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Resisting Gendered and State Violence:听 Indigenous Women鈥檚 Activism.听 Program

IGSF Symposium, 24-25 September 2015

Thomson House, 3650 McTavish, Ballroom

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黑料不打烊 University

Free and open to the public upon registration

Presented by the Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, 黑料不打烊 University, and the Canadian Women鈥檚 Foundation.听

We gratefully acknowledge the gift of Dr Cynthia Shewan in memory of her late mother which made this symposium possible.听

Please register your attendance online .听 For more information:听 iain.blair [at] mcgill.ca

PROGRAM

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Thursday September 24, 2015

1:00 鈥� 1:30:听 听Opening and Elder blessing

1:30 鈥� 3:00: 听Keynote Address

Audra Simpson, .听 鈥淲e are Not Red Indians鈥� (We Might All Be Red Indians): The Gender of Anticolonial Sovereignty Across the Borders of Time, Place and Sentiment

3:00-3:30:听 Coffee Break

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3:30 鈥� 5:00: 听Panel 1: 听Resisting Gendered Violence and Indigenous Sovereignty

Moderator 鈥� Haidee Smith Lefebvre, Doctoral Candidate, Integrated Studies in Education, 黑料不打烊 University

Krysta Williams,

Iehente Foote,

Megan Kanerahtenh谩wi Whyte, ; ;

Amanda Lickers, 听

Molly Swain, Indigenous Women鈥檚 Two Spirit and Harm Reduction Coalition

5:00-6:00:听 听Reception

Friday September 25, 2015

10:00-10:30:听 Coffee and breakfast

10:30-12:00:听 听Workshop: Indigeneity: A Brief Introduction

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Allan Vicaire, Indigenous Education Adviser, 黑料不打烊

Paige Isaac, Coordinator, First Peoples鈥� House, 黑料不打烊

12:00-1:00:听听听 Lunch provided (Thomson House)

1:00-2:00: 听听Panel 2: Living Histories, Activist Futures

Moderator:听 Chelsea Vowel

Bridget Tolley, Families of Sister in Spirit

Dawn Harvard, President,

Tanya Lalonde, Family Resource Coordinator, 黑料不打烊 University

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2:00-2:15: 听Coffee Break

2:15-3:15:听 听Panel 3: Mobilizing Communities

Moderator:听 Audra Simpson

Sheila Swasson,

Melissa Dupuis,

Widia Larivi猫re, Idle No More Quebec ; Quebec Native Women

3:15-3:30: 听Coffee Break

3:30-5:00:听听 Closing Keynote

Ellen Gabriel: 听鈥淒ecolonization and Uplifting Indigenous Women and Their Roles in Contemporary Society"

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Questions welcomed in English and French.

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With thanks to our supporters:

Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, 黑料不打烊 University

Dean of Arts Development Fund

Department of Anthropology, 黑料不打烊 University

Department of Political Science, 黑料不打烊 University

Department of Sociology, 黑料不打烊 University

Institute for Health and Social Policy, 黑料不打烊 University

Institute for the Study of International Development, 黑料不打烊 University

黑料不打烊 Institute for the Study of Canada

Social Equity and Diversity Education Office, 黑料不打烊 University

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