Events
Events
Explore IECS lectures, roundtables, screenings, book launches, student gatherings, and public programs.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming
Plants on Oil: The Process Story in Petróleo ¡la sangre del mundo! (1936) and the Consumption Model in Los millones de Chaflán (1938) 3
Emily Hind explores the relationship between plants, oil, film, and consumption through two influential Mexican films from the 1930s.
The Green Transition's Extractive Paradox: Lithium, Water and Territory in the Andes
Visiting scholar Araceli Clavijo examines lithium extraction, water governance, and environmental justice in the Argentine Puna.
Transpacific Cultures of Extraction
An international workshop featuring scholars from Taiwan and the University of Toronto exploring extraction, agriculture, energy, environment, and culture across the Pacific.
Capitalism and the Alibi of Growth. An Evening with Timothy Mitchell: Lecture and Book Signing
Timothy Mitchell discusses his new book, The Alibi of Capital, followed by a book signing in partnership with Another Story Bookshop.
Music Recomposed with Kyle Devine
Kyle Devine discusses his new book Recomposed: Music, Climate Crisis, Change and explores the environmental impacts of the music industry.
Past Events
Past
Ernst Logar: Reflecting Oil
A presentation by Austrian artist and researcher Ernst Logar on Reflecting Oil, an interdisciplinary project examining crude oil through art-based research, experimentation, and sensory engagement.
The AI Con – Dr. Alex Hanna with Dr. M Murphy
Date: Thursday, June 18th, 2026 Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM Location: Jackman Humanities Institute 170 Saint George Street JHB100B Toronto, ON M5S 1V8
The EU’s Renewable Energy ‘Permitting Turn’ – Prompted by Climate Action, Driven by Geopolitics
Date: Thursday, May 21st, 2026 Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM Location: University College 15 King’s College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S 3H7 UC 117 (Room 117)
Ursula Biemann: Dialogues with the Future
The emergence of freedom, justice, and equality from cross-cultural exchange.
UrbanX
URBAN X When: April 2nd, 2026 (Thursday) Where: IC Atrium, University of Toronto Scarborough, Time: 5:00pm-8:00pm UrbanX, in collaboration […]
Kate Meehan
Lecture on Geographies of Subsumption in Mexico City’s Rainwater Market
Joshua Steckley
Nightcrawler Commodities: an eccentric tale of worms, cows, cash, and capitalism
Thea Riofrancos
Will green capitalism save us from the climate crisis? Riofrancos unpacks the dilemmas of the ‘critical mineral’ essential to decarbonizing transportation.
Andrew Bacchus / Invisible Carbon
Andrew Bacchus, 2025 City of Toronto Climate Action Champion and Founder of Invisible Carbon visits UTSC
Ecologies of Collapse
Ecologies of Collapse explores overlapping crises of the family, property, political imagination, and planetary futurity from a materialist perspective.
Eco Lens
Student submissions of images that illustrate an environmental, socioeconomic, or political challenge in their respective communities or beyond
Andreas Malm
“Return of the Repressed Heat: Towards a Freudo-Marxist Theory of Geoengineering.” Geoengineering as a materialized repression of global warming? A Freudo-Marxist Analysis
Green Dreams: A Podcast Series
Join us for a launch of the new podcast series Green Dreams, the Canadian launch of the book Power Shift: New Keywords for a New Politics of Energy, and an introduction to the Canadian Climate Backtracker
One Planet Shipping: Can Maritime Transport Deliver Climate Justice?
CANCELLED: Lecture by Christiaan De Beukelaer (Senior Lecturer in Culture & Climate at the University of Melbourne)
Energy Narratives: An Interdisciplinary Approach
An interdisciplinary discussion organized by the Doctoral Fellows at the IECS: Isidora Cortes-Monroy Gazitua, Zixian Liu, and Sajdeep Soomal
Meet the Institute Directors!
Student Event on UTSC Sustainability Week!
Race, Labor, and the Political Fractures of Climate Actions
Lectures by Matt Huber (Syracuse University) and Myles Lennon (Brown University) Organized by the IECS, in conjunction with Centre for Comparative Literature, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, and the Sch...
Vulnerable Communities and Climate Justice: A Roundtable
Panelists: Angele Alook, Geoff Dembicki, Matt Huber, Zamani Ra. Hosted by Hannah Tollefson Organized by the IECS, in partnership with Another Story Bookshop, Harbinger Media and the National Observer
How to Win the Fight for Public Power
Lecture and film screening by Ashley Dawson (Distinguished Professor of English at the Graduate Center / City University of New York and the College of Staten Island). Organized with the Northrop Fyre Centre
Envisioning Change: Storytelling Futures for Climate and Democracy
This event, led by Alicia Richins, founder of Climate Verse, invited students to reimagine what a sustainable and equitable future […]
Saturation, Articulation, Autonomy: The Poetics of Logistics & Petroleum
Lecture by Fred Carter (Researcher with the Infrastructure Humanities Group at the University of Glasgow)
Grace Nosek Book Launch
UTSC had the privilege of welcoming Grace Nosek, author of Rootbound, to explore creative ways of expressing climate anxiety. Her discussion […]
Corporations on Climate: Greenwashing or Progress? A Roundtable
Panelists: Melissa Aronczyk, Ralph Torrie, and John Woodside. Hosted by: Alison Mountz Organized by the Institute for Environment, Conservation and Sustainability (IECS), in partnership with Another Story Bookshop, Ha...
RRR Movie Screening
This movie screening, hosted by IECS doctoral fellow Bhagya Shree Nadamala, featured the Telugu film RRR. The film tells the story […]
Communicating Fire: A Lecture by John Vaillant
Award-winning author John Vaillant speaks about the climate crisis and what comes next.
Open Forum with John Vaillant
UTSC had the honor of welcoming John Vaillant to speak with students about his latest book, Fire Weather. The book delves […]
Every Cook Can Plan
Join us for an engaging seminar with Troy Vettese, co-author of Half-Earth Socialism and environmental historian at UC Berkeley. Vettese’s […]
Robert de la Torre
The IECS co-funded (with the CFREF initiative Future Energy System, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and Institute for Creative Exchange) the […]
Attunement Sessions (Weathering)
The Blackwood (UTM) organized “Attunement Sessions” – a four-part series of discussions, presentations, performances, and events held in Winter 2024. […]
The 1970s and Us: Revolution and Liberation, From Past to Present
Lecture by Michael Hardt (Professor in the Literature Program at Duke University) October 19, 2023 5:00 pm to 7:00 […]