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What’s in a name? When the Toronto Sceptres unveiled their new branding for the PWHL’s 2024-25 season, the choice sparked discussion—not just about aesthetics, but about history, colonial legacies, and cultural imperialism in sports. In our latest blog post, Jessica Pincente takes a critical look at how seemingly neutral branding decisions reinforce historical power structures, asking: Can we separate sports from their colonial past?

Cryptocurrencies didn’t emerge in a vacuum—they are deeply entangled with the legacies of colonialism, capitalism, and economic resistance. In Colonialism and Crypto, Natalie Sotelo explores how financial systems built on wealth extraction and exclusion have shaped the rise of digital currencies like Bitcoin. Can crypto truly disrupt these structures, or will it replicate the inequalities of the past?

IS|CS 2025 brought together scholars, artists, and researchers for a thought-provoking day of interdisciplinary dialogue! From critical discussions on media, politics, and culture to innovative research-creation projects, this year’s hybrid conference fostered bold ideas and meaningful connections.

SORCE Collective fosters creative, collaborative, and experimental approaches to academic research, emphasizing relational learning, community-building, and the power of collective storytelling. Join us for a Hyperphantasic Storytelling Experience at the 2025 Intersections/Cross-Sections Conference, where we co-create knowledge through experimentation, conversation, and collective imagination.

In this insightful blog post, Taeja McKoy unpacks the joys and challenges of being a Black anime fan, from cultural representation to the resilience of fan communities.

Explore how social media, AI, and algorithmic content consumption are unraveling historical continuity and fragmenting reality in Cody Rooney’s thought-provoking essay, The Digital Schizophrenia of the Social Media Age.

Fan fiction has evolved from niche communities into a cultural force, with works like The Love Hypothesis and Not Another Love Song showcasing how fandom creativity, particularly from the Reylo community, is reshaping mainstream publishing. This shift highlights both the opportunities and challenges of transforming fan-driven narratives into marketable stories, sparking discussions about inclusivity, copyright, and the commodification of fan spaces.

Exploring the blurred boundaries between researcher and project, Kyle Rubini reflects on how emotions like anger and personal connections shape their research-creation work on queer utopianism in Toronto's Church-Wellesley Village

Relive the insights, connections, and breakthroughs from Future Communications 2024, where voices were amplified, boundaries were challenged, and transformative ideas took center stage.

What do crossing the street and managing a project have in common? In a surprising twist, a student’s near-miss with a car turned into a lesson in project management.