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Gender !<br />
Sexual !<br />
Diversity !<br />
Symposium!<br />
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March 28th and 29th, <strong>2014</strong>!<br />
University of Calgary!
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Please fill out your SYMPOSIUM EVALUATION FORM included in your<br />
registration package and return it to a volunteer. Your feedback is essential<br />
for our reports to the community and sponsors, and makes it possible to<br />
continue organizing events like this.!<br />
!<br />
We also have a GENDER AND SEXUAL DIVERSITY RESEARCH<br />
DISCUSSION GROUP FORM to bring together people interested in ongoing<br />
discussion and action for gender and sexual diversity research. This is<br />
included in your registration package for you to fill out and return to a<br />
volunteer. !<br />
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Thank you for your support in making this symposium a success.!<br />
CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNING: Some of the presentations deal with material that may<br />
elicit traumatic and otherwise difficult emotions. Some content present in this <strong>program</strong><br />
and in the symposium sessions includes: sexual violence, gendered violence, abuse,<br />
gender identity, and body image.!<br />
Presentations abstracts are available online at ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>/<strong>program</strong> <br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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Table of Contents!<br />
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1. Welcome<br />
2. Gender and Sexual Diversity Symposium Organizing Committee<br />
3. Partners and Sponsors<br />
4. Information and Services<br />
5. Diversity Discourse Night<br />
6. Saturday Program Schedule<br />
7. Saturday Detailed Program<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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1. Welcome!<br />
Welcome from the Symposium Co-Chairs!<br />
!<br />
On behalf of the organizing committee, we are pleased to welcome you to the <strong>2014</strong> Gender and<br />
Sexual Diversity Symposium at the University of Calgary. The symposium would not have been<br />
possible without the efforts of numerous individuals and organizations, including the Institute for<br />
Gender Research, the Women’s Studies Program, the Women’s Resource Centre, and the<br />
Women’s Studies and Feminist Club. Of course, the key to the symposium’s success is the<br />
involvement of the participants, both presenters and attendees. !<br />
!<br />
We are thrilled with the response to the symposium, reviving a greatly needed forum for<br />
advancing knowledge in gender and sexual diversity not seen since 2006. The symposium will<br />
involve over 100 participants, with more than 15 campus and community organizations<br />
participating in Friday’s Diversity Discourse Night, and numerous presenters organized into 15<br />
sessions on Saturday.!<br />
!<br />
The impetus for the symposium came from graduate and senior undergraduate students who<br />
felt that their classroom experiences were not pushing their research in gender and sexual<br />
diversity as far as it could go, and it became clear that we needed a space to explore the<br />
complexity of gender and sexual diversity research in a challenging and supportive<br />
environment. The Institute for Gender Research provided this opportunity to improve the student<br />
experience by listening to the concerns of students and supporting their desire to create space<br />
for academic, collaborative, and community-engaged learning and research.!<br />
!<br />
The organizing committee began from the position that leadership and mentorship should be<br />
built into our process. Beyond providing a scholarly forum where complex and multifaceted<br />
discussions could occur, the symposium also provided opportunities for mentorship prior to the<br />
symposium to prepare undergraduate researchers for their first steps towards becoming serious<br />
scholars. Students were also central to organizing the symposium and were mentored by faculty<br />
and community advisors. In this way, our aim was to create a space for pushing the boundaries<br />
