2025-2026
Writer and journalist Omar El Akkad joined CRiCS’ Palestine Reading Group to discuss his recent book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, via Zoom. The author answered questions about the book in an informal and intimate dialogue, which was expertly facilitated by Jenny Heijun Wills.
On Friday, October 24 at 1:30pm we hosted the launch of CRiCS member Jane Barter’s excellent new book, (Routledge, 2025). This event featured Drs. Jane Barter (presenter), Jason Hannan (moderator), and Anupama Ranawana (Durham University, respondent).
Please note: this event is for CRiCS members and special invited guests only.
Thank you to the CRiCS Programming Committee for organizing this event, the first of the CRiCS programming season for 2025-26.
The Centre for Research in Cultural Studies with the Departments of English, Indigenous Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, and the Disability Studies program invite you to a public screening of the award-winning NFB film, The Nest, written and directed by University of Winnipeg graduate Julietta Singh. The screening will be followed by a virtual Q&A with the director which will be hosted by Dr. Aarzoo Singh from the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. The screening will be closed captioned and is free and open to the public.
Time: 2:30-5:30pm
Date: Jan 27, 2026
Location: EG Hall, University of Winnipeg (3rd floor of Centennial Hall, 515 Portage Avenue)
For more information, visit the event page
Archiving the Black Canadian Experience: Education, Innovation, Preservation
February 3, 2026 • 2:30-4:00 p.m. • Free event
University of Winnipeg Archives (5th floor, Library) • Light refreshments offered
Panel discussion with: Nadia Thompson, Black History Manitoba; Judy Williams, Black Canadian Experience Centre; and Gabriel Bell-Gam, Bell-Gam Digital Cultural Heritage Centre.
Exhibition materials from the University of Winnipeg Archives and the Black Canadian Experience Centre will be on display all afternoon.
Pinoy Tanghalian@UWinnipeg (Pinoy Gathering+Coming Together)
This event gathers University of Winnipeg's community members who are of Filipino heritage. Centering on the Filipino word, "Kapwa", the event seeks to invite students, faculty members, and staff who are of Filipino descent or allies of Filipino community in the university. This event will consist of conversation on community building, arts-based workshop on Filipino concept of relationality informed by Pakikipagkapwa as a worldview and its limits. Lunch will be served.
CRiCS Lab, 12:30pm-2pm on Friday, February 6