Congress 2016 Media Master List: Featured academic presentations

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Congress 2016 Media Master List: Featured academic presentations
The Federation organizes Canada’s largest academic gathering, the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, bringing
together scholars from across the country and the world. Unrivaled in scope and impact, Congress is the convergence of approximately
75 scholarly associations, each holding their annual conference under one umbrella. Typically spanning seven days in late May and early
June, Congress is hosted by a different Canadian university each year. Congress 2016 is being hosted by the University of Calgary from
May 28 to June 3, 2016.
It is our priority to help journalists navigate the extensive programming (5000+ academic presentations in one week!) and facilitate their
access to researchers. The media team can connect you to the researchers you need by telephone, Skype or in person—before, during
or after Congress!
Prepared by Nicola Katz, Communications Manager, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Enacting Wisdom-Guided Sacred Ecology and Ethical Relationality
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Event: Enacting Wisdom-Guided Sacred Ecology and Ethical Relationality
Association: 15 - Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) / Société canadienne pour l'étude de l'éducation (SCÉÉ)
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Environment , Equity & Diversity
Presenter: Zahra Kasamali
University: Teaching Fellow, University of Alberta
This paper explores how Wisdom-guided sacred ecology helps us to understand the practice of justice when we pay attention to the
simultaneous presence of difference, sameness, and opposites. These philosophies teach that difference is integral to living Creation's
wholeness and that balance is impossible when difference cannot express itself. I will explore how conceptions of hermeneutics,
Métissage, Cree, Sufic sensibilities, and sacred ecological principles can help us to engage with difference in more ethical ways.. I will
also explain how multiculturalism becomes the default position when we encounter difference in educational contexts. Lastly, this
paper will explore my research with an Aboriginal Studies 30 class in Alberta and its conceptualizations of difference.
Resolution 1325 at Fifteen: Integrating a Gender Perspective to Peacebuilding
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Event: Resolution 1325 at Fifteen: Integrating a Gender Perspective to Peacebuilding
Association: 46 - Canadian Peace Research Association (CPRA)
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Justice & Law
Presenter: Taryn Husband
University: Doctoral Canadidate, University of Ottawa
In 2000, the United Nations Security Council passed the first resolution on Women, Peace and Security recognizing the impact of conflict
on women and the necessity of including women in the peace process. In my paper, I evaluate the progress that has been made on this
agenda over the past fifteen years and argue that more needs to be done to bring the women, peace and security agenda forward with
a focus on gender relations and local contexts.
Story Architectures: Examining Spectatorial Consciousness in Robert Lepage’s Needles and Opium (2015)
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Event: Story Architectures: Examining Spectatorial Consciousness in Robert Lepage’s Needles and Opium (2015)
Association: 231 - Canadian Society for Aesthetics (CSA) / Société canadienne d'esthétique (SCE)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion
Presenter: Melanie Wilmink
University: Phd Student, York University
Positioned within Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze's work around perception and memory, this essay uses a philosophical lens to
explore a 2015 re-staging of Robert LePage's theatrical production Needles and Opium. Through stunning imagery, layered narratives,
and technologically driven staging, the play intertwines space and time to create an embodied and affective relationship between
spectator and stage. Drawing on Deleuze's notions of affect as an embodied zone in between perception and action, the essay explores
the narrative spaces that slip between the cracks, overlap, and blur together in order to create a situation of active and emotional
spectatorship.
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So Young & Pretty: The People Behind Online Communities
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 8:30 to 10:00
Location: Science Theatres - 135
Event: Selling Ethics, Responsibility and a Sense of Community
Association: 105 - Canadian Communication Association (CCA) / Association canadienne de communication (ACC)
Subjects: Children & Youth, Communications & Social media, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Jenna Jacobson
University: PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
Community managers are extreme users of social media and are responsible for creating and curating content for their organizations.
Community management has often been the responsibility of an eager millennial (often in the form of an unpaid internship). However,
the social media scene and social media as a career has “grown up” to become increasingly commercialized and professionalized. This
research maps the early “social media scene” with the birth of social media influencers to uncover gendered and age-based stereotypes,
which has implications for understanding labour in social media.
Jules Verne le Merveilleux
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 9:00 to 10:30
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Event: Le merveilleux dans les littératures et cultures de l’espace francophone
Association: 21 - Association des professeur.e.s de français des universités et collèges canadiens (APFUCC)
Subjects: Books & Literature, Education (PSE)
Presenter: Marc Lapprand
University: Professeur, Université de Victoria
Jules Verne est encore l'écrivain français le plus traduit dans le monde. Auteur de plus de 80 romans, ce "peintre géographe" ne cesse
d'enchanter génération après génération de lecteurs émerveillés : voyages extraordinaires, explorations de la lune, des océans, des
fleuves, du centre de la terre, des deux pôles, des steppes russes aux déserts africains, Il n'est pas une parcelle de la terre que Jules
Verne n'ait arpenté par l'imagination et l'érudition. Dans cette communication, je propose de me pencher plus particulièrement sur la
manière dont "Le Sphinx des glaces" constitue une suite "merveilleuse" des "Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym" d'E. A. Poe, dans un
mélange savoureux de fiction et de réalité, de fantaisie et de drame personnel.
La réappropriation discursive d’une légende indienne : Pocahontas de Walt Disney
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 9:00 to 10:30
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Event: Le merveilleux dans les littératures et cultures de l’espace francophone
Association: 21 - Association des professeur.e.s de français des universités et collèges canadiens (APFUCC)
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Books & Literature, Education (PSE)
Presenter: Marie-Simone Raad
University: La réappropriation discursive d’une légende indienne :
Pocahontas de Walt Disney, Western University
Derrière la magie des studios Walt Disney où tout se termine bien, se cache cependant une succession d’illusion diachronique où
l’adaptation libre des histoires légendaires s’accompagne d’une modification voulue de la réalité historique. Il en est ainsi avec
Pocahontas qui nous offre une autre vision du colonialisme, par exemple. Il s’agit, dans cette communication, de montrer comment,
dans ce cas précis, le détournement de l’Histoire prend le biais du «contre-merveilleux» dans une problématique qui dépasse le seul
cadre du divertissement, notamment la réécriture de l’Histoire de la colonisation du Nouveau Monde par le biais de l’imaginaire.
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Ethnicity and Rurality in the Prairies: The Case of /æ/
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 9:15 to 9:45
Event: Sociophonétique | Sociophonetics
Association: 37 - Canadian Linguistic Association (CLA) / Association canadienne de linguistique (ACL)
Subjects: Citizenship & Immigration, Communications & Social media, Equity & Diversity
Presenter: Lanlan Li
University: University of Manitoba
Presenter: Nicole Rosen
University: Canada Research Chair in Language Interactions, University
of Manitoba
This paper discusses the Canadian Vowel Shift and the pronunciation of /æ/ in the Canadian Prairies, showing how local pronunciation
patterns are similar in both Southern Alberta and in Southern Manitoba, evidence of the Prairies patterning together dialectally. We
further investigate these same patterns in Winnipeg-born children of Filipino immigrants in Winnipeg, showing that these speakers
display different patterning from other Anglophone Canadians in the Prairies. We hypothesize that Filipino Winnipeggers do not display
ultra-local pronunciation features as a result of Filipino transnationalism: Filipino Winnipeggers have ties outside the local community,
and their pronunciation reflects global, rather than local, ways of speaking.
A Narrative Inquiry into the Erotic Lives of People with Disabilities
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 9:45 to 11:15
Location: MacEwan Hall - 230 - Cassio B
Event: Crip/ped Spaces and Everyday Life
Association: 293 - Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA) / Association canadienne des études sur l'incapacité (ACÉI)
Subjects: Disabilities, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Michelle Apps
University: Graduate Student, University of Regina
This research is grounded in a human rights framework, and examines from a narrative perspective the lived experiences of people with
disabilities' attempting to access an erotic life (defined as any sexually charged touch with the desire to create intimacy with oneself or
others). The main focus of the research is based around questions of sexual access and facilitation.
News As Hazardous Waste
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 10:15 to 11:45
Event: News Economics
Subjects: Business & Economy, Communications & Social media, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Marc Edge
University: Professor, University Canada West
Shortly after Postmedia purchased Sun Media from Quebecor, the Supreme Court of Canada allowed the purchase of one hazardous
waste company by another because the Competition Bureau, which had blocked the deal, failed to quantify the effects of the monopoly
it created. The acquiring company had quantified minimal “efficiencies” to be achieved by taking over its competition. The ruling set a
precedent for the Postmedia case, which the company had estimated would result in $6-10 million in cost cutting efficiencies. The
Bureau then allowed the Postmedia purchase. This points up the problematic nature of competition cases involving news media
companies.
The Multifaceted And Complex Nature Of The Privacy Paradox On Social Network Sites
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 10:15 to 11:45
Event: Privacy / Surveillance / Big Data
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Social Media, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Mary Jane Kwok Choon
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Laughter as a Radical Feminist Act: Podcasting, Public Pedagogy, and Conversation
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Location: Social Sciences - 203
Event: “Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves”: Women in Collaboration
Association: 19 - Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE)
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Equity & Diversity, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Marcelle Kosman
University: University of Alberta
Presenter: Hannah McGregor
University: Instructor, University of Alberta
The resistance that women have faced breaking into the emergent medium of podcasting suggests one thing: lots of people still don’t
like listening to women’s voices. In this presentation, we will speak from our experience co-hosting the podcast Witch, Please to discuss
podcasting as feminist praxis and pedagogy. We are particularly interested in theorizing collaboration in terms of women being literally
in conversation with each other. This presentation will take the form of a conversation about feminist counterpublics, the barriers
between public speech and academic institutions, and the importance of modeling conversations that make space for ongoing critique
and rethinking.
Criminalization of non-disclosure of HIV/AIDS: A chronological review of Canadian case law
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Location: Murray Fraser - 3330
Event: Criminalization of non-disclosure of HIV/AIDS: A chronological review of Canadian case law
Association: 59 - Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) / Société canadienne de sociologie (SCS)
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, Health, Justice & Law
Presenter: Scharie Tavcer
University: Associate Professor, Mount Royal University
I will present an overview of the legal consequences in cases where one person did not (for whatever reason) disclosure his/her human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency (AIDS) status to another person before engaging in sexual relations with
that person.
HIV/AIDS advocates continually described such laws as stigmatizing. It wasn’t until the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2012 decision of R v.
Mabior, that a definite turn was made wherein the law matched current medical knowledge.
“Bad Reality”: Literary Representations of International Criminal Tribunals
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: Realisms without an Alternative?
Subjects: Human Rights & Civil Liberties, International Relations & Foreign Policy, Justice & Law
Presenter: Terri Tomsky
University: Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
This paper focuses on two texts—a novel and a memoir—about the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and
Rwanda in order to explore how both narratives grapple with the tribunal’s failures as well as its symbolic significance as a utopic project
of universal human rights. Building on literary theories of autobiography, memory, and social realism, this paper investigates how these
texts provide significant mediations of the role of the ICTFY not merely to map its “bad reality,” but also to affirm a larger project
outside the courtroom, what Jurgen Habermas calls the “utopian impulse” of “realistic utopia.”
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Mary Magdalene: The Companion of Jesus
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 10:45 to 11:15
Location: Professional Faculties - 128
Event: Gospel Studies
Association: 6 - Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (CSBS) / Société canadienne des études bibliques (SCÉB)
Subjects: Religion
Presenter: Emily Laflèche
University: University of Ottawa
The Gospel of Philip defines Mary Magdalene as Jesus' companion (koinōnos- companion or partner) it also defines the relationship
developed through the bridal chamber as joining (koinoneīn- to have in common with or join with another) two people together as
companions or consorts (Gos. Phil. 65. 1-26). The use of the Copticized Greek verb koinoneīn and its nominalization koinōnos in the
Gospel of Philip shows that there may be a connection in these two descriptions of companions and the joining of companions. Building
on the work of Antti Marjanen (1996), I will analyse Mary Magdalene's role as the companion of Jesus, looking to other apocryphal texts
to aid in understanding her role. I will also address whether there is evidence to link Mary's companionship with Jesus, to the union
developed in the bridal chamber.
Erasure and Embarrassment; Plenty and Paucity
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 11:00 to 12:00
Event: Erasure and Embarrassment; Plenty and Paucity
Association: 12 - Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (CACLALS)
Subjects: Books & Literature, Business & Economy, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Aritha van Herk
University: Professor, University of Calgary
How does Canadian literature engage with Canada’s prosperity, good fortune, and relative ease? Is plenty a forbidden zone in literary
explorations of our character, or is it the necessary adversity to love and creative expression? Do we cherish the works that investigate
poverty and its humiliations, pain and its distress, at the expense of those works that explore bourgeois concerns? Are our critiques of
neoliberal and capitalist issues themselves indicative of the luxury of a First World consciousness and attention?
Erasure and Embarrassment, Plenty and Paucity
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 11:00 to 12:00
Event: KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Aritha van Herk
Association: 12 - Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (CACLALS)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Books & Literature, Business & Economy
Presenter: Aritha van Herk
University: University of Calgary
Renaming Canada: The Changing Face of Onomastics
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 13:30 to 14:30
Location: Science A-107
Event: Canadian Society for the Study of Names - 50th Annual Meeting - Session 3
Association: 42 - Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN) / Société canadienne d'onomastique (SCO)
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, History, Urban Issues
Presenter: Gunter Schaarschmidt
University: Professor emeritus, University of Victoria
The author of this paper concentrates on the process of renaming place names created by the European colonizers in Canada as well as
on the effect of this process on the methodology of Canadian onomastic science (already felt since the “new beginning” of Onomastica
canadiana). The focus of the paper is on the Salish names on the Saanich peninsula. In Walbran’s 1971 classic compendium of BC coast
names, the first 30 pages contain almost completely only names derived from admirals, ships, lieutenants, engineers, surgeons,
governors, and, in one case, from one of Captain Vancouver’s buddies (Atkinson Point). The next compendium of this kind will no doubt
contain Haida Gwaii, Pkols, and ŁÁU,WELNEW (and their etymologies).
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Casting Change: Cbc Radio, Podcasting, And The Future Of Public Service Media
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Event: Changing Media in the Public Sphere / Les médias émergents dans la sphère publique
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Christopher Cwynar
University: PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This historical paper examines CBC Radio’s involvement the podcast medium during its initial decade from 2005-2015.This brief
overview argues that that the CBC’s largely reactive approach to this new medium reflects a tendency towards path dependency that is
often found within these broadcasting institutions. At the same time, it illustrates that podcasting provided useful opportunities for
certain actors within the CBC. The uses of the medium by CBC Radio 3 and the Radio 1 program Wiretap illustrate the manner in which it
provided certain departments and programs with a means to expand and innovate in the context of an inflexible institutional culture.
Democratic Change As Figure On The Ground Of A New Communications Medium: Citizen Engagement And
Public Participation In The Age Of Social Media
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Event: Changing Media in the Public Sphere / Les médias émergents dans la sphère publique
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Innovation, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Marco Adria
University: Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta
When a new communication medium is invented, there is a period in which people see new opportunities for democratic participation.
We are in such a period. Citizens are optimistic that social media will allow new access to and opportunities for public involvement in
decisions that affect them. In this presentation I will use historical examples to discuss the potential and the challenges for such
expectations.
Martha Matters: Surviving My Sister’s Institutionalization
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Location: MacEwan Hall - 301 - Ballroom
Event: Institutional Histories
Association: 293 - Canadian Disability Studies Association (CDSA) / Association canadienne des études sur l'incapacité (ACÉI)
Subjects: Disabilities, Families & Parenting, Health
Presenter: Victoria Freeman
University: Course Director, York University
Born with Down Syndrome in 1958, my younger sister Martha was institutionalized from the age of twenty months (when I was four
years old) until she was fifteen. In addition to its profound effects on her own life, my sister’s institutionalization deeply traumatized me
in ways I only unraveled years later, and it irrevocably altered the dynamics of my family, affecting the mental health of my mother in
particular. As a sibling I could not speak of my loss, loyalty, and trauma, yet witnessed and was sometimes implicated in my sister’s
dehumanization. We siblings have yet to share our stories.
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Segregated Futures: U.S. Post-Apocalyptic Fiction’s Racial Imaginary
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 13:45 to 15:15
Event: America’s Contradictory Promise
Subjects: Books & Literature, Equity & Diversity, Human Rights & Civil Liberties
Presenter: Brent Bellamy
University: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University of
Newfoundland
This paper investigates the future as imagined by U.S. post-apocalyptic novels. How these novels imagine humanity in the future has
much to do with the way they understand race. My paper compares novels where race is not apparent and those where it is. I discuss
Richard Matheson's _I am Legend_, Octavia Butler's _Lilith's Brood_, and LeVar Burton's _Aftermath_. I ask, is this genre colorblind, or
does it have a particular racial imaginary? Finally, how might this imaginary impact the way fans read science fiction and aspiring
authors choose to write it?
“A Perfect Mockery:” Emma Sulkowicz’s Mattress Performance and the Enforcement of Rape Narratives
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 13:45 to 15:15
Event: Performing Feminism
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Gender Studies & Sexuality, Justice & Law
Presenter: Kaarina Mikalson
University: PhD Student, Dalhousie University
I read the scandal provoked by Emma Sulkowicz’s performance art piece Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) (2014-15) as
symptomatic of a societal discomfort with rape narratives, especially those that exceed institutional justice. I provide a brief synopsis of
the piece and the backlash against it in order to articulate the scandal. But my main interest lies in the performance itself and its
participatory nature: Sulkowicz’s performance is an experiment in making personal trauma a matter of public justice, and as such it is
monumental for challenging us to think about sexual assault and justice in radical/collective ways.
Picturing Residential School Stories: The Compliance and Defiance of Picturebooks about Canadian Residential
Schools
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 13:45 to 15:15
Event: The Pen as Colonizer and Reconciler
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Books & Literature, Education (K-12)
Presenter: Anah-Jayne Markland
University: PhD Candidate, York University
Inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) call to include age-appropriate curriculum about residential
schools as a mandatory education requirement starting in Kindergarten, this paper examines picturebooks by Indigenous authors about
residential schools. The paper interrogates the notion of what it means to be “age-appropriate”, and the possible ethical dilemmas of
representing stories about genocide in an “age-appropriate” way that does not simplify or trivialize trauma. I argue these picturebooks
are performing powerful political acts that challenge and disrupt long-held Canadian “truths”.
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‘Fans and “Freaks”: Theatrical Celebrity and Emotional Communities in Early Twentieth-Century North America
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 14:00 to 18:00
Location:
Event:
Association: 64 - Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR) / Association canadienne de la recherche théâtrale
(ACRT)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Gender Studies & Sexuality, History
Presenter: Cecilia Morgan
University: Professor, University of Toronto
My seminar presentation comes out of a SSHRC-funded project that explores the transatlantic and transnational careers of a number of
Canadian actresses,1860s-1940s. In this research I look at the very large collection of fan letters sent to Margaret Anglin (1876-1958), a
prominent Ottawa-born actress whose career spanned the 1880s-1940s in both theatre and radio. These letters allow us to see how her
audience reacted to her work, the connections they felt to Anglin, and the emotions she stirred in them, ones in which passion, spiritual
transcendence, and joy were more prominent.
Participation For The Nation? The Status Of Academic Interventions In Crtc Proceedings
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 15:15 to 16:45
Event: Continuing the Tradition of Institutional Political Economy of Communications in Canada
Subjects: Business & Economy, Communications & Social media, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Tamara Shepherd
University: Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
This talk questions the potential for diverse public participation in Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
(CRTC) proceedings. The CRTC regulates Canadian broadcasting and telecoms through a quasi-judicial process with the stated goal of
strengthening the digital economy. Since 2012, CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais has introduced a more inclusive framework for
policymaking based on increased input from Canadian citizens as well as from academics working on communications policy issues.
Initiatives launched in this regard include online portals for public commentary, such as the 2013-2014 Let’s Talk TV campaign that
included conversations on Facebook and Twitter, and more formal links to academia, such as the CRTC Prize for Excellence in Policy
Research. While these initiatives represent an important step toward widening the scope of voices in CRTC proceedings, and thus
providing a stronger basis upon which to make policy decisions, in practice the actual proceedings that lead to decision making are
characterized by a number of continuing procedural and ideological barriers to broad participation. In the talk, I enumerate these
barriers in the current Talk Broadband consultation and reflect on their consequences for academics seeking to intervene from diverse
programs of communications research.
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Law and Order Queers: Respectability, Victimhood, and the State
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 15:15 to 17:00
Event:
Association: 229 - Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA) / Association canadienne droit et société (ACDS)
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Justice & Law
Presenter: Kyle Kirkup
University: Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
(Common Law Section)
In Anglo-American jurisdictions, queer identity was historically constituted in and through challenges to both formal aspects of the
criminal law (e.g. criminalization of homosexuality) and police practices (e.g. Stonewall Riots in 1969; Toronto Bathhouse Raids in 1981).
With the advent of human rights protections, same-sex benefits, and relationship recognition over the past thirty years, however, a new
version of queer identity has emerged — one that has become increasingly reliant on the politics of coupled, familial respectability and,
with it, a turn away from cases where queer people have been cast in the role of perpetrators of crime. This presentation reads queer
histories of challenging the criminal law against contemporary strategies of mainstream Anglo-American human rights organizations.
Among other things, these organizations are advocating for increased punishments for crimes motivated by sexual orientation and
gender identity animus. Rather than seeking to challenge the operation of the criminal law in the everyday lives of queer people, these
organizations are now beginning to punish in the name of queer equality. This presentation proposes a theory of contemporary legal
engagements with the criminal law. This theory — one I call the law and order queer movement — is predicated on three central
propositions. First, the movement relies upon a new version of queer subjectivity, one premised on respectable familial formations.
Second, the movement is marked by a deep-seated attachment to an identity mediated through discourses of victimhood. Third, the
movement recasts the apparatuses of the state in benevolent terms. Ultimately, the movement may inadvertently breathe new life into
systems that continue to be used to target and discipline the most vulnerable members of queer communities. The presentation ends
by gesturing towards versions of queer subjectivity that go beyond respectable familial formations, along with renewed efforts to
challenge practices of criminalization.
Sexting by Minors: By Consent of by Right?
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 15:15 to 17:00
Event: Session - 4.c. Rapery, Pornified and Prostituted? Dominant Discourses Revisited
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Gender Studies & Sexuality, Human Rights & Civil Liberties
Presenter: Brian Simpson
University: Professor, University of New England
This paper asks whether discussions of sexting overly focus on a minor’s (in)capacity to make ‘proper’ judgments and too little on the
child’s right to bodily integrity. The law often makes minor’s consent to sexting irrelevant in order to ‘protect’ them but then often does
‘harm’ by treating such sexting as possession of child pornography leading to sex offender registration. Is the problem in the legal
construction of consent that embeds within it the aim of disempowering children by virtue of its focus on who has reason instead of
what rights young people possess to be treated appropriately by others?
