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WHITHER THE NATIONAL GALLERY?

When: Where: P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC’s Point Grey Campus, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver.

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Dal Grauer Memorial Lecture

Ms. Diana Nemiroff

Internationally renowned art historian and award-winning curator

Ms. Nemiroff’s curatorial work has made a lasting impact on the Canadian art landscape, in her role as director of Carleton University Art Gallery, and as senior curator at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) for over twenty years. Some of her most recognized exhibitions include the ground-breaking Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada (1992); Crossings / Traversées (1998); and Melvin Charney and Kzrysztof Wodiczko (1986) for the 42nd Venice Biennale. Ms. Nemiroff was instrumental in the acquisition of works by Indigenous artists and women artists at the NGC. She has won prizes such as the Janet Braide Memorial Award for contributions to Canadian art history (2012), and a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2012). Her book Women at the Helm (2021) was a non-fiction finalist at the Ottawa Book Awards.

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TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES: MY LIFE ON THE CRIME BEAT. 40 YEARS EXPOSING CANADA’S DARKEST STORIES

Ms. Kim Bolan covers gangs and organized crime and runs the popular anti-gang blog The Real Scoop. Since joining the Vancouver Sun in 1984, she has written about the Sikh community, women’s issues, and education and social services. Ms. Bolan has covered the biggest criminal cases in BC history, from the Air India bombing to serial killer Robert Pickton, to the Surrey Six gangland slaying.

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SHAMAN OF SUBURBIA: THE CONFLICTED PERSONALITY AND ART OF JACK SHADBOLT

Susan Mertens is a respected arts critic, cultural commentator, and educator with an extensive career in both Canadian and international arts media. Her insightful art commentary has appeared in numerous publications and has been featured on radio and television broadcasts. As a senior art critic for the Vancouver Sun, she was introduced to the work of Jack Shadbolt, leading to a professional friendship that spanned twenty-five years. During her tenure as a Shadbolt Fellow at Simon Fraser University, she authored Jack Shadbolt: In His Words (2024), an edited collection of his poems, letters, and journals. Her project aims to bring Shadbolt’s legacy to life through a unique performative piece that integrates his words, sketches, and personal images. Ms. Mertens was born
in Toronto and educated at the universities of Carleton, Guelph and UBC in Canada, and the University of Cambridge, England, in philosophy.