How can Indigenous communities claim sovereignty over their data & information? How can “data” be Indigenized?
Join us at @WesternU for "Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Indigenous Futures," feat. Jonathan Dewar, Sofia Locklear & Jason Lewis!
Register free!
https://t.co/iXBfLeQ0Sm
Three baby (well ... more like teenager) bald eaglets waiting for mom to bring them breakfast in London, Ontario. #LdnOnt
One looking surly, the other two shy.
Photo by Words Director @JoshuaLambier. @LdnOntPix
Do you love live music? Want to learn about the art of songwriting?
Join us for Words & Music, a celebration of Canada's first UNESCO #CityofMusic, featuring Sarah MacDougall, Anddre Mafra, Patrick James Clark, John Fellner, and Ammoye.
Register free ➡️ https://t.co/b71GFda8pY
Coming up this week at Museum London! Our event will be hybrid: you can join us onsite at Museum London or online via Zoom Webinar! Your registration here is good for either an online or onsite ticket.
Register here: https://t.co/6zr6I6IOUi
Join us to explore how the art world can navigate North American free trade during a time of trade war. #LdnOnt@WesternU's Sarah EK Smith will join Ruth Skinner & Judith Rodger to talk about Canadian culture, the arts, and free trade.
🎟️ Register free: https://t.co/6zr6I6JmJQ
Gabrielle Drolet stopped by - with Pidgey! - to talk about Look Ma, No Hands, her debut memoir about chronic pain, accessibility & young adulthood. Gabrielle is also an alumna of @WesternU & @uwogazette!
Our visit is now available on YouTube! #ldnont
➡️ https://t.co/r5xmu1JsIz
Join us for a webinar with acclaimed essayist and cartoonist Gabrielle Drolet to talk about her new book, Look Ma, No Hands, a debut memoir about chronic pain, accessibility, and young adulthood.
Registration is free to all!
➡️ https://t.co/Tp1IzQPH25
To all of this talk of Canada as the 51st state, I respond with Greg Curnoe's iconic series of paintings of America, where he created maps of North America that eliminate the United States and stitch Canada together with Mexico.
Sadly more relevant now than ever. #ldnont
So sorry to hear the news of the passing of Dan Smoke, a transformative educator, activist, journalist & broadcaster who dedicated his life to uplifting the voices of Indigenous peoples.
My condolences to Mary Lou, his family, friends, and relations. He'll be missed by all.
🙌Dive into the future of AI and The Singularity with Prof. Nick Dyer-Witheford at the Accelerated Ad(E)vent: Subjectivity & Aesthetics Approaching the Singularity.
Explore The Singularity's impact and the idea of a tech-driven future.
👉https://t.co/5DvCX7tzhA
@WesternU
This evening I attended the Ting Festival opening at the @tapcreativityon. Lots of wonderful historic and contemporary displays. Full program for the festival running until May 11th at https://t.co/Y7ZvqXasQw
A new chair in ethics and technology has been established at #WesternU thanks to a $1.5M gift from alum Tim Duncanson. As #AI reaches ever deeper into our lives, bringing an ethical lens to these emerging technologies is more critical than ever. https://t.co/MTKpcm7NIO
This afternoon I attended the “Building a Creative Community”Workshop at the Weldon Library at @WesternU. Sponsored by https://t.co/f0VKp52KdK — we have such a strong creative community in London, but they need so much more support!
Join us TODAY for a visit with author Emma Donoghue & @WesternU Professor Chris Roulston @MuseumLondon to discuss their new books on the historical figure of Anne Lister.
Register to join us online ➡️ https://t.co/OLp2tMgMEh
Register to join us onsite ➡️ https://t.co/IEX3PnAXbI
Join us for a conversation between playwright Emil Sher, who is writing a play based on Max Eisen's By Chance Alone, and @WesternU's Amanda Grzyb, who was crucial in shaping Eisen's award-winning memoir of surviving the Auschwitz.
Registration is free! ➡️ https://t.co/1FTppjeV3H
“It’s a very interactive experience that might be different than what people call to mind when thinking of a literary festival.” – @JoshuaLambier
coordinator of #WesternU public humanities
@WordsLDN, the Literary & Creative Arts Festival, runs Nov. 3-12.
https://t.co/ygNBFp8gvc
Today, September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and is also recognized as #OrangeShirtDay, an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day inspired by the story of residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad.
Join us for a community screening of the documentary film Reel Injun, followed by a discussion with @westernuOII's Sara Mai Chitty and Indigenous filmmaker & @westernuFIMS faculty Sally Kewayosh.
Register free online or onsite at @ForestCityGlry! #ldnont https://t.co/g8L1VMBTY2
We were thrilled to host 250 1st year @westernu students in Arts & Humanities @westernuArts & FIMS @westernuFIMS for the Orientation Serves (#OServes) Community Zine Project.
With over 160 submissions, the OZine Project connects students with the London arts & culture community!
Discrimination is a more pressing concern from advancing artificial intelligence than human extinction, says the EU's competition chief. https://t.co/xlPxLLUoJC