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Joe Sacco was born in Malta, October 2, 1960. He moved around the world to Australia, before settling in Los Angeles in 1972 and eventually to Portland, Oregon. As a child he vividly remembers buying…

CTRL ALT DELETE featured thought leaders and experts from various intersections of the tech industry. From health, finance, social good, this event aimed to highlight the various forms of disruption…

This theatre workshop is part of a context-based, performative, collective research project with Ippolito Chiarello and his homeless theatre allies, co-curated by Alessandra Pomarico.Italian actor,…

The French Revolution was one of the most significant and influential events in world history and had an undeniable impact around the world, including Finland. I will argue that the French Revolution…

A conversation with Siddharth Dube, an author and activist born in Calcutta, India. Dube released his most recent book earlier this year. "An Indefinite Sentence: A Personal History of Outlawed…

As conventional natural gas is a fossil fuel that contributes heavily towards carbon emissions, the government of British Columbia is targeting this issue by instituting a 15% requirement of…

People who are homeless and destitute frequently have no way to use transit due to the cost. The Transit Working Group (TWG) is working to increase the financial and social accessibility of the Metro…

As the war in Vietnam escalates, so does the resistance to it in North America and Western Europe; in the United States black Americans are mobilizing in ever larger numbers both against domestic…

Can films that depict urgent social problems challenge viewers to change their views? What is the boundary between images that can change the world, like the tragic image of the drowned Syrian boy,…

SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement hosted a screening and panel discussion on In the Land of the Head Hunters, the first feature film made in B.C. and the oldest surviving feature made in…

Vancouver New Music hosted a conversation with visual and sound artist Steve Roden, who spoke to the various elements of his practice, including but not limited to his use of sound. Roden's…

Chinatown has been one of the enduring neighbourhoods that define Vancouver. Throughout its history it has provided spaces to live, work, shop and gather. Due to its history it has developed a…

Canada is in a state of emergency and if we don’t act now, irreparable harm will be done to the environment, the economy, and the basic democratic and human rights of Canadians. The persistent…

The 2015 Grace MacInnis Visiting Scholar Lecture explored the connections and challenges of grassroots political activism and how that translated into a Parliamentary environment that is slow,…

Keynote Speaker | Sheldon Solomon, author of Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life.This conference looked at the legacy of Ernest Becker's work with regard to its applicability to our…

In “Everyday Choreographies,” Alana Gerecke and Justine A. Chambers examine the city as a choreographic force. We take seriously the notion that precisely how bodies are moved, organized, coordinated…

Geoff Mann lives in Vancouver, where he teaches political economy and economic geography at Simon Fraser University, and he directs the Centre for Global Political Economy.In the ruins of the 2007–…

In July 2017 members of the DTES community started meeting as a collective at the Hives for Humanity Bee Space to have conversation about how to ensure that community ethics are a respected part of…

Queer Arts Festival and SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement presented a lecture by Jonathan David Katz, PhD, on the exhibition ART/AIDS/AMERICA at the Tacoma Art Museum from now until…

As a part of LIVE’s 2015 performance art program, Nathalie Mba Bikoro (Future Monuments, Gabon) and Willem Wilhelmus (Mother Tongue Festival, Finland) gave a talk on their curatorial practices and…