BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Japan Foundation, Toronto - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Japan Foundation, Toronto REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180913T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180913T200000 DTSTAMP:20180730T163151Z CREATED:20180730T163124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180730T163151Z UID:33837-1536863400-1536868800@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Harmony Between Morality and Business: The Philosophy of Shibusawa Eiichi DESCRIPTION:Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931) is regarded as the father of Japanese capitalism. He founded nearly 500 enterprises and economic organizations\, most of which operate to this day. Equally dedicated to social and public welfare\, he launched 600 philanthropic programs in many areas\, including social welfare\, education\, and international exchange. His basic philosophy in the management of businesses was the harmony between morality and business. In recent years his thought has drawn increasing international attention for its ethical vision of capitalism as an alternative to the untrammeled profit-seeking and capital accumulation characteristic of contemporary market economies. His most famous work\, The Analects and the Abacus\, has been translated into Chinese nine times. This lecture will offer an overview of Shibusawa Eiichi’s thought\, its roots in Confucian ethics\, and its implications for 21st-century economic systems. \n\nAtsushi Moriya is a writer and a researcher. He is an expert in ancient Chinese thought and the thought of Shibusawa Eiichi\, and has translated Shibusawa Eiichi’s books into modern Japanese. His translation of Shibusawa’s The Analects and the Abacus has sold over 130\,000 copies. \nCo-Sponsored by: URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/atsushi-moriya/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20181121T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20181121T200000 DTSTAMP:20181031T145813Z CREATED:20181023T181245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181031T145813Z UID:35077-1542825000-1542830400@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:CONNECTION & CATASTROPHE: Media Theory and the Occult Film Boom in Japan DESCRIPTION:In the early 1970s Japan was in the grip of an “occult boom” that exploded across popular media. This was a fad\, but also something more: A popular media theory that tried to come to terms with a new media ecology. The ripple effects could be felt for decades in pop culture\, politics\, and social movements. \nThis talk will outline the occult boom in film and track its roots in a new relationship to media. It will trace its route through media mix zombies\, the demise of the student movement and film producers’ conversations with UFOs. Focusing on two basic fantasies of a new kind of connectivity it will follow the logic of the occult film boom to its unexpected catastrophes. \nOn Thursday\, November 22\, Professor Zahlten will be in Montreal to give another talk supported by the Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, The Electric Ecology: Models of Connectivity in Japan’s Media Century\, at Concordia University. \nDuring October and November\, the Japan Foundation Toronto is hosting a film series\, DARK & OCCULT Films From Japan. Come get better acquainted with the subject of this talk by watching the occult films of 1970s & 1980s Japan. \n\nAlexander Zahlten is Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. His work centers on film and audiovisual culture in East Asia\, with a focus on Japan. His recent work touches on topics such as film’s transition from environment to ecology\, ‘amateur’ film and media production\, or the different modes of media theorization that media cultures produce. \nRecent publications include the co-edited volume Media Theory in Japan (Duke University Press\, 2017\, with Marc Steinberg) and his monograph The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres\, National Times\, and Media Ecologies (Duke University Press\, 2017)\, which maps the transformations of the film industry in Japan from the 1960s – 2000s. \nAmong others he has curated film programs at the German Film Museum or the Japan Society New York. He was Program Director for the Nippon Connection Film Festival\, the largest festival for film from Japan\, from 2002 to 2010. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/zahlten/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190206T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190206T200000 DTSTAMP:20190207T172545Z CREATED:20181220T193925Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190207T172545Z UID:35692-1549477800-1549483200@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Secrets of the Smithsonian Samurai: Rediscovering the Lost ‘Living Dolls’ of Japan DESCRIPTION:The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair was a global spectacle unlike anything the world had ever seen. To showcase its history and culture at the Fair\, Japan sent a myriad of arts\, crafts\, and other treasures. Among these were eight iki ningyō (生人形) or ‘living dolls’ – lifelike mannequins that depict a unique Japanese aesthetic – including an intriguing samurai set piece. The Smithsonian purchased these mannequins upon the Fair’s completion and later exhibited them intermittently at the US National Museum. After being removed from display\, however\, these enigmatic mannequins disappeared and were presumed lost for decades. \nIn this talk\, Dr. Robert Pontsioen of the Smithsonian Institution traces his recent rediscovery of these artifacts\, and explores their place in the artistic and cultural milieu of late 19th century Japan and America. Through collaboration with traditional artisans in Japan\, Dr. Pontsioen describes how we can both increase our understanding of museum collections and reunite source communities with treasured objects from their past. \nRobert Pontsioen is a Researcher in the Asian Cultural History Program at the National Museum of Natural History\, Smithsonian Institution. A Japan Foundation Fellowship recipient in 2016- 2017\, his research involves extensive fieldwork among artisan communities\, and centers on Japanese and other Asian material culture with a focus on traditional arts and crafts\, the reproduction of craft skills\, and strategies for cultural heritage promotion and preservation. The co-author of four books\, his recent publications include “The Alexander Graham Bell Collection of Japanese Masks at the Smithsonian” (Nineteenth Century Art Worldwide\, Vol. 17\, 2018)\, in which he describes and interprets seven unique and evocative masks collected in Japan by the famed inventor. \n  \n  \n  \n  URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/pontsioen/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/Pontsioen_headshot-with-mask_Dec12.2018-Copy.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190227T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190227T200000 DTSTAMP:20190131T142201Z CREATED:20190110T191320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190131T142201Z UID:36026-1551292200-1551297600@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:The Cultural Dimensions of Packaging in Japan DESCRIPTION:Packaging\, the wrapping of goods and materials\, indeed “wrapping” even in its widest sense\, is integral to human exchange and interaction. There are of course direct functional reasons for both personal and commercial packaging: physical protection; containment or agglomeration; security; information transmission\, or even just for general convenience\, to name but a few. However\, beyond these pragmatic rationales there are important\, often unspoken\, cultural uses for packaging and wrapping\, e.g. a package as package may have an emotional\, or a communicative\, or a symbolic import that is integral to the traditions of a culture. This talk proposes to introduce some of these same elements and their aspects as they inhere in Japanese packaging and wrapping practices. \nDr. Rudi Meyer holds a BFA from NSCAD University\, a BA from McGill University\, an MA from the University of Toronto\, and a PhD from McGill University. He has taught at both McGill and Concordia University\, while keeping up a freelance design practice\, and is now the Director of the Master of Design Program at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD University). He has had a long association with Japan\, having lived there for two years and visiting almost every year since his return to Canada to take up a position at NSCAD. He is keenly interested in Japanese design and has participated in a number of conferences devoted to the topic in Japan. His research interests also include design through use; repair and ad-hoc design as sources of innovation; flexible urban dwellings. In addition to studio courses he teaches design history and theory. \nReservations are now closed. Thank you for your interest. We will have a rush line starting 30 minutes before the event\, and will start to release unclaimed seats 10 minutes before the event. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/meyer/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/Meyer-lecture-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190312T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190312T200000 DTSTAMP:20190318T151244Z CREATED:20190301T171921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190318T151244Z UID:37435-1552415400-1552420800@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Edo Hyaku Talk Series DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: The Edo Hyaku Talk Part II on March 25 is fully booked.\nReservations are CLOSED for this talk on March 25. We are no longer taking reservations.  \nGuests are welcome to line-up in the “Rush-line”on the day of the talk. We cannot guarantee your seat\, but we may be able to accommodate you in the place of cancellations.            \n–Thank you for your interest and enthusiasm \nEdo Hyaku Talk Series\nTalks about the woodblock prints from Hiroshige’s Edo Hyaku\, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series.\nCoinciding with the exhibition Landmarks From Before It Was Called Tokyo: Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo \nBy Toshi Aoyagi\, Program Officer\, The Japan Foundation\, Toronto \nAdmission free\, Reservation required \nTuesday\, March 12\, 2019\, 6:30-8:00 P.M. \nEdo Hyaku Talk Part I: Moon and Snow at Shinagawa\, Takanawa\, and Shibaura \n \n \nMonday\, March 25\, 2019\, 6:30-8:00 P.M. < RESERVATIONS CLOSED \nEdo Hyaku Talk Part II: Bridges Over The Sumida River\, Asakusa\, Yoshiwara \n \nEdo Hyaku\, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series was the creation in the last three years (1856-1858) of Hiroshige’s life\, majestically concluding his entire artistic career. Aside from the vast scale of over one hundred prints\, the series is impressive as a reflection of Hiroshige’s personal\, rather intimate\, affection to the city of Edo\, current Tokyo. Hiroshige expressed his nostalgia and admiration to Edo\, where he was born\, lived\, and built his artistic success. Through his memories of young days and recent visits\, Toshi Aoyagi\, also from Tokyo\, intimately relates to the city described in Hiroshige’s works. