Events 2019-2020
public lectures and gatherings presented by the Frost Centre
18 June 2020 Creative Writing for Social Justice Workshop
The Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies is pleased to invite you to a FREE Creative Writing for Social Justice Workshop provided by Derek Newman-Stille. The workshop is open to Trent University graduate students and faculty and takes place on 18 June 2020 at 2pm.
Often creative writing is thought of as a fun escape rather than social justice work, but social justice can be achieved through art and art can be a means to provoke new and creative forms of thinking. This online, free workshop will give you a chance to access your creative side and explore possibilities for using creative writing to work toward transformation and change. We will explore ideas of social justice and participate in activities to engage your creativity.
This workshop will be provided by 8 time Prix Aurora Award winning writer, editor, activist, and author Derek Newman-Stille. Derek is a queer, nonbinary, disabled PhD student and instructor at Trent University. They teach various courses related to social justice for the departments of Women & Gender Studies, Canadian Studies, and English Literature.
The workshop will be via Zoom, and registration is required.
12 March 2020 film screening & public lecture with James Cullingham
12 March 2020 North at Trent Lecture with Clive Tesar
28 February 2020 Frost Centre Student Professional Development Workshop
27 February 2020 North at Trent Lecture with Mark Stoller
13 February 2020 public lecture with Dominic Hardy
4 February 2020 Frost Centre Student Professional Development Workshop
29 January 2020 public lecture with Phillip Dwight Morgan
25 January 2020 Disco Party with FCSA
12 December 2019 Frost Centre Student Professional Development Workshop
28 November 2019 Frost Centre Student Professional Development Workshop
26 November 2019 with Alan Ojiig Corbiere
25 November 2019 graduate student lecture with Laura Horton
Michele Lacombe's CSID 5000 class hosts Dine Elder Laura Horton, who is trained in both Western and Anishinaabe educational philosophy.
Title: "Living on the Land while in an Academic Setting.”
Abstract: In this talk Laura Horton explains how Gizhe Manitou gave Anishinaabe four gifts and a directive to live in balance and harmony. Indigenous people are doing this globally. She asks us to consider whether we are all doing that, and if we are, how are we doing so?
Location: Traill College Senior Common Room, Scott House, London Street
30 October 2019 public lecture with Alex Souchen
15 October 2019 public lecture with Dorothy Bain
4 October 2019 public lecture with Rinaldo Walcott
22 September 2019 bus trip to Curve Lake Powwow
12 September 2019 bus trip to Petroglyphs Provincial Park
11 September 2019 Cabaret
28 - 30 August 2019 Windy Pine Retreat
A picture of THE Windy Pine perhaps? Sunset snapped from the top of the "do not jump" rock at the end of another great beginning to a new academic year.