## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. Events and Exhibitions 3. [Julia Boyd: Denunciation and Hope](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/3216) # Julia Boyd: Denunciation and Hope Event Alumni Faculty Graduate Student Public Staff Undergraduate Student Liberal Studies Presents: Julia A. Boyd, “Denunciation and Hope” Teaching, Writing, and Learning Literature for Social Change Main Building & Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design (MCA) 100 McCaul Street MCA 230 March 27, 2025 3 - 4 p.m. Department Faculty of Arts & Science Faculty Faculty of Arts & Science [Add to Calendar](data:text/calendar;charset=utf8;base64,QkVHSU46VkNBTEVOREFSDQpWRVJTSU9OOjIuMA0KUFJPRElEOlNwYXRpZSBjYWxlbmRhci1saW5rcw0KQkVHSU46VkVWRU5UDQpVSUQ6ZDM4ZWZjOWQzNjRkMmUwN2Q2MmZkOWFjYjZmNmY1MTYNClNVTU1BUlk6SnVsaWEgQm95ZDogRGVudW5jaWF0aW9uIGFuZCBIb3BlDQpEVFNUQU1QOjIwMjUwMzI3VDE5MDAwMFoNCkRUU1RBUlQ6MjAyNTAzMjdUMTkwMDAwWg0KRFRFTkQ6MjAyNTAzMjdUMjAwMDAwWg0KRU5EOlZFVkVOVA0KRU5EOlZDQUxFTkRBUg==) Main Building & Rosalie Sharp Centre for Design (MCA) 100 McCaul Street MCA 230 March 27, 2025 3 - 4 p.m. Department Faculty of Arts & Science Faculty Faculty of Arts & Science [Add to Calendar](data:text/calendar;charset=utf8;base64,QkVHSU46VkNBTEVOREFSDQpWRVJTSU9OOjIuMA0KUFJPRElEOlNwYXRpZSBjYWxlbmRhci1saW5rcw0KQkVHSU46VkVWRU5UDQpVSUQ6ZDM4ZWZjOWQzNjRkMmUwN2Q2MmZkOWFjYjZmNmY1MTYNClNVTU1BUlk6SnVsaWEgQm95ZDogRGVudW5jaWF0aW9uIGFuZCBIb3BlDQpEVFNUQU1QOjIwMjUwMzI3VDE5MDAwMFoNCkRUU1RBUlQ6MjAyNTAzMjdUMTkwMDAwWg0KRFRFTkQ6MjAyNTAzMjdUMjAwMDAwWg0KRU5EOlZFVkVOVA0KRU5EOlZDQUxFTkRBUg==) ![Guest Speaker: Julia Boyd ](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_wide/public/2025-03/Julia%20Boyd%20event%20image.png.webp?itok=9rWfD_wH) rgb(255,255,255) ### Julia Boyd: Denunciation and Hope ## ***Denunciation and Hope: Teaching, Writing, and Learning Literature for Social Change*** - March 27, 2025 - 3:00 - 4:00pm - Room 230, 100 McCaul Street - Free Admission ***Presenting:*** Julia Boyd, Leanne Bathazaar, Andrés Castañeda Gutiérrez, and Gillian Marr (English & Drama, U of T Mississauga) How can teaching courses about literature and social change inspire us to transform overwhelm, despair, and rage into agency, action, and constructive labour in the face of social and environmental violences? In this talk, we’ll outline some accessible strategies for applying activist writing techniques in university literature classrooms, including course design, creative and scholarly *praxis*, and our collaborative work editing a “Literature and Social Change”-themed special issue of *Folia*, the Department of English & Drama at U of T Mississauga undergraduate journal. Together, we’ll explore just a few ways that teaching literature for social change can inspire students and teachers alike with what Eduardo Galeano called “denunciation and hope”—moving from knowledge *about* injustice to arts and activism for positive social change. You can read the *Folia* special issue free on the journal website: [Literature, Arts, and Social Change Special Edition](https://folialiterary.wixsite.com/edss/post/literature-arts-and-social-change-special-edition). **Julia A. Boyd** Julia A. Boyd is the Chair’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Public Humanities in the Department of English & Drama at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Her research explores transnational writer-activism and social/environmental justice movements, alongside social justice education and community engaged scholarship. Her work on environmental, Oceanian, Canadian, and settler-colonial literatures appears in *Journal of Postcolonial Writing*; *Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature Canadienne*; *Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures*; and *New Oceania: Modernisms and Modernities in the Pacific* (Routledge, 2020). Julia has developed academic leadership and engagement programming for both high school and undergraduate students, including Literature Is ALIVE! **Leanne Balthazaar** Leanne Balthazaar is a first-year student in the University of Toronto Mississauga’s Institute of Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology. Through her work as a project manager and graphic designer of the Literature is ALIVE! *Literature and Social Change* student journal, Leanne explores how communication can influence public perception, shape policy, and inspire collective action. Leanne is also on the organizing and marketing team of UTM’s annual Young Entrepreneurs Conference. **Andrés Castañeda Gutiérrez** Andrés Castañeda Gutiérrez is a first-year aspiring writer from Mexico in the English program at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He loves literature of all stripes and hopes to use his presentation to bring his country's troubled history of both injustice and resistance to the forefront of academic discussion outside of Mexico. His work has been published in the *Folia* Literary Journal “Growth” issue and the *Folia* Special Issue. **Gillian Marr** Gillian A. Marr is a first-year student at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She is a poetry editor for the student journal *Folia*, and an executive member of LIA! She has recently had poetry published in a special issue of *Folia.* Gillian is an avid reader and writer and intends to pursue publishing a novel. **Artwork by Joyce Chang** Joyce Chang (they/any) is a first-year student at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Their work has been submitted for project exhibitions at Sheridan College, and they take a keen interest in how art is used to promote social change. ![Julia Boyd Denunciation of Hope](/sites/default/files/2025-03/Poster.png) *This series is brought to you by the Faculty of Arts and Science's Liberal Studies Program.* Please be advised that OCAD U hosted events may be documented through photographs and video. These images may be used by the University for promotional, advertising, and educational purposes. 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