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/hiroshige/2019-03-12/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190408T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190408T200000 DTSTAMP:20190319T142619Z CREATED:20190319T142619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190319T142619Z UID:37825-1554748200-1554753600@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Edo Hyaku Talk Series\, Part III DESCRIPTION:Edo Hyaku Talk Series\, Part III: HIROSHIGE\, EDO ARTIST\nTalk and slide presentation about the woodblock prints from Hiroshige’s Edo Hyaku\, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo series.\nCoinciding with the exhibition Landmarks From Before It Was Called Tokyo: Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo \nBy Carol Dorman\, Stuart Jackson Gallery\, Toronto \nAdmission free\, Reservation required \nMonday\, April 8\, 2019\, 6:30-8:00 P.M. \nEdo Hyaku Talk Part III: Hiroshige\, Edo Artist \n \nHiroshige was a son of Edo\, truly one of the most remarkable cities that ever existed.  Edo’s unique culture provided fertile ground for all manner of arts to flourish and for the growth of some of Japan’s most famous artists.   In many ways Hiroshige’s career path was typical for the time until his lyrical and sometimes breathtaking 1833-34 series of The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō proved to be a best-seller.  That series established him as a master of the genre and he continued to produce popular landscape series through the rest of his career.  He achieved a lasting relevance because of the beauty\, novelty and variety of his compositions\, but also through his choice of subject matter.  More than any other artist of the time\, Hiroshige showed us his world:  the countryside\, the cities\, and their inhabitants.  His monumental Edo Hyaku series is a portrait of the seasons\, the moods\, the variety and the beauty of that city – Hiroshige’s city. \n \nCarol Dorman has been an associate at the Stuart Jackson Gallery\, specializing in antique Japanese prints (ukiyo-e)\, for over 20 years.  Ms. Dorman has lectured on ukiyo-e to various groups in Ontario and Quebec and most recently at the University of Delhi\, India.  She has curated and been involved in print exhibitions at the Japan Foundation\, the Gardiner Museum\, and the Stuart Jackson Gallery and in 2018 she began teaching classes in Japanese art and culture through Ryerson’s Life Institute.  Ms. Dorman became interested in Japanese art at university and began collecting ukiyo-e prints while completing a Master of Arts degree in Sociocultural Anthropology at the University of Toronto. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/hiroshige-2019-04-08/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190501T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190501T200000 DTSTAMP:20190327T184356Z CREATED:20190315T200231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190327T184356Z UID:37771-1556735400-1556740800@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Cross Cultural Socialization: Raising children in a bicultural environment DESCRIPTION:There are many benefits to living in a place such as Toronto\, where various ethnic groups enrich the cultural fabric of the city and children learn from an early age how to coexist with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Yet a multicultural environment can also present a challenge for parents who wish to maintain their own ethnic/cultural identity and pass it on to the next generation. \nThis talk will focus on families in which at least one of the parents is of Japanese heritage\, although the content will likely be of relevance to any culturally diverse family. How do those families navigate the process of bicultural (sometimes multicultural) child rearing? We will look at cases where the family is on a temporary work assignment\, as well as cases where the stay in Canada is permanent. Cross-cultural marriages provide yet another twist to this process. \nSome statistics and data from academic studies will be used to provide a background to the talk. Dr. Kano Podolsky will however present many anecdotes from her personal experience growing up as a kaigai-shijo (overseas child) and kikoku-shijo (returnee)\, as well as being married to a Canadian and raising two children (now adults) in a bicultural environment.  Q&A to follow. \n  \nMomo Kano Podolsky is a “Third Culture Kid”; born in Japan\, her family moved to England when she was three years old. Due to her father’s occupation\, the family then moved to France when she was four. She then returned to Japan and attended high-school\, university and graduate school before coming to Toronto for PhD studies. Dr. Kano Podolsky earned her PhD in Sociology and Ethnic Studies\, from the University of Toronto (Thesis title: “A study of Kaigai-shijo socialization: Children of Japanese temporary residents in Toronto\, Canada”). Her areas of specialization include cross-cultural socialization (Kaigai-Kikokushijo and “Third Culture Kids”) and ethnic identity retention. Dr. Kano Podolsky has previously held positions such as Associate Professor in Sociology at Kyoto Women’s University and Lecturer in Japanese Culture and Society at York University\, Glendon College. She currently holds the position of Program Administrator and Research Officer at the R.F. Harney Program in Ethnic\, Immigration and Pluralism Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy\, University of Toronto. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/kanopodolsky/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Community Events,Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/brittany-simuangco-596656-unsplash.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190710T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190710T200000 DTSTAMP:20190704T185925Z CREATED:20190603T182413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190704T185925Z UID:39148-1562783400-1562788800@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Japanese Gardens: Visions and Practices of a Kyoto Gardener DESCRIPTION:Reservations are now closed. Thank you for your interest. We will have a rush line starting 30 minutes before the event\, and will start to release unclaimed seats 10 minutes before the event. \nIn conjunction with our current exhibition\, Four Seasons of Gardens in Kyoto\, Hugo Torii will introduce his work and past projects in various Japanese gardens\, and give an overview of different Japanese garden styles. The talk will also cover topics such as how gardeners develop the essence of a garden through the combination of different features\, how the function of a Japanese garden influences garden design and Japanese gardening concepts and how they shape both our perception and our ability to experience and appreciate elements of a Japanese garden. \nHugo Torii is currently the Director of Ground Maintenance at the Portland Japanese Garden in Portland\, Oregon. He earned his Master’s degree in Landscape Design from the Kyoto University of Art and Design and has studied both Japanese gardens and Japanese aesthetics in horticulture; he also has a background in floristry. During his career to date\, Hugo Torii has spent over 3 years at Peter Berg Landscape Design in Rheinland-Pfalz\, Germany\, and 12 years’ working for Ueyakato Landscape Co. Ltd.\, as a Gardener and Landscape Architect in Kyoto\, Japan. During this time he also managed several projects of note including the Japanese garden and greeneries for the 24-hectare Keihanna Commemorative Park and the 5\,000 square-meter Yosuien Japanese strolling pond garden. Other projects included the annual maintenance of pine trees at Nijo Castle and Team Leader in the street trees maintenance program of Kyoto City. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/torii/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/Temple.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190820T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190820T203000 DTSTAMP:20190820T182452Z CREATED:20190626T141955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T182452Z UID:39941-1566325800-1566333000@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:How to Learn Japanese Kanji DESCRIPTION:Due to reaching capacity\, the RSVP is closed for additional guests.  \nFor many learners of Japanese\, kanji present a significant hurdle in mastering the language. In this lecture\, Dr. Yukiyo Hamakawa (Mejiro University) will not teach kanji\, but instead look at how people can best learn them\, including: \n・Various methods to organize and create associations to better remember kanji. \n・How to make learning more enjoyable – and effective. \n・Where and how kanji learning is utilized. \nAnyone who is interested in learning kanji\, teaching kanji\, or just learning about kanji is welcome to join! \nInquiries\nFor inquiries\, please contact Noriko Saito at nsaito@jftor.org. \n\n \nYukiyo Hamakawa is an associate professor in the Department of Japanese and Japanese Language Education at Mejiro University\, and has her PhD from Saitama University. Her work focuses on kanji education (both learning and instruction) within the field of Japanese language education. She has been involved in several books on teaching kanji\, including editing 『日本語教師のための実践・漢字指導』 (くろしろ出版 2010)\, and co-authoring the book on teaching letters and vocabulary\, 『文字・語彙を教える』 (ひつじ書房 2011) in the Japan Foundation’s Nihongo Kyôjuhô series. She has been involved with the JSL Kanji Research Group since 2004\, and 日本語教育に関わる教職員のためのメンタルヘルス研究会 (Mental Health Study Group for Japanese Language Educators) since 2018. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/kanji-lecture/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/kanji-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190822T174500 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190822T193000 DTSTAMP:20190819T153948Z CREATED:20190717T141502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190819T153948Z UID:39972-1566495900-1566502200@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Time After Time Capsule Workshop and Event with Sebastian Masuda DESCRIPTION:Mr. Sebastian Masuda\, an icon of Harajuku\, is bringing his participatory art project called “Time After Time Capsule” this summer. \n \nPlease join his talk and capsule event on August 22 at the Japan Foundation\, Toronto.