Speaker: Rafaël Newman, Comparative Literature, Zurich Title: “The Work of Art in the Age of Neural Machine Translation” Abstract: “But the instant the criterion of authenticity ceases to be applicable […]

Speaker: Marlene Shore, Professor Emerita and Senior Scholar, Department of History/York University Title: “Down from the Mountain: Reckoning with Unrest, Risk, and Charlatanism in the Canadian University, 1919-1939” Abstract: In […]

Speaker: Kent Roach, Law, University of Toronto Topic: “Wrongfully Convicted: Lessons from the Canadian Registry” Abstract: This talk will discuss some of the findings from the Canadian Registry of Wrongful […]

Speaker: Lissa Paul, Professor of English, Brock University Title: “Children’s Literature and Literary History: From Beowulf to Virginia Woolf and from The Big Bad Wolf to Tom Wolfe” Abstract: Not […]

Speaker: Ian Cusson, Composer Title: “Indigeneity in Contemporary Opera: Wolf-men and Vacations to Prague” Abstract: Ian will explore Indigenous representation in contemporary opera through examples from his body of work, […]

Speaker: Nandita Bajaj, Executive Director, Population Balance Title: “Connecting the Dots between Reproductive Autonomy and Environmental Sustainability” Abstract: Human population has doubled in the last 50 years, growing from approximately […]

Speaker: Soren Brothers, Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change, ROM; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U of T Title: “Climate, Lakes, and Museums: Intersections and Transdisciplinary Opportunities” Abstract: While climate […]

Speaker: Paul Stevens, English Department, University of Toronto Title: “Robinson Crusoe and the Slave Trade: A Treatise against Adventure” Abstract: The break-out of the Muslim slave trade into the Atlantic […]

Speaker: Mary Nyquist, English/Comparative Literature, U of T Title: “Early Modern Freedom, Tyranny, and the Rhetorical Power of ‘Slave’” Abstract: Why is the word “slave” capable of causing such anguish […]

Speaker: Yvonne Bombard, IHPME, U of T Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, U of T Title: “Delivering Precision Genomic Medicine: Evidence, Policy and Equity” Genetic testing has become […]

Speaker: Clifford Orwin, Political Science, U of T Title: “The Double 24-Hour Makeover Election” Abstract: The venerable conservative columnist George Will — a retired professor at the U of T! — […]

Speaker: Franca Iacovetta, History, U of T, and Cynthia Wright, School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, York U Title: “Remembering Emma Goldman in Toronto, 1920s-2020s” Abstract: Emma Goldman – […]

Wednesday Talk: January 8 , 2025, at 2pm. It is in-person and on Zoom Speaker: Elizabeth Clare, Biology, York University Title: “A Chance to Measure Life on Earth: The Potential of Airborne […]

Wednesday Talk: January 15 , 2025, at 2pm. It is in-person and on Zoom Speaker:  Gerry Friesen, History, University of Manitoba Title: “The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman” […]

Wednesday Talk: January 22 , 2025, at 2pm. It is in-person and on Zoom Speaker: Anne Urbancic, Italian; Semiotics, Victoria College, U of T Title: “Large Double Double: How Tim […]

Wednesday Talk: January 29 , 2025, at 2pm. It is in-person and on Zoom Speaker: Sharon Vattay, architectural historian, cultural heritage specialist Topic: “Toronto's Massey Music Hall: Conservation in Practice" […]

Speaker: Matthew Light, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, U of T Title: “Ukraine: The Stakes for Canada” Abstract: As the war in Ukraine […]

Speaker: Tom Keymer, English, U of T Title: “Jane Austen and the Jurassic” ABSTRACT: Ecocritical scholarship on 19th-century literature has explored the impact on Victorian writers of the new geological and […]

Speaker: Patricia Brubaker, Physiology and Medicine, U of T Title: The basic science underlying the beneficial actions of ♪O, O, O, O-zempic♪ Abstract: Drugs based on the intestinal hormone glucagon-like […]

Speaker: Netami Stuart, Senior Project Manager for Parks, Waterfront Toronto Title: “The Port Lands Flood Protection Infrastructure Project: How to Build a River” Abstract: The Port Lands Flood Protection and […]

Speaker: Madeleine Zurowski, Physics, U of T Title: “Searching in the Dark” Abstract: Dark Matter is a hypothesised new particle thought to make up 85% of the matter in the universe. This talk will […]

Speaker: James Campbell Topic: “Music Inside Out” Abstract: James Campbell has collaborated with many legendary artists, including Glenn Gould, Aaron Copland, Janus Starker, and the Amadeus String Quartet. He will tell stories about […]

Speaker: Mark G. McGowan, St. Michael’s College, U of T  Topic: “’Kindred Spirits’ in the North: Indigenous Peoples in British North American and their Donations to the Irish Famine Relief” […]

Lorraine York, English and Cultural Studies, McMaster U Tittle “'Yes, I’m a Witch”: Yoko Ono, Paracelebrity as Parasitism, and the Racializing of Fame Hunger” Introducer: Linda Hutcheon The link to […]

Susan McCahan, Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, Digital Strategies and Vice-Provost, Innovations in Undergraduate Education “The Impact of AI on University Education” Introducer: Susan Pfeiffer The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/ZHxgqhTqK5 […]

Liat Margolis, Daniels, U of T; Nikibii Dawadinna Giigwag/Flooded Valley Healing Title: “Call to Action #66: A Land-based Indigenous Youth Program” Introducer: Linda Hutcheon The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/MTkPtk59sh […]

Larry Moran, Biochemistry, U of T Title: “What’s in Your Genome?” Introducer: Jim Gurd The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/7bgbkgf0uH The deadline to register is the Monday before the event […]

Bob Davidson, Spanish, U of T Title: “Smelling the Humanities” Introducer: Anne Urbancic The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/YFp5iE4vwy The deadline to register is the Monday before the event at […]

Robert Sharpe, Law, U of T Title: “The Persons Case: Equality of Women and the Constitution as a Living Tree” Introducer: Jim Hunter The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/8wsLbKveW4 The […]

Eric Jennings, History, U of T Title: “A World History of Vanilla” Introducer: Charles Maurer The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/Ws6T1iTWzC The deadline to register is the Monday before the […]

Zhang, Di, Music, York U Title: “Exploring Regional Yangqin Music in China” Introducer: Daphne Maurer The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/yD5fdP29Kz The deadline to register is the Monday before the […]

Carl Knappett, Art History, U of T Title: “The Coastal World of Minoan Palaikastro” Introducer: Susan Pfeiffer The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/5eW99KUmP9 The deadline to register is the Monday […]

Ian Radforth, History, U of T Title: "Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario That Gripped the World" Introducer: Linda Hutcheon The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/LVdV75HtrE The deadline […]

David Rayside, History Title: “The Biography of an Early Upper Canadian House” Introducer: Jim Gurd The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/WLERcfHBG0 The deadline to register is the Monday before the […]

Quinya Liu, Earth Sciences, Physics, U of T Title: “Rumbles Beneath Your Feet: Earthquakes, Resource Exploration and Earth’s Tectonic History” Introducer: Bibhu Mohanty The link to register is https://forms.office.com/r/mU6TyRkMeK The […]