The aig+c is proud to announce its second public lecture of the season, and the first from an institute member. Dr. Batia Stolar, aig+c Research Associate and Associate Professor of English at Lakehead, presents her current research entitled, "Immigrant Sightings: The Use of Photography in Ellis Island and Pier 21.

On November 5th, 2009, Dr. Jeanette Lynes was the honored guest of the aig+c, for her presentation entitled "Riveting Rosie Returns: History, Story, and Can Car during WWII".

Dr. Lynes is a poet and author from the Department of English at St. Francis Xavier. Her novel "The Factory Voice" was long-listed for the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Dr. Elizabeth McLulan on April 17th, was the second guest speaker in aig+c's (Advanced Institute for Globalization & Culture) speakers series at Lakehead University.

Her talk, "The Shaman's Garden: Anishnaabe Traditions and the Roots of Morrisseau's Global Vision," discussed the roles Morrisseau played as an Aboriginal artist - as pioneer, as international artist, and as shaman.  As one of the directors with the Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society and an independent writer/curator who worked with Morrisseau in the 1970s and 1980s, Dr. McLuhan is part of a team attempting to document and catalogue Morrisseau's enormous, and scattered, body of work.

The following videos are from Dr. Mark Kingwell's "Concrete Reveries" lecture, held Friday, January 30 at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Also read Yuri Forbes-Petrovich's "Kingwell's Concrete Reveries: A Review."