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The Indigenous and Diversity Research Forum: Critical Conversations Continue on February 12 and 13, 2009 was an opportunity for almost 200 presenters and participants to share and to hear diverse research, acknowledge faculty working with diverse scholarship and to have critical conversations about key areas of diversity, equity and Indigenous knowledge.
The goal of the conference was to bring a more integrative approach to diversity and Indigenous research and practice. We also wanted to bring greater awareness of diversity, equity and inclusion, to challenge the categories themselves and to encourage an analysis of the interrelationships. One of the biggest challenges of diversity and equity work is getting people to acknowledge their locations within positions of privilege and oppression and to recognize that we are all implicated in the relationships of power based on the different dimensions of equity.
The conference over the span of two exciting days provided a space for community members to be included in critical conversations. It was incredibly exciting to challenge and be challenged in collegial and academic debate.
Video proceedings of the conference are posted below.
Program
Podcasts
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Thursday, Feb. 12
Friday, Feb. 13
Keynote speakers
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Dorothy Christian—media artist, scholar and activist
Representing reality: Whose reality is it anyway?
Dorothy Christian is a writer, a video artist and a producer and director of documentaries. She is of the Okanagan-Secwepemc Nations of the interior of British Columbia. She is a member of the Splats'in Indian Band, one of 17 Secwepemc communities. Christian is currently completing a Masters degree in Communications at Simon Fraser University, where she is focusing on aesthetics in Indigenous film. more |
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Helen Lenskyj, Ph. D.
Critical Perspectives on the Olympic Industry and Social Justice
Helen Lenskyj has been a teacher, an early childhood educator and a community activist. Helen’s research combines radical, socialist and feminist perspectives, and mostly focuses on gender, sport and sexualities. She has contributed about seventy articles and reviews to journals and periodicals and written nine books. She is currently Professor Emerita of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. more |
Photos from 2009 forum
| Keynote speaker Dorothy Christian (centre) with co-chairs Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi (left) and Grace Wong Sneddon |
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| Keynote speaker Helen Lenskyj (right) with Jin-Sun Yoon and Grace Wong Sneddon ((L-R) |
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| Audience in Michele Pujol Room |
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| Participants at break time in Michele Pujol Room |
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| Community-based research partnerships: views from the community. L-R Rose Henry, Cheryl Bryce, Jacquie Green |
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| From resistance to resilience: diversity across lifespans through narratives (disabilities and education). L-R John Paul Jones, Donna McGhie-Richmond, Cam Culham, Julia Munk |
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| Ethical protocols from Indigenous perspectives: land, life, learning and relationships. L-R Elder Marie Cooper, Geoff McKee |
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| Sexualities. L-R Liz Manning, Heather Tapley |
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| Supporting Indigenous student success at UVic: lessons from the LE,NONET project |
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| Veronica Lefevbre (Office of Indigenous Affairs) serving bannock during lunch |
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| Jim Anglin, Associate Vice-President Academic and Provost at Closing |
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| Roger John, Indigenous Advisor, Human and Social Development - Closing Prayer |
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Sponsors
- Vice-President Academic and Provost
- Diversity Advisor
- Office of Indigenous Affairs
- Office of Community-Based Research
- Vice-President Research
- Human Resources
- Student and Ancillary Services
- Victoria Symphony
- The Virtual Learning Lodge (VLL)
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