\nIn his talk\, Mr. Masuda will discuss the concept of Kawaii culture and Harajuku-style\, its global phenomenon and evolution over the past two decades\, and his outlooks on its future trends and projects. The second half of the event will be the capsule event. Bring a Kawaii item (something cute\, colourful or handmade\, or one of your favourite items) OR create a small craft on-site\, and add it to the capsule for the future you. \nTime After Time Capsule is an ongoing art project which invites the public to contribute personal items to fill a translucent sculpture that will travel around the world. Each participant is invited to offer or create colourfully decorated items of personal value\, which will be placed in the translucent sculptured capsule. \n  \n \nYour personal Kawaii item must be under 15 cm (on its longest side). It could be a key chain from your favourite vacation\, an accessory from a close friend\, an item from your most memorable event or fondest experience! \nThere will be materials provided to create a letter to put into the capsule on-site\, but everyone is welcome to bring their own small item or pre-made letter from home! \nPlease come and join us for this wonderful opportunity. \n  \n \n  \n\n\n \n\n  \nSebastian Masuda:\nArtist / Art director / Japan Cultural Envoy / Visiting Scholar at NYU /\nVisiting professor for Kyoto University of Art and Design and Yokohama College of Art and Design \n Mr. Masuda was born in 1970. He is a visiting professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design and Yokohama College of Art and Design. After active involvement in theater performances and modern art\, he opened “6%DOKIDOKI\,” a shop with the concept of “Sensational Kawaii” in Harajuku in 1995. Through his world tour titled “Harajuku Kawaii Experience”\, which started in 2009\, Mr. Masuda has been actively promoting Harajuku culture on a global scale. He gained worldwide attention for his PV production for “PONPONPON”\, the debut single of Japanese pop icon “Kyary Pamyu Pamyu”. He has also been active as an artist and art director to contextualize Harajuku Kawaii culture by\, for example\, establishing the concept restaurant “KAWAII MONSTER CAFÉ” in Tokyo. \nMr. Masuda’s first solo exhibition “Colorful Rebellion – Seventh Nightmare” opened in New York in 2014. He is now working on a participatory art project called “Time After Time Capsule” around the world. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/sebastian-masuda-2019/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto & Japan Festival CANADA Kawaii Committee":MAILTO:info@jftor.org GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20190918T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20190918T200000 DTSTAMP:20190814T211922Z CREATED:20190809T192639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190814T211922Z UID:40831-1568831400-1568836800@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Post-3.11 Auditory Cultures: Sonic Responses to Life After Loss DESCRIPTION:This lecture explores sound-based cultural productions made by those affected by the disasters that occurred and began in March 2011—the earthquake\, tsunami\, and radiation release. These include a sound artist signaling radiation uncertainties and political geographies in an art installation; a phone booth built to allow users to communicate with their deceased loved ones; a musician who samples voices and soundscapes from her lost hometown; a Fukushima University professor conducting an ongoing soundscape archive. The productions gesture at ongoing social issues in subtle ways afforded by sound and recording. In other words\, they force us to ask: how to listen to radiation that never sounds\, to hear a house that is not there\, to attend closely to voices unsure of what to say? \nJosh Trichilo is a PhD candidate in the Humanities department at York University\, Toronto\, and was a 2018-2019 Japan Foundation Fellow. Josh’s work focuses on sound\, auditory culture\, media\, and trauma. Informed by both the fellowship and his experiences as a JET participant in Fukushima from 2011-2014\, he studies soundscape archiving\, sound art\, and experimental music among those affected by the 2011 Tōhoku triple disaster. \n  URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/trichilo/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/Josh-Trichilo_headshot-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191026T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191026T160000 DTSTAMP:20191015T211845Z CREATED:20190926T200404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191015T211845Z UID:41245-1572098400-1572105600@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Writers on Writing: Author Kyoko Nakajima in conversation with Lynne Kutsukake DESCRIPTION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto is pleased to invite you to join us as local writer Lynne Kutsukake interviews one of Japan’s most celebrated authors. Known in particular for her subtle narrative style\, Kyoko Nakajima will discuss her use of place and time in the narrative of her 2010 Naoki award winning novel The Little House (小さいおうち)\, to be released in English in Canada on November 29\, 2019. The writers will also discuss current trends in both Japanese and Canadian literature as they discuss their experiences. Nakajima will also read from her award winning novel and there will be the opportunity for audience Q and A. \nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto and TIFA (Toronto International Festival of Authors) look forward to hosting award-winning author Kyoko Nakajima. \nFor books by Kyoko Nakajima available in the Japan Foundation\, Toronto library\, click here \n  \n  \n \nKYOKO NAKAJIMA was born in Tokyo in 1964. After working at a publishing firm and as a freelance writer\, she made her debut as a novelist in 2003 with Futon. In 2010 her novel Chiisai Ouchi (The Little House) won the Naoki Prize. This was followed by the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature for Tsuma ga shiitake datta koro (When My Wife Was a Shiitake) in 2014 and the Kawai Hayao Story Prize and Historical Fiction Writers Club Award for Katazuno! (One-Horn!) in 2015. Her other works include Ito no koi (Ito’s Romance) and Chobo zekka (A Magnificent View). \n  \n  \n \nLYNNE KUTSUKAKE is a Japanese Canadian novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel\, The Translation of Love\, won the Canada-Japan Literary Award (2016) and the Kobo Emerging Writers Prize for Literary Fiction (2017). Her short fiction has twice been selected for The Journey Prize Stories anthology. She studied modern Japanese literature\, and before turning to writing she worked for many years as a librarian at the University of Toronto. \n  \n  \n\nDo not miss the opportunity to attend a special film screening of The Little House (in Japanese with English subtitles) between 7:00-10:00 PM on Sunday October 27 at Innis College\, with Ms. Nakajima in attendance. After the screening there will be a moderated Q and A session with the author. \nFor more information click here. \n\nMs. Nakajima will also be part of the Festival Pop-Up at Union Station between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm on Sunday October 27\, as well as participating in a panel at Harbourfront Centre on Thursday October 30. \n\n  URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/kyoko-nakajima-2019/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture,Library ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191030T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191030T210000 DTSTAMP:20191018T161025Z CREATED:20191018T150707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T161025Z UID:41753-1572465600-1572469200@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Reading & Conversation: Kyoko Nakajima\, Inês Pedrosa and Zeruya Shalev DESCRIPTION:  \nReading & Conversation: Kyoko Nakajima\, Inês Pedrosa and Zeruya Shalev\nWednesday\, October 30\, 2019 – 8:00 PM \nBook Signing\, Panel Discussion\, Q & A\, Reading \nStudio Theatre\, Harbourfront Centre \n235 Queens Quay West\, Toronto M5J 2G8 \nTickets: $18 \n\nKnowing when to hold on and when to let go are common struggles in life and in love. Join three award-winning international authors for a discussion about both the fictional and real life experiences that shaped their latest English-translated novels. Japanese author Kyoko Nakajima accounts one woman’s nostalgic memories as recounted near the end of her life\, in The Little House. Portugese author\, journalist and playwright Inês Pedrosa will share the story of two lovers in limbo\, still conversing with each other after one has died\, in Still I Miss You. Israeli author Zeruya Shalev exposes how old passions can return\, testing our capacity to make choices about what is most essential in life\, in Pain. The conversation will be moderated by Steven W. Beattie. Hosted by David Yoon. \n\nPARTICIPANTS \nKyoko Nakajima \n \nKyoko Nakajima was born in Tokyo in 1964. After working at a publishing firm and as a freelance writer\, she made her debut as a novelist in 2003 with Futon. In 2010 her novel Chisai ouchi won the Naoki Prize. This was followed by the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature for Tsuma ga shiitake datta koro (When My Wife Was a Shiitake) in 2014 and the Kawai Hayao Story Prize and Historical Fiction Writers Club Award for Katazuno! (One-Horn!) in 2015. Her other works include Ito no koi (Ito’s Romance) and Chobo zekka (A Magnificent View). Supported by The Japan Foundation\, Toronto. \n  \nInês Pedrosa \nInês Pedrosa is a portuguese writer and translator. She graduated in Communication Sciences at the Universidade Nova\, in Lisbon\, where she is now doing a PHD in Comparative Literature. She was the editor of the portuguese edition of Marie Claire magazine and the director of Fernando Pessoa’s House Museum. Currently\, she does cultural programs in the public radio and participates in a weekly political debate in public television.She has published 22 books\, including novels\, short-stories\, essays\, and biographies. Her books have been published in the United States of America\, Brazil\, Croatia\, Germany\, Italy and Spain. Supported by Camões\, Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua. \n  \nZeruya Shalev \nZeruya Shalev was born at Kibbutz Kinneret. She is the author of four previous novels; The Remains of Love\, Love Life\, Husband and Wife\, and Thera\, a book of poetry and a children’s book. Her work has been translated into 25 languages and won multiple awards including the Corine International Book Prize and the Welt-Literature Award. She lives in Jerusalem. Supported by the Consulate General of Israel in Toronto and Western Canada. \n\nClick here for more information > URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/tifa-2019-reading-conversation/ LOCATION:Studio Theatre\, Harborfront Centre\, 235 Queens Quay West\, Toronto\, ON\, M5J 2G8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture GEO:43.6390687;-79.382896 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Studio Theatre Harborfront Centre 235 Queens Quay West Toronto ON M5J 2G8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=235 Queens Quay West:geo:-79.382896,43.6390687 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191118T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191118T203000 DTSTAMP:20191029T185437Z CREATED:20191029T185105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191029T185437Z UID:42300-1574101800-1574109000@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Fans Onstage Lecture by Masayuki Nakamura DESCRIPTION:Fans Onstage Lecture\nby Masayuki Nakamura\,\nArtistic Producer\, Yokohama Noh Theatre; Lecturer at the Tokyo University of the Arts\nIn conjunction with Fans Onstage: Handheld Splendour of the Japanese Traditional Performing Arts exhibition \nNovember 18\, 2019 (Monday)\, 6:30 P.M. \nin Japanese with English interpreter \nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n2 Bloor Street East\, Suite 300 \n3rd floor of Hudson’s Bay Centre\, above Royal Bank \n  \nFree admission \nReservation required: \n416.966.1600 x.229 https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/theatre-fan-lecture/ \nFans Beyond Theatre Props \nIn the Japanese traditional performing arts fans are superbly made to a high standard of handcraftsmanship. They are so beautiful to simply look at. But when they appear in the performances\, each type of theatrical art form from different eras\, such as Noh or Kabuki\, has unique\, original use of fans. In each theatrical form the vocabulary of the expression is so rich. Some of the fans give a realistic\, detailed description of unseen objects. Other fans invite images of characters or spirits The fans even transform the entire body of the performer. