Creative Mornings: Dan Mangan Fri, 10 Aug 2018
The August edition of Creative Mornings is on the theme "Community" with award-winning...

Vancouver Queer Film Festival 2018 August 19, 2018
The 30th Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival is happening August 9 – 19 – mark your...

Creative Mornings: Michael Unger February 02, 2018
Program Coordinator for the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Michael Unger, will be talking on the...

Creative Mornings: Crispin Elsted May 04, 2018
Crispin Elsted is a Canadian poet and publisher of handcrafted and printed books. On May 4 he will...

Creative Mornings: Scott Sampson July 06, 2018
The July edition of Creative Mornings is on the theme "Creativity and Intention" with...

Creative Mornings: Rachel McKinley June 01, 2018
The June edition of Creative Mornings is on the theme "Craft and Creativity" with...

Listen Up! Volumen 2 Sat, 28 Jul 2018
The second conversation of Listen Up! dives into artist driven spaces to tell the story of Splendor...

VLAFF: Vancouver Latin American Film Festival September 07, 2017
SFUW welcomes the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival back to SFU for a seventh year! Since...

LAUNCH FESTIVAL 2018 June 16, 2018
LAUNCH Festival works to support and help guide emerging artists to achieve their professional...

Woodward's Community Singers 2018 Workshops July 19, 2018
(UPDATED LOCATION) This is a free, drop-in, non-auditioned community choir. All voices are invited...

Emerge Festival Showcase 2018 June 06, 2018
A multidisciplinary evening of world premieres! Filmmakers, Musicians, Singers, and Storytellers...

Call for Artists: 2018 LAUNCH Festival May 18, 2018
Be part of a showcase of works by local emerging professional artists, across disciplines.

VanCAF: Vancouver Comic Arts Festival 2018 May 20, 2018
VanCAF is a two-day celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, including an...

Strange New Country: Book Reading and Talk June 09, 2018
Hear gripping stories of the Fraser River Salmon Strikes of 1900–1901 in a dynamic...

Voices of the Street 2018 May 16, 2018
Join Megaphone May 16th for a night of readings to celebrate the launch of their 8th Annual...

Shaping Vancouver 2018: Contested Places May 10, 2018
Heritage sites very often are much more intricate places than we may realize. The first...

EMMA Talks: Feminist Muslim Voices May 03, 2018
The core purpose of EMMA Talks is to bring important stories by women identified writers,...

DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2018 May 13, 2018
DOXA Documentary Film Festival is Western Canada's largest documentary film festival. Now in its...

Vancouver Opera: Requiem for a Lost Girl May 06, 2018
Exploring themes of homelessness, poverty, mental illness, addiction and the plight of missing and...

What is Happening to Our Cities and What Can Happen May 03, 2018
A book launch of "The Rise of Cities" by Dimitrios Roussopoulos.

Capitalism and the Expropriation of Nature April 26, 2018
This talk by John Bellamy Foster will present some of the new research within Marxian ecology,...

Reel Causes: Fattitude May 31, 2018
Reel Causes is proud to present "Fattitude", a body positive documentary that amplifies...

National Canadian Film Day April 18, 2018
Join us in a celebration of the incredible achievements of five local filmmakers.

Speaking of Dance Conversation April 10, 2018
A public conversation exploring the evolution of Tap Dance & Jazz Music as interconnected Art...

Creative Mornings: Tien Neo Eamas March 02, 2018
Tien Neo Eamas is committed to bringing a whole new level of Freedom and Joy to all. On March 2nd...

Creative Mornings: Jay DeMerit April 06, 2018
Tien Neo Eamas is committed to bringing a whole new level of Freedom and Joy to all. On March 2nd...

Speaking of Dance Conversation March 13, 2018
Free public dialogues and roundtable conversations about the world of dance, contextualizing it...

Reel Causes: #WorthFightingFor March 29, 2018
#WorthFightingFor is an evening of film and conversation to raise awareness about the value and...

Vancouver South African Film Festival 2018 March 25, 2018
SFUW is proud to partner with the Vancouver South African Film Festival to present features and...

Speaking of Dance Conversation February 13, 2018
Free public dialogues and roundtable conversations about the world of dance, contextualizing it...

Salish Singing & Drumming Spring 2017 Workshops January 12, 2017
Join us in learning social songs, drumming and dance with composer, producer and traditional...

Salish Singing & Drumming Spring 2018 Workshops February 22, 2018
Join us in learning social songs, drumming and dance with composer, producer and traditional...

Salish Singing & Drumming Spring 2018 Workshops January 25, 2018
Join us in learning social songs, drumming and dance with composer, producer and traditional...

Seminar with Shanti Ganesh March 22, 2018
In this talk Shanti Ganesh will discuss the challenges and opportunities of doing art-science...

EMMA Talks: Maneo Mohale and Sarah Hunt April 27, 2016
Registration is now full! Join the waitlist for the fourth EMMA Talks with Maneo Mohale and Sarah...

Aboriginal Lecture Series | Indigeneity, Cultural Property, and Intangible Heritage Wed, 16 Mar 2016 7:00 PM
"Pragmatism at the Intersection of Indigeneity, Cultural Property, and Intangible...

Aboriginal Lecture Series | Finding Mile Zero on the Powwow Trail Wed, 23 Mar 2016 7:00 PM
"Finding Mile Zero on the Powwow Trail" presented by Dr. Eldon Yellowhorn | This...

Panel: How To Learn An Indigenous Language Thu, 04 Feb 2016 7:00 PM
"How To Learn an Indigenous Language" is a question many want answered. Esteemed speakers...

In the Land of the Head Hunters | Film Screening and Panel November 13, 2015
Join us for a screening and panel discussion on In the Land of the Head Hunters, the first feature...

Big Drum performance and workshop Wed, 28 Oct 2015 7:00 PM
Please join us for an evening of cultural sharing as we bring out SFU's big drum. The drum was...

Creating a New Way Forward: Reflections on TRC’s Final Report and Recommendations Tue, 02 Jun 2015 8:00 AM
Vancouverites are invited to join Survivors, Aboriginal peoples and all Canadians as the Truth and...

EMMA Talks | DECOLONIAL LOVE: BUILDING RESURGENT COMMUNITIES OF CONNECTION Wed, 08 Apr 2015 7:00 PM
SOLD OUT | The purpose of EMMA talks is to bring important stories by women identified writers,...

Dylan Robinson: Art Music's Indigenous Inclusions and the Politics of Form Mon, 20 Oct 2014 7:00 PM
Concerti for throat singers, operas on Indigenous subjects, and powwow symphonies. Despite an...

Glen Coulthard | Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition Wed, 22 Oct 2014 7:00 PM
A panel discussion on Red Skin, White Masks is a work of critically engaged political theory that...

WePress: Making Art in the Neighbourhood March 01, 2018
WePress shares its journey from being a small group of community-builders and art- and print-makers...

Writing on the Screen: The film critic/filmmaker exchange. February 24, 2018
A 3-hour workshop is for aspiring film critics as well as filmmakers wanting to attract media...

Celebrate Or Demonstrate February 21, 2018
An open invitation to members of BC's Art Community to meet and help formulate a timely response to...

Jim Green Memorial Lecture 2018: Tonya Surman March 07, 2018
For the 2018 Jim Green Memorial Lecture, Tonya Surman speaks on the future of social innovation....

June Scudeler: Family History as Literature March 08, 2018
Indigenous literary nationalism argues for the importance of using Indigenous ways of knowing to...

Talking Stick Festival Industry Series February 18, 2018
Talking Sticks Festival's Scháyilhen Industry Series is a four-day forum which invites arts...