About this Event
This exhibition showcases the intentional, varied, and meaningful lives of Indian and Pakistani immigrants. We see individuals in this community working, playing, seeing new places, connecting with others in their communities and beyond, celebrating, praying, gardening, walking, studying, and sometimes struggling. In the Quiet of Everyday Life reveals the richness of these everyday diaspora experiences.
Hema Ganapathy-Coleman, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga
With community co-creators and student researchers
Artistic Collaborator: Laura Honsberger
Opening reception: October 9, 2025, 6pm. Please RSVP. Admission is free.
Panelists:
Craig Chambers (Chair, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UTM),
Meenakshi Alimchandani (Literary Consultant & Curator, Toronto International Festival of Authors)
Hema Ganapathy-Coleman (Lead Investigator and Exhibition Curator; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UTM)
Light refreshments will be served.
Exhibition runs through October 17, 2025.
Biography:
Hema Ganapathy-Coleman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) and serves as Director of the Centre for South Asian Critical Humanities at UTM. For over three decades, her research has explored the beliefs and practices surrounding parenting, children, and childhood among Indian Hindu immigrant families in the United States and Canada.
She is currently leading a longitudinal study—drawing from both psychology and anthropology—on the everyday routines of the Indian community in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). In a second project, she is examining the complex dynamics of cultural maintenance and adaptation among Indian and Pakistani diasporic communities in Peel Region of the GTA.
This research and exhibition have been funded by the University of Toronto Mississauga and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and backed by the Centre for South Asian Critical Humanities at UTM.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
North reception hall, Maanjiwe Nendamowinan building, 1535 Outer Circle, Mississauga, Canada
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