The Centre for Research in Young People's Texts and Cultures (CRYTC) supports scholarly inquiry into literary, media, and other cultural texts for children and youth. The Centre provides a focus for research in the field in the Department of English and more broadly at the University of Winnipeg, houses the journal Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, facilitates the development and management of collaborative national and international research projects, hosts visiting speakers and researchers, and maintains links with other research centres in children's studies internationally... more
The Centre for Research in Young People's Texts and Cultures is sponsoring a University of Winnipeg speaker series entitled Shelter. Over the months of October, November, January and March, speakers will explore the representations of shelter and its lack, the social and political discourses surrounding these representations, and the affect attached to the idea of home. For more details, click here.
Unfortunately, the fourth lecture in the series, "Homeless Hero: An Analysis of the Media Articulation of Homelessness in the Case of Faron Hall" by Dr. Shannon Sampert, scheduled for March 19, 2010 has been CANCELLED. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Find out more about the first three lectures in the series in the Resources section.
The first volume of Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures is out now! See Jeunesse's website for more information about this volume, how to submit articles and how to subscribe.
To renew your IRSCL membership please click here.
News Flash
Interested Fictions: What Children’s Literature Can Tell Us - Lecture by Dr. Clare Bradford
March 9, 2010
The Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures is proud to present Dr. Clare Bradford’s lecture, "Interested Fictions: What Children’s Literature Can Tell Us," as part of Inaugural Lecture Series at the University of Winnipeg.
To find out more, please click here.ARCYP and YoungCuts present Film ’N Youth at 2010 Congress
February 19, 2010
To kick off the Association for Research in Cultures of Young People’s activities at 2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Concordia University, ARCYP is teaming up with YoungCuts to present Film ’N Youth, a showcase of short films by youth.
To find out more, please click here.ARCYP at 2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences
February 19, 2010
The Association for Research in Cultures of Young People will be running an entire day of panel presentations on May 31, 2010 at this year’s Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Concordia University.
To find out more, please click here.The Environmental Imagination and Children’s Literature Symposium at University of Toronto
February 4, 2010
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGINATION AND CHILDREN’S LITERATURE will feature renowned children’s authors from Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.: David Almond, M.T. Anderson, Susan Cooper, Sarah Ellis and Tim Wynne-Jones.
To find out more, please click here.Jeunesse Editor Catherine Tosenberger at MLA’s Chat With An Editor
November 30, 2009
On Monday December 28, Jeunesse editor, Dr. Catherine Tosenberger will be participating in the "Chat with an Editor" session at the MLA Convention in Philadelphia. Dr. Tosenberger will be on from 4:00PM to 5:00PM.
To find out more, please click here.