Indegenous modernities: From Wild West to Vaudeville
Date: 2016-05-28
Time 15:30 to 17:00
Event: Indegenous modernities: From Wild West to Vaudeville
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion
Presenter: Christine Bold
University: Professor, School of English & Theatre Studies, University of
Guelph
One of the hidden histories of modernity is the role played by popular Indigenous performers and writers. The fame of Native
performers in wild west shows has obscured Native participation (by Seneca, Mohawk, Penobscot, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Ho-Chunk, and
others) in vaudeville--the first global mass entertainment industry--between the 1880s and 1930s. My research aims to contribute to the
recovery of this community, alongside non-Native “vaudeville Indians,” with guidance from contemporary Indigenous theatre artists
who trace their family and performance lineages to such figures. The results-in-progress change the story on popular performance,
popular print, and the cultural politics of modernity.
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Compassion under contemporary conditions
Date: 2016-05-29
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Event: Faculty of Nursing
Association: University of Calgary - Interdisciplinary symposia / Symposiums interdisciplinaires
Subjects: Business & Economy, Equity & Diversity, Health
Presenter: Graham McCaffrey
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Presenter: Shane Sinclair
University: Assistant professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
Compassion is an enduring response to the human condition, spanning across disciplines, cultures, and history. Currently it seems
compassion is receding from society—whether at the bedside, in the classroom, in the boardroom or in society in general.
The Faculty of Nursing, with its interdisciplinary partners will host this compassion symposia exploring both challenges and
opportunities for compassion in day-to-day practices - in health care, education, with marginalized populations, and in business.
The day will begin with a keynote from Margaret Atwood, Following the keynote there will be a series of panel discussions, led by
experts from a range of disciplines, producing a powerful composite appraisal of how compassion appears in contemporary life.
School Principals and Students with Special Education Needs: Leading Inclusive Schools
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 8:15 to 9:30
Location:
Event: CAEP-ACP Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications
Subjects: Children & Youth, Disabilities, Education (K-12)
Presenter: Kimberly Maich
University: Brock University
Presenter: Jhonel Morvan
University: Brock University
Presenter: Steve Sider
University: Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
Over the past 30 years, school boards, ministries of education, teaching federations, and faculties of education have helped teachers
develop skills to support students with special education needs in their classrooms. However, less attention has been given to school
principals in building their leadership knowledge base and skills in supporting inclusive schools. This paper reports on findings from a
pilot research project involving 20 school administrators and other educational stakeholders which examined the training, day-to-day
experiences, and critical incidents of school principals in terms of supporting students with special education needs. Five themes from
the research project are examined.
The impact of Indigenous knowledge in science education on urban Indigenous students' engagement and
attitudes toward science
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 8:15 to 9:30
Location:
Event: CASIE-ACÉÉA Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Children & Youth, Urban Issues
Presenter: Jeff Baker
University: Assistant Professor and Chair in Aboriginal Education,
University of Saskatchewan
Presenter: Nancy Barr
University: Saskatoon Public Schools
Presenter: Tracy Roadhouse
University: Saskatoon Public Schools
Presenter: Michelle Whitstone
University: University of Saskatchewan
This study examined the impact of Indigenous knowledge (IK) in science education on urban Indigenous students’ engagement and
attitudes toward science. Few Indigenous peoples presently pursue careers in science, diminishing our capacity for community
development and decision-making regarding health, resource management, and education. This research involves two classes of
predominantly First Nations and Métis students (Grades 5 and 9). Their teachers were each paired with a local Elder to develop and
deliver a unit including IK. Pre and post evaluations (surveys, conversations, circles, observations) with students will be examined for
evidence of change in engagement and attitudes toward science.
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The Comprehensive Health Education Workers Project for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth and Young Adults:
Pedagogical and Cultural Work as Advocacy
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 8:15 to 9:30
Location:
Event: Gender Issues; Issues for LGBTQ Youth and Teachers
Subjects: Children & Youth, Equity & Diversity, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: André Grace
This paper discusses a Canadian university institute's Comprehensive Health Education Workers' (CHEW) Project that provides sexual,
mental, physical, and social health education and outreach to sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth, with special foci on MSM (males
who have sex with males) and trans-spectrum (transgender and gender nonconforming) youth subpopulations. It discusses pedagogical
and cultural strategies used in the project that emphasizes HIV and STI awareness, harm reduction, and prevention; addressing risk
behaviours; gender and sexual identity development; coming out, suicide ideation, body image, and depression; and testing and sex
positivity.
Blind Faith? Empirical Research and the Adoption of Body-Worn Cameras in Canadian Policing
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 8:15 to 10:00
Event: Session 1 - 5.b. Law and Policing I
Subjects: Justice & Law, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Jihyun Kwon
University: University of Toronto
Presenter: Erick Laming
Presenter: Scot Wortley
An increasing number of Canadian police services are now looking into implementing body-worn cameras (BWCs). Many seem to hastily
believe BWCs to be an effective tool in collecting evidence, reducing unwarranted complaints against the police, decreasing the
excessive use of force, and thereby improving police accountability and transparency as well as police-community relations. While some
concerns have been raised about privacy, financial and technical issues related to its implementation; our research delves even further
to expose the prevailing “blind faith” in adopting and implementing BWCs. We will discuss methodological limitations and reveal logical
inconsistencies of existing studies.
Marvel Cinematic Universe And Transmedia Storytelling
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 8:30 to 10:00
Event: Popular Cultures
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Communications & Social media, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Angie Chiang
University: Sessional Instructor/ PhD Candidate, University of Calgary
This essay will examine how the ‘Marvel Agents of SHIELD’ franchise has arguably exhibited the first successful commercial example of a
transmedia narrative.
No longer simply the concept of texts referring or emulating one another, transmedia narratives redefine intertextuality in a posttelevision context. Relationships between texts of the same franchise are both distinct yet reciprocal. Employing a multi-faceted media
analysis, this paper illustrates how transmedia translates in a decidedly digital context by way of the character of Agent Coulson, who
originated in the Marvel cinematic universe by way of the Avengers film franchise (2008) eventually spawning an internet-driven fan
campaign (2012) that lead to the creation a successful television show (2013), subsequent movie plot tie-ins and plethora of other
related media texts.
Through this case study I investigate how producers have capitalized on appealing to audiences across multiple media using various
intertextual connections by way of the character of Agent Coulson, thereby signaling the commercial viability of the transmedia
narrative.
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‘liking And Sharing’ The Stigmatization Of Poverty And Social Welfare: Representations Of Poverty And Welfare
Through Internet Memes On Social Media
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 8:30 to 10:00
Event: Representation and Resistance
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Politics & Public Policy, Social Media
Presenter: Kathy Dobson
University: PhD Student, Carleton University
My research examines how people living in poverty are represented on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter through
Internet memes. These representations tend to reduce this complex social issue into stereotypical narratives and tropes, such as the
“welfare cheat” or “lazy poor,” and memes have been shown to play a role in forming public opinion - which impacts policy decisions.
My paper analyzes a sample of memes and explores how they contribute to the stigmatization of poverty, which arguably ultimately
affects how poverty is ‘framed’ and addressed (or ignored) through government policies.
Political Adaptation: Performing “I am” Declarations and the Adaptive Self in Indigenous Drama
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Event: Contemporary Indigeneities
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Kailin Wright
University: Assistant Professor, St. Francis Xavier University
Indigenous drama often features a crisis of identity that culminates in a self-assertive statement, such as “I am one.” Using Daniel David
Moses’s Almighty Voice and His Wife as a case study, this paper integrates J. L. Austin’s concept of speech acts with Judith Butler’s
performative identity theory in order to outline four main functions of “I am” declarations: 1) to constitute the self; 2) to perform
belongingness; 3) to assert ownership over identificatory categories; and 4) to emphasize individuality. In works that seek to reshape
earlier versions of colonial myths, these performative utterances are a key strategy for speaking back to colonial legends and a history of
enforced Christianity in Canada.
Who Killed the World?!” George Miller’s male “feminist trick” that is Mad Max: Fury Road
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 9:00 to 10:15
Location: Craigie Hall - E110
Event: (Post)Feminist Media: Festivals, Blockbusters, and Objectification
Association: 96 - Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes (WGSRF)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Kathleen Cummins
University: Professor, Sheridan College
At its summer release Mad Max: Fury Road enraged “meninists,” who felt “tricked” into watching “feminist propaganda.” On the
surface George Miller’s high-octane film is the ultimate “guy movie,” featuring violence, car chases, and super-models. And yet Miller
enlisted Eve Ensler (Vagina Monologues) as a consultant because the film’s plot revolves around the escape of five enslaved breeders
(“wives”). Lead by Furiosa, a tough female war-rig driver, the character Max is somewhat reduced to sidekick status. The paper
explores the role of popular cinema in “energizing communities” to engage in feminist debate, outside academe, even in the hostile
territory of the action blockbuster.
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Kingston’s Prison for Women and Indigenous Storytelling
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 9:00 to 10:30
Location:
Event: (#10) Re-Storying in Solidarity: A Roundtable on the Kahswentha Indigenous Knowledges Initiative
Association: 307 - Indigenous Literary Studies Association (ILSA)
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Human Rights & Civil Liberties
Presenter: Natasha Stirrett
University: Queens University
Indigenous storytelling re-centers marginalized histories, narratives and the experiences of indigenous and queer identified people who
spent time in the Prison for Women (P4W). As a Research Assistant, I conducted preliminary archival research, specifically focusing on
Tightwire magazine a publication that was produced by women living in the prison. Examining these resistance writings by inmates was
an important part of a larger project supported by KIKI, and the Other Kingston Project. A project that seeks to undercover the local
histories of Kingston and the stories of communities that subvert colonial narratives and in the process drawing our attention to
survival, alliances and love.
Les nouveaux «théoriciens» de Dâ'ich : Une mutation ou une continuation de l’islamisme contemporain? (The
new theoreticians of da'ishi Islam. A mutation of contemporary Islamism, or a prolongation of it? )
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 9:00 to 10:30
Event: Islamic Innovations in Thought and Action
Association: 50 - Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (CSSR) / Société canadienne pour l'étude de la religion (SCÉR)
Subjects: Innovation, Religion
Presenter: Amany Fouad Salib
University: Researcher, ex-lecturer and PhD candidate, Université du
Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
The ‘Islamic State’ (Da‘esh) has become a major actor of the international scene. Analyses have tended to approach the movement from
a geostrategic point of view according less attention to its doctrinal underpinnings.
The paper explores the basic set of principles elaborated by the Islamic State’s main theoreticians through a qualitative content analysis
of their ideological production. It examines the epistemological genealogy of their claimed precepts being at the foundation of this ‘new
edition’ of the Islamic State established by the first generations (salafs). It identifies also the discrepancies from the ideology elaborated
by the architects of contemporary Islamic fundamentalism.
Letters to Dr. Kelsey: Thalidomide and the Quest for Good Science in the Nuclear Age
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 9:00 to 10:30
Location:
Event: Session 9: Women, health and the public good
Association: 70 - Canadian Society for the History of Medicine (CSHM) / Société canadienne d'histoire de la médecine
(SCHM)
Subjects: Disabilities, Health, History
Presenter: Cheryl Warsh
University: Professor of History, Vancouver Island University
Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey, physician and pharmacologist hailing from Vancouver Island, was, in the early 1960s, one of the most
famous women in North America. As a new investigator at the FDA, she prevented Thalidomide from entering the US market, which led
to intense publicity. Thousands of ordinary people sent letters to Dr Kelsey. Their fears & concerns are seen within the context of Cold
War anxieties, particularly the fear of nuclear fallout, radiation poisoning, and individual helplessness. The fan mail puts a human face
on an international calamity.
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Iroquois Separatists and Nègres blancs : Paradoxes of Decolonization in Québec
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 9:30 to 11:00
Location:
Event: Alternative Modernism and Decolonization
Association: 38 - Canadian Comparative Literature Association (CCLA) / Association canadienne de littérature comparée
(ACLC)
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Politics & Public Policy, Québec
Presenter: Bruno Cornellier
University: Assistant Professor, University of Winnipeg
My paper critically examines the influential paradigm of the Quebecer as a “nègre blanc” that circulated in left-nationalist literature in
the 1960s. I link the nationalist use of this troubling and appropriative figure to the complementary recourse to the figure of the
“Iroquois separatist,” which was later replaced with the myth of the “metissé” Quebecer. I explain how these complementary racial
appropriation provided new orientations for an emergent structure of feeling in Québec, and one that would easily be incorporated
within the hegemonic because it already spoke (and still speaks) its language: it effectively assumes forms of dwelling and personhood
predicated on the geopolitical self-evidence of settler sovereignty, while exculpating Québécois whiteness and disengaging it from
Western coloniality.
“When I Play Soccer, I Feel Free, I Feel as if No One Can Harm Me”: Gender Justice and Sports
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 9:45 to 11:00
Location:
Event: “When I Play Soccer, I Feel Free, I Feel as if No One Can Harm Me”: Gender Justice and Sports
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, Justice & Law, Sports
Presenter: Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
University: Associate Professor, Trent University
On my first day of gender research in a grade 8 classroom, girls used my teaching activity to demand their rightful place on the school
(boys) football team. In doing so, they were fighting to be recognized as capable players on the school’s prized team. They were fighting
for “gender justice”. I will examine the experiences of students who have rebelled against gender norms in sports and physical
education classes in Canada. I collected the data through a two-year study of gender with approximately 600 school children and youth
in rural Ontario.
Reading Fantasy in Policy Controversy: A Study of Ontario's New Sexual Health Education Curriculum
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 9:45 to 11:00
Location:
Event: CACS-ACÉC Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications
Subjects: Education (K-12), Gender Studies & Sexuality, Health
Presenter: Lauren Jervis
University: PhD student, York University
My paper draws from preliminary research I’ve done in preparation for my proposed doctoral dissertation project. In this paper, I focus
on recent debates over the controversial new sexual health education curriculum introduced in Ontario schools in September 2015. I
analyze news coverage of the curriculum change for moments when fantasies of education and the child affect the policy process. I
argue that relational and intergenerational fantasies of children’s best interests, impressionability, and the powers of education can
structure policy, and debates over its merits, in important ways that deserve attention from curriculum and policy scholars.
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Energizing Change: Ontario’s Revised Sex Education Curriculum
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 10:30 to 11:45
Location:
Event: EH3: Sexual Health Education
Association: 303 - Sexuality Studies Association (SSA) / Association d'études de la sexualité (AÉS)
Subjects: Education (K-12), Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Jessica Elaine Wright
University: PhD Candidate, University of Toronto- Ontario Institute for
Studies in Education
This paper presentation will raise questions around some of the ways in which Ontario’s 2015-revised Ontario Health and Physical
Education curriculum, specifically the sections on sexual health education, has energized timely public debate while falling short in
terms of addressing the nuances of consent education. I will discuss the simplification of the topic of sexual consent in Ontario's sex
education, and suggest that the curriculum, and the ways that it is implemented, is limited and needs to be expanded to truly educate
all students about the complexities surrounding the politics of sexual consent.
Research questions and methods at the science–policy interface
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Location: ICT - 116
Event: Science, Society and Policy
Association: 25 - Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS) / Société canadienne d'histoire et de
philosophie des sciences (SCHPS)
Subjects: History, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Brooke Struck
University: Policy analyst, Science-Metrix inc.
My talk will explore the connection between policy questions and research methodologies, showing how power dynamics between
policy-makers and researchers can make it easier to ignore evidence in the policy-making process.
The Science-Policy Relationship Hierarchy (SPRHi) Model: Explaining Co-Production in
Dialogues between (Climate) Science Organizations and Government Agencies
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Location: ICT - 116
Event: Science, Society and Policy
Subjects: Environment , Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Garrett Richards
University: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan
The scientific consensus on climate change has not been followed by proportionate policy action. This gap might be bridged by
deliberative (or co-productive) dialogue between scientists and policy makers. I investigated such potential by interviewing climate
scientists and climate policy makers involved in conversations with one another (mostly in BC). It seems that science-policy relationships
can be modeled onto a hierarchy of function: incidental interaction (bottom), basic partnership, interactive dialogue, and true coproduction (top). None of the cases I examined reached the top level, but it is possible to explain why each relationship ends up
functioning the way it does.
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Double-Vulnerability: Mentally Ill Seniors in Canadian Penitentiaries
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: Session 2 -6.c. Law, Sentencing and Corrections
Subjects: Health, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Justice & Law
Presenter: Adelina Iftene
University: SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Osgoode Hall Law
School, York University
This presentation is based on a study that I have conducted with 197 male prisoners over 50 in 7 federal prisons. It explores issues
related to mental health problems in older incarcerated people and correctional responses (segregation, availability of treatment &
medical staff, victimization, discipline)to mental health problems in this growing, underexplored group of prisoners. Through this study I
have identified a gap between the high mental health needs of aging prisoners and both the resources available to them and the
readiness of correctional institutions to deal with age-related problems.
“Doorways to an Urban Mirage: Examining Public Encounters with Mobilized Cinema Spaces”
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 10:45 to 12:15
Location:
Event: Choreographing Community
(ACRT)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Urban Issues
Examining public installations that construct unexpected public encounters, I will discuss two of my past curatorial initiatives: Urbanity
on Film (Calgary, 2009) and the Situated Cinema Project (Toronto, 2015). Exhibited in outdoor urban contexts, both installations created
liminal zones—not quite cinema, not quite gallery, not quite public space—where viewers could engage in a playful and tactile
experience of art, temporarily creating conversations and experiences where their bodies overlaid with projected images, constructed
architectures, and the ritual of spectatorship. In taking over places normally reserved for transit, the mobile cinemas disrupted the usual
flow of life, provoking new directions and interactions.
“Community Trans/Formation: Performing Transgender Children’s Narratives in Gendered and Non‐Gendered
Spaces”
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 10:45 to 12:15
Location:
Event: Making Space by Collaborating Across Difference
(ACRT)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Children & Youth, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Sheila Christie
University: Associate Professor, Cape Breton University
This presentation discusses an adaption and staging of two transgender children
's stories in the gendered spaces of the YMCA locker
rooms during a festival that promotes art in
"unconventional spaces," and contrasts this experience to other performances of the same
material in traditional and ad hoc theatrical spaces. Transforming the audiences
' experience of the space during the festival laid the
groundwork for a transformation of the conceptions of gender that those spaces presume, while performance in other venues for
audiences already aware of transgender issues served to affirm those audience
s' experiences of gender diversity.
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“Working in The Hours That Remain: Challenging the Erasure of Young Indigenous Women Within the
Settler‐Colonial University Through Performance Work”
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 10:45 to 12:15
Location:
Event: Making Space by Collaborating Across Difference
(ACRT)
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Rebecca Benson
University: Independent
Presenter: Aaron Franks
University: Postdoctoral Researcher, Queen’s University
This year a group of young women from the Queen's Native Students Association at Queen's University presented a play that addressed
the issue of 'missing and murdered Indigenous women' from the perspective of intimate familial loss. The play, The Hours That Remain
by Keith Barker, opened up several routes to look at the root causes of ongoing violence perpetuated against Indigenous women. Based
on interviews with those most intimately involved, this presentation looks at the differences and similarities among cast and audience
experiences of this powerful play as it was presented in Kingston and Toronto.
Suspicion and Power: Codes of Conduct for Faithbased NGOs in Rural Kenya
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 10:45 to 12:15
Event: Religious Differences in Global Perspective
Subjects: Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Religion
Presenter: Michelle Bakker
University: PhD Candidate, Concordia University, Department of
Religion
For over one hundred years, indigenous communities in Kenya have been manipulated and deceived by religious bodies and the state.
Since the 1970s, aid organizations have also entered that country’s arena of governance, discipline, and betrayal. My research examines
dynamics of the relationship between a Kenyan Christian aid organization and the communities it serves. I show how, by exercising
suspicion, reluctance, and mistrust, impoverished communities exert power over the powerful. The paper is based on original
anthropological research conducted in Kenya in 2012.
The cultural symbolism of American cattle brands: a socio-onomastic analysis
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 11:00 to 12:00
Event: American cattle brands and cultural identity
Association: 42 - Canadian Society for the Study of Names (CSSN) / Société canadienne d'onomastique (SCO)
Subjects: History, Innovation
Presenter: Carol Lombard
University: University of the Free State
For more than two centuries, American cattle ranchers have used hot iron brands as a primary means of livestock identification. The
system of American cattle brands is essentially a linguistic one comprising symbols with corresponding written forms (names). Cattle
brands display a range of onomastic associations which originate through socially-motivated naming strategies. Cattle brand designs, for
instance, may incorporate certain elements of names, whilst cattle brand names may be employed as other types of names. This paper
explores the influential role played by these elements in establishing cattle brands as iconic symbols of America’s Western heritage and
cultural identity.
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Preventative Education for Aboriginal Girls Vulnerable to the Sex Trade
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location:
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Education (K-12), Human Rights & Civil Liberties
Presenter: Dustin Louie
This interactive panel session explores pedagogical practices as envisioned by a collective of Indigenous education scholars. We will
share our teaching experiences as a case study of Indigenizing education, and invite participants to engage in activities and discussion
around translating Indigenous principles into effective pedagogies. Inspired by the twenty-five principles outlined by Tuhiwai Smith
(2012), four Indigenous faculty members from a Canadian university share what we have found to be effective decolonizing practices in
our classrooms. Faculties of education are taking a leading role in Canadian universities by hiring Indigenous faculty and incorporating
Indigenous content and ways of knowing into teacher education courses (Archibald, 2010: Kanu, 2005). Through this presentation, we
will open up a dialogue about what kinds of change can be enacted in our classrooms as a result of this trend. We explore opportunities
for moving away from Eurocentric education through the implementation of Indigenizing strategies in classroom practice. We draw
upon Tuhiwai Smith's (2012) principles—such as storytelling, creating, claiming, and negotiating—to demonstrate Indigenizing
pedagogical practices and to inspire possibilities for future transformation.
Can education counter violent religious extremism?
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location:
Event: CIESC-SCÉCI Critical Questions in Meeting Individual and Societal Demands for “Quality” in Education
Subjects: Children & Youth, Education (K-12), Religion
Presenter: Ratna Ghosh
University: James McGill Professor, McGill University
Despite surveillance efforts and trillions of dollars spent to prevent religious extremism there is an exponential rise in religious
extremism which has provoked youth in Western nations to carry out terrorist acts in their countries. That these youth have been
educated in their schools should be a matter of great concern to policy makers and to educators. Counter terrorism policies in North
America do not involve schools and this paper proposes that education should be seen as a valuable tool in countering religious
extremism by building resilient communities through critical, ethical and active citizenship. Books, not bombs will be more sustainable in
countering the call to extremism.
A Common Factors Approach to Supporting University Students Experiencing Psychological Distress
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location:
Event: Mental Health Issues
Subjects: Education (PSE), Health
Presenter: Micheal Shier
Presenter: Tanya Surette
University students represent a highly vulnerable population for mental health distress and disorders. Campus-based counselling
programs have a vital role in providing effective and efficient emotional support to students to facilitate their success and well-being
during and beyond their academic career. This study empirically assessed the applicability of the common factors psychotherapy model
to students receiving counselling services within a university-based counselling program. The results proved fairly consistent with
previous research on the common factors model of therapy, with duration of therapy, positive external life events, and social supports
having a positive impact on outcomes. However, an increase in the number of intervention approaches used, along with an increase in
the number of sessions, had a negative effect on therapy outcomes. These findings have important implications for treatment planning
within on-campus counselling services to optimize the efficacy of the therapeutic process with this population.
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The Interrelatedness of Mental Health and Reading Ability: What do we know?
