ISF 2019: The Beats in India, with Deborah Baker July 10, 2019
Pulitzer Prize nominee Deborah Baker takes us back to the moment when America's edgiest writers...

ISF 2019: Trigger Me This July 10, 2019
Trigger Me This showcases some of Canada’s funniest people including Zarqa Nawaz, Sultana of...

Social Practice Workshop with Anne Marie Slater July 15, 2019
Join artist Anne Marie Slater for a social practice workshop that will focus on her 2019 Artist in...

ISF 2019: Amitav Ghosh on ‘The Great Derangement’ July 09, 2019
Are we deranged? Acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well...

MachineNoisy 2019 June 15, 2019
MACHiNENOiSY co directors, Delia Brett and Daelik create a new work for themselves that reflects...

Helen Walkley: John July 12, 2019
Helen Walkley's intimate and personal memoir of her oldest brother John who disappeared from...

Siddharth Dube: An Indefinite Sentence June 07, 2019
Siddharth Dube is a non-fiction writer and specialist commentator on poverty, public health, and...

Reel Causes: Because We Are Girls June 06, 2019
Reel Causes is proud to present "Because We Are Girls" from Vancouver-based documentarian...

Shaping Vancouver 2019: What's the Use of Heritage? May 21, 2019
Under many different names, including “revitalization”and “regeneration”,...

Emerge Festival Showcase 2019 June 06, 2019
A multidisciplinary evening of world premieres! Filmmakers, Musicians, Singers, and Storytellers...

Creative Mornings: Ema Peter June 07, 2019
We are thrilled to invite you to our June 7 CMVan where Ema Peter will speak to our series on...

Book Launch: Libby Davies’ “Outside In: A Political Memoir” May 22, 2019
Join Vancouver activist and politician Libby Davies for the launch of her memoir, Outside In,...

Samuel Stein: Gentrification and the Real Estate State May 21, 2019
Join author and urbanist Samuel Stein on May 21 for a discussion on the politics of urban planning...

Systems Change: Envisioning a Canada Beyond Prohibition May 15, 2019
Join our panel of experts from Canada and abroad to consider how to get beyond prohibition and how...

Turning Point Ensemble: Sounds Unheard Sun, 12 May 2019
A musical event celebrating the partnership with Canadian/Tajik composer Nurulla-Khoja.

HRO New York Heavies! 2019 May 25, 2019
Hard Rubber New Music in partnership with SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs, presents new...

Voices of the Street 2019 May 27, 2019
Join Megaphone May 27th for a night of readings to celebrate the launch of their 9th Annual...

DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2019 May 12, 2019
DOXA Documentary Film Festival is Western Canada's largest documentary film festival. Now in its...

Reel Causes | ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch April 17, 2019
Reel Causes is thrilled to present the latest film from the multiple-award winning team of Jennifer...

French Film Nights March 24, 2019
Le Printemps de la francophonie 2019 is an occasion to promote the value of French in a variety of...

Injection Drug Use, and the Interacting Epidemics of Substance Use and HIV March 27, 2019
Featuring a talk by Hansel Tookes, MD, MPH (Assistant Professor at the Miami School of Medicine,...

Vancouver South African Film Festival 2019 March 31, 2019
SFUW is proud to partner with the Vancouver South African Film Festival to present features and...

Salish Singing & Drumming Spring 2019 Workshops March 21, 2019
Join us in learning social songs, drumming and dance with composer, producer and traditional...

Gwynne Dyer: The Populist Revolt — Its Causes and Cure March 06, 2019
Nationalism is back, and it’s very angry. Gwynne Dyer lectures on the rise of populism in...

Creative Mornings: Harlan Pruden April 05, 2019
We are thrilled to invite you to our April 5 CMVan where Harlan Pruden will speak to our series on...

Building Connected Communities - A Woman’s Journey for Human Rights March 12, 2019
Equitas is proud to give you the opportunity to meet Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, a human rights...

Astra Taylor: What is Democracy? March 22, 2019
Featuring a diverse cast—including celebrated philosophers, trauma surgeons, factory workers,...

#SFUHISTREADS 2019 - Algiers, Third World Capital by Elaine Mokhtefi March 02, 2019
SFU History Reads is a Public Book Club that discusses timely works of historical interest to bring...

Talking Stick Festival: Industry Series February 25, 2019
Talking Sticks Festival's Scháyilhen Industry Series is a four-day forum which invites arts...

Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois et Francophone February 10, 2019
A celebration of Francophone Cinema from Quebec and the World.

Film Screening: The Issue of Mr. O'Dell February 26, 2019
The life of Jack O’Dell, who once worked alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., is revealed...

Empowering Informed Consent: Community Ethics in Cultural Production March 07, 2019
A panel with members of the DTES community will discuss their experiences of cultural production -...

TransFORMation 2018: A Dialogue on Events that Changed Vancouver February 04, 2019
TransFORMation 2018 is the 4th annual Year-In-Review forum convened by the Vancouver City Planning...

Jim Green Memorial Lecture 2019: Nathan Edelson March 13, 2019
Nathan Edelson will reflect on his experience of almost a half century as a community planner,...

Let's Speak Up! Inclusive Governance in the Non-Profit Sector of the Downtown Eastside February 07, 2019
A community panel featuring non-profit board members, educators and community members discussing...

Speaking of Dance Conversations: Post-Identity Utopia February 05, 2019
Vancouver’s own internationally renowned choreographer Crystal Pite will moderate a panel of...

The Jim Green Opera Film Series: La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi January 26, 2019
Join us for a free screening of a Royal Opera House production of Verdi’s La Traviata. Known...

2019 PuSH Festival February 03, 2019
Critical Ideas sessions at the 2019 Push Festival bring together artists, critics, scholars and...

Woodward's Community Singers Spring 2019 Workshops July 25, 2019
This is a free, drop-in, non-auditioned community choir. All voices are invited to join us in...

Creative Mornings: Tiko Kerr January 04, 2019
We are thrilled to invite you to our January 4 CMVan where Tiko Kerr will speak to our series on...

Bah Humbug! 2018 December 22, 2018
<i>Bah Humbug! An Eastside Christmas Carol </i>returns to the stage for its longest run...

Reel Causes: BPM November 30, 2018
Reel Causes is proud to present "BPM": In Paris in the early 1990s, a group of activists...

ILBIJERRI Theatre Company (Australia): Blood on the Dance Floor Sat, 09 Feb 2019
A descendant of the Narangga and Kaurna nations of South Australia, choreographer/performer Jacob...

Akram Khan Company (UK): Chotto Desh Sat, 24 Nov 2018
Akram Khan’s <i>Chotto Desh</i> (‘small homeland’ in Bangladeshi)...

Speaking of Dance Conversations: Art Criticism in the Digital Age November 27, 2018
Vancouver’s own internationally renowned choreographer Crystal Pite will moderate a panel of...

North of 49: c̓əsnaʔəm: the city before the city November 22, 2018
c̓əsnaʔəm, the city before the city commemorates five years since the resolution of a dramatic...

Creative Mornings: Navida Nuraney December 07, 2018
We are thrilled to invite you to our December 7th CMVan where Navida Nuraney will speak to our...

Shaping Vancouver 2018: Contested Places November 15, 2018
Earlier this year, Vancouver City Council unanimously approved the Millennium Line Broadway...

Proportional Representation Best Reflects the Will of the People November 15, 2018
This fall, British Columbians have the chance to shape the future of provincial elections. A...

Project Limelight: The Girl With No Superpowers November 18, 2018
A short film featuring participants of Project Limelight's 2018 Make a Movie program. Written and...