Voices Across Borders

Wednesday Nov 4th, 2026

7:00 PM

What happens when a story crosses a border? It changes. It travels. It survives.

Voices Across Borders is a multidisciplinary evening bringing together film, storytelling, poetry, and community participation around migration, identity, belonging, resilience, and cultural memory.

Featured Experience

Emí Laará: Little Stories to Dream

A storytelling and film experience for children and families rooted in Afro-Cuban and Yoruba traditions, inspired by the book by Hebert Poll Gutierrez and Gladys Felicia Gutierrez Rodríguez.

Featuring:

Dr. Ademola Adesola — poet and Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Literatures in the Department of English, Languages, and Cultures at Mount Royal University. He will present his poetry collection Dancing with My Tongue, published by Fairchild Media Publishing in 2026.

J. Nichole Noel — Ontario

VOICES UNBOUND — Open Mic

Bring a poem, story, memory, or reflection and share your voice with the community. Open to the public. Everyone is welcome. Newcomers, immigrant and multicultural communities, families, writers, poets, artists, and anyone interested in stories of migration and belonging are warmly invited.

When a story crosses a border, it does not disappear. It becomes something new.