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Jan 14, 2026–Feb 11, 2026

Test Kitchen

A group of protesters is gathered, with one man in the foreground holding a sign that reads "Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens' Assn. Supports Mohawks." The man is wearing glasses and a t-shirt, and there are other individuals behind him holding a banner. The setting appears to be outdoors, with trees and signage visible in the background. Some people are engaged in conversation, while others are looking at their phones or observing the event.

Ty Bryant, Demonstrating Asian-Indigenous Relationality, 1990. A member of the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens' Association holds a sign up at a rally in Downtown Vancouver, which says "Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens' Association supports Mohawks." He is surrounded by other demonstrators, some with banners, looking beyond the view of the camera.

Tatsuo Kage

Test Kitchen is an informal, interdisciplinary public forum where SFU graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty share their work publicly with others. To encourage the discussion of ideas-in-progress, Test Kitchen’s atmosphere is intentionally relaxed. Presenters share the floor in the Gibson’s Forum with colleagues from different disciplines, so conversation can rove across research areas, encouraging synergies between varied fields of inquiry

Each season, Test Kitchen’s sessions are framed by an open-ended prompt offered by the Gibson’s curatorial team. Participants in the first chapter of Test Kitchen responded to the following question: “What, and where, are the edges in your research?” Test Kitchen 1 gathers scholars active in fields spanning the university—Archeology, Anthropology, Contemporary Art, Geography, History, Health Ethics, Interactive Arts & Technology, and Molecular Biology & Biochemistry—to share the questions and ideas that shape their current research.


Wednesdays, January 14 – February 11, 2026, 12-1pm

Arya and Hamid Eshghi Forum

all are welcome; brown bag lunch is encouraged


Schedule of Events

January 14, 2026

Ty Bryant: "Our Life Paths Just Don't Cross": Living in/through the Asian-Indigenous Impasse in K’emk’emeláy
Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

WhiteFeather Hunter: Feminist Biofabrication and the Politics of Repair
School of Interactive Art and Technology, Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

January 21, 2026

Nat Begg:
Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Naomi Keenan O’Shea: “The end of their useful lives”: Gendered regimes of property on the lands of High Park
Department of Geography, Faculty of Environment

January 28, 2026

Blqees Zuhair:
School for the Contemporary Arts, Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

Roxanne Panchasi:
Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

February 4, 2026

CCathy Ngọc Hân Trần: To be remembered: Reconnecting with ancestors through environmental DNA
Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Environment

Jean-Christophe Belisle-Pipon:
Faculty of Health Science

February 11, 2026

Joanne Leow:
Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Jared Lim: Light, Refraction, and Density: Capturing Atomic Resolution with X-Ray Crystallography
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science

Contributors

  • Ty Bryant
  • WhiteFeather Hunter
  • Nat Begg
  • Naomi Keenan O’Shea
  • Blqees Zuhair
  • Roxanne Panchasi
  • Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon
  • Cathy Ngọc Hân Trần
  • Joanne Leow
  • Jared Lim

Images (3)

Three glass bowls filled with colored liquids are placed on a black surface against a pink background. The bowls, one filled with a light-colored liquid and the other two with darker red liquids, have tubes connected to them, creating an intricate display. The lighting emphasizes the colors and reflections within the bowls.
A group of protesters is gathered, with one man in the foreground holding a sign that reads "Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens' Assn. Supports Mohawks." The man is wearing glasses and a t-shirt, and there are other individuals behind him holding a banner. The setting appears to be outdoors, with trees and signage visible in the background. Some people are engaged in conversation, while others are looking at their phones or observing the event.
A close-up, circular image displaying a transparent, rounded surface with a bushy or bristle-like structure extending from one side. The structure appears fine and delicate, resembling hair, and is set against a softly blurred background with gradient hues of beige and light. The edges of the circle are slightly darker, contrasting with the central features.