Launch Event | May 9, 2024
Thursday, May 9 | 2-5 p.m. | Northrop Frye Hall (NF003)
What you can expect at the launch for the Centre for Creativity:
2 p.m. | Welcome – Adam Sol, Launch Director
2:15-3:30 p.m. | What Is Creativity and How is It Practiced Across Disciplines?
- Gary Barwin, Award-Winning Novelist, Poet, Composer, Artist
- Angus McQuibban, UofT, Department of Biochemistry
- Natasha Powell, Dancer and Choreographer, Founding Artistic Director of Holla Jazz
- Jennifer Wemigwans, Director of Indigenous Digital Practice (OISE)
3:30-4:30 p.m. | Reception & Exhibition of Intermedial Student Work
Students in our programs are generating an impressive array of research creation and art through their coursework and artistic practice.
4:30-5 p.m. | Culminating Exercise – Erin Stone and Christie Dang, Emmanuel College
To sign-up to attend this event, please follow this link to the event registration page.
People
Adam Sol, Ph.D, is the Launch Director for the Centre for Creativity and the Coordinator of the Creative Expression & Society Minor. He teaches a number of courses for that program, as well in the VicOne Program. Before joining the Victoria College Faculty, he was an Associate Professor of English at Laurentian University’s campus in Barrie, Ontario. He is best known as a poet and critic of poetry. His academic scholarship focuses on the concept of ethnicity in American literature, particularly from the early 20th century.
Email: adam.sol@utoronto.ca
Kelly Baron is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto's Department of English, where she studies contemporary Canadian Literature. She's a regular reviewer for Literary Review of Canada, and her scholarly work can be found in Canadian Literature, Studies in Canadian Literature, and English Studies in Canada, among others. With Andrew DuBois, she's co-editing Sing in Me, Oh Muse: Music In/As Literature (Bloomsbury, 2025). Her research interests are in contemporary Canadian Literature, Canadian book culture, literary audio, and the connections between music and literature.
Email: vic.creativity@utoronto.ca
Events
Sept 28-29, 2024: The Centre for Creativity is hosting two days of hour-long workshops for Word on the Street.
- Saturday, Sept 28 (11-4:30): open only to Vic students
- Sunday, Sept 29 (10-3:30): open to the public via registration, details to come
The Word On The Street is a national celebration of literacy and Canadian writing. Every year, WOTS hosts hundreds of author readings for visitors of all ages and a vibrant marketplace featuring the best selection of books and magazines in Canada. Join us (for free!) as we celebrate the stories that connect us. Visit their website to learn more.
Contact Us
Interested in the Centre for Creativity? Get in touch with us at vic.creativity@utoronto.ca.