The Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives (CLGA), the holder of the world’s largest independent LGBTQ+ archives, will be celebrating the launch on April 23 of the Nancy Nicol Collection. Over many years Nicol, a documentary filmmaker and professor in the Department of Visual Art & Art History, has interviewed activists, community leaders and human rights …
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Award-winning Algonquin/Métis director and playwright Yvette Nolan helms Theatre @ York’s compelling new production of Brébeuf’s Ghost, “a tale of horror in three acts” by internationally renowned Aboriginal playwright Daniel David Moses. The show previews from January 24, opens January 26 and runs to January 30 in the Joseph G. Green Studio Theatre, Centre for Film and Theatre …
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A major new scholarship program endowed by the Ontario government to commemorate legendary Canadian jazz musician Oscar Peterson will be inaugurated this year at York University. The Oscar Peterson Scholarships will be launched this fall with an entrance award valued at $40,000 and up to four $10,000 scholarships for current undergraduate music students. “These scholarships …
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