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location:
Event: Mental Health Issues
Subjects: Education (K-12), Health
Presenter: Jenn de Lugt
University: University of Regina
Presenter: Nancy Hutchinson
University: Queen's University
In recent years the role of schools in enhancing the mental health of students has become increasingly recognized as being pivotal in
enhancing students' school experience, success, and overall well-being. The relationship between mental health and achievement,
specifically in reading, is the subject of this literature review. Earlier studies have indicated that problem behaviours in the classroom
have a unidirectional and reciprocal relationship with reading difficulties, although directionality remains inconclusive. More recently, a
paradigm shift considers problems behaviours to be a manifestation of mental health concerns, and this shift is reflected in the
literature. Recent studies have shown that students with reading disabilities often have comorbid mental health concerns such as
anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. Methods of intervening when students are struggling to read, are reviewed. Finally, the
concept of thriving is presented as a cogent way of framing the domains through which student thriving is achieved.
Where Have All The Reporters Gone? Arthur Kent V Postmedia And Don Martin: A Case Study Of The Impact Of
Downsized Newsrooms And Media Concentration On Editorial Content.
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Event: Kent v Martin: One Defamation Case Raises Myriad Questions About Journalism Law and Ethics in an Age of
Media Concentration and Digital Afterlives
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Justice & Law, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Meredith Levine
University: Lecturer, Western University
Media celebrities, Arthur Kent and Don Martin, faced off in four million dollar defamation suit that will likely set legal precedent in this
country in area of damages and “digital afterlife”. Testimony was riveting. Lies and deceptions were revealed. It’s the kind of story every
editor loves: newsworthy, consequential AND titillating.
But the Canadian Press was the only news organization that assigned a reporter to the trial (with the exception of a couple of stories
filed by a CBC Calgary TV reporter).
The recent telenovela-like history of Canadian media ownership will provide a broader context for a study that compares trial transcripts
with original CP stories, and the versions of these stories that appeared in various media outlets.
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Broadband Connectivity And The Digital Divide In Canada
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 13:30 to 15:30
Event: Round Table: Broadband connectivity and the digital divide in Canada
Presenter: Michael Colledge
University: IPSOS
Presenter: Michael Haight
University: PhD Candidate, Western University
Presenter: Robert Mcmahon
Presenter: Richard Smith
University: Centre for Digital Media
Canada lags behind the US, as well as many European countries with regards to having a meaningful national digital strategy. Over the
past 12 months there have been a number of research reports examining the barriers to entry for Canadians going online. While price
remains a factor, many other issues such as relevance are also barriers that need to be addressed. Yet the findings of these reports have
yet to be reflected in any real digital policy formulation. As the new government looks to create and update digital policies, it is
important to have a discussion related to all the barriers to connectivity and how they should be addressed.
From Litcrit to Twitpics: Margaret Atwood’s Public Advocacy Past and Present
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 13:45 to 15:15
Event: Joint Panel with the Margaret Atwood Society: Atwood Past and Present
Subjects: Books & Literature, Social Media, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Ariel Kroon
University: Doctoral student, University of Alberta
Margaret Atwood has been widely recognized for her recent advocacy in the public sphere, most notably on Twitter, in order to raise
awareness for environmental and sociopolitical issues. I argue that Atwood’s online advocacy should not be viewed as a fresh bid for
celebrity or departure from her intellectual persona, but as a continuation of her early literary works’ critique of power relations. My
discussion grounds itself in the premise that Atwood’s status as a public intellectual has not changed; instead, her agency in advocacy
has been progressively unveiled in past years by the evolution of writing and media platforms.
The Limits of Necessity: Funding In Vitro Fertilization and Gender Reassignment Surgery in Ontario
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 14:30 to 15:45
Event: Entanglements: Trans and Reproductive Justice
Association: 96 - Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes (WGSRF)
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, Health, Justice & Law
Presenter: Alana Cattapan
University: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University
This paper examines the parallel histories of public funding for gender affirming surgeries and in vitro fertilization in Ontario. The paper
argues that while both interventions were delisted in the name of cost savings, relisting has been a function of different strategies of
mobilization around understandings of human rights, “medical necessity,” and a “right to care.”
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Towards a Practice of Social Justice: Exploring Residential Schooling and Contemporary FNMI Perspectives
through Postcolonial Children's Literature
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 15:00 to 16:15
Location:
Event: LLRC-ACCLL Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Books & Literature, Justice & Law
Presenter: Jinny Menon
Presenter: Lynne Wiltse
University: Associate Professor, University of Alberta
This paper will present select findings from one site of a national research project designed to engage English language arts teachers and
their students in reading postcolonial literature for addressing issues of social justice. This session will highlight the experiences of one
teacher participant and her students who explored postcolonialism and social justice through the selection of five texts about Canadian
residential schooling. Insights from the teacher inquiry group offer possibilities for ways teachers can articulate their understandings of
social justice, to collaborate in text selections of relevant postcolonial literature, and to reflect on their teaching for social justice with
colleagues.
Reconfiguring the future through Biskaabiiyang: non-Indigenous elementary students take up reconciliation in
the Canadian settler state
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 15:00 to 16:15
Location:
Event: Reconfiguring the future through Biskaabiiyang: non-Indigenous elementary students take up reconciliation in
the Canadian settler state
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Education (K-12)
Presenter: Daniela Bascunan
University: PhD student & elementary teacher, Ontario Institute for
Studies in Education at the University of Toronto
My research looks at how young non-indigenous students make sense of reconciliation within the context of settler-colonialism. They
make meaning with complex historical legacies and do so by engaging with indigenous knowledges.
How to Not Stop a Pipeline: The Rhetorical Failures of the Burnaby Mountain Protests
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 15:30 to 16:30
Event: G1. Discourse of oil
Association: 215 - Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing (CASDW) / Association canadienne de
rédactologie (ACR)
Subjects: Environment , Politics & Public Policy, Urban Issues
Presenter: Sean Zwagerman
University: Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
Over 100 people have been arrested on Burnaby Mountain protesting Kinder Morgan’s plan to expand its pipeline between Edmonton
and Burnaby. Though the protests received international attention, 88% of Canadians surveyed predict that the pipeline will proceed
despite present or future protests. Unfortunately, I believe the 88% are correct. Since the scene of power (and of citizens’ influence) is
national politics—specifically, the decision to be handed down by the National Energy Board—the message of the protest must be: “to
stop the pipeline, pressure the federal government.” But the protestors did not say that last year, and show no inclination to say it in the
future. Instead, protestors have focused on climate change when citizens are more concerned with local oil spills, disputed the
legitimacy of the institutions where power resides (Canada and Canadian citizenship), and emphasized cultural issues (First Nations land
rights) opposed by the majority of those who oppose the pipeline. As a result, I fear that the protest will end up as merely a sideshow to
the government’s decision.
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From Margins to Centre through Education: Exploring the Education Needs of Victims of Torture and Political
Oppression.
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 15:35 to 16:50
Location: Rozsa Centre - Husky Oil Great
Hall
Event: Session F - Posters and Roundtable Presentations
Association: 16 - Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) / Société canadienne pour l'étude de
l'enseignement supérieur (SCÉES)
Subjects: Education (PSE), Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Jaswant Bajwa
University: Professor/ Research Coordinator, George Brown College
Access to Higher education is a huge barriers for refugees that challenges their social inclusion. This project is creating innovative
programming to facilitate this access by removing barriers and enable social inclusion.
2016 Winner, Canada Prize in the Humanities - Patrician Families and the Making of Quebec: The Taschereaus
and McCords
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 15:45 to
Location: Main Expo Event Space
Event: 2016 Winner, Canada Prize in the Humanities - Patrician Families and the Making of Quebec: The Taschereaus
and McCords
Association: Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences / Fédération des sciences humaines
Subjects: Families & Parenting, Politics & Public Policy, Québec
Presenter: Brian Young
University: McGill University
Brian Young masterfully shows how the McCords and Taschereaus were closely tied to the economic, cultural, social and religious forces
in Quebec, both shaping and being shaped by them. In addition to the impressive body of research that Young brings to this study,
readers will also be drawn in by a book which has been beautifully produced with attractive illustrations that help make the story come
alive.
2016 Winner, Canada Prize in the Social Sciences - Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and
Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 15:45 to
Event: 2016 Winner, Canada Prize in the Social Sciences - Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and
Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Environment , History
Presenter: Nancy Turner
University: University of Victoria
Nancy Turner's Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge is an astonishing work of scholarship, the culmination of 40 years of
collaborative engagement with indigenous communities and natural ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest. Written in a straightforward,
jargon-free style, generously interspersed with photographs, illustrations and tables, the resulting work is surprisingly accessible, given
the depth and intensity of the scholarship on display. An extraordinary achievement.
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Lauréate 2016, Prix du Canada en sciences humaines - Nourrir la machine humaine : Nutrition et alimentation au
Québec, 1860-1945
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 15:45 to
Event: Lauréate 2016, Prix du Canada en sciences humaines - Nourrir la machine humaine : Nutrition et alimentation
au Québec, 1860-1945
Subjects: Food & Agriculture, Québec
Presenter: Caroline Durand
University: Trent University
Aboutissement d’une recherche remarquablement exhaustive, Nourrir la machine humaine compare, dans un style direct et plein de
vigueur, une multitude de discours portant sur l’alimentation et les pratiques culinaires. Grâce à Caroline Durand, la communauté des
chercheurs comme le grand public des passionnés d’histoire ne verront plus leur garde-manger du même œil.
Lauréate 2016, Prix du Canada en sciences sociales - Vues, mais non entendues. Les adolescentes québécoises et
l'hypersexualisation
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 15:45 to
Event: Lauréate 2016, Prix du Canada en sciences sociales - Vues, mais non entendues. Les adolescentes québécoises
et l'hypersexualisation
Subjects: Children & Youth, Communications & Social media, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Caroline Caron
University: Université du Québec en Outaouais
Par son étude rigoureuse et magistrale d’un phénomène social hautement médiatisé, objet de multiples controverses, Caroline Caron
redonne une voix aux jeunes filles leur identité et leur propre conscience. Dans l’actuel contexte pancanadien et québécois de
l’objectification constante (et souvent dangereuse) des jeunes filles et de leur corps, cette importante étude vient à point nommé pour
aider à poser les questions justes et pertinentes sur ce sujet d’une actualité brûlante.
Between Tradition and Innovation: Throat-boxing to Embody and Empower Social Change
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 16:15 to 16:45
Event: Indigenous and Aboriginal Voices
Association: 306 - International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM)
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Innovation
Presenter: Raj Singh
University: PhD Student, York University
Hip Hop culture in Nunavut is a tool for Inuit youth to discuss larger issues that plague their daily lived experiences such as
intergenerational trauma, depression and suicide. Katajjaq and the throat singing involved in its communal performance is an integral
component of cultural heritage. Nelson Tagoona, one of the very few male Inuk throat singers, synthesizes katajjaq and beat-boxing to
form a genre he calls “throat-boxing”. This paper will examine why Tagoona reconceptualizes katajjaq to include lived experiences in
order to empower and inspire social change in Nunavut.
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The Politics of Evil in Social Studies Education
Date: 2016-05-29
Time 16:30 to 17:45
Location:
Subjects: Children & Youth, Education (K-12)
Presenter: Cathryn van Kessel
I am presenting part of my doctoral research on Youth Conceptualizations of Evil, and what power lies in those conceptualizations. I am
exploring ways we might tap into, and perhaps trouble, some definitions of evil to provoke the sort of thinking that is independent from
authority, but interconnected with others. Evil has been a perennial topic of inquiry since ancient times—and what is clear from the
philosophical and psychological literature is that there are many possible definitions. Rather than advocating for one particular
definition, I want to ask: To what degree are the possible definitions helpful to education?
Election News, Local Information And Community Discourse: Is Twitter The New Public Sphere?
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 8:00 to
Event: Wither Community? Technology, News Deserts and their implications for Canadian communities
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Politics & Public Policy, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Karen Elgersma
University:
Presenter: Jaigris Hodson
University: Assistant Professor, Royal Roads University
Presenter: April Lindgren
University:
Are social media technologies poised to make up for the gap that is left when local news outlets are being closed or merging with larger
conglomerates? This presentation will answer that question by looking at how the most recent election was discussed on Twitter and
Facebook
“Following #daddytrudeau: Performance, Soft Power, and the Postnational State”
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 8:30 to 10:00
Location:
Event: Hard and Soft Political Performances
(ACRT)
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Laura Levin
University: Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director, York
University
Contemporary political culture is characterized by the carefully crafted and highly mediatized self-stagings of political leaders. At the
same time, the success of politicians’ careers depends upon a calculated disavowal of the theatrical in order to communicate
authenticity and accessibility. When the theatrical becomes legible within a political figure’s public actions, the offending individual is
maligned as a “mere” performer, as all style and no substance. What happens, then, when we encounter the inversion of this
convention in the political arena—when politicians aim not to erase the traces of the theatrical in their performances but rather to
embrace the visibility of their staging’s theatrical contours? In my paper, I think through these questions in relation to the recent and
overtly theatrical self-stagings of Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a leader whose political success has been shaped through an
unabashed embrace of theatricality.
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Alice’s Adventures in Canada: A Publishing History of Wonderland
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 8:30 to 10:00
Location: TFDL - 520C/D
Event: Tracing Readership, Authorship and Publishing at the Local and National Levels
Association: 238 - Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) / Société bibliographique du Canada (SBC)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Books & Literature, Children & Youth
Presenter: Amanda Lastoria
University: Simon Fraser University
From a golden Victorian blocked on cloth to an inky goth girl printed on glossy paper, Alice is a 150-year-old material girl; she has been
packaged and sold in countless guises, or editions, worldwide. The Canadian market, sandwiched between those of Britain and America,
is a patchwork of domestic and imported Wonderlands. Canadian editions have found critical and commercial success at home and
abroad. Small- and medium-sized Canadian publishers, with their emphasis on craftsmanship, have found niches that imported editions
do not fulfill. This presentation, which focuses on book design, is the first Canadian publishing history of Alice in Wonderland.
Victorian Traditions of Racial Hierarchy and the Classist Treatment of Alcohol Use in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 8:30 to 10:15
Event: Children’s Literature
Subjects: Books & Literature, Children & Youth, Equity & Diversity
Presenter: Mark Buchanan
University: Graduate Student, University of British Columbia - Okanagan
While J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series is often said to promote diversity and propagate an antiracist message, I argue that close
reading and historical analysis at the intersection of critical race theory and Althusserian critical theory reveal how the text’s lateVictorian ideologies surrounding alcohol use reveal the books’ racist and classist tendencies. In the United Kingdom the solution to “the
alcohol problem” was predicated on establishing more stringent rules on alcohol service and shifting the blame for drunkenness onto
the server, rather than the imbiber. These concepts are echoed in the Harry Potter books, especially in the form of class equality. I
analyse the interaction of race and class power structures that influence the portrayal of alcohol use, primarily by examining two pairs
of characters: half-giants Rubeus Hagrid and Madame Maxime, and house elves Dobby and Winky.
Footnotes, Endnotes, and HTML5: Blogging and the Future of Literary Criticism
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Event: Digital Readings
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Education (PSE), Technology & Digital
Presenter: Brenna Clarke Gray
University: Faculty, Department of English and Coordinator, Associate
of Arts Degrees, Douglas College
Digital venues for academic publication and conversation offer a democratic approach to scholarly debate, often engaging academics
and non-academics alike, and demanding acknowledgement of fan communities and their unique approaches to the close readings of
texts. This intersection can frustrate traditionally-trained academics, but it can also enrich academic conversations and help connect the
scholarship of literature to the real-world experiences of readers. This paper offers a close reading of two high-readership literature
blogs and examines the kinds of literary conversations occurring in on-line spaces and theorizes the possibilities for the future of literary
scholarship in the digital age.
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Teaching Shakespeare in the Screen Age
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Event: Roundtable on Pedagogy in the English Literature Classroom
Subjects: Books & Literature, Social Media, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Michael Ullyot
University: Associate Professor, English, University of Calgary
Reading a book in 2016 is a deliberate decision to resist the allure of less demanding media. Reading Shakespeare in the age of digital
distractions, amid multiple screens competing for our attention, empowers students to deliberately allocate their attention, and gives
them the confidence to overcome difficult readings in an age of unread texts (like terms of service) or superficial texts (like listicles). And
yet we should also augment our readings of Shakespeare’s texts with filmed representations and digital text-analysis and visualization
tools, to read screens with the deliberation that we have tended to pay only to printed texts.
An Assessment of Combinations of Risk Factors for Breast Cancer and the Public Health Applications
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 9:00 to
Event: An Assessment of Combinations of Risk Factors for Breast Cancer and the Public Health Applications
Subjects: Health, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Jane McArthur
University:
Presenter: Amy Peirone
University: PhD Student, University of Windsor
Canadian breast cancer rates are among the highest in the world and the majority cannot be explained by traditional risk factors.
Increasingly, studies have linked breast cancer with workplace and environmental exposures. Analyzing data from 2162 women in
Windsor-Essex County, the combined effects of demographic, lifestyle, occupational and environmental factors were assessed. Our
results confirm known risks and workplace associations and adds that women who lived in close proximity to an airport prior to
menopause were significantly more likely to be a breast cancer case, confirming breast cancer’s complexity and the need for more
research into environmental risk factors.
Power, Apathy, and Failure of Participation: How Local Voices on Environmental Issues Are Muted in a Chinese
Rural Context
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 9:00 to 9:30
Event: Power, Apathy, and Failure of Participation: How Local Voices on Environmental Issues Are Muted in a Chinese
Rural Context
Subjects: Environment , International Relations & Foreign Policy, Urban Issues
Presenter: Sibo Chen
University: PHD Candidate (SSHRC Vanier Scholar), Simon Fraser
University
this paper addresses how local voices on environmental issues are muted in a Chinese rural context through a case study of
controversies surrounding the eco-tourism developments at Heyang, whose historic folk dwellings and associated buildings were
recently listed as China’s national heritage. While factors contributing to the failure of environmental participation at Heyang resonates
many findings of previous studies, the problem at the fundamental level can be attributed to the unchallenged adoption of an urbancentric ecological modernization agenda and the insufficient account of local peasants’ connections with their (residential and arable)
land properties. This finding invites us to re-consider how urban-rural division in China fundamentally influences its ecological civilization
process.
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Intergenerational learning, residential schools, decolonizing AE
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 9:00 to 10:10
Location: Education Classroom - 356
Event: Paper 4D
Association: 217 - Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) / Association canadienne pour l'étude de
l'éducation des adultes (ACÉÉA)
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Education (PSE), Families & Parenting
Presenter: Cindy Hanson
University: Associate Professor, University of Regina
This paper focuses on how two studies completed in the field of adult education informed ideas about decolonization and community
healing. The first is a study about how female survivors of Indian Residential Schools (IRS) in Canada are experiencing one of the largest
compensation processes in the world (Independent Assessment Process, IAP), and the second, is about intergenerational knowledge
transmission of textile practices within Indigenous communities. Although seemingly unrelated, both are studies related to
intergenerational learning, stories, and community trauma/well-being. Further they provide an insight into impacts of colonialism, the
practice of Indigenous knowledge, and a role for adult educators in the process.
Development and Implementation of Sexual Assault Protocols and Policies on University Campuses
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 9:00 to 10:30
Event: DISRUPTING THE SILENCE: EXAMINING SEXUAL ASSULT IN CANADA
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Irene Shankar
It is estimated that one in four women on college and university campuses have been sexual assaulted (Canadian Federation of
Students, 2013). For many university and/or college students sexual assaults happen within the first eight weeks of school and involve
perpetrators known to victims. These statistics, along with a persistent lack of accurate data for sexual assault at Canadian universities
and colleges, have led journalists (such as, Dehaas, 2014; Browne, 2014; Neuman, 2014; Rotstein, 2014; Valenti, 2014) and scholars
(such as, Bradley et al., 2009; Banyard et al., 2009; Daighle et al., 2009; Moynihan and Banyard, 2008) to critique institutes of higher
learning for their failure to address sexual assault, through responsive policies and protocols. Such (much needed) scrutiny has resulted
in some universities hastily putting together policies and protocols which may not address the systematic and complex problem of
sexual assault.
In this exploratory paper, using a Canadian university as our case study, we examine the complicated ways in which universities
understand and respond to issues of sexual violence on campus. We examine how university administrators and service providers
perceive their roles within the university, what they feel they do well and what changes would they ideally like to see. Such case studies
allow us to examine the strengths of and continued challenges universities and colleges experience in their attempts to develop and
implement appropriate protocols and policies on sexual assault.
Sexual Assault in Alberta: Understanding the crime funnel effect of adult-on-adult sexual assault and its
discrepancies between police-reported and victim support service-reported information
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 9:00 to 10:30
Event: DISRUPTING THE SILENCE: EXAMINING SEXUAL ASSULT IN CANADA
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, Justice & Law
Presenter: Scharie Tavcer
Presenter: Irene Shankar
University:
Presenter: Evelyn Field
University:
This panel, using feminist theoretical perspectives, will discuss issues pertaining to sexual assault in Canada. Focus will be on Alberta,
post-secondary institutions, policy and protocols.
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Ismaili Cosmopolitanism?: The Aga Khan and the Making of a ‘Cosmopolitan Ethic’
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 9:00 to 10:30
Location: Science A 243
Event: Reimagining Diversity: Cosmopolitanism and Religion in North America
Subjects: Equity & Diversity, Religion
Presenter: Sahir Dewji
University: Ph.D. Student, Wilfrid Laurier University
Living in a time of increased global connections puts forward the challenge of how we can all live together. Part of this concern requires
us to rethink how religious communities understand themselves in relation to others. My research highlights that Muslims have always
engaged in cross-cultural learning and dialogue, what I call a cosmopolitan attitude. Religious leaders like Aga Khan IV - 49th hereditary
Imam of the Shi’a Ismaili Muslims - call for a ‘cosmopolitan ethic.’ My work examines the central principles that undergird the Aga
Khan’s cosmopolitan ethic and demonstrates how this manifests through various Aga Khan institutions.
"I Need Help but Nobody Understands What I Say”:Franco-Ontarians and Mental Health Services in French.
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 9:00 to 10:30
Location:
Event: Session 15: Mental health, De--institutionalization and the family
Association: 70 - Canadian Society for the History of Medicine (CSHM) / Société canadienne d'histoire de la médecine
(SCHM)
Subjects: Equity & Diversity, Health, History
Presenter: Marcel Martel
University: Professor- Canadian history, York University
This paper is on the development of mental health services for Ontarians and in particular for Franco-Ontarians. Having access to health
service in French was an important issue, and the possible closure of Montfort in 1997 created a vast mobilization. The goal was to keep
Montfort.
Can Disability Humor Be Critical?
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 9:00 to 10:30
Event: SOCIOLOGY AND HUMOUR I: WHAT ’S SO FUNNY?
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Disabilities, Families & Parenting
Presenter: Alan Santinele Martino
University: PhD Student, McMaster University
Grounded in critical theory, this paper examines how disability humor can serve as a position of critique of concrete situations that
disabled people and their family members experience in their everyday lives. Even though some scholars have argued that critical
theory does not provide space for humor, I suggest that in Habermas' theorizing of the life-world, for example, even if unmentioned,
humor and irony can certainly have an important role. In such manner, humor goes beyond the function of a "coping mechanism" for
families of disabled individuals and takes instead a critical edge as a concious effort to challenge dominant ideas and expectations
concerning disability.
