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crifkind.bsky.social
Professor of comic books & Canadian Literature at University of Winnipeg. Writing about refugee & migrant comics, architectural imagination in comics, Canadian auto/bio.
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Funded Master’s Position in the History of Food Systems in Canada @jamiemurton.bsky.social is looking for a graduate student to join his research team on the How Canadians Ate Project at Nipissing University Start Dates: September 2025/September 2026 niche-canada.org/2025/06/23/f... #cdnhist

Online event this Thursday! @zainabfasiki.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zainab-fas...

On September 23, a free, virtual event on Queer Food as Queer and Trans Joy!! www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-food...

Honestly the most validating experience in radio I've ever had is listening to these two lovely blokes saying "Candida" over and over again correctly (& listening to Candida Doyle chat about the new Pulp album, obvs) @markradcliffe.bsky.social @stuartmaconie.bsky.social #radmac

A tipi at IKEA for National Indigenous Peoples Day - today’s @winnipegfreepress.com column www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/0...

BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out after being released from ICE detention. "The Trump administration are doing their best to dehumanize everyone here," Khalil said.

So many felicitous side effects of unionized industry

Transgender Gravity on a Rink Without Ice: A Toronto Comic Arts Festival Report, Of Sorts by Helen Chazan (art by Eddy Atoms) www.tcj.com/transgender-...

World Refugee Day is June 20. Dr. Candida Rifkind's timely new book, Graphic Refuge, explores recent narratives about a range of refugee experiences, from war, displacement, and perilous sea crossings to detention camps, resettlement schemes, and second-generation diasporas. LEARN MORE ⬇️

Some sobering perspective c/o @geoffreyyork.bsky.social on how little emphasis #Canada has placed on #Africa at the current #G7 summit vs. previous times it has played host. "Africa largely sidelined at G7 summit, despite multiple wars and massive aid cuts" www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Author Andrew Herscher was on the New Books in Native American Studies podcast to discuss his recent book "Under the Campus, the Land: Anishinaabe Futuring, Colonial Non-Memory, and the Origin of the University of Michigan." Listen at newbooksnetwork.com/under-the-ca... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Well this was darker and sadder than I was expecting, but what a beautiful book. Gorgeous writing and characters. Going to miss it... Thank you @ronanhession.bsky.social and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social #BookSky

I missed the Drawn & Quarterly lunch of this fine piece of cultural history because I was out of town, then had to wait to get it while D&Q replenished their stock. It's a fascinating book, full of scenes I watched from the edges and people I still know.

One of the great poems about a father #fathersday Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden

Really looking forward to hearing this @amnesty.org virtual Book Club talk by Vinh Nguyen about his incredible memoir, The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse, next Friday #worldrefugeeday @cousinvinnhy.bsky.social us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Montreal cartoonist & illustrator Elise Gravel's fantastic little creatures on t-shirts going with Canadians to march on Gaza

Publication day!

It's official publication day for Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics! Congratulations to authors Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind. Purchase your copy from your favourite bookseller or for a limited time save 30% on our website with code CONGRESSH25 www.wlupress.wlu.ca/...

Woohoo it's a @torontocomics.bsky.social kick-off panel on Canadian Comics in Dangerous Times with an all-star cast: Cole Pauls, Guy Delisle @faitherinhicks.bsky.social @sanyaanwar.bsky.social @librarylandia.bsky.social

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Hearing this morning about exciting work by @aketchum22.bsky.social on queer food & comics creation, can't wait for this collection to come out with @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @comicsscholars.ca #comics arsenalpulp.com/Books/Q/Quee....

Last night's launch for @katebeaton.bsky.social's "Ducks" paperback edition was a beautiful blend of music, storytelling, and spreadsheets! Missed it? Catch Kate at TCAF Saturday 2-3pm in a spotlight interview with @crifkind.bsky.social www.torontocomics.com/programming-... @dandq.bsky.social

Took some time today to read the position papers for this workshop- all thought-provoking stuff. Also looking forward to the zine making session as closure! Great work from @drdomdavies.bsky.social and team putting this together.

Wow wow wow fantastic presentation on MA work by Sara Mizannojehdei, who is doing local comics journalism about NDG Park in Montreal. Drawing memories, interviews, research, own experiences. Can't wait to see where this goes!! www.mizigner.com @comicsscholars.ca #Congress #comicsjournalism

PM Mark Carney's Bill C-2 is being pitched as a "Strong Borders Act" that shamefully abandons Canada's legal and moral obligations to migrants and refugees. Please learn about it and sign this petition if you are able migrantrights.ca/equalitynote...

See you soon Toronto! @comicsscholars.ca #congress

⚠️ For those unfamiliar with the term “remigration,” it does not only mean deportation of undocumented immigrants but also the expulsion of non-white people to the country of their racial or ethnic ancestral origin without regard to their citizenship, legal status, or place of birth.

One week from today I'll be giving the keynote at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Comics in Toronto! Join us 3:30-5:00pm Thurs, June 4th, rm SJA 455E at George Brown College - first 30 people get a copy of my zine! @comicsscholars.ca @wlupress.bsky.social

The Best Of Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller July 11,1946

Canadian 2SLGBTQIA+ folks: What do you want to see from a national memory-keeping organization? Take The ArQuives' National Survey now in English: www.jotform.com/build/250896... or French: form.jotform.com/250896203847... Share your insights on how @arquives.ca can best serve your communities.

TCAF's own @librarylandia.bsky.social is in @publisherswkly.bsky.social, sharing how comics are uniquely effective at depicting grief, loss, and trauma. Plus, hear from @conundrumpress.bsky.social's Katarina Thorsen, whose "Salt Green Death" will be at TCAF! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

this is the funniest way to describe brian fucking eno

What does it mean to make comics in this political context? Head to our #TCAF2025 Kick-Off Panel on Friday, June 6 to hear from @sanyaanwar.bsky.social, Guy Delisle, @faitherinhicks.bsky.social, @tundrawizard.bsky.social & TCAF's @librarylandia.bsky.social! www.torontocomics.com/event-detail...

Show us your writing process in a gif

So excited to see that @inkscomicsjournal.bsky.social has been nominated for an #Eisner award!!! Congrats to Susan Kirtley and the entire editorial team!

The 2025 Eisner Awards nominees list is out and um excuse me but 4/5 of the graphic memoir artists are Canadian! I would like to have a moment of national pride because our auto/bio comics artists & small presses @conundrumpress.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social deserve all the love

A message from @librarylandia.bsky.social 📣 Thanks to 408 donors, we're at 80% of our funding goal! If you haven’t yet donated, and if independent art and the comics community are important to you, give to TCAF today. Donors over $5 will be celebrated on our site www.torontocomics.com/support-tcaf

Diversifying the lawn with clover is really paying off

"Her graphic novel will explore themes of identity, mental health, neurodivergence, and growing up as a mixed-culture kid in Aotearoa." #GraphicMedicine thebigidea.nz/community-an...

Libraries & Education Day is a FREE, all-day slate of programming for library workers, students, educators, creators, and anyone interested in how comics intersect with education. RSVP today! www.torontocomics.com/libraries-an... Huge thanks to coordinators Allie Landy & @noethematt.bsky.social 💛

It's finally in print! Got my author copies of Graphic Refuge: Visuality & Mobility in Refugee Comics today (Pepper loves the packaging. Pub date June 10 but can pre-order now www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/G/Grap... @wlupress.bsky.social @drdomdavies.bsky.social @cssc