cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema presents: Déserts (2016, dirs. Charles-André Coderre and Yann-Manuel Hernandez)
IICSI Director Dr. Eric Fillion is bringing his cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema curated film series back to The Bookshelf Cinema (41 Quebec Street, Guelph, ON). From January through April, Dr. Fillion will present one film per month. These four films share the common theme of Quebeckers on road trips through the deserts of the southwestern United…
cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema presents: La Grande Noirceur (2018, dir. Maxime Giroux)
IICSI Director Dr. Eric Fillion is bringing his cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema curated film series back to The Bookshelf Cinema (41 Quebec Street, Guelph, ON). From January through April, Dr. Fillion will present one film per month. These four films share the common theme of Quebeckers on road trips through the deserts of the southwestern United…
cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema presents: L.A. Tea Time (2019, dir. Sophie Bedard Marcotte)
IICSI Director Dr. Eric Fillion is bringing his cinéma FRANCOPHONE cinema curated film series back to The Bookshelf Cinema (41 Quebec Street, Guelph, ON). From January through April, Dr. Fillion will present one film per month. These four films share the common theme of Quebeckers on road trips through the deserts of the southwestern United…
Life After the PhD: What is a Postdoc?
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), and Dr. Jordan Zalis (SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow) for a discussion of postdoctoral fellowships! These three researchers will discuss the various pathways they took as they…
“Tracing the Life of Violence”— A talk by Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht, followed by an open discussion
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 of Guelph’s iteration of the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence,” Dr. Sharon D. Engbrecht will give a talk tracing lines of systemic violence…
IF 2025
IF—our free annual Improvisation Festival—returns to ImprovLab on November 28th and 29th! IICSI Director Dr. Eric Fillion has curated a fantastic bill of artists, including legendary Quebec counter-culture figure and ESP-Disk recording artist Erica Pomerance (backed by local improvisers Joe Sorbara, Germaine Liu, and Dan Loughrin), Nicole Rampersaud and Joel Leblanc, Roger Tellier-Craig (formerly of Godspeed You!…
Guelph Film Festival: Assembly—2025, dirs. Rashaad Newsome & Johnny Symons
IICSI is proud to co-present Assembly, a film by Rashaad Newsome & Johnny Symons, at this year’s Guelph Film Festival! The film, which runs for 99 minutes, will screen in ImprovLab on Saturday, November 8th, at 7:30 PM. This event is PWYW, with $15 suggested. Assembly is a multisensory extravaganza featuring a global cast of…
Un-Muting Sonic Restitutions: An Afternoon of Afrosonic Explorations and Improvisations with Satch Hoyt
IICSI is thrilled to share an exciting and informative afternoon of conversation and an open improv jam session with internationally-acclaimed visual artist and musician, Satch Hoyt! Curated by former IICSI postdoctoral research fellow jashen edwards and featuring IMPR students, this event will offer a glimpse into the ways art and music can be a vehicle…
