2016 Festival of Original Theatre: “Staging Realities”

The theme of FOOT 2016, Staging Reality, speaks to the blending of reality and artifice:  a blurring that has been receiving a great deal of academic attention in recent years, both in Canada and abroad.  This blurring breaks down distinctions between the roles of audience, critic, artist, activist, and academic, as the opinions of "real people" […]

Robert A. Hill – And Still We Rise: A New Generation of Black Students Arises for a New Time

Earth Sciences Centre - Room 1050 22 Russell Street, Toronto

  A graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of the West Indies, Robert A. Hill is Research Professor of History at UCLA and Editor in Chief of the multivolume edition of The Marcus Garvey & Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, a multi-volume long-term research project of the James S. Coleman African Studies […]

Self-Care Workshop with Deb Singh

WGSI Lounge, Wilson Hall University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Feeling stressed about midterms, or relieved that they're finally over? Take a break with WGSSU and Deb Singh, a counselor and activist at the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape. Join us for a conversation with Deb Singh to begin imagining and sustaining a practice of self care. Deb has been working with survivors of sexual […]

WGS Research Seminar – Tracy Robinson

JHB 100A, Jackman Humanities Building 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Canada

Tracy Robinson, University of the West Indies, Social Justice Education - Loving Laws I and many others have been involved in strategic litigation in the English speaking Caribbean that challenges the constitutionality of laws criminalizing same-sex sex. Many of us rely heavily on reason, especially forms of legal reason, to question laws that criminalize same […]

Public Event – International Women’s Day Lecture – “Islands of Decolonial Love: Exploring Love on Occupied Land” – Leanne Simpson

OISE Auditorium 250 Bloor Street, Toronto, Canada

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 6:00-8:00pm VENUE CHANGE - Due to an overwhelming response to this event, it will now take place at the OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor Street West, Ground Floor (St. George and Bloor), Accessible Space.  ASL will be provided. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is “a gifted writer who brings passion and commitment to her […]

Faculty of Arts and Science Plan Your Program Expo

Sidney Smith Lobby 100 St. George Street

Hello first year students! It’s time to think about selecting your programs of study! Whether you have already made your choice or are still deciding, you should attend the Faculty of Arts and Science Plan Your Program Expo!  At the Plan Your Program Expo, you’ll be able to: Discover your program options Introduce yourself to […]

Reparations, Reconciliation and the Politics of Memory – Film Screening & Discussion

OISE, Room 5-210 252 Bloor Street W.

Film Screening:  Human Traffic:  Past and Present A documentary exploring the realities and fallacies of human trafficking. Directed By:  Frances-Anne Solomon Discussion:  Dr. George DEI (SJE) on the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Reparations and Memory RSVP:  laura.toth@utoronto.ca Presented by:  The Department of Social Justice Education (SJE), OISE/UT In collaboration with:  Caribbean Studies, Diaspora and Transnational Studies […]

Reparations, Reconciliation and The Politics of Memory – Keynote Address & Reception

OISE/UT Library 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Keynote by:  Dr. Verene A. Shepherd on Reparation, Reconciliation & Rehabilitation:  The Politics of Memory in Caribbean Societies Dr. Shepherd is the University Director and Regional Coordinator of the Institute for Gender & Development Studies and Professor of Social History at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies Discussant:  Dr. Eve Tuck […]

Let’s Talk About Butch

The Great Hall 1087 Queen St W, Toronto, ON, Canada

A panel and space to discuss what "butch" is, what it isn’t, and what it might be. Panelists—including people who do and don't identify as butch—will talk about female masculinity and trans masculinity, past and present. Facilitated by Michèle Pearson Clarke Panelists are Tee Fergus, Kathryn Payne, reese simpkins, and Dinah Thorpe Free entry Wheelchair […]