Thank you to everyone who joined us last week at MAWA and online, for Dr. Chantal Nadeau's Like Queer Animals. It was such a pleasure to see so many old and new friends joining this lecture.

Upcoming Events:

The Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster presents: The Role of the Writer in the World by Jacob Scheier

Updated Date: Wednesday, October 19th from 12 PM - 2 PM CT - online via Zoom

We are super excited to invite folks to this hybrid workshop hosted by the Writing Towards a Just World Research Cluster with CCWOC's writer in residence, Jacob Scheier. In this workshop, we will explore the big question—why write? More specifically, we will discuss the role the writer and/or poet potentially plays in our society, particularly when it comes to social justice. We will look at our own writing (participants are encouraged to bring in their recent work(a poem, story, work of creative nonfiction) and consider the cultural impact we would like it to have and what techniques and devices we can employ to better achieve such aims. There will be ASL interpretation available for this event. Please contact us with any other accessibility requests by email. To Register, please visit this link.

Upcoming Events Of interest:

The Power and Resistance in Latin America Research Cluster Presents: The Politics of Gender-based Violence in Brazil: The Jair Bolsonaro Years by Maria das Graças de Lima (Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil)

Friday, October 14, 2022 2:30 – 4:00 PM at 409 Tier

Maria das Graças de Lima is Professor of Graduate Studies at the Department of Human Geography, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Brazil). Her research focuses on issues related to rural development, including agrarian geography, land colonization, rural education and educational policy. Please see more details on this event in the attached poster.

Decolonizing Lens, Hallowe'en edition

Doors open: 6:15 PM, Thursday, October 27th , 2022 at the WAG (300 Memorial Blvd)

Screening at 7:00 PM followed by a discussion

To celebrate the spooky season, please join the Decolonizing Lens for a free screening of Nyla Innuksuk's Slash/Back! Afterwards, stay to hear director Nyla Innuksuk in conversation with local filmmaker Sonya Ballantyne. Please invite your brave teens and their friends! There will be prizes for the scariest, funniest, and most original costumes! (We ask that everyone be respectful in their costume choices and ensure they do not promote sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, or appropriation of cultures.) A section of seats will be saved for Urban Inuit community members. This program is also accessible online via this link

ACCUTE (Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English

Call for Paper Submissions. Deadline: November 15th, 2022

In preparation for the 2022-2023 ACCUTE conference, folks are invited to submit joint-sponsored panel proposals, member-organized panels and creative writing panel proposals by the 15th of November, 2022, to present at the conference. For requirements and to make a submission, please visit this link.

Take care, friends