Afro-Pessimism and the Ruse of Analogy

280N York Lanes, York University South 674 Ross Building, York University, Toronto

The Department of Political Science invites you to a plenary talk by: Frank B. Wilderson, III Plenary Talk 5:30 - 7:30 pm Workshop 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Registration is required […]

FREE Screening of Re:Orientations by Richard Fung

OCAD University 100 McCaul St., Auditorium, Room 190, Toronto, ON, Canada

*Culture Shifts Presents... FREE Screening of Re:Orientations by Richard Fung     A fascinating look into the lives and thoughts of seven queer pan-Asian Canadians as they look back on […]

WGS Research Seminar

TBD

Rinaldo Walcott, Director of the Women & Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. This research seminar is being rescheduled.  More details will be posted soon.

Bordering Injustice: How Should We Respond To Trump’s Ban

Moot Court (Room 1250), Faculty of Law 78 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Please join us for an emergency town hall forum to address urgent questions regarding the US Executive Order (the so-called ‘Muslim Ban’) and its implications for the University community and […]

WGS Research Seminar

Jackman Humanities Building, Rm 100A Toronto, Canada

Chris Johnson (WGSI and Department of History, University of Toronto) Travel Sickness: Pan-Africanism, Medicine and Misogynoir in Interwar Caribbean Harlem Through a historical case study of Caribbean health activists in Harlem, […]

Screening of Anatomy of Violence by Deepa Mehta

Innis Theatre 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto

WGSI in partnership with CSI and Working Women  are hosting a screening of Deepa Mehta’s new film, Anatomy of Violence, and we are honoured that she will be in attendance.  The […]

Black Women (transgender and cisgender): The Violent “And”

Wilson Hall Room 2053 40 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kai M. Green is a shape-shifting Black Queer nerd Boi; An Afro-Future, freedom-dreaming, rhyme slinging dragon slayer in search of a new world. A scholar, poet, and filmmaker, Dr. Green […]

International Women’s Day Lecture with Amanda Parris

Bahen Centre for Information Technology 40 St. George Street - Room 1160, Toronto

Social Justice in Art and Media: The Power of the Platform Amanda Parris – Artist, Educator, Playwright, Writer and Scholar HOST: EXHIBITIONISTS and MARVIN’S ROOM, CBC CO-FOUNDER: the alternative education organization Lost Lyrics CREATOR: The Ride or […]