All events are free to attend. You need to sign up on eventbrite to get the zoom webinar link (we do this to mitigate zoom bombings)- here you can see the full list of our events on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-feminist-and-accessible-publishing-communications-tech-series-31133534805 or click on the pink text to access the individual event pages (it will lead to the facebook event page with the link to the eventbrite page). Time zone is ET. Virtual events are professionally live captioned in english.
Season 4 (2022):
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, times and dates are subject to change. Check back soon for more updates about Season 4.
Fall 2022
September 15, 2022: Becky Chambers: A Fireside Chat on Queer Feminist Science Fiction , 6 PM ET (virtual)- co-hosted by Saga Bookstore
September 22, 2022: Dr. Catherine Knight Steele on Digital Black Feminism, 6 PM ET (virtual)
September 24, 2022: Dr. Stefanie Duguay and Dr. Alex Ketchum on Queer Women's Communication Networks: A Book Event, 4 PM ET (at L'Euguélionne Feminist Bookstore: 1426 Rue Beaudry, Montreal)
September 29, 2022: Dr. Sophie Toupin and Nina Morena on Activist Knowledge Production and Circulation Related to AI, Big Data, and Digital Tech: A Seminar and Zine Making Workshop, 6 PM ET (hybrid)
October 4, 2022: Klau Kinky of Gynepunk on DIY Gynecology Tools + Open Source, 12 PM ET (virtual, in Spanish with English captions)
October 20, 2022: Dr. Chris Gilliard aka HyperVisible on Educational Surveillance, 6 PM ET (virtual)
October 26, 2022: Vernissage/Launch Party for the Exhibit on LGBTQ+ Student, Faculty, and Staff Activism at McGill (4th floor of McLennan Library at McGill- free food and drink), 4 PM
October 29, 2022: Atelier Wiki LGBTQ2S+ at Archives Gaies du Québec, 1 PM ET (in person at the Archives gaies du Québec- en français/ in french only- limited to 12 participants)
November 3, 2022: Dr. Shannon Mattern of The City is Not a Computer , 6 PM ET (virtual)
November 10, 2022: Nicole J. Georges on Queer and Feminist Comics/Graphic Novels and DIY/DIT Podcasting, 6 PM ET
November 17, 2022: "How To" Archiving (Personal and Group Materials), with a special focus on LGBTQ+ and Social Justice Materials, 6 PM ET
November 30, 2022: Launch of Ingredients for Revolution at L'Euguélionne Feminist Bookstore 6 PM ET
December 1, 2022: Dr. Biella Coleman on From Busting Cults to Breeding Cults: Anonymous Hacktivism vs. QAnon, 6 PM ET (virtual)
December 8, 2022: Dr. Annalee Newitz, a fireside chat on Feminist and LGBTQ+ Sci Fi, 6 PM ET (virtual)
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January 10, 2023: Beth Pickens on Making Your Art No Matter What, 6 PM ET (virtual)
January 18, 2023: Dr. Luke Stark, 6 PM ET (virtual)
January 25, 2023: Dr. sava saheli singh
February 1, 2023: indee mitchell of Last Call NoLA, 6 PM ET (virtual)
February 7, 2023: Dr. Abeba Birhane, Noon ET (virtual)
February 15, 2023: Dr. Hannah Zeavin, 6 PM ET (virtual)
March 8, 2023: Dr. Marika Cifor on Viral Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS: the Visual AIDS’s Archive Project and Artist+ Registry, 6 PM ET (virtual)
Past Events:
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January 12, 2022: Dr. André Brock on Distributed Blackness 6 PM ET (virtual)
January 20, 2022: Dr. Max Liboiron on Building feminist and anticolonial technologies in compromised spaces , 4:30 PM ET (virtual)
January 27, 2022: Mindy Seu on Citations, Hypertext, and Online Activism 6 PM ET (virtual)
February 3, 2022: Dr. Alex Hanna on Beyond Bias: Algorithmic Unfairness, Infrastructure, and Genealogies of Data 6 PM ET (virtual)
March 31, 2022: Stacey Copeland on Queer Soundwork: On Lesbian Feminist Practices of Discoverability at 6 PM ET (virtual)
April 7, 2022: Dr. Stefanie Duguay on Personal but not Private: Queer women, sexuality, and identity modulation on digital platforms 6 PM ET (virtual)
June 19, 2022: Dr. Alex Ketchum on Engage in Public Scholarship!: Feminist and Accessible Communication Launch (at Concordia University, co-hosted by DIGS Lab and Concordia University Press)
Season 3, Part 1 (September- December 2021):
For season 3, all events were virtual.