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God’s Loyal Opposition: Psalmic and Prophetic Protest as a Paradigm for Faithfulness in the Hebrew Bible
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 9:30 to 10:00
Location: Professional Faculties - 122
Event: Israelite Poetry
Association: 6 - Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (CSBS) / Société canadienne des études bibliques (SCÉB)
Subjects: History, Religion
Presenter: J. Richard Middleton
University: Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis, Northeastern
Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College
In contrast to the posture of unquestioning submission to God that informs spirituality in many faith traditions, the Hebrew Bible
assumes a stance of vigorous protest towards God as normative. This paper investigates the theology underlying lament/complaint
prayers in the Psalter and prophetic intercession on behalf of the people (especially by Moses). The paper briefly addresses the
anomalous case of Abraham in Genesis 22 and the possibility that Job constitutes an inner-biblical response to Abraham’s silence,
signaled by the term “God-fearer” for both figures, and by the phrase “dust and ashes” found on the lips of both Abraham and Job.
Good citizenship education and the future of the world: Tensions between the local and the global
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 9:45 to 11:00
Location:
Event: Citizenship education; Refugee Issues; Education Working to Combat Islamophobia
Subjects: Children & Youth, Citizenship & Immigration, Education (PSE)
Presenter: Adeela -Ayaz Arshad
University: Concordia University
In this paper I examine the new emphasis on global citizenship within the field of education and what global citizenship means in the
current neoliberal era. In the first part of the paper I explore the meanings concept of 'good global citizenship' holds for youth in the
Global North. I do so through a critical examination of the National Youth White Paper produced by Canadian youth through a project
by the Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Research (CGCER), University of Alberta and the Centre for Global Education, Alberta.
In the second part of the paper I examine the tensions between the ideals of citizenship within the local and global contexts. In the third
part of the paper I conclude by demonstrating how neoliberal rhetoric maintains power differentials and colonial hierarchies by
whitewashing vested interests with "good citizenship" terminology and how the idea of good global citizenship is being used to maintain
the status quo.
Democratic Theory and the role of the Academic Librarian: Melding Theory and Practice
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 10:00 to
Location:
Event: Democratic Theory and the role of the Academic Librarian: Melding Theory and Practice
Association: 304 - Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL) / Association canadienne des
bibliothécaires académiques professionnels (ACBAP)
Subjects: Education (PSE), Innovation
Presenter: Scott MacDonald
University: Univeristy of Western Ontario/Western University
Using selective LIS literature and scholarship, specifically the works of John Buschman and John M. Budd, and the critical theories of
Jürgen Habermas and Pierre Bourdieu, this paper, which is part of a larger research project, will discuss democratic theory, examination
of the concept of democracy, and the role Canadian academic librarianship can have in its promotion. Additionally, examples of
collaboration between librarians, professors, graduate students and scholars will be presented for the reformulation of democratic
theory leading to increased library engagement and social responsibility, not only to members of the campus but the wider community
as well.
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waltdisneyconfessions@tumblr: Narrative, Subjectivity, and Reading Online Spaces of Confession
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 10:15 to 11:15
Location:
Event: CACS-ACÉC Roundtable/Table ronde
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Communications & Social media, Education (PSE)
Presenter: Tasha Ausman
University: PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa
Presenter: Linda Radford
Tumblr is a social media site where users can be totally anonymous and where individuals re-use images from popular culture, spending
time modifying, captioning, and animating GIFs. One thread which caught our attention is entitled waltdisneyconfessions@tumblr and
is a space where adult fans of Disney can reveal their secret desires, wishes, hopes, disappointments and dreams about living, working,
and becoming Disney.
We learn about Disney’s pedagogic function through these confessions, and we read not just Tumblr posts themselves but the text of
Disney with and against them (Radford, 2009). In doing this, we examine how identity formation plays out recurrently as a phenomena
of quantum (third) spaces (Ng-A-Fook, Radford & Ausman, 2014; Ausman, 2012). As well, we ground our work, as Robertson (2004)
does, in the psychoanalytic concepts of projective identification and transference/countertransference , to “help illuminate the mental
life played out in viewing” (p. 76). As educational researchers, we seek to better understand how the confessions are not only a
curriculum of desire embedded in the conflicts of identity, but also push us to interrogate the currency of confession and the overall
politics of readership.
Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for Canadian Literature and Literary Studies
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: Canadian Literary Histories
Subjects: Books & Literature, Justice & Law, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Mark McCutcheon
University: Associate Professor of Literary Studies, Athabasca University
This paper analyzes the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the 12-nation trade agreement to which the defeated Conservative government
committed Canada; it pays particular attention to the agreement’s leaked intellectual property (IP) chapter, the impact of this chapter
on Canadian copyright law, and the ensuing implications for Canadian literature and literary studies. The TPP draft’s copyrighttoughening, Internet-censoring, and investor-state dispute settlement provisions are cause for concern for Canadians generally. This
paper builds on public criticisms by paying fuller attention to the TPP’s extension of copyright from 50 years after an auther’s death to
79 years after; this extension would defer major authors like McLuhan entry to the public fomain, and would remove from the extant
publi domain authors whose works are already in it. This paper then considers the TPP’s impact on Canadian literary research, especially
research on Modernist literature, and on copyright’s fair dealing provisions, given the interdependence in law of the public domain and
fair dealing. Parliamentary approval, like that of the US Congress and the other signing nations’ governing bodies, is not guaranteed.
International public opposition to the TPP has grown; Canadian pressure now mounts to extricate Canada from the deal. This paper
intervenes in this policy debate to raise critical awareness of the dangers the TPP’s IP chapter poses for the Canadian public domain and
public interest, by demonstrating its potential impact on literature and culture, in print and online.
Doyle’s War: How Arthur Conan Doyle’s Responses to WWI Loss Shed Light on Sherlock Holmes (and Doyle)
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: War and All It’s Good For
Subjects: Books & Literature, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: George Malcolm Johnson
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Mary, Marry, and Menstruation: Female Sexuality in the Catholic Tradition
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 10:40 to
Location: Trailer B - 102
Event:
Association: 65 - Canadian Theological Society (CTS) / Société théologique canadienne (STC)
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, Health, Religion
Presenter: Doris Kieser
University: Assistant Professor, St. Joseph's College, University of
Alberta
This paper addresses 3 core issues. First, the varying perceptions of Mary in the history of the church that do not include her embodied
experience of menstruation. Second, the ways in which those perceptions of Mary frame female sexuality in theology, historically and
currently. And third, what including the embodied experience of menstruation in females' sexualities, including Mary's, might contribute
to Catholic sexual theology.
Richler was Right: Why We Need to Study Jewish Organized Crime in Canada, and How
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 10:45 to 12:30
Location:
Event: ACJS Session One: Quebec
Association: 34 - Association for Canadian Jewish Studies (ACJS) / Association d'études juives canadiennes (AÉJC)
Subjects: History, Justice & Law, Religion
Presenter: Richard Menkis
University: Associate Prof., University of British Columbia
Mordecai Richler was at his most acerbic when mocking authors who produced anemic histories of the Jewish elite. Where were his
Jews? Where were the hustlers, the petty and not-so-petty thieves, the gamblers and the sports fans who lived on the Main? In this
paper, I will focus on Jews in organized crime and argue that Canadian Jewish historiography has indeed been slow to include the Jews
who were an embarrassment to the Jewish elites. But I also contend that a studying those Jews can deepen our understanding of
Canadian Jewry, more specifically of integration and social mobility.
Rap Battles and Youtube: Exploring the Literacy Practices Within a Technology- Enhanced Classroom
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 11:10 to
Location: Biological Sciences - 542
Event: Digital Technology & Language Learning / Technologie numérique et apprentissage des langues
Association: 256 - Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL) / Association canadienne de linguistique appliquée
(ACLA)
Presenter: Melanie Wong
University: PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia
This paper presents the preliminary findings of an ethnographic case study of elementary English Language Learner (ELL) students’
literacy practices in a technology-enhanced classroom. This classroom provides innovative opportunities for ELLs to engage in multiple
literacies across various learning spaces. The initial results indicate that students engage in rich literacy practices. The literacy practices
that occur in the peripheral learning spaces of this classroom are often technology-mediated, engaging, and differ significantly from
those practices that occur within institutionally-bound learning spaces.
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Doing Worksheets, or Playing Card Games in Math Class-That is the Question
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 11:15 to 12:15
Location:
Event: Assessment, Classroom Practices
Subjects: Children & Youth, Education (K-12)
Presenter: Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk
University: University of Winnipeg
Presenter: Harriet Winterflood
The purpose of this study was to compare the relative advantages of using traditional worksheets versus card games to improve
children's speed and accuracy of learning addition facts for all combinations of single digit numbers (e.g., 1+1, 1+2"¦9+9). Thirty-two
children participated in both card game and worksheet interventions, although the order of intervention presentation was
counterbalanced across participant. Children completed a pre-test, mid test, and posttest assessment on single digit addition, and were
randomly assigned to a testing condition with a similar performing peer. Conditions included: (1) playing math card games first (i.e., Go
Fish Addition and Addition Memory), then completing addition worksheets; (2) completing addition worksheets first then playing
addition related card games; and (3) playing non-academic card games (i.e., War and Crazy 8s), then completing addition worksheets.
Results indicated that both worksheets and card game playing (with mathematics content) teaching approaches enabled children to
practice basic skills, improving speed performance. Educators looking for ways to improve children's addition mathematics facts can
feel confident suggesting either activity, so long as the focus of the gaming context is on the skill (i.e., addition) in question.
Onikaniwak - for those who lead - a land based summer institute that develops leadership capacity in the area of
Indigenous history, culture and current educational realities and resources
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 11:15 to 12:15
Location:
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Education (K-12), History
Presenter: Dawn Wallin
University: University of Saskatchewan
Presenter: Sherry Peden
University: Senior Corporate Indigenous Lead, Manitoba Institute of
trades & Technology
This presentation will show a video followed with discussion that depicts the 5 years of a land & experience based summer learning
institute that creates a learning environment whereby “Onikaniwak – for those who lead” will have the opportunity to learn about the
historical and contemporary realities that impact FNMI students and their learning. In addition to the scholarly type of learning,
participants have the opportunity to engage in cultural and ceremonial activities as part pf their learning journey. This institute
demonstrates how local community members, Elders, scholars and personnel from provincial and federal organizations such as the TRC
and TRCM can come together to engage learning in a truly de-colonized manner that is beneficial for all who attend.
701: The Role of Health Services in Dealing with Mental Health Issues in Higher Education
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 11:20 to 12:15
Location: EEEL - 210
Event: Session J - Ignite Sessions
Subjects: Education (PSE), Health
Presenter: Hany Soliman
Despite mental health awareness bursting in Canada the past couple of years, the prevalence of student mental health issues continues
to dramatically rise. Needless to say, mental health problems are developing into an epidemic on Canadian campuses. Student health
services which act as the primary and main buffer against these problems have been failing to meet students’ needs. However, there is
research out there that has identified these deficiencies as well as recognized novel initiatives and models that optimize the role of
health services in dealing with mental health issues. This is highly relevant to Canadian students, administrators and academics.
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« Des relations anglophone|francophone au Nouveau-Brunswick durant l’entre-deux-guerres »
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 13:00 to 14:30
Location: Science B-146
Event: Folk Tales and National Stories of French Canada | Contes populaires et histoires nationales du Canada français
Association: 26 - Canadian Historical Association (CHA) / Société historique du Canada (SHC)
Presenter: Robert J. Talbot
University: Part-time Professor of History, University of Ottawa
How has the Canadian experiment managed to carry on in spite of (or, perhaps, because of) the cultural-linguistic differences that have
characterized our nation?
During the 1920s and ‘30s, relations between Anglophones and Francophones in Canada improved markedly from where they had been
during the Great War, especially among Ontario and Quebec élites. But what of New Brunswick, the sole province where the ratio of
Anglophones and Francophones approximated that of the country as a whole?
New Brunswick’s experiences during the interwar years both informed and reflected those of Canada. Sympathetic Anglophones
supported New Brunswick Francophones’ demands for access to French-language education, Acadians achieved greater political
representation, and provincial advocates of bilingualism moved to Ottawa and contributed to change at the federal level. The particular
circumstances of New Brunswick meant, however, that the change would be more gradual and more limited than what was occurring in
Canada as a whole. To understand our national stories, we must shed light on our lesser told regional stories as well.
Designing for Divertability
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 13:20 to
Location:
Event: Energizing by Design: How Design-based Research is Transforming the Built Environment
Subjects: Environment , Urban Issues
Presenter: Joshua Taron
University: Associate Professor, University of Calgary
No one thinks about buildings as garbage, but most buildings end up in landfills at the end of their life-cycles. In Canada, about 9 million
tons of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) are produced annually constituting approximately 20% of the current flow into
landfills. Realizing the economic and environmental challenges that C&DW waste poses, this talk looks at how building design currently
contributes to C&DW and how design might also provide achievable solutions to the problem.
The role of lightweight and deployable structures as a mechanism of activating public spaces in areas affected by
natural disasters
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 13:20 to
Location:
Event: Faculty of Environmental Design
Subjects: Innovation, Technology & Digital , Urban Issues
Presenter: Mauricio Soto Rubio
University: Professor of Architecture, University of Calgary
Mauricio Soto-Rubio will discuss the potential of lightweight, deployable, and tensile membrane structures to address some of the
challenges faced by contemporary society. Specifically, his talk will focus on the use of lightweight structures as a mechanism for the
activation of public space in refugee camps or areas affected by natural disasters.
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Building Dynamics
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 13:20 to 14:30
Location:
Event: Faculty of Environmental Design
Subjects: Environment , Technology & Digital , Urban Issues
Presenter: Vera Parlac
When we think about buildings we assume that they are stable and inactive. However the context in which we build is constantly
altered by change, exchange and flows of energy, matter and information. The way we conceptualize and design buildings today does
not successfully engage these dynamics. How can we imagine smart environments that fully engage with intelligence and behavior of
dynamic buildings? Can we envision new spatial typologies? Can we integrate dynamics and intelligence from the very beginning of the
creative process? Would that result in structures and spaces with seamlessly integrated technology that are more than some of its
parts? This presentation will discuss ideas, opportunities and challenges introduced by responsive architecture proposals.
Addressing the Truth and Reconciliation Recommendations in Education: K-12 and Postsecondary Responses and
Possible Futures
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location: EEEL - 210
Event: Addressing the Truth and Reconciliation Recommendations in Education: K-12 and Postsecondary Responses
and Possible Futures
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Education (K-12)
Presenter: Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux
University:
Presenter: Kevin Lamoureux
University:
Presenter: Marie Battiste
University:
Presenter: Michelle Nilson
University: Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University
Presenter: A. Blair Stonechild
University:
Presenter: Jacqueline Ottmann
University:
Presenter: Dwayne Donald
University:
Presenter: Frank Deer
University:
In this symposium, scholars and practitioners from across Canada reflect on the ways in which educational institutions yet need to and
have already addressed the calls to action outlined in the TRC recommendations.
A monster mash: What antiracism could learn from cultural monsters
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location:
Event: CAFE-ACÉFÉ Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications - Race and Social Justice
Subjects: Equity & Diversity, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Nichole Grant
University: PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa
Monsters capture imaginations, providing powerful ‘bodies’ through which we can explore social-cultural and educational contexts
(Moretti, 1983/2005). More recently, entanglements with technologies make cyborgs timely monsters to consider. Yet, there is more to
cyborgs than a catchy metaphor for the embodiment of digital and material components. This presentation considers how a cyborgian
ontology (Haraway’s 1991; 1992) has fruitful potential for antiracism education. Ontologically, cyborgs push the potential of an
assemblage politics of partiality, and allow for a reading of the world as diffracted vision, crucial for tearing down the wallpaper of racist
dominance, offering a reimagining of a highly ‘wired’ world.
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Citizenship Education in a Time of Truth and Reconciliation
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location:
Event: CERN Keynote presentation
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Citizenship & Immigration, Education (K-12)
Presenter: Jennifer Tupper
University: Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Regina
This talk explores what it might mean for citizenship education scholars and teachers to approach citizenship teaching and learning as an
act of reconciliation. It will discuss how we might draw on the truth of our shared histories to re-orient our understandings of and
approaches to citizenship education in the hopes that a better, more ethical relationship with the first peoples of this land may be
forged.
Researching & Reclaiming Edmonton's Queer History
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location:
Event: QSEC-ÉAÉC Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, History
Presenter: Michelle Lavoie
University: Ph.D. student, Education Policy Studies, University of Alberta
Presenter: Kristopher Wells
University: Faculty Director, Institute for Sexual Minority Studies &
Services, University of Alberta
Queer histories are often unnamed, undocumented, and frequently go unmentioned in historical texts and educational curriculum.
Importantly, queer his/herstories serve both a personal and political function. These histories represent a commitment to render queer
lives, bodies, cultures and communities visible. This interactive presentation examines Edmonton’s Queer History Project, which
represents a multimedia public education installation, comprised of text, image and life history interviews of the people, places, and
events that built understandings of Edmonton’s Queer community over the past 40 years. The exhibition debuted at the Art Gallery of
Alberta, June 5-21, 2015 as part of the Edmonton Pride Festival’s 35th anniversary celebrations. This community-centered initiative
combines videotaped life history interviews, art and artifacts, and gives a glimpse into how and why “subaltern counterpublics” (Fraser,
1990, p. 67) survive and thrive.
This presentation examines the development and origins of Edmonton’s Queer History Project, a multimedia public art installation,
comprised of text, image, and life history oral interviews of the people, places, and events that built understandings of Edmonton’s
Queer community over the past 40 years. The exhibition, several years in development, debuted at the Art Gallery of Alberta, June 5-21,
2015. This participatory research project combines videotaped life history interviews, art and artifacts, and gives a glimpse into queer
fugitive identities and knowledges past and present and how and why queer “subaltern counterpublics” continue to survive and thrive.
Dogs to the Rescue: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis of Animal Assisted Therapy
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Location: ICT - 114
Event: Ethology and Human Nature
Subjects: Health, History
Presenter: Azra Alibhai
University: Graduate Student-Independent researcher, Carleton
University
Mental health issues are on the rise across university campuses, with test anxiety proliferating post-secondary campuses. Over the last
few decades, there has been an increase in scholarly interest in animal-assisted therapy (AAT) on anxiety disorders. However, AAT
occupies a paradoxical position in the history of science such that it is perceived as “non-scientific” and of very recent origin. This paper
analyzes the role that AAT has played throughout history and argues that AAT must be re-examined and re-conceptualized to provide a
viable and alternative modality in treating anxiety. More specifically, I examined the benefits of dog therapy as a stress reducing
intervention that buffered the negative effects of test anxiety on students.
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Evolution as a Fact?: A Discourse Analysis
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Location: ICT - 121
Event: Science and Religion
Subjects: History, Innovation, Religion
Presenter: Jason Jean
University: PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Saskatchewan
This paper analyzes the Fact of Biological Evolution (FBE) Discourse. It is a unique discourse which has existed throughout scientific
literature for over eighty-five years. Its advocates have utilized such a wide variety of terminology, descriptions, relationships, and
historical breakdowns in order to explain how and when biological evolution became a fact that the statement 'biological evolution is a
fact' is practically meaningless. This state of affairs remains hidden from the public partially due to the complete lack of critique among
FBE advocates. It is a counter-creationist discourse and it shares many parallels with religious fundamentalism.
Nancy Drew And The Case Of The Girl Gamers
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Event: Social Media, Gender/Violence and Activist Campaigns
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Andrea Braithwaite
University: Senior Lecturer, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
The Her Interactive archives at the Strong Museum of Play offer an historical perspective on debates about gender and video games. Her
Interactive is the company behind the long-running Nancy Drew games. I examine Her Interactive’s early years, looking at how the
company produced “girls’ games.” I focus on Her Interactive’s “Teen Advisory Panel”: young girls who participated in the game
production process, from character and story to user interface design. My investigation of Her Interactive’s initial collaborative approach
to game design reveals how girls responded to video games and technologies at this formative stage of the games industry.
Reading the Alice Munro Fonds, 1988-2016
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 14:00 to 16:00
Location: TFDL - 520C/D
Event: Exploring the University of Calgary’s Canadian Literary Archives - I. The Literary Archive: Research Perspectives
Association: 238 - Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) / Société bibliographique du Canada (SBC)
Subjects: Books & Literature, History
Presenter: Robert Thacker
University: Charles A. Dana Professor of Canadian Studies and English,
St. Lawrence University
As Alice Munro's biographer, I will be speaking about my experiences using the Alice Munro Fonds at the University of Calgary. I began
visiting there in 1988 and have continued to do so throughout my research. The University of Calgary Press has just published my
READING ALICE MUNRO, 1973-2013 and will be highlighting it throughout the Congress.
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Qualitative Research with Single and Coupled Lesbian Mothers: Support, Information, and Issues of Inclusion
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 14:30 to 15:45
Location:
Event: C5: Queering Motherhood
Subjects: Families & Parenting, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Lara Descartes
University: Professor, Brescia University College
Qualitative data are used to discuss the experiences of single and coupled lesbian mothers. Areas addressed include the women’s
pathways to parenting, their interactions with others, and the support sources they had access to. Room for improvement in recognizing
the women’s existence and supporting them was found particularly in health care, support groups, and online and print resources.
Recommendations are for the GLBTQ community to be more aware of the existence and needs of single parents in particular, and for
those providing information and services to prospective and current parents to increase their awareness of the true diversity of
contemporary families.
Murder, Drink, Desertion and Venereal Disease: Acadian Soldiers, Inglorious Stories and Understanding the First
World War
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 14:45 to 16:15
Event: Telling Stories about the First World War | Histoires de la Première Guerre mondiale
Subjects: History, International Relations & Foreign Policy
Presenter: Gregory Kennedy
University: Research Director of the Acadian Studies Institute,
Université de Moncton
My paper argues that our commemoration of the First World War must include inglorious stories so we can better understand this
conflict and its impact on a generation of young Canadians and their families. My research on the 900 soldiers of the 165th (Acadian)
Battalion has revealed high rates of desertion, venereal disease, and breaches of discipline related to alcohol and violence. In an
extreme example, one soldier was murdered by a French civilian in a drunken dispute. Others showed clear signs of addiction and
mental illness. Our choice of stories profoundly affects future memory of the Great War.
Canadian Youth's Attitudes and Behaviours and the Last Election
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 15:00 to
Location:
Event: Canadian Youth's Attitudes and Behaviours and the Last Election
Subjects: Children & Youth, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Catherine Broom
University: Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
This presentation describes university youth's attitudes and engagement during the last Federal election in three provinces.
Morphology is Destiny: neighbourhood design, public health and social connectivity
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 15:55 to 16:10
Location:
Event: Morphology is Destiny: neighbourhood design, public health and social connectivity
Subjects: Environment , Health, Urban Issues
Presenter: Beverly Sandalack
University: Professor and Associate Dean, University of Calgary
We typically choose neighbourhoods for factors such as location, price, and aesthetics. However, other factors soon become much more
important in influencing the quality of life and way of life that we and our neighbours experience. The form and structure of the city,
that is, the urban morphology, at the scale of the neighbourhood, the block, the street, and the house/lot have huge influences on
where and how far we can walk, who we meet, and what the overall urban and environmental quality might be. This session will include
highlights of over 15 years of research on neighbourhood form and its impacts.
