2025 GLRC Graduate Student Symposium February 20 - all sessions will be held at York University (Keele Campus) | February 21 - all sessions will be held virtually, via Zoom 1. Contact informationFirst name(Required) Last name(Required) Email address(Required) 2. AffiliationYou can provide information about one or more institutional affiliations.Position(Required) For example: PhD student, Undergraduate student, Union member, community organizer, Faculty member, etc.Organization(Required) For example: York University, University of Toronto, Migrante Canada, etc. 3. Panel sessionsPlease check the boxes below to indicate the session(s) you would like to attend.February 20 (in-person sessions) 9:00 am to 10:30 am | Opening Ceremony & John Eleen Lecture: What is Antiracism? And Why it Means Anticapitalism, by Arun Kundnani 10:45 am - 12:15 pm | Parallel Session 1a - Platform Technology and AI: Redefining the Future of Work 10:45 am - 12:15 pm | Parallel Session 1b - Democracy, Precarity, and Identity: Navigating Labour and Social Transformation 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm | Parallel Session 2a - Labour, Migration, and Social Inequality: A Global South Perspective 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm | Parallel Session 2b - Transforming Communities: Queer, Feminist, and Spatial Perspectives on Care Work and Reproductive Labour 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Parallel Session 3a - The Intersection of Climate Action, Economic Pressures, and Class Awareness 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Parallel Session 3b - Rethinking Labour and Ethics: The Politics of Inclusion, Sweatshops, and Agricultural Policy February 21 (online sessions)You will receive via email the Zoom links for the sessions you choose. 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | Parallel Session 4a - The New Normal: Precarity, Rising Costs, and Transformations in Work 10:00 am to 12:00 pm | Parallel Session 4b - Intersectional Labour Strategies: Care, Well-Being, and Rights in Higher Education and Digital Care Work 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Parallel Session 5a - Workers Without Borders: Migration and the Politics of Struggle 1:00 pm to 3:45 pm | Parallel Session 5b - Beyond Precarity: Mental Illness, Service Work, and Allyship in the Struggle for Equity 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Professional Workshop & Closing Remarks
