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SUMMARY:Parliament of Owls
DESCRIPTION:Online research residency for writers and artists to learn about birds in a small group. We will meet ornithologists and birders from around the world.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/parliament-of-owls/
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210521T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210521T180000
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SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-21/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210522T160000
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SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-22/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210523T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210523T180000
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SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-23/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210524T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210524T180000
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SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-24/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T180000
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SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-25/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210526T160000
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SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-26/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T180000
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CREATED:20210513T200953Z
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SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-27/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T203000
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CREATED:20210521T192426Z
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SUMMARY:Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and Véhicule Press presents Christopher DiRaddo launching The Family Way!
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Véhicule Press in partnership with Librairie Drawn & Quarterly.\nJoin us for the launch of Christopher DiRaddo‘s much anticipated second novel\, The Family Way.\nThe launch will feature a reading by Christopher DiRaddo and conversation with Canadian Journalist Rachel Giese\, author of Boys: What It Means to Become a Man\, winner of the 2019 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Questions from the audience will cap off the live online event.\n\nFind the book here: bit.ly/3v6Iltu\nMore info on the D&Q webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq\nWe Ship Canada-wide!\nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.\n\n*****\n\nAbout THE FAMILY WAY by Christopher DiRaddo:\nThe year Paul turns forty\, his friends Wendy and Eve ask him to help them get pregnant. Nothing about the process feels natural to him. But for a gay man of a certain age\, making a family still means finding your own way through a world with few ready answers. The eighteen-month journey reveals many insights about Paul’s past and present\, from his strained relationship to his father\, his overprotective relationship with his partner Michael\, and the many friends around him whom he considers his family.\nChristopher DiRaddo lives in Montreal where he is the founder and host of the Violet Hour LGBTQ reading series. He is also the author of THE GEOGRAPHY OF PLUTO.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/librairie-drawn-quarterly-and-vehicule-press-presents-christopher-diraddo-launching-the-family-way/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T210000
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp: Recto-Verso
DESCRIPTION:FREE EVENT\nSpeakUp: The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange \nA POETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT\nEach audience member receives a copy of the poems\nPoet reads poems\, followed by 15 to 20-minute discussion on the poem\nPoet reads poem a final time \nVisit our Facebook page for more details.\nContact us to register and receive the Zoom link: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com \n  \nGRATUITE\nSpeakUp: L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal \nAVEC SPEAKUP\, LE PUBLIC EST ENGAGÉ\nToutes les personnes présentes reçoivent une copie du poème\nLa poète lit le poème\, suivi de 15 à 20 minutes de discussion\nLe poète lit le poème une dernière fois \nVisitez notre page Facebook pour plus de détails.\nContactez-nous pour vous inscrire et recevoir le lien Zoom: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-recto-verso/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Bilingual/Multilingual,Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210527T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152205
CREATED:20210521T192839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210521T192839Z
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SUMMARY:SpeakUp: Recto-Verso
DESCRIPTION:GRATUITE\nSpeakUp: Recto-Verso – L’Échange Interactif de Poésie de Montréal\nPoètes : Diane Régimbald\, Rae Marie Taylor\, Paul Bélanger \nAVEC SPEAKUP\, LE PUBLIC EST ENGAGÉ\nChaque membre de l’auditoire recevra une copie du poème.\nChaque poète lira d’abord leur poème dans la version originale\, puis dans sa version traduite\, suivi d’une discussion de 15-20 minutes.\nLe poète lira leur poème une dernière fois. \nVisitez notre page Facebook pour plus de détails.\nContactez-nous pour vous inscrire et recevoir le lien Zoom: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com \nFREE EVENT\nSpeakUp: Recto-Verso – The Montreal Inter-Active Poetry Exchange\nPoets: Diane Régimbald\, Rae Marie Taylor\, Paul Bélanger \nA POETRY READING WITH A DIFFERENCE: AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT\nEach member of the audience receives a copy of the poem.\nEach poet reads their poem first in the original version\, and then in translation\, followed by 15-20 minute discussion.\nPoet reads a final time. \nVisit our Facebook page for more details.\nContact us to register and receive the Zoom link: MTLSpeakUp@gmail.com
URL:https://qwf.org/event/speakup-recto-verso-2/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210528T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210528T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152205
CREATED:20210513T200953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210513T201250Z
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SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-28/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JJJ-e-flyer-violette2021-scaled.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210529T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210529T123000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152205
CREATED:20210514T163702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210514T163702Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Shut Up & Write! With QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do at the Atwater Library. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. \nPlease note that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 1\n1025 – 1030: Break\n1030 – 1055: Writing 2\n1055 – 1100: Break\n1100 – 1125: Writing 3\n1125 – 1130: Break\n1130 – 1155: Writing 4\n1155 – 1200: Break\n1200 -1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/virtual-shut-up-write-with-qwf/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Shut Up & Write!