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Les graines de vie du monsieur » et autres logiques procréatives : compréhension de leur conception chez les
enfants de mères lesbiennes nés grâce aux dons de géniteurs connus au Québec
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 16:00 to 17:15
Location:
Event: C6: Rebellious Reproduction, Queer Families
Subjects: Families & Parenting, Québec
Presenter: Renée-Pier Trottier-Cyr
University: Université du Québec en Outaouais
Presenter: Kévin Lavoie
University: Doctorant en sciences humaines appliquées, Université de
Montréal
Presenter: Isabel Côté
University: Professeure, Université du Québec en Outaouais
La généalogie des enfants et les récits entourant leur conception tendent à se centrer principalement sur le point de vue des adultes.
Or, les enfants possèdent une créativité et une flexibilité particulières qui leur permettent de réfléchir autrement aux relations familiales
complexes. Cette communication présente les résultats d’une étude sur les constellations familiales et relationnelles d’enfants issus de
familles lesboparentales au Québec, en mettant en lumières les logiques procréatives basées sur l’apport d’un tiers donneur connu par
les mères. Dix-neuf enfants (n = 19) âgés de 4 à 13 ans ont été rencontrés individuellement en 2015 afin de recueillir leur point de vue
sur leur famille et les liens qui les unissent avec les membres de leur entourage. Le vocabulaire utilisé par les parents pour expliquer leur
conception est repris par les enfants pour élaborer une trame narrative à propos de leur venue au monde. La profondeur du récit et les
précisions des détails diffèrent selon l’âge des enfants. Leur discours sur la genèse familiale est néanmoins cohérent et en adéquation
avec celui du couple parental.
The Catholic Closet: A comparative study of homophobia in Canadian and British Catholic schools
Date: 2016-05-30
Time 16:30 to 17:45
Location:
Event: CIESC-SCÉCI Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications - Towards critical comparative and international analysis
of education in faith-based institutions
Subjects: Equity & Diversity, Gender Studies & Sexuality, Religion
Presenter: Tonya Callaghan
Presenter: Zachary Wierzbicki
Presenter: Alix Esterhuizen
This study surveys media accounts of instances of homophobic and transphobic attitudes and actions in publicly funded Catholic schools
in Canada and the United Kingdom. It not only quantifies cases of heterosexism and genderism in these publicly funded Catholic schools,
but qualifies the broader public discourse surrounding these events and their disconnect from secular laws protecting against
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Highlighting the scope of this oppression establishes the need to
address these human rights violations, egregious in their disregard for constitutional protections, especially due to their existence in
publicly funded institutions.
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‘Don’t Frack with Our Water’: Conflicting or Converging Narratives in Traditional Indigenous and Christian
Opposition to Hydro‐Fracking for Methane
Date: 2016-05-31
Time
to
Location:
Event: CTS Annual Meeting
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Environment , Religion
Presenter: Derek Simon
University: Associate Professor, St. Thomas University
Amidst the many secular and spiritual voices that have opposed fracking, traditionalist indigenous and christian earthkeeping narratives
have taken up positions whose differences are hard to overlook and ignore.
Traditionalist Indigenous discourses tend to argue a normative case for a ban on hydraulic fracturing that is permanent and universal.
By contrast, environmentalist christian discourses argue a conditional case for a precautionary moratorium on hydraulic fracturing but
only until such a time as the means of extraction are known to be safe, or rights infringements adequately compensated.
Cultural values related to water, issues of strategy etc can account for these differences.
Ecclesiology Beyond the Borders of Church: How Skaters, a Skateboard Community, and a Skatepark Energize
Theological Engagement on Ecclesiology
Date: 2016-05-31
Time
to
Location:
Event: CTS Annual Meeting
Subjects: Children & Youth, Religion, Sports
Presenter: John Berard
University: Durham University
There is a skatepark in Winnipeg MB that is just a skatepark. And maybe more. Between the ramps, rails, and concrete, is a community
that seems to in some ways challenge the widely held narrative of a religious faith that is out of touch with youth. This research sets out
to explore the ecclesial significance of the skatepark by learning from the experience of skateboarders and the skateboarding
community. The research aims to discern the ways that community energizes theological engagement with contemporary ecclesiology
and what that could contribute to the shape of the church and parish life.
Effect of Islamophobia on Current Teachers' Teaching Practices
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:15 to 9:30
Location:
Event: CATE-ACFE Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications - Social Justice Education
Subjects: Education (K-12), Justice & Law, Religion
Presenter: Afshan Amjad
This study investigated Muslim school students' classroom experiences in a large urban area in western Canada. The study used an
interpretive inquiry approach in which the interpretation of dialogues with children about their lived experiences of schooling served as
a foundation for critical analysis of school culture. Seven Muslim immigrant children aged 11 to 18 yrs, who were born outside of
Canada and are currently attending mainstream Canadian schools, were interviewed. The interviews used pre-interview activities and
open-ended questions (Ellis, 2006). For data analysis, "narrative analysis"(Polkinghorne, 1995) method was used to first create
individual narrative portraits followed by what Polkinghorne describes as "analysis of narratives"to examine selected experiences
across all participants. According to the findings, there are clear signs of the presence of Islamophobia (a form of discrimination rooted
in negative stereotypes that affect the behaviours and beliefs of non-Muslims about Muslims [Abu-Laban & Dhamoon, 2009; Fekete,
2001]) in Canadian schools. Muslim children who participated in my study were marginalized in their schools in various ways, either
through biased curricula, discriminatory school cultures, or negative and unfair attitudes on the part of their peers, teachers, and school
administrators.
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Is it "bad" kids or "bad" places? Where is all the violence originating from? Youth Violence in the City of Toronto
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:15 to 9:30
Location:
Event: CCPA-ACPC Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications
Subjects: Children & Youth, Urban Issues
Presenter: Ardavan Eizadirad
University: PhD Candidate & Teacher, Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education (OISE), University of Toronto
The paper addresses the issue of youth violence in City of Toronto through examination of case studies which resulted in sentimental
public outrage, and consequentially evoked an institutionalized response from the government. Critical relationships between race,
space, and violence in urban environments is discussed. Two dominant approaches in dealing with youth violence are examined: tough
on crime versus investments in social programs and communities. The paper concludes by emphasizing the important role of Critical
Pedagogy and Anti-Racism as action-oriented strategies, frameworks, and practices in decolonizing communities and assisting in greater
understanding of root causes of youth violence.
Implications of league tables for the ‘shape’ of higher education
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:30 to
Location:
Event: Implications of league tables for the ‘shape’ of higher education
Subjects: Education (PSE), Employment & Careers
Presenter: Gavin Moodie
This study finds that countries' performances on world university ranks are not affected by the structure of their higher education
systems.
Patricia Arquette at the 2015 Oscars: Feminist Solidarity and the
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:30 to
Event: Patricia Arquette at the 2015 Oscars: Feminist Solidarity and the
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Equity & Diversity, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Melodie Cardin
University: PhD Candidate, Carleton University
At the 2015 Oscars, Patricia Arquette’s call for wage equality in the US met with social media backlash due to its undeniably poor word
choices. An interview she gave backstage drew further negative attention, through unintentionally racist and homophobic language.
However, while she understandably drew the ire of many in the Western world, the overall effect of the speech for wage equality
activism was phenomenal. This project looked at media activism from around the world that piggybacked on Arquette’s speech. I used
both qualitative and qualitative analyses to show the impact of this speech on transnational media between the day of the speech and
September 2015.
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The Canadian Prime Ministers Speeches From 1995 To 2015: Comparing Chrétien, Martin, And Harper’s Executive
Communication Styles
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:30 to 10:00
Event: Political Communication Strategies
Presenter: Kyle Muzyka
University:
Presenter: Peter Ryan
University: Instructor, Department of Communication, MacEwan
University
This paper reviews the analysis of two decades of archived Canadian prime ministers' speeches. Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, and Stephen
Harper each had unique strategies for using their speeches to construct their executive authority while in office. This analysis focuses on
the addition of Chrétien’s speeches to a developing open access database, as well as Harper’s last year in office, which was the busiest
year of any prime minister in the dataset, with Harper delivering 59 speeches in seven months, preparing for the 2015 election. Trudeau
by comparison has only delivered eight speeches since the 2015 election.
Dismantling Democracy: Stifling Debate and Dissent for Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:45 to
Event: Dismantling Democracy: Stifling Debate and Dissent for Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples
Association:
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Pearl Eliadis
University: Human rights lawyer and lecturer, Law Office of Pearl
Eliadis; McGill University
Presenter: Joyce Green
University:
An overview of the evidentiary record regarding allegations that the Harper government actively undermined progressive civil society
organizations through a series of connected tactics, including strategic defunding, political activities audits of charities, rhetorical
attacks, isolation and privacy violations and reprisals.
Examining the Role and Impact of Canada's Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Location:
Event: Parliament of Canada: Issues, Processes and Officers
Association: 48 - Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) / Association canadienne de science politique (ACSP)
Subjects: Justice & Law, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Gwyneth Bergman
University: University of Waterloo
Presenter: Emmett Macfarlane
University: Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
The Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner holds a unique mandate, given that her primary focus concerns MP behaviour.
Although her central role is to help maintain appropriate boundaries of influence between third party interest groups and the
government, there is a strong push from both the public and parliamentarians for the Commissioner to take on a broader
mandate.paper will draw on a comprehensive examination of the Commissioner’s reports, recommendations, and committee
appearances, as well as interviews with other officers and parliamentarians. This paper analyzes the relationship between the
Commissioner and parliamentarians, how the lines of accountability operate, and how well the government responds to the
Commissioner’s recommendations.
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Roundtable: The Harper Record- Policy & Politics
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Event: Roundtable: The Harper Record- Policy & Politics
Subjects: Citizenship & Immigration, International Relations & Foreign Policy, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Teresa Healy
University: Associate Professor, Chair Sustainable Development, SIT
Graduate Institute
Each contribution to this collection is based upon careful research in particular policy domains. Below we introduce some of the shared
and crosscutting themes raised in the chapters that follow. Together they paint a picture of a government that weakened its ties to
Parliament, narrowed its relationship with civil society, exerted strategic control over inter-governmental relations, rejected scientific
and expert knowledge in the interest of pursuing more partisan economic and social policy objectives, and sought to promote market
relations through the activities of the state.
Follow, Lead, or Listen?: The Sources of Media Tone during Elections
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Event: Session: D1(a) - Workshop: Politics and Communication in the Digital Age (I)
Presenter: Denver McNeney
University: Ph.D. Candidate, McGill University
Presenter: Marc Trussler
University: Vanderbilt University
What drives the content of campaign-period news? This paper takes up this task using Canadian elections dating back to 1988. In doing
so, we find a press that is largely forward looking in its writings. They care more about where public opinion is headed than where it has
been.
What’s more, we find campaign-period newsprint to be particularly apt at predicting highly interested voters’ feelings about each
political party. These voters are most in tune with the ebb-and-flow of the ongoing campaign and thus provide the strongest signals to
journalists about upcoming shifts in public opinion.
Political Consultants in Canada
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Location:
Event: Session: D1(a) - Workshop: Politics and Communication in the Digital Age (I)
Presenter: David Coletto
University: CEO, Abascus Data
Presenter: Jamie Gillies
University: St.Thomas University
Revolution in the making? MetaSdata on Social Media Use and Engagement
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Event: Session: F1(b) - Sources of Political Engagement
Subjects: Politics & Public Policy, Social Media
Presenter: Shelley Boulianne
University: MacEwan University
This presentation summarizes the results of 70 studies conducted across the globe about whether social media use increases citizen's
engagement in civic and political life. These 70 studies assessed whether those citizens who use social media are more likely to vote,
volunteer, protest, engage in boycotts, and talk about politics.
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Mea Culpa: Apology Legislation, Accountability and Ethics of Care
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Event: Session: H1 - Agency, Responsibility and Forgiveness
Subjects: Citizenship & Immigration, Health, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Karine Levasseur
University: University of Manitoba
Presenter: Fiona MacDonald
University: Assistant Professor, University of the Fraser Valley
At this time, eight provinces and one territory have adopted "apology legislation" and there is increasing demand from various
organizations to have all provinces and territories enact apology acts and to educate physicians about the act in jurisdictions which have
already done so. While apology act legislation is itself fairly straightforward its potential meaning and impact is much more complex.
What does it tell us about our collective notions of responsibility and accountability? Is apology legislation an outlier in current
principles of public policy and administration or does it signal a larger shift in our understandings of citizenship practice?
"You totally invaded my privacy miss!" "But Joey, your Instagram account is public!" Stories from the classroom
about youth media practices, privacy, and identity
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 9:45 to 11:00
Location:
Event: TATE-TFEE Poster/Affiche
Subjects: Children & Youth, Communications & Social media, Education (K-12)
Presenter: Junesse Christianns
University:
Presenter: Giuliana Cucinelli
University: Assistant Professor, Concordia University
This research paper brings forward findings from a research study on cell phones in classrooms, schools, and in the lives of young
people. It is dedicated to the opportunities and risks for learning afforded by today’s changing media ecology, as well as building new
learning environments that support effective and creative connected learning, bridging together the learners fragmented spheres of
home, school, and peer-based learning. Through a participatory action research methodology, we worked with the media education
teachers to co-create lesson plans and activities on privacy policies and cell phone use in schools. Several of the schools we worked with
did not strictly implement a cell phone policy, therefore we worked with the students to create alternative policies that could be
implemented in the school, based on student suggestions and ideas.
“What Can Mr. Markland be doing with the Drummer?”: Same-Sex Sex, Responsible Government, and the Limits
of Manly Independence
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 10:15 to 11:45
Event: Liberty, Sex, and Marriage | La liberté, le sexe et le mariage
Subjects: Equity & Diversity, Gender Studies & Sexuality, Justice & Law
Presenter: Jarett Henderson
University: Assistant Professor (History), Mount Royal University
Preserved among the Papers of the Executive Council of Upper Canada, themselves an archive of the settler colonial project in northern
North America, is File M: “Correspondence re Markland Investigation.” Compiled by an unnamed civil servant in the midst of a
tumultuous white settler rebellion that forced the imperial government to intervene in colonial affairs, File M archives the 1838 inquiry
into the sexual “habits” of Upper Canada’s Inspector General, George Markland. The state correspondence, witness testimonies, and
personal letters included in File M bring into relief an historical juxtaposition that is important for both historians and Canada’s queer
communities to understand: as colonial reformers mobilized the language of independence, freedom, and liberty to demand the
abolition of irresponsible colonial rule, they also applied the powers of the developing colonial state to criminalize forms of non-marital
sex, including same-sex sex, that were believed to undermine their own claims to white, male independence and authority. In short, File
M forces us to reckon with the straightness of the colonial order of things in the “age of liberal revolution.”
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Governing Urban Livestock in Nineteenth-Century Canada
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 10:15 to 12:00
Event: Governing Urban Livestock in Nineteenth-Century Canada
Subjects: History, Politics & Public Policy, Urban Issues
Presenter: Jamie Benidickson
University:
Presenter: James Hull
University:
Presenter: Sean Kheraj
University: Associate Profesor, York University
Presenter: Mark Sholdice
University:
In the nineteenth century, municipal governments in Canada spent a lot of time thinking about animals. Some of the earliest municipal
by-laws were concerned with the management of domestic livestock in cities. Domestic animals were a part of everyday life in
nineteenth-century Canadian cities, critical sources of labour and food that supported the development and growth of large urban
centres. As the human population of cities grew, the use of such animals became more complicated, requiring municipal governments
to develop and amend regulations to facilitate continued exploitation of domestic animals while mitigating any adverse effects.
Using Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg as case studies, this paper will examine the development of municipal regulations concerning
domestic animals in the nineteenth century. It will show that these regulations were intended to manage an asymmetrical symbiotic
relationship between people and livestock that allowed for the development of these cities. A set of common characteristics and
concerns influenced the governance of animals in nineteenth-century Canadian cities, including ideas of private property, public health,
and the behaviours and biology of specific species of domestic animals. As North American urban chicken advocates struggle to convince
city councils to permit small-scale livestock husbandry in the twenty-first century, this paper illustrates the regulatory complexities
involved in the management of domestic animals in cities.
“I’m superhuman”: Powering the Female Body in Marvel’s Thor and C.L. Moore’s “No Woman Born”
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: Fantastic Bodies
Subjects: Books & Literature, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Reginald Wiebe
Presenter: Dorothy Woodman
University: Contract Instructor, University of Alberta
Two speculative fictions —Marvel’s Thor (2014) and C.L. Moore’s “No Woman Born” (1944) — explore the relationship between power
and gender. In the first text, a woman becomes Thor and is diagnosed with breast cancer. In the second, a new body is produced for a
woman’s brain, enhancing her former skills as a dancer. Each now has superhuman power; both are subjected to challenges based on
ambiguous relationships to gender and on their physical power as women. We will explore how these traumatized female bodies
transformed by and within hypermasculine regimes create illegible subjectivity as the possibility for agency and power.
Reflections from a Reserve: Adolescent Readers’ Responses to Culturally Relevant Fiction
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: First Nations Children’s Literature
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Books & Literature
Presenter: Erin Spring
University: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Lethbridge
I will share some findings of my current participatory study with First Nations young adults who live on a reserve in Alberta. I am looking
at the ways in which my participants perceive of and represent their social, cultural, and place-based identities within and beyond the
text. My participants are reading and discussing several Indigenous texts. I am interested in the ways in which these adolescent readers
reflect on their place-identities while discussing culturally relevant fiction, within reading discussion groups and the creation of placejournals (comprised of visual responses, such as maps and sketches).
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Tracing the Performativity of Financial Practices: How Financial Derivatives have Reshaped Global Production
Networks
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: Session: C2 (b) - IPE and Global Governance
Subjects: Business & Economy, Communications & Social media
Presenter: Marcel Goguen
University: Ph.D. Student, McMaster University
The paper will explore the underlying networks of accounting and financial practices within which the use of financial derivatives is
embedded. It investigates how these networks shape how derivatives interact with the broader financial systems and how their use has
altered how particular global supply chains operate.
Trumping Obama? Candidates, Voters, and the 2016 Presidential Election Campaign
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: Session: F2 - Plenary Session / Séance plénière
Subjects: International Relations & Foreign Policy, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Richard Johnston
University: Canada Research Chair in Public Opinion, Elections, and
Representation, University of British Columbia
Presenter: Hans Noel
University: Georgetown
Presenter: Lynn Vavreck
University: UCLA
The 2016 primaries have been among the most exciting and surprising in recent history. With insurgent, anti-establishment candidates
staking out controversial policy positions in both the Republican and Democratic parties, the presidential campaign season has defied
conventional wisdom about American politics. This panel of leading experts on parties and elections in the United States weighs in with
perspective on the nomination process and party conventions, what to expect in the general election campaign in the fall, and how the
2016 election reflects long-standing trends in American politics.
“Pics and It Didn’t Happen”: Theorizing Snapchat and the Temporary Photographic Vision
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: Unwriting
Presenter: Rachelle Ann Tan
University: Graduate Student, University of Victoria
In this age of supposed media immortality, the value of Snapchat resides in its ability to restrict media consumption. This paper argues
that the shift in the way in which digital images are valued now presents an impending cultural crisis that is palpable in the world of
contemporary art because Snapchat—unlike other non-ephemeral social media platforms—discourages the traditional acts of
preservation and reproduction. Snapchat’s ephemeral capabilities lend to a new way of thinking about the aura of ‘snaps’ and about the
nature of artistic production, given that the ‘work of art’ is supposedly not only non-reproducible, but also non-preservable.
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Young Women's Experiences with Sexuality Education in Atlantic Canada
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 11:15 to 12:15
Location:
Event: CASWE-ACÉFÉ Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications
Subjects: Children & Youth, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Brittany Jakubiec
University: PhD Student, University of Prince Edward Island
I will be presenting on available literature around how young women experience gender, sexuality, and sex education in Atlantic
Canada. My dissertation research will explore their experiences using narratives (storytelling). I am interested in young women aged 1418 in Atlantic Canada.
Critical discussion about new book
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 12:00 to
Event: Critical discussion about new book
Presenter: Tom Flanagan
Presenter: Jennifer Lees-Marshment
University: Auckland University
Presenter: Alex Marland
University: Associate Professor, Political Science, Memorial University
of Newfoundland
The book argues that Canadian political parties and the government itself are beholden to the same marketing principles used by the
world's largest corporations. Branding demands repetition of spoken, written, and visual messages, predetermined by the leader's inner
circle. It involves a level of political control that runs counter to fundamental democratic principles.
692: Successful, Sunny, and Smiling: The Misleading Ways that Student Life and Faculty are Represented through
Canadian University Twitter Accounts
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 12:45 to 14:00
Location: Mathematical Sciences - 217
Event: Session O -Digital and Social Media
Presenter: Royce Kimmons
University: Brigham Young University
Presenter: Ashley Shaw
University: University of British Columbia
Presenter: George Veletsianos
University: Canada Research Chair & Associate Professor, Royal Roads
University
Social media are a staple at Canadian universities. We examined at least nine months’ worth of tweets from every public Canadian
university that we could locate that had an official Twitter account. We asked two questions: What messages are universities conveying
through their official Twitter accounts? How is university life depicted?
What we found was troubling. Institutional Twitter accounts portray an overwhelmingly positive picture of university life that consists of
smiling students, successful faculty members, beautiful buildings, and sunny skies. These representations are incomplete, if not
downright misleading, and with such use, universities fail to use social media to their full potential.
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Social Media Technologies in Undergraduate Learning: Are Students in the Health Sciences Unique?
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 12:45 to 14:00
Event: Social Media Technologies in Undergraduate Learning: Are Students in the Health Sciences Unique?
Subjects: Education (PSE), Health, Social Media, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Erika Smith
University: Assistant Professor and Faculty Development Consultant,
Mount Royal University
This mixed methods study investigates social media technologies (SMTs) in a Canadian undergraduate context, addressing the following
question: regarding undergraduate perceptions and uses of SMTs in learning, are there disciplinary differences? Findings illustrate why
and how there are differences between the health sciences and other disciplines for specific SMTs.
Disability in the Academy and Academic Library Profession
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 13:30 to
Location:
Event: Disability in the Academy and Academic Library Profession
Association: 304 - Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL) / Association canadienne des
bibliothécaires académiques professionnels (ACBAP)
Subjects: Disabilities, Employment & Careers, Human Rights & Civil Liberties
Presenter: Anna Wilson
University: Library Assistant, University of Alberta
The United Nations guiding principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities includes non-discrimination, full
participation and inclusion in society. Unfortunately, many scholars with disabilities are not represented in the academic and library
staff of universities, where ableist understandings may have become institutionalized in the beliefs, language, and practices of
nondisabled people. This paper uses Critical Disability Theory (CDT) to examine the hegemonic construct of ableism. CDT, originating
from critical race theory, examines the spaces between the social constructions of disability and medical models of disability. The
presentation explores how the academy can integrate CDT principles to value the social capital of people with disabilities beyond theory
into practice within universities, and away from a current, commodified, disability business that replicates conditions of isolation and
poverty.
