2016 Past Events
Dr. Kathleen Venema: “‘I am not the woman I used to be’: Narrating the Dis/connections of Alzheimer’s Disease”
Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 12:30 PM
- Wed. Nov. 30, 2016 1:30 PM
English Dept. Faculty Lecture Series
This paper examines what it means to be a self dis/connected, fractured, transformed, and metamorphosed by...
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Jessica Jacobson-Konefall Giving Talk at MAWA
Fri. Nov. 4, 2016 4:12 PM
- Fri. Nov. 4, 2016 6:01 PM
Dr. Jessica Jacobson-Konefall will be giving a public lecture at MAWA (Mentoring Art for Women Artists) related to her current research topic.
How...
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English Dept. Faculty Lecture Series—Dr. Carla Manfredi: "Robert Louis Stevenson's Pacific Imprints"
Wed. Oct. 19, 2016 12:30 PM
- Wed. Oct. 19, 2016 1:30 PM
This presentation traces R. L. Stevenson and his family's photographic activities in the Pacific Island region at the turn of the nineteenth...
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Grad School Application Workshop
Fri. Oct. 7, 2016 12:30 PM
- Fri. Oct. 7, 2016 1:20 PM
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Marker Workshop
Wed. Sep. 28, 2016 12:30 PM
- Wed. Sep. 28, 2016 1:20 PM
Jonathan Ball at Thin Air
Sun. Sep. 25, 2016 9:00 PM
- Sun. Sep. 25, 2016 11:00 PM
They say that Dalnavert Museum—the rambling historic house near leafy Assiniboine Avenue—is haunted. What better place to...
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Paul Dutton reads and performs work from his latest book, Sonosyntactics.
Fri. Sep. 23, 2016 3:00 PM
- Fri. Sep. 23, 2016 4:00 PM
Launch of Canadian Graphic Collection Featuring Three English Faculty
Wed. Sep. 14, 2016 7:30 PM
- Wed. Sep. 14, 2016 10:30 PM
Everyone is invited to attend the launch of the new essay collection, Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives, at McNally Robinson on...
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May 2nd Deadline for Creative Writing
Mon. May. 2, 2016 8:00 AM
- Mon. May. 2, 2016 4:00 PM
The following two Creative Writing Awards are available to UW students. Both awards have deadlines of May 2nd
Creative Writing Award
Shakespeare Award
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Andrew Burke at Winnipeg Architecture + Design Film Fest
Fri. Apr. 15, 2016 7:00 PM
- Fri. Apr. 15, 2016 8:30 PM
Andrew Burke will introduce the film Barbicania at the Winnipeg Architecture + Design Film Festival at the Cinematheque on April 15th at 7pm. Full...
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Rick Chafe to Deliver Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence Distinguished Lecture
Mon. Mar. 21, 2016 7:00 PM
- Mon. Mar. 21, 2016 9:00 PM
Rick Chafe will deliver the Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence Distinguished Lecture at 7:00 p.m., Monday March 21st, at The University of...
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Di Brandt & poetry panel
Fri. Mar. 18, 2016 2:30 PM
- Fri. Mar. 18, 2016 4:00 PM
Recently Turnstone Press reprinted Di Brandt’s 1987 poetry collection in a new edition with an introduction by critic and poet Tanis...
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Honours English Info Session
Fri. Mar. 11, 2016 12:30 PM
- Fri. Mar. 11, 2016 1:20 PM
All current and prospective Honours English students are invited to attend this session for information about the Honours program and the 2016-17...
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Brandon Christopher Moderating MTC Talkback
Tue. Mar. 8, 2016 9:30 PM
- Tue. Mar. 8, 2016 10:00 PM
Brandon Christopher will be moderating a question and answer session with the cast of Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre's current play, Chimerica,...
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The Digital Blackfoot Storytelling Project: Methodological Approaches to Child-Centred, Community-Driven Research
Thu. Feb. 11, 2016 2:30 PM
- Thu. Feb. 11, 2016 3:30 PM
CRYTC is pleased to host "The Digital Blackfoot Storytelling Project: Methodological Approaches to Child-Centred, Community-Driven...
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Hope Nicholson Public Talk on the Canadian Comics Archive
Wed. Feb. 10, 2016 12:30 PM
- Wed. Feb. 10, 2016 1:20 PM
Acclaimed comics researcher, editor, and publisher Hope Nicholson will deliver a public talk, “Disposable Nonsense or Cultural Artifacts?...
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"THIS IS NOT A BOOK LAUNCH"
Wed. Jan. 20, 2016 12:30 PM
- Wed. Jan. 20, 2016 2:00 PM
Please join us for "Ceci n’est pas un book launch/This is not a book launch," a talk (in English) by Dr. Bruno Cornellier,...
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