Roundtable discussion at the Salon du livre de Montréal
November 27, 2026 – Montreal
Arianne Des Rochers, Canada Research Chair in Translation and Colonialism, will be at the Salon du livre de Montréal to promote her co-translation of Oji-Nêhiyaw writer Joshua Whitehead’s poetry collection full-metal indigiqueer into French (full-métal autochtoqueer, with Shayne Michael, Mémoire d’encrier, 2026). Catch her at a roundtable discussion on queer translation on Friday, November 27 at 5:00 p.m., at the Espaces littéraires stage (in French).
Anticolonial Book Club: November 2026 Session
November 12, 2026 – Moncton
In this second session of the Cercle de lecture anticolonial for the 2026–2027 academic year, participants will be focusing on texts by Cyndy Wylde and Savannah Roy-Hamel, Laurie Paquin and Suzy Basile, and Jennifer Petiquay-Dufresne, from the 2025 anthology Le sujet du féminisme est-il blanc ? Tome 2 : Luttes et savoirs actuels. The conversation will centre on Indigenous feminisms and how they challenge both mainstream feminism and the colonial relationship to land in Canada. What insights can we gain from Indigenous feminisms to transform our perspectives, actions, and alliances towards more feminist and decolonized futures? (in French)
To register and access the readings, please reach out to eds8062@umoncton.ca.
Participation to the Salon du livre des Premières Nations
November 19, 2026 – Quebec City
Arianne Des Rochers, Canada Research Chair in Translation and Colonialism, will deliver a talk titled “Coexistence by Billy-Ray Belcourt: translating with the body, translating with the heart” at a conference within the Salon du livre des Premières Nations. The event will take place at the Maison de la littérature de Québec. The conference, organized by the Marie-Ève Bradette’s Chaire de leadership en enseignement sur les littératures autochtones au Québec (Maurice-Lemire), is centred around the theme “Read, Write and Think with the Heart: Love within Indigenous Literatures.” (in French)
Anticolonial Book Club: October 2026 Session
October 15, 2026 – Moncton
For the first session of the 2026–2027 academic year, the Cercle de lecture anticolonial, organized by the Canada Research Chair in Translation and Colonialism at the Université de Moncton, will focus on the theme “Subverting the Neoliberal University.” Participants will discuss chapters from Edward Said’s Representations of the Intellectual (1994) and Fred Moten and Stefano Harney’s The Undercommons (2013). The goal is to reflect together on the roles we can play as people who attend the university, a colonial and increasingly neoliberal institution, whether we are there to work or study. How can we position ourselves critically? What is the role of the intellectual in the 21st century? (in French)
To register and access the readings, please reach out to eds8062@umoncton.ca.
Translation Launch: full-métal autochtoqueer
October 1, 2026 – Moncton
At a lively gathering at Sœur Claudette, translators Arianne Des Rochers, Shayne Michael, and Pierre-André Doucet took part in the dual translation launch for two literary works: full-métal autochtoqueer (the French version of Joshua Whitehead’s poetry collection full-metal indigiqueer) and Len et Cub : une histoire queer (the French translation of Meredith J. Batt and Dusty Green’s Len & Club: A Queer History). The event was organized in partnership with the publishing house Éditions Perce-Neige. (in French)