The 'Bionic Beaver', SchoolNet, and Laptops: Computer Technology and the Growth of School-business
partnerships, 1980s-2000s
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location:
Event: CAFE-ACÉFÉ Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications -Histories of Teachers and Teaching
Subjects: Education (K-12), History, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Catherine Gidney
University: Adjunct Research Professor, St. Thomas University
This paper examines the attempts, from the 1980s to early 2000s, to insert computers and computer technology into Canadian
classrooms. The paper argues that the desire for computers in schools was central to the rise of school-business partnerships in the
1980s and 1990s, something that in turn contributed to the intensification of commercialism in schools in the 1990s and 2000s.
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The BC Carbon Tax: A Reality Check
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Event: Session: D4(b) - Workshop: Environmental Policy (III)
Subjects: Business & Economy, Environment , Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Mark Purdon
University: Visiting Researcher, Université de Montréal
Few studies of the BC carbon tax have considered the instrument’s effect on provincial level emissions, rather they have focused on
gasoline consumption. At a provincial level, BC’s emissions are increasing despite the carbon tax, which appears due to process and
industrial emissions associated with shale gas development—exempt from the tax. Given the very real possibility that BC’s emissions will
further increase, the BC government should take another look at emissions trading which is not incompatible with a carbon tax. A
carbon tax requires all emissions reductions to be done in province, which in BC’s case is proving politically infeasible.
The Comparative Politics of Carbon Taxes: Opportunities and Obstacles
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Event: Session: D4(b) - Workshop: Environmental Policy (III)
Presenter: Kathryn Harrison
University: Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia
This paper compares the politics of carbon taxation in Australia, Canada, British Columbia, France, and Ireland, to explore the conditions
under which carbon taxes can be adopted and sustained. The cases suggest two paths to carbon taxation. The first path depends on
political leadership to overcome voter and business opposition, though the path for leadership depended on the institutional
opportunity structure. The second path is to lead with policy goals unrelated to climate change. In the Irish and French cases,
governments successfully adopted successful carbon taxes – with much less political opposition – by leading with fiscal, rather than
environmental, goals.
Evaluating Third Party Spending in Canada and the United Kingdom: A Comparative Policy Framework
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Location:
Event: Session: D4(c) - Elections and Public Policy
Subjects: Business & Economy, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Erin Crandall
University: Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Acadia University
Presenter: Andrea Lawlor
University: King's University College
Deciding how to regulate money during elections is a critical policy choice faced by every democracy. Over the last decade, both the
United Kingdom and Canada have revised their electoral laws. The stated goal of both sets of electoral policies has been to prevent
interests (corporate, union or other) from overwhelming party-based advertising during the campaign, as is often seen in American
electoral politics. This paper develops testable indicators to measure whether these governments are achieving their stated policy goals
and identifies continuing weaknesses.
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Canada is #IdleNoMore: Unpacking the Effects of Social Media Activism on Political Discourse and Policy
Development
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Event: Session: L4(b) - Media and Constructions of Race, Gender, and Indigeneity
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Communications & Social media, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Katie Boudreau Morris
University: Carleton University
Presenter: Abunya Medina
University: University of Windsor
Presenter: Emmanuelle Richez
Presenter: Raynauld Vincent
University: Assistant professor, Emerson College
This paper examines the manifestation of the Indigenous-led Idle No More movement on Twitter and discourse as well as policy change.
As part of a larger project, this paper theorizes on the relationship between Canadian ethno-cultural minorities and uses of digital media
for political engagement and policy development.
Strategy and Emotion in Social Justice Leadership
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 15:00 to 16:15
Location:
Event: Strategy and Emotion in Social Justice Leadership
Subjects: Children & Youth, Education (K-12), Justice & Law
Presenter: Jim Ryan
University:
Presenter: Stephanie Tuters
University: Knowledge Mobilization Manager KNAER, University of
Toronto/Western University
This presentation addresses the emotional side of engaging in social justice leadership in elementary and high school settings.
Race, gender, citizenship, and belonging: A critical assessment of the new Canadian ‘immigration’ regime
through the case studies of the caregiver program and the temporary foreign worker program
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 15:15 to 16:45
Event: Session:N5 - Globalization of Care
Subjects: Citizenship & Immigration, International Relations & Foreign Policy, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Ethel Tungohan
University: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta
In this presentation, I critically assess crucial changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the Caregiver Program. I assess the
effects these changes have on migrant workers, and the responses migrant workers have made to these changes through their
participation in migrant advocacy organizations.
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The Left-Overs. Post-Carbon Prospects for Calgary
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 15:30 to 17:00
Location: Trailer A - 101
Event: Energizing Class Struggles: Race, Gender, and Colonialism
Association: 58 - Society for Socialist Studies (SSS) / Société d'études socialistes (SÉS)
Presenter: Thomas Howard
University: University of British Columbia
Presenter: Noel Keough
Presenter: Alan Smart
Presenter: Eliot Tretter
Looking at Calgary, how can we craft a sustainable post-carbon future from the left-overs of a bankrupting neo-liberalism? This panel
will examine the historically evolving state-civil society relations and their implications for how we think about possible developmental
trajectories and political futures in Calgary; the impact on housing policy and provision of decades of boom-bust cycles in Calgary; the
social implications of pedestrian-scaled development; prospects for state or civic-society led economic and social transitions; and the
options and potentials for economic diversification toward an economic foundation that is not dependent on fossil fuel resource
extraction.
Thrills and Chills: Embodying the Fiction at Fan Expos, in Cosplay, and through Intermedial Performance
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 16:00 to 17:30
Location:
Event: Intermedial and Participatory Performance
(ACRT)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Technology & Digital
Presenter: David Owen
University: Contract Instructor, University of Alberta
This paper focuses on the thrill (and sometimes chill) of crossing the line between the virtual fiction and the corporeal real. The affect of
being part of the narrative and having it happen to me is being sought by audiences and attendees of emerging forms of performance
and novel models of audience reception. Specifically, I investigate the phenomenon of fan expos as an example of (comic book,
videogames, horror, cosplay) communities performing their identity through consumerism, cosplay as a performance of
ownership/embodiment as well as an act of conscious commodification, and intermedial performance as an exploded theatrical
response to seeking experiences that blur the real and the virtual through physical embodiment.
Keynote : Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights: Challenges, Resilence and Hope, and screening of No Easy Walk
To Freedom; and And Still We Rise
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 16:00 to 17:30
Location:
Event: SSA Keynote Address
Subjects: Equity & Diversity, Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Nancy Nicol
University: Professor, York University
Presenter: Junic Wambya
University: And Still We Rise
Presenter: Phyllis Waugh
University: No Easy Walk To Freedom
Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights (funded by SSHRC, 2011-2016) brought together an international, interdisciplinary research team
and 31 community partners based in Africa, the Caribbean, India and Canada to undertake research, participatory documentary,
capacity enhancement and knowledge mobilization. Research focused on criminalization on the basis of sexual orientation and gender
identity and resistance to such criminalization. In Canada the research focused on LGBT refugee and asylum. Outcomes include reports,
papers, resources and participatory films. Documentaries include: And Still We Rise (2015, 70 min.) on resistance to the AntiHomosexuality Act (AHA) in Uganda (co-directed by Nancy Nicol and Richard Lusimbo, Sexual Minorities Uganda); and No Easy Walk To
Freedom (2014, 91 min.) on the struggle to decriminalize homosexuality in India. Directed by Nancy Nicol
www.envisioninglgbt.com
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Live from Alberta! Radio petro presents 'A Scary Home Companion'
Date: 2016-05-31
Time 17:30 to 19:00
Location: ICT - 114
Event: Live from Alberta! Radio petro presents 'A Scary Home Companion'
Association: 259 - Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC) / Association canadienne d'études
environnementales (ACÉE)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Environment
Presenter: Geo Takach
University: Associate Professor & Program Head, BA in Professional
Communication Online Program, Royal Roads University
Ever wonder how some of history’s great visionaries might address the divide between proponents of rampant extractive capitalism and
what others view as environmental reality? This question animates the performance of this fictitious radio revue, a satirical, high-octane
eco-homage to Garrison Keillor’s "A Prairie Home Companion." Grounded in scholarly literature and accented by a postmodernist wink,
the half-hour performance and ensuing discussion explore social, economic, cultural and ultimately moral issues around living in a
petroculture, and communicating about the environment in the massive shadow of the world’s third largest source of oil and perhaps its
largest industrial project, Alberta’s bituminous sands.
Aboriginal Capacity Building Acheivements for Sustainable Natural Resource Development
Date: 2016-06-01
Time
to
Location:
Event: Aboriginal Capacity Building Acheivements for Sustainable Natural Resource Development
Association: SSHRC - Imagining Canada's Future / CRSH - Imaginer l'avenir du Canada
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Environment
Presenter: Ryan Bullock
University: Assistant Professor, University of Winnipeg
Presenter: Denis Kirchhoff
University:
Presenter: Ian Mauro
University:
Accelerating Clean Innovation in Canada’s Energy and Natural Resource Sectors – The Role of Public Policy and
Institutions
Date: 2016-06-01
Time
to
Event: Accelerating Clean Innovation in Canada’s Energy and Natural Resource Sectors – The Role of Public Policy and
Institutions
Presenter: Stewart Elgie
University:
Presenter: Brendan Haley
University: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Sustainable Prosperity,
University of Ottawa
This report undertakes a review of existing knowledge within Canada and internationally to answer three questions. First, how do we
understand innovation and what are the analytical frameworks that guide innovation policy? Second, what is unique about the Canadian
context and what are the country’s strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities? Third, what policy actions can accelerate clean innovation
and what types of policy structures should be created?
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Atomic Dispute: Nuclear Energy, Climate Change, and the New Environmentalism
Date: 2016-06-01
Time
to
Location: ICT - 114
Event: Atomic Dispute: Nuclear Energy, Climate Change, and the New Environmentalism
Presenter: Ryan Katz-Rosene
University: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa
Not long ago all self-respecting environmentalists hated nuclear power. Now, a number of globally renowned environmentalists point to
nuclear energy as a ‘‘climate fix’fix’. This paper considers the increasingly polarized debate between those advocates of a ‘new
environmentalism’ who see nuclear energy as a climate change mitigation strategy, and ‘traditionalists’ who view nuclear energy as part
of the problem along with fossil fuels. It argues that the modern environmentalist movement is experiencing a ‘civil dispute’ when it
comes to nuclear energy, which is ultimately unhelpful for the broader goal of decarbonizing national energy systems.
Children and youth’s resilience in the context of energy resource production, climate change, and the need to
transition to low-carbon goods and services
Date: 2016-06-01
Time
to
Location:
Event: Children and youth’s resilience in the context of energy resource production, climate change, and the need to
transition to low-carbon goods and services
Subjects: Children & Youth, Environment , Urban Issues
Presenter: Robin Cox
University: Professor, Program Head Disaster & Emergency
Management, Royal Roads University
Presenter: Pamela Irwin
University:
However, with the recognition that carbon-based resource extraction and use results in emissions that contribute to climate change,
many economies – including Canada’s - are in the midst of transitioning to forms of low-carbon goods and service-based economies
(LCGS). In this transition, children and youth emerge as key population groups but are noticeably absent from the social science
literature.
This synthesis analyzes current knowledge about the effects of energy resource extraction and consumption on child and youth’s
biopsychosocial health and resilience and strategies for engaging and empowering children and youth as leaders, innovators and change
makers in the global energy transition.
Conditions supporting resilience in Canadian resource-based communities
Date: 2016-06-01
Time
to
Event: Conditions supporting resilience in Canadian resource-based communities
Presenter: Arca Arguelles Caouette
University:
Presenter: Clement Chion
University:
Presenter: Annie Montpetit
University:
Presenter: Sara Teitelbaum
University: Assistant Professor, University of Montreal
A literature review was conducted in order to evaluate a specific framework, namely the social-ecological systems framework and its
applicability to the study of natural resource communities.
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From availability to accessibility: effectively using information disclosure to govern energy production
Date: 2016-06-01
Time
to
Location:
Event: From availability to accessibility: effectively using information disclosure to govern energy production
Subjects: Business & Economy, Communications & Social media, Environment
Presenter: Dror Etzion
Hydraulic Fracturing and Public Policy
Date: 2016-06-01
Time
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Event: Hydraulic Fracturing and Public Policy
Presenter: Jennifer Winter
University: Assistant Professor and Director, Energy and Environmental
Policy, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Hydraulic fracturing is becoming an increasingly important method of producing oil and gas across Canada. With little history of the
widespread use of this technique, regulatory approaches have vastly differed from moratoriums in New Brunswick and Quebec to
business as usual in the West. Questions concerning the safety of hydraulic fracturing have been raised across the country with common
areas of concern including emissions from wells, groundwater contamination, wastewater disposal, and induced seismicity.
This project synthesizes the existing science and engineering information available and produce an overview of the issues, citing pro and
con interpretations, and present these in the context of policy choices. This synthesis will uncover gaps in knowledge as well as gaps in
qualitative and quantitative data, particularly at the provincial level, that may be influencing regulatory decisions, or resulting from
regulatory decisions.
By providing an objective summary of research already developed throughout North America, we will be in a good position to consider
why regulatory authorities and governments have been approving such a wide range of field practices and reporting obligations, and
also why they have reached vastly different conclusions on the use of hydraulic fracturing.
Local Labor Markets and Natural Resources: A Synthesis of the Literature
Date: 2016-06-01
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Event: Local Labor Markets and Natural Resources: A Synthesis of the Literature
Subjects: Business & Economy, Employment & Careers, Environment
Presenter: Joseph Marchand
University: Associate Professor, University of Alberta
The local labor market impacts of natural resources can be found in aggregate outcomes, such as employment and earnings; spillovers
into other industries, often captured as job multipliers; the distribution of earnings, in terms of inequality and poverty; as well as in
changes to education. In this synthesis of the literature, we organize the existing studies according to their natural resource
measurement and the types of outcomes that they estimate. This study acts as a guide to our current understanding of this subject and
hopes to make it possible to further generalize the results through meta-analysis in the near future.
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On the Energy Humanities
Date: 2016-06-01
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Event: On the Energy Humanities
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Environment , Social Media
Presenter: Imre Szeman
University: CRC in Cultural Studies, University of Alberta
Presenter: Sheena Wilson
University:
A genuine shift in energy usage today requires more than just the adoption of renewable, ecologically sustainable energy sources.
Energy transition from fossil fuels to other, cleaner forms of energy also necessitates a deep and comprehensive transformation in
contemporary petroculture: the political structures, built environments, social dynamics, gendered realities, educational systems,
discursive modes, and everyday values, practices, habits, feelings, and beliefs that have developed in relation to and as a result of the
shaping force of fossil fuels. Our team looks at research on Indigenous communities, the use of social media, and methods and practices
of research-creation in relation to energy transition.
Volatile Commodities: A Review of Conflicts and Security Issues Related to Extractive Sectors
Date: 2016-06-01
Time
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Location:
Event: Volatile Commodities: A Review of Conflicts and Security Issues Related to Extractive Sectors
Presenter: Jonathan Gamu
University: PhD candidate, University of British Columbia
Conflicts involving industrial mining operations have increased in their number and intensity over the course of the recent global
commodity boom. Many of these conflicts have been triggered by the social and environmental impacts of industrial mining operations,
as well as issues pertaining to revenue distribution. This study focuses on the factors underlying social conflict between 2002-2014, the
security issues associated with industrial mining, and the proposed policies to manage community-level conflicts.
What we know, don't know, and ought to know about environmental performance and industry competitiveness
Date: 2016-06-01
Time
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Location:
Event: What we know, don't know, and ought to know about environmental performance and industry
competitiveness
Presenter: Ben Cashore
University:
Presenter: Jennifer DeBoer
University:
Presenter: Rajat Panwar
University: Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
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“Cracks in the Sidewalk: Cinematic Interventions into Public Space with the Situated Cinema Project”
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 3:15 to 5:15
Location:
Event: “Cracks in the Sidewalk: Cinematic Interventions into Public Space with the Situated Cinema Project”
Association: 242 - Film Studies Association of Canada (FSAC) / Association canadienne d'études cinématographiques (ACÉC)
In September 2015, Pleasure Dome exhibition collective presented The Situated Cinema Project, a mobile micro cinema which traveled
around Toronto, intervening into the landscape and creating unexpected situations where chance encounters and dislocated spaces
forged new relationships between the spectatorial body and the urban landscape. This paper focuses on the small, unexpected
moments of encounter with this artwork, that enabled a rejection of conventional ideas around architecture, cinema, urban space and
the role of passer-by, reinventing the cinema space as temporary and mobile and revitalizing spectatorship as active and performative.
Gendered an intersectional implications of energy and resource extraction in resource-based communities in
Canada's North
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 8:00 to 17:00
Event: Gendered an intersectional implications of energy and resource extraction in resource-based communities in
Canada's North
Subjects: Environment , Gender Studies & Sexuality
Presenter: Leah Levac
University: Assistant Professor, University of Guelph
Presenter: Deborah Stienstra
University:
Presenter: Gail Baikie
University:
The goal of this paper is to increase understanding of, and support action on, the impacts of resource development on communities in
the Canadian North. We consider the implications of resource extraction in Canada’s North from a gendered, intersectional perspective,
and explore the policies, tools, and regulations/frameworks available and in use to address these implications.
Our results lead to nine key conclusions, including that resource development and extraction activities are having significant adverse
effects on Northern and remote communities, and that current policy and regulatory mechanisms do not provide a systematic and
comprehensive analysis of the gendered and intersectional impacts of resource development and extraction. In two related policy
impact papers, we offer concrete strategies for ensuring that gender and diversity are addressed in policies and regulatory processes
related to resource development.
"This is Your Brain On Devices": A Close Reading of Media Accounts of Children's Use of Digital Technologies
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 8:15 to 9:30
Location:
Subjects: Children & Youth, Communications & Social media, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Linda Laidlaw
Presenter: Suzanna Wong
Contemporary children are growing up in a post-typographic era, where mobile electronic devices and digital texts are increasingly
present. For parents and educators, shifts into new digital practices and text forms create a sense of uncertainty. Popular media often
focus on topics related to children and the shifting digital realm. We will examine results of our study collecting popular media accounts
addressing children and digital technologies, providing an overview of our findings. Finally, we will suggest ways that educators, parents
and policy makers can use popular media accounts to inform a more critical understanding of children and technology use.
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"This is Your Brain On Devices" A Close Reading of Media Accounts of Children's Use of Digital Technologies
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 8:15 to 9:30
Location:
Event: Digital learning; issues in the digital age
Subjects: Children & Youth, Education (K-12), Technology & Digital
Presenter: Linda Laidlaw
Presenter: Suzanna Wong
Contemporary children are growing up in what might be termed the post-typographic era, where mobile electronic devices and digital
texts are increasingly present. For parents and educators, such shifts into less familiar new digital practices and text forms can provoke a
sense of uncertainty in relation to decisions about children's engagements with digital devices. In response to public interest, popular
media frequently focus on topics related to children and the shifting digital realm. Our paper will examine the results of a three year
study collecting popular media accounts addressing topics of children and digital technologies. We examined 500 articles, blogs, and
popular media accounts focused on children and emerging technologies, looking particularly at mobile touchscreen devices. Our paper
will provide an overview of our findings, addressing key themes from the articles, including: fear/vilification; hope/promise; pedagogical
or parent application; and shifting acceptance. We will share several specific examples of popular media representations, and address
evidence of shifting public dispositions towards new textual forms and children's engagements with them. Finally, we will suggest ways
that educators, parents and policy makers can use popular media accounts to inform a more critical understanding of children and
technology use.
Multilevel Citizenship in the Circumpolar North
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Event: Session: B6 - Multilevel Citizenship: Canada in Comparative Perspective
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Citizenship & Immigration
Presenter: Adrienne Davidson
Presenter: Jerald Sabin
University: Research Associate, University of Toronto
As settler states engage in processes of reconciliation, our paper considers the ties that bind and the ways these ties are reflected in
institutions of Indigenous citizenship. We look at circumpolar North America (Canada, the United States, and Greenland), where a
variety of citizenship models have emerged over the past 40 years. We ask how liberal democratic institutions facilitate or hinder this
postcolonial project, examining the development of multilevel citizenship – the creation of Indigenous citizenships that overlap with
Canadian, American, and Danish universalist citizenships – as a tool to mediate Indigenous-state relations. We present a framework for
comparing these regimes along their permeability and rights, and consider the implications for social and political cohesion in Northern
communities.
What Can We Learn from Researching the On-Reserve Indian Day Schools?
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 9:45 to 11:00
Location:
Event: CASIE-ACÉÉA Symposium|Panel/Colloque|Panel
Presenter: Helen Raptis
University: Associate Professor, University of Victoria
Studying the day schools reveals that: 1) More Indigenous children attended on-reserve day schools than residential schools; 2) Many
Indigenous children attended public schools well before 1951 when the federal government shifted its policy of segregated to
integrated schooling; and 3) Tsimshian elders who attended the Port Essington Indian Day School during the 1930s and ’40s retained
more of their language and culture and also fared better economically than their offspring who attended public schools during the
1960s and ’70s. (see Raptis et al., What We Learned: Two Generations Reflect on Tsimshian Education and the Day Schools – UBC Press).
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Indigenizing Ivory Towers: Rethinking our Faculties as Sites of Reconciliation
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 9:45 to 11:00
Location:
Event: Truth & Reconciliation, Indigenous Education
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Education (PSE), Justice & Law
Presenter: Kiera Brant
Presenter: Keri-Lynn Cheechoo
University: Lakehead University
Presenter: Tricia -Adams McGuire
Presenter: Nicholas Ng-A-Fook
Presenter: Julie Vaudrin-Charette
In June of 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its final report and put forth 94 recommendations for the
Canadian public and its respective institutions to consider as part of their curricula of redressing the intergenerational trauma and
violence cause by colonization. Shortly after, over 90 universities committed to a set of 13 principles that acknowledge the unique
needs of Indigenous communities across the territories that now comprise what some of us call Canada, as well as their overarching
economic, educational, and political goals toward autonomy, self-determination, and inherent sovereign rights as First Nations people.
During this panel presentation, we will discuss the ongoing institutional possibilities and barriers that inhibit the curricular
implementation of policies like the ACDE Indigenous Accord, TRC 94 recommendations, and 13 principals at a bilingual capital
institution. In lights of these proposed university policy reforms and TRC recommendations, what are each of our responsibilities as
Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars toward rethinking our faculties as sites of reconciliation?
P.E. Moore: Stories from Behind the Desk at Indian Health Services Headquarters
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 10:15 to 11:45
Event: Civil Servants, Academics, and Constructions of Indigenous Health and Policy |La fonction publique, les
universitaires et l’édification de la politique de santé autochtone
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Health, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Ian Mosby
University:
Presenter: Mary Jane McCallum
University: Associate Professor, University of Winnipeg
Presenter: Hugh Shewell
University:
While it seems antithetical to the main purpose of my work – which is to study Indigenous health history – I return again and again to
the records of non-Indigenous, (mostly) male physicians and civil servants. In this paper I focus on P.E. Moore, director of Indian Health
Services from 1946 to 1965. Moore impacted the course of Indian health policy in the twentieth century more than any other single
individual. I have been compelled to want to learn more about P.E. Moore in the hopes that I can also learn more about the making of
the Indian Health Services, the production of knowledge about Indigenous health and this particularly influential era of Indigenous
health service and research.
