Philippine Studies: Moving Towards Transnational Collective Impact

Room 305, Third Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York Unversity

Thursday, 26 October 2023 | Noon to 13:00 EDT | Room 305, Third Floor, York Lanes | York University | In person With Annalisa Enrile, University of Southern California Dr. Enrile will share her 30 years of experience building Philippine Studies in Los Angeles. From her activism as a student to her current role as […]

India’s Solidarity Economics: An Indian Feminist Understanding of ROSCAs, Self Help Groups, and the Kudumbashree System in Kerala

Room 314, Third Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University

Thursday, 26 October 2023 | 14:30 to 15:30 EDT | Room 314, Third Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University With Christabell P. J., Department of Economics, University of Kerala In the solidarity sector, India is well-known for self-help groups. This ability to mobilize groups is no easy feat in a country with a population […]

Freedom, Loyalty and Home: Reflections on the Life of the Hong Kong Diaspora

Room 280N, Second Floor, York Lanes, York University

Friday, 27 October 2023 | 14:00 to 16:00 EDT | Room 280N, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University Joseph Chan, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, will give the sixth Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies The recent waves of migration from Hong Kong to different parts of the world have occurred against […]

Feminist CityWriting in the Extraordinary and the Emergent: Notes from GenUrb’s Delhi CRT 

York University

Tuesday, 31 October 2023 | Tuesday, 31 October 2023 | Noon to 13:30 EDT | Room 626, Sixth Floor, Kaneff Tower | Keele Campus | York University With Anindita Datta (University of Delhi) and Swagata Basu (S.S.V. College, Hapur) In this talk, the speakers will outline the process of ‘citywriting’ from a feminist perspective, foregrounding […]

Living Off the Land: Migration from Myanmar and the (Dis)Locations of Nature in Refugee Lives  

Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, York University and virtually via Zoom

Thursday, 02 November 2023 | 10:00 to Noon EDT | Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, York University and virtually via Zoom With Nicole T. Venker, Cornell University Respondent: Shae Frydenlund, Teaching Assistant Professor, Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado Boulder Virtual attendees can register at this link This event is part of the […]

Paalam Virtual Dance Sharings and Roundtable

Virtually via Zoom

Sunday, 12 November 2023 |  09:00 EST/15:00 GMT/19:30 IST | Virtually via Zoom Register at this link. This casual virtual roundtable features the work of three international dancers that reimagine how bharatanatyam, kuchipudi, and whacking/waacking can represent our experiences. Join artists Dhanarajh Rasiah (Sri Lanka), Ranjini Nair (India/UK), and Sangram Mukhopadhyay (India) as they share and […]

Decolonial Anti-fascism Symposium: Lessons from Māori and Asian Organizing in Aotearoa New Zealand

York University and virtually via Zoom

Tuesday, 14 November 2023 | 9:30 to 17:00 EST | Keele Campus, York University and virtually via Zoom Bringing together Māori and  Asian activists and scholars from Aotearoa New Zealand with Tkaronto-based activists and scholars to address challenges and praxis of solidarity building Speakers: Sina Brown-Davis Dr. Arama Rata Tāwhana Chadwick Riley Yesno Kirsty Fong […]

The Stories Around Us: Mental Health Narratives of South Asian Women | Book Launch webinar with editor Rana Khan

Via Zoom

Wednesday, 15 November 2023 | Noon to 13:30 EST | Virtually via Zoom With Rana Khan, editor of The Stories Around Us Namrta Mohan, psychotherapist, speaker and clinical supervisor Kripa Sekhar, Executive Director, South Asian Women’s Centre Please register for this event at this link. Rana Khan is an author, poet, ESL teacher and community […]

From Kerala to Canada: The Situation of the Malayalee Students in Toronto

Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, York University

Wednesday, 15 November 2023 | 15:00 to 16:30 EST | Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower | York University | In person With Lijo Lal, University of Kerala Malayalee migrants from Kerala, India, are one of the fastest growing ethnolinguistic group in Canada. This talk examines the experiences of Malayalee international students in the GTA. […]

Paalam Dance Salon

Leonard Common Room 75 St. George Street, Toronto

Saturday, 18 November 2023 | 17:00 EST | Leonard Common Room, 75 St. George Street, Toronto Featuring works by Ann Ariyadasa, Ramya Raghavan, and Niroshehaa Ragunathan with Marilyn Yogayrajah. Join us work-in-progress dance performances and for conversations with chai and snacks! Register at this link. Gardeners of Stories (Arpita Bajpeyi, Vridhhi Chaudhry and Meera Kanageswaran) […]

Threatening Dystopias: Development, Scientific Knowledge and Adaptation to Climate Change

Room 120, HNES Building, Keele Campus, York University

  Wednesday, 22 November 2023 | 15:30 to 17:00 EST | Room 140, HNES Building, Keele Campus, York University With Kasia Paprocki, London School of Economics and Political Science Discussant: Hillary Birch, Graduate Program in Environmental Studies In the global imaginary of climate change, Bangladesh holds a prominent position. Frequently described as the ‘world’s most […]

Canadian Premiere Screening of ‘Chosen’ (dir. Joseph Juhn)

Nat Taylor Cinema, Room 102, North Ross Building, York University

Wednesday, 22 November 2023 | 18:30 to 21:30 EST | Nat Taylor Cinema, 102 Ross North Building, Keele Campus, York University In 2020, five Korean Americans of vastly diverse backgrounds with competing political views run for US Congress. David Kim is the only underdog with limited resources vying to be the first Korean American representative […]