June 12-13, 1998
Program
9:30-10:30
Keynote Address
Candas Jane Dorsey
10:30-11:30
Special Panel on Teaching SF and Fantasy
Chair: Veronica Hollinger, Trent University
11:45-13:00
Session I: Gender and Sexuality
Wendy Pearson, Trent University
"From the Bush Garden to the Child Garden: Canadian Literary Tropes in the Science Fiction of Geoff RymanTigana, Identity, and the Boundaries of the Mind"
Sylvie Bérard, University of Toronto
"Dénégation et autojustification: Ou pourquoi il mérite de se faire baiser" ("Denial and Self-Appraisal, or Why He Should Be Screwed")
Trevor Holmes, York University
"`The Perfect Content?': Pat Salah's `Perfect Form' and the Fantastic in the Formation of Transgender Studies"
Chair: Miriam Jones, University of New Brunswick
14:00-14:50
Session II: Embodiment and Transcendence
Dominick Grace, Algoma University College
"From Videodrome to Virtual Light: David Cronenberg and William Gibson"
Allan Weiss, York University
"Beyond Human: Fading Boundaries Between Human and Machine in Canadian Science Fiction"
15:00-15:50
Session III: Canadian Gothics?
Daniel Timmons, University of Toronto
"Beyond the Door: Parallel Realities in Dave Duncan's The Great Game"
Kelly Hurley, University of Colorado
"Among the Cannibals: James de Mille's Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder"
16:00-16:50
Session IV: Guy Gavriel Kay and the Fantastic
Dena Taylor, University
of Toronto
"Three Glasses of Wine: The Accommodation of Culture in Guy Gavriel Kay's Historical Fantasies"
"Three Glasses of Wine: The Accommodation of Culture in Guy Gavriel Kay's Historical Fantasies"
Holly E. Ordway, University of Massachusetts
"The World-Building of Guy Gavriel Kay"
16:50-17:10
Closing Remarks
Nancy Johnston, Ryerson Polytechnic University