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210529T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210529T180000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210513T201250Z
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SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-29/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210530T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210530T180000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152205
CREATED:20210513T200953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210513T201250Z
UID:10002652-1622390400-1622397600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:VIOLETTE
DESCRIPTION:May 12 to 30\, 2021 – VIOLETTE – Theatre and Virtual Reality.\nViolette welcomes you into her world. She lets you enter the privacy of her room\, and then of her imagination. Only you. Step into her place as into the home of a friend; put on your VR headset; see a universe of snow and forest materialize in front of your eyes; become the sole witness to Violette’s untold story\, both magical and tragic. \nCreated and produced by JOE JACK & JOHN\, with Stephanie Boghen and Tamara Brown.\nSince its inception 17 years ago\, JOE JACK & JOHN’s goal has been to bring forward marginalised voices (collaborating with actors living with intellectual disability) and to make audiences reflect on current issues.\nVIOLETTE breaks down barriers while addressing a reality experienced by too many intellectually disabled women. During their lifetime\, between 70 % and 90% are victims of sexual abuse.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/violette/2021-05-30/
LOCATION:Espace Libre\, 1945 Fullum\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2K 3N3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://qwf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JJJ-e-flyer-violette2021-scaled.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T213000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152205
CREATED:20210525T193647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T193647Z
UID:10002658-1622577600-1622583000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Atwater Poetry Project Online - Jessica Moore & Johanna Skibsrud
DESCRIPTION:Join us for APP Online\, celebrating Jessica Moore’s ‘The Whole Singing Ocean’ and showcasing new work from Johanna Skibsrud.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/atwater-poetry-project-online-jessica-moore-johanna-skibsrud/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152205
CREATED:20210603T150435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T150435Z
UID:10002673-1622732400-1622739600@qwf.org
SUMMARY:A Casual Reconstruction & STRIKE/THRU\, at MAI and online
DESCRIPTION:𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟬$. \n𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 + 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 / 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐔 is a double-bill interdisciplinary encounter between two old friends from Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. Nadia Myre is a contemporary visual artist and Algonquin member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg First Nation\, and Johanna Nutter is a 7th generation euro-settler theatre maker and curator. Along with six invited participants\, they explore the uncomfortable feelings around being Indigenous and/or non-Indigenous. \nAt the heart of 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is a recorded dinner conversation between six people whose origins are Indigenous and “other\,” about the politics of belonging within the confines of colonialism. A verbatim transcript is given to Settler participants\, who re-enact the conversation in front of the audience. Oscillations of identity constructs ensue. 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 / 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐔 is a playful exchange between Nadia and Johanna\, incorporating elements raised by the reenactment with their own lived histories\, in an always-evolving search for what a true act of conciliation might feel like and look like . \n𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 + 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 / 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐔 have gone from stage to screen and will now live in both worlds simultaneously. Using the plasticity of the digital environment to bridge Nadia and Johanna’s disciplines\, and the accessibility of the virtual environment to reach out to a wider range of participants\, they are preparing a LIVE hybrid to be presented onstage at the MAI (Montréal\, arts interculturels) and online at the same time. June 3-5\, 2021 at 3PM EST \nNadia Myre et Johanna Nutter are recipients of MAI (Montréal\, arts interculturels)’s Alliance program.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-casual-reconstruction-strike-thru-at-mai-and-online/2021-06-03/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152205
CREATED:20210521T192213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210521T192213Z
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SUMMARY:Librairie D+Q Presents Jordan Abel launching Nishga
DESCRIPTION:Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and McClelland & Stewart present Jordan Abel launching Nishga\, in conversation with Ian Williams.\nRSVP here: https://bit.ly/3dZx8Fo\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/2Pyb1ML\nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq\nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.\n///////////////////////////////////////\n\nNISHGA\nAs a Nisga’a writer\, Jordan Abel often finds himself in a position where he is asked to explain his relationship to Nisga’a language\, Nisga’a community\, and Nisga’a cultural knowledge. However\, as an intergenerational survivor of residential school–both of his grandparents attended the same residential school–his relationship to his own Indigenous identity is complicated to say the least.\nNISHGA explores those complications and is invested in understanding how the colonial violence originating at the Coqualeetza Indian Residential School impacted his grandparents’ generation\, then his father’s generation\, and ultimately his own. The project is rooted in a desire to illuminate the realities of intergenerational survivors of residential school\, but sheds light on Indigenous experiences that may not seem to be immediately (or inherently) Indigenous.\nDrawing on autobiography and a series of interconnected documents (including pieces of memoir\, transcriptions of talks\, and photography)\, NISHGA is a book about confronting difficult truths and it is about how both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples engage with a history of colonial violence that is quite often rendered invisible.