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Tyler Los-Jones produces objects and images from his home in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta. The work he has produced over the past decade aims to complicate inherited assumptions of environments by bringing the unnatural aspects of the western conception of nature to the forefront. Los-Jones is fascinated by the role photography plays in the production and the fulfilment of our expectations for environments.

Due to unforseen circumstances Charlotte Huddleston will not be able to speak.

Indigenous Orality Revisited

With popular focus aimed at the next new thing, Mohawk poet, media/sound artist and performance artist, Janet Rogers shares her experience as a spoken word poet and how her current practice honours old traditions. She will share samples of poetry media work and live spoken word pieces as she connects the past with the present.

Studio North is an interdisciplinary design + build practice established by Matthew Kennedy and Mark Erickson. The Studio North team has been collaborating for the past decade on projects of a variety of scales, from flat pack furniture and public art installations to laneway housing and mountainside hotels. Their work has been featured in a growing number of local and international publications, such as Canadian Architect Magazine, Western Living, and ArchDaily.

The Centre for Oral History and Tradition will present the following:

Snacks:  A Canadian Food History
Guest Speaker:  Prof. Janis Thiessen (Associate Professor of History and Associate Director of the Oral History Centre; University of Winnipeg)
Day/Date:  Monday, November 20, 2017
Time:  3:00 p.m.
Location:  C-674 (University Hall)

Free snacks and a cash bar to go with drawing activities.

Join guest scholar Professor Janis Thiessen to learn about the production and consumption of Canadian snack foods from an historical standpoint.

This workshop will focus on basic practical preparation for an oral history project, including the interviewing and transcription processes.

As part of Asian Culture Days and International Education Week the following will be presented:

Godzilla, Pokemon, and Yokai: The Role(s) of Monsters in Japanese Popular Culture
Guest Speaker:  Dr. Jeff Wilson (Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies, and Chair of Culture and Language Studies - Renison University College (University of Waterloo). 
Day/Date:  Monday, November 6, 2017
Time:  4:30 p.m.
Location:  AH-100

See attached poster for details.