Immigration posed a difficult question for interwar Canadian socialists. One the one hand, they promoted a universalist vision of a Cooperative Commonwealth; on the other, they wished to protect Canadian workers from foreign competition. This lecture explores how social democrats like J.S. Woodsworth, Agnes Macphail and A.A. Heaps navigated these turbulent waters. Speaker: Edward Dunsworth

The Vanier Improv Company (VIC) returns with a variety of improv and sketch comedy to make you laugh right out of your seat! A great way to destress and have fun with a short 75-minute show. This year, join us for new games, surprise sketches and chances for audience participation! Directed by Nkechinyem Oduh, Stage […]

[HYBRID EVENT – Author in attendance (in-person)!] Join us online and in-person for the launch of Paul Kellogg’s new book Austerity and Resistance: The Ontario Days of Action, 1995–1998. Published 30 years after the Toronto general strike of October 1996, Austerity and Resistance aims to tell its story of the social movement and lessons that […]

The Canada Research Chair in Black Studies in the Humanities, the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and York University are proud to be hosting the Fifth Annual Alchemy Lecture, ScALE. The Alchemy Lecture is a multi-vocal, multi-modal, model that annually brings together a constellation of thinkers and practitioners from different disciplines and geographies […]

An Original Version of Miss Braddon’s popular Novel, In Two Acts by C. H. Hazelwood Adapted from the 1862 novel of the same name, Lady Audley’s Secret is a classic example of Victorian melodrama. Concerning the ambitious, unscrupulous Lady Audley who, in order to preserve her present situation is prepared, when an unwanted husband returns, […]

Vanier College Productions (VCP) is excited to continue with the first-ever BIPOC Artist Hub at York University. Open to all BIPOC artists (theatre, dance, music, film, visual art, design, writing, etc.) at York, the group meets every Tuesday from 4:30-6:30pm. Now in its sixth year, join us for discussions, creative collaboration, and help bring our […]