\n///////////////////////////////////////\n\nJORDAN ABEL is a Nisga’a writer from Vancouver. He is the author of The Place of Scraps (winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize)\, Un/inhabited\, and Injun (winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize). Abel’s work has recently been anthologized in The New Concrete: Visual Poetry in the 21st Century (Hayward)\, The Next Wave: An Anthology of 21st Century Canadian Poetry (Anstruther)\, Best Canadian Poetry (Tightrope)\, Counter-Desecration: A Glossary for Writing Within the Anthropocene (Wesleyan)\, and The Land We Are: Artists and Writers Unsettle the Politics of Reconciliation (ARP). Abel’s work has been published in numerous journals and magazines–including Canadian Literature\, The Capilano Review\, and Poetry Is Dead–and his visual poetry has been included in exhibitions at the Polygon Gallery\, UNIT/PITT Gallery\, and the Oslo Pilot Project Room in Oslo\, Norway. Abel recently completed a Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University\, and is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta where he teaches Indigenous Literatures and Creative Writing.\n\nIAN WILLIAMS is the author of Reproduction\, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize; Personals\, shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award; Not Anyone’s Anything\, winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for the best first collection of short fiction in Canada; and You Know Who You Are\, a finalist for the ReLit Prize for poetry. He was named as one of ten Canadian writers to watch by CBC. Williams completed his Ph.D. in English at the University of Toronto\, mentored by George Elliot Clarke\, and is currently an assistant professor of poetry in the Creative Writing program at the University of British Columbia. He was the 2014-2015 Canadian Writer-in-Residence for the University of Calgary’s Distinguished Writers Programme. He has held fellowships or residencies from the Banff Center\, Vermont Studio Center\, Cave Canem\, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts\, and Palazzo Rinaldi in Italy. He was also a scholar at the National Humanities Center Summer Institute for Literary Study and is a judge for the 2018 Griffin prize. His writing has appeared in several North American journals and anthologies.\n///////////////////////////////////////\n\nLibrairie Drawn & Quarterly recognizes that our events and bookstores are located on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka. Many of us refer to Montreal as our home\, but it is named Tiohtiá:ke. This has always been a gathering place for many First Nations and continues to be home to a diverse population of Indigenous peoples. It is important to think about how each and every one of us has arrived here. We are grateful that creating and sharing stories has been a part of this land for thousands of years and we urge you to seek out a story that is different from your own.\nPlease email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/librairie-dq-presents-jordan-abel-launching-nishga/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210603T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152205
CREATED:20210602T161005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T161005Z
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SUMMARY:The Joy of Editing
DESCRIPTION:THE JOY OF EDITING\nThursday\, June 3\, 2021\nTime: 7pm – 8:30pm EST\nRegister in advance for this webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_ORzI_8mcTxyeaWHISQhbjA\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.\nHosted by Palimpsest Press\nPoetry reading & discussion about the writer/editor relationship
URL:https://qwf.org/event/the-joy-of-editing/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210604T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210604T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152206
CREATED:20210603T150435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T150435Z
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SUMMARY:A Casual Reconstruction & STRIKE/THRU\, at MAI and online
DESCRIPTION:𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟬$. \n𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 + 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 / 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐔 is a double-bill interdisciplinary encounter between two old friends from Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. Nadia Myre is a contemporary visual artist and Algonquin member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg First Nation\, and Johanna Nutter is a 7th generation euro-settler theatre maker and curator. Along with six invited participants\, they explore the uncomfortable feelings around being Indigenous and/or non-Indigenous. \nAt the heart of 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is a recorded dinner conversation between six people whose origins are Indigenous and “other\,” about the politics of belonging within the confines of colonialism. A verbatim transcript is given to Settler participants\, who re-enact the conversation in front of the audience. Oscillations of identity constructs ensue. 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 / 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐔 is a playful exchange between Nadia and Johanna\, incorporating elements raised by the reenactment with their own lived histories\, in an always-evolving search for what a true act of conciliation might feel like and look like . \n𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 + 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 / 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐔 have gone from stage to screen and will now live in both worlds simultaneously. Using the plasticity of the digital environment to bridge Nadia and Johanna’s disciplines\, and the accessibility of the virtual environment to reach out to a wider range of participants\, they are preparing a LIVE hybrid to be presented onstage at the MAI (Montréal\, arts interculturels) and online at the same time. June 3-5\, 2021 at 3PM EST \nNadia Myre et Johanna Nutter are recipients of MAI (Montréal\, arts interculturels)’s Alliance program.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-casual-reconstruction-strike-thru-at-mai-and-online/2021-06-04/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210605T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210605T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152206