of gender and sexual diversity knowledge and practice among emerging researchers, activists,<br />
artists, and community members. !<br />
!<br />
Thank you for being willing to share your knowledge, experiences, and ideas about gender and<br />
sexual diversity at this symposium. We look forward to two days full of rich, vibrant discussion,<br />
with input from a wide variety of perspectives and voices.!<br />
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!<br />
Melanie Carroll and Jennifer Hall!<br />
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Co-Chairs, Gender and Sexual Diversity Symposium!<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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Welcome from the Institute for Gender Research and the Women’s Studies Program!<br />
As both the Director of the Institute for Gender Research and the Coordinator of the Women’s<br />
Studies Program (Faculty of Arts), I am absolutely delighted that we can present the Gender<br />
and Sexual Diversity Symposium. !<br />
Our purpose is to bring together emerging researchers, activists, artists, and community<br />
members to advance knowledge of gender and sexual diversity. We claim gender and sexual<br />
diversity as central to building a rigorous scholarly environment committed to cultural<br />
understanding and positively influencing human dynamics in a changing world. !<br />
The unique organization of the symposium was designed specifically to allow us to share<br />
research, best practices, and cutting-edge methods of scholarly and community engagement.<br />
We see the university as a creative communications hub, a place where we can synthesize<br />
where gender and sexual issues intersect with other issues of diversity and equity, and identify<br />
strategic areas of research strength and possibilities for enhanced collaboration.!<br />
Both the Institute for Gender Research and the Women’s Studies Program hold as a key value<br />
the role of inquiry-based research in the university. Nonetheless, we argue that research<br />
interests and community priorities can and should work closely together to generate cultural<br />
understanding, initiate creative responses to longstanding social and economic concerns, and<br />
produce smarter, safer, and more sustainable societies. !<br />
The Gender and Sexual Diversity Symposium marks a new era in gender and sexual diversity<br />
scholarship at the University of Calgary. Our hope is that the symposium will help to catalyze<br />
our abundant research strengths, pedagogical commitments, activist passions, creative<br />
endeavours, and community engagements, in order to set a course for future-forward<br />
scholarship. We couldn’t do this without the enthusiastic support from all our presenters and<br />
audience participants. For that we are extremely grateful. !<br />
I hope that you gain new insights and refreshed perspectives on what the university can do to<br />
expand the public conversation about gender and sexual diversity. Let the conversation begin!!<br />
!<br />
Dr. Rebecca Sullivan!<br />
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Director, Institute for Gender Research!<br />
Coordinator, Women’s Studies Program!<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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2. Gender and Sexual Diversity Symposium !<br />
Organizing Committee!<br />
Co-Chairs!<br />
Melanie Carroll, mcarroll@ucalgary.ca!<br />
Jennifer Hall, jennifer.e.hall@ucalgary.ca!<br />
Organizing Committee!<br />
Sasha Krioutchkova, sashak_ask@hotmail.com!<br />
Maggie Pham, arts4@su.ucalgary.ca!<br />
Tiffany Sostar, possibilities.calgary@gmail.com!<br />
Rebecca Sullivan, rsulliva@ucalgary.ca!<br />
Faculty Advisor!<br />
Tonya Callaghan, tdacalla@ucalgary.ca!<br />
Community Advisors!<br />
Roseline Carter, Calgary Sexual Health Centre, rcarter@calgarysexualhealth.ca!<br />
Joe McGuire, Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse, jmcguire@calgarycasa.com!<br />
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3. Sponsors!<br />
The Symposium Organizing Committee thanks our symposium partners:!<br />
Women's Resource Centre !<br />
www.ucalgary.ca/women!<br />
Women's Studies and Feminist Club!<br />
wsfcalgary.weebly.com!<br />
