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SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships

Four SCA PhD students (three current and one starting in September) were awarded SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships in the latest round, including , , , and (that's me?!?). Congratulations team! See all of the award recipients .

Priest Down Under 

The SCA's is presenting his talk, "On Musement and Radical Thought," as part of the Philosophy Seminar series by the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland on July 25 (more ), and for the Media Futures Hub at the University of New South Wales on Monday, August 4, 2025, from 12:00 PM 每 1:30 PM (Sydney local time). More .

Escamillan, Kwan, and Chambers in Dance Central

The latest issue of "Dance Central," the quarterly magazine from The Dance Centre, includes texts by Ralph Escamillan, Ziyian Kwan, and the SCA's , who shares excepts from her work . Read it . Chambers is presenting The Brutal Joy from November 20 每 22, 2025, at 7:30 PM in the Arts Court Studio at the National Arts Centre (2 Daly Ave., Ottawa). More .

Outreach and Community Engagement Worker needed

The SCA's Steven Hill shared that the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave, Vancouver) is looking for an Outreach and Community Engagement Worker for a (12 hours a week and $35 an hour) part-time contract position (32 weeks, with opportunity to extend), starting September 22, 2025. More .

FRIDAY's Listening Party & der Klang des Sommers

SCA alumnus  held a Bandcamp Listening Party on Friday, July 25, 2025, for , her latest record, which is out Friday, August 1 worldwide from Sub Pop and in Canada from Royal Mountain Records. More . Also, Friday was included in VOGUE Germany's list of "five (young) musicians ... providing the sound of the summer." Read it (in German).

Chimerik's Immanent Invocation

, which has SCA alumni (and newlyweds!)  and as Co-Artistic Directors, are presenting Immanent Invocation, "a 3-day progressive movement workshop," from July 30 每 August 1, 2025, as part of The Toronto Dance Community Love-In. More .

Bruton's listed

Check out SCA alumnus 's new listing as a Canadian Music Centre (Prairie) website as an Associate Composer. See it .

Dusted on Lake Fire

Read a review of , the latest record by SCA alumnus , who is also touring Europe in September, too. Read it . 

Sound on the cover

SCA alumnus 's work is on the cover of the Summer 2025 (July每September) issue of First American Art Magazine, and we suspect discussed in Stacy Pratt's article "Native Cyanotypes in Five Parts." More .

Vine Arts Festival

SCA alumnus and (as part of Gong Library Resource with Adrian Avenda?o, Irene Senent, and Raj Gill) are participating in this year's , running August 6 每16, 2025, at parks around so-called Vancouver, presented by the . Read more from Stir Vancouver .

Requiem for Radio: Full Quiet Flutter (RFR: FQF)

SCA alumnus 's Requiem for Radio: Full Quiet Flutter (RFR: FQF), "a 60-minute live performance for human bodies, electrons, and radio waves," is running July 23 每 26, 2025, in the Azrieli Studio at the National Arts Centre (1 Elgin St., Ottawa). More .

A Magical Time reviewed

The British Columbia Review shared a review of A Magical Time: The Early Days of the Arts at 91邐傰, produced by the 91邐傰 Retirees Association, with Frances Atkinson acting as project leader, and published by . Read it . Also, the Faculty of Communication, Arts & Technology shared an article about the booklaunch on June 3, 2025, for A Magical Time, which took place at the SCA in the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre. Read it HERE. 

Gamelan Trike Trike

Interested in gamelan? Publik Secrets, which includes SCA PhD student as one of its members, is calling for new players for their beginner-friendly ensemble, Gamelan Trike Trike, and will be holding a hands-on workshop series in September, 2025, to introduce the various percussion instruments and playing techniques of Balinese gamelan, both traditional and contemporary. More .

Tong's Noise Chapel

SCA alumnus is presenting Noise Chapel from June 22 每 August 24, 2025, at imagokinetics in the , Hangzhou, China. More .

Meg Stuart Master Workshop

(SCA alumni Aryo Khakpour and his brother Arash), in partnership with EDAM Dance, are presenting Meg Stuart's Master Workshop from August 12 每 14, 2025, at 303 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver. More .

True life tales of the climate crisis

Read a review of (or maybe more of a reflection on) Neworld Theatre's , which ran June 18 每 22, 2025, in the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre here at the SCA, by storytellers Jules Chapman and Mike McNeeley, whose "own climate disaster stories" were included in the text of the play. Read it , republished from Megaphone by the Penticton Herald, or grab a copy of the July 2025 issue from your local Megaphone vendor.

Momo's Low Flying Technique

SCA MFA student is presenting MIAO MASTER: Flying Low Technique (Open Level) workshops on August 23 & 24, 2025, from 2:00 PM 每 5:00 PM, at MIAO DANCE 穔敃 (18 Boon Lay Way, #10-123, TradeHub 21 609966, Singapore). More .

