Hi all, Please join us for two upcoming events (online or in-person) hosted the University of Waterloo Games Institute: 1. On Wednesday April 19 at 1PM EDT/UTC-4 Dr. Andre Brock will give a lecture: T*he Changing Same: Blackness, Representation, and Video Games*. The talk is a discussion of the promise and peril of POC video game character voice acting, focusing primarily on the connections of Black male anger and Black fatherhood in God of War through the voice work of TC Carson and Christopher Judge, contextualized against the audio Brownface of two voice POC women characters in Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves. Please register with Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-changing-same-blackness-representation-and-video-games-tickets-590397403527?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1> (for free) to receive the link to the online event. 2. On Tuesday April 25 at 1 PM EDT/UTC-4 Dr. Kishonna Gray, Dr. Liz Nilsen, and Dr. Rhona Hanning will discuss *Just Relationships for Research*. We are increasingly asked to envision and implement respectful and non-extractive research involving marginalized communities. But we are rarely challenged to bring those principles to bear in our own research groups, where asymmetries of institutional power between colleagues, students, and staff are normalized. This interdisciplinary panel will outline roles and responsibilities as well as best practices for graduate student supervision to frame a discussion of how to foster and maintain just relationships among researchers, with a focus on the principles and practices animating non-extractive student-supervisor relationships. Different panelist will share their knowledge of institutional guidelines for student supervision and/or experience with cultivating and leading non-oppressive research groups. The panelists will encourage conversations about what constitutes just research relationships within and across disciplinary and institutional contexts. Please register with Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/just-relationships-for-research-panel-tickets-603701857507?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1> (for free) to receive the link to the online event. Best regards Gerald