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We also gratefully acknowledge our supporters: !<br />
The Office of the Vice-President (Research)!<br />
Student and Enrolment Services!<br />
The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning!<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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4. Information and Services!<br />
Safer Space Guidelines!<br />
In the interest of making this a safer space for sharing ideas about gender and sexual diversity,<br />
please consider the following in your interactions with other participants:!<br />
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- Address people without assuming their gender. Some ways to do this: !<br />
- Don’t refer to groups as guys, ladies, women, men, etc., !<br />
- Refer to individuals whose gender has not been disclosed to you in gender-neutral<br />
ways such as “the person who said…”!<br />
- Address people using the gender pronouns they have indicated for themselves. Offer your<br />
gender pronouns to others to make it a safer space to talk about gender pronouns. Ways to<br />
talk about your pronouns include, but are not limited to:!<br />
- they/them/theirs!<br />
- she/her/hers!<br />
- ze/hir/hirs!<br />
- he/him/his!<br />
- ey/em/eirs!<br />
- Similarly, don’t assume that others have the same experiences, identities, or histories as you.<br />
Question your assumptions and be open to having others question them too. Practice<br />
respectful listening and respectful communication. Some additional identities/assumptions to<br />
consider are racial identity, ethnic identity, immigrant status, citizenship status, sex assigned<br />
at birth, mental health situation, accessibility needs (or lack thereof), and formal education<br />
status.!<br />
- Provide discrete and succinct content/trigger warnings if you will be talking about topics that<br />
may be traumatic for some and the content is not already apparent, examples of such topics<br />
could include abuse, violence, addiction, suicide, mental health, transphobia/homophobia/<br />
other forms of discriminatory behaviours.!<br />
- Respect your own and others’ physical, mental, and emotional boundaries. Please speak up<br />
in a respectful way if you are uncomfortable, seek support if you want/need it, and engage in<br />
self-care as required and/or desired.!<br />
!<br />
Additional Considerations:!<br />
- If you are going in and out of sessions as they are running, please try to do so at times when<br />
you are least likely to disrupt presentations. Keep in mind that entering a workshop late or<br />
leaving early can be disruptive.!<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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Multimedia!<br />
! Wi-fi Access!<br />
! Temporary wifi access is available through the University of Calgary. Upon opening your<br />
internet browser, go to any webpage. A username and password prompt will appear<br />
where you can input the following information:!<br />
! ! Username: conferencegendersex<strong>2014</strong>.wireless!<br />
! ! Password: GSD.<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
! Facebook Community!<br />
! Please join our Facebook community page to stay connected to symposium participants<br />
and to continue sharing the connections among our work.!<br />
! ! https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
! Twitter Hashtag!<br />
! Tweet the symposium presentations with #gendersex<strong>2014</strong> and we will Storify these and<br />
make them public for those who couldn’t attend, as well as to create a record of the<br />
event. !<br />
Washrooms!<br />
Gender-inclusive, accessible washrooms are located in the entry hallway to the Loft on your left<br />
as you exit the elevators.!<br />
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Additional gender-binary washrooms are available in the Students’ Centre food court.!<br />
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Gender-binary, accessible washrooms are located in the Loft on either side of the main room.!<br />
Parking!<br />
Car2Go!<br />
If you arrive using Car2Go, parking is available in the Art Parkade, labelled “ABP” on the map.!<br />
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Visitor Parking!<br />
Lots 10, 11, 32: $6 per entry!<br />