CREATED:20210603T150435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T150435Z
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SUMMARY:A Casual Reconstruction & STRIKE/THRU\, at MAI and online
DESCRIPTION:𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱: 𝟭𝟬$. \n𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 + 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 / 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐔 is a double-bill interdisciplinary encounter between two old friends from Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. Nadia Myre is a contemporary visual artist and Algonquin member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg First Nation\, and Johanna Nutter is a 7th generation euro-settler theatre maker and curator. Along with six invited participants\, they explore the uncomfortable feelings around being Indigenous and/or non-Indigenous. \nAt the heart of 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is a recorded dinner conversation between six people whose origins are Indigenous and “other\,” about the politics of belonging within the confines of colonialism. A verbatim transcript is given to Settler participants\, who re-enact the conversation in front of the audience. Oscillations of identity constructs ensue. 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 / 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐔 is a playful exchange between Nadia and Johanna\, incorporating elements raised by the reenactment with their own lived histories\, in an always-evolving search for what a true act of conciliation might feel like and look like . \n𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 + 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄 / 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐔 have gone from stage to screen and will now live in both worlds simultaneously. Using the plasticity of the digital environment to bridge Nadia and Johanna’s disciplines\, and the accessibility of the virtual environment to reach out to a wider range of participants\, they are preparing a LIVE hybrid to be presented onstage at the MAI (Montréal\, arts interculturels) and online at the same time. June 3-5\, 2021 at 3PM EST \nNadia Myre et Johanna Nutter are recipients of MAI (Montréal\, arts interculturels)’s Alliance program.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/a-casual-reconstruction-strike-thru-at-mai-and-online/2021-06-05/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210606T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210606T193000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152206
CREATED:20210311T151242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210311T151406Z
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SUMMARY:D+Q Cooks Book Club: In Bibi's Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:Virtual gathering via Zoom\nMeeting ID: 886 9982 7193\nPasscode: 002276 \nJoin our D+Q Cooks Book Club as we meet every month virtually to discuss and and eat from new cookbooks!\nFood lovers take note!\nTo attend this club we ask that you cook something from the cookbook and come ready to discuss and eat\, virtually that is!\nSuper excited to test recipes from the book beforehand?! Tag us at #DandQCooks on Instagram or post your work on the Facebook page. You can also join our group Drawn & Quarterly Cook Book Club where we keep the discussion rolling. At our next meeting\, Sunday\, June 6th\, at 6 PM ET\, we’ll discuss IN BIBI’S KITCHEN\, The Recipes And Stories Of Grandmothers From The Eight African Countries That Touch The Indian Ocean by Hawa Hassan\, with Julia Turshen. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/3va3uUA \nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq\nWe Ship Canada-wide! \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated. \n  \n\nPlease email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/dq-cooks-book-club-in-bibis-kitchen/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152206
CREATED:20210603T145426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T145426Z
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SUMMARY:Getting Published in Lit Mags
DESCRIPTION:Canada has a great selection of literary magazines and journals. How can you increase your chances of getting published in their pages?\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nCanada has a great selection of literary magazines and journals. What can you do to increase your chances of getting published in their pages? Join Jessica Johns (Managing Editor\, Room) and Greg Santos (Editor in Chief\, carte blanche) for insider tips on lit mag submissions\, selection processes\, publication steps\, and more. Plus\, this session will include a quickfire First Page Challenge — a behind-the-scenes look at submission selection as Jessica and Greg offer on-the-spot feedback based on the first pages of anonymous submissions. Hosted by writer and translator Sally Ito\, this webinar runs 60 minutes and includes a Q&A period. \nClick here to submit the first page of your fiction\, nonfiction\, or poetry submission. (deadline: June 3\, 2021). \nTWUC members who are unable to attend will have access to a recording of the webinar for a limited time. \nThis webinar will be hosted on Zoom. Once you have registered with an Eventbrite ticket\, you will receive a confirmation email from The Writers’ Union of Canada with instructions and your link to join the Zoom webinar on June 8. \nThe Spring/Summer 2021 webinar series is presented with support from the Access Copyright Foundation. \nJessica Johns is a nehiyaw aunty with English-Irish ancestry and is a member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta. She is the Managing Editor for Room magazine and a co-organizer of the Indigenous Brilliance reading series. Her debut poetry chapbook How Not to Spill co-won the 2019 BP Nichol Chapbook Award and her short story\, “Bad Cree\,” won the 2020 Writers’ Trust Journey Prize. Her novel BAD CREE will be released in January 2023 with HarperCollins. \nGreg Santos is a poet\, editor\, and educator. He is the author of Blackbirds (2018)\, Rabbit Punch! (2014)\, and The Emperor’s Sofa (2019). His newest poetry book is Ghost Face (2020). He holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The New School. He regularly works with at-risk communities and teaches at the Thomas More Institute. He is the Editor in Chief of the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s online magazine\, carte blanche. Greg lives in Montreal with his family. Visit the author’s website: gregsantos.me. (Photo credit: Mollye Miller) \nSally Ito is a Japanese Canadian writer\, translator\, and teacher of creative writing who lives in Winnipeg. She has published three books of poetry\, a collection of short stories\, and was a co-translator for a book of Japanese children’s poetry about Japanese poet Misuzu Kaneko. Her latest book is her memoir\, The Emperor’s Orphans\, published by Turnstone in 2018.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/getting-published-in-lit-mags/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T213000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152206
