Women and Gender Studies InstituteJoin the WGSI for a screening of Ryan Persadie's short film "Gyal," followed by a moderated talk. March 15, 2023 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm The talk following the screening will be moderated by Ryan Persadie; with speakers: Aruna Boodram, Suzanne Narain, Marisa Rosa Grant & Shanese Indoowaaboo Steele RSVP Here
Join us on Saturday April 1st for a Black Feminist discussion of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha: A Musical Reimagining. Originally written by Scott Joplin, Treemonisha (c. 1911) is one of the few classical music pieces about the immediate post-slavery era written by a Black person who actually lived through it. In Joplin's sonically hybrid Treemonisha, many of the […]
NEW DATE: April 19, 2023 | RSVP Here The event will include a moderated talk with the authors, and books will be sold on site by Another Story Bookshop. About the Book Rehearsals is a captivating book, part debate, part dialogue, part lively and detailed familial correspondence between two razor-sharp writers convening on what it means […]
Join us for a free screening of Karin Lee’s Incorrigible: A Film About Velma Demerson on May 13, 2023, at 3 PM located at Innis Hall, University of Toronto’s downtown campus. Following the screening will be a panel bringing together the illustrious voices of KARIN LEE, writer and director; LISA MAR, associate professor for the Department of History at the University of Toronto; […]
In order to attend the conference via Zoom or in person, please email us at tos2023conference@gmail.com. The final schedule will be available later in April. Check our blog https://othersisters.hypotheses.org/ Throughout Christian history, there have been groups of women who lived recognizably religious lives but outside of traditional monastic structures. Despite leaving a substantial documentary and (in some cases) visual […]
Throughout a fifty year recording career, Beverly Glenn-Copeland's music has defied categorisation and genre, its only consistency being the fusion of vision, technology, spirituality and place. A Black, trans artist, he is a strong advocate on behalf of Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ2S+ communities in Canada and abroad, and has influenced new generations of artists. You […]
This panel will address the broad scope of Indo-Caribbean women’s lived experiences in the social, political, and cultural realms from the time of indentureship, through times of resistance in the 1960s to present day. Each panelist will respond to the exhibition, Reclaimed: Indo-Caribbean HerStories. Ramabai Espinet will reflect on the jahaji legacies of “Coolie Belles” […]
The Thirteenth International Milton Symposium will be held at the University of Toronto, Canada, 10-14 July 2023. The Symposium looks forward to welcoming scholars from across the world for five days of lively discussion and convivial exchanges.
Join the Women and Gender Studies Institute and the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto for the launch of Nikoli Attai's book "Defiant Bodies: Making Queer Community in the Anglophone Caribbean." The event will include a panel discussion between Dr. Nikoli Attai, Dr. Fatimah Jackson-Best, Assistant Professor, Faculty […]