Art Parkade $8 per entry, $6 evening rate if after 6:00 PM.!<br />
MacEwan Hall Parkade $6 per hour to a daily maximum of $24!<br />
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Accessibility!<br />
If you have mobility/accessibility needs but cannot afford the parking rates for MacEwan Hall,<br />
please let us know and we will try to find you assistance. !<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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University of Calgary Maps<br />
Parking lots L10, L11, L32, MSCP, and ABP are recommended for this event. Note that<br />
MCSP is an underground lot.!<br />
!<br />
The circle at the top right of the map is the train station, whereas the circle in the centre<br />
of the map (near AB and EDC) is a bus circle (e.g., routes #20, #72)!<br />
!<br />
MacEwan Hall (MH), the event location, is denoted by the circle in the centre of the map.<br />
(The Loft is on the fourth floor).!<br />
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Note: 32 nd Avenue NW is the road at the top of the map. Crowchild Trail is shown in the<br />
top right-hand corner of the map.!<br />
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See www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>/parking for more details on getting around campus. <br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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Lunch/Food Services!<br />
The Diversity Discourse Night (Friday, March 28th, 6:00 to 9:00 PM) includes a light supper of<br />
snacks and dips. !<br />
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The Symposium (Saturday, March 29th, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM) is fully catered with a continental<br />
breakfast, sandwiches and salad at lunch, and an afternoon coffee break. !<br />
!<br />
Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options are available.!<br />
!<br />
*If you wish to purchase your own food, some options available nearby the symposium are as<br />
follows:!<br />
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On the Main Floor (listed as floor “2” in the main elevators) of the Students’ Centre (the same<br />
building as the symposium), there are a variety of food options in the food court. Additional<br />
options are available on the basement floor (listed as floor “1” in the main elevators). !<br />
Some of these businesses may be closed for the weekend. !<br />
Floor 1:!<br />
Starbucks!<br />
Opa!<br />
Subway!<br />
Jugo Juice!<br />
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The Den (Restaurant/Pub Style Food)<br />
!<br />
Floor 2 (Main Floor):!<br />
Fuel For Gold!<br />
Tim Hortons!<br />
Happy Hut!<br />
Umi Sushi Express!<br />
Korean BBQ House!<br />
A&W!<br />
Oriental Wok!<br />
Noodle & Grill Express Vietnamese Cuisine!<br />
Pita on the Run!<br />
Kobe Beef!<br />
Coffee Company!<br />
La Prep!<br />
Bake Chef Vietnamese Sub!<br />
Orange Julius!<br />
Dairy Queen!<br />
Stör<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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5. Diversity Discourse Night!<br />
Friday, March 28th, 6:00 to 9:00 PM - The Loft, 4th Floor, MacEwan Student<br />
Centre!<br />
Brief presentations from community groups followed by a breakout session to brainstorm on the<br />
following: !<br />
1) What kinds of connections do community groups have with the university? !<br />
2) What do you think about when you think of the university? (e.g., space, resources, research,<br />
community-service learning) !<br />
3) What kinds of services could the university provide, or provide better, to communities and<br />
students to support gender and sexual diversity?!<br />
4) What gaps in knowledge exist in gender and sexual diversity work in the community, as well<br />
as in student knowledge upon graduation and seeking employment? !<br />
The information gathered will be used in a report on gender and sexual diversity at the<br />
University of Calgary in connection with the community. It will be circulated internally within<br />
senior university administration. Participating organizations will be recognized in attendance but<br />
all specific comments will remain anonymous and general. The document will also be circulated<br />
