Latin American Studies at the University of Toronto

Our colleagues at Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean invite you to this conversation (online) with Joel Maripil.

CERLAC Presents: A Conversation with Joel Maripil
Monday, June 6 at 5:00pm.

Joel Maripil is a singer and activist who has dedicated his career to the dissemination of Mapuche culture through song,
both in Chile and in different corners of the world.

The conversation will be in Spanish.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtc-urpzkrE92pjOUczbZYGlpMvl4bmkta

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

This event is co-sponsored by CERLAC and the Department of Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics.

For information about this event contact Prof. Emiro Martínez-Osorio: [email protected]

We continue our series of inventors with Latin American connections!

Roberto Landell was responsible, among many others, for the telauxiofono, caleofono, anematofono, teletiton and edifono. These laid the groundwork for sound amplification, wireless audio transmission, and purification of sound.

Next time you call your loved ones from your cellphone or listen to music with wireless headphones, thank this determined Brazilian inventor for his scientific contributions!

Is there anything better than talking about food with 4th graders?
👦🏻👩🏽🧑🏼‍🦰👱🏼‍♀️

Brittney dos Santos and Emily Pessoa, two students in PRT219Y1, participated in a remote visit to a 4th grade class in Portugal.

Read more about their experience and see what they loved best about the visit - in our website: https://uoft.me/670

is inviting you to their Career Saga, a series of Zoom presentations on various career paths.

Stay tuned for a chat with our Associate Chair of Portuguese Studies, Prof. Anabela Rato!

Here is the second part of our series looking at some of the terms used to describe communities of Latin American origin.


By no means exhaustive or definitive, this is an effort to share some of the discussions about the choice of word to identify people.

Let us know what you think, and share any questions you might have: we’ll do our best to answer!

To Fall Campus Day in 2015, when Profs. Rosa Sarabia, Bob Davidson, Susan Antebi and Jose Abreu Ferreira welcomed interested students to our booth in Hart House.

This year, Fall Campus Week looks a bit different. Campus might be closed, but our arms are still open and the smiles remain on our faces.

Welcome to our new followers from Fall Campus Week 2020!

is an undergrad led podcast, produced for the Latin American Studies program. They are seeking submissions from other undergrads for the October blog edition.

To celebrate Latin American Heritage Month in Canada, they are looking for reflections, poems, essays, or articles that respond to: What does Latin America mean to you?

Submit your piece by Friday, October 25 to https://forms.gle/Jko9RzprA8WLeECZ6

Our colleagues at Carleton University invite you to an upcoming panel analyzing the results of the .

To register, please visit Eventbrite.

Congratulations to all the winners of our first short story contest, “The Day After”! 🥳🥂🍾🎈🎉

The quality of submissions was great, and the jury decided to give four honorable mentions!

Join us as we celebrate creative writing in Spanish and the enthusiastic engagement of students & the community at large.



Read the news here: https://uoft.me/winners-dayafter

Whether you celebrate with turkey, tamales, empanadas or bacalhau, we wish a very happy Thanksgiving!

Four years ago, we had the pleasure of hosting Eduardo Contreras Melia, an indefatigable Chilean politician, journalist and lawyer.

Contreras, along with Gladis Marin, brought the first charges against Augusto Pinochet, then Senator for life in the country. These efforts eventually lifted the legal protections that Pinochet enjoyed at the time and began the legal processes against the former dictator.

1. LAS students listening attentively. and are there in the pic!
2. Prof. Susan Antebi introduces Contreras.
3. General view of the room during the Q&A.
4. Contreras sharing his experiences fighting for human rights in .