CREATED:20210312T181631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210528T180806Z
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SUMMARY:New Reads Book Club: Klara and the Sun
DESCRIPTION:VIA ZOOM\nMeeting ID: 831 8693 6429\nPasscode: 740726 \nThe New Reads Book Club focuses on contemporary literature and is hosted by Drawn & Quarterly staff members.\nJune 8th\, we will meet virtually at 8pm to discuss Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/30zCW0S \nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq\nWe Ship Canada-wide! \nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated. \nPlease email events@drawnandquarterly.com if you have any questions!
URL:https://qwf.org/event/new-reads-book-club-klara-and-the-sun/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210611T193000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152206
CREATED:20210528T175838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210528T175838Z
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Club: Clap When You Land
DESCRIPTION:Join us at la Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly for our Teen book club! Our June pick is Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. No olds\, please.\nThis is a book club for teenagers\, with a median age of 13-16 or grades sec 1-5 — all kids must be in secondary school. There will be a different book every meeting. The focus is to provide teenagers a safe space to learn to discuss and express thoughts and ideas about literature among their peers without parents or teachers. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind it here: https://bit.ly/3u9JmRw\nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq\nWe Ship Canada-wide!\nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/teen-book-club-clap-when-you-land/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210612T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210612T123000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152206
CREATED:20210527T155656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210527T155656Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Shut Up & Write! With QWF
DESCRIPTION:Looking for some dedicated\, quiet writing space? \nRegister below to do all that writing you’ve been meaning to do. Using the Pomodoro technique\, participants write in 25 minute bursts\, with 5 minutes break in between. \nThis event is for QWF members only. Not a member? Learn about becoming a member. Please note that you have to be logged in for the registration link to show up. \nPlease note as well that these sessions are designed for silent writing\, rather than discussing or getting feedback on work. \n\n1000 – 1025: Writing 1\n1025 – 1030: Break\n1030 – 1055: Writing 2\n1055 – 1100: Break\n1100 – 1125: Writing 3\n1125 – 1130: Break\n1130 – 1155: Writing 4\n1155 – 1200: Break\n1200 -1225: Writing 5
URL:https://qwf.org/event/virtual-shut-up-write-with-qwf-3/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events,QWF Events,Shut Up & Write!
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210614T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210614T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T152206
CREATED:20210510T161358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210510T161358Z
UID:10002629-1623664800-1623672000@qwf.org
SUMMARY:Mired 2 Moving: Getting Unstuck in Your Writing
DESCRIPTION:MONDAYs: June 14\, June 21\, and June 28\, 2021 – 10:00 am to 12:00 noon\n \nThis workshop is limited to 25 participants. \nMired 2 Moving is a deep listening and storytelling space where everyone comes in with what they are holding and where they want to get to. \nOur intention is to explore and strengthen your relationship with your writing. We work with elements of Journaling (awareness of\, attention to\, and honouring thought)\, loving kindness meditation (grounding and cultivating space within)\, social presencing theatre (getting unstuck)\, playback theatre (listening to self and other\, spontaneity\, creativity \, improvisation) and guided visualization (symbols and the unconscious). \nCome as you are\, bring what you hold. \nLisa and Joliane of Montreal Living Histories will help us reflect about and play with creativity\, the senses\, self-care\, pleasure\, and creating writing together. \nJoliane Allaire uses theatre techniques as pedagogical tools in education settings. For the last decade she has evolved with the Living Histories Ensemble where she explores intersections of Playback Theater\, Theater for the Oppressed\, Theatre for the Living\, and Developmental Transformation. \nLisa Ndejuru is a psychotherapist\, psychodramatist\, and theatre practitioner. Her research – creation explores survival and life\, stories and silence\, persecution\, genocide\, war and dislocation through deep listening\, storytelling\, and play. \nThis workshop is FREE. It will be held on ZOOM. Space is limited. To register: awe@atwaterlibrary.ca. \nThis online workshop is being produced in partnership with the Quebec Writers’ Federation. \nThe Atwater Library and Computer Centre is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka. \nGenerously supported by the Community Cultural Action Fund (CCAF) of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/mired-2-moving-getting-unstuck-in-your-writing/2021-06-14/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:QWF Workshops,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Graphic Novel Book Club: Fangs
DESCRIPTION:Join our Graphic Novel Book Club as we meet online every month to discuss contemporary Graphic Novels!\nAt our next meeting\, Tuesday\, June 15th\, at 8 PM ET\, we’ll discuss Fangs by Sarah Andersen. \nWhere and How Can I purchase the book?\nFind the book here: https://bit.ly/3xTNXJC\nMore info on our webstore here:\nhttp://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq\nWe Ship Canada-wide!\nBy purchasing your book at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly you help support events like this one\, independent publishing and retailing\, our neighborhood\, and authors both local and from around the world who depend on independent bookstores for their livelihood. Your support is appreciated.