to all Diversity Discourse Night participants, and your feedback would be most welcome.!<br />
Campus and Community Group Presenters:<br />
James Bellamy-Henn <br />
FairyTales Presentation Society <br />
president@fairytalesfilmfest.com!<br />
http://www.fairytalesfilmfest.com!<br />
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Jonathan Brower <br />
Third Street Theatre <br />
jduncanbrower@gmail.com <br />
www.thirdstreet.ca <br />
www.facebook.com/thirdstreettheatre <br />
www.twitter.com/thirdsttheatre!<br />
!<br />
James Demers <br />
Fake Mustache Calgary!<br />
http://www.fakemustache.ca/ <br />
https://www.facebook.com/FakeMustacheDrag!<br />
!<br />
Madeleine Hardy !<br />
Coming Out Monologues !<br />
hardym@ucalgary.ca !<br />
http://comingoutyyc.com!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/ComingOutYYC?ref=br_tf!<br />
!<br />
!<br />
www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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Perry Fortune <br />
Women’s Studies and Feminist Club <br />
wsfcalgary@gmail.com <br />
http://wsfcalgary.weebly.com/ <br />
www.facebook.com/groups/3<strong>27</strong>919917307086 <br />
www.twitter.com/wsfcalgary!<br />
!<br />
Nanako Furuyama <br />
Women's Resource Centre <br />
women@ucalgary.ca!<br />
http://www.ucalgary.ca/women <br />
www.facebook.com/WRCcalgary <br />
www.twitter.com/wrccalgary!<br />
!<br />
Katie LeBlanc <br />
Q: The SU Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity <br />
qcentre@ucalgary.ca <br />
www.su.ucalgary.ca/qcentre <br />
www.facebook.com/pages/Q-The-SU-Centre-for-Sexual-Gender-Diversity/132864866765926!<br />
!<br />
Andrea Oakunsheyld!<br />
Queers on Campus!<br />
aoakunsheyld@yahoo.ca!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/qcampus/!<br />
!<br />
Heather McCreedy!<br />
Women in Leadership!<br />
wil@ucalgary.ca!<br />
www.wilucalgary.ca!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/WILUCalgary!<br />
https://twitter.com/wilucalgary!<br />
!<br />
Emily Leedham <br />
Consent Awareness and Sexual Education <br />
leedham.emily@gmail.com <br />
www.ucalgarycase.ca <br />
www.facebook.com/ucalgarycase <br />
www.twitter.com/UofC_CASE!<br />
!<br />
Nick Moore <br />
Camp fYrefly, fYrefly in Schools, iSMSS, U of A <br />
nmoore@calgarysexualhealth.ca <br />
www.fyrefly.ualberta.ca/ <br />
www.facebook.com/CampfYreflyAlberta !<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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Kevin Allen <br />
Calgary Gay History !<br />
http://calgaryqueerhistory.ca <br />
kevinallencharles@gmail.com!<br />
!<br />
Lyn Langille and Brianne Langille !<br />
Calgary TransHub !<br />
info@calgarytranshub.com!<br />
www.calgarytranshub.com!<br />
www.facebook.com/CalgaryTransHub!<br />
!<br />
Tiffany Sostar <br />
Possibilities Calgary <br />
possibilities.calgary@gmail.com <br />
www.facebook.com/possibilities.calgary <br />
www.twitter.com/bi_yyc!<br />
!<br />
Tyra Erskine <br />
Calgary Dyke March <br />
tyra.e@hotmail.com <br />
http://calgarydyke<strong>march</strong>.tumblr.com/!<br />
!<br />
Fleetwood Legare!<br />
Calgary Outlink Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity!<br />
development@calgaryoutlink.ca<br />
www.calgaryoutlink.ca!<br />
!<br />
Amanda Berjian <br />
ShiftCalgary <br />
aberjian@hivcl.org <br />
www.shiftcalgary.org <br />
www.facebook.com/Shift.Program <br />
www.twitter.com/shiftcalgary!<br />
!<br />
Joe McGuire!<br />
Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse!<br />
jmcguire@calgarycasa.com !<br />
http://www.calgarycasa.com!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Calgary-Communities-Against-Sexual-Abuse/26648091257!<br />
!<br />
Becky VanTassel <br />
Calgary Sexual Health Centre <br />
bvantassel@calgarysexualhealth.ca <br />
www.calgarysexualhealth.ca <br />
www.facebook.com/CalgarySexualHealthCentre <br />
www.twitter.com/yycsexualhealth <br />
!<br />
www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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6. Saturday Program Schedule!<br />
The Loft!<br />
(4th Floor-MacEwan Student<br />
Centre)<br />
Student Council<br />
Chambers !<br />
(Main “2nd” Floor-MacEwan<br />
Student Centre)<br />
Women’s Resource<br />
Centre (WRC)!<br />
(4th Floor-MacEwan Student<br />
Centre)<br />
8:00-!<br />
8:30<br />
