Upcoming Events

The Littoral Contact Zone: Indigenous/Asian Relations from the Salish Seas to Treaty 7 Territories

By Larissa Lai / February 22, 2017 /

SYMPOSIUM/A GATHERING The Littoral Contact Zone: Indigenous/Asian Relations from the Salish Sea to Treaty 7 Territories March 9-10, 2017 The Insurgent Architects’ House for Creative Writing, SS1059, University of Calgary,…

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February 15, 2017: Paper Hearts II: Gender and Power in Turtle Island Literary/Canadian/US Literary Communities

By Larissa Lai / February 6, 2017 /

Paper Hearts II: Gender and Power in Turtle Island Literary/Canadian/US Literary Communities Wednesday, February 15, 2017 The Insurgent Architects’ House for Creative Writing University of Calgary SS1059 2500 University Drive…

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Relational Innovations: Creative Writing as Social Practice

By Larissa Lai / September 11, 2016 /

Relational Innovations: Creative Writing as Social Practice Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 Innovative writing and socially-oriented writing are often imagined as incompatible practices. This collaboratively organized one-day symposium at The Insurgent…

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TIA House’s Equity Now Panel at the Writers’ Summit

By Larissa Lai / June 15, 2016 /

Friday, June 17, 2016 10:00am-11:15am, Miss Lou’s Room, Harbourfront, Toronto Our present moment is one that inherits a long history of anti-racist/cultural diversity/cultural equity movements in Canadian/Turtle Island writing communities,…

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TIA House Guide to the Canadian Writers’ Summit

By Larissa Lai / June 11, 2016 /

TIA HOUSE GUIDE TO THE CANADIAN WRITERS’ SUMMIT Harbourfront Toronto June 15 – 19, 2016 Attempting to navigate the 68-page program for this year’s Writers’ Summit can be a challenge.…

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Gerry Shikatani

GERRY SHIKATANI: Garden Collecting: a post vanguardist for today

By Larissa Lai / November 13, 2015 /

You are invited to join The Insurgent Architects’ House for Creative Writing and the Creative Writing Research Group for a talk and reading by the renowned poet, artist and food…

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