3 days left to submit a proposal for our member organized panel on Indigenous Horror: accute.ca/2026-call-fo... @accute.bsky.social @nsborwein.bsky.social

Consider submitting a proposal to our ACCUTE 2026 panel on Indigenous Horror: Generic Disruptions @nsborwein.bsky.social @accute.bsky.social accute.ca/wp-content/u...

Come check us out this weekend @halconscificon.bsky.social where @kalahirtleclarke.bsky.social and @heleninwords.bsky.social and I share our many, many thoughts on death and dying and the many fabulous undead monsters. halcon2025.sched.com/event/2ASew/...

Today's free keynote at SMU #MonsterFest: "Too Ghoul for School: Colonial Gazing and Monstrosity in Rhymes for Young Ghouls," with Dr. Krista Collier-Jarvis of @msvuenglish.bsky.social. All are welcome, 3:30 pm at Halifax Central Library. More info: loom.ly/NDXnXuA @lnuonhorror.bsky.social

Jeff Barnaby's 'Blood Quantum' is today's free #MonsterFest screening, 6 pm in partnership with Hellifax Horror Fest! @lnuonhorror.bsky.social moderates a panel with Indigenous scholars and activists: Fallen Matthews, Tiffany Morris and Dr. Margaret Robinson. Halifax Central Library: loom.ly/9PvLLvs

I recently had an interview with CBC Radio to discuss the cultural function of zombies. You can check it out here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Dr. Collier-Jarvis is giving a keynote next week as part of MonsterFest, called Too Ghoul for School - Colonial Gazing & Monstrosity in Rhymes for Young Ghouls. This is open to the public: halifax.bibliocommons.com/events/68e41...

I stand with @cupe3912.bsky.social MSVU and SMU Part-Time Academic Staff. Calling on @smuhalifax.bsky.social and @msvuhalifax.bsky.social to give them a fair deal now! @msvufa.bsky.social @smufu.bsky.social

Tomorrow morning, October 24, 2025, we are having two rallies for our striking members: At MSVU,10-11 a.m., in front of the Seton Academic Centre, 166 Bedford Highway At, SMU 12-1 p.m., in front of the Burke Building, on Inglis Street

I'm delighted to announce that I'll be co-editing a special issue of Gothic Studies: Arctic Gothic with Monica Germanà and Sara Wasson. Check out the CFP here: www.globalgoth.org/blog/arctic-...

Yesterday's Two-Eyed Seeing mural unveiling was wonderful. You can read more about it through the Halifax Examiner: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/indigenous-n...

The Cambridge Companion to World-Gothic is now available for pre-order. I'm beyond delighted to be a part of this wonderful collection: www.cambridge.org/de/universit...

Please join us on October 22 for a very special unveiling of the two-eyed seeing mural

Please join us for a very special talk with Mi'kmaw actor, director, and storyteller, Lisa Nasson, on Oct 15th. This is a hybrid event open to all. To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/centring-f...

There are several great events happening at Saint Mary's University to celebrate Mi'kmaq History Month, including a keynote and film screening by MSVU's English Professor, @lnuonhorror.bsky.social news.smu.ca/news/2025/10...

Mayworks Momentum continues with two October exhibitions hosted at the Khyber Centre for the Arts and included in the Nocturne program! No Dominion/No Domain brings together two artists, Eva Grant and Curtis Botham, whose works reflect on land, labour, infrastructure, and ecological movement.

Labour Day is not just a holiday… it’s a day to remember the struggles of workers past, present and future. The rights many of us hold were won through generations of organizing, striking, and refusing to accept exploitation.

globalnews.ca/video/113565... They cut out the best part of the chant, though: I think it went "5, 6, 7, 8, come on Dal negotiate." #KeepDalStrong

Have you heard about the Two-Eyed Seeing program? @lnuonhorror.bsky.social @tesprogram.bsky.social youtu.be/SUZIdRa2Pdo?...

So-so-so-solidarity at the @dalfaculty.bsky.social rally! End the lockout! Fair bargaining now!

The English Department at Mount Saint Vincent University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Enlightenment-Era Rhetorics and/or Eighteenth-Century Literature at the Assistant Professor level starting 1 July 2026. www.msvu.ca/about-msvu/c...

