BREAK THE BINARY and enter into Cyber-queer-utopia. This in-person event at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre was a celebration of the new virtual space showcasing the art of trans+ artists. Organized in collaboration with Transgender Expressions Haven, a not for profit organization building community for transgender artists in a celebration of their latest virtual exhibition […]
When Behrouz Boochani, Kurdish-Iranian human rights activist/journalist was in the Australian-run refugee detention camp in Manus Island, Papua New Guinea he used his smartphone to secretly write over 100 articles, a book – the award-winning “No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison” – and a film “Chauka, Please Tell Us the Time.” In […]
Featuring a dynamic panel of media activists, artists and spiritual practitioners alike, this online event explored the ways that the members of our creative and social justice communities protect our collective well-being during a critical period dominated by digital landscapes.
This workshop, hosted by Dr. Eliza Chandler and Dr. Jane Griffith introduces students to what the annual Congress for Social Sciences and Humanities conference is, how to apply, and how to potentially fund their travel.
From an interactive map of feminist history in Toronto to a Virtual Reality exploration of media activism, students in RTA893/MP8912 Social Justice Media, taught by Dr. Marusya Bociurkiw, collaborated with faculty and community to develop innovative solutions to social justice issues. Students have been collaborating with: Dr. Sandra Jeppesen (Lakehead University)Dr. Esther Ignani (Ryerson University)Mediaqueer.ca‘s […]
The studio’s 2017 symposium DIRT: Intersectional Approaches to Messiness opened with a screening of the rarely-screened and controversial National Film Board documentary Passiflora (1985, Canada, 85 min.) on 16mm. Passiflora is an experimental documentary ostensibly about the time Pope John Paul II and Michael Jackson visited Montreal within a week of each other in 1984. Produced […]
This special lunchtime talk by visiting scholar Dr. Elena Marchevska was focused on the self-organized Macedonian protest choir Raspeani Skopjani, which enacts flash mobs to critique gentrification in the city of Skopje. The choir shows up unannounced, at specific politically pertinent locations in Skopje (like the Central Orthodox Church, Parliament, or City Museum): its’ participants […]
Digital activism isn’t just about technology. It’s also about the people who use it. In an age when we’re online all the time, communicating with people on the ground continues to be a crucial way to create change. This event features anti-poverty activist Penny Goldsmith who presents her compelling graphic book about the hard-scrabble anti-poverty […]
Crashing after Pride? Marvellous Grounds has you covered… Marvellous Grounds is a QTBIPOC (queer and trans Black, Indigenous and people of colour) archive that explores how QTBIPOC create communities, make space and foster connections within Toronto/Three Fires Territories and beyond. This collection brings together art, writing and research that is in the service of community […]
Our director Marusya Bociurkiw launches her film “This Is Gay Propaganda: LGBT Rights & the War in Ukraine” at an event moderated by Dr. Rachel Epstein. The event also included a report by an LGBT activist on the situation in Kenya.