Meant to Be

Listen to Meant to Be by Jack J and (SCA PhD candidate ). Listen . Also, if you're in Europe, catch Biddle on stage with Jack J. See their tour itinerary . 

Joey Chaos and the Ghosts

, fronted by SCA alumnus , are playing Saturday, August 23, 2025, at The Cobalt (917 Main St., Vancouver). More .

Swamp Life Parade

, co-founded by SCA alumnus , are holding a Swamp Life Parade on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 3:30 PM, presented as part of Sappyfest, which runs August 1 每 3 in the downtown district of Sackville, NB. More .

Vickers' summer ovoids

SCA alumnus has a "new catalogue of ovoid works available." Reach out via if you'd like to know more.

Silverfox's Composition & Collage Workshop

SCA alumnus is holding a "Composition & Collage Workshop" on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, from 5:00 PM 每 8:00 PM at the Kwanlin D邦n Cultural Centre (1171 Front St., Whitehorse, Yukon), where Silverfox is a Shakaat Artist-in-Residence. More .

Cloud-Making Workshop

SCA alumnus and Diana More are holding a drop-in "Cloud-Making Workshop" on July 26 & 27, 2025, from 12:00 PM 每 4:30 PM at Patchwork Repair Hub (Slocan Hall 每 2750 East 29th Ave., Vancouver). More .

2025 Wreck Beach Butoh Performance Workshop

With SCA alumni as Artistic Director and as Associate Artistic Director, Kokoro Dance's are running their "2025 Wreck Beach Butoh Performance Workshop" from July 28 每 August 10, 2024, at KW Studios (111 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), culminating at Wreck Beach. More .

Walker at LE?A

SCA alumnus is at the on Galiano Island, BC. Here's their "guest book" post on the account. 

? Linda Fox & Big City at LATIBUL

 (SCA PhD candidae ) and (Biddle and SCA alumnus ) are playing as part of "TA-DAA! A summer party at the circus" on Saturday, August 9, 2025, from 2:00 PM 每 10:00 PM, at LATIBUL | Zirkusgel?nde (An der Schanz 6 50735 K?ln). More .

The Perelandra Project

SCA alumnus has a Kickstarter campaign for The Perelandra Project, "an interdisciplinary decolonial feminist retelling of the CS Lewis book Perelandra. Find out More .

Friedenberg's Goggles

SCA MFA student is presenting a screening of the film adaptation of her "comic creep-fest" on July 30, 2025, from 5:00 PM 每 8:00 PM at Progress Lab (1422 William St., Vancouver). Get tickets .

U's Stories on the Bus

SCA alumnus is looking for participants for Stories on the Bus, an "outreach initiative for Next Station," a "dance-theatre performance that explores public transit as a shared social experience," which she's developing as part of her The Dance Centre. Interested? Sign up .

Quincea?era!!!

, which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Director, is throwing Quincea?era!!!, a 15th Birthday Fundraiser on August 23, 2025, from 7:30 PM 每 11:30 PM, at Progress Lab (1422 William St., Vancouver). Get tickets .

Candle Smoke With a Long Draw

SCA alumnus and Tiffany Law are presenting , a "a one-day collaborative exhibition of sculptural shrines and ritual gestures," on August 3, 2025, from 2:00 PM 每 4:00 PM, at THIS Gallery (108 E. Broadway, Vancouver). More .

Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading is a new, we hope recurring part of our weekly Quick News posts that shares readings and other sharable media from SCA faculty, graduate students, and staff.

Here are some recommendations from SCA PhD candidate , which he says are both "read" and "to be read" (no doubt everyone's always-growing pile!):

• Mark Rifkin, , Duke University Press, 2017.
• Christa Noel Robbins, "," Criticism, Vol. 60, No. 4 (Fall 2018), 429-454.
• Heather Diack, , University of Minnesota Press, 2020.
• Mark Sealy, , Lawrence and Wishart, 2025.

And here's a few quick things from me, , your dutiful SCA Communicator: 

• Take this as you will (seems like bad positive feedback that I don't need to me), but Allison Parshall, an associate editor at Scientific American, writes that "Optimists Are Alike, but Pessimists Are Unique, Brain Scan Study Suggests." Read it .
• Here's one for the "easier said than done" files, , who hosts a great podcast, , has shared "Getting off US tech: a guide" on his "critical tech newsletter" Disconnect. Read it .
• Here's "Insoumission," a thoughtful interview / conversation between Jean-Luc M谷lenchon and Tariq Ali that touches on all kinds of interrelated bad things, starting with Gaza, shared by New Left Review's Sidecar. Read it .
• And finally, to the surprise of no one, the CBC reports that, according to Statistics Canada, "Income inequality hit record high at start of 2025." Read it .