Simon Fraser University Global Asia Program

New Event: Professor Joanne Leow invites you to the launch of her new book, "Exhumations: Inside the Body of a Petrostate" on Thursday, April 9th (6:30-8:30 PM) at Enabling Arts. Prof. Leow will be joined by UBC Professors Phanuel Antwi and John Paul (JP) Catungal.

Learn more/RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/mrxyhdsb

Simon Fraser University Global Asia Program
UBC Department of English Language & Literatures

On November 6, join SFU Indigenous Studies and the Centre for Indigenous Literatures, Oratures, and Media (CRILOM) for a creative writing workshop with Shoshone/Ute author and musician, Tanaya Winder, MFA, and a photovoice exhibit featuring photographs taken by the Grandchildren of Residential School Survivors across Turtle Island (Canada and the United States).

These events run in conjunction with INDG 211: Researching Residential Schools with Dr. Natahnee Winder. Responding to TRC Calls to Action, this course provides a global and interdisciplinary examination of methodology and the ongoing impacts of colonizing education on Indigenous peoples.

Photovoice Exhibit:
11AM - 3PM | SWH Atrium
Open public event, drop-in visitors are welcome

Creative Writing Workshop with Tanaya Winder:
2:30PM - 4PM | SWH 9095
Pre-registration is required at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/photovoice-exhibit-and-creative-writing-workshop-tickets-1859029139199?aff=oddtdtcreator

Learn more: https://www.sfu.ca/indg/news-events/news/2025/photovoice.html

Iran in Motion: Contested Histories of the Trans-Iranian Railway This talk explores the history of the Trans-Iranian Railway, revealing how it reshaped mobility, labor, and belonging locally and globally.

How Nepal’s Gen Z Protests Are Reshaping Politics: Faculty Insights "In Nepal, military and police power often operate as if they are distinct from the state, yet they shape its legitimacy and citizens’ everyday lives."

Everyday Indigenous Experiences in the CHT, Bangladesh: Voices from Indigenous Women - Department of Asian Studies This roundtable centers the voices of Indigenous women from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh as they speak about everyday experiences of gendered violence, displacement and representation of Indigenous women and Indigenous people in the national discourse. The event also responds to th...

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