Published September 26, 2013
by asavatti
EVERY_BODY: Rethinking the Bodies that Belong
January 23, 2014, York University - Keele Campus
York University’s Centre for Human Rights is hosting its 5th annual Inclusion Day Conference. This one-day conference will include sessions where participants will have the opportunity to explore the concepts of inclusion and belonging through a human rights lens.
Keynote speakers, session presenters and workshop facilitators will have the opportunity to engage attendees in critically analyzing notions of space and the bodies that are/are not included. We are inviting submissions that focus on human rights related areas, including but not limited to:
| · Indigenous knowledge · Intersectional identities · Race and racialization · Gender expression/expectations/performance · (dis)Abilities |
· Religion/Spirituality · Knowledge production and pedagogy · Athletics as a culture · Politics of Space · Sexual orientation |
Presenters may submit proposals for a 60 minute session in one of the following formats:
· Roundtable discussion
· Do-it-Yourself (DIY) workshop
· Individual or panel presentation
· Interactive workshop
· Dialogue process
· Artistic/Creative presentation & discussion
Proposals must be submitted no later than Thursday, November 29, 2013, either by:
online submission: http://www.yorku.ca/rights/forms/view.php?id=24 or email submission to: jtcheng@yorku.ca or jglean@yorku.ca as a .doc or .pdf
For more information or to request the proposal in an alternate format contact:
Josephine Tcheng (jtcheng@yorku.ca) Advisor, Education & Communications, Centre for Human Rights | S327 Ross Building | York University | T: 416-736-5682 | TTY: 416-650-8023www.yorku.ca/rights
Please see file below for registration.
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