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Online Plenary Panel: Currents of Inheritance: Dramaturgy Shaped by Water, Story, and Place

Sarah Robbins2026-06-03T10:06:27+00:00April 2, 2026|

Location: Zoom Room 1 Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3874647177?pwd=Jw1g9axPFpvKa8qEe26DCLjGd0ACbW.1 Moderator: Olivia Michiko Gagnon Abstract: This curated panel brings together three artist-scholars; playwright and director Frances Koncan (UBC Creative Writing), poet and land defender Rena Priest (MA Student, UBC Theatre & Film), and dramaturge Lindsay Lachance (UBC Theatre & Film), to explore how [...]

Special Plenary: Artistic Freedom in Transition: Reframing Creative Rights Through Equity-Informed Approaches and Perspectives

Sarah Robbins2026-05-16T21:05:22+00:00April 2, 2026|

Location: Roger Bishop Theatre Sponsored by the Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (C-SET) and St. Thomas University with support from SSHRC Connections program Moderator: Dr. Sasha Kovacs Abstract: This plenary panel looks to advance conversations around censorship, cancellation, and artistic freedom within Canadian theatre and performance by examining the institutional, [...]