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- February 11
- February 12

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February 12 program

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Indigenous advisor Roger John at the opening of the 2009 diversity forum

Friday, Feb. 12		Location
8:30	Registration	Michele Pujol Room
8:45	Welcome and acknowledgements Maxine Matilpi Director of Academic and Cultural Support, Faculty of Law MC Grace Wong Sneddon Adviser on Equity and Diversity MC Jim Anglin Director, Office of International Affairs	Michele Pujol Room
9:00	Keynote speaker Diversity: The key to life, living, existence and community Lorna Williams, Assistant Professor, Aboriginal Education and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Knowledge and Learning	Michele Pujol Room
9:45	Break
10:00	Concurrent panel sessions Panel 1 Intergenerational and intercultural conversations: Elders and youth Facilitators: Jin-Sun Yoon, Child and Youth Care and Maxine Matilpi, Law, with Elders and students Panel 2 Intersectional research teams: Knowledge production emerging from diverse perspectives Facilitator: Sarah Hunt LeNONET Co-Principal Investigator Panel 3 Pushing the boundaries of inclusion: The role of students with intellectual disabilities in the university community Facilitators: Teresa Dawson, Learning and Teaching Centre/Geography, and Jessica Humphrey, STEPS Forward Panel 4 Tongues Untied: Combating ambient violence Facilitator: Jo-Anne Lee, Women's Studies, with students	First Peoples House Michele Pujol Room (small) SUB Upper Lounge Michele Pujol Room (large)
11:45	Lunch and conversation	Michele Pujol Room
12:45	Welcome to First Peoples House Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi Director, Office of Indigenous Affairs	First Peoples House Ceremonial Room
1:00	Keynote speaker Declaring the Games open: The 2010 Vancouver Olympic ceremonies and the politics of Indigenous symbolism Christine O'Bonsawin, Assistant Professor, History, and Director, Indigenous Minor Program Ethics and protocols, ceremonies and rituals With members of UVic's Elders' Voices	First Peoples House Ceremonial Room
2:30	Closing, witnessing and next steps MC Grace Wong Sneddon Adviser on Equity and Diversity MC Jim Anglin Director, Office of International Affairs	First Peoples House Ceremonial Room
3:00	Drumming and closing prayer	First Peoples House Ceremonial Room

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