Resisting Gendered and State Violence: Indigenous Women’s Activism. Program
IGSF Symposium, 24-25 September 2015
Thomson House, 3650 McTavish, Ballroom
Image by Graphic image Angela Sterritt. Poster design Yvan Tetrault..
McGill University
Free and open to the public upon registration
Presented by the Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, McGill University, and the Canadian Women’s Foundation.
We gratefully acknowledge the gift of Dr Cynthia Shewan in memory of her late mother which made this symposium possible.
Please register your attendance online . For more information: iain.blair [at] mcgill.ca
PROGRAM
Thursday September 24, 2015
1:00 – 1:30: Opening and Elder blessing
1:30 – 3:00: Keynote Address
Audra Simpson, Columbia University. “We are Not Red Indians” (We Might All Be Red Indians): The Gender of Anticolonial Sovereignty Across the Borders of Time, Place and Sentiment
3:00-3:30: Coffee Break
3:30 – 5:00: Panel 1: Resisting Gendered Violence and Indigenous Sovereignty
Moderator – Haidee Smith Lefebvre, Doctoral Candidate, Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University
Krysta Williams, Native Youth Sexual Health Network
Iehente Foote, National Indigenous Youth Council on HIV and AIDS
Megan Kanerahtenháwi Whyte, Kahnawake Youth Forum ; National Indigenous Young Women's Council ; Skátne Ionkwatehiahróntie' - “Our Families Grow Together”
Amanda Lickers, Reclaim Turtle Island
Molly Swain, Indigenous Women’s Two Spirit and Harm Reduction Coalition
5:00-6:00: Reception
Friday September 25, 2015
10:00-10:30: Coffee and breakfast
10:30-12:00: Workshop: Indigeneity: A Brief Introduction
Allan Vicaire, Indigenous Education Adviser, McGill
Paige Isaac, Coordinator, First Peoples’ House, McGill
12:00-1:00: Lunch provided (Thomson House)
1:00-2:00: Panel 2: Living Histories, Activist Futures
Moderator: Chelsea Vowel
Bridget Tolley, Families of Sister in Spirit
Dawn Harvard, President, Native Women’s Association of Canada
Tanya Lalonde, Family Resource Coordinator, McGill University
2:00-2:15: Coffee Break
2:15-3:15: Panel 3: Mobilizing Communities
Moderator: Audra Simpson
Sheila Swasson, National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence
Melissa Dupuis, Idle No More Quebec
Widia Larivière, Idle No More Quebec ; Quebec Native Women
3:15-3:30: Coffee Break
3:30-5:00: Closing Keynote
Ellen Gabriel: “Decolonization and Uplifting Indigenous Women and Their Roles in Contemporary Society"
Questions welcomed in English and French.
With thanks to our supporters:
Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, McGill University
Dean of Arts Development Fund
Department of Anthropology, McGill University
Department of Political Science, McGill University
Department of Sociology, McGill University
Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University
Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University
McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
Social Equity and Diversity Education Office, McGill University