Caring Ferociously
Public Lecture by Dr. Hannah McGregor, Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
Introduction and Moderation by Dr. Michelle Miller and Dr. Lori Riva, Faculty of Arts and Science, OCAD U.
Join us for a special talk by visiting scholar, Dr. Hannah McGregor, Associate Professor of Publishing, Simon Fraser University (SFU). Grounded in the material concerns of working in postsecondary institutions, Dr. McGregor’s talk entitled “Caring Ferociously” will examine models of care ethics rooted in resistance movements, and explore how we might care ferociously, demonically, and disruptively.
A full description of the talk and Dr. McGregor’s bio are included below.
This event is open to the entire OCAD U community and beyond; all are welcome!
Please email FCDC@ocadu.ca if you have any questions.
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Caring Ferociously
In recent years, the role of care within postsecondary institutions has become an increasingly central–and contested–concern, especially in the context of pedagogy. The COVID-19 pandemic brought to the surface conversations that were already percolating in this space: what forms of care are possible, or even desirable, in the context of these institutions? What is our duty of care to our students, many of whom are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis? Given how unevenly distributed care work is in colleges and universities, falling disproportionately on minoritized scholars, and given how readily institutions lean on the language of care to demand additional emotional labour from already overworked teachers, it can feel tempting, even potentially radical, to refuse to care.
Hannah McGregor (she/they) is an academic, podcaster, and author living on the traditional and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. They are an Associate Professor of Publishing at Simon Fraser University, where their research and teaching focus on the intersection of publishing and social change. McGregor is the co-director of the Amplify Podcast Network and the creator of its pilot podcast, Secret Feminist Agenda. She also co-hosts Material Girls, a scholarly podcast about pop culture; Witch, Please, a feminist discussion of the Harry Potter series; and The SpokenWeb Podcast, part of a collaborative scholarly project exploring audio literary archives. They are the co-editor of the collection Refuse: CanLit in Ruins (Book*hug 2018) and the author of A Sentimental Education (Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2022). She has books forthcoming about podcasting and peer review, and about dinosaurs.