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How AI is shaped by fiction: Check out @halifaxexaminer.ca for @timbousquet.bsky.social's video interview with Dr. @tjheffernan.bsky.social of @smuenglish.bsky.social. #SMUEnglish #artswithimpact
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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The #SMUReadingSeries presents "An evening with Kate Cayley" on November 27. Winner of the Trillium Award, O. Henry Prize and Mitchell Prize for Poetry, Cayley will read from her new novel Property, published by @coachhousebooks.bsky.social. 7 pm in SB 255: loom.ly/bnvuCYY @smuenglish.bsky.social
An event poster with a black-and-white photo of writer Kate Cayley on the left, and a colour image of the cover of her new novel, Property just above her shoulder. The book cover shows an illustration of waves. Text: The SMU Reading Series presents ... An evening with Kate Cayley Winner of the Trillium Award, the O. Henry Prize and the Mitchell Prize for Poetry Cayley will read from her new novel, Property. Thursday, November 27, 2025 7:00 p.m. | Sobey Building, room 255 Admission free | All welcome
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Apply by Nov. 30: The Edna and Velma Thomas Kane Writers Award supports SMU students of African Nova Scotian and Black/African descent in the next steps toward their #writing aspirations. Graduating with a BA or BES in 2026? Learn more: loom.ly/lo5R-k0 #KaneWritersAward #SMUAlumni #artswithimpact
Kane Writers Award: Apply by November 30 | SMU News and Events
The  Edna and Velma Thomas Kane Writers Award  supports aspiring writers of African Nova Scotian and Black/African descent. Valued at $30,000, the award will be pres...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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"Resist the AI hype and question the uncritical adoption of this technology," Dr. @tjheffernan.bsky.social of @smuenglish.bsky.social warns in her latest commentary piece for @halifaxexaminer.ca. #SMUEnglish #OpEd #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
October 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Call for applications! The Amadeus Choir seeks poets and composers from across #Canada to take part in its next Choral Creation Lab. Dr. Luke Hathaway of @smuenglish.bsky.social is a poet mentor this year! Learn more and apply soon: amadeuschoir.com/CCL/ #amadeuschoir #choralmusic #poets #composers
Amadeus Choir's call for applications for its 2025-26 Choral Creation Lab, and announcement of its team of mentor poets and composers. Learn more and apply at https://amadeuschoir.com/CCL/. White and pink text against an orange background, with an outline of a partial maple leaf. A headshot of Dr. Luke Hathaway of Saint Mary's University, wearing a pale blue shirt. An orange band under the photo has the text: LUKE HATHAWAY POET MENTOR
September 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Dr. @tjheffernan.bsky.social of @smuenglish.bsky.social spoke recently with #CBC #Mainstreethfx. "The modern road less travelled might be reading a book without help from AI: We learn from Dr. Heffernan about the consequences of using #AI to do your reading for you." www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
A photo of SMU professor Dr. Teresa Heffernan, taken in the outdoor courtyard at Good Robot on Robie Street in Halifax. She is seated at a table, with a futuristic blue and yellow mural on the brick wall behind her. She spoke with Jeff Douglas at CBC Mainstreet on August 21.
September 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Queer Lives & Letters: a new @smuenglish.bsky.social course aims to empower students at a scary time. Launched by Dr. Luke Hathaway in the Winter 2025 term, the course was featured in a recent @signalhfx.bsky.social story by Laura Flight. Read more: signalhfx.ca/queer-litera... #PrideMonth2025
A photo of Dr. Luke Hathaway in his office. Surrounded by books, he is wearing a black t-shirt and black baseball cap. Photo by Laura Flight of The Signal, a student publication of the University of King's College School of Journalism in Kjipuktuk/ Halifax.
July 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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The religious roots of AI and the rise of neo-feudalism: A new article by Dr. @tjheffernan.bsky.social of @smuenglish.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/G5VBJ... #SMUEnglish #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #humanities #artswithimpact
The religious roots of AI and the rise of neo-feudalism
Discussions of immortality, the raising of the dead, magic, demons, and the divine permeate the global AI industry. Although positioning itself as a technoscience, it has long animated its technolo...
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June 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Some cautionary new commentary from Dr. @tjheffernan.bsky.social of @smuenglish.bsky.social, in an open letter to Evan Solomon, Canada's new Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation. #AI #artificialintelligence #artswithimpact
June 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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In case you missed it: Dr. @tjheffernan.bsky.social of @smuenglish.bsky.social was featured in the first episode of the Humanities at Large podcast from @jhievents.bsky.social. Her topic was "Absence of Intelligence: The Science and Fiction of AI". Well worth a listen! uoft.me/jhi-podcast #AI
jhievents.bsky.social Jackman Humanities Institute @jhievents.bsky.social · May 28
In episode 1, Teresa Heffernan discusses AI beyond the hype, examining AI's limitations, environmental impact, and the complexities of attributing "human" qualities to machines. Listen to this critical look at tech power dynamics and the need for ethical regulation.

