Research Spotlights are hour-long talks that take place either virtually in a hybrid format (in-person at MN3230 and on Zoom), where researchers are invited to discuss their research in relation to a particular theme. Researchers present their own research projects in a lightning-style format for 10 minutes each, followed by a discussion of the theme and questions from the audience. The main goal for this event series is to be generative for the speakers and participants. Additionally, it supports CDRS's mandate to build and sustain trans-disciplinary research connections at UTM.
Past Research Spotlights
Water
Jan 28, 2025 (Tue), 12:00pm to 1:00pm
An exciting panel discussion about all things WATER.
Craft!
Oct 23, 2024 (Wed), 11:00am to 3:30pm
A full-day event of CRAFT! in which we explore the politics of craftwork across time and space.
Rest, Renewal, Death: Some Discourses of Sustainability
Mar 20, 2024 (Wed), 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Scholars working at the intersection of the humanities, social sciences, and ecocriticism to explore some of the different ways they are thinking about “sustainability,” broadly construed.
How We Do Collaborative Feminist Research Praxis at the TWIG Research Kitchen
Feb 26, 2024 (Mon), 12:00pm to 1:00pm
A talk about the origins of the research kitchen, and offer some examples of the critical praxis as manifested in an ongoing project about the US Military's exclusive use of plastic bottled water during the post-2003 occupation of Iraq.
Discourses of Sustainability and Futurity Across the Environmental Humanities
Nov 20, 2023 (Mon), 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The panelists from various disciplinary backgrounds will share their own work engaging with speculative environmental futures which are foundational to the notion of 'sustainability' itself.
Affording Possibilities: The Potential of Social Interaction in Virtual Reality
Mar 24, 2023 (Fri), 1:30pm to 2:30pm
A discussion about the implications of the Metaverse (the virtual realm) for the future of collaborative research.
The Effect of AI Writing Tools on Humanities and Social Sciences Pedagogy
Jan 13, 2023 (Fri), 12:00pm to 1:00pm
An exploration of how advanced AI technologies are transforming teaching methodologies.
Game Studies and the Syd Bolton Collection
Apr 19, 2022 (Tue), 9:30am to 11:30am
The presentation will focus on the research surrounding the Syd Bolton Collection and will conclude with an overview of the new Game Studies courses launching in English and Drama in Fall 2022.