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Thursday, February 27, 2020 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Research talk! Research design for the resistance

Shana MacDonald and Bri Wiens present a new feminist & digital activism research creation methodology

This research talk draws on new materialist and intersectional, trans, and queer feminist modes of social inquiry to situate all bodies, human and nonhuman, and affects in relations of matter and mattering. Through a discussion of three of our projects–-Reconstruction (2016), Feminists Do Media (2019–present), and Let Us Speak (2020)––we will explore how our existing research creation methodologies developed through our work with public participatory art and have shifted for d

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Comm Arts Speaks!

Join us on Wednesday, March 4th for Comm Arts Speaks!  Our speakers include Henry Svec and Jennifer Roberts-Smith

Henry Svec

Entangling the archive: string figures as imaginary media

The larger research project here explores ways in which string figures have offered critical theorists, amateur anthropologists, and artists alike a means of reimagining both the meaning and function of media, from film in the early twentieth century to digital networks in the present.

Sunday, June 7, 2020 6:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Racial Grief and the Need for Black Body Acknowledgements

What We Should Do in Education, Religion, and Culture to End Anti-Black Racism and Stop Police from Killing Black Wo/Men in the USA and Canada

Moderator: Vershawn Ashanti Young, JD, PhD

Panelists: The Aptly Outspoken Collective

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Communication Speaks: Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae, presentation/performance, Black And Free

Communication Speaks presents Black And Free with Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae

The Speakers Series Committee is delighted to announce the virtual edition of Communication Speaks with Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae's presentation/performance, Black And Free. Save the date!

Thursday, March 25, 2021 11:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Scenes from 'carried away on the crest of a wave'

THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE PROGRAM PRESENTS
scenes from carried away on the crest of a wave

Written by David Yee
Directed by Andy Houston
Associate Director: Mira J. Henderson

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Centre for Free Expression In Conversation with Vershawn Young

Centre for Free Expression

Anthony Stewart in Conversation with Vershawn Young

The Problem of Anti-Racist Discourse in Canada and US with Vershawn Young

In Visitor: My Life in Canada, Anthony Stewart explores the lack of a recognizable Black anti-racist discourse in Canada and why Canada's lack of expression and commitment to Black anti-racism led to him to give up his full professorship at Dalhousie University to move to a small college in the USA.

Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People

An annual installation since 2016 for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence at the University of Waterloo.  

Watch video on YouTube 

Everyone is welcome to participate in the Bridge installation. 

Opening Ceremony and Fire on Wednesday, November 3 at 1:00 pm