The 18 September panel will focus on the massive student-led movement that ended the 15-year authoritarian rule of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina.

This is the first of six in-person events in Demos, Democracy, Democratization , a South Asia Lecture series, which is organized in 2024鈥�25 by Director Shubhra Gururani (Anthropology) and Shreyashi Ganguly (Sociology).

Rukmini Barua (History, 91亚色) will speak on deindustrialization, urban politics and emotions in 20th century Ahmedabad on 23 October 2024 talk. Mona Bhan (Syracuse University) will give the final talk of the semester on 13 November 2024; she will the focus to the realities of hydropower in Kashmir.

In Winter 2025, Chris Balcom (91亚色) will give a talk in January 2025 and Lalit Vachani鈥檚 (University of G枚ttingen) film, Prisoner No. 626710 is Present, will be screened on 12 February 2025. The event on 12 March 2025 is to be confirmed.

All are welcome to the series鈥� events, which will take place on 91亚色鈥檚 Keele Campus.

Full series details can be found at this link.

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Graduate Associate organized a well-attended hybrid international symposium in November that brought M膩ori and Asian activists and scholars from Aotearoa New Zealand with Tkaronto-based activists and scholars to address challenges and praxis of solidarity building. Speakers included: Sina Brown-Davis, Dr Arama Rata, T膩whana Chadwick, Kirsty Fong, and Dr Mahdis Azarmandi. was supported by several internal and community organization in both countries.	Photograph provided by M. Fu
YCAR was pleased to co-present the screening and publication launch organized by Graduate Associate Cindy Jiang (Critical Disaiblity Studies) on December 1. The Critical Perspectives on Mental Health Research Cluster at the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies launched their second special edition of Canada Watch: Rethinking, Reframing, and Reimagining Madness, followed by a screening of short films related to racialized mental health and a discussion with the three Canadian directors: Nesa Huda, Kagan Goh and Emmanuel Teji. 鈥淭here was overwhelming positive feedback on how this event was so different in terms of how we discuss mental health in the academy, especially among racialized populations,鈥� said Jiang.	Cindy Jiang photograph
The celebrated research on Philippines and the Diaspora on December 1. Students and faculty reported on their research and accomplishments the past year. Members of the Consulate of the Philippines in Toronto, including the Consul General, were special guests. Attendees were also treated to a new dance choreography that PSG funding supported through its Community-Engaged Research Grants. The PSG鈥檚 2023 activities were made possible with support from the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto.	YCAR Photograph
Gardeners of Stories, led by YCAR Graduate Associate Arpita Bajpeyi, Vridhhi Chaudhry and Meera Kanageswaran, organized Paalam: A Reimagining South Asian Dance Salon Series in November 2023. The series, with works by international and Toronto-based artists, features art that explores stories we don鈥檛 typically encounter in South Asian dance: experiences of life on tea plantations, queerness, postpartum depression and much more. A on November 12 included Dhanarajh Rasiah (Sri Lanka), Ranjini Nair (India/UK), and Sangram Mukhopadhyay (India) who reimagined how bharatanatyam, kuchipudi, and whacking/waacking can represent our experiences. The group鈥檚 second, very successful was held on November 18 and included work-in-progress dance performances from Ann Ariyadasa, Ramya Raghavan, and Niroshehaa Ragunathan with Marilyn Yogayrajah. YCAR was pleased to co-present the series.	Y. Garcia photographs

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