URL:https://qwf.org/event/graphic-novel-book-club-fangs/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T160000
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SUMMARY:Contested Imaginaries
DESCRIPTION:Organized by students in the Humanities PhD program\, Contested Imaginaries is a conference where students\, artists\, performers\, and community members from Concordia and abroad can share knowledge\, thoughts\, art\, and questions. Our theme centers on a sensibility of justice and the creation of alternative futures. \nDay 1: Archives and Afterlives of the Anthropocene\nJune 17th\, 2021 \nPanel 1: Decolonial and More-than-human Ecologies (9 – 10:30 am EST)\n[9:00 – 9:15 am] – The Dark Posthuman: Social Reproduction\, Social Justice\, and EcologicalCare paper with video component presented by Dr. Stephanie Polsky (Goldsmiths\, University of London).\n[9:15 – 9:30 am] – Black Speculative Fiction as a Praxis of Moten’s “Nothingness”: Visions\, Hallucinations\, and Other Unpackings of Material Freedoms paper presented by Paige Grant (MA student\, University of Toronto).\n[9:30- 9:45 am] – ¡Co-existimos! A Multi-species Inquiry into Morpho butterflies as Urban Companion Species paper and photo-walk presented by Melina Campos Ortiz (PhD candidate\, Department of Sociology and Anthropology\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\nQ&A: 30 min\n(Short break) (15 min) \nWorkshop 1 (10:30 – 12:00 EST)\nGlimmering in the Gloom: Integrating Narrative Therapy and Speculative Fiction workshop facilitated by Tiffany Sostar (Community Scholar).\n(Long break) 60 min \nPanel 2: Unlikely Archives\, Counter Discourses\, Dissident Memories (1:00 – 2:30 pm EST)\n[1:00- 1:15 pm] – A Creek Story: The Demise and Re-emergence of a Creek and Community paper presented by Dr. Grant Corbishley (Te Haapori i Haewai).\n[1:15- 1:30 pm] – Cemeteries as Social Archives: Reflecting on mixed-method Fieldwork in South Lebanon paper presented by Sabah Fatima Haider (PhD Candidate\, CISSC\, Concordia\nUniversity\, Montréal and Department of Social Anthropology and Ethnology\, EHESS\, Paris).\n[1:30-1:45 pm] – Collage as Counter-Discourse to the ‘Here’ and ‘Now’ in Ali Smith’s Autumn paper presented by Leah Chochinov (MA student\, Department of English\, McMaster University).\n[1:45 – 2:00 pm] – Memes as Anarchives: The Unlikely Variations of the Visconti Tarot paper presented by Albertine Thunier (PhD candidate\, Communication Studies\, Université de Montréal).\nQ&A: 30 min\n(Short break) (15 min) \nWorkshop 2 (2:45-4:00 pm EST)\nConnection through Drawing #2: Experimental Participatory Drawing\nQ + I (Oliver Cloke and Patrick Loan). \nEnd of Day 1: Gather.town Party & Video Screening \n  \nDay 2: Sensory Imaginaries\, Contested Phenomenologies\nJune 18th\, 2021 \nPanel 1: Sounds and Movements of Resistance (9 – 10:30 am EST)\n[9:00- 9:15 am] – Dance\, Racism\, and Anthropological Knowledge paper presented by Claire Vionnet (Visiting Postdoc Fellow\, University Paris 8\, Dance Department; Associate Junior Fellow\,\nWalter Benjamin Kolleg\, University of Bern).\n[9:15- 9:30 am] – Silencing an Acoustic Community: Gentrification as a Silencing Mechanism in the Context of Sarıgöl Romani Neighborhood paper with dance component presented by Burcu\nYaşin (PhD candidate\, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\n[9:30 – 9:45 am] – Walking With: An Aural Essay About Collective Feminism sound-walk presented by Amanda Gutierrez (PhD candidate\, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society\nand Culture\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\nQ&A: 30 min\n(Short break) (15 min) \nWorkshop 1 (10:30-12:00 EST)\nGlobalizing Hope: Co-Creating an Interactive Arts Kit for Emergencies\, Resilience and Joy workshop facilitated by Hilal Demir\, Gesa Bent\, and Julia Kramer\n(Long break) (60 min) \nPanel 2: Embodiment & Affect (1:00 – 2:30 pm EST)\n[1:00-1:15 pm] – In the Midst of Childhood: Representations of the “Problem Body” and the “Normative Body” in Children’s Lives paper presented by Madeleine DeWelles (University of\nToronto\, Social Justice Education\, OISE).