Research

Exploring Black and Indigenous Futurisms: Rock as Witness

Co presented by Hart House/U of T and the Art Gallery of Ontario

This years event will ground us firmly in the earth as we excavate its materials and metals to examine our close knit ancestral history of African and Indigenous mythology. We invite you into this conversation to create a welcoming space and a critical cypher while we envision a speculative visitation that blends Michael Belmore’s rock formations and Quentin Vercetty’s AI themed future present.

Date: February 28, 2022, 6pm on Zoom.

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A Continued Conversation On Residential Schools

Join Audrey Hudson, Richard & Elizabeth Currie Chief of Education & Programming, in conversation with Robert Durocher (Vice-Principal), Jenny Kay Dupuis (Author), and Lindsey Knight, Eekwol (Hip-hop Artist). The talk will be centred on a continued conversation about residential schools and available resources within the AGO's collection. This discussion is for students, teachers, parents and anyone who wants to begin having these culturally safe conversations.

Panels, Conferences, Moderating

Past talks

Feb 2021 Black and Indigenous Futures. Moderator. University of Toronto, Hart House.

Oct 2019 Love Letters to Our Future: We Can See Stars In The City Too. Keynote address with Dr. Karyn Recollet. Self-Directed Learning with Toronto Catholic District School Board.

Oct 2019 Emergence Talk. Art Gallery of Mississagua.

Feb 2018 Activism in the Academy. The Studio for Media Activism & Critical Thought, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON

Jan 2018 My Story. Motivational Learning Series, TD Centre for Community Learning and Development, Toronto, ON.

Feb 2017 I Got Your Back: Black and Indigenous Relationship Building in Hip Hop. York University, History Department, Graduate Studies.

Jan 2017 Moderator. Quese IMC and Yassin 'Narcy' Alsalman in Conversation. Indigenous Education Week. First Nations House/University of Toronto.

Oct 2016 Moderator. Studying While Black panel. Black Speculative Arts Movement. Conference. OCAD University.

Aug 2016 Decolonizing Education with Inclusion. Masters in Inclusive Design (MDes). OCAD University.

May 2016 Guest critic and speaker. Feminist Art Conference. Artscape, Gibraltor Point. Artist Residency.

Mar 2015 Hip-Hop Goes to University. Invited to be a guest speaker at Hip-Hop Week in Montreal. McGill and Concordia University, Montreal, QC.

Past Conference Presentations

Mar 2021 Hip-Hop Pedagogy, Art and Visual Culture: Critical Discussions for Art Education. NAEA National Convention. Virtual.

Jul 2019 Making and Learning with Indigenous Artists at an Art Gallery. International Society for Education in Art. InSEA World Congress. Vancouver, BC.

Mar 2018 National Art Education Association (NAEA). Seattle, WA.

June 2017 SSHRC Partnership Grant. Co-Applicant. Hip-Hop Week in Montreal.

April 2017 The Pint Sized Door. American Education Research Association (AERA). San Antonio, Texas.

Nov 2016 I Got Your Back: Black and Indigenous Relationship Building. Decolonizing Conference. University of Toronto/OISE, Toronto, ON.

Oct 2016 The Pint Sized Door: Photographs Have a Way of Telling. Universities Art Association of Canada.UQAM, Montreal, QC.

May 2015 Hip-Hop Goes to University: Entering the Third Space. Sovereignties and Colonialisms. York University, Toronto, ON.

May 2014 Arts Based Curriculums in Community Centres. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE). Brock University, ON.

Feb 2014 Decolonizing Art Education. The State of Blackness. OCAD University.

Oct 2013 Champions of Success: Women of Colour in Post-Secondary Institutions. Congress on Access to Post-Secondary Education. Montreal, QC.

Feb 2013 A Necessary Alliance: Solidarity Through Hip-Hop. Provoking Curriculum Studies: Creating Strong Poets, University of Ottawa, ON.

Mar 2012 Global Perspectives on Hip Hop Based Pedagogy: Art History Meets Graffiti. National Art Education Association (NAEA). New York, NY.

Oct 2011 What Is Really New in the New Urban Environment. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. University of New Brunswick, NB.

Upcoming Conferences

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