Agenda
Spring Learning Institute on Intersectionality
May 29-31, 2011
Sunday May 29
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Arrival, registration and room check-in
Opening and Acknowledgment
of Stó:lō Traditional Territory
Dining Hall, 3:00-4:00pm
Covered Picnic Area, 4:00-5:30pm
Introductory Remarks followed by light dinner (BBQ) and social
Agokwe
Performance and Dialogue
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Outdoor Amphitheatre1, 6:00-8:00pm
Performed by Waawaate Fobister, award winning playwright, actor,
storyteller, dancer and choreographer. Fobister’s performance is
described as an incredibly moving and creative narrative incorporating
hockey, powwow, pain and two-spirited love.
Monday May 30th
BREAKFAST
Dining Hall, 8:00-8:45am
Intersectionality 101
Rec Hall, 8:45-9:30am
Olena Hankivsky, Institute for Intersectionality, Research and Policy (IIRP)
Rita Dhamoon, University of The Fraser Valley
e-poster breakout groups
Various Locations, 9:30-10:30am
Group A – Moderator: Daniel Grace, IIRP
Rec Hall
Group B – Moderator: Natalie Clark, IIRP
Paloma Lounge
Group C – Moderator: Tarya Laviolette,
Centre for the Study of Gender, Social Inequities
and Mental Health (CGSM)
Group D – Moderator: Olivier Ferlatte, IIRP
BREAK
Qualitative Case Studies and Discussion
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Dining Hall
Mustang Lounge
Dining Hall, 10:30-10:45am
Rec Hall, 10:45-12:30pm
In case of inclement weather to be held in the Rec hall.
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Bernie Pauly, University of Victoria
Wendy Hulko, Thomson Rivers University
Natalie Clark, IIRP and Thompson Rivers University
Moderator: Marina Morrow, CGSM
LUNCH
Dining Hall, 12:30-1:15pm
Quantifying Intersectionality Dialogue
Rec Hall, 1:15-3:00pm
Gerry Veenstra, University of British Columbia (UBC)
Ilan Meyer, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Terry Trussler, Community Based Research Centre
Colleen Varcoe, UBC
Moderator: Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, CGSM
ACTIVITY BREAK
Various Locations, 3:00-4:45pm
indoor/outdoor riding arena, hiking etc.
Government and Policy Panel and Discussion
Rec Hall, 4:45-7:00pm
Leslie-Anne Keowan, Carleton University
Beth Jackson, Public Health Agency of Canada
Sebastien Goupil, Status of Women Canada
Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson, Brandeis University
Moderator: Olena Hankivsky, IIRP
DINNER
Dining Hall, 7:00-7:45pm
Music and Social activity
Dining Hall, 7:45-9:00pm
Bonfire and/or Swimming
Various Locations, 9:00-10:30pm
Outdoor Amphitheatre/Fire Pit, Swimming Complex
Tuesday May 31
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Pack belongings/room check-out
Leave in Medical Centre, 8:20-8:45am
BREAKFAST (with key experts)
Dining Hall, 8:45-11:15am
Policy Group Breakout groups and Dialogue
Introduction (whole group),
Olena Hankivsky, IIRP
Daniel Grace, IIRP
Breakout Groups
11:15-12:45pm
Rec Hall, 11:15-11:25am
Various Locations, 11:25-12:10pm
Group 1 – Moderator: Alycia Fridkin, UBC
Rec Hall
Group 2 – Moderator: Natalie Clark, IIRP
Rec Hall
Group 3 – Moderator: Olivier Ferlatte, IIRP
Staff Lounge
Group 4 – Moderator: Sarah Rudrum, UBC
Swimming Complex
Group 5 – Moderator: Tarya Laviolette, CGSM
Group 6 – Moderator: Daniel Grace, IIRP
Report Back (whole group)
Olivier Ferlatte, IIRP
Natalie Clark, IIRP
LUNCH
Concluding Remarks,
Wrap-up Comments and Evaluations
Moderator: Olena Hankivsky, IIRP
Paloma Lounge
Mustang Lounge
Rec Hall, 12:10-12:45pm
Dining Hall,12:45-1:45pm
Rec Hall,1:45-2:30pm
Organized by the Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy with Support
from the Centre for the study of Gender Social Inequalities and Mental Health
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