FIMS Public Events
Public Lectures and Events in Winter 2025
Additional events will be added as they are announced.
January -
April 2025 The Glass Room Exhibit
What power do you have to shape your relationship with technology?
Examine this question and much more at The Glass Room, a family-friendly exhibit running at Weldon Library until April.
Open all day.
Weldon, Room 113
This is a public event.
More information.
Presented by Assistant Professor Alissa Centivany, Faculty of Information and Media Studies.
This event is part of the FIMS Seminar Series 2024/25.
12:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.
Attend in person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Register on Zoom
This is a public event.
More information.
Tuesday,
February 11 NACDI Now! Queer Diplomacies
Presented by Douglas Victor Janoff (Global Affairs Canada) and Eduardo Tadeo Hernandez (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Unidad Xochimilco)
Hosted by NACDI in partnership with the Practitioner Media Lab at Western.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Zoom (Register now)
This is a public event.
More information.
Wednesday,
February 12 Three Faces of Labor: Uncovering the Hidden Ties between
Gender, Race, and Class
Presented by Nancy Fraser, Henry and Louise A. Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics at the New School for Social Research.
Hosted by the FIMS Rogers Chair.
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
McKellar Room, UCC.
This is a public event.
Abstract TBA
Thursday,
February 13 Film Screening: Prisoner No. 626710 is Present
Join us for a special film screening of Prisoner No. 626710, directed by filmmaker Lalit Vachani.
"Prisoner No. 626710 waits interminably for a bail hearing in court...".
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
FIMS & Nursing Building, Creative Commons.
This is a public event.
More information.
Thursday,
February 27 It takes a village: covering the world in the post-truth age
This Winter 2025, FIMS is excited to present Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC's IDEAS, as our guest lecturer.
As long-standing models of journalism become outdated and discarded, the foreign correspondent has become an easy target (continuing reading).
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
In-person: SOLD OUT.
Register for Zoom.
This is a public event.
Wednesday,
March 19 Conversations on Access: Disability Art Activism & Institutional
Critique
Presented by Amanda Cachia (University of Houston) and Syrus Marcus Ware (McMaster University)
Conversations on Access aims to bring scholars, activists and practitioners together to consider issues around accessibility and disability.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Virtual (Zoom link TBA)
This is a public event.
More information.
Wednesday,
March 26 Whether and How Humans and AI Collaborate
Presented by Assistant Professor Shengnan Yang, Faculty of Information and Media Studies.
This event is part of the FIMS Seminar Series 2024/25.
12:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.
Attend in person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Register on Zoom
This is a public event.
More information.
Date TBA
Winter 2025 Computers and You: Black Women and Early Digital Culture in
Essence - Postponed until Winter 2025
Presented by Myrna Moretti, post-doctoral fellow, Western University.
Part of the 2024/25 Mediations Lecture Series.
New date TBA.
Attend in-person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Zoom link
This is a public event.
More information.
Previous Winter 2025 Events
Friday,
January 10 The Anthropocene, Global Capitalism and Epochal Crises of Time
Presented by Wayne Hope, co-director of the Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) research centre at the Auckland University of Technology.
Hosted by the Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, via Professor Nick Dyer-Witheford.
1:30 p.m.
Stevenson Hall 3165
This is a public event.
More information.
Wednesday,
January 15 Sudan Media Makers: Writings from the Diaspora
Presented by Mohamed Satti, Associate Professor of Management Communications at the Ivey Business School.
This event is part of the FIMS Seminar Series 2024/25.
12:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.
Attend in person: FNB 4130
Attend online: Register on Zoom
This is a public event.
More information.
Thursday,
January 23 The State of AI and Why Canada Shouldn't Buy the Hype
Presented by Paris Marx, journalist and host of the podcasts Tech Won't Save Us and System Crash.
Hosted by the Starling Centre for Just Technologies and Just Societies at Western University.
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Weldon, Room 115
This is a public event.
Monday,
January 27 Animation and Artificial Intelligence
FIMS Professor Luke Stark presents a discussion of his article "Animation and Artificial Intelligence," which proposes that ChatGPT and similar chatbots can be understood as animated characters.
Hosted by the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities at Western University.
4:00 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.
FNB 2210
This is a public event.
More information.
Thursday,
January 30 FIMS Alumni Reception in Toronto
Join FIMS and Dean Lisa Henderson in Toronto for the 2025 Alumni Reception. Reconnect with your peers and chat with faculty and staff.
Registration is open now.
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas St. W, Toronto