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The University of Guelph announces the 5th annual Gryphons Read common reading project, which will encourage first-year students and other members of the university community to connect with each other and to enter into meaningful conversations by reading and discussing the same book. Gryphons Read is a collaboration between the College of Arts, the Office of the Provost, the Library, and the Experiential Learning Hub.

Last day to submit classes for the Fall 2021 semester.

Fall semester classes commence!

It’s our pleasure to invite you to IF 2021, our 24-hour celebration of improvised art that you can stream online this coming weekend (August 13-14).

This "What Works and Whatnot" Conference takes place virtually on June 4th. As a confab initiative, it offers an opportunity for a reflective but relaxing get-together to discuss our pedagogy and practice, as well as our recent experiences as teachers of Africa or of Africa’s history. 

Join us for the

Film and filmmakers have been instrumental in articulating radical political discourses since the early 20th century.  As a tool of representing revolutionary struggles, as a form of activism, or as a means of critique, film is a medium of political praxis which presents diverse images of potential worlds, be they cautionary or aspirational.  Reel Politics asks how film can function to galvanize forms of resistance and to build solidarity in audiences by contextualizing important political moments and by making them real.

Film and filmmakers have been instrumental in articulating radical political discourses since the early 20th century.  As a tool of representing revolutionary struggles, as a form of activism, or as a means of critique, film is a medium of political praxis which presents diverse images of potential worlds, be they cautionary or aspirational.  Reel Politics asks how film can function to galvanize forms of resistance and to build solidarity in audiences by contextualizing important political moments and by making them real.