TIFA 2025 Schedule

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Sunday
November 2

Alumni Hall, Victoria College

Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319

Emmanuel College, Room 119

Isabel Bader Theatre

Koerner Hall in the Telus Centre for Performance & Learning

Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003

Victoria Chapel Lobby

Victoria College Chapel

Victoria College Main Lobby

Victoria College, Room 101

Victoria College, Room 215

10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
Tea, Cake & Family Sagas with Catherine Newman and Zeina Sleiman
Catherine Newman and Zeina Sleiman
Conversation
Bound & Unbound: Adam Haslett & Shani Mootoo
Adam Haslett and Shani Mootoo
Conversation
A Daughter’s Place, A Woman’s Voice: Martha Bátiz & Christine Estima
Martha Bátiz and Christine Estima
Conversation
Silent Forces, Fierce Voices: Ann Yu-Kyung Choi & Cho Nam-Joo
Ann Y. K. Choi and Cho Nam-Joo
Conversation
Changing Colours: Souvankham Thammavongsa & Ian Williams
Souvankham Thammavongsa and Ian Williams
Conversation
Diaspora Dialogues: The Intimacies of Chosen Families
Various participants
Conversation
Fight for Freedom, Search for Truth: Nathan Harris & Patrick Tarr
Nathan Harris and Patrick Tarr
Conversation
Reading Rhythms x TIFA
Various participants
Presentation
Past Our Prime: Susan Swan & Cathrin Bradbury
Cathrin Bradbury and Susan Swan
Conversation
Patchen Barss: The Impossible Equation of Genius
Patchen Barss
Conversation
The Bonds that Shape Us: Ryad Assani-Razaki & Jemimah Wei
Ryad Assani-Razaki and Jemimah Wei
Conversation
Quiet Revolutions: Ziyad Saadi & Fadi Zaghmout
Ziyad Saadi and Fadi Zaghmout
Conversation
Canisia Lubrin: The World After Rain
Canisia Lubrin
Conversation
David Shribman: The Future of History in America
Various participants
Conversation
Thomas King: Aliens on the Moon
Thomas King
Conversation
The Global Canadian Revisiting History: Ann Y. K. Choi, Vinh Nguyen & Jinwoo Park
Ann Y. K. Choi, Vinh Nguyen, and Jinwoo Park
Reading
Family Faultlines: Ziyad Saadi, Zeina Sleiman & Jemimah Wei
Ziyad Saadi, Zeina Sleiman, and Jemimah Wei
Event
Re/writing Connection
Various participants
Event
Creativity and the Classroom in the Age of AI
Various participants
Conversation
History in Your Hands
Various participants
Exhibition
Andrew Coyne: The Crisis of Canadian Democracy
Andrew Coyne
Conversation
Belonging Across Borders: Alejandro Heredia & David Wright Faladé
Alejandro Heredia and David Wright Faladé
Conversation
Joy Fielding: Jenny Cooper Has a Secret
Joy Fielding
Conversation
Diaspora Dialogues: Expanding Black Narratives
Various participants
Conversation
Writing with the Senses with Alka Joshi
Alka Joshi
Masterclass
How to Change Your Mind in a Poem with Adam Sol
Various participants
Masterclass
Writers Collective of Canada Workshop
Various participants
Workshop
Guelph Masterclass Talk: Jeremy Tiang
Jeremy Tiang and Canisia Lubrin
Conversation
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Sunday
November 2

