Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean

Uruguayan Film Screening: "Julio, Felices por Siempre"

You are invited to a bilingual screening exploring love, time, and relationships.

Presented by
Consulate General of Uruguay in Toronto
and Spanish Program of the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University

In collaboration with
Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC)

When: Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Where: York Lanes 280N | York University | Keele Campus

"Julio, felices por siempre" is a subtle and emotionally resonant Uruguayan film that explores love, distance, and the passage of time within a couple’s relationship. With a minimalist aesthetic and emotionally nuanced performances, this Uruguayan film offers a quiet yet powerful reflection on intimacy and the complexity of connection.

Join us for a compelling cinematic experience and discussion afterwards.

Free

Refreshments will be served.

CERLAC is Co-Sponsoring: Trade Fetishism: How much is trade policy driven by economic or magical thinking?

Webinar

Date: June 25, 2026
Time: 12 to 1:30 p.m. ET
RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/sumy5J-vTz-MwwTymXIAsg

Join Gavin Fridell and Patrick Clark, authors of the new book, Trade Fetishism: Magical and Materialist Thinking in Global Political Economy, and guest commentators Carlo Dade and Laura Macdonald as they discuss trade policy, trade activism, and the role of fantasy and desire in an increasingly unstable and uneven trading world.

Moderated by Stuart Trew, Senior Researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Trade and Investment Research Project).

Sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Department of Political Science and Global Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University, the New North America Initiative at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University, and the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC).

Authors

Gavin Fridell, University Research Professor of Political Science and Global Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University

Patrick Clark, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science and Global Development Studies at St. Mary's University and Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher at CERLAC.

Discussants

Carlo Dade, Director of International Policy and the New North America Initiative at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary

Laura Macdonald, Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Political Science and Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University

Registration required

RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/sumy5J-vTz-MwwTymXIAsg

Event Sponsors: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Carleton University, Saint Mary's University, School of Public Policy, New North America Initiative, University of Calgary, Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) - York University

CERLAC is Co-sponsoring:

A conversation with: Stephanie Sophie Louis

Haitian political activist advocating mounité: mutual dignity & respect that recognizes humanity in others.

Moderator: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Tuesday, April 21, 2026
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Blackhurst Cultural Centre (777 Bathurst Street)

We encourage everyone to register.

CERLAC is Co-sponsoring: A Conversation About Literary Translation

📅 Wednesday, April 22
⏰ 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
📍 In person: Glendon College, Room A104
💻 Online: via Zoom

Zoom registration: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/xpWotGYURo6vXmvgkNNy3Q

Eventbrite registration (in person): https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1986992303468?aff=oddtdtcreator

CERLAC Presents:

Critical Actors for Gender Justice: Promoting Gender Equality Machineries in the Global South.
The cases of Brazil and Chile.

Gender Equality Machineries (GEMs) are state-based mechanisms for advancing the rights, status, and condition of women in their full complexity, and for eliminating gender-based inequities. In this panel, we will focus on two GEMs from South America: Brazil’s SPM and Chile’s Ministry of Women and Gender Equality and SernamEG. The main goal is to contribute to a catalogue of lessons learned from GEMs in newer, consolidating democracies.

Monday, April 20, 2026
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Kaneff Tower 626
York University – Keele Campus

Speakers:
Simone Bohn, Associate Professor of Political Science, and CERLAC, York University
Paulina Muñoz Charalamby, FLACSO-Chile and CERLAC, York University

Bios:
Simone Bohn is an Associate Professor of Political Science at York University. She is the co-editor of Mothers in Public and Political Life (2017), 21st Century Feminismos: Women’s Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean (2021), Mulheres Quilombolas, Políticas Públicas e Intersectionalidades [Quilombola Women, Public Policy and Intersectionalities] (2021), and Women's rights in movement. Dynamics of feminist change in Latin America and the Caribbean (forthcoming). Her articles have been published in scholarly journals, such as Politics and Government, Latin American Research Review, International Political Science Review, Journal of Latin American Politics, and Comparative Governance and Politics.

