The Ampersand Review Shares Award with Mississauga’s Central Library
By: J.M. and Kimberley Cameron The Ampersand Review is honoured to share the Award of Excellence with Mississauga’s Hazel McCallion Central Library. The award was to commemorate the magazine’s partnership in hosting the inaugural Mississauga Literary Festival in… Read More
Christian Knudsen’s New Course Examines The History of the Future!
By Christian Knudsen Humans love imagining the future. We’ve always done it. When people in the 1950s and 60s thought about our time, they often imagined a world filled with flying cars, robot servants, and family vacations to… Read More
Writing Toward Justice: A Dissertation Rooted in Story
By Stephanie Samboo, PhD On June 12, 2025, I walked across the stage to receive my PhD in English from the University of Waterloo, a moment that felt both surreal and deeply meaningful as it fell on my… Read More
Space for Grief: Exploring Loss and Connection Through Immersive Art
Space for Grief returns to Evergreen Brick Works for its third year, transforming the Young Centre into an immersive journey through memory, emotion, and connection. This internationally-recognized public art installation invites visitors of all ages to explore how… Read More
Emma Donoghue Visits Sheridan for Pride Reads!
Esteemed author Emma Donoghue visited Sheridan on February 27 for the third instalment of Sheridan’s Pride Reads event. Pride Reads at Sheridan is a reading series created by Dr. Peter Grevstad from the Faculty of Humanities and Social… Read More
Jennifer Phenix’s Myth Students Illustrate Homeric Myth
Students in Jennifer’s Troy in Literature and Film breadth elective produce stunning artwork Students in Jennifer Phenix’s Troy in Literature and Film course read Homer’s Iliad and discuss the concept of the Homeric hero. Their projects invite them to create… Read More
Gabriel Levine publishes on performing objects, politics, and ecology
Gabriel Levine, Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Creativity, has two new publications out this spring: an article in the leading humanities theory journal Critical Inquiry on ecology and object-theatre, and a chapter in the collection… Read More
Professor Nathaniel Barr Publishes on AI and Creativity
Dr. Nathaniel Barr has been contributing to a growing body of research exploring how artificial intelligence intersects with human creativity. Collaborating with Paul Seli of Duke University, his students, and other colleagues at institutions including Harvard and Cambridge,… Read More
Professor Jennifer Phenix works with Animation Student on Thesis Film
Eliana Stemm, 4th year animation, has a passion for Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, revelry, theatre, madness, and illusion. In Myths of the Greek Gods, Eliana’s project focused on Dionysus as he appears in Euripides’ Bacchae, as both wonderful… Read More
Pride Reads Welcomes Emma Donoghue
On Thursday, February 27, FHASS will welcome author Emma Donoghue for a discussion of her novel Learned by Heart. Emotionally intense, psychologically compelling and deeply researched, Learned by Heart tells the heartbreaking true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply and dangerously… Read More
