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Join Ontario Poet Laureate Matthew-Ray ‘Testament’ Jones for a lecture and poetry reading that explores how poets can wield language as a force of transformation, shaping not just words on the page but identities, beliefs, and systems. To write powerfully is to claim your voice and through it, your personal truth.

Testament will focus on how building a sustainable, soul-aligned writing practice can honour your growth as both an artist and a human. He’ll discuss how to cultivate creative discipline as a spiritual practice, how to work through resistance, and how to keep your fire burning without burnout.

This in-person event will be recorded and available for viewing following the event. Doors open at 7pm at Whoopsie Daisy Drinks, with the event beginning promptly at 7:30pm. Matthew-Ray’s performance and lecture will last one hour, with a 15-minute Q&A to wrap up the event.

Registration is not required, and the event is free to attend. Whoopsie Daisy is a fully accessible venue with accessible washrooms. Masks are encouraged for this event, to create a safe space for all who wish to attend.

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Are you a 4th year student who is wondering about grad school? Well the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's Master of Public Service (MPS) Co-op program would love to see you at our open house. Come tour our exclusive space on the first floor of EC5 (room 1027), hear from our director, and meet our students in a casual atmosphere.

The British Graduate Shakespeare Conference (BritGrad), will be held from June 19th-21st, 2025. We are a student-led conference, with a focus upon Shakespeare and the Early Modern period. While our submission deadline to present at the conference is now closed, we are accepting registration to audit some or all of the conference (either in-person or via Zoom).Ìý Undergraduate students, as well as postgraduate students and researchers, are welcome to attend the conference as an auditor.Ìý

We strongly encourage undergraduate students hoping to pursue postgraduate studies in the early modern field (or a similar one) to attend, as the conference gives attendees a glimpse into what postgraduate life is like and the direction research in the field is going in. To view our conference schedule and find out more about what BritGrad has to offer, please visit our .Ìý

In-person auditing: The conference takes place at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. For those wishing to attend one or all of the days in-person, please express your interest to our Registrars at registrar.britgrad@gmail.com as well as purchasing a ticket to attend via our . In-person tickets will be granted on a first come, first-served basis. For this reason we recommend getting in touch with our registrars prior to purchasing a ticket, this way you can ensure there are still in-person spaces.

Online auditing: If you would like to purchase an online ticket, please do so via our eventbrite page using.Ìý

If you have any further questions, please refer to the section on our website or send us an email at chair.britgrad@gmail.com.Ìý 

Call for Papers: Ethical Tech for a Global Future, a symposium to be held at University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ on Oct. 2, 2025, is inviting student presentations and posters. The submission deadline is Sept. 17. See the for more information.