Faculty are concerned about the impact this lockout @dalhousieu.bsky.social is having on students and the fall term. Admin, let’s get back to bargaining and #keepdalstrong @ansut.bsky.social @caut.bsky.social

Testing, testing…is this thing on? We’re so excited to be joining Bluesky! 🦋 Our program is based in #Halifax #NovaScotia and built on the value of Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing)-- looking at the world through more than one perspective. Learn more about our program here: www.msvu.ca/academics/ba...

Solidarity with our colleagues up the road...we are here for you in Solidarity and to help #KeepDalStrong

1000 faculty hit the picket lines tomorrow, 930 am, lockout by @dalhousieu.bsky.social. A first for CDN research intensive universities. A reckless move by the Board - jeopardizing the fall term, ruining relations with faculty for years to come. Join us on the picket lines to #keepdalstrong!

Indigenous tenure-track opportunity with the Faculty of Education at MSVU: forms.msvu.ca/iframeforms/...

There's still time to submit an abstract to our special edition of Atlantis on the Indigenous New Wave: atlantisjournal.ca/index.php/at...

I'm beyond stoked to be part of Theorizing Zombiism next week: zombiestudiesnetwork.com/theorizing-z...

For anyone working on Jewish horror: www.religionen.uni-hamburg.de/en/jewish-ho...

Have you sent in a proposal for Monster Fest yet? eventscalendar.smu.ca/smuhalifax/d...

Contemporary Indigenous Horror is open to abstract submissions until June 30th! Get your chapter proposals in before the deadline. See further details t.co/icCqsg5z0V

Introducing the "American Dream/American Nightmare" conference speakers! Our third roundtable of the day is on "Indigenous Horror on Turtle Island" and will feature Dr Krista Collier-Jarvis (@lnuonhorror.bsky.social) and Tiffany Morris (@tiffmorris.bsky.social) .

Congratulations to Dal English PhD grad and @msvuenglish.bsky.social prof Dr Krista Collier-Jarvis @lnuonhorror.bsky.social for receiving one of the inaugural Association Canadian College and University Teachers of English’s BIPOC Caucus Research and Community engagement awards!l

A collaborative article on Indigenous métissage has just been published by our very own @lnuonhorror.bsky.social It's open access, so everyone can read it! cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs

An interview with @msvuenglish.bsky.social professor, and Dal English PhD Alum, Dr. Krista Collier-Jarvis @lnuonhorror.bsky.social about an upcoming paper at the ACCUTE conference: accute.ca/2024/11/22/a...

Congratulations to all of our graduates in the BA and the BA Honours! Your English professors wish you all the best on your continued journeys. Enjoy your well-deserved celebrations! msvuenglish.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/c...

Exciting news! I am co-editing a special edition of Atlantis on the Indigenous New Wave Movement. I'm looking forward to seeing lots of great abstracts. Please consider submitting and/or sharing.

Another great @mayworkskjipuktuk.bsky.social recap! youtu.be/8j-qwhCUMLg?...

@mayworkskjipuktuk.bsky.social recap! youtu.be/bFuwK5eka-M?...

Are you ready for Monster Fest 2025?

A big new release explores horror across the boundaries of nations. "Global Indigenous Horror" has essays on BLOOD QUANTUM, LA LLORONA, ROUGAROU plus literature & culture. @nsborwein.bsky.social @junescudeler.bsky.social @upmississippi.bsky.social www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/G/Glob...

Le festival Mayworks se poursuit à Halifax ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

Don’t miss In True Colour: A Celebration of Black Canadian Animators May 8 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | PWYC Presented in partnership with the Animation Festival of Halifax Mayworks and AFX present a collection of films by Black animators that imagine new worlds and reflect creatively on this one.

We've got a brand new series of Social Justice Trading Cards edited by labour folklorist Emma Lang! This year, we're focusing on spaces that have played a key role in how our society is shaped.

I'm excited to be speaking about Indigenous Horror alongside the spectacular Tiffany Morris at this year's American Dream American Nightmare conference on July 3rd. It's free to register for the virtual portion: newvoicespocostudies.wordpress.com/american-dre... @msvuenglish.bsky.social

poster drawn for this year's Mayworks - really a pleasure to get to do this for their 40 yr anniversary mayworks.ca

#MMIW #MMIM #MMIWG #Canada #NoMoreStolenSisters #Indigisky #NativeSky

@mayworkskjipuktuk.bsky.social Join us Thursday May 8th for In True Colour: A Celebration of Black Canadian Animators at the Bus Stop Theatre mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/in-tru...