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Online registration is now open for the third annual diversity research forum—Critical Conversations III: International, Indigenous, Intersectional—on campus Feb. 11 and 12. The conference will bring together faculty, students and community members to share research on diversity, explore opportunities for dialogue and collaboration, recognize research achievements and share critical pedagogy.
Keynote speakers are Budd Hall, director of UVic’s Office of Community-Based Research; Lorna Williams, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Knowledge and Learning; and Christine O’Bonsawin, director of the UVic Indigenous Minor program.
Panel sessions include Street Stories: Building Knowledge and Capacity for Change; Engaging Indigenous Diversity in Academic Research; Challenges to the Heterosexual Matrix; and Relational Theatre Performances in the Spirit of Witnessing. The conference will close with a session on Ethics and Protocols, Ceremonies and Rituals, led by members of UVic’s Elders’ Voices in First Peoples House.
“We have an array of diverse and dynamic plenary speakers and presentations on this year’s program,” said Grace Wong Sneddon, adviser on equity and diversity and chair of the conference planning committee. “I invite everyone to register early, and for faculty to consider bringing their classes to one or more of the sessions.“
The free event is open to faculty, staff, students and community members. Pre-registration is required and includes lunch. Conference sponsors include the Vice-President Academic and Provost, Office of International Affairs and Office of Community-Based Research.
More information: 250-721-6143, multi@uvic.ca, or online.
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