Not a Checkbox: Engaging in a Culture of Equitable Teaching (Decolonization, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Teaching & Learning Community of Practice 2023 Conference)

As academic institutions move towards post-pandemic teaching and learning, the return to “normal” has reinforced and reproduced issues of power and privilege in the academy, such as ableism, racism, and classism. In this call for collaborators, we ask learning communities at York to consider how we can engage in a culture of equitable teaching that […]

The Queer Comics Symposium

York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and the Departments of English and Humanities proudly present The Queer Comics Symposium Featuring: Professor Michelle Ann Abate (Ohio State University), author of Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History (Temple University Press) Professor Justin Hall (California College of the Arts), cartoonist and editor of No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer […]

Wendy Michener Memorial Lecture – Queer Feminism and Comedy: A Serious Talk

Delivered by Carolyn Taylor Award-winning comedian, actor, writer, director, and artist Co-creator and showrunner of CBC’s Baroness von Sketch Show The Wendy Michener Memorial Lecture, named in commemoration of the Canadian arts critic and journalist, was established at York University in 1986 to provide a forum for discussion of vital issues and developments in culture […]

Black Ice at York U: A Community Film Screening and Q&A

Join a special community screening and Q&A of the film Black Ice. Produced by York alumnus, Vinay Virmani (BA Hons. ’08), directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Hubert Davis, and executive produced by Lebron James, Drake, and Maverick Carter, Black Ice is a documentary that examines the history of anti-black racism in hockey. The film premiered at TIFF […]

2023 Goldfarb Lecture in Visual Arts: Meryl McMaster

The McMichael is pleased to present a special artist’s talk by Meryl McMaster, Canadian artist of nehiyaw (Plains Cree), British and Dutch Ancestry, who explores the self in relation to land, lineage, history, culture and more-than-human world. McMaster’s work is predominantly photograph based, incorporating the production of props, sculptural garments and performance forming a synergy […]

York Dance Ensemble: Cardinal Points

Cardinal Points is a rich collection of dance works created and performed by members of the Department of Dance and guests that reflect the diversity of perspectives from around the globe, as well as from within the multiplicity of intersecting cultural, philosophical and personal imperatives. Guest Artists: Bayanihan, the National Dance Company of the Philippines […]

Intersectional Futures: PERIPHERY – Resilience and Power on the Margins

Session Description: Periphery is an evocative film about ethnic diversity in the Jewish community of Toronto, Canada. Through dance, poetry, and personal narratives, 10 Jews of Black/African, Korean, Iraqi, Indian, and South American ancestry challenge perceptions of who is a Jew. Periphery invites us to appreciate the richness of Jewish identity and cultural expression while […]

Indexing Resistance: The Blood and Guts of Queer Protest Symposium

A two-day symposium on protest, queer history in Canada and the archive.Indexing Resistance is an interdisciplinary two-day symposium at Lula Lounge with an accompanying month-long exhibition at the plumb. By reflecting on relationships between the visual, the scholarly, and preservation, Indexing Resistance presents papers and artwork exploring the diversity of resistance and protest in queer […]