Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies
4700 Keele Street M3J1P3 Toronto, ON, Canada

The deadline has been extended to 12 Feb!

Panel CFP - Canadian Anthropology Association (CASCA) 2021 Virtual Conference May 12-15th - The Necessity of Messiness: Ethnographic Engagement (CASCA's extended submission deadline is Feb 5th) https://cas-sca.ca//24467-panel-cfp-canadian-anthropology-

Here is the official invite for the Soirée de la poésie, celebrating Nicole Brossard and feat. Erin Wunker & Geneviève Robichaud! Inscrivez-vous, et faites-moi signe si vous voulez lire un extrait (in English ou en français)! Feb. 25, 7:30 pm EST

The new Indigenous Student Exchange Program is going virtual! Learn more about it here: https://yfile.news.yorku.ca//york-university-launches-new/

The MLC Research Centre is excited to invite you to celebrate the release of Irene Gammel’s I Can Only Paint: The Story of Battlefield Artist Mary Riter Hamilton (MQUP), a major 400-page study of Hamilton’s vast, underexplored body of war work featuring rare photographs, paintings and letters, and a compelling examination of how art can navigate through grief, loss, and empathy. The online event takes place on Thursday, December 10, 5-6 PM EST and will include an author talk ...that details Gammel’s journey of researching and writing the book, followed by audience Q&A, and a book giveaway. The event also includes remarks by international authors and scholars Catherine Speck (Australia), Dominiek Dendooven (Ypres, Belgium), Marguerite Helmers (Wisconsin-Oshkosh), Sarah McKinnon (Halifax), and McGill-Queen’s Editor-in-chief Jonathan Crago. I take the liberty of attaching an Evite and flyer for the book. RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/i-can-only-paint-by-irene-gamme Email: [email protected]

Black Indigenous Alliances: Reconfiguring Education for Otherwise Futures Tuesday, 1 December 2020 | 7-9 pm EST The Faculty of Education’s Anti-Black Racism Committee (ABRC) invites you to this webinar, where panelists will create a space of inquiry and engagement through dialogue as they consider questions such as: How might we think about education as a site that cultivates conditions for structural transformation and not just a place for the socialization and encul...turation of young people? What historical alliances can we take up in order to enact these changes? Why and how could Black and Indigenous Peoples and their allies challenge systemic racist practices and institutions? How do or do not these challenges differ pedagogically from the ‘multicultural’ ethos that dominates teaching and learning? With this webinar the ABRC wishes to create a space for dialogical and listening practices that can be difficult. These are generative and necessary as imagining Otherwise Futures means undoing white supremacy and its ontological-epistemological logics. SPEAKERS: - Ixchel Bennett, doctoral candidate Indigenous PhD cohort and (former) Seconded Faculty, Faculty of Education; teacher, Toronto District School Board - Warren Crichlow, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education - Susan Dion, Associate Professor, Indigenous Education, Faculty of Education; Director, Master of Education Urban Indigenous Cohort, Indigenous PhD Cohort, BEd Waaban Indigenous Teacher Education - Carl James, Professor, Faculty of Education; Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora; Senior Advisor on Equity and Representation, York University MODERATOR: - Nombuso Dlamini, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education; Chair, ABRC DISCUSSANT: - Andrea Davis, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, York University; Special Advisor, Anti-Black Racism Strategy, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Register in advance for this webinar at: https://yorku.zoom.us/w/register/WN_o9VxNsy-TeaY5HzKY_cA0w For further information contact, Barb Webster at [email protected]

Reminder HIPN Event: Launch of Bonita Lawrence’s new novel on Mi’kmaq Sojourns in England, Wed, Nov 25, 7pm on zoom Bonita Lawrence, of both Mi’kmaw and English Background, is a professor in Indigenous Studies at York University. She is the author of two academic books, Real Indians and Others: Mixed-Race Urban Native People and Indigenous Nationhood and Fractured Homeland: Federal Recognition and Algonquin Identity in Ontario. This is her first novel. She lives in Eastern ...Ontario on 100 acres of forested land with a lake that is gradually being reduced to a beaver swamp, massive gardens, family members, three dogs, and two cats. Bonita Lawrence will read excerpts from her historical novel about Mi’kmaq history. She will be joined by discussants Kim Anderson and Jesse Thistle. Kim Anderson (Metis) is a professor in Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Relationships. Jesse Thistle (Métis-Cree-Scott) is a professor of Indigenous Studies at York University. Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/WQ4SAwL3_gk Please join us Wednesday, November 25, at 7 pm on Zoom: https://yorku.zoom.us/j/99736700753 Publisher Link: https://www.austinmacauley.com/author/lawrence-bonita

Prof Sean Kheraj (History) Faculty Associate and former member Robarts Executive Committee was recently interviewed for "Faces of Founders," a new Instagram video series from Founders College. Check it out! https://www.instagram.com/p/CHs0UIbBxjU/

New Article: "Racialized People, Women, and Social Enterprises: Politicized Economic Solidarity in Toronto" by Prof Caroline Shenaz Hossein https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/13545701.2020.1821078