Two Days of Canada Conference at Brock University: "Avant Canada: Artists, Prophets, and Revolutionaries"

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 9:00am

Brock University
500 Glenridge Avenue
St. Catharines, ON
L2S 3A1

Presenting Two Days of Canada Conference at Brock University: "Avant Canada: Artists, Prophets, and Revolutionaries", 5-7 November 2014. The two day conference will take place at Rodman Hall in downtown St. Catharines, and will be followed by a one-day symposium on bpNichol at the Niagara Artists Centre, also in the downtown. We have extended the conference to three days to help celebrate Brock University's 50th anniversary.

The conference is being hosted by Editing Modernism in Canada (editingmodernism.ca), the Centre for Canadian Studies at Brock University, and the Niagara Artists Centre (nac.org).

The full schedule and details for registration are available online through the conference website: http:www.avantcanada.ca

The conference will include plenary speakers, roundtable discussions, special topics panels, practical-skills workshops, an exhibition of First Nations digital art by Skawennati, a keynote address by Stó:lō author and philosopher Lee Maracle that is free and open to the public, a one-day symposium on bpNichol, and a creative evening of poetry readings by Christian Bök, a rawlings, Stephen Scobie, derek beaulieu, Adeena Karasick, Stephen Cain, Gary Barwin, and Natalie Simpson.

Attendance is open but limited. If you are an educator and have interest in connecting your class to the event, please contact

Gregory Betts
Chancellor's Chair for Research Excellence
Director, Centre for Canadian Studies
Graduate Program Director, Canadian and American Studies
Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
gbetts@brocku.ca