Lecture

Friday, May 26, 2023 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

A Discussion on Indigenous Research and Epistemology

How should we conduct research in cooperation and partnership with Indigenous communities? What does it mean for Indigenous scholars and students to do research within the colonial structures and settler epistemologies of Western universities? The panelists, consisting of Indigenous students and researchers as well as settlers working with and for Indigenous communities, will share their perspectives and experiences on these questions.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Valuation of wetlands in agricultural landscapes of Canada

As part of the Water Institute's Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada, Pascal Badiou, Research Scientist, Ducks Unlimited Canada presents: Valuation of wetlands in agricultural landscapes of Canada.

Dr. Bird presents the importance of teaching the history of Indigenous representation in games and will break down various examples from Custer’s Revenge to the Mortal Kombat and Red Dead Redemption series to demonstrate these types of gamic language.

Tuesday, April 25, 2023 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Just Relationships for Research Panel

This interdisciplinary panel will outline roles and responsibilities as well as best practices for graduate student supervision to frame a discussion of how to foster and maintain just relationships among researchers, with a focus on the principles and practices animating non-extractive student-supervisor relationships.

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The Changing Same: Blackness, Representation, and Video Games

A discussion of the promise and peril of POC video game character voice acting, focusing primarily on the connections of Black male anger and Black fatherhood in God of War through the voice work of TC Carson and Christopher Judge, contextualized against the audio Brownface of two voice POC women characters in Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Quentin Grafton, Professor of Economics and Chairholder UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance at the Australian National University (ANU), will present: Responding to the World Water Crisis: Mar del Plata (1977) to New York (2023).