Join Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECU) and OCAD University (OCAD U) in a series of thematic explorations around the responsible conduct of art and design research. Public events will be held throughout October and November 2021.
Conducting Creative Research: Conducting Research via Mentorship and Partnership: A conversation between Cecily Nicholson and Syrus Marcus Ware. 15 October 2021, 10AM-12PM PST/ 1PM-3PM EST
On Zoom: https://bit.ly/3ifDFO0
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Cecily Nicholson is the author of Triage, From the Poplars, winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and Wayside Sang, which won the Governor General's award for English-language poetry. She is a community member of the Research Ethics Board for Emily Carr University of Art + Design, volunteers with people impacted by carcerality, and works in gallery education. Cecily was the 2021 Writer-in-Residence for the University of Windsor.
Syrus Marcus Ware is a Vanier scholar, visual artist, activist, curator, and educator. Syrus uses painting, installation and performance to explore social justice frameworks and black activist culture. He has shown in galleries and festivals across Canada. He is part of the Performance Disability Art Collective and a core-team member of Black Lives Matter – Toronto. He has won several recognitions including the TD Diversity Award 2017, the Steinert and Ferreiro Award 2012, and “Best Queer Activist” NOW Magazine 2005. Syrus is the co-editor of Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada (URP, 2020). Syrus earned his PhD at York University in the Faculty of Environmental Studies and is Assistant Professor at the School of the Arts at McMaster University.