Events

Join the Faculty of Math for the first screening in their Queer Film Series.  This month's movie is The Celluloid Closet, a documentary about Hollywood's portrayal and erasure of queer characters.  The film is based on Vito Russo's book: The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies and features interviews with a host of Hollywood royalty including Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Gore Vidal, Susan Sarandon, and Whoopi Goldberg.  It is a pretty fun look at a pretty un-fun topic.  

Part 1 of a three-part workshop hosted by Ela Smith that journeys through First Nations, Inuit, and Metis relations with settlers. As the title indicates, you don't know, what you don't know so everyone is welcome. You will be introduced to the concept of Miskasowin (wholistic self-evaluation) that will define content, context, and relationship promoting further action, accountability, and responsibilities as a treaty person in this land now known as Canada.

This workshop, entitled The Man Box, is open to undergraduate and graduate students and is part of the Male Allyship certificate program run by the Faculty of Engineering.

This workshop is often taken first, however it can be completed at any point as an individual session or as part of the certificate.

• In this session we will unpack what society thinks men should be and try and reconcile those standards with what feels good for us as men.

Part 2 of a three-part workshop hosted by Ela Smith that journeys through First Nations, Inuit, and Metis relations with settlers. As the title indicates, you don't know, what you don't know so everyone is welcome. You will be introduced to the concept of Miskasowin (wholistic self-evaluation) that will define content, context, and relationship promoting further action, accountability, and responsibilities as a treaty person in this land now known as Canada.

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Chelsea Vowel, a public intellectual, writer, educator, and Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.

Please join us on February 8 for Chelsea's engaging presentation "âniskôhôcikan, Like a String of Beads: Indigenous Futurisms." Indigenous futurisms, a term coined by Grace Dillon and indebted to Afrofuturism, seeks to describe a movement of art, literature, games, and other forms of media that express Indigenous perspectives on the future, present, and past. How can Indigenous futurisms help us think and act otherwise?

Please note: Registration is appreciated but not required. Everyone is welcome! 

This workshop is often taken fourth, however it can be completed at any point as an individual session or as part of the certificate.

• This engaging and interactive game allows us to display the way society views gender-based violence and how as men we can learn to accept and empathize with other people’s experiences. This activity always generates a lot of really great conversations.

Part 3 of a three-part workshop hosted by Ela Smith that journeys through First Nations, Inuit, and Metis relations with settlers. As the title indicates, you don't know, what you don't know so everyone is welcome. You will be introduced to the concept of Miskasowin (wholistic self-evaluation) that will define content, context, and relationship promoting further action, accountability, and responsibilities as a treaty person in this land now known as Canada.