Events

“Who Gets to Fix What?” via Dal News The Right to Repair Conference was featured by Dalhousie University News. The article highlights how the conference brought together more than 80 researchers, policymakers, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, and advocates to discuss the legal, technical, and policy challenges of repair in Canada, from consumer electronics and household appliances […]

The 2026 Canadian Repair Convention at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, brought together repair advocates, policymakers, scholars, practitioners, makers, students, and community members from across Canada in May for two days of discussion, collaboration, and learning focused on the future of repair in Canada. The Convention built on ongoing efforts to advance repair rights […]

The Canadian Repair Convention is a national gathering dedicated to exploring the repair movement in Canada, including its opportunities, challenges, and transformative potential across technology, law, economy, and society. Repair is more than a technical activity. It is also a movement that advances sustainability, economic resilience, community empowerment, and consumer rights. This multidisciplinary event brings […]

The Starling Centre welcomes paper submissions for our upcoming panel, Critical AI Literacy: Power, Governance, and Social Futures Details at a Glance Conference: The 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dates: October 7–10, 2026 Panel Abstract Artificial intelligence is becoming a governing infrastructure that reorganizes how […]

Everyone is invited to attend an online public lecture by Dan McQuillan (Goldsmiths, University of London), jointly sponsored by the Starling Centre for Just Technologies and Just Societies and the FIMS Rogers Chair (as part of the Rogers Chair “New Fascism” theme from 2025-2027): “AI is a Morbid Symptom of the Interregnum” Details at a […]

Everyone is welcome to attend this next installment of the Starling Speaker Series with Dr. Ben Muller, who will be presenting his paper, “9/11, COVID, and the ICE-age: Reflections on 21st Century Border Security.” Details at a Glance Where: Scholar’s Lab, Weldon Library, Western UniversityWhen: 11 March 2026, 4:30 to 6:30pm Abstract: How has the […]