Decolonial Framework Symposium
2024-03-30 10:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual
THE WATAH THEATRE AND UBUNTU! DECOLONIAL ARTS CENTRE PRESENT THE DECOLONIAL FRAMEWORKS SYMPOSIUM FEATURING WORKSHOPS BY NINE BLACK ARTS PARTICIPANTS OF THE DECOLONIAL FRAMEWORKS PROGRAM; FACILITATED BY D’BI.YOUNG ANITAFRIKA USING THE ANITAFRIKA METHOD AND FUNDED BY CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

Practitioners Include:

Moses “Kor Kase” Andeku

Naomi “Nay Unapologetic” Bain

Carla Chambers

Abi Cudjoe

ADÉX LAVA

Raechele Lovell

Mahlikah “The Moonrise Poet” Outten

Nishi

Vanessa Pfaff

DePOT Roundtable: Settler Colonialism and Deindustrialization
2024-10-09 09:30 - 17:00 | Virtual
In Canada, the United States, Australia, and other settler colonies, the dispossession of Indigenous land is integral to histories of industrialization. Resource industries like forestry, mining and oil are inextricably tied to the exploitation of Indigenous peoples. How then, do scholars of deindustrialization respond, when the “good jobs” lost during industrial closure were directly implicated in the ongoing dispossession of Indigenous lands? Join DePOT affiliates as they propose new directions for working through this tension in deindustrialization studies.
Participants: Peter Thompson, University of New Brunswick, Myriam Guillemette, Université du Québec à Montréal, Raechele Lovell, 2024-25 DéPOT Artist in Residence, Lachlan Mackinnon, Cape Breton University, Petra Dolata, University of Calgary.
Chair: Piyusha Chatterjee, University of Glasgow.
Zoom link will be sent out to registered participants in advance of the roundtable.

Black & Free @ The Region of Waterloo Museum
2024-11-02 08:00 - 2025-02-01 17:00 | Region of Waterloo Museum, 10 Huron Rd,, Kitchener, Ontario, N2P 2R7, Canada
Started by Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae in 2017, Black And Free is an artistic and academic experience that deepens, enlivens and expresses themes of blackness and freedom projecting expansive visions of what that could be for engaged, curious and casual members of the public. Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum will host a three-month Art Exhibition opening on Saturday, November 2 and closing Saturday, February 1, 2025. The exhibition will feature Ontario-based emerging and established Black artists who were commissioned to create new artwork that explores the theme of blackness and freedom.
The exhibition features artists Lillian Allen, Sydné Barnes-Wright, Ken Daley, Alana Decker, Beck Deresse, Damola Disu, Aljumaine Gayle, Janine Ilya, Naila Keleta-Mae, Raechele Lovell, Miss Coco Murray, Simone Patricia, and Àbíkẹ́ The Artist. Each artist’s work tells a unique story that explores multifaceted experiences and expressions of blackness and freedom through historic and contemporary lenses.
For centuries, Black people all over the world have used visual art, literature, performance, theatre, music and other means of expression to imagine and advocate for freedom in their public and private lives. As Principal Investigator of the Black And Free research-creation project, Dr. Keleta-Mae brings together artists, academics, students and the general public through multi-year partnerships with private and public sector organizations.

Featured Artists

Please join us and experience Black And Free at the Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum. Have questions about the exhibition? Reach out to Naila Keleta-Mae through her Instagram or Facebook.

Lillian Allen
Sydné Barnes-Wright
Ken Daley
A. Decker
Beck Deresse

Damola Disu
Aljumaine Gayle
Janine Ilya
Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae
Raechele Lovell
Miss Coco Murray
Simone Patricia
Àbíkẹ́ The Artist

Black Womyn Theatre Digital Archive Project
2025-01-31 08:00 - 2027-01-31 17:00 | Virtual

CCAWR - Black History Month Celebration
2025-02-02 12:00 - 17:00 | Univeristy of Waterloo – Federation Hall, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 361, Canada
🎉✨ Join us for “Legacy and Triumph” – A Black History Month Celebration! ✨🎉 🗓️ Date: Feb 2 🕛 Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM 📍 Location: Federation Hall
Celebrate the rich heritage and triumphs of Black history with us! This incredible FREE event will feature:
🌟 Performances throughout the day showcasing talented artists 🛍️ Unique items for sale from our amazing vendors 🍴 Delicious food available for purchase
Come, enjoy, and support our vibrant community. Bring your family and friends for a day filled with culture, history, and joy! Let’s commemorate and celebrate together. 🖤💛❤️💚

DiverseWorks Dance Co Performance @ 1:15PM

Awakened Voices Narratives
2025-02-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Melville United Church, 300 St Andrew St W, Fergus, On, N1M 1N9

Balancing Act Level UP! Performing Arts Roundtable
2025-03-07 13:30 - 14:30 | Virtual
Conversations on Parent and Caregiver Support in the Canadian Performing Arts Sector
Presented by Balancing Act Canada and Women’s Work Festival
ASL interpretation and French interpretation provided
Purchase tickets Here

Black Theatre Workshop AMP 2024-2025 - National Showcase
2025-03-31 08:00 - 17:00 | BCurrent Studios, Tkoronto
*Showing by invitation only*
First glimpses at phase 2 work in progress on Uncovering Roots in workshop.

DéPOT : What Political Responses? (Paris, France)
2025-06-19 08:00 - 2025-06-21 17:00
Deindustrialization, which began affecting North America and Northwestern Europe in the 1950s, unevenly impacted various workforces. These groups, which have experienced mass layoffs and relocations due to globalization and trade liberalization, include both men and women, national and immigrant workers, and racialized individuals, some of whom have been replaced by lower-paid, less protected labor forces. This powerful movement gained momentum in the late 1970s and early 1980s, at a time when the labor movement was at its peak and social democratic parties held power, particularly in Western Europe.
In this context, deindustrialization profoundly destabilized the labor movement and left-wing parties, which faced an immense political, strategic, and intellectual challenge. This challenge arised from the disappearance of an industrial model that provided a framework, the crisis of countercyclical economic and social policies, and, last but not least, the erosion of their electoral base. Simultaneously, chauvinistic or xenophobic reactions, which traditionally accompany economic and political crises, have multiplied, aiding the consolidation of far-right movements that denounce the presence of immigrants, unfair foreign competition, and even local populations or entire regions perceived as burdens taking advantage of the social welfare system.
While some of these issues regularly capture media and public attention, it is clear that proper historical analyses linking these different elements are still lacking. The same applies to comparisons between regional and national situations.
The aim of this conference is to shed light on these different contexts from a historical perspective, and to rearticulate these contemporary phenomena to understand how different forms of deindustrialization challenge issues of race, immigration, and nation. It also seeks to explore how these processes transform the political responses that can be offered to these issues. Case studies focusing on a particular situation, territory, or group are welcome (in Europe and North America during the late 20th-early 21st century but also in the global South). We also encourage papers that cross categories, compare territories, or vary the scales of analysis.
Several non-exclusive avenues of inquiry may be explored, including: Race, nation, and immigrant labor; Between powerlessness and action, between blindness and awareness: what responses from workers’ movements?; Populism, far-right, and deindustrialization.
