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Celebrating the past year's accomplishments at FASS Forum
Members of 51社区黑料's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) community gathered once again for FASS Forum, an annual celebration of scholarly achievement, collaboration, and connection.
A highlight of the event was the series of flash talks, where FASS scholars shared snapshots of their research in three-minute presentations. Designed to spark conversation across disciplines, the talks explored a wide range of topics, from the theatricalization of nature in modernist literature to an analysis of anti-trans legislation in the United States.
The forum concluded with a lively reception, offering space for conversation over canap茅s, wine, and mocktails. As we look ahead, FASS remains excited to build on this momentum鈥攕trengthening collaborations, advancing research, and continuing to engage and inspire our students in the year to come.
Learn more about what happened in FASS in 2025
Download the FASS Forum 2026 booklet, which celebrates our many accomplishments in research, academic excellence, engagement, and more.
Faculty flash talk presentations
- Angelina Polsinelli, Psychology
Caring for the Care Partners in Young-Onset Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease - Christina Adcock, History
Oil Sands Deposits in Alberta - Dai Heide, Philosophy
What If 'Everything Has a Reason' Wasn鈥檛 a Stupid Thing to Say? - Darren Byler, International Studies
Subordinated Inclusions: Population Sorting Technologies as Authoritarian Statecraft - Heather Bliss, Linguistics
The Power of Naming: Diverse Perspectives on Indigenous Language Names - John Bird, History
When The Great Drum Beats鈥�: Anishinaabe Histories and Future Visions
- John Daukas, Global Humanities
Plotting Empire: Klerouchies and the Notion of Empire in the Greek World - Jozina Vander Klok, Linguistics
What are the Limits of Variation in Language?
- Kaitlin Kelly-Thompson, Political Science
Who Gets Represented? Anti-Trans Legislation and the U.S. States - Kevin Laughren, Economics
Studying the (2017) FASS First-Year Seminar Pilot - Mark Deggan, World Languages & Literatures
The Theatricalization of Nature in Modernist World Literature - Sanjay Jeram, Political Science
Framing Parental Rights through Canadian Conservatism: Exploring the Cases of New Brunswick and Saskatchewan - Sara Ng, Linguistics
The Math of Human Language - Stephen Bero, Philosophy
Reverence for the Laws - Vaibhav Saria, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
The Trans/Sexual/Social Contract - Yushu Zhu, Urban Studies
From Vulnerability to Wellbeing: Rethinking Housing Policy in an Age of Inequality
Want to learn more about what happened in FASS this past year? Download the FASS Forum 2024 booklet below, which celebrates our many accomplishments in research, academic excellence, engagement, and more.