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/theatre-fan-lecture/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200129T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200129T200000 DTSTAMP:20200128T144849Z CREATED:20191210T143643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200128T144849Z UID:42863-1580322600-1580328000@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:The BLINDSPOT of JAPAN DESCRIPTION:This lecture will feature Eric Cazdyn’s “Blindspot Machine”–a unique film rig that questions what a blindspot is and teaches us about how we look\, how we think\, how we desire\, and how change occurs in the world. In this iteration of his multi-faceted The Blindspot Variations project\, Cazdyn brings his “Blindspot Machine” to Japan and shoots at seven different sites: 1) Tezuka Architect’s Fuji Kindergarten (Tokyo); 2) Ito Toyo’s Sendai Mediatheque (Sendai); 3) Ishinomaki Hill (overview site of the 2011 tsunami disaster); 4) Ishinomaki Lowlands (ground-zero of the 2011 tsunami); 5) Tajiro-jima (cat island/terminal island\, Tohoku); 6) Isozaki Arata’s Art Mito Tower (Ibaraki); and 7) Kurokawa Kisho’s Nakagin Capsule Tower (Tokyo). This film-lecture connects the problematics of the ground-zero and the blindspot to architecture\, political possibilities\, life and death\, as well as to the Buddhist inspired category of Ma (or negative time-space). \n\nEric Cazdyn is Distinguished Professor of Aesthetics and Politics at the University of Toronto\, where he teaches courses on critical theory\, film and video\, architecture\, and Japan. He has written the following books: Nothing: Three Inquiries in Buddhism (U of Chicago Press\, 2015)\, The Already Dead: The New Time of Culture\, Politics and Illness (Duke\, 2012); After Globalization (Wiley-Blackwell\, 2011); and The Flash of Capital: Film and Geopolitics in Japan (Duke\, 2002); and is the editor of Trespasses: Selected Writings of Masao Miyoshi (Duke\, 2010). Cazdyn is also a filmmaker whose most recent work\, The Blindspot Variations\, has been screened and performed in Japan\, the US\, Mexico\, Canada and throughout Europe. A former Japan Foundation Fellow in 2001 and 2009\, the Japan Foundation\, Toronto is delighted to welcome him back for this lecture. \nRegistration for this event is now closed. Rush seating may be available on the day of the event. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/eric-cazdyn/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200219T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200219T200000 DTSTAMP:20200214T171751Z CREATED:20200107T192927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200214T171751Z UID:43221-1582137000-1582142400@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Welcome to TOKYO: Urban Change and International Spectacle from the Meiji Period to 2020 DESCRIPTION:Anticipating the arrival of tens of millions of foreign tourists attending the 2020 Olympic Games\, the Tokyo municipal government announced in 2014 a long-term city plan aiming to make Tokyo the “world’s best city.” With the Olympic Games a “springboard” for the city’s future\, the plan laid out a number of improvements designed to enhance the livability and commercial prosperity of the city along with the welfare of its residents. As with earlier improvement efforts in Tokyo following the 1868 Meiji Restoration\, the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake and paving the way for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics\, the main component of the 2014 plan was infrastructure; namely\, new expressways\, improved port facilities\, and the creation of pleasant public spaces through the so-called “Tokyo Champs Elysées Project.” Once again\, Tokyo planners intent on putting the city’s best face forward to impress foreign visitors and to display Japanese prosperity started at street level. This talk reviews Tokyo urban improvement efforts from the Meiji Period to today to show how Tokyo planners have repeatedly looked to city streets as conduits of not only cars and commerce but as conveyors of culture and civilization. This suggests continuity in both Japanese urban planners’ abiding concern for foreign visitors’ reactions to the city’s appearance as well as their lasting perception and the interrelationship between Tokyo’s urban infrastructure\, commercial prosperity\, and international prestige. \n\nTristan R. Grunow is Associate Research Scholar at the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University. Previously\, he was Assistant Professor without Review at the University of British Columbia\, postdoctoral fellow at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University\, and a Fulbright Fellow at Hōsei University in Tokyo. His current project charts the respacing of the built environment of Tokyo under the process of Japanese state-formation and empire-building. \nRegistration for this event is now closed. Rush seating may be available on the day of the event.  URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/tristan-grunow/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200304T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200304T200000 DTSTAMP:20200212T223152Z CREATED:20200212T174124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200212T223152Z UID:44171-1583346600-1583352000@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Arms Race in Architecture DESCRIPTION:An arms race is on in the worlds of computation and architectural fabrication research. Robots with increasingly large\, fast\, and powerful capabilities are available and can produce outputs with military-grade precision. The assumption is that through the use of these advanced tools\, architects will also advance the production of outputs\, but can these tools be developed with traditional forms of human engagement still in mind? Robots are not particularly adaptive. They do not integrate changes with ease—at least\, not yet. Humans\, on the other hand\, exhibit great capacity for adaptation but lack the precision of robots. How could precision and adaptation be combined in architecture\, specifically within the context of Japan\, where imperfections are embraced as part of an ideal form? This lecture will explore that question with a presentation of a series of small scale building projects in Tokyo. \n\n \nYusuke Obuchi is an Associate Professor in Architecture at the University of Tokyo\, where he has directed Obuchi Laboratory at the Department of Architecture since 2010. He is also a founding Co-director of the Advanced Design Studies Program\, which consists of Digital Fabrication Lab\, Sustainable Prototyping Lab\, Media Initiative Lab\, Design Think Tank\, Design Practice Lab\, Social Design Lab\, and Computational Unit. Prof. Obuchi was Co-Director of the Design Research Laboratory at the Architectural Association (AA) in London from 2005 to 2010\, and Course Master and Unit Master of the Architectural Association from 2003 to 2005. He studied architecture at Princeton University\, Southern California Institute of Architecture\, and the University of Toronto. He has previously taught at Princeton University\, Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design\, University of Kentucky\, and New Jersey Institute of Technology. \nProf. Obuchi teaches design studios\, workshops\, and seminar courses where he explores the concepts of materiality\, design systems\, computational design techniques\, and fabrication processes in contemporary architecture and design. He has previously worked for Reiser-Umemoto in New York and ROTO Architects in Los Angeles. His research projects have been published and exhibited widely in the U.S. and Europe\, and have been included in the National Triennial Exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York City\, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris\, Architecture Biennial Beijing\, Architecture Biennial Rotterdam\, Zurich Design Museum\, Tokyo Designers Week\, and Barcelona Design Museum. \n\nCo-Presented by: \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/yusuke-obuchi/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200311T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200311T200000 DTSTAMP:20200211T221228Z CREATED:20200211T215937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200211T221228Z UID:44149-1583951400-1583956800@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:The Italian Nobleman Urbano Monte’s World Map of 1587: Sources\, Development\, and his Interest in Japan DESCRIPTION:In this talk Chet Van Duzer will discuss a spectacular Italian world map made in 1587 by the Milanese noble Urbano Monte. It consists of 60 manuscript sheets designed to be assembled into a map on a north polar projection more than three meters in diameter. It is distinctive for its rich program of decoration\, its large hypothetical southern continent\, and Monte’s intention that it be mounted so that it could be rotated about its center. Its depiction of Japan is of particular interest\, as Monte had met members of the Tenshō embassy from Japan when they came to Milan in 1585\, and Van Duzer will discuss the map in the context of the explosion of European interest in Japan that followed the ambassadors’ visit. In the course of the talk Van Duzer will show how Monte made use of his many sources\, both textual and cartographic\, to create this unique and captivating image of the world\, and also show the development of his world maps over time. \n\nChet Van Duzer is a Researcher in Residence at the John Carter Brown Library and a board member of the Lazarus Project at the University of Rochester\, which brings multispectral imaging to cultural institutions around the world. He has published extensively on medieval and Renaissance maps. His book Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps was published in 2013 by the British Library\, and is now available in editions in German\, Russian\, Thai\, and Chinese (both mainland and Taiwan). His book The World for a King: Pierre Desceliers’ Map of 1550 was published in 2015 by the British Library\, and in 2018 Springer published his book Henricus Martellus’s World Map at Yale (c. 1491): Multispectral Imaging\, Sources\, and Influence. His research on Urbano Monte’s manuscript world map of 1587 was funded by a David Rumsey Research Fellowship at Stanford and the John Carter Brown Library. \n\nThis event is Co-Presented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto \n \n  URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/chet-van-duzer/ LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada CATEGORIES:Lecture GEO:43.6710659;-79.3857432 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Japan Foundation Toronto 2 Bloor St. East 3rd Floor Toronto ON M4W 1A8 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor:geo:-79.3857432,43.6710659 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200531T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200531T133000 DTSTAMP:20200602T190851Z CREATED:20200527T161455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200602T190851Z UID:45841-1590930000-1590931800@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Live RAMEN Talk and Q+A DESCRIPTION:Live RAMEN Talk and Q+A With Chef TAKAHASHI Ryu and Chef Matt Kimura\n \nLive RAMEN Talk and Q+A With Chef TAKAHASHI Ryu and Chef Matt Kimura\nSunday May 31\, 2020 @ 1:00 PM (EDT) \nAtlantic (ADT) 2:00 P.M.