John Castillo is an accomplished educator and audiovisual producer, currently serving as a faculty member in the Department of Arts, Media, Performance and Design at York University, where he teaches courses in audio engineering and business entrepreneurship. With a distinguished career in the Canadian audiovisual production industry, John is renowned for his expertise in crafting […]
Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster is a Dora-award winner performer and theatre creator based in Toronto. She is a founding member of the theatre collective The Howland Company, a recent assistant artistic director at Tarragon Theatre and a recent resident artist at Soulpepper Theatre. She has performed across the continent on stage and screen, and in recent […]
Emilia White is an interdisciplinary performance artist whose work explores themes of feminism and inclusivity through humour and active audience participation. Her performances often blend playful elements with uncomfortable commentary, inviting audiences to confront complex issues in unexpected ways. She crafts objects and costumes from everyday materials, adopting a DIY approach that celebrates imperfection. Dedicated […]
Matthew I. Thompson is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Arts at York University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto in 2020. He is currently working on a book project under contract with the University of Minnesota Press entitled On Life Support: The Dystopian […]
Robyn Cumming makes photographs and sculpture. Her research is driven by a fervent interest in representation, and a personal fascination with depictions of the human creature. Employing humour and wit as a strategy for boundary transgression, she often conjures the mask and clowning to probe the relationship between the actual and the symbolic. Her previous […]
Information Design, Visual Communication Angela Norwood explores design as a practice for demonstrating knowledge and reflecting values. She is most interested in the potential for traditional knowledge systems to inform contemporary design practice and is currently co-developing such an approach to designing called Reciprocal Design, a mindset grounded in designers’ increased accountability in the pursuit […]
Publications Intergenerational Dialogue and Late Style in the Palestinian Diaspora: Nour Bishouty at Gallery 44 The Bodies that Scramble India's Constitution Postcolonialism Conference Description Entangled Bodies: Art , Identity and Intercorporeality
Gillian Helfield began teaching at York University in 1997 after completing her Ph.D. in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick. Her dissertation focused on Quebec Cinema of the Quiet Revolution, which remains an important subject in her teaching, research and writing. Helfield also teaches courses in Canadian Studies, Cultural Studies, National Cinemas, […]
Bridget Cauthery (PhD) is a dance and cultural studies scholar focusing on the impacts of post/neo-coloniality and the processes of globalization on contemporary and popular dance practices in the Global North. In June 2022, she embarked on a multi-year SSHRC Insight-funded project to resituate and reinvest in In the Land of the Spirits, a ballet […]