STUDY IN ACTION: Conference Schedule

SATURDAY, April 27th 2007

9h30-10h30    

Breakfast and Registration

 

ROOM A

ROOM B

10h30 – 12h30    

PANEL: Gender:

Facilitated by: Katerina Sokyrko

 

The Disneyfication of Girlhood: Gender, Race and Hegemony in the Disney Princess Brand

  by: Tifanie Valade

 

The politics of (gendered) embodiment.              
  by: Patti Lamothe

 

The history, structure, and activities of the McGill Union for Gender Empowerment

  by: The Union for Gender Empowerment

WORKSHOP -

Anti-Racism in the Here and Now

 

Colours of Resistance Montreal

 

12h30 – 13h45     

Lunch Break

13h20 – 15h20   

PANEL - Colonization:

Facilitated by: Degan Sougal

 

Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis and

One Dead Indian: a critical review

  by: Katherine Bateman

 

Women Decolonizing the Land:

First Nations Resistance at the Six Nations Reclamation

  by: Shailagh Keaney

 

WORKSHOP –

Gender and sexual health in a changing context

 

Adriana, Head and HandsÕ health animator

 

15h25- 17h25

PANEL - Health:

Facilitated by: Shailagh Keany

 

Planning for ÔPlan BÕ

  by: Katerina Sokyrko

 

Compliance vs Informed Consent: Building Alternative Mental Health Community

  by: Amanda Dorter

 

Great Eggspectations: Women's Health and Stem Cell Research

  by: Michal Waldfogel

 

Improving the Status Quo: Policy Options for the Delivery of Health Services on CanadaÕs Aboriginal Reserves

  by: Naomi Lightman

 WORKSHOP -

Environmental Racism

 

Colours of Resistance Montreal

 

 

SUNDAY, April 28th 2007

8h-9h   

Breakfast

9h-11h    

PANEL – Organizing:

Facilitated by: Zahra Murat

 

A spoke in the wheel of activism, Critical Mass bike ride participation beyond traffic disruption

  by: RenŽe K. Nadeau

 

Radical care: childcare and community building in Montreal

  By: The Childcare Collective

 

Using a Multi-Stakeholder Approach towards Organizational Change

  by: R4 Concordia - David Falconar

 

Anti-Oppression and Activism

  by: Brown Brain Collection - Heidi Mehta

WORKSHOP –

Migrant Justice Organizing in Montreal: NO ONE IS ILLEGAL!

 

Solidarity Across Boarders - Meg Leitold

11h05-13h05     

PANEL – Nation:

Facilitated by: Katherine Bateman

 

The dangers of Deep Integration

  by: Nadia Alexan

 

Am I Canadian: Multiculturalism and Folktales of White citizenship

  by: Zahra Murat

 

The Religion of the Market in India

  by: Ian Cuthbertson

 

Flexible Stripping: Migrant Male Sex Workers and the New Economies of Desire

  by: Matthew Gore

WORKSHOP –

Struggles in Sanctuary

 

The Kader Support committee

13h10-13h55  

Lunch Break

13h55-16h55  

Planery : Nathan Rambukkana