September 8, 2021: Claire L. Evans on Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet, 7 PM (VIRTUAL)
September 15, 2021: Dr. Moya Bailey on Misogynoir Transformed: Black Women's Digital Resistance, 7 PM (VIRTUAL)
October 1, 2021: Dr. MC Forelle on Right to Repair, 5 PM (VIRTUAL)
October 27, 2021: Dr. Alessandra Renzi on Hacked Transmissions: How Social Movements Change Across Cycles of Struggle and Across Technology, 6 PM (VIRTUAL)
November 3, 2021: Op-Ed Writing and Analytical Commentary Workshop with Dr. Diane Dechief, 12:00- 1:30 PM (Lunchtime workshop) (VIRTUAL) - feel free to attend while eating lunch!
November 5, 2021: Dr. Julie Podmore and Dr. Elspeth Brown on the Challenges for LGBTQ+ Archives, Including Digitization, 5 PM (VIRTUAL)
November 10, 2021: Dr. Yuriko Furuhata on Manufacturing Artificial Weather: From Cold War Futurology to Smart Air-Conditioning, 6 PM (VIRTUAL)
November 17, 2021: Dr. Jennifer Lundquist on Addressing the Digital Harassment and Trolling of Scholars, 7 PM (VIRTUAL)
December 1, 2021: Dr. Biella Coleman: From Busting Cults to Breeding Cults: Anonymous Hacktivism vs. QAnon, 7 PM (POSTPONED)
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Season One (January 2019- February 2020)
Season 2: part 1 (March 2020- December 2020)
March 11, 2020: Rackeb Tesfaye on Broad Science and Intersectional Approaches at 6 PM
March 18, 2020: Dr. Gabriella (Biella) Coleman on Alt Right vs. Anonymous: A Critical Comparison at 6 PM (rescheduling)
October 5, 2020: Coded Bias Screening and Q and A with director Shalini Kantayaa at 7 PM (ONLINE)- partnering with Cinema Politica
October 21, 2020 : Dr. Jess McLean on Environmental Costs and Benefits of Digital Technologies (ONLINE EVENT) at 7:30 PM
October 28, 2020: Alice Wong on Disability/ Visibility: A Fireside Chat at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT) conversation with Elizabeth Patitsas and special introduction with Yolanda Muñoz
November 4, 2020: Meredith Broussard on Artificial Unintelligence at 7 PM, (ONLINE EVENT)
November 11, 2020: Joy Lisi Rankin of A People's History of Computing at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
Season Two, Part 2: Winter and Spring 2021
(please note that the links to some of the 2021 events are forthcoming)
January 20: Sasha Costanza-Chock on Design Justice at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
January 27: Deborah Raji on Facial Recognition Technology on the Challenges of Audits, Accountability & Algorithmic Justice at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
February 3: Dr. Elinor Carmi on Media Distortions at 12 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
February 10: Yeshimabeit Milner on Abolish Big Data and Data 4 Black Lives at 7 PM (Canceled- hopefully will be rescheduled)
February 17: Caroline Sinders on Feminist Data Set and CAre B0t at 6 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
February 18: Chancey Fleet on Digital Frictions and Dark Patterns in Accessible Technology at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
February 24: Ana Brandusescu, Funding AI in Canada: Public investments, private interests at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
March 3: Keoni Mahelona and Peter-Lucas Jones on Indigenous Data Sovereignty at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
March 10: Morgan Klaus Scheuerman on How We Teach Computer Vision To See Race and Gender at 12PM (lunchtime event) (ONLINE EVENT)
March 17: Stephanie Dinkins on Art, AI, Data Sovereignty, and Social Inequity at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
March 24: Rose Eveleth of Flash Forward Podcast: Imagine Better Futures at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
