Program: March 31st, 2017
9:15-10:15 AM: Reflections on Canadian Government and Politics
Discussant: Megan Aiken
Alexandra Martin: “First as a Tragedy, Second as a Farce: The Failings of Canada’s Sex Worker Legislation in the Context of Bedford and Bill C-36”
Abdullah Alzubaidi “Impact and Benefit Agreements: A Unique Tool for Indigenous Canadians in the Contemporary Moment.”
Wilissa Reist: "Sketching the Economy: Assessing Presentations of Female and Male Workers in Canadian Political Cartoons"
10:30-11:30 AM: Canada’s Renewed Vision of Peacekeeping
Discussants: Rezvaneh Erfani and Emrah Keskin
Nafisa Abdulhamid: “Lessons from Libya: Questioning our Responsibility to Protect.”
Connor Peta: “Inconsistency, Hegemony, Colonialism, and Genocide: How R2P Failed Libya.”
Noureddin Zaamout: “The Deterioration of Syria’s Postcolonial National Identity.”
Lunchtime Roundtable: 12:00-1:00 PM
1:15-2:15 PM: Identity, Politics, and Sports: Rethinking the Intersections
Discussant: Mia Tulli
Courteney Rickert: “More than Sport: Can a Popular Canadian Pastime Function as an Effective Soft Power Tool?”
Justin Leifso: “Brad Wall, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and the Affective Politics of Winning.”
2:30-3:30: Post-Colonialism, Settler-Colonialism, and Political Theory
Discussant: Will Kujala
Maura Roberts: “What’s in a Structure: Indigenous Critiques of Settler-Colonial Studies”
Christopher Balcom: “National Culture and Fanon’s Philosophy of History”
Tiffany Campbell “Settler-Colonial Strategies of Difference and the Idea of Reconciliation in Canadian Law on Aboriginal Rights”
9:15-10:15 AM: Reflections on Canadian Government and Politics
Discussant: Megan Aiken
Alexandra Martin: “First as a Tragedy, Second as a Farce: The Failings of Canada’s Sex Worker Legislation in the Context of Bedford and Bill C-36”
Abdullah Alzubaidi “Impact and Benefit Agreements: A Unique Tool for Indigenous Canadians in the Contemporary Moment.”
Wilissa Reist: "Sketching the Economy: Assessing Presentations of Female and Male Workers in Canadian Political Cartoons"
10:30-11:30 AM: Canada’s Renewed Vision of Peacekeeping
Discussants: Rezvaneh Erfani and Emrah Keskin
Nafisa Abdulhamid: “Lessons from Libya: Questioning our Responsibility to Protect.”
Connor Peta: “Inconsistency, Hegemony, Colonialism, and Genocide: How R2P Failed Libya.”
Noureddin Zaamout: “The Deterioration of Syria’s Postcolonial National Identity.”
Lunchtime Roundtable: 12:00-1:00 PM
1:15-2:15 PM: Identity, Politics, and Sports: Rethinking the Intersections
Discussant: Mia Tulli
Courteney Rickert: “More than Sport: Can a Popular Canadian Pastime Function as an Effective Soft Power Tool?”
Justin Leifso: “Brad Wall, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and the Affective Politics of Winning.”
2:30-3:30: Post-Colonialism, Settler-Colonialism, and Political Theory
Discussant: Will Kujala
Maura Roberts: “What’s in a Structure: Indigenous Critiques of Settler-Colonial Studies”
Christopher Balcom: “National Culture and Fanon’s Philosophy of History”
Tiffany Campbell “Settler-Colonial Strategies of Difference and the Idea of Reconciliation in Canadian Law on Aboriginal Rights”