Event Details

Enacting Pedagogies of Hope - The Urgency of Combatting Racism and Intersectional Oppression

Quance Theatre, College of Education

In recognition of the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the College of Education invites you to attend a day of learning and reflection.

The following speakers and topics will be explored. Lunch will be provided to those who register in advance. Everyone is welcome.

*Undergraduate and graduate students: attendance at the symposium is eligible for listing on your Co-Curricular Record.

*The symposium is sponsored and organized by the College of Education ohpahotân Anti-Racism Subcommittee.

Agenda

9:30 am: Welcome/Opening Remarks - Dr. Shaun Murphy

9:50 - 10:50 am: Reparative Pedagogies: Learning from the Education, Justice and Memory Network, opening keynote address by Dr. Julia Paulson, dean, College of Education and Education, Peace and Conflict researcher

11 am - 12:10 pm: Breakout Panels

Quance Theatre: Panel presentation on understanding the relationship between Christianity and Anti-Oppressive Education featuring Dr. Geraldine Balzer, Mel Sysing and Dr. Lynn Caldwell.
Room 1004: Panel presentation on Current Trends and Issues in K-12 Anti-Racist Education featuring Jenn Altenberg, Janice Reigert and Cheryl Ermine.

12:10 - 1 pm: Lunch, Education Students Lounge

1 - 2 pm: The history of Saskatchewan Indigenous Teacher Education Programs at USask, Yvette Arcand, director, ITEP and Sheila Pocha, program head, SUNTEP. Quance Theatre

2:15 - 3:15 pm: TBQ: Queering Indigenous and Anti-Oppressive Education, Closing keynote address by Dr. Alex Wilson, distinguished researcher and professor, College of Education and acclaimed educator, scholar and researcher with a commitment to land-based learning and Two Spirit identity, history and teachings, Quance Theatre

3:20 pm: Closing remarks and symposium conclusion, Dr. Vicki Squires, Quance Theatre