March 31: Kate Crawford on the Atlas of AI at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
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2019
January 23: Astra Taylor at McGill at 1 PM
February 25: Dr. Shawn Newman at McGill at 12 PM
March 15: Dr. Kristen Hogan at McGill at 4 PM
March 16: Dr. Kristen Hogan at L'Euguélionne at 4 PM
May 14: Suzanne Kite on Non-Human Futures: Ethical Frameworks for AI at 6:30 PM
August 21: Dr. Rumman Chowdhury on AI Ethics at MUTEK IMG ** ( there is a fee to attend)
September 5: Mimi Onuoha at Element AI, 5:45 PM
September 6: Mimi Onuoha at McGill at 12 PM
September 19: Dr. Sarah Myers West on AI and Intersectionality at 6:30 PM
September 26: Dr. Hannah McGregor on Feminist Academic Podcasting at 6:30 PM
September 27: Dr. Hannah McGregor Workshop on Feminist Academic Podcasting at 9:45-11:45 AM
October 1: Workshop with Metonymy Press at 12 PM
October 21: Workshop on Open Access and Open Data by Jenn Riley and Jessica Lange at 2:30 PM
October 25: Dr. Lauren Klein on Data Feminism and Open Review at 12 PM
November 4: Dr. Alex Ketchum Workshop on Public Facing Scholarship and Website Design at 2:30 PM
November 14: Dr. Cait McKinney on Crisis Infrastructures: AIDS Activism meets Online Content Regulation at 6 PM
November 15: 10th RéQEF masterclass entitled: Feminism & Technology: Desire, Opportunity, and Resistance
November 26: Dr. Ruha Benjamin on The New Jim Code: Race After Technology at 12 PM
November 29: Discussion Meetup with the Montreal AI Ethics Institute at 6:30 PM
2020
January 10: Anna Sigrithur on Feminist Podcasting at 1 PM
January 16: Abigail Echo-Hawk on Decolonizing Data (Rescheduling)
February 5: Corina MacDonald on Datafication in Scholarly Communication at 6 PM
February 20: Meredith Whittaker, Co-Founder of the AI Now Institute at 6 PM
February 26: Yuan Stevens: Move Fast and Break Things? Montreal’s Role in the Global AI Industry at 6 PM
January 23: Astra Taylor at McGill at 1 PM
February 25: Dr. Shawn Newman at McGill at 12 PM
March 15: Dr. Kristen Hogan at McGill at 4 PM
March 16: Dr. Kristen Hogan at L'Euguélionne at 4 PM
May 14: Suzanne Kite on Non-Human Futures: Ethical Frameworks for AI at 6:30 PM
August 21: Dr. Rumman Chowdhury on AI Ethics at MUTEK IMG ** ( there is a fee to attend)
September 5: Mimi Onuoha at Element AI, 5:45 PM
September 6: Mimi Onuoha at McGill at 12 PM
September 19: Dr. Sarah Myers West on AI and Intersectionality at 6:30 PM
September 26: Dr. Hannah McGregor on Feminist Academic Podcasting at 6:30 PM
September 27: Dr. Hannah McGregor Workshop on Feminist Academic Podcasting at 9:45-11:45 AM
October 1: Workshop with Metonymy Press at 12 PM
October 21: Workshop on Open Access and Open Data by Jenn Riley and Jessica Lange at 2:30 PM
October 25: Dr. Lauren Klein on Data Feminism and Open Review at 12 PM
November 4: Dr. Alex Ketchum Workshop on Public Facing Scholarship and Website Design at 2:30 PM
November 14: Dr. Cait McKinney on Crisis Infrastructures: AIDS Activism meets Online Content Regulation at 6 PM
November 15: 10th RéQEF masterclass entitled: Feminism & Technology: Desire, Opportunity, and Resistance
November 26: Dr. Ruha Benjamin on The New Jim Code: Race After Technology at 12 PM
November 29: Discussion Meetup with the Montreal AI Ethics Institute at 6:30 PM
2020
January 10: Anna Sigrithur on Feminist Podcasting at 1 PM
February 5: Corina MacDonald on Datafication in Scholarly Communication at 6 PM
February 20: Meredith Whittaker, Co-Founder of the AI Now Institute at 6 PM
February 26: Yuan Stevens: Move Fast and Break Things? Montreal’s Role in the Global AI Industry at 6 PM