October 6, 2010 - York University, Keele Campus
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All members of the York community are welcome |
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6pm keynote address by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish |
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Choose to attend one or all for FREE, participants are asked to register in advance |
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Dav of event registration welcomed, however late registrants cannot be guaranteed meals |
Online registration is now closed. Day-of registration is available. From 9am-4pm, please come to Founders College 152. From 5pm-6pm, please come to Accolade East, CIBC Lobby. |
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PROGRAM * |
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| 9:30 am - 10:00 am |
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| 10:00 am - 11:15 am |
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| 11:15 am - 11:30 am |
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| 11:30 am - 12:45 pm | Session 2A
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Session 2B
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| 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm |
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| 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Session 3A
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Session 3B
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| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
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| 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Session 4A
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Session 4B
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| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
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| 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Evening welcome and keynote speaker: Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish
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| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Closing remarks Book sales and book signing: I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish Concourse - Accolade East |
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* Unless otherwise noted, program will be held at Founders College, Keele Campus |
For directions to the York University campus and a map of the campus please visit York University Campus.
Session 1A
Community Engagement: Enhancing Opportunities for Accommodation of Persons with Disabilities.
Yvonne Simpson
Changes in how disability is conceptualised, broadens the scope of responsibility for employers and community members. The dynamics of creating an inclusive workplace suggests that community members play key roles in supporting the process. This interactive session will stimulate participation, explore values and language aimed at facilitating inclusion for persons with disabilities.
Session 1B
Family Planning: Does Culture Matter?
Health as a Bridge to Peace and the 519 Church Street Community Centre
The workshop will explore concepts related to family, culture, identity and community in an interdisciplinary context. Through the workshop, participants will experience the power of utilizing the concept of health as a bridge to peace, a tool to bring people together and as a framework to establish respectful dialogue.
Session 1C
Diversity vs. Normativity: Systemic Barriers to Classroom Dialogue and Inclusivity
Hans Rollmann and Tasia Alexopoulos
The workshop challenges traditional understandings of systemic barriers faced by students, demonstrating that differences and inequality in the classroom do not originate solely in the physical space of the classroom, and exploring how course structures and departmental policies (grade curves, normative grading models) are often grounded in racialized, patriarchal biases).
Session 2A
Disabled or Dis-enabled?
Bronwyn Walker
An interactive workshop focusing on disability. Participants will explore what it may mean to live with a disability both in wider society and also in the York University community. Participants will be guided to identify their own opinions and seek out the roots of bias in the larger community.
Session 2B
Engagement and Equality: Dialoguing on Aboriginal Peoples and Identity
Jennifer E. Dalton
Aboriginal peoples occupy a distinct place in Canada. However, Aboriginal identities are often misconstrued in mainstream depictions. How might a better understanding of and respect for Aboriginal identities lead to greater equality across all diverse communities in Canada? What role should engagement play in achieving this objective?
Session 3A
Agents of Change - Lessons from Middle East Peacebuilding Initiative
Amina Abbas, Shadell Permanand, and Inbal Marcovitch
This workshop will draw on Marc Gopin’s theory and explore the concept of being a positive “agent of social change” with the interest of peacebuilding across differences. A racially, ethnically and religiously diverse team of presenters will reflect on their recent work and study together and invite participants to identify initiatives that could promote respectful dialogue on campus.
Session 3B
Keeping the Conversation Going: Thoughtful Dialogue and Respectful Relationships
Kathleen Gould Lundy
Participants will explore ways to affirm the various life experiences of everyone in the classroom so that people feel connected to the content that is being presented, are challenged to ask critical questions and feel safe in engaging in conversations that lead to further learning and debate.
Session 4A
Developing Dialogue in Diverse Classrooms
Ros Woodhouse and colleagues
This session is designed as a collaborative inquiry into dialogue in a diverse classroom. We will identify common challenges and concerns. Participants will then work collaboratively and with guidance of colleagues with special expertise and experience in this area, to explore practical approaches and strategies for facilitating dialogue in classroom contexts of individual interest.
Session 4B
Climate Change, Climate Justice and Human Rights
L. Anders Sandberg and colleagues
Clicmate change and climate justice advocates speak about climate change in different ways and identify different solutions. This panel seeks to identify these differences, discuss ways of overcoming them, and propose new innovative ways of dealing with the climate change problem.
Keynote address by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish
