Schedule
The schedule for the inaugural International 鈥楥onversations鈥� Conference hosted by the鈥疉V俱乐部 School of Social Work鈥痑nd organized by the School's鈥�Diversity and Equity Committee鈥痠s now AVAILABLE on the conference website.听 The interactive International 鈥楥onversations鈥� Conference will be held online from September 26 and September 27, 2024, via Microsoft Teams Webinar.
All presenters must use the desktop app to present as it will ensure their cameras, microphones and sharing features are active.鈥疌lick on this听听to download Microsoft Teams for desktop. Anyone (conference attendees and presenters) who does not have a Microsoft Teams account will need to create one to use the Microsoft Teams app.鈥� Once the Microsoft Teams app is installed, persons may either sign in or create an account.鈥� Here is a听听with instructions on how to do this.听
International 鈥楥onversations鈥� Conference 鈥�
听
Conversations: An International Conference Schedule |
|
ADT (GMT-3) |
Event |
Thursday, September 26, 2024 (DAY ONE) |
|
8:30AM 鈥� 9:00AM |
Registration |
9:00AM 鈥� 9:05AM |
Land acknowledgement and Openings Traditional Mi'kmaq Welcome: Catherine Martin, Director, Indigenous Community Engagement, AV俱乐部 听 |
9:05AM 鈥� 9:30PM |
Remarks by Partners |
9:30AM 鈥� 10:15AM |
Keynote Speaker Indigenous Women鈥檚 Transformative Leadership: Working Toward Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Universities Dr. Candace Brunette-Debassige |
10:20AM 鈥� 11:50AM |
PANEL ONE |
Concurrent Session A听 |
Indigeneity, nationhood, and sovereignty |
听 听 听 |
In the wake of McGirt: Indigenous Nationhood, Tribal economics, and the interplay of scholarship and sovereignty Brian Hosmer, History Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater |
听 |
Nation-State as a form of 'Body-politic' Reza Khodarahmi,听University of Alberta, Department of Political Science |
听 |
Unveiling The Paper Genocide of Indigenous Peoples in Xaymaca Robin Cunningham.听AV俱乐部,听School of Social Work, Africentric Cohort,听Halifax, Canada |
听 |
One Land Two Hearts: Where We Stand Cyrus Sundar Singh,听CERC in Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University |
Concurrent Session B |
Erasures/Omissions in service conceptualization, design, promotion, accessibility, delivery and utilization听 |
听 |
Fostering Respect: Indigenous Cultural Safety in Social Work Education Ashley Quinn,听University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, Canada, Ontario, Toronto |
听 |
Moving Forward Together: An Africentric Approach to Healthcare Research Terrence Lewis,听School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia Wanda Thomas Bernard,听School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia Shirley Hodder,听School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia Kofo Iziomon,听School of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario |
听 |
Towards a Safer Harbor: Unpacking K12 International Students鈥� Experience in Canadian Homestays Patricia Quan,听University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, Friends of Ruby (non-profit), Strategic Initiative Department; Toronto |
11:50AM 鈥� 12:00PM |
BREAK |
12:05PM 鈥� 1:15PM |
PANEL TWO |
Concurrent Session A |
Erasures/Omissions in service conceptualization, design, promotion, accessibility, delivery and utilization |
听 |
Foreign Credentials, Domestic Disparities: Understanding the value of de- and re-skilling Catherine Bryan,听School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia Shahidur Rahman, School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia |
听 |
My Migration Story: Cross-Border Exchange of Indigenous Knowledge Gbenga Adejare, University of Calgary, Sociology, Alberta, Calgary |
听 |
Centering race, systems and structures in mental health and substance use (MHSU) service delivery to youth of African Descent in Nova Scotia Ifeyinwa Mbakogu,听School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia听 Lotanna Odiyi, School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia |
Concurrent Session B |
Activism as healing, resistance and liberation |
听 |
Voices from the South: Exploring transnational feminist approaches to menstrual education to catalyze a transformative development agenda听 Estefania Reyes, Western University |
听 |
Community and territory in social work education in Chile: between new approaches and terminological placebo Felipe Saravia,听University of Bio-Bio, Social Work School, Chile, Biob铆o region, Concepci贸n city. |
听 |
Beyond 鈥淲u Nai鈥� (being hopeless about the experiences of racism): Documenting Activism and Advocacy Efforts Against Anti-Asian Racism during the COVID-19 Pandemic Izumi Sakamoto, University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, Toronto, Canada |
1:20PM 鈥� 2:50PM |
PANEL THREE |
Concurrent Session A |
Colonial and postcolonial harms |
听 |
From Discomfort to Accountability: Exploring an Ethical Relational Approach to Teaching Anti-racism and Decolonisation in a Canadian Introductory Social Work Classroom Prince Chiagozie Ekoh, University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work, Alberta听 |
听 |
Coloni(inferiori)zed African Masks 'Becoming' an Assemblage Through Deluzian Thought Philip Akoje,听Brock University, Faculty of Humanities, Ontario, St Catharines |
Concurrent Session B |
Colonial and postcolonial harms/听Rigidity, white fragility and institutional dominance |
听 |
De-spiriting social work knowledge through generative Artificial Intelligence Michelle Sutherland-Allan, School听of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia, Marjorie Johnstone,听School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia, |
听 |
Barriers to Well-Being: Understanding the Experience of Black Women in Nonprofit Organizations Timi Idris, AV俱乐部, Faculty of Health, Canada, NS, Halifax |
听 |
Their Way or No Way: 鈥淲hiteness鈥� as agent for marginalizing and silencing Minority voices in听Academic research and Publication Buster Ogbuagu, Social Work, University of St Francis, Joliet Illinois |
听 |
Whiteness in Academia and Knowledge Production Ellen Hickey, AV俱乐部, School of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Halifax |
2:50PM 鈥� 3:10PM |
BREAK |
3:15PM 鈥� 4:45PM |
PANEL FOUR |
Concurrent Session A |
Reinforcers of erasures and remediation strategies 听 |
听 |
Bringing 鈥渆thical space鈥� to curriculums as a way to address erasures and embrace marginalized voices Kimberly Calderwood, Trent University Durham GTA, Department of Social Work, Ontario, Oshaw Sasan Issari,听Trent University Durham GTA, Department of Social Work, Ontario, Oshawa |
听 |
You can sit with us, but do so at your own risk: the banality of white supremacy in social work field education Talena Jackson, Nipissing University, Faculty of Education and Professional Studies, School of Social Work, North Bay, Ontario, Canada |
听 |
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the Canadian Context; Social Policy Implications for Equity-Seeking Populations and Communities Tori Lewis,听School of Social Work, University of Windsor, Ontario |
听 |
School Violence: Towards Anti-Racist Frameworks Amanda Gebhard, Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, Saskatchewan Courtney Chambers,听York University |
Concurrent Session B |
Reinforcers of erasures and remediation strategies (PANEL) |
听 |
Pathways to Precariousness: Canada鈥檚 Intentional Failure of Migrant and Undocumented Care Workers Veen Wong,听University of Waterloo, School of Public Health Sciences, Ontario Tyeriah Philbert, Renison University College, University of Waterloo, School of Social Work Trish Van Katwyk, Renison University College, University of Waterloo, School of Social Work, |
4:50PM 鈥� 4:55PM |
Closing Remarks |
Friday, September 27, 2024 (DAY TWO) |
|
ADT (GMT-3) |
Event |
8:30AM 鈥� 9:00AM |
Registration |
9:00AM 鈥� 9:05AM |
Land acknowledgement听 Openings |
9:05AM 鈥� 9:30AM |
Remarks by Partners |
9:30AM 鈥� 10:15AM |
Keynote Speaker听 The De/Anti-Colonial Turn to Conversations on Systemic Intentional Erasures Professor George J. Sefa Dei |
10:20AM 鈥� 11:50AM |
PANEL ONE |
Concurrent Session A |
Erasures/Omissions in service conceptualization, design, promotion, accessibility, delivery and utilization |
听 听 |
鈥淪mall Stories, Big Mental Space鈥�: Immigrant Women's Artistic Expression of Mental Health and Social Support in Canada Maryam Motia,听Wilfrid Laurier University, Social Work, Canada, Ontario,听 |
听 |
Intention, Conversation, and Bias in the Teaching of Architecture Emanuel Jannasch,听AV俱乐部, School of Architecture, Nova Scotia |
听 |
Where is the love? Overcoming the 鈥渏oy deficit鈥� in social inequality teaching Robert Nonomura, Western University, Department of Sociology, Ontario |
听 |
Accountability and Intervention at the Intersection of Disability and Environmental Justice: Improving Rural Endometriosis Care in Consideration of the Northern Pulp Mill in Pictou County, Nova Scotia Hannah Parks,听Registered Social Worker (RSW) with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW), Alumni School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, |
Concurrent Session B |
Anti-racist, anti-colonial discourse and/or frameworks, resistance or insubordination |
听 |
Intentional Epistemological Erasures: Making a Case for Black Studies Marlon Simmons,听University of Calgary, Werklund School of Education, Alberta |
听 |
Pagsamahin: Merging culture, identity, and mental health care with 1.5 generation Filipinx Canadians in Winnipeg, MB Benito Capili, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Social Work, NL, St. John's |
听 听 |
Resisting Intentional Erasures, Reproducing the Statue of Peace Nogin Chung, Department of Art and Design, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA |
听 听 |
Centering Africentric Perspectives in Social Work: Telling our Stories Sasan听Issari, Trent University, Social Work Department Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard, School of Social Work, AV俱乐部 |
11:50AM 鈥� 12:00PM |
BREAK |
12:00PM 鈥� 1:30PM |
PANEL TWO |
Concurrent Session A |
Community and collectivism as resistance |
听 |
Speaking and Witnessing Child Welfare Truths听 Nancy Freymond,听Wilfrid Laurier University, School of Social Work, Ontario Rhonda Andall,听Wilfrid Laurier University, School of Social Work, Ontario听 |
听 |
Food spaces as sites for social change (Food spaces as places of resistance) Nadine Powell, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
听 |
Resisting the Covert Control of Neoliberalism in the Non-Profit Industrial Complex: Abolitionist Alternatives to Community Care Grisha Cowal, School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia |
听 |
Feminist Pedagogy and Psychotherapy: A Quiet Resistance Lisa Trefzger Clarke, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario |
Concurrent Session B |
Dangers of discursive myths, ideological priorities and dark chapters of national histories听 |
听 |
The Countering Disinformation AV俱乐部 The 2SLGBTQI+ Community in Rural Canada Project: Project Information and Research Assistant Insights听 Kamryn Zboya,听Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada Jonah Wozney, Saint听Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada Luc Cousineau,听AV俱乐部, School of Health and Human Performance, Recreation Management Paulo Ravecca,听Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada |
听 |
My grandfather鈥檚 Stories of Women Leaders (and Erasures of Knowledges)听 Patricia McGuire,听School of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario |
听 |
Historical Harm repacked as helping: why we need to reflect on the attitudes and treatment of Neurodivergent individuals by health care professional and society Jessica Perry, AV俱乐部,听School of Occupational,听Nova Scotia,听 |
听 |
Glorifying the external, submerging the internal and human trafficking in West Africa Ifeyinwa Mbakogu, School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia Deborah Tamakloe, School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia听 Lotanna Odiyi, School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia |
1:35PM 鈥� 3:05PM |
WORKSHOPS |
Concurrent Session A |
Embracing Antiracism Approaches in Supporting an Ever-Growing Diverse Population: A Self-Exploration Approach to Embrace, Deconstruct and Operationalize Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization Dr. Riham Al-Saadi, University of Windsor, School of Social Work, Ontario |
Concurrent Session B 听 听 |
Resisting the Erasure of People of Igbo Descent in Canada: A Workshop on History, Unity, and Collective Wellness Ikenna Okpala, Ndi Igbo Cultural Association, Nova Scotia |
3:05PM 鈥� 3:25PM |
BREAK |
3:25PM 鈥� 4:55PM |
PANEL THREE |
Concurrent Session A |
Community and collectivism as resistance |
听 |
Understanding and addressing injustice behind the national cap on international student admissions in Canada Kedi Zhao. Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, Saskatchewan |
听 |
Moving Forward Together: Unsettling Racism, Silence and Violence in Health and Social Services Shirley Hodder,听School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia Holly Johnson,听School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia Tiffany Taylor,听School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia |
听 |
Unmasking EDI: How Diversity Programs Perpetuate Erasure and the Call for Collective Resistance Laureen (Jill) Kendall,听Trent University - Durham Campus, Social Work Department, Ontario, Oshawa |
听 |
Kink and Subversive Affirmation: Pursuing Collective Emancipation through Ritualistic Rejection of Systems of Oppression and Hegemonic Sexual Culture in the BDSM Space Madeline Rae, School of Social Work, AV俱乐部, Nova Scotia |
Concurrent Session B |
Anti-racist, anti-colonial discourse and/or frameworks, resistance or insubordination |
听 |
Psychiatric Consumers and Survivors鈥� (Lackluster) Engagement Indigeneity and Anti-Racism Walter Wai Tak Chan, Algoma University, Social Work, Canada, Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie Bawating |
听 |
Experiential Learning as Resistance: ACMP鈥檚 Role in Empowering Afro-Caribbean Students Against Anti-Black Racism in Canada Warren Clarke, University of Manitoba, Department of Anthropology, Winnipeg Richmond Opoku, University of Manitoba, Department of Anthropology Kevin Tachie, University of Manitoba, Department of Sociology Stanley Oyiga, University of Manitoba, Department of Anthropology |
听 |
Erasing Indigenous identities at AV俱乐部: The perspectives of Inuit faculty and students Debbie Martin, Faculty of Health, AV俱乐部, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Evan Powell, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Doctor of Medicine/ Faculty of Medicine, NL, St. John鈥檚 |
听 |
Conversations about International Erasers: Revisiting UNESCO (1978) Declaration on Race and the Elimination of Racial Prejudice & Contemporary EDI Initiatives Juliana West,听Thompson Rivers University, Social Work, BC, Kamloops Christine听Lwanga, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Social Work - Graduate Studies and Research, Manitoba, Winnipeg |
5:00PM 鈥� 5:15PM |
Closing Conversation and Remarks |
听
听