10:00am
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
12:00pm
12:30pm
1:00pm
1:30pm
2:00pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4:00pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:30pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
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Sunday
November 2
10:00am↑5:00pm
Victoria Chapel Lobby
History in Your Hands
Various participants
Exhibition
11:00am↑12:00pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
The Global Canadian Revisiting History: Ann Y. K. Choi, Vinh Nguyen & Jinwoo Park
Ann Y. K. Choi, Vinh Nguyen, and Jinwoo Park
Reading
11:00am↑12:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Tea, Cake & Family Sagas with Catherine Newman and Zeina Sleiman
Catherine Newman and Zeina Sleiman
Conversation
11:30am↑12:30pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Writers Collective of Canada Workshop
Various participants
Workshop
11:30am↑1:00pm
Victoria College, Room 101
Writing with the Senses with Alka Joshi
Alka Joshi
Masterclass
11:30am↑12:30pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Changing Colours: Souvankham Thammavongsa & Ian Williams
Souvankham Thammavongsa and Ian Williams
Conversation
11:30am↑12:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Andrew Coyne: The Crisis of Canadian Democracy
Andrew Coyne
Conversation
12:00pm↑1:00pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Past Our Prime: Susan Swan & Cathrin Bradbury
Cathrin Bradbury and Susan Swan
Conversation
12:00pm↑1:00pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Canisia Lubrin: The World After Rain
Canisia Lubrin
Conversation
12:30pm↑1:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Bound & Unbound: Adam Haslett & Shani Mootoo
Adam Haslett and Shani Mootoo
Conversation
1:00pm↑2:00pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Family Faultlines: Ziyad Saadi, Zeina Sleiman & Jemimah Wei
Ziyad Saadi, Zeina Sleiman, and Jemimah Wei
Event
1:00pm↑2:00pm
Victoria College Chapel
Belonging Across Borders: Alejandro Heredia & David Wright Faladé
Alejandro Heredia and David Wright Faladé
Conversation
1:30pm↑2:30pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Diaspora Dialogues: The Intimacies of Chosen Families
Various participants
Conversation
1:30pm↑2:30pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Patchen Barss: The Impossible Equation of Genius
Patchen Barss
Conversation
2:00pm↑3:00pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
A Daughter’s Place, A Woman’s Voice: Martha Bátiz & Christine Estima
Martha Bátiz and Christine Estima
Conversation
2:00pm↑3:00pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
David Shribman: The Future of History in America
Various participants
Conversation
2:30pm↑3:27pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Re/writing Connection
Various participants
Event
2:30pm↑4:00pm
Victoria College, Room 101
How to Change Your Mind in a Poem with Adam Sol
Various participants
Masterclass
2:30pm↑3:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Joy Fielding: Jenny Cooper Has a Secret
Joy Fielding
Conversation
3:00pm↑4:30pm
Victoria College, Room 215
Guelph Masterclass Talk: Jeremy Tiang
Jeremy Tiang and Canisia Lubrin
Conversation
3:00pm↑4:00pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
The Bonds that Shape Us: Ryad Assani-Razaki & Jemimah Wei
Ryad Assani-Razaki and Jemimah Wei
Conversation
3:00pm↑4:00pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Fight for Freedom, Search for Truth: Nathan Harris & Patrick Tarr
Nathan Harris and Patrick Tarr
Conversation
3:30pm↑4:30pm
Alumni Hall, Victoria College
Silent Forces, Fierce Voices: Ann Yu-Kyung Choi & Cho Nam-Joo
Ann Y. K. Choi and Cho Nam-Joo
Conversation
4:00pm↑5:00pm
Northrop Frye Hall, Room 003
Creativity and the Classroom in the Age of AI
Various participants
Conversation
4:30pm↑5:30pm
Isabel Bader Theatre
Thomas King: Aliens on the Moon
Thomas King
Conversation
4:30pm↑5:30pm
Victoria College Chapel
Diaspora Dialogues: Expanding Black Narratives
Various participants
Conversation
4:30pm↑5:30pm
Emmanuel College, Room 119
Quiet Revolutions: Ziyad Saadi & Fadi Zaghmout
Ziyad Saadi and Fadi Zaghmout
Conversation
5:00pm↑7:00pm
Emmanuel College Chapel, Room 319
Reading Rhythms x TIFA
Various participants
Presentation
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