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  • December 2025

  • Mon 8
    A poster for Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht's talk "Tracing the Life of Violence" at the Guelph Public Library. The poster has a white and black backgound with black and white text describing event details. The logos for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, IICSI, and the Guelph Public Library are present. The cover of Katherena Vermette's novel, "The Break," occupies the left side of the poster.

    “Tracing the Life of Violence”— A talk by Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht, followed by an open discussion

    December 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Guelph Public Library 100 Norfolk St., Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Be part of Guelph’s “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” as IICSI 2025-26 Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht explores systemic violence in Katherena Vermette’s "The Break."  As part…

    Free
  • January 2026

  • Wed 28

    Life After the PhD: What is a Postdoc?

    January 28 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Are you a graduate student wondering what your post-PhD pathway might look like? Join Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht (IICSI 2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow), Dr. An Kosurko (Musagetes and MITACS Postdoctoral Fellow),…

    Free
  • February 2026

  • Wed 4
    Poster for Thinking Spaces event featuring Alex Chesney & Dr. Nathan TeBokkel. Blue vertical rectangular background with white, navy, and black lettering providing event information. Green, orange, and red wavy lines and dots decorate the image. Blue and orange filtered circular inset images show Dr. Nathan TeBokkel and Alex Chesney.

    Thinking Spaces: Alex Chesney and Dr. Nathan TeBokkel—Storied Social Practice: Improvisation in Farming and Food

    February 4 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
    ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Growing and making food are ancient practices yet also scientifically advanced, necessary for everyday living yet often inaccessible but to experts, interdisciplinary yet highly specialized. Considering the role of improvisation…

    Free
  • March 2026

  • Wed 25
    Poster for Thinking Spaces event featuring Kate Story and Ryan Kerr. Blue vertical rectangular background with white, navy, and black lettering providing event information. Green, orange, and red wavy lines and dots decorate the image. Orange filtered circular inset photo shows Kate Story and Ryan Kerr striking dramatic poses against a dark background.

    Thinking Spaces: Kate Story and Ryan Kerr—Death in Reverse: Performance in Precarious Times

    March 25 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
    ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Artists Kate Story and Ryan Kerr will share what it means to create meaningful work within conditions of precarity, and on the unusual, often improvised ways artists find to stay…

    Free
  • Thu 26
    Poster for IBPOC Artists' Network Tour, titled "From Words to Action 2025/26," featuring a photograph of performers from Coco Collective and Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre in dance poses. Event details include date, time, and location at University of Guelph, with logos of supporting organizations and sponsors displayed at bottom.

    IBPOC Artists’ Network Tour: From Words to Action 2025/2026—Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre and Coco Collective

    March 26 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Make your way to ImprovLab on March 26th for a double-bill presentation of spectacular live dance and music! Coco Collective and Sashar Zarif Dance Theatre will visit Guelph for one night only to perform at the ImprovLab. Movement, voice, and percussion harmoniously come together for these individually and culturally expressive dance works. “Calabash,” by Coco…

    $15 – $25
  • April 2026

  • Wed 1
    Poster for the Mini Film Festival de film. Black text on a grey background provides relevant event information, which is replicated in the listing below. Diagonally across the right side of the image is a graphical representation of a film strip, containing text and a QR code. To the left of this is a film slate reading FREE! GRATUIT!. Partner logos are arrayed along the bottom of the image.

    Mini Film Festival / Mini festival de film

    April 1 @ 2:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Make your way to ImprovLab on April 1st, for a film festival curated by MA students in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Guelph! The students will present a selection of fiction and documentary films, spanning shorts and feature-length options, all of which are in French with English subtitles.  This free event will…

    Free
  • Fri 10
    An image of hundreds of instances of the word CACOPHONIE overlaid on each other in different black fonts on a white background, giving the impression of a chaotic black cloud.

    Cacophonie | choreographies of choice with Ms. Georgia Simms

    April 10 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    We'll see you in ImprovLab on April 10th at 10 AM, when Ms. Georgia Simms (she/her) will lead this creative, interactive workshop that invites participants to engage in movement research…

    Free
  • Thu 16
    An image of hundreds of instances of the word CACOPHONIE overlaid on each other in different black fonts on a white background, giving the impression of a chaotic black cloud.

    Cacophonie | Bridge to Terabithia: A Somatic Exploration of Childhood Self—A Creative Workshop with Mark LeRoy

    April 16 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    ImprovLab MacKinnon Room 108, 87 Trent Lane, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Join us at ImprovLab for a workshop by Mark LeRoy, PhD student in Critical Studies in Improvisation, as part of Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht's "Cacophonie" series! For this event, prospective…

    Free
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