CCESC Speaker’s Series: The Power of Storytelling to Change Worlds

Date

Wednesday February 25, 2026
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location

Online

We are honoured to welcome Devi Mucina, Associate Dean in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Professor in the School of Indigenous Governance at the University of Victoria.

Dr. Mucina will explore the use of Ubuntu oralities and disability studies to understand the social memory of Indigenous children. He will also share insights from his research on Gule Wamkulu (the Great Dance of Life), a governance spiritual mask dance of the Chewa people that brings African Indigenous futures into being.

Please register to attend this event.

Black Passport Book Launch

Date

Thursday February 26, 2026
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Location

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

Join us for the book launch and live poetry reading with our graduate student Paul Akpomuje. An evening to gather, listen, eat, and celebrate black poetic storytelling. The event is organized by the Revolutionary Demand for Happiness and hosted by Sadiqa de Meijer, Poet Laureate of the City of Kingston.

This event is currently sold out, please email to be added to the waitlist.