\nQuebec/Ottawa/Ontario (EDT) 1:00 P.M.\nManitoba (CDT) 12:00 P.M.\nAlberta (MDT) 11:00 A.M.\nBC (PDT) 10:00 A.M. \nIn conjunction with the online screening of RAMEN HEADS \nIf you missed it\, watch the live discussion here on the Japan Foundation\, Toronto youtube channel! \nJoin us for a lively talk and discussion about ramen between owner – Chef TAKAHASHI Ryu\, of RYUS Noodle Bar and food stylist – Chef Matt Kimura. Find out some of the secret ingredients and philosophy behind the ramen of one of Canada’s most celebrated ramen! \nThe live talk will be followed by a short Q+A. Please post your questions in the youtube chat. \nWatch the live discussion online here > \nWe’d love to hear your feedback! \n\n \nShow About Chef Ryuichiro Takahashi\, proprietor of Toronto’s RYUS Noodle Bar \nCooking has always been a passion for Chef Takahashi — graduating with a business degree and working in a number of kitchens in Japan\, he always dreamed of opening his own place. \nChef Takahashi first arrived in Vancouver to study trade and marketing\, essential skills for his future path as owner chef of a ramen restaurant. Upon immigrating to Canada\, he then moved to Toronto where he realized his dream of striking out on his own. \nRamen is my favourite\, so that’s why I focused on that\,” he explained. \nLast year\, Takahashi was asked to open a stall at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum in Japan — the first Canadian to be recognized in those hallowed halls of ramen honour. Chef Takahashi was the first Canadian invitee to set up shop in New York City’s popular Ramen Lab — an exclusive boutique stand-up eatery featuring the world’s best examples of the ubiquitous dish\, and Japan’s favourite food. (Source: Bryan Passifiume\, Toronto SUN) \nRYUS Noodle Bar \n@RYUS_Noodle_bar \n \n \nShow About About Chef Matt Kimura \nMatthew Kimura is a Food Stylist artist specializing in commercial broadcast\, print\, and online content. Beginning is passion for for working learning from his father in a family Japanese restaurant Ginko. Over the years Matthew worked in many different avenues with food from restaurants\, Food TV shows\, recipe development until he began to focus on Food Styling. \nhttps://instagram.com/p/tYEoDCpJzt/ \nPeople can follow him at:\nInstagram: kimura_sensei\nEmail: matthew@kimurafood.com\nWebsite: kimurafood.com \n \nPresented by:\nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto and the Embassy of Japan in Canada\, Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver\, Consulate General of Japan in Toronto\, Consulate General of Japan in Calgary and the Consulate General of Japan in Montreal \n \nCommunity partner:\n \n  URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/ramen-talk-and-q-a/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710978;-79.386063 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200624T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200624T210000 DTSTAMP:20200617T150231Z CREATED:20200529T180103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200617T150231Z UID:45868-1593027000-1593032400@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:From The Portapak to The Aniputer: Experimentation and Exchange in Early Japanese Video Art DESCRIPTION:In February of 1972\, the Sony Showroom in Tokyo’s Ginza district hosted “Video Communication: D.I.Y. Kit\,” commonly considered the first exhibition of video art in Japan. Organized in part by Canadian artist Michael Goldberg\, a founding member of Vancouver’s long-running video art centre VIVO\, the interactive event encapsulated several defining elements of early Japanese video art: transnational collaboration\, support from adventurous technological corporations\, and formal creativity. \nInformed by research recently conducted through a Japan Foundation fellowship\, this presentation outlines the role of collaboration and experimentation in the first two decades of Japanese video art — particularly the fruitful exchanges of technology\, workshops\, and artworks between Japan and Canada — as seen through work by Japanese artists and collectives such as Video Earth Tokyo\, Video Hiroba\, and Keigo Yamamoto\, as well as the conceptually connected work of Vancouver-based contemporaries Goldberg\, Taki Bluesinger\, and more. \n\nThis is an exclusively online event. Prior registration is required. A secure link to the lecture will be sent to the registered email address 24 hours before the start of the event.\n\n\nJesse Cumming is a freelance curator\, researcher\, and writer based in Toronto\, Canada. He has curated\, co-curated\, and presented programs with The Museum of Modern Art\, Anthology Film Archives\, The Musée des Beaux Arts Montreal\, Collectif Jeune Cinéma\, Art Toronto\, Concordia University\, The City of Vancouver Archives\, and more. From 2014 to 2016 he contributed to Toronto experimental film and media programming collective Pleasure Dome and from 2016 to 2019 served as a Programming Associate with the Toronto International Film Festival. His writing has appeared in Cinema Scope\, The Brooklyn Rail\, Hyperallergic\, Canadian Art\, Prefix Photo\, MUBI Notebook\, NECSUS Journal\, Filmmaker\, and more. He presently sits on the steering committee of the Toronto Film & Media Seminar and is a founding collective member of MICE Magazine\, a web and print publication dedicated to Moving Image Culture\, Etc. In 2016 he established Vertical Features\, a screening series dedicated to experimental non-fiction film and video. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/jesse-cumming/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:56.130366;-106.346771 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200625T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200625T210000 DTSTAMP:20200630T204555Z CREATED:20200624T180607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200630T204555Z UID:46719-1593113400-1593118800@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Online Sake School with TAJIRI Mariko DESCRIPTION:ONLINE SAKE SCHOOL with TAJIRI Mariko\nJoin us for a fascinating look into the world of Japan’s national drink with international sake sommelier and educator TAJIRI Mariko. Starting June 25\, Mariko will present three independent 90-minute seminars\, each addressing a different facet of sake and the culture around its creation and enjoyment. Co-presented by the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre and the Japan Foundation\, Toronto in conjunction with the online screening of the sake documentary Kampai! For the Love of Sake from July 10 – 12\, 2020. \nSeminars are conducted over ZOOM. Each is 90 minutes and the fee is $35 per seminar\, however connoisseurs taking all 3 seminars will be charged just $95. \nIf you want to savour as you study\, Sake Study Packs featuring three bottles can ordered for home deliver (in the GTA) for $92 through Sake School Kit \nWe love to hear your comments on the seminars! \nPlease click here to give us your feedback \nSeminar #1: SAKE 101 (SOLD OUT)\nLooks at the basics in terms of how sake is made\, the varying types and grades of sake and its history.\nDate: Thursday June 25 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm\nFee: $35 \n\nSeminar #2 SERVING SAKE\nLooks at how to enjoy sake. How should it be served? How it is best paired with food? How does one select the correct temperature and glassware by season and circumstance?\nDate: Thursday July 9 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm\nFee: $35\nRegister Now \n\nSeminar #3 REGIONALITY\nAs with wine\, region and terrior are essential to your sake knowledge. Learn about the important regions\, what characteristic you should look for from certain regions and who the best producers are.\nDate: Thursday July 23 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm\nFee:$35\nRegister Now \n\nFULL SEMINAR PASS (SOLD OUT)\nTake all three seminars listed above.\nFee:$95\nRegister Now \nIf you have any question regarding seminar\, please contact at jccc@jccc.on.ca. \n  \nAbout Mariko Tajiri \n \nMariko is an international sake educator and promoter working a National Brand Manager for That’s Life in Canada\, a wine and sake importer based in Vancouver and Toronto. She has been working with sake for over 12 years with a portfolio including producers such as Jikon\, Sharaku\, \nKuheiji\, Matsumoto\, Hououbiden and Tengumai. Mariko became an IWC (International Wine Challenge) sake judge in 2017. She has done amazing things in the sake world and has been instrumental in putting sake in a different context. \nShe now teaches with WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust)\, a wine school based in London\, UK and this curriculum has really brought sake education together. She also teaches in BC\, Alberta and Ontario. \n  \nThere is an excellent interview with TAJIRI Mariko here in NIKKEI VOICE >  \n\nJuly 10 – 12\, 2020 \n \nKampai! For the Love of Sake  \nWatch this documentary about the exploration of the traditional\, complex\, and secretive world of sake\, often called Japanese rice wine\, through the eyes of three distinctive outsiders who have devoted themselves to sake. Details here > URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/online-sake-school/2020-06-25/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Lecture GEO:43.6710978;-79.386063 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200917T203000 DTSTAMP:20200818T204320Z CREATED:20200818T204320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200818T204320Z UID:47739-1600369200-1600374600@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic DESCRIPTION:The large corpus of literary works by accomplished and highly educated women writers that emerged during the Heian period (794–1185) in Japan played an important role in the creation of a national literary tradition. Despite their seeming timelessness\, these texts have elicited severe criticism and received intense praise over the centuries. Although written over a thousand years ago\, they continue to inform contemporary cultural production. \nThis talk considers the fixed images of Japanese women writers of the distant past and the constructed nature of their writing focusing on one text\, The Pillow Book (Makura no sōshi\, early 11th c.). It examines interpretations of the work and images of its author Sei Shōnagon (964?–after 1027) that emerged in the years between the 17th century and the early 20th century and shows that although they were not shaped through references to historical documents and direct interactions with The Pillow Book\, these views still linger in contemporary scholarship and popular culture. \n\nThis is an exclusively online event. Prior registration is required. A secure link to the lecture will be sent to the registered email address before the start of the event.