2025 Innis Alumni Lecture

Join us on April 9 for our 2025 Innis Alumni Lecture, “Can ‘Ex-Cons’ Help Improve the Criminal Justice System?“, with Professor Jeffrey Ian Ross (BA ’85 Innis). The criminal justice system struggles with entrenched issues that demand a fundamental re-evaluation. What if we used the voices of well-educated formerly incarcerated individuals to drive meaningful reform? Drawing from… Continue Reading 2025 Innis Alumni Lecture

Rudolf Arnheim’s Media Theory: Formats, Platforms, Materials, and the Cinema

Today, the legacy of classical film theory – with its insistence on medium specificity and concern with the formal properties of film– is often framed as essentialist, ahistorical, and no longer applicable to our present media practices. As recent media-theoretical debates challenge the very association of media with the material basis of artistic or communication… Continue Reading Rudolf Arnheim’s Media Theory: Formats, Platforms, Materials, and the Cinema

CSI 50th Anniversary Directors’ Panel

Speakers Corinn Columpar Peter Fitting Charlie Keil Joe Medjuck Cam Tolton Alberto Zambenedetti Bliss Lim (moderator) Description A night devoted to the history of the Cinema Studies Institute. Former directors share their thoughts on the experience of leading the Institute. Moderated by Bliss Lim. Register for free tickets.

Kensington Market: Heart of the City

The Urban Studies Program and the Canadian Film Forum present a special screening of Kensington Market: Heart of the City. On April 8, join for a screening of this documentary film followed by a discussion with filmmaker Stuart Clarfield. Kensington Market: Heart of the City tells the story of generations who have lived in the neighbourhood over the… Continue Reading Kensington Market: Heart of the City