Each year IRDL hosts an open house, a speaker series, cross-departmental collaborative events, and supportive writing groups for graduate students and faculty members.
We are committed to providing space and support for research development and dissemination.
Get ready to connect over all things digital at the annual meet and greet event for IRDL members.
The Institute for Research on Digital Literacies invites you to our Annual Chiller and Open House. This warm personal gathering in our 7th Floor Lounge is an opportunity to meet IRDL members and connect over a shared interest in digital research.
Drop in any time between 2–5 pm on Tuesday February 25th.
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
Please RSVP to irdl@yorku.ca
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Come join us to Get It Done, Together!
Meet every other week during WinterTerm 2025. Bring your marking, reading or writing and GET IT DONE, TOGETHER.
During the 3-hour drop-in session we will use the Pomodoro Method – 30 minute work sessions, 10 minute breaks.
Snacks provided. Zoom available upon request.
Wednesdays January 15 & 29, February 12 & 26, March 12 & 26, April 9 & 23. for snacks and focused work time.
1:00 to 4:00 pm EST | 7th Floor Kaneff Tower Lounge
Questions? Email Shelbey Walker skwalker@yorku.ca
Inscrutable Creativity: Making Sense of “Method” Acting and Actor Labour in the Age of AI
Time and Date: 11.30am – 2pm (Tuesday, March 4, 2025).
Location: ACE 004
Sponsor ed by The Department of Communication and Media Studies and the Institute for Research on Digital Literacies
Dr. Justin Rawlins, author of Imagining the Method: Reception, Identity, and American Screen Performance (University of Texas Press, 2024), will discuss how we understand screen actor labour, and how artificial intelligence is impacting the practices and perceptions of screen acting.
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Meet the books and authors.
Come and join us for a night of celebrating IRDL members recent book publications.
- Nick Taylor; The Grounds of Gaming
- Ganaele Langlois; How Textile Communicates
- Grace Lao; Jessica Jones Edited by Mary Grace Lao, Pree Rehal, and Jessica Bay
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Print the posterPrint and distribute to your network:
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Come join us to Get It Done, Together!
Meet every other week during WinterTerm 2025. Bring your marking, reading or writing and GET IT DONE, TOGETHER.
During the 3-hour drop-in session we will use the Pomodoro Method – 30 minute work sessions, 10 minute breaks.
Snacks provided. Zoom available upon request.
Wednesdays January 15 & 29, February 12 & 26, March 12 & 26, April 9 & 23. for snacks and focused work time.
1:00 to 4:00 pm EST | 7th Floor Kaneff Tower Lounge
Questions? Email Shelbey Walker skwalker@yorku.ca