Readings, talks & gatherings
TIA House has no events scheduled at this time. Past events are preserved below.
TIA House presents the Launch of Larissa Lai’s The Lost Century With special guests Mikka Jacobsen and Joshua Whitehead Hosted by Rebecca Geleyn April 6, 2023, 7 pm Shelf Life Book…
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As TIA House wraps up its final year, we invite you to join us for a discussion of the project’s impact on our community. TIA House, run by Dr. Larissa Lai, has been dedicated to e…
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The Insurgents’ Architects’ House For Creative Writing Presents: Kazim Ali November 3. 12:00-1:30 Kazim Ali was born in the United Kingdom and has lived transnationally in the Unit…
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On kHarLaMoV’s aNkLe, a utopian fantasy: we were kHarLaMoV’s aNkLe we served the occasional need. for violence because protest is tolerated so long as it does not disturb the daily…
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Michelle Sylliboy , a L’nuk (Mi’kmaq) artist/author, was raised on unceded territory in We’koqmaq Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She gathers much of her inspiration from personal tales,…
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Next week we welcome Roy Miki and Mike Barnholden who will discuss their own work and collaborative practice. Please join us in TIA House (SS1059) at 2:30, October 15th to particip…
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Using a combination of traditional and contemporary practices, this symposium brings together a small council of senior practitioners to address what our communities need now; memo…
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Join us at TIA House on September 13th for a reading by poet Doyali Islam! Doyali Islam ’s second poetry book is heft (McClelland & Stewart, 2019), which the poet considers to be a…
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UPDATE: Arielle Twist was unable to make it for her scheduled talk, due to flight cancellations. We thought we might be able to reschedule for this afternoon (March 14th), but we'v…
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Creole Métisse of French Canada, Me: A Symposium in Honour of Sharron Proulx-Turner Co-Chairs: Aruna Srivastava, Rain Prud’homme-Cranford and Larissa Lai Organizers: Mikka Jacobsen…
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“Eyes, Birds, Walnuts, Pennies”: Trauma and Testimony "The phone rings, and no one speaks. All you hear is someone breathing. It happens again, and again—then there are the e-mails…
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Dina Al-Kassim: Baring It All? The Limits of Naked Protest The sovereign’s obscenity knows no bounds, but what understanding might we glean from his mirror image in postfeminist pe…
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Billy-Ray Belcourt reads at TIA House! Billy-Ray Belcourt is from the Driftpile Cree Nation. He is a Ph.D. student in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University o…
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Russell Smith: Writing Dialogue in FictionWorkshop Russell Smith talks about how to make dialogue a driving force in the creation of character and action. Using examples from his f…
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Writing Insurgent Biotext/Memoir: A Workshop Lunch at 12:30pm Workshop 2pm - 6pm. Participants: 12 Writing background: you do not need any prior experience writing memoir, nor do y…
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Black Lives Out West: A Symposium Program In light of recent discussions about the relationship between Black and Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island particularly with regards to t…
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The Insurgent Architects’ House for Creative Writing and The Creative Writing Research Group Present Unpacking the Creative Writing Degree 11am Tuesday, April 11, 2017 TIA House SS…
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SYMPOSIUM/A GATHERING The Littoral Contact Zone Indigenous/Asian Relations from the Salish Sea to Treaty 7 Territories Opening Welcome: Anita Eagle Bear Keynote: Lee Maracle Speake…
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You are cordially invited to: Book Launch and 40 Year Retrospective and Reading with Poet Erín Moure Planetary Noise: Selected Poetry of Erín Moure (Wesleyan University Press) This…
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You are cordially invited to:Book Launch and 40 Year Retrospective and Reading with Poet Erín Moure Planetary Noise: Selected Poetry of Erín Moure (Wesleyan University Press) This…
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Michael Chabon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2000) and The Yiddish Policeman’s Union (2007) is coming to University of Calgary…
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With a critical panel running from 12 noon to 1.45pm, followed by literary readings from 2pm to 3pm, this event will provide a space for some much needed discussion about the curre…
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Event Description: Innovative writing and socially-oriented writing are often imagined as incompatible practices. This collaboratively organized one-day symposium at The Insurgent…
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jam ismail : translit for language critturs writer, poet and language-hobbyist jam ismail was born in the british crown colony of hong kong, 1940. contexts past & present include:…
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Event Description: Our present moment is one that inherits a long history of anti-racist/cultural diversity/cultural equity movements in Canadian/Turtle Island writing communities,…
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Please note recent corrections below. The Shani Mootoo event takes place at 12 noon on Monday, May 30, 2016 and not 10:30am as originally posted. Lunch will be provided.The the Moo…
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FROM PAGE TO SCREEN:LAWRENCE HILL ON ADAPTING THE BOOK OF NEGROES FOR TELEVISION A Special Clinic for Graduate Students Lawrence Hill is the author of ten books. His 2007 novel The…
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A TIA House Reading: Fred Wah Reading will take place in SS1153 (Social Sciences Tower). Fred Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 1939 and grew up in the West Kootenay r…
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Featuring: Dina Al-Kassim, Liz Howard, Patti LaBoucane-Benson, Cheryl Foggo, Aritha Van Herk, Christian Bok, Clem Martini, Bruce Barton, Nikki Sheppy Organized by: Larissa Lai and…
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Session 632: Respect, Responsibility, Coalition, RelationSaturday, 7 January, 5:15-6:30pm, 110B Pennsylvania Convention Centre Philadelphia, PA In the wake of Idle No More and the…
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You are invited to join The Insurgent Architects’ House for Creative Writing and the Creative Writing Research Group for a talk and reading by the renowned poet, artist and food wr…
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The Calgary launch of the anthology The Winter We Danced, with editor Niigaanwewidam Sinclair in attendance. Copies of the anthology will be available on-site from Shelf Life Books…
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Super Savages & Sovereign Traces: Indigenous images in graphic novels. Niigaanwewidam Sinclair will speak at the University of Calgary in the Gallery Hall of the Taylor Family Digi…
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Events Phinder Dulai , author of dream / arteries, which explores the history of the Komagata Maru and its passengers, will visit the University of Calgary and Pages in Kensington.…
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Paper Hearts A Valentine’s Day Roundtable on Gender and Power in Canadian Literary Communities a project of The Insurgent Architects House for Creative Writing, Calgary (a.k.a. TIA…
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