Current GEA Room Bookings* (JHB 719)
*Dates and times not listed are open for use. Please contact GEA Secretary André Babyn (andre.babyn@mail.utoronto.ca) to inquire about room bookings.
FALL SESSION 2019
September 2 — Labour Day (University Closed)
September 3 — SGS Orientation for incoming graduate students
September 4 — 10am-4pm Orientation (JHB 100/718/719)
September 6 — 3-4pm GEA Sibling Meet & Greet (Dovercourt Park)
September 6 — 4-6pm Faculty-Student Softball Game & Potluck (Dovercourt Park)
September 13 — 4-6pm English Welcoming Reception @ Hart House
September 14 — 9am Department of English Run for the Cure first practice run (information will be circulated on the department student and faculty listservs)
September 18 — 1-2pm Admin / GEA Coffee Hour (JHB 719)
September 20 — 2-4pm GEA Fellowships Workshop (JHB 719)
September 21 — 9am Department of English Run for the Cure second practice run
September 24 — 3:30-5:00 pm: Michael Cobb, “Radical Prudery,” The American Literature Research Collaborative Work-in-Progress (JHB 719)
September 25 — *POSTPONED* Mental Health Workshop / Introduction to Healthcare Resources (JHB 719)
September 26 — 12:30-2:30 pm, the Indigenous, Black, POC Reading Group (JHB 719)
September 27 — 5:30-7:30pm First Annual GEA Meeting & Elections (JHB 719)
September 27 — 8 pm GEA Pub Night
September 28 — 9am Department of English Run for the Cure final practice run
October 4 — 3-4 pm, Palaeography Reading Group meeting
October 4 — 6-8pm, MA CRW Cohort Reading Event
October 6 — 10am, CIBC Run for the Cure
October 8 — 6-8 pm, How to Talk to Your Students About Mental Health, for TAs and CIs (JHB 719)
October 10 — 11-1pm, American Literature Research Collaborative Group Meeting (JHB 719)
October 10 — 6-8 pm, How to Talk to Your Students About Mental Health, for TAs and CIs (JHB 719)
October 11 — 3-5 pm, The CUPE Mental Health Action Committee Meeting (JHB 719)
October 14 — Thanksgiving (University Closed)
October 16 — 3-4pm GEA Coffee Hour (JHB 719)
October 18 — 4-6 pm, CUPE Mental Health Action Committee (JHB 719)
October 19 — 3-5 pm, How to Talk to Your Students About Mental Health (JHB 719)
October 24 — 12-1:30pm Brown Bag Lunch (JHB 719)
October 25 — 4-6 pm, CUPE 3902 Mental Health Action Committee (JHB 719)
October 28 — 12-3 pm, How to Talk to Your Students About Mental Health (JHB 719)
October 30 — 11-2 pm, How to Talk to Your Students About Mental Health (JHB 719)
October 30 — 3-4 pm, Postcolonial Theory and Literature Reading Group Meeting (JHB 719)
Nov 1 — 10-4 pm, Training Session: How to Talk to Your Students About Mental Health (JHB 719)
November 4-8 — Fall Break
November 12 — 11-1pm, American Literature Research Collaborative Group Meeting (JHB 719)
November 13 — 2-4pm GEA Mental Health Workshop (JHB 719) POSTPONED TO NOV. 25
November 15 — 8pm GEA Pub Night
November 20 — 1-2pm GEA Coffee Hour (JHB 719)
November 25 — 1-2:30 pm, 5 Ways to Well-Being, Run by the mental health officer at FAS, Chad Jankowski (JHB 719)
November 29 — 12:30-2:30 pm, Indigenous, Black, and POC Solidarities Reading Group
November 29 — 3-6pm SSRC Research Roundtable, reception to follow (JHB 100)
November 29 — 4-6 pm, Mental Health Action Committee (JHB 719)
December 5 — 6-8 pm, American Literature Research Collaborative Group Meeting (JHB 719)
December 6 — 4-6pm, GEA Meeting (JHB 719)
December 6 — 7pm, GEA Christmas Party
December 13 — 2pm, Mental Health Action Committee (JHB 719)
December 20 — Winter Break Begins
WINTER SESSION 2020
January 6 — Classes Begin
January 10 — 3-6 pm, MHAC meeting (JHB 719)
January 15 — 1-2pm, GEA Coffee Hour (JHB 719)
January 15 — 2-3 pm, Mental Health Roadmap Workshop (JHB 719)
January 17 — 4-6 pm, MHAC meeting (JHB 719)
January 17 — 7pm, Academics Read Things They Wrote As Kids (Pauper Pub)
January 28 — 3:30-5pm, American Lit Research Collaborative talk by Anna Thomas (JHB 719)
January 31 — 4-6pm GEA Meeting (JHB 719)
January 31 — 7pm GEA Pub Night
February 7 — 12-1:30pm GEA Brown Bag Lunch (JHB 719)
February 11 — 5–7:30 pm, The American Lit Collaborative (JHB 719)
February 12 — 11-12 am, Special Fields Information Session (JHB 719)
February 12 — 1-3pm GEA Mental Health Workshop / Check In (JHB 719)
February 17 — Family Day
February 17-21 — Spring Break
March 4 — 12-1:30pm GEA Brown Bag Lunch: MA CRW 1 Reading (JHB 719)
March 13 — 12-2pm, MACRW Brown Bag Lunch (JHB 719)
March 13 — 4-6 pm, MHAC meeting (JHB 719)
March 20 — 9am-4pm Visitors’ Day
March 20 — 4pm GEA Visitors’ Day Pub Night
March 24 — English Department Trivia at Hart House
March 25 — 1-2pm GEA Coffee Hour (JHB 719)
March 25 — 2-3pm, Mindfulness and Creative Writing Workshop facilitated by Jordan Weir (JHB 719)
March 25 — 7-9pm, MA in English in the Field of Creative Writing Gala (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library)
March 26 — 1-2:30pm, DeLuca Lecture coffee hour with Thomas Pfau (from Duke University) (JHB 719)
April 3 — 4-6pm GEA End of Year Meeting & Elections (JHB 719)
April 3 — 7pm GEA Pub Night
April 23-24 — (TIMES TBD) GEA Conference (JHB 100 and 616, pub night to follow)