Spring Lecture Expand All + Collapse All - Laurier Archives and Special Collections hosts an annual Spring Lecture on a topic connected to our collections. 2025 Spring LectureZines: Then & NowWhen: Wednesday, May 7 at 2:00pmIn Zines: Then & Now, artist & writer Ellie Anglin will share information about the origins of zines as a tool of self-expression, community building and resistance, how they have retained popularity despite the ubiquity of the internet, and the increased importance of zines today in the face of publication bans, threats to marginalized existences and changing relationships to the internet. Ellie will examine zines more broadly from a pop culture perspective as well as the role they have played in shaping culture and community in Waterloo Region and Southern Ontario. Ellie will tie this history back to her current Artist In Residency project for the City of Kitchener, Ribbon Zine - a collaborative zine featuring reflections from local artists and writers on the Grand River Watershed.Ellie Anglin (she/they) is a multi-media visual artist and writer working in Kitchener, Ontario. Ellie works primarily in collage, illustration and creative nonfiction and has self-published 30 zines. The themes of her work include feminism, queerness, pop-culture, magic and nature. Her collage-based graphic memoir Reproduction: Death, Birth & The Turkey Baster Method will be published by PS Guelph in 2025, and she is currently serving as the Artist in Residence for the City of Kitchener, creating Ribbon Zine.This free online lecture is hosted by Laurier Archives and Special Collections. Please note that Laurier's Zoom license requires you to sign in to Zoom prior to joining the webinar. Registration is required.Previous Lectures2024: Exploring Laurier Archives and Special Collections from a Different PerspectiveTedla Desta, PhD, presented seldom-discussed archival findings from Wilfrid Laurier University records, with a specific emphasis on land and students and faculty from racialized backgrounds. It examined the changes in archiving and cataloguing methods implemented by other libraries in response to similar research experiences.2023: Antarctica: Passion and Obsession Internationally acclaimed photographers, authors and private-press publishers Pat and Rosemarie Keough shared insights into their fine-press artists’ book, ANTARCTICA. Discussion encompassed their Antarctic exploration, imagery, design considerations, state-of-the-art lithography technology, centuries-old hand-binding skills, and archival vegetable leather tannage.2022: “Sovereignty on Thinning Ice”? Characterizing Arctic Sovereignty and Security – Past, Present and Future Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer is Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North, Professor in the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University and Network Lead for the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network. In this lecture, he discussed his research into Arctic security, history, and contemporary policy as well as his involvement with the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee.2018: Glaciers and Climate Change in the Karakoram Himalaya: Archives of an Anomaly Dr. Ken Hewitt, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University and founding member of the Cold Regions Research Centre, reflected on his career studying glaciers in Northern Pakistan.2017: Talkin’ ‘Bout Those Generations: Lutheran Youth Experience in CanadaTrevor Stace, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University, discussed the experiences of young people in the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.