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Friday, January 4, 2019

A Family Matter: Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy

Monday, January 14, 2019 10:00am - 11:30am Dunton 1811 A Family Matter: Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy offers an interdisciplinary examination of the role family formation plays in both the granting and refusal of Canadian citizenship. In analyzing three different areas of Canada's immigration law and policy,... More

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

November 19th Lecture, Dr. Brian Johnson – Dazzler, Allegory, and Shame: Notes from the Mutant Closet, 1980-1986.

Date: Monday, November 19 2018 Time: 10:00am - 11:30am Venue: Dunton 1811 Queer comics readers have always known that the euphoric freedom of the superbody and the suggestive homosociality of superhero friendships furnish abundant raw materials for queer worldbuilding and the pleasures of self-recognition. We just have to squint at them properly.... More

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Florence Bird Lecture 2018: Policing Black Lives – Sept. 21st

On state violence and Black feminist resistance Robyn Maynard is a Black feminist author, community organizer and public intellectual based in Montréal. She has been a part of movements against racial profiling, police violence, detention and deportation for over a decade and has an extensive background in community work. Robyn will be discussing... More

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