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Playing in Drag: A Study on Gender Choice In Virtual and NonVirtual Gaming
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 10:15 to 11:45
Location: Craigie Hall - C119
Event: Play for and with Whom? Avatars, Players, Embodiment/s
Association: 299 - Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA) / Association canadienne d'études vidéoludiques (ACÉV)
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, Social Media, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Jaigris Hodson
University: Royal Roads University
Presenter: Pamela Livingstone
University: Ryerson University, MDM
People play games for different reasons, and make choice on their gaming identity for different reasons. Our paper looked at people's
choices for gender embodiment within virtual games (World of Warcraft and The Sims), non-virtual games (Dungeons & Dragons), and
non-virtual drag shows. We looked at how people choose gender in all scenarios and how that affects their identify in both their virtual
and non virtual lives.
‘I Heard That in a Video Game Once’: A Look at Cultural Memory Formation of the 'War on Terror' through Video
Games
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 10:45 to
Event: CGSA Annual Conference
Presenter: Alyssa Hyduk
This research is meant to examine the cultural memory formation of the 'War on Terror' through the medium of video games. Terrorism
is prevalent in today's media sources, and society has begun to accept the insertion of terrorism and its subsequent themes into various
aspects of culture. However, the 'War on Terror' is not officially taught in any Canadian school curriculum between grades 1-12. This
research aims to discover how adults aged 18-25 form their views on the 'War on Terror' through the portrayal of terrorism in video
games and how this portrayal affects their perceived role in Canadian society.
Is it a Question of Obligation and/or Strategy? Canadian Political Parties’ Choice of Languages in Digital
Constituent Outreach
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 10:45 to 12:15
Location:
Event: Is it a Question of Obligation and/or Strategy? Canadian Political Parties’ Choice of Languages in Digital
Constituent Outreach
Association:
Subjects: Justice & Law, Politics & Public Policy, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Vincent Raynauld
University:
University:
Presenter: Spencer Kimball
University:
This paper unpacks this issue by examining Canadian federal and provincial politicians and political parties’ uses of languages for digital
constituent outreach. Questions of language are especially relevant in Canada as this country is recognized by law as multicultural and
bilingual. As laws do not provide for politicians’ digital communication to be multilingual, let alone bilingual, uses of languages can be
seen as a strategy to garner support in a linguistically fragmented society. First, this paper examines to what degree Canadian politicians
and parties provide multilingual content in their digital communication infrastructures (official websites and select social media
channels). Second, this paper identifies factors pushing politicians and parties to opt for multilingualism when reaching out to
constituents online. Finally, this paper considers how politicians’ lack of multilingualism on the digital mediascape limits linguistic
minorities’ ability to be informed politically and, by extension, take part in the political process.
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Exploring the Strategies of Faith-based Private Schools in a New Era of Increased Competition
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 11:15 to 12:15
Location:
Event: CAFE-ACÉFÉ Symposium|Panel/Colloque|Panel - School Choice and Reform
Subjects: Business & Economy, Education (K-12)
Presenter: Zahide Alaca
University: Graduate Student, University of Toronto
Presenter: Ayesha Ali
Ontario have been home to a growing private sector in K-12 schooling, and of all students attending private schools in the province,
approximately half are enrolled in faith-based schools. We are examining how private faith-based schools experience and respond to
increasing economic and academic pressures in the private school sector, such as rising costs, standards of education, and competition
from other schools. We are interviewing principals of various faith communities in the Greater Toronto Area. Ultimately, we aim to
uncover the strategies with which private faith-based schools survive in a competitive environment given their non funding status in
Ontario.
School Choice and Education Privatization: Organizational Behaviours and Family Responses
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 11:15 to 12:15
Location:
Event: CAFE-ACÉFÉ Symposium|Panel/Colloque|Panel - School Choice and Reform
Subjects: Business & Economy, Education (K-12)
Presenter: Maria Ahmed
Ontario has been home to a growing private sector in K-12 schooling, and of all students attending private schools in the province,
approximately half are enrolled in faith-based schools. We are examining how private faith-based schools experience and respond to
increasing economic and academic pressures in the private school sector, such as rising costs, standards of education, and competition
from other schools. We are interviewing principals of various faith communities in the Greater Toronto Area. Ultimately, we aim to
uncover the strategies used by private faith-based schools to survive in a competitive environment given their non-funding status in
Ontario
“A Bitch Session”: Storytelling as a Catalyst for Cultural Change in the RCMP
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 12:45 to 14:15
Event: Intimate and Collective Narratives of Politics and Community | Récits intimes et collectifs de politique et de
communauté
Presenter: Bonnie Reilly Schmidt
University: Independent Historian, Simon Fraser Univesity
On 19 January 1986, the Vancouver Province newspaper broke a story about the sexual harassment of female Mounties by members of
the police force. Six women from British Columbia detachments claimed that sexual harassment was the reason why female members
were resigning at a rate that was five times higher than that of men. Suddenly, the exposure of sexism within the RCMP called into
question the iconic image so many Canadians had trusted. This paper explores how female Mounties, through the telling of their stories,
turned storytelling as police cultural practice on its head, demonstrating that women were more than passive participants in the culture
and history of the police force.
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Roundtable: “Historical Scholarship and Teaching in Canada after the TRC”
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 12:45 to 14:15
Location:
Event: Roundtable: “Historical Scholarship and Teaching in Canada after the TRC”
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Education (PSE), History
Presenter: Mary Jane McCallum
University: Associate Professor, University of Winnipeg
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action suggest how we, as
educators of history and as people who care about the past, might engage our profession and our work in some of the report’s major
recommendations. In fact, many of us, and those who came before us, have already undertaken this work in various forms. In this round
table, Indigenous scholars discuss how the TRC relates to their research and teaching. How do these findings support the work that we
do? What do they mean to the practice of teaching and researching Indigenous history at the post-secondary level? How significant are
the TRC’s recommendations with
respect to Indigenous post-secondary historical research and education? How does our work and teaching enact, draw from, relate to,
or challenge the findings set out in the TRC report?
Breathe in … breathe out: The Appropriation of Eastern Religion and the Creation of Calm Classrooms
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 12:45 to 14:15
Event: Transformations of Faith in Canada, 1960s-1980s |La transformation de la foi au Canada dans les années 19601980
Subjects: Education (K-12), History, Religion
Presenter: Catherine Gidney
University: Adjunct Research Professor
Adjunct Research Professor, St. Thomas University
This paper examines the growing influence of Buddhism in North America from the 1950s on and its influence on the development of
Mindfulness-Based Interventions increasingly being integrated into social and emotional learning programs in schools.
An Alternative Policy Evaluation of the British Columbia Carbon Tax: Broadening the Application of Elinor
Ostrom's Design Principles for Managing Common-Pool Resources
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 13:00 to
Location: ICT - 114
Event:
Presenter: Garrett Richards
University: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan
Urgent action is needed to limit the severity of impacts associated with climate change. British Columbia (BC) aims to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions from carbon-based fuels with the carbon tax introduced in 2008. We assessed the long-term potential of the
BC carbon tax using principles for common-pool resources developed by Elinor Ostrom. Our findings suggest that closer monitoring of
user behavior, further increases of the tax over time, interjurisdictional cooperation, and a more elaborate system of nested policies
could enhance long-term success. Our analysis supplements traditional policy evaluation, which tends to focus on end goals without
considering broader issues.
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"You're not hardcore, unless you live hardcore": Exploring the pedagogical encounters in School of Rock
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location:
Event: ARTS-SCEA Multi-paper/Plusieurs communications
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Education (K-12)
Presenter: Mitchell McLarnon
University: PhD student; researcher; sessional instructor, McGill
University
Presenter: Sean Wiebe
University: University of Prince Edward Island
By exploring the pedagogical encounters in the Hollywood film School of Rock, I demonstrate how creative insights can be generated
from a/r/tography and qualitative film analysis. I have selected School of Rock because the protagonist (Dewey AKA Jack Black) employs
an innovative and artful approach to teaching while positioning himself as a co-learner and content creator, exemplifying how teacher
and student work can hold educational, social, cultural and economic value. By using films (and music) in the research process, reflective
and reflexive understandings might be obtained highlighting how cultural representations form lived experiences.
Les communautés francophones de l'Ouest canadien: Exploration d'un modèle de gouvernance communautaire /
Francophone communities in western Canada: Exploring a model of community governance
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location:
Event: CIESC-SCÉCI Bilingual Symposium|Panel/Colloque|Panel - Situating Self in Community as Researcher /
Positionnement du soi en communauté en tant que chercheure
Subjects: Politics & Public Policy, Urban Issues
Presenter: Yvonne M. Hébert
University: Professor Emerita, University of Calgary
Presenter: Yao Xiao
University:
Presenter: Minha R. Ha
University:
Presenter: Frances Kalu
University:
This panel focuses on the complexities of ‘community’, as seen through multiple perspectives of academic research, everyday life, and
community research and life experiences. In particular, this panel brings together critical lens to examine what and how we have
learned from/about the communities that we are talking about and speak with, including self-reflections on the production of
intellectualized and socio-cultural knowledge through fieldwork with multicultural communities in Guangdong, China and British
Columbia, Canada; the nuanced experiences and identifications of West African youths in Alberta; and the local community governance
models of Francophone communities in western Canada.
Do Rich People have More Sex and Better Sex? The Moderating Roles of Gender and Health.
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 13:30 to 14:45
Location: Administration - 140
Event: Session 1.4: Health and Morbidity
Association: 49 - Canadian Population Society (CPS )
Subjects: Business & Economy, Gender Studies & Sexuality, Health
Presenter: Annie Xiaoyu Gong
University: Ph.D. Student, McGill University
This study examines whether higher education and income are associated with older women and men being more sexual. We use data
from the National Social Life Health and Aging Project, a nationally representative dataset of older people in the United States. We
found four classes of sexual behaviour: not sexual but satisfied, sexual and satisfied; sexual and not satisfied; not sexual and not
satisfied. The largest group is people who describe themselves as not interested in sex and not sexually satisfied. Women with higher
social and economic status are more likely to be sexually satisfied. Men’s social status does not influence their sexual behaviour at all,
but better physical health is predictive of more sexual satisfaction and activity.
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Mining the Gap: Aboriginal Women and the Mining Industry
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 13:40 to 14:40
Location: MacEwan Hall
Event: Mining the Gap: Aboriginal Women and the Mining Industry
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Business & Economy, Environment , Health
Presenter: Raywat Deonandan
University: Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
Presenter: Brennan Field
University: Research Assistant, University of Saskatchewan
Canada’s mining industry is a major contributor to Canada’s growth and prosperity and the largest private-sector employer of Aboriginal
people. However, its physically invasive nature and potent economic presence in remote communities affect Aboriginal peoples —
particularly women — in marked ways. These include dramatic transformations in the physical environment, adverse impacts on the
health of local populations , noticeable differences in the ways Aboriginal culture is expressed and sustained, and significant changes
to the traditional roles of women.
This paper is a systematic review of existing empirical research into the perspectives of Aboriginal women concerning resource
development. Essentially, this is research about what existing research says, in order to better understand the literature as well as
identify gaps that require further study.
Digital Storytelling: An Opportunity for Libraries to Engage and Lead the Community.
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 14:00 to 15:00
Location: Earth Sciences - 162
Event: SESSION 1A
Association: 68 - Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) / Association canadienne des sciences de
l'information (ACSI)
Subjects: Books & Literature, Communications & Social media, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Brian Detlor
University: Associate Professor, McMaster University
Presenter: David Harris Smith
University: McMaster University
Presenter: Maureen Hupfer
University: McMaster University
This paper describes a case study of the “Love Your City, Share Your Stories” digital storytelling initiative in Hamilton, Ontario. Data
collection involved one-on-one interviews, document review, and participant observations with governance stakeholders from the
Hamilton Public Library, McMaster University Library, and the City of Hamilton. The case study investigates the benefits and challenges
of library-led digital storytelling initiatives and the extent to which such initiatives can provide libraries the opportunity to engage and
lead their communities.
Feeling Accepted in four Canadian Provinces: Another Tool to Understand Immigrant Integration
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 14:00 to 15:30
Location:
Event: Session: A9 - Language and Immigrant Politics in Canada
Subjects: Citizenship & Immigration, Equity & Diversity, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Antoine Bilodeau
University: Associate professor, Dept of Political Science, Concordia
University
Presenter: Ailsa Henderson
University: University of Edinburgh
Presenter: Luc Turgeon
University: Université d'Ottawa
Presenter: Stephen White
Paper examines the role of feeling accepted for immigrant integration, in four provinces (Qc, On, Ab, BC).
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Book Lauch of 'Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada'
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 14:15 to 15:15
Location:
Event: Book Lauch of 'Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada'
Presenter: Meenal Shrivastava
University: Professor, Athabasca University
Presenter: Lorna Stefanick
University: Professor, Athabasca University
Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada sets out to test the “oil inhibits democracy” hypothesis in the context of Alberta’s
economic reliance on oil revenues. The fourteen scholars who contributed to this volume, examine energy policy and issues of
government accountability in Alberta, they explore the ramifications of oil dependence in areas such as Aboriginal rights, environmental
policy, labour law, women’s equity, urban social policy, and the arts. If, as they argue, reliance on oil has weakened democratic
structures in Alberta, then what of Canada as whole, where the short-term priorities of the oil industry continue to affect federal policy?
“It’s a viper’s nest of uncounted perverts and near insane alcoholics”: Policing Montréal’s Mountain during the
1950s
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 14:30 to 16:00
Event: Revisiting Park Histories: Everyday Voices from Canada’s Protected Places | L’histoire des parcs repensée : la
voix des Canadiens en provenance des lieux protégés du Canada
Subjects: History, Politics & Public Policy, Québec
Presenter: Matthieu Caron
University: Student, University of Montréal
During the 1950s, Montréal's municipal authorities, under pressure from its police department, called for the clearing of a section of
Mount Royal Park named the Jungle (composed mainly of undergrowth, bushes, and trees). It was within this space that a community of
undesirable park patrons had established themselves. This cohort of undesirables is understood as being composed mainly of alcoholics,
thugs, perverts and most importantly homosexuals. The eradication of this cohort from the Park was undertaken through a threefold
plan which would simplify the techniques of surveillance used by the police department; this would be achieved through (1) increased
lighting, (2) clearing of the Jungle, (3) construction of a roadway – now known as Voie Camillien-Houde, thereby making the Park more
accessible and safe. The clearing of the Jungle, a process known as the Morality Cuts, had a lasting effect on the environmental and
ecological composure of the Park, with the immediate repercussion of “balding” the Park.
Introducing Accessibility for Visually Impaired Players in the Roguelike Video Game Genre
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 14:45 to 16:15
Event: Design Considerations
Subjects: Disabilities, Technology & Digital
Presenter: John Aycock
Presenter: Alexei Pepers
Due to their reliance on graphics, most video games are largely inaccessible to visually impaired players. Existing accessible games are
often quite simple, so this paper explores the potential of making games in the ‘roguelike’ game genre accessible, as these games are
typified by their complexity and replayability. We used the game Nethack as a case study and introduced new commands which allow
players to get information about their surroundings as text, which is then read aloud using screenreading software. This case study
provides promising lessons as to how more games in this genre can be made accessible.
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Copypunk : What Blizzard’s Copyright War Against Hackers Can Tell us About the Owership of Videogames
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 14:45 to 16:15
Event: Games Held Hostage: Librarians, Hackers and Modders Negotiate Intellectual Property and the Law
Subjects: Innovation, Justice & Law, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Alex Dean Cybulski
University: PhD Student, University of Toronto
I discuss how recent court cases have allowed the videogame company Blizzard to sue hackers for copyright infringement, a charge
which is both unusual and not normally applied to issues of computer security.
Chasing a Pipedream? Energy, Sovereignty, and In/Security in Arctic Canada
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 15:45 to 17:15
Event: Session: A10 - First Nations Policy and Governance
Presenter: Wilfrid Greaves
University: Lecturer, University of Toronto
Presenter: Daniel Pomerants
This paper examines the relationship between energy, sovereignty, and security in Northern Canada. It examines the contradictory
dynamics from three empirical cases that arise between sovereignty and security claims made by Canada, neighbouring states, and
Arctic Indigenous peoples: the disputed status of the Northwest Passage; the dispute between Canada and the United States over
maritime boundaries in the Beaufort Sea; and the Alberta bitumen sands and the wellbeing of Indigenous peoples downstream. The
cases illustrate that state claims to sovereignty and energy security may be mutually reinforcing or exclusive, resulting in policy
incoherence and political contestation. The paper questions the benefits of Arctic sovereignty and energy security claims, and suggests
these are difficult to sustain in the context of radical environmental change.
Lobbying and Political Marketing in the Canadian Oil Sector
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 15:45 to 17:15
Location:
Event: Session: G10 - The Role of Private and Substate Actors in National Resources and Economic Policy
Presenter: Adam Harmes
University: Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario
This paper argues that lobbying in the Canadian oil sector has become increasingly sophisticated and now employs a number of strategy
and communications techniques normally associated with election campaigns. It further argues that these cases are significant as they
are part of a growing trend, identified in political marketing theory, towards the rise of ‘campaign-style advocacy’ and businesssponsored ‘grassroots lobbying’. To demonstrate this point, the paper examines the campaign by the TransCanada Corporation to
promote the Energy East pipeline in Quebec as well as the campaign by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers to promote
the Alberta oilsands.
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Re-aligning Responsibility for Employment and Unemployment in a Federal Political System: Comparing Canada
and the European Union
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 15:45 to 17:15
Event: Session: K10 - Comparative Perspectives in Policy and Administration
Subjects: Employment & Careers, International Relations & Foreign Policy, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Donna Wood
University: Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Victoria
This paper compares how and why Canada and the European Union have moved some responsibilities for unemployment insurance (UI)
and the regulation of unemployment from the constituent units to the centre. It particularly considers how the EU might learn from
Canada's approach to UI and its contribution to macro-economic stabilization and how Canada might learn from the EU on how to make
multilateralism work better.
Transnational Reproductive Rights Regimes in the Context of Zika Virus
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 15:45 to 17:15
Location:
Event: Session: N10 - Nationalism and Citizenship
Subjects: Gender Studies & Sexuality, Health, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Candace Johnson
University: Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Guelph
My research examines the political dimensions of Zika virus and maternal health in North/ Latin America. The vector of the disease, the
Aedes Aegypti mosquito, is borderless, whose range expands, at least in part, as a response to climate change. Affected women in Latin
America, however, experience many borders: the pregnant body and the state; national and North-South borders; autonomy and public
health. Some of these are rooted in historical injustices and maintained by political commitments to global economic structures and
patriarchal cultural practices. What are the consequences for women? How can we address the inequality that supports these effects?
International Development and Indigenous/non-Indigenous Reconciliation: A Sharing Circle
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 16:00 to 17:30
Event: Panel 1.2.3
Association: 225 - Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID) / Association canadienne
d'études du développement international (ACÉDI)
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, International Relations & Foreign Policy, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Melanie Goodchild
University:
Presenter: Rochelle Jonhston
University: Doctoral Candidate, OISE-University of Toronto
Presenter: Jennifer McManus
University:
In the Ministerial Mandate letters issued in November 2015, PM Justin Trudeau instructed all his Ministers, including the Minister of
International Development, that: "No relationship is more important to me and to Canada than the one with Indigenous Peoples. It is
time for a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous Peoples, based on recognition of rights, respect, co-operation, and
partnership." Using the protocol of a Sharing Circle, all participants will be invited to share their thoughts and feelings about how new,
renewed and improved relationships among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples at home could transform the relationships of
Canadians and Canadian institutions engaged in international development?
The Sharing Circle will be conducted with the assistance of members of the territories we are on and in accordance with their traditional
protocols. Rather than a limited number of discussants making presentations, everyone present will be asked to contribute.
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Complicating the Residential School Narrative: Indigenous Students’ Enrolment Patterns in British Columbia,
1900-1951
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 16:15 to 17:45
Event: Stories about Schooling: Indigenous Peoples, Settler Colonialism, and Residential Schools in Western Canada |
Histoires sur l'enseignement : les peuples autochtones, le colonialisme de peuplement et les pensionnats
autochtones de l’Ouest canadien
Presenter: Helen Raptis
I discuss school enrolment patterns among Indigenous children in British Columbia from 1900 to 1951. I illustrate that some Indigenous
students enrolled in and attended residential schools whereas others attended on-reserve day schools. Still others attended public
schools and some chose not to attend school at all. I close by discussing factors that shaped Indigenous families’ choices of where to
send their children to school and I hypothesize as to why the current residential school narrative has homogenized all students’
experiences.
Because it's 2015: Will Canada implement a federal, public early childhood education and care system?
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 16:30 to 17:45
Location:
Event: CAREC-ACRPS Symposium|Panel/Colloque|Panel
Subjects: Children & Youth, Education (K-12), Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Jane Hewes
University: Associate Professor, MacEwan University
Presenter: Patrick Lewis
University: Associate Professor, University of Regina
Presenter: Monica Lysack
University: Professor, Sheridan College
Presenter: Sherry Rose
University: Assistant Professor, U of New Brunswick
Presenter: Pam Whitty
University: Professor, U of New Brunswick
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Canada has consistently ranked last in OECD (2004) and UNICEF (2008) reviews. Despite
ECEC being part of every federal election platform for more than 30 years, no elected Canadian federal government has been successful
in creating and implementing a federal public ECEC system. How can a country that is so rich and highly developed lag so far behind
when it comes to the well being of children? The panel members take up this question across multiple contexts as we interrogate,
interrupt and disrupt the dominant narratives that keep Canada from realising a federal public Early Childhood Education and Care
system.
Paper 021: Constructing (In)Security: Media Representation of Civil Society Voices In Argentina and Chile
Date: 2016-06-01
Time 16:30 to 18:00
Event: Panel 44: Pushing the Boundaries: Contestation, Security, and the Media
Association: 76 - Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) / Association canadienne des
études latino-américaines et des Caraïbes (ACÉLAC)
Subjects: Communications & Social media, International Relations & Foreign Policy
Presenter: Michelle Bonner
Public opinion polls show security to be a top issue of concern in Latin America. They also show support for ‘tough on crime’ approaches
to combating crime such as increased police presence and tougher laws. Where does this public opinion come from? This paper
examines the role of the media. Many civil society organizations (e.g. NGOs) in Argentina and Chile argue that police violence is a
significant problem and ‘tough on crime’ policies undermine efforts to reduce it. This paper compares organizations’ efforts to have
their voices heard in the mass media and the possibilities for and obstacles to their success.
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Digital Constituent Outreach in Linguistically Divided Societies: A look at the Canadian Case
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Location: Social Sciences 64
Event: Session: A11 - Technology, Participation and the 2015 Canadian Federal Election
Presenter: Spencer Kimball
University:
Presenter: Vincent Raynauld
University: Professeur adjoint, Emerson College
This paper takes interest in Canadian federal and provincial politicians’ uses of languages for digital constituent outreach and
mobilization. Questions of language are especially relevant in Canada. First, it examines to what degree Canadian politicians and parties
provide multilingual content in their digital communication infrastructures (official websites and select social media channels). Second,
this paper identifies factors that could affect politicians’ decision to opt for multilingualism when reaching out to constituents online.
