Toronto  The Canadian Association of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS) and the International Human Rights Program (UofT) invite you to an informal, information-sharing, and brainstorming session at the Centre for Ethics to discuss the […]

Upcoming Event: The Intimacies of Asian Publics

On February 3rd, York University will be hosting a talk from Professor Christine Kim from the Department of English at Simon Fraser University.  When: Friday, February 3rd, 2017, 3:00-4:30pm Where: Room 280N, York Lanes, Keele Campus Professor Kim will be discussing complex formations of publics, particularly for Asian Canadian participants, and how we are able […]