\n\n\nDr. Gergana Ivanova is Associate Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at the University of Cincinnati. She holds a Ph.D. in Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia. From 2010-2011\, she carried out research at Sophia University\, Tokyo\, as a Japan Foundation Fellow. Her research interests include the reception history of Japanese classical literature\, early modern erotic and didactic literature\, and present-day manga representations of the past. She is the author of Unbinding the Pillow Book: The Many Lives of a Classic (Columbia University Press\, 2018). Her current book project examines the eroticization of eleventh-century women writers in early modern Japan. She is also completing a co-translation of One Hundred Exemplary Women\, One Poem Each (Retsujo hyakunin isshu\, 1847). URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/the-many-lives-of-a-japanese-classic/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:56.130366;-106.346771 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200930T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200930T203000 DTSTAMP:20200827T152217Z CREATED:20200820T154424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T152217Z UID:47771-1601492400-1601497800@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Re-engineering Reproductive Futures in Japanese Science Fiction DESCRIPTION:Scholars and pundits of contemporary Japan regularly note statistics that point to an alarming downturn in population growth (shōshi kōreika). The forecast of population decline has led to a renewed focus on “reproductive futurism\,” which is the belief that humans must reproduce to ensure a stable future. In Japan\, female science fiction and speculative fiction writers have offered provocative critiques of reproductive futurism in order to resist discourse pertaining to reproductive family structures and sexuality. \nIn this talk\, we will look at how these authors use nonhuman perspectives and entities such as aliens\, cyborgs\, and bioengineered entities to defamiliarize the familiar images of reproduction\, sexuality\, and ideal family structure produced by contemporary Japanese social discourse. The talk will explore specific cases of how these female authors re-engineer alternative futures of reproductive bodies and reproductive family to critique the extant reproductive heterosexual and patriarchal family system. \n\nThis is an exclusively online event. Prior registration is required. A secure link to the lecture will be sent to the registered email address before the start of the event.\n\n\nDr. Kazue Harada is an Assistant Professor of Japanese in the Department of German\, Russian\, Asian\, and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures\, at Miami University\, Ohio. She studied at the University of British Columbia and Washington University in St. Louis. Her research interest is modern and contemporary Japanese literature\, with a focus on the exploration of gender and sexuality via speculative and science fiction. She is currently working on a book manuscript titled Re-engineering (Re)productive Futures: Sexuality\, Mother\, and Kinship in Japanese Speculative Fiction. Her articles have appeared in U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal and Japanese Language and Literature. She is also a former recipient of the Japanese Foundation dissertation fellowship in 2012. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/kazue-harada/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:56.130366;-106.346771 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201212T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201212T140000 DTSTAMP:20201202T173326Z CREATED:20201126T180242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201202T173326Z UID:49583-1607778000-1607781600@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:KATSUSHIKA Oei: A Woman Artist in the Floating World DESCRIPTION:KATSUSHIKA Oei (Ōi) is not a household name. Her father\, however\, is renowned as one of the greatest masters of art — Hokusai. Brought up assisting Hokusai with his trade\, Oei learned all the techniques of painting ukiyo-e\, had access to the inner circle of artists in Edo\, and had opportunities to showcase her skills time and time again\, particularly in the portrayal of women. \nOver time\, Oei’s biology and her relationship with her father obscured her immense talent\, and she has remained in the shadows of history. In this joint presentation hosted by the Japan Foundation\, Toronto and The Japan Society Canada\, novelist Ms. Katherine Govier and art historian Dr. Rosina Buckland (the British Museum) will discuss Oei’s skills\, her contributions to Hokusai’s lifework\, and why she deserves to be celebrated as an artist in her own right. \nThe discussion will be followed by a live Q+A moderated by Ms. Deanna Horton\, Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. \n\nThis is an exclusively online event to begin at 1:00 PM EST on Saturday\, December 12. Registration is required. A link to the talk will be sent to the registered email address 24 hours prior to the start of the event.\n\n\n\nKatherine Govier’s most recent novel is The Three Sisters Bar & Hotel. Her previous novel\, The Ghost Brush\, about the daughter of the Japanese printmaker Hokusai\, was published in Japan and worldwide. An earlier novel\, Creation\, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She has won the Toronto Book Award and Canada’s Findley-Engel Award for a mid-career writer (1997). In 2018 she was honoured for Excellence in the Arts by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. In 2019 she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. \nActive in her profession\, and always committed to raising the voices of marginalized women\, Katherine has been President of PEN Canada and Chair of The Writers’ Trust. She co-founded the national schools writing program Writers in Electronic Residence and more recently founded\, directed and is Board Chair of The Shoe Project\, a writing and public speaking workshops for immigrant and refugee women. \nKatherine was born in Edmonton\, Alberta and attended The University of Alberta and York University. She has two adult children\, Robin and Emily\, and two grandchildren. With her partner Nick Rundall\, a retired publisher\, she divides her time between Toronto and Canmore\, Alberta\, in the Rocky Mountains. Her upcoming novel again features Katsushika Oei\, woman artist of the floating world\, who rises from her unknown grave to discover what happened to her art during the Meiji era. \n\nPhotograph by Phil Wilkinson\, National Museums Scotland \nRosina Buckland is Curator of the Japanese Collections at the British Museum. She read Japanese Studies at the University of Cambridge and after graduating worked in Japan as a translator. She received a PhD in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts\, New York University and worked at the British Museum for several years before moving to the National Museum of Scotland\, and later the Royal Ontario Museum\, Toronto\, Canada. Her primary research area is pictorial art of the nineteenth century\, with a focus on Chinese-inspired culture. Her publications include Shunga: Erotic Art in Japan (2010) and Painting Nature for the Nation: Taki Katei and the Challenges to Sinophile Culture in Meiji Japan (2013). During 2019 she guest-curated a special exhibition of drawings by Taki Katei at the World Museum\, Liverpool. She is currently writing a book on Meiji-era art. \n\nDeanna Horton’s foreign service career in Asia spanned a total of twelve years in Japan\, including as Deputy Head of Mission at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo\, and also as Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. As a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy\, she has led a digital mapping project on Canada’s footprint in Asia  and related research on technology multinationals. Ms. Horton is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and a Canadian Global Affairs Institute Fellow\, writing on economic and trade policy issues with a focus on Asia. She is on the executive of the Royal Ontario Museum’s Bishop White Committee in support of the ROM’s Asian collections. Deanna Horton received a Diploma in International Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Bologna Center\, a M.A. (International Affairs) from Carleton University’s Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and a B.A. (Hons) from McGill University. She also spent two years studying the Japanese language and Japan at the U.S. State Department Foreign Service Institute in Yokohama\, Japan. \n\nCo-Presented by: \n \n  URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/govier-and-buckland/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710978;-79.386063 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210107T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210107T200000 DTSTAMP:20210108T022829Z CREATED:20201202T173426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210108T022829Z UID:49656-1610044200-1610049600@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Cultivating the Next Generation of STEAM Thinkers DESCRIPTION:What is STEAM education? How is it different from STEM education? In this talk\, Dr. Rie Kijima (University of Toronto and SKY Labo) and Dr. Mariko Yang-Yoshihara (Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education & SKY Labo) will discuss key concepts related to STEAM learning in the 21st century. Discussion will include the gender gap in STEM\, what it takes to reverse this trend\, and the importance of key mindsets\, such as failing forward and thinking out of the box. The talk will centre around an innovative education program offered for female youths in Japan that utilizes design thinking to cultivate the next generation of STEAM thinkers. \n\nThis is an exclusively online event to begin at 6:30 PM EST on Thursday\, January 7. Registration is required. A link to the talk will be sent to the registered email address 24 hours prior to the start of the event. There will be Q+A session immediately following the event.\n\n\nRie Kijima is an assistant professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy\, University of Toronto. Her research addresses topics such as international assessments\, education reforms\, gender and STEAM learning. Previously\, she was a Lecturer and Interim Director in the International Comparative Education/International Education Policy Analysis Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. in International Comparative Education from Stanford University and her B.A. from International Christian University in Tokyo\, Japan. She has previously worked at the World Bank as an education consultant specializing in monitoring and evaluation and traveled frequently to Morocco\, Tunisia\, Vietnam\, and Laos. She has been affiliated with the Stanford Program in International and Cross-Cultural Education\, Keio Graduate School of Media Design\, Japan International Cooperation Agency\, Silicon Valley Japan Platform\, and the United States Japan Council. She is the Scott M. Johnson Fellow of the United States Japan Leadership Program. In 2016\, she co-founded SKY Labo\, an education non-profit organization to promote inquiry-based approaches to STEAM learning. She co-authored a book on Design Thinking and STEAM Education which was published by Asahi Shinbun Press in January 2019 (Japanese only). She was featured as one of 100 women entrepreneurs around the world by Forbes Japan in March 2019. \n\n \nMariko Yang-Yoshihara is an instructor at the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) and an affiliate professor at Ritsumeikan University. She utilizes design thinking and inquiry-based pedagogies to design\, develop\, and facilitate online and in-person courses that explore topics including entrepreneurship\, global citizenship\, and research methods targeted from high school to graduate students. As a researcher\, Mariko is currently investigating the aptitudes\, motivations and career trajectory of individuals who do innovative work in science and technology. Her academic works can be found in the volumes published by the MIT Press (1999)\, the Tokyo University Press (2016)\, and Hakuto Shobo (2019)\, as well as in the Journal of Science Policy and Research Management (2014). In 2016\, Mariko co-organized the Stanford-Silicon Valley U.S.