Past Events

The History Department Presents: United Way Trivia Night Fundraiser Come compete against your fellow scholars and test your knowledge of literature, history, music, and famous thinkers. Put your thinking caps on, dust off your tweed jackets, and come dressed as your favourite historical figures -- prizes to the trivia masters and for best team name/costume! Sign up in teams of up to 5 or as individuals – email ccarstai@uoguelph.ca to register

Join the School of Languages and Literatures as we welcome guest speaker Jessie Thomson, the Vice-President of Strategic Planning (Interim) CARE Canada, as she presents her lecture: The future of International Non-governmental Organizations (INGOs) in a post-COVID world.

Join the School of Languages and Literatures upcoming public lecture featuring Julieta Alejandra Arriaga Suárez of Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán in Mexico. Her research focuses on Yucatec Mayan children, and explores how their lived space, social relationships and structures, influence their knowledge and practices, and how these are affected by cultural continuity and change.

On Friday November 6th at 7pm, the Museums of Mississauga alongside the Mississauga Library will host celebrated Canadian author and University of Guelph School of English and Theatre Studies professor, Lawrence Hill for an online talk. Hill will share research centred around his current project, a novel about African-American soldiers who built the Alaska Highway in British Columbia and the Yukon during WWII. 

Students who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in English or Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph are encouraged to attend a virtual information seminar hosted by Professor Jade Ferguson (Graduate Coordinator, SETS) and Professor Julie Cairnie on Friday, November 6th at 11:30am. During the session, both professors will provide advice on compiling and submitting a successful graduate school application for all aspiring SETS graduate students and answer any pressing questions they might have.

The School of Languages and Literatures presents guest speaker Dr. Olumide Popoola in our upcoming lecture. Olumide is a Nigerian-German writer and her publications include essays, poetry, a novella, a play text, the short story collection breach, which she co-authored with Annie Holmes (Peirene Press, 2016), and the novel When We Speak of Nothing.

Joel Bakan (filmmaker: The Corporation & The New Corporation)  

The School of Languages and Literatures presents Tommy Mayberry (he/she/they), the Manager of Outreach and Recruitment at St. Jerome’s University at the University of Waterloo.

Waubgeshig Rice (author: Moon of the Crusted Snow) Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist originally from Wasauksing First Nation. His first short story collection, Midnight Sweatlodge, was inspired by his experiences growing up in an Anishinaabe community, and won an Independent Publishers Book Award in 2012. His debut novel, Legacy, followed in 2014. A French translation was published in 2017. His latest novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow, was released in October 2018 and became a national bestseller.

In my life, I have never been part of a mainstream identity. I was born in Algeria to a very Berber family. I lived for 25 years as a minority in this Arabic context. In 1995, I immigrated to Italy and I experienced the challenges of belonging to the Muslim North African minority in Italy, especially after September 11th, 2001. In 2014, I moved to New York. This peripheral identity has pushed me to continually ask myself: How can I reconcile my culture of origin with new cultures?