How have colonialism and migration shaped what it means to be Filipino, Filipina, or Filipinx? How do those histories influence the ways we understand gender, identity, and belonging today?

Dr. May Farrales leads this interactive workshop on how colonialism, migration, and gender have shaped Filipino, Filipina, and Filipinx identities.

Through conversation, reflection, and collaborative art-making, participants will examine familiar stereotypes, explore gender diversity, and consider what Filipina/x identity can be on these lands.

Dr. Farrales is an interdisciplinary Filipinx scholar and faculty member in Geography and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University. Her work brings Filipinx diaspora studies into conversation with critical Indigenous studies, critical race studies, feminist geography, queer theory, and Black geographies. Her teaching and research focus on racialization, queer politics, settler colonialism, and systems of power.

October 10, 2026
2–5 PM
RGO Treehouse, cSPACE Marda Loop

Limited to 20 participants. Designed for people with Filipinx ancestry or connections.

Presented in support of BABAE: Meditations on the Divine.

Tickets are free but very limited. Tickets available soon.