Paulina Muñoz Charalamby is a sociologist and social researcher affiliated with FLACSO-Chile and currently a Visiting Researcher at CERLAC, York University. Her work focuses on gender, Indigenous peoples, migration, and public policy in Latin America and Canada. She has contributed to research in collaboration with UN Women through the ‘Originarias’ Center, supporting work with Indigenous women. She previously worked at Chile’s National Migration Service (SERMIG), where she contributed to the development of the National Migration Policy from a gender and human rights perspective. In parallel, she develops community-based projects in Toronto, facilitating autobiographical writing workshops for diverse groups, including women, refugees, and seniors, using storytelling as a tool for reflection and empowerment. Her current research examines the role of expert knowledge and think-tanks in Chile’s recent constitutional processes.

The Consulate General of Uruguay in Toronto and The Spanish Program of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics in collaboration with CERLAC present:

You are cordially invited to the film screening of the Uruguayan documentary film "IDA VITALE", directed by María Arrillaga. Ida Vitale (Montevideo, 1923) is considered an important Iberoamerican poet, essayist, translator and literary critic associated with the Generation of '45, an influential literary movement in Uruguay. She won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize for Literature in Spanish Language (2018), the Queen Sofía Ibero-American Poetry (Prize 2015) and the BBC included her in its list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world in 2019. This 2023 documentary gives insight into her life and work.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 ~ 1:00 PM
York University (Keele Campus) ~ York Lanes 280N

The screening will be prefaced by a presentation by Consul General of Uruguay, Mr. Leonardo Olivera, poetry reading, and a Q&A period with the director and producer of the film.

The Uruguayan Cultural Film Series is organized by
Consulate General of Uruguay in Toronto
Spanish Program, Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University
In collaboration with
Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC)

Special thanks to the League of Canadian Poets for their assistance in promoting the event within the context of the National Poetry Month in Canada.

For more information visit the Uruguayan Film Series Eventbrite page

Upcoming films: April 15, June 25 and October 22, 2026.

CERLAC is Co-sponsoring: CRS Book Launch: Defying Higher Education Borders with Migrant Students in Canada: Building Counterstories and Sanctuary Universities

April 9, 2026
1:00-2:30pm (Toronto)
This is a hybrid event

In person: 626 Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus

Virtually: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/nnPJIfCcTyGp3Zw38D2-Bw

Guest speakers: Tanya Aberman, Sanctuary Scholars Programs at York University and Paloma Villegas, Associate professor of Sociology at California State University San Bernardino; Amar Bhatia, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Vernetta Avril, MEd and former Sanctuary Scholar, Ranu Basu, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change and the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University; Yvette Munro, Vice Provost Students, York University.

This book explores the Sanctuary Scholars program and migrant students' struggles for equitable access to higher education in Canada. Through the concepts of "bordering" and "countering," we examine how students excluded due to immigration status resisted systemic barriers by forming supportive classroom communities and challenging dominant narratives. By providing essential insights for educators, policymakers, and advocates seeking to build more inclusive and just higher education systems, our book reveals how everyday acts of resistance can transform exclusion into opportunity and reimagine universities as sanctuaries.

Link to publisher: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/defying-higher-education-borders-with-migrant-students-in-canada-9781666955606/

Tanya Aberman (she/her) holds a PhD in Gender Feminist and Women's Studies from York University. She has developed, coordinated and taught community and university-based education programs for newcomer and
migrant students. Tanya coordinates the Sanctuary Scholars Programs at York University and Toronto Metropolitan University, which provide access to the universities for students who hold precarious immigration status.

Paloma E. Villegas is a Mexican immigrant and Associate professor of Sociology at California State University San Bernardino. In addition to researching and teaching at the intersections of migration, citizenship, borders, race, and gender, she also engages in artistic practices including painting, sculpture, and poetry.