-Japan Dialogue: Womenomics\, the Workplace\, and Women and published the final report. That same year\, she co-founded SKY Labo\, a Japanese non-profit organization to empower girls with “STEM + arts/humanities” (STEAM) education. Her co-authored book on STEAM education and Design Thinking (Asahi Shinbun Press\, 2019) has sold over 8000 copies in Japan. Mariko received Ph.D. and M.A in Political Science from Stanford University\, B.A. in Political Science from the University of California\, Irvine\, and B.A. in Literature from the University of the Sacred Heart in Japan. URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/kijima-and-yang-yoshihara/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710978;-79.386063 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210115T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210117T210000 DTSTAMP:20210118T013503Z CREATED:20201222T165508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210118T013503Z UID:50617-1610701200-1610917200@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Healthy Hakko: Part 1 Talk with Dr. Rath and Dr. de St. Maurice DESCRIPTION:Sushi and miso soup are often served together in Japanese restaurants. But what does sushi have to do with fermented food? What other uses are there for miso aside from making soup? In this first part of our Healthy Hakko series\, Dr. Greg de St. Maurice (Keio University) and Dr. Eric Rath (University of Kansas) sit down to discuss the little-known history of fermented sushi\, regional variations of miso\, and the gastronomical possibilities of these foods today. \n\nThis talk is a pre-recorded event. Register below to receive a private link to view the talk during the event dates.\n\n\n \nGreg de St. Maurice is tenured Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Business and Commerce at Keio University. He also serves as Vice President of the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS). He received his Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2015. His key research interests include globalization\, taste\, “place” and place brands\, culinary heritage and local foodways\, and Japan. The focus of his recent research is the dynamism of local foodways and agricultural systems in the context of globalization. This research has appeared in the journals Gastronomica\, Food\, Culture\, and Society and several edited volumes. Current projects study the transcultural transmission of culinary skills and knowledge\, apply critical nutrition studies to the Japanese context\, and examine cuisine as craft. \n\nEric C. Rath is a professor of history at the University of Kansas where he teaches courses on food history and premodern Japan.  A specialist in Japanese food\, his books include Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Japan (2010)\, Japan’s Cuisines: Food\, Place and Identity (2016)\, and the forthcoming Oishii: The History of Sushi (Reaktion Books\, 2021).  He is also a member of the editorial collective of Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies. \n\nHEALTHY HAKKO Talks and Discussions \nJan. 15-17 > Dr. Eric Rath (premodern dietary culture) and Dr. Greg de St. Maurice (cultural heritage and food) \nJan. 22-24 > Dr. Victoria Lee (fermentation science in modern Japan) and Dr. Stephen Lyman (Epidemiologist and Shochu expert) \nJan. 22-24 > Kaori Ishii (director of the film The Genealogy of Sake) and Michael Tremblay (Sake Samurai\, Sake sommelier) \nJan. 29-31 > Sandor Katz (fermentation revivalist\, author and educator) and Shiori Kajiwara (koji specialist\, Koji Flowers\, Hidamari) \nHEALTHY HAKKO Documentary Films \nJan. 15-17 > Dashi\, Essence of Japan & Shoyu\, the Secrets of Japanese Cuisine Directed by Shohei Shibata \nJan. 22-24 > The Genealogy of Sake Directed by Kaori Ishii \nJan. 29-31 > Katsuo-Bushi Directed by Yu Nakajima \nJan. 29-31 > Fermented Directed by Jonathan Cianfrani URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/rath_and_de_st_maurice/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:56.130366;-106.346771 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210122T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210124T210000 DTSTAMP:20210117T184814Z CREATED:20210111T154218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210117T184814Z UID:50806-1611306000-1611522000@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Healthy Hakko: Part 2 Talk with Dr. Lyman and Dr. Lee DESCRIPTION:From soy sauce to miso to sake to shochu\, these iconic Japanese foods and drinks are all made possible with the help of a mighty microorganism commonly known as “koji.” What exactly is koji and how did koji come to play such an important role in Japanese fermentation? In this second part of our Healthy Hakko series\, we talk to Dr. Stephen Lyman (shochu ambassador) and Dr. Victoria Lee (historian\, Ohio University) about the history of fermented Japanese drinks\, the tireless little worker that is koji\, on-going scientific endeavours to identify and categorize different kinds of fermentation microbes\, and much more. \n\nThis talk is a pre-recorded event. Register below to receive a private link to view the talk during the event dates.\n\n\nDr. Stephen Lyman is a clinical epidemiologist affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City\, but in some circles\, he is better known as the first shochu and awamori ambassador officially recognized by the Japanese government. A leading American expert on shochu\, Dr. Lyman has spent time working in both sake breweries and shochu distilleries. Aside from being a medical educator and entrepreneur\, Dr. Lyman is also an author. His book\,  The Complete Guide to Japanese Drinks\, was nominated for the 2020 James Beard Award. Today\, Dr. Lyman resides in Fukuoka\, Japan. \n\nDr. Victoria Lee received her Ph.D and MA in History from Princeton University\, and her M.Sc. in History of Science from the University of London. Dr. Lee was a Japan Foundation Fellow from 2010-2011\, after which time she carried out research as a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. She has taught at Rutgers University and is an assistant professor of History at Ohio University. She is currently a Fellow at the the Institut d’études avancées de Paris. Dr. Lee is the author of The Arts of the Microbial World: Fermentation Science in Twentieth-Century Japan\, forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press in fall 2021. \n\nHEALTHY HAKKO Talks and Discussions \nJan. 15-17 > Dr. Eric Rath (premodern dietary culture) and Dr. Greg de St. Maurice (cultural heritage and food) \nJan. 22-24 > Dr. Victoria Lee (fermentation science in modern Japan) and Dr. Stephen Lyman (Epidemiologist and Shochu expert) \nJan. 22-24 > Kaori Ishii (director of the film The Genealogy of Sake) and Michael Tremblay (Sake Samurai\, Sake sommelier) \nJan. 29-31 > Sandor Katz (fermentation revivalist\, author and educator) and Shiori Kajiwara (koji specialist\, Koji Flowers\, Hidamari) \nHEALTHY HAKKO Documentary Films \nJan. 15-17 > Dashi\, Essence of Japan & Shoyu\, the Secrets of Japanese Cuisine Directed by Shohei Shibata \nJan. 22-24 > The Genealogy of Sake Directed by Kaori Ishii \nJan. 29-31 > Katsuo-Bushi Directed by Yu Nakajima \nJan. 29-31 > Fermented Directed by Jonathan Cianfrani URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/lyman_and_lee/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710978;-79.386063 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210122T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210124T210000 DTSTAMP:20210119T230629Z CREATED:20210111T221845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T230629Z UID:50820-1611306000-1611522000@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Healthy Hakko: The Fermented Culinary Arts of Japan\, Part 2 Talk with Kaori Ishii and Michael Tremblay DESCRIPTION:Talk with Kaori Ishii\, director of The Genealogy of Sake and Sake Samurai Michael Tremblay\nSake has come to be known as the drink of the gods. Have you ever wondered how it is made\, and the artisans who make it? In this second part of our Healthy Hakko series\, in conjunction with the documentary The Genealogy of Sake\, we talk to Kaori Ishii\, director of the film\, and Michael Tremblay\, Sake samurai and sake sommelier. The discussion includes a concise introduction to sake\, with a description of the mystical dance between sake’s main ingredients\, fermentation\, koji\, the intense work of the sake brewers and the land upon which they live and word. Find out about their thoughts on the increasing number of women brewers\, challenges making the film and what breweries are doing to adapt to the pandemic. The talk is moderated by Program Officer Nobi Nakamura\, and interpreted by Sakurako Nakazato. Don’t miss watching the film The Genealogy of Sake! \n\nThis talk is a pre-recorded event. Register below to receive a private link to view the talk during the event dates\n\n\n \nKaori Ishii graduated with a degree in philosophy from the University of the Sacred Heart. While working at the Ministry of Education\, Culture\, Science\, Sports and Technology (MEXT) she studied at the Film School of Tokyo after work. \nHer first documentary film\, Sorry Grandma (2005) won the first prize at the Osaka Abeno Human Documentary Film Festival. Her next one\, Chain of Life – The Artistry of Mokuhanzome Kimono (2006)\, depicted Japan’s oldest dyeing technique and was screened in many festivals around the world. She also worked as an assistant to Sumiko Haneda\, who is one of the most famous documentary filmmakers in Japan. She went on to direct for television before producing her next film\, A Handful of Salt (2011) which received the Best Cinematography prize at Cebu International Documentary Film Festival. \nHer latest film is The Genealogy of Sake (2015) about sake brewers of the Noto peninsula. \nThe films and programs she directs and produces are on the theme of traditional culture and craftsmanship\, some of which have screened in Japan and abroad. Since 2009\, she has been a regular visitor to the Noto Peninsula and was invited to direct this sake-themed documentary “The Genealogy of Sake” which has screened at the Milan International Expo 2015 & Hawaii International Film Festival 2016. She was also involved in developing the charm of the region and people of Noto\, many whom she met through the film\, from various perspectives such as food events\, brewery tours\, and workshops. http://www.gulicreates.com/index.php \n  \n\n \nMichael Tremblay is a Sake Samurai\, Sake Judge\, Sake Sommelier and a perpetual traveller. An International Kikisake-shi\, Advanced Sake Professional\, French Wine Scholar (Highest Honors) and holder of the WSET Level 3 Award in Wine and Sake\, he is based in Toronto\, Canada where he can be found continuously learning or teaching someone about sake. \nMichael is a Senior Sake Judge for the International Wine Challenge\, the largest sake challenge in the world\, held in London and Japan. He has also judged for the U.S. National Sake Appraisal and the Toronto International Sake Challenge. He is also an active sake educator and teaches the WSET Level 1 and 3 Award in Sake at Toronto’s Independent Wine Education Guild (IWEG). He has travelled to Japan a multitude of times and has visited or worked at more than 50 sake breweries throughout the country. He has spent the last three years researching the many sake regions of Japan for this course. \nThe Sake Scholar Course is the culmination of Michael’s many travels in Japan\, research and explorations throughout the country. Michael wanted to create a course that conveys both his experiences visiting breweries throughout Japan that tell the many fascinating stories that come with each brewery visit\, and to highlight the many unique qualities that Japan’s many sake regions possess that are often overlooked. Michael currently runs the largest sake program in Canada as the Sake Sommelier at Toronto’s Ki Modern Japanese + Bar. \nhttps://www.sakescholar.com/about \n\nFeb 15 + 22\, 2021 > JAPANESE SAKE: UMAMI AND ITS DIALOGUE WITH FOOD – Join this sake & food pairing webinar tailored to Liquor Licensees and Liquor Industry Trade Professionals\, presented by JETRO and Sake Institute of Ontario.  