Come join Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) +  for a brown bag seminar....and don't forget to bring your own lunch to enjoy while you listen.  

Title: Making Sense of Decolonization through Artificial Intelligence, Digital, and Conventional Art Creation

Presenter: Dr. Carleigh Candice Mignonne Milburn, Adjunct Faculty, Faculty of Education, Indigenous Education Program; Incoming Rebanks Postdoctoral Fellow, Royal Ontario Museum (September 8, 2026)

Description: Making Sense of Decolonization is a research-creation project that uses interactive art installations, collaborative research practices, and dialogue to explore the intersections of Indigenous perspectives, artificial intelligence (AI), and decolonization. The project asks: How might innovative data art collection practices in Indigenous contexts facilitate understanding of decolonization and promote meaningful relationships toward reconciliation? To what extent can AI in art be considered decolonial?

This research examines the strengths of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous art, alongside AI, as storytelling tools. It fosters inclusive conversations about decolonization through both technological and traditional artistic approaches.

Central to this inquiry is the question: What does decolonization look like? The project engages with the Anishinaabemowin concept of Biskaabiiyang (returning to ourselves) to explore how both technology, particularly AI, and collaborative art practices help visualize and enact decolonial futures.

This is a hybrid event - you can choose to join us in person at the Faculty of Education Library, OR in an online webinar by registering.

The Faculty of Education at Queen's University invites students, staff, and faculty to gather in the Education Library in celebration of Poetry Month. This evening event will feature readings from three recently published books of poetry by Doctoral Candidate Paul Akpomuje, Dr. Theodore Christou, and Special Guest Bruce Kauffman. The program highlights the creative work emerging from within the Faculty while also welcoming voices from the wider literary community.

This celebration affirms poetry as part of the intellectual and cultural life of education. Attendees will have the opportunity to listen, reflect, and engage in conversation in an informal and welcoming setting. Students, staff, and faculty who wish to read their own poetry are invited to email Theodore or Paul to express their interest. All are welcome to join in marking Poetry Month through shared language and community.

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