\n[1:15-1:30 pm] – ‘No Future’ for Queers: An Investigation into Pregnancy and Queer Joy as Utopia paper presented by Cathrin Fischer (University College Dublin).\n[1:30-1:45 pm] – Stories of Cuts and Care paper presented by Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin\, Joëlle Dubé\, Laura Magnusson (PhD candidates\, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and\nCulture\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\n[1:45 – 2:00 pm] – Have a Wobble: Fat\, Movement\, and Unstable Identities screening and participatory performance talk by Magdalena Hutter (PhD candidate\, Centre for Interdisciplinary\nStudies in Society and Culture\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\nQ&A: 30 min\n(Short break) (15 min) \nWorkshop 2 (2:45-4:00 pm EST)\nMoving-with: Movement\, Sensation\, and (Re) discovery workshop facilitated by Keven Lee (PhD Candidate\, McGill University\, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy). \nEnd of Day 2: Gather.town Party & Video Screening \n  \nDay 3: Poetic Imaginaries\, Nocturnal Creativities\nJune 19th\, 2021 \nPoetry Night (5 pm-6 pm EST)\nSelection from Extraordinary Renditions by Niki Lambros\n(Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\nThe 22 Weird Ellipses by Miles Forrester\n(Department of English alumnus\, Concordia University\, Montréal)\nPoetry Reading by Michael Shaw\n(Department of English\, Concordia University\, Montréal)\nPoetry Reading by Alexei Perri Cox\n(Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture\, Concordia University\, Montréal)\n(Short break) (15 min) \nWorkshop (6:15-7:30 pm EST)\nAllison Wist (Part-time Faculty\, NYU Food Studies) \nEnd of Day 3: Closing party on Gather.town
URL:https://qwf.org/event/contested-imaginaries/2021-06-17/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Concordia University - Department of English":MAILTO:beth.crevier@concordia.ca
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SUMMARY:Contested Imaginaries
DESCRIPTION:Organized by students in the Humanities PhD program\, Contested Imaginaries is a conference where students\, artists\, performers\, and community members from Concordia and abroad can share knowledge\, thoughts\, art\, and questions. Our theme centers on a sensibility of justice and the creation of alternative futures. \nDay 1: Archives and Afterlives of the Anthropocene\nJune 17th\, 2021 \nPanel 1: Decolonial and More-than-human Ecologies (9 – 10:30 am EST)\n[9:00 – 9:15 am] – The Dark Posthuman: Social Reproduction\, Social Justice\, and EcologicalCare paper with video component presented by Dr. Stephanie Polsky (Goldsmiths\, University of London).\n[9:15 – 9:30 am] – Black Speculative Fiction as a Praxis of Moten’s “Nothingness”: Visions\, Hallucinations\, and Other Unpackings of Material Freedoms paper presented by Paige Grant (MA student\, University of Toronto).\n[9:30- 9:45 am] – ¡Co-existimos! A Multi-species Inquiry into Morpho butterflies as Urban Companion Species paper and photo-walk presented by Melina Campos Ortiz (PhD candidate\, Department of Sociology and Anthropology\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\nQ&A: 30 min\n(Short break) (15 min) \nWorkshop 1 (10:30 – 12:00 EST)\nGlimmering in the Gloom: Integrating Narrative Therapy and Speculative Fiction workshop facilitated by Tiffany Sostar (Community Scholar).\n(Long break) 60 min \nPanel 2: Unlikely Archives\, Counter Discourses\, Dissident Memories (1:00 – 2:30 pm EST)\n[1:00- 1:15 pm] – A Creek Story: The Demise and Re-emergence of a Creek and Community paper presented by Dr. Grant Corbishley (Te Haapori i Haewai).\n[1:15- 1:30 pm] – Cemeteries as Social Archives: Reflecting on mixed-method Fieldwork in South Lebanon paper presented by Sabah Fatima Haider (PhD Candidate\, CISSC\, Concordia\nUniversity\, Montréal and Department of Social Anthropology and Ethnology\, EHESS\, Paris).