This webinar will be lead by Sake Samurai Michael Tremblay and explores Sake’s versatility\, tricks for creating perfect food matches with a particular focus on Sake’s secret weapon\, umami. Details here > \n\nHEALTHY HAKKO Talks and Discussions \nJan. 15-17 > Dr. Eric Rath (premodern dietary culture) and Dr. Greg de St. Maurice (cultural heritage and food) \nJan. 22-24 > Dr. Victoria Lee (fermentation science in modern Japan) and Dr. Stephen Lyman (Epidemiologist and Shochu expert) \nJan. 22-24 > Kaori Ishii (director of the film The Genealogy of Sake) and Michael Tremblay (Sake Samurai\, Sake sommelier) \nJan. 29-31 > Sandor Katz (fermentation revivalist\, author and educator) and Shiori Kajiwara (koji specialist\, Koji Flowers\, Hidamari) \nHEALTHY HAKKO Documentary Films \nJan. 15-17 > Dashi\, Essence of Japan & Shoyu\, the Secrets of Japanese Cuisine Directed by Shohei Shibata \nJan. 22-24 > The Genealogy of Sake Directed by Kaori Ishii \nJan. 29-31 > Katsuo-Bushi Directed by Yu Nakajima \nJan. 29-31 > Fermented Directed by Jonathan Cianfrani URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/ishii-and-tremblay/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710978;-79.386063 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210129T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210131T210000 DTSTAMP:20210117T184929Z CREATED:20210111T224725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210117T184929Z UID:50829-1611910800-1612126800@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:Healthy Hakko: The Fermented Culinary Arts of Japan\, Part 3 Talk with Sandor Katz and Shiori Kajiwara DESCRIPTION:Talk with Sandor Katz\, author and fermentation revivalist and Shiori Kajiwara\, Koji consultant\nWhat fermented foods do you enjoy everyday? Find out in this third part of our Healthy Hakko series\, where we talk to Sandor Katz\, fermentation revivalist and Shiori Kajiwara\, Koji consultant. The discussion touches on the many ways fermentation connects people to their food\, their health\, to each other and to the land as well as how their journey with fermentation began. The talk is also in conjunction with the documentary’s Katsuo-Bushi and Fermented  where you can get a taste of the deep culinary traditions surrounding fermentation from Japan\, many of which continue to be enjoyed today.  The talk is moderated by Program Officer Nobi Nakamura. \n\nThis talk is a pre-recorded event. Register below to receive a private link to view the talk during the event dates\n\n\n \nSandor Ellix Katz is a fermentation revivalist. His books Wild Fermentation and The Art of Fermentation\, along with the hundreds of fermentation workshops he has taught around the world\, have helped to catalyze a broad revival of the fermentation arts. A self-taught experimentalist who lives in rural Tennessee\, the New York Times calls him “one of the unlikely rock stars of the American food scene.” \nSandor’s interest in fermentation grew out of an overlapping interests in cooking\, nutrition and gardening. He has explored and experimented widely in the realm of fermentation\, and his mission is to share information and resources\, in order to encourage home fermentation experimentalists and propel more live-culture foods out into our culture. \nSince 2003\, when his book Wild Fermentation was published\, he has taught hundreds of workshops demystifying fermentation and empowering people to reclaim this important transformational process in their kitchens. His latest book\, The Art of Fermentation (2012)\, received a James Beard award and was a finalist at the International Association of Culinary Professionals. He has presented workshops across the U.S.\, as well as Mexico\, Canada\, Argentina\, Brazil\, Costa Rica\, Colombia\, Ecuador\, Belgium\, Denmark\, England\, Greece\, Ireland\, Italy\, Netherlands\, Northern Ireland\, Norway\, Poland\, Scotland\, Sweden\, Australia\, New Zealand\, Indonesia\, India\, Hong Kong\, and Japan. Venues have included universities\, museums\, libraries\, farms\, farmers’ markets\, conferences\, bookstores\, festivals\, and community spaces. \nFor more information\, check out his website www.wildfermentation.com \n  \n\n \nShiori Kajiwara lives in Toronto\, Canada\, and hails from Fukuoka\, Japan. Shiori is a certified Koji Specialist and also a registered Acupuncturist in Canada. \nAs a mother of 3 boys\, she Immigrated to Canada with her family over 10 years ago and has made Toronto her home. \nShe has been organizing workshops regularly at the ‘Hidamari Club’\, a family friendly mom’s group since 2009. Their goal is to develop a place where Japanese families help each other and aim to be a place where moms shine by sharing their knowledge while raising their children. Part of the club activities include vegetarian cooking classes\, miso and koji related classes. Being an acupuncturist\, and a certified Koji Specialist\, these two fields don’t seem related\, but they are inseparable. She would like to work on a more holistic approach not just the parts of a philosophy behind Japanese acupuncture and koji. She is keen to embrace Japanese culture\, and hand down these important and beautiful knowledge correctly to the next generation. \nhttps://kojiflower.eeeagency.com/ \n  \n  \n\nHEALTHY HAKKO Talks and Discussions \nJan. 15-17 > Dr. Eric Rath (premodern dietary culture) and Dr. Greg de St. Maurice (cultural heritage and food) \nJan. 22-24 > Dr. Victoria Lee (fermentation science in modern Japan) and Dr. Stephen Lyman (Epidemiologist and Shochu expert) \nJan. 22-24 > Kaori Ishii (director of the film The Genealogy of Sake) and Michael Tremblay (Sake Samurai\, Sake sommelier) \nJan. 29-31 > Sandor Katz (fermentation revivalist\, author and educator) and Shiori Kajiwara (koji specialist\, Koji Flowers\, Hidamari) \nHEALTHY HAKKO Documentary Films \nJan. 15-17 > Dashi\, Essence of Japan & Shoyu\, the Secrets of Japanese Cuisine Directed by Shohei Shibata \nJan. 22-24 > The Genealogy of Sake Directed by Kaori Ishii \nJan. 29-31 > Katsuo-Bushi Directed by Yu Nakajima \nJan. 29-31 > Fermented Directed by Jonathan Cianfrani \n  URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/sandor-and-shiori/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710978;-79.386063 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210206T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210206T204500 DTSTAMP:20210207T024345Z CREATED:20210203T125145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210207T024345Z UID:51112-1612641600-1612644300@tr.jpf.go.jp SUMMARY:JFF Plus Talk: Documentaries from Japan DESCRIPTION:JFF Plus Talk: Documentaries from Japan\nLivestream Talk with Jesse Cumming & Dr. Darcy Gauthier\, Moderated by Joanna Maracle \nJoin this live online talk between local film experts in CANADA to learn more about documentaries from Japan\, in conjunction with three documentaries featured in JFF Plus Online Film Festival; \nPEACE\, directed by SODA Kazuhiro | 2010   Tora-san in Goto\, directed by OURA Masaru | 2016 Tsukiji Wonderland\, directed by ENDO Naotaro | 2016\nThe livestream event that took place on Saturday February 6\, 2021 at 8:00 PM (EST) has ended. To watch the recording of the livestream\, watch below or click here on the JFT YouTube channel: \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \nJESSE CUMMING\nJesse is a film curator\, arts administrator\, researcher\, and writer. He completed his M.A. in York University and Ryerson University’s joint Communication and Culture program\, studying the intersection of moving image technology and public space. He has served as a Consultant and Programming Associate with the Wavelengths section of the Toronto International Film Festival\, the Berlinale Forum\, and Open City Documentary Festival. \nHis writing has appeared in Cinema Scope\, The Brooklyn Rail\, Canadian Art\, Prefix Photo\, MUBI Notebook\, Filmmaker\, and more. He presently sits on the steering committee of the Toronto Film & Media Seminar and is a founding collective member of MICE Magazine\, a web and print publication dedicated to Moving Image Culture. \nJesse spent 6 weeks in Tokyo and Fukuoka as an Ishibashi Foundation/The Japan Foundation Fellow for Research on Japanese Art. He was one of the first Canadians to receive this honour. \n\n \nDR. DARCY GAUTHIER\nDarcy Gauthier earned his PhD from the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto\, where he wrote a dissertation exploring the intersection of French and Japanese film\, literature\, economics\, and politics in the 1950s. He was a Japan Foundation Fellow at Sophia (Jōchi) University in Tokyo from 2013–2014. \nHe has taught a variety of courses at the University of Toronto in the Department of East Asian Studies\, most recently on the topic of documentary film in Japan. His current interests are in the connections between postwar documentary film\, avant-garde and new wave art movements\, and modern Japanese society and politics. \n  \n\n \nJOANNA MARACLE (moderator)\nJoanna is the Cofounder and Creative Director of the Toronto Food Film Fest. The festival enters its third season in 2021 and continues to be a space to celebrate both the diverse cultural landscape of Toronto’s unique passion-driven culinary offerings and a place to support food-centered independent filmmaking. \nJoanna has a history of working in film\, festivals and non-profit. Using food as a brand of activism\, Joanna understands humans’ complicated relationship with food. May it be a basic human right or an expression of culture and love\, she offers a unique perspective to the festival and extends her vision into the festival’s programming. \n  URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/jff-plus-documentaries-from-japan/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="The Japan Foundation%2C Toronto":MAILTO:info_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp GEO:43.6710978;-79.386063 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR