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Before handing the reins on to the next cohort, this year’s UC Literary and Athletic Society brought the iconic Fireball dance back to the University College building after years of disruption.

Read more about the work behind one of campus’ most cherished traditions before we celebrate our newest graduates at tomorrow’s convocation ceremonies. 🎉🎓

Read more at the QR code and link in bio.

UC ceremonies stream at 11 and 1:30 pm — see you there!

🎬 Presenting the 2025-26 Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor Event

Experience ‘Aki’ (2025) live at an in-person film screening and panel discussion with the director, Darlene Naponse, hosted by the 2025-26 Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor, Wanda Nanibush. 
 
📅 When:     
Sunday, April 26th, 2026  
Doors open at 2:30 pm ET 
Programming starts at 3:00 pm
 
📍Where:    
Innis Town Hall, Innis College  
2 Sussex Ave., Toronto, ON 
M5S 1J5

This event is co-organized with the and the Canadian Film Forum. The event is free, and all are welcome, though registration is required.
 
Learn more & register via the QR code in post or the UC website!


Darlene Naponse is an Anishinaabe Kwe from Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, Northern Ontario. She is a writer, film director, and video artist. Naponse completed a Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts and was the 2017 Writers’ Trust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize Finalist. Her features include ‘Cradlesong’ (2003), ‘Every Emotion Costs’ (2010), ‘Falls Around Her’ (2018) and ‘Stellar’ (2022). ‘Aki’ (2025) is her latest film. 

 
Wanda Nanibush is the 2025-26 Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor at University College. She is an Anishinaabe-kwe image and word warrior, curator and community organizer from Beausoleil First Nation. She recently won the Toronto Book Award for her co-authored book Moving the Museum, and is the Helen Frankenthaler Visiting Professor in Curating in the PhD Program in Art History at CUNY in 2025 in the Graduate Department of Art History. Nanibush is part of the curatorial team for Counterpublic 2026, St.Louis’ Triennial, and in 2024, was awarded The Hnatyshyn Foundation Mid-Career Award for Curatorial Excellence. She is also the founder of ‘aabaakwad’, an international yearly gathering of over 80 Indigenous curators, writers and artists.

“I wanted to do something that will help U of T students forever.”
University College alumnus Amir Hussain (BSc 1987 UC) established the Shannon L. Hamm Award more than 30 years ago to honour his late wife and fellow alum, Shannon Hamm. Since 1993, the award has supported more than 50 students in the Peace, Conflict and Justice program, helping them pursue research, internships and studies focused on building a more just world.

Through his enduring generosity, Shannon’s legacy continues to inspire new generations of students committed to peace and justice.

Read more: https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/news/i-wanted-do-something-will-help-u-t-students-forever-uc-alum-amir-hussain-honours-late-wife