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Speech bubbles in red and blue and a portrait of Teresa Heffernan. Text overlay is Humanities at Large, a podcast from the Jackman Humanities Institute. With host Melissa Gismondi. Absence of Intelligence: the Science and Fiction of AI with Teresa Heffernan.
June 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Annick MacAskill on 2 #poetry award nominations for 'Votive' (@gaspereaupress.bsky.social, 2024):
#1 - J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award; the June 5 @atlanticbookawards.bsky.social gala is at #HalifaxCentral Library and online. #2 - see below. 🏆🏆 Happy #NationalPoetryMonth!
A graphic showing five nominees for the 2025 J. M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award, with headshots of each poet right above the covers of their nominated books. For complete details, visit https://atlanticbookawards.ca/.
April 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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'Votive' by Dr. Annick MacAskill is also nominated for the Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award! The #NovaScotia Book Awards ceremony is June 2 in #Dartmouth, hosted by Prof. Raymond Sewell of @smuenglish.bsky.social. @thisisannick.bsky.social @writersfedofns.bsky.social #SMUFrench #artswithimpact
A graphic showing the nominees for the 2025 Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award: Alice Burdick, Cory Lavender and Annick MacAskill. Photos of each poet appear above their book covers, and there is a logo for the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia. For more details and updates, visit https://novascotiabookawards.ca/ and https://writers.ns.ca/programs/book-awards/maxine-tynes-award/.
April 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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WRITE TO READ 2025: Come and celebrate new voices from SMU!

Hear poetry, fiction, and performance works by students in our senior creative writing workshops.

🗓️Thursday, April 10, 7 pm
📍Atrium 101 (SMU campus)

All welcome | Admission free | Scent-free event
April 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Thanks to @thecoast.ca for this wonderful feature on @katebeaton.bsky.social! The #CapeBreton comic artist spoke with education reporter Lauren Phillips on the links between art, industry and community, ahead of her Cyril Byrne Memorial Lecture March 21 in Halifax. www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...
Hark! A Kate Beaton
Award-winning cartoonist and author gives lecture on labour, class and art on Friday
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March 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Kate Beaton had a great conversation on CBC Information Morning with Preston Mulligan. The radio broadcast aired March 21 in advance of her lecture. Sponsored by @unsettlingirish.bsky.social, the event drew a full house! www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... @katebeaton.bsky.social @smuenglish.bsky.social
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March 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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"We Were Always Working and Making Art: Rethinking the Economics and Value of Creativity". Join us March 21 for an inspiring evening with @katebeaton.bsky.social, as she delivers the 2025 Cyril J. Byrne Memorial Lecture. Info: loom.ly/sZWX7BY @smuenglish.bsky.social @unsettlingirish.bsky.social
An event poster with a photo of comic artist Kate Beaton, who is seated and clasping her hands. Text: The Cyril Byrne Lecture Returns! "We Were Always Working and Making Art: Rethinking the Economics and Value of Creativity," an evening with Kate Beaton New York Times Bestselling Comic Artist Winner of Canada Reads for "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands"
March 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Join us for the second annual Arts Student Societies Gala! It's at The Gorsebrook Lounge on Thursday, March 27, 7-11 pm with dancing, a raffle, hot/cold snacks and a cash bar. Pre-order tickets for $20: loom.ly/1hAruCk; $25 at the door. #students #artswithimpact
A poster to promote the 2025 Arts Student Societies Gala. White text appears on a navy blue background with white stars, bubbles and a wave of gold sparkles. The event is on Thursday, March 27, 7-11 pm at The Gorsebrook Lounge at Saint Mary's University.
February 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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The SMU Reading Series and Arts with Impact present a public reading by our Saint Mary’s University 2025 Writer in Residence

Souvankham Thammavongsa
Winner of the Giller Prize

🕖Thursday, 6 March 2025 | 7 pm |
📍Atrium 101 (SMU Campus)
February 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM