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Reading + Conversation and Water Walk with Marjorie Beaucage

On Friday, October 18, join the CLC and LitFest for a noon-hour Reading and Conversation, and a 3 PM Water Walk, with Two-Spirit Métis artist and waterwalker Marjorie Beaucage.

The reading, hosted by spoken word poet Medgine, will take place from 12-1 PM in Henderson Hall (Rutherford Library South 1-17, U of A).

The walk from campus to kisiskâciwanisîpiy (the North Saskatchewan River) will begin at 3 PM. Meet at Henderson Hall. 

For complete event details, click HERE

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2024 CLC Student Poetry Contest Winners!

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 10th Anniversary CLC Student Poetry Contest: Justine SchultzAcacia Kubanay, and Joseph Lam. Félicitations! 

Read the winning poems, learn more about the student poets, and find the Poetry Contest archive HERE!

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Une nouvelle lecture et conversation, avec Louise Dupré et Evelyne Gagnon

Écoutez cette lecture et conversation entre deux poètes francophones qui nous invitent à considérer les poèmes comme des « exercices de joie », de compassion, et d’empathie. 

Apprenez-en davantage ici.

Écoutez: SoundCloud

Regardez: YouTube

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2024 Kreisel Lecture with Kate Beaton

Award-winning cartoonist and author Kate Beaton gave the 18th annual Kreisel Lecture on March 7, 2024.

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Kate's lecture will be published by University of Alberta Press in February 2025.

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Hark! Comics About Gender, Labour and Oil!: Talking About Kate Beaton's Ducks

On March 4, 2024, Dr. Julie Rak, English and Film Studies Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair, and Dr. Sara Dorow, Sociology Professor and Director of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, spoke about Kate Beaton's Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands and its representation of gender and labour in the oil sands.

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CLC Podcast: Hari Alluri and Michelle Porter, hosted by Alice Major

In episode 12 of our podcastHari Alluri, Alice Major, and Michelle Porter explore the literal and metaphorical significance of fire in a brilliant, wide-ranging reading and conversation.

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