2025-26 F. E. L. Priestley Memorial Lectures Now Available on YouTube

In the 2025-26 Priestley lectures, Nisga'a writer and University of Alberta Associate Professor Jordan Abel explored the key idea of public domain as landform and addressed the question of Indigenous knowledge transmission in concrete poetry and nonfiction. In two separate lectures and a discussion with David Chariandy, the Avie Bennett Chair in Canadian Literature, he drew upon the contents of his 2014 book 'Un/inhabited', his memoir 'NISHGA' (2021; 2025) and his forthcoming book 'Dad Era' to explore these themes.

The first lecture, "Red Research-Creation and the Textual Contours of Land", was recorded on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. ET in the Paul Cadario Conference Centre at Croft Chapter House, University College, University of Toronto.

The second lecture "Jordan Abel and David Chariandy in Conversation", was recorded on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. ET in the Clark Reading Room, University College, University of Toronto.

The lecture was presented by Jordan Abel, Associate Professor, English and Film Studies Department, University of Alberta, and David Chariandy, the Avie Bennett Chair in Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto.

The third lecture, "Indigenous Knowledge Transmission Through Concrete Poetry", was recorded on Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. ET in the Paul Cadario Conference Centre at Croft Chapter House, University College, University of Toronto.