Finally, this paper considers how politicians’ lack of multilingualism in the digital mediascape can limit linguistic minorities’ ability to be
informed politically and, by extension, take part in the political process.
Competing Masculinities and Political Campaigns
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 8:45 to 10:15
Event: Session: N11 - Workshop - Mediation of Gendered Identities in Canadian Politics (Panel 1): Gendered Identities
as Political Resources
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Gender Studies & Sexuality, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Kyle Kirkup
University: Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
During the 2015 Canadian federal election campaign, Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau introduced Canadians to a new form of
masculinity. A self-proclaimed feminist, Trudeau was as comfortable paddling down the Bow River in Calgary as he was marching in
Vancouver’s Pride Parade. Following his election as Canada’s twenty-third Prime Minister, Trudeau posed for Vogue Magazine, dressed
as Han Solo for Halloween, and invited the media to watch him train at a boxing gym in New York City. From his selection as party leader
in 2013, Trudeau’s political opponents continually attacked him for his gender presentation. Crucially, opponents made both implicit
and explicit connections between Trudeau’s masculinity and his fitness for government. The form of masculinity embraced by Trudeau contrasted sharply with those of incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Thomas
Mulcair, leader of the NDP. Harper inhabited a more traditional form of masculinity in Canadian politics — managerial, desexualized,
and stoic. Mulcair was slightly more playful with his masculinity, including the occasional campaign advertisement that highlighted his
beard, but was equally conventional in his gender presentation. Both Harper and Mulcair’s campaigns attacked Trudeau for his
masculine presentation, age, and professional experience – all traditional preoccupations of masculinist politics.
Using the 2015 federal election campaign as a case study, this paper considers how hegemonic masculinity — the theory used to
describe the set of practices associated with ideal notions of what it means to be a man — shaped the campaigns of federal party
leaders in the lead-up and aftermath of the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Conceptualizing obstacles to refugee integration in a developing country: Perspectives from Ghana
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 9:00 to 10:30
Event: 2-2 The Geography of Community Relations with “Strangers”
Association: 75 - Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) / Association canadienne des études africaines (ACÉA)
Subjects: Citizenship & Immigration, International Relations & Foreign Policy
Presenter: Samuel Agblorti
University: PhD Candidate/Lecturer, University of Calgary/University of
Cape Coast
My paper seeks to understand obstacles to refugee integration in developing countries and to propose solutions as a way of solving
protracted refugee situations in the global South.
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On The Roadie: Pleasure and Precarity in the Music Industry
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 9:00 to 10:30
Event: Panel D2 - Precarious Work
Association: 305 - Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS) / Association canadienne d'études du travail
et du syndicalisme (ACÉTS)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Business & Economy, Employment & Careers
Presenter: Adam Zendel
University: Phd Student, University of Toronto
Music has taken center stage in Canada at all scales of Government. Consider the soon to be built National Music Center, The Ontario
Music Fund, and Toronto’s Music City initiative. While these musical aspirations are being met with significant investment, little
attention has been paid to working lives of musicians. Instead, these frameworks and institutions appear more concerned with urban
growth agendas, rather than livelihoods. This paper considers forms risk in the touring music industry. With live music and touring
becoming the key income source for musicians, it is important to consider the risks and precariousness of life on the road.
Precarious Employment and Daily Commutes
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 9:00 to 10:30
Event: Panel D2 - Precarious Work
Subjects: Employment & Careers, Urban Issues
Presenter: Stephanie Premji
University: Assistant Professor, McMaster University
Precarious employment in Canada has increased by 50% in the past two decades. Our study, conducted among precariously employed
immigrants in Toronto, found that precarious employment led to long (3-6 hours/day), complex, unfamiliar, unsafe and expensive
commutes. These commuting difficulties, in turn, were barriers to finding and maintaining decent employment.
The role of biotechnology in shaping sustainable meat future.
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Location: ICT - 114
Event: Roundtable: Eco-Carnivorism: Can Meat-Eating be Sustainable?
Subjects: Food & Agriculture, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Karolina Rucinska
University: PhD candidate, Cardiff University
Considering that meat consumption is framed within documented (a) rising global protein demands; (b) environmental degradation; (c)
rising and falling hydrocarbon dependent economies; (d) falling and rising animal and human welfare and rights, words such as,
"sustainable", "meat" and "future" are open to interpretation. Without full appreciation of difference (and/or similarity) between "lay"
and "expert" understandings of these three words (issues) there is a danger that contested projects come into the picture.
I argue that biotechnology and so called sustainable intensification are a perfect examples of “fillers” of ambiguous space behind
sustainable meat future.
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Why Are the Rich Getting Richer? The Rise of Québec’s Top One Percent: An In-depth Examination of Different
Revenue Sources
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: Session: B12 - Social Welfare Provisions and Income Inequality
Subjects: Business & Economy, Québec
Presenter: Nicolas Zorn
University: Policy Analyst, Institut du Nouveau Monde
Presenter: Olivier Jacques
Top income theories can be broadly categorized as market-based and institution-based. However, top income databases stay at a
relatively aggregated level. Using a novel disaggregated database for Québec's top earners from 1986 to 2008, we map the evolution of
different types of incomes for the top one percent. Hidden under the steady increase of the top income share, we find that there has
been very different and sharp rises of different sources of income in different periods. This composition effect invalidates the majority
of the usual theories like globalization and technological innovation, but not financialization and top marginal income taxes.
Mining Uncertainty: Control, Indigenous Diplomacies, and the Extractive Resource Sector in Canada
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: Session: C12(a) - Indigenous Politics at Home and Abroad
Subjects: Aboriginal & Reconciliation, Environment , Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Leah Sarson
University: Visiting Fulbright Research Fellow, Dartmouth College
What is the relationship between First Nations’ participation in the extractive resource sector and Canadian foreign policy? Canada’s
international affairs are primarily shaped by its participation in the resource extraction sector, a sector in which First Nations are gaining
increasing control. Although we might expect First Nations to be primarily a domestic issue area, First Nations are increasing their
international agency through growing control over the extractive resource sector. By exploring the concept of “certainty” in the global
resource extraction market, this paper demonstrates that First Nations are indelibly altering Canada’s international relations and are a
powerful international actor.
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Privatizing the Criminal Code under the Harper Conservatives? Private Members Bills and Criminal Policy
Amendment
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Event: Session: D12(a) - Criminal Justice
Subjects: Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Justice & Law, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: James Kelly
Presenter: Kate Puddister
University: Assistant Professor, University of Guelph
During the 2015 Maclean’s election debate, Stephen Harper commented, “…look at the facts of the Parliament under this
government…we have more private members legislation that has gone through Parliament under this government than multiple
governments before us.” This statement is borne out by empirical evidence: more private members bills (PMB) have become law during
Harper’s time in government, compared to previous parliaments (see Blidook 2012). A large number of PMBs that receive Royal Assent
could be viewed as a positive counterbalance to the supposed marginalization of parliamentarians in the executive dominated Canadian
Parliament. On the other hand, a high number of PMBs raise several concerns. PMBs are subject to less analysis and debate compared
to government bills, and do not receive constitutional and legal scrutiny by the Department of Justice, potentially implicating the
protection of rights and freedoms.
Moreover, while one might assume that PMBs concern innocuous local and/or specialized interests (for example, Bill C-266, An Act to
Establish Pope John Paul II), many PMBs effect substantive legal change to national issues that concern all Canadians. One area of public
policy that has received substantial attention through PMBs has been law and order and criminal justice policy, a trend that has
escalated under the Harper government. This paper examines the law and order trend in PMBs and addresses the following: what are
the practical and theoretical implications of a lower level of legal and political scrutiny on criminal justice policymaking and Criminal
Code amendment though the use of PMBs?
Policy Framing, Federalism, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Location:
Event: Session: D12(b) - Healthcare Policy (II)
Subjects: Health, Politics & Public Policy, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Rachael Johnstone
University: Queen's University
Presenter: Emmett Macfarlane
University: Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
Most provinces have failed to enact regulatory frameworks governing access to assisted reproductive technologoes, although four
provinces – Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and New Brunswick – have attempted to improve access to ARTs through provincial funding.
This paper explores the reasons for widespread policy inaction concerning ARTs. We find that a shift in policy framing, from elite
framing at the federal level that treats access to ARTs as a moral question, to retail politics in the provinces that recognize ARTs as part
of a health care plan to combat infertility, helps to explain the relative lack of comprehensive and potentially controversial policy
initiatives.
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Can Meat-Eating be Sustainable? The Politics of 'Eco-Carnivorism'
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 10:30 to 12:00
Location: ICT - 114
Event: Session: G12 - Micro-Roundtable (co-sponsored with the Environmental Studies Association of Canada)
Subjects: Environment , Food & Agriculture, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Ryan Katz-Rosene
University: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa
Presenter: Sarah J. Martin
University: Assistant Professor, Memorial University of Newfounland
The detrimental ecological impacts of industrial meat production are well known, and the existing trends and trajectories in both
domestic and global meat consumption are unsustainable… but does it have to be inevitably so? This Roundtable confronts the
relationship between carnivorism and the environment from a normative political economic and socio-cultural framework focusing on
the notion of the possibility of more sustainable futures. As a core research question it seeks to answer whether meat-eating can be
made sustainable, and if so, what would an alternative to industrial meat look like?
Meat consumption is one of the most challenging contemporary political and environmental issues because it links intimate eating
practices to global debates on climate change, human health and food production. The ecological impacts of industrial meat production
are well known, yet meat consumption – on a global level – is increasing. Clearly the existing trends and trajectories in both domestic
and global meat consumption are unsustainable, but does it have to be inevitably so? This Roundtable confronts the relationship
between carnivorism and the environment. Can meat consumption be made sustainable, and if so, what would an alternative to
industrial meat look like?
Adapting Cultural Research into a Social Simulation Game: Lessons from Kibbutz: The Settlers of Palestine
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 11:30 to 13:00
Event: Game Demo and Workshop (11:30am)
Subjects: History, International Relations & Foreign Policy, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Ashley Blacquiere
University: Game Designer, University of Victoria
Presenter: David Leach
University: Chair, Department of Writing; Director, Technology &
Society Program, University of Victoria
This workshop lets participants test out Kibbutz: The Settlers of Palestine, an online simulation game designed to complement a
nonfiction study about the rise and decline of Israel’s kibbutz movement (Chasing Utopia, ECW Press 2016). In the beta prototype,
players act as the leader of a utopian settlement and make decisions critical to the survival of a fictional community. The author (David
Leach) and game designer (Ashley Blacquiere) will discuss other so-called “serious games” about Israel/Palestine and the challenges of
using academic research to create an interactive historical simulation that engages a younger general audience.
Walter Salles y el «Che» Guevara: el síntoma cinematográfico de un ícono despolitizado
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 13:00 to 14:30
Location: Craigie Hall - D420
Event: EL CINE HISPÁNICO CONTEMPORÁNEO
Association: 24 - Canadian Association of Hispanists (CAH) / Association canadienne des hispanistes (ACH)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, History, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Gabrielle Pannetier Leboeuf
University: Étudiante à la maîtrise, Université de Montréal
Dans cette communication, j'exposerai les conclusions préliminaires de mon mémoire de maîtrise, qui étudie de quelles façons l’œuvre
cinématographique ‘Diarios de motocicleta’ de Walter Salles (2004) est symptomatique de la transformation de l’icône politique
d’Ernesto « Che » Guevara en icône culturelle. Je proposerai que l’œuvre de Salles participe à la dépolitisation de l’icône du
révolutionnaire dans le contexte contemporain de mondialisation. J’argumenterai que cette dépolitisation s'opère notamment dans le
film par l’individualisation du héros, par son idéalisation romantique ainsi que par le choix d’une esthétique commerciale qui atténue la
portée politique du « Che » dépeint par Salles.
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Gender Marking in Newspaper Coverage of Canadian National Party Leadership Candidates
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Location:
Event: Gender Marking in Newspaper Coverage of Canadian National Party Leadership Candidates
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Equity & Diversity, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Linda Trimble
University: Professor, University of Alberta
We examine gender marking in Globe and Mail newspaper coverage of 30 candidates for 13 national party leadership contests held
between 1975 and 2012. Gender markers are words and phrases that explicitly identify the gender of political actors. Prefacing nouns
like candidate, leader or prime minister with adjectives such as woman, girl, or mother - - or man, guy, or father - - suggests these
distinctions are politically meaningful. We use content analysis to determine whether women have their gender signaled more
frequently than is the case for men. Discourse analysis explores the political meanings communicated by gender markers.
Attitudes toward Minority Religious Symbols in Canada: Exploring the Impact of Prejudice and Principles
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Event: Session: A14(a) - Religion and Politics in Canada - New Trends
Subjects: Equity & Diversity, Québec, Religion
Presenter: Antoine Bilodeau
Presenter: Ailsa Henderson
University: University of Edinburgh
Presenter: Luc Turgeon
University: Associate Professor, School of Political Studies, Université
d'Ottawa
Presenter: Stephen White
Drawing on a survey we designed, we show in our paper that Quebecers are significantly more likely to oppose the wearing of minority
religious symbols by public sector employees than other Canadians. Whereas such opposition is often portrayed as simply the product
of xenophobia, we show that those who hold socially progressive values in Quebec are both more likely to have positive attitudes
toward religious minorities and to support restrictions on the wearing of religious symbols by public sector employees. In comparison, in
the rest of Canada, those who hold socially progressive values are more likely to oppose such restrictions.
Add colour and stir? Media coverage of visible minority women in politics
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 13:30 to 15:00
Event: Session: N14 - Workshop - Mediation of Gendered Identities in Canadian Politics (Panel 2)
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Gender Studies & Sexuality, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Erin Tolley
University: Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
This paper examines the media's coverage of visible minority women MPs. It argues that visible minority women confront a stained glass
ceiling, one that positions them alternately as exotic foreigners, submissive accessories or ungrateful outsiders. Research on gendered
mediation, which has typically focused on the experiences of white women in politics, has not adequately accounted for race. This paper
argues one cannot simply "add colour and stir" in an effort to correct this gap.
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Media Representations of Breast Cancer: Are They Keeping Up With Current Research?
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 13:45 to 15:15
Event: Media Representations of Breast Cancer: Are They Keeping Up With Current Research?
Subjects: Communications & Social media, Gender Studies & Sexuality, Health
Presenter: Jane McArthur
University: PhD Student/Research Assistant, University of Windsor
Presenter: Amy Peirone
University:
Canadian women face some of the highest rates of breast cancer in the world and the majority of these cannot be explained by known
risk factors. Anticipating shifts in media messaging with current science into environmental and workplace links to breast cancer and
emerging critiques of pink ribbon campaigns, an analysis of Toronto Star coverage was undertaken. An unexpected general decline in
the coverage of breast cancer, as well as a decrease in the already minimal discussion of environmental and workplace risks was found.
Remarkably, the predominant theme was the portrayal of women with breast cancer as cheerful warriors.
Film Music Cues: Visualizing Social Reality Through Music and Film.
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 14:00 to 15:00
Location: Earth Sciences - 162
Event: SESSION 4A
Association: 68 - Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) / Association canadienne des sciences de
l'information (ACSI)
Presenter: Joshua Henry
University: University of Wisconsin
Presenter: Richard Smiraglia
University: Professor, University of Wisconsin
We describe a working list of musical cues (Erno Rapé’s 1925 Encyclopedia of Music for Pictures). Results show the social realities of the
time reflected in film. “Armenian,” “Persian,” “Siamese,” and “Desert Music” point to “Oriental,” which also references “Egyptian,”
“Arabian,” “Turkish,” and “Hindu.” “Cuban Music” points to “Spanish,” alongside “Argentine,” “Bolivian,” “Brazilian,” “Chilean,”
Mexican,” “Peru,” and “Porto-rican.” “African” points to “Cannibal.” “Indian’ points to “American Indian,” “Oriental,” or “Hindu,” but
“Maori” is a lead-term on its own. “Canadian” and “Eskimo” appear, but are not linked to each other or to any other terms. “Northern”
is linked to Scandinavia.
Lifting the Smoke off the TPP: The Impact of the Copyright and Intellectual Property Clauses on Canadian
Musicians and Music Librarians
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 14:00 to 16:00
Location:
Event: Music in Canada
Association: 103 - Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (CAML) / Association
canadienne des bibliothèques, archives et centres de documentation musicaux (ACBM)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Justice & Law
Presenter: Scott MacDonald
University: Univeristy of Western Ontario/Western University
Despite our unique “Made in Canada” approach to Copyright legislation, the TPP, if ratified, will alter our current copyright statute.
When materials are made openly accessible, it allows for the dissemination of information increasing the cultural capital and collective
knowledge of humanity. When the arts become inaccessible due to the increasing costs of creation and presentation, humanity loses its
ability to self-reflect, educate and progress forward. This paper will provide an examination of the potential ramifications for musicians,
music libraries and librarians regarding changes to the areas of: copyright, fair dealing, performer’s rights, digital rights management,
royalties, performance licenses, etc…
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Energizing Cities: The Role and Future of Community Associations
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 14:30 to
Location:
Event: Energizing Cities: The Role and Future of Community Associations
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Communications & Social media
Presenter: Brian Conger
University: Research Associate, The School of Public Policy
Presenter: Jyoti Gondek
University: Westman Centre for Real Estate Studies, Haskayne School of
Business
Community associations are an integral part of the fabric of a city, providing an essential space for social activities and programs, and
acting as a theatre for grassroots citizen participation. They also have an important role in reviewing and commenting on proposed land
use and development plans. A panel hosted by the School of Public Policy Urban Policy Program and the Haskayne School of Business
Westman Centre for Real Estate Studies will review the role of community associations as both service provider and neighborhood
planning watchdog, using case studies from across North America.
Join The School of Public Policy and the Westman Centre for Real Estate Studies at the Haskayne School of Business in welcoming Leslie
Evans, Executive Director, Federation of Calgary Communities, Jamal Ramjohn, Manager, Community Planning, for the City of Calgary
and Evan Woolley, Ward 8 Councillor, to discuss future of Community Associations.
The Demise of Business and Labour Influence over Canada's Programs for the Unemployed
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 15:15 to
Event: The Demise of Business and Labour Influence over Canada's Programs for the Unemployed
Subjects: Employment & Careers, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: Donna Wood
University: Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Victoria
At its inception in 1940, Canada's unemployment insurance program was subject to tripartite oversight. This paper looks at how and
why the Government of Canada has been able to 'expropriate' Canada's unemployment insurance program and the public employment
service from business and labour and the consequences this has had.
It is Time that Canadian Citizens with Rare Diseases receive Equal Access to Approved and Available Promising
Therapies regardless of where they live.
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 15:15 to 16:45
Location:
Event: Session: D15 - Innovations (or not) in Canadian Healthcare
Subjects: Health, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Justice & Law
Presenter: John Dyck
University: Assistant Professor in Political Studies, Trinity Western
University
The paper argues that currently Canadian citizens with rare diseases are, in some provinces, denied access to Canadian government
approved reliable therapies due to budget priorities, poorly designed testing or no political will. This is discrimination. it is unjust and
counterproductive to deny citizens of Canada, therapies that will improve their quality of life and in some instances halt or slow the
progression of their disease. Court cases are cited to show that equality rights in Section 15 of the Charter and fundamental rights and
justice in section 7 are being are being denied citizens. The claim that provinces have the jurisdictional authority over health delivery
and therefore do not have to afford equal access to therapies is contested in this paper.
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Beyond the Will to Intervene: Genocide Prevention in the 21st Century
Date: 2016-06-02
Time 15:15 to 16:45
Event: Session:C15(b) - Roundtable
Subjects: Human Rights & Civil Liberties, International Relations & Foreign Policy
Presenter: Andrew R. Basso
University: PhD Candidate, University of Calgary
Presenter: Maureen S. Hiebert
Presenter: Sara Marie Skinner
Presenter: Camilo Torres
While condemning atrocity crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes) has become a strong norm internationally,
many condemnations have also become commonplace and lack tangible remedies for atrocities occurring. Our roundtable discussants
will further interrogate what the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) means in the 21st Century by focussing on critically underdeveloped and
misunderstood next steps in genocide prevention. The discussants will offer histories of genocide prevention, the framing of identity
and meaning, the role of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) nations in genocide prevention, and the strategic pragmatics of
prevention and intervention.
“Vote That F-cker Out”: Canadian Musical Communities Contra Stephen Harper, 2011-2015
Date: 2016-06-03
Time 9:00 to 11:00
Location: Craigie Hall - F214
Event: 8.b Music and Sociology
Association: 41 - Canadian University Music Society (MusCan) / Société de musique des universités canadiennes (MusCan)
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, Communications & Social media, Politics & Public Policy
Presenter: John Higney
University: Lecturer, Carleton University
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s second and final mandates witnessed an unprecedented and astounding number and variety of
protest songs and musical events from a similarly astounding range of cultural, geographic, demographic, and musical
communities.Through analysis of text, visual image, musical style and genre, and interviews with musicians and activists this paper seeks
to identify the political themes, cultural forces, and technological conditions that created this remarkable, often humourous, frequently
affecting, and—through social media—politically potent body of work.
Studies in Documents: John Roberts, the CBC and Music in Canada in the Second Half of the 20th Century
Date: 2016-06-03
Time 9:00 to 11:00
Location:
Event: Archives in Action: Case Studies from Across Canada
Subjects: Arts , Film, Music, Theatre, Fashion, History
Presenter: Robert Bailey
University: Graduate Student, University of Calgary
Presenter: Regina Landwehr
University: Archivist, University of Calgary
Development, promotion and distributionn of Canadian series (art) music. The role of the CBC as facilitator and specifically of CBC radio
producer John Roberts in stimulating the creation of Canadian content.
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Let's Play Through the Pain: Dissociation, Isolation, and the Quest for Meaning Through Video Game Play
Date: 2016-06-03
Time 11:15 to 12:45
Event: Communities, Communication, and Coping in MMOs
Subjects: Health, Technology & Digital
Presenter: Sonja Sapach
University: PhD Student, University of Alberta
How can we cope with, understand, and potentially learn to survive trauma and alienation in society through collective play and video
game culture? This paper describes the initial stages of my dissertation. Examining my own experiences overcoming a traumatic
childhood through video game culture, and my current use of games to help cope with my complex post traumatic stress disorder, I
explore how video game play can help to resolve alienation on a larger scale.
Yorkville and Canadian Music Heritage in the Linked Data Cloud
Date: 2016-06-03
Time 11:30 to 12:30
Location:
Event: Digitization and Music Librarianship
Presenter: Stacy Allison-Cassin
University: W.P. Scott Chair in E-Librarianship, Associate Librarian, York
University
Toronto’s Yorkville neighbourhood in the 1960s was a vibrant scene that launched the careers of many musicians including Buffy SainteMarie, Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot. At one time more than forty coffeehouses lined the streets, acting as vital hubs for singersongwriters. These iconic venues have little to no presence in Wikipedia. Wikipedia feeds the largest node in the Linked Data cloud and
key data is also missing from other sources making Yorkville largely invisible in the world-wide network of Linked Data. This paper uses
Yorkville as a case study to examine the implications of missing Canadian cultural data.
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