\n[1:30-1:45 pm] – Collage as Counter-Discourse to the ‘Here’ and ‘Now’ in Ali Smith’s Autumn paper presented by Leah Chochinov (MA student\, Department of English\, McMaster University).\n[1:45 – 2:00 pm] – Memes as Anarchives: The Unlikely Variations of the Visconti Tarot paper presented by Albertine Thunier (PhD candidate\, Communication Studies\, Université de Montréal).\nQ&A: 30 min\n(Short break) (15 min) \nWorkshop 2 (2:45-4:00 pm EST)\nConnection through Drawing #2: Experimental Participatory Drawing\nQ + I (Oliver Cloke and Patrick Loan). \nEnd of Day 1: Gather.town Party & Video Screening \n  \nDay 2: Sensory Imaginaries\, Contested Phenomenologies\nJune 18th\, 2021 \nPanel 1: Sounds and Movements of Resistance (9 – 10:30 am EST)\n[9:00- 9:15 am] – Dance\, Racism\, and Anthropological Knowledge paper presented by Claire Vionnet (Visiting Postdoc Fellow\, University Paris 8\, Dance Department; Associate Junior Fellow\,\nWalter Benjamin Kolleg\, University of Bern).\n[9:15- 9:30 am] – Silencing an Acoustic Community: Gentrification as a Silencing Mechanism in the Context of Sarıgöl Romani Neighborhood paper with dance component presented by Burcu\nYaşin (PhD candidate\, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\n[9:30 – 9:45 am] – Walking With: An Aural Essay About Collective Feminism sound-walk presented by Amanda Gutierrez (PhD candidate\, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society\nand Culture\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\nQ&A: 30 min\n(Short break) (15 min) \nWorkshop 1 (10:30-12:00 EST)\nGlobalizing Hope: Co-Creating an Interactive Arts Kit for Emergencies\, Resilience and Joy workshop facilitated by Hilal Demir\, Gesa Bent\, and Julia Kramer\n(Long break) (60 min) \nPanel 2: Embodiment & Affect (1:00 – 2:30 pm EST)\n[1:00-1:15 pm] – In the Midst of Childhood: Representations of the “Problem Body” and the “Normative Body” in Children’s Lives paper presented by Madeleine DeWelles (University of\nToronto\, Social Justice Education\, OISE).\n[1:15-1:30 pm] – ‘No Future’ for Queers: An Investigation into Pregnancy and Queer Joy as Utopia paper presented by Cathrin Fischer (University College Dublin).\n[1:30-1:45 pm] – Stories of Cuts and Care paper presented by Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin\, Joëlle Dubé\, Laura Magnusson (PhD candidates\, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and\nCulture\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\n[1:45 – 2:00 pm] – Have a Wobble: Fat\, Movement\, and Unstable Identities screening and participatory performance talk by Magdalena Hutter (PhD candidate\, Centre for Interdisciplinary\nStudies in Society and Culture\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\nQ&A: 30 min\n(Short break) (15 min) \nWorkshop 2 (2:45-4:00 pm EST)\nMoving-with: Movement\, Sensation\, and (Re) discovery workshop facilitated by Keven Lee (PhD Candidate\, McGill University\, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy). \nEnd of Day 2: Gather.town Party & Video Screening \n  \nDay 3: Poetic Imaginaries\, Nocturnal Creativities\nJune 19th\, 2021 \nPoetry Night (5 pm-6 pm EST)\nSelection from Extraordinary Renditions by Niki Lambros\n(Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture\, Concordia University\, Montréal).\nThe 22 Weird Ellipses by Miles Forrester\n(Department of English alumnus\, Concordia University\, Montréal)\nPoetry Reading by Michael Shaw\n(Department of English\, Concordia University\, Montréal)\nPoetry Reading by Alexei Perri Cox\n(Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture\, Concordia University\, Montréal)\n(Short break) (15 min) \nWorkshop (6:15-7:30 pm EST)\nAllison Wist (Part-time Faculty\, NYU Food Studies) \nEnd of Day 3: Closing party on Gather.town
URL:https://qwf.org/event/contested-imaginaries/2021-06-18/
LOCATION:Online – Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link
CATEGORIES:Community Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Concordia University - Department of English":MAILTO:beth.crevier@concordia.ca
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