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  • May 26, 2025
    Kiwaapamin e-kana-waapamiyan: “I See You Looking at Me”
    Discover how socially assistive robots, guided by Indigenous knowledge and data sovereignty, are being co-designed to support Anishinaabemowin language revitalization in remote communities.
  • April 29, 2025
    ComCult Spring Mixer & Research Festival – A Wonderful First!
    Our first-ever ComCult Spring Mixer & Research Festival brought students and faculty together for an inspiring evening of celebration, connection, and community.
  • April 21, 2025
    Decolonizing ‘Canada’s Game’
    How can hockey be a site of both colonialism and cultural reclamation? In this powerful reflection, Jaydlin Spooner explores self-location in research, sharing her journey through the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC) and its role in Indigenous identity formation.
  • April 7, 2025
    Re-packaged Cultural Imperialism
    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?
  • March 24, 2025
    Colonialism and Crypto
    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?
  • March 18, 2025
    Reflecting on IS|CS 2025
    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.
  • March 7, 2025
    Making a Mess with SORCE Collective
    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.
  • February 18, 2025
    The Bittersweet Taste of Black Anime Fan Experience
    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.
  • February 10, 2025
    The Digital Schizophrenia of the Social Media Age
    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.
  • January 27, 2025
    From Fandom to Bestseller
    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.

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