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As we recognize 150 years of Confederation, this lecture series explores Canada's past, present, and future. These are free public lectures brought to you by the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ and Wilfrid Laurier University, in partnership with À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Public Library and the City of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Art Gallery (UWAG) welcomes everyone to Sovereign ActsÌýcurated by Wanda NanibushÌýwith the works of artists Rebecca Belmore, Lori Blondeau, Dayna Danger, James Luna, Shelley Niro, Adrian Stimson, and Jeff Thomas.ÌýPlease join us for this thoughtful and timely exhibition.
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Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm is an Anishinaabe writer, poet, editor and the founder and managing editor of Kegedonce Press, an Indigenous publisher based in the territory of her people, the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, Saugeen Ojibway Nation in southwestern Ontario.

Co-curated byÌýJane Tingley, professor in the Department of Fine Arts, INTERACTIONÌýis an exhibition that explores how Canadian artists and designers are engaging the public through interactivity. The presented works are both material art objects as well as interactive systems that are designed to be realized by an active viewer, one that co-creates, participates, and engages rather than passively consuming media.

The Department of English Language and Literature is proud to present aÌýtalk by Dr. Peter Walmsley, Chair of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University.

The firstÌýBridgesÌýlecture in 2018 will explore how humans have sought to make the Arctic legible (to borrow the phrase of James C. Scott), from pre-contact Inuit understandings of space and time, through the practices and instruments of European maritime explorers, through the introduction of aviation and the refinement of Arctic air navigation, to the age of satellites.

The Department of Classical Studies is proud to present a lecture by Colin Wallace, doctoral candidate, Department of Geography and EnvironmentalÌýManagement, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.Ìý

Through interactive exercises, this three hour workshop will provide men with the tools to become better versions of themselves. The dominant idea of manhood affects us all. More and more men are beginning to stand up and speak out about their desire to redefine what it means to be a man today.

Please join us at Renison University CollegeÌýfor aÌýpanel discussion on Race, Gender, and the University. Presented inÌýpartnership with HeForShe, theÌýpanel willÌýaddress questions like:ÌýWhat does it mean to be a racialized woman in higher education today?ÌýHow does gender and racial injustice define the university?ÌýWhat does it mean to decolonize the university based on gender equity?

The Indigenous Speakers SeriesÌýproudly presents professor of historyÌýSusan M. Hill, author of The Clay We Are Made Of.ÌýIf we want to understand Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) history, we need to consider the history of Haudenosaunee land. For countless generations prior to European contact, land and territory informed Haudenosaunee thought and philosophy, and was a primary determinant of Haudenosaunee identity.