Events

Fall 2025 – Winter 2026 Core Lab Meetings

To be announced!
Learn more about the CGDS Core Lab
(hosted via Zoom)

Ongoing Groups

MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY for PALESTINE: A 3-PART READING SERIES

Please join us in a 3-part Reading Series based on the Medical Anthropology for Palestine, a resource compiled by critical medical anthropologists to integrate Palestine into classrooms and syllabi in medical anthropology, disability studies, global health, environmental health, and beyond. Drawing on expertise, research, and activism, the reading series is premised on the belief that Palestine is not only an urgent political struggle, but also an important site of knowledge production, with particular relevance to disability studies.

This reading series is open to all U of T students, as well as faculty and staff. No prior knowledge about disability studies or Palestine is required or assumed.

The series will meet May 17, 14, 21 2024, from 11am-1pm; please read the readings for each meeting in advance.

Please RSVP here to receive a list of selected readings, and Zoom links / in person details to attend the meetings.

Access questions or concerns, please contact the host via cgds.utsc@utoronto.ca. Auto-generated captioning for all participants and masks for in person participants will be provided.

Co-Sponsored Campus Events

2025 Calendar will be announced in the coming weeks!

Core Lab Meetings

Monthly meetings that cement the core of the CGDS community: join us to catch up and have a coffee, discuss an article, or share work in progress. It’s okay if you can only attend part of the meeting. Core Lab meetings are held during the UofT fall and winter term season. Core Lab meetings always have AI captioning; other access elements will be arranged upon request. New folks welcome – please email cgds.utsc@utoronto.ca so that we can help to welcome you to your first core lab meeting.

Note: Core Lab is currently only open to members of the U of T community (graduate students, undergraduate students by invitation, faculty, post-docs, recent alumni and researchers with a current U of T affiliation).

Critical Conversations

Our flagship event series brings together scholars, activists, and researchers to discuss timely issues that impact global disability justice. These are public-facing events, and registration information will be posted as the event approaches.

Ongoing Groups

In a given year, CGDS faculty or graduate students may convene a working group or writing group on a particular topic and invite members to join.