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Tuesday, December 2, 2025 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Desmarais Family Summit — Public Exhibition

Explore student-led projects from ARTS 450: The Future of Connection, examining how digital platforms shape privacy, connection, and public life.  Engage with research imagining ethical, human-centered digital futures, and hear closing reflections from Dr. Heather Suzanne Woods, 2025 Jarislowsky Fellow

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Workshop with Dr. Sa’ed Atshan

Grad students! You are invited to participate in a research and writing workshop on the complexities of conducting research with/alongside/about Palestinians with Dr. Sa'ed Atshan. We will explore the ethical, methodological, and contextual considerations that scholars encounter, including how broader political realities shape academic work.

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Arts receives final approval to reorganize into six schools

The Faculty of Arts reorganization proposal received final approval from the Board of Governors this week and the transition period officially begins. The new structure will see the Faculty’s current 15 departments and two schools reorganized into six schools. Board approval comes after a two-year development process, including extensive consultations with all stakeholders.

Friday, October 3, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

From Myth to Malice: Affective and Political Consequences of False Claims to Indigeneity

In this talk, Dr. Robinson will interrogate the phenomenon of false Indigenous identity claims and their corrosive effects on Indigenous communities. Drawing on personal experience, historical precedents, and critical Indigenous scholarship, he situates these practices within the broader logic of settler colonialism and its drive toward self-indigenization.