Registration - Coffee and Continental Breakfast<br />
8:30-!<br />
10:00<br />
Session 1: !<br />
Education and Activism!<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)<br />
Session 2:!<br />
Impact of Gender and<br />
Sexuality on Community<br />
Health!<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)!<br />
Session 3:!<br />
Gay-Straight Alliances:<br />
Creating SAFE and<br />
SUPPORTIVE<br />
Environments for LGBTQ<br />
Students and Staff in Our<br />
Schools and Communities!<br />
(Workshop)<br />
10:15-!<br />
11:45<br />
Session 4:!<br />
Are Equality Rights Really<br />
Equal? Comparing<br />
Educational Policy Vis-a-<br />
Vis Sexual and Gender<br />
Minorities in Alberta Public<br />
Schools!<br />
(Pre-Constituted Panel)<br />
Session 5:!<br />
Gender and Sexuality<br />
Research in Counselling !<br />
(Roundtable)<br />
Session 6:!<br />
fYrefly in Schools: LGBTQ<br />
Awareness and Anti-<br />
Homophobia Program for<br />
Calgary and Edmonton<br />
Schools !<br />
(Workshop)<br />
11:45-!<br />
1:00<br />
CATERED LUNCH - The Loft<br />
1:00-!<br />
2:30<br />
Session 7:!<br />
Religious Freedoms and<br />
Social Harm: Recognizing<br />
Gender and Sexual<br />
Minority Rights in the<br />
Classroom!<br />
(Pre-Constituted Panel)<br />
Session 8:!<br />
Representations of Sex<br />
and Gender in Media !<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)<br />
Session 9:!<br />
Pushing Past the Margins:<br />
How Comprehensive<br />
Sexuality Education can<br />
be Used to Counter<br />
Cultural Hegemony and<br />
Oppression!<br />
(Workshop)<br />
2:45-!<br />
4:15<br />
Session 10:!<br />
Re-Framing Concepts in<br />
Gender, Sexuality, and<br />
Activism !<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)<br />
Session 11:!<br />
Exploring Gender Norms<br />
in Traditional Spaces!<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)<br />
Session 12:!<br />
Contemporary Trans*<br />
Activism: From Micro to<br />
Macro!<br />
(Workshop)<br />
4:30-!<br />
6:00<br />
Session 13:!<br />
Poster Presentations<br />
Session 14:!<br />
Re-Imagining Identity and<br />
Agency!<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)<br />
!<br />
www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
Session 15:!<br />
Exploring Gender and<br />
Sexuality through Collage<br />
(Workshop)<br />
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7. Saturday Detailed Program!<br />
Saturday, March 29th, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM - The Loft, 4th Floor MacEwan<br />
Student Centre!<br />
Saturday, March 29th!<br />
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM: Registration, Coffee and Continental Breakfast!<br />
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Sessions 1, 2, and 3!<br />
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM: Sessions 4, 5, and 6!<br />
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM: CATERED LUNCH - The Loft!<br />
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Sessions 7, 8, and 9!<br />
2:45PM – 4:15 PM: Sessions 10, 11, and 12!<br />
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Sessions 13, 14, and 15!<br />
8:30 - 10:00 Sessions<br />
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Session 1: Education and Activism!<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)!<br />
! Location: The Loft!<br />
Chair: Dr. Qiao Sun!<br />
Papers:!<br />
Dr. Jennifer Hall; A Historical Overview of Gender, Mathematics, and Mathematics Education<br />
Research!<br />
D.A. Dirks; Supporting Gender Non-Conforming Students!<br />
Melanie Carroll; Creating Safer Spaces: The Disjuncture Between Feminist and Liberal<br />
Individualist Approaches!<br />
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Session 2: Impact of Gender and Sexuality on Community Health!<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)!<br />
! Location: Student Council Chambers!<br />
Chair: Dr. Mary Valentich! !<br />
Papers:!<br />
Inga Gusarova; Structure and Flexibility of Attitudes Toward Sex Workers!<br />
Konstantinos Chondros; Gay Men: Constructing HIV-Negativity and Serodiscordance Online!<br />
Dhwani Paul; The Untouchable Venus: Menstruation Taboos in India!<br />
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Session 3: Gay-Straight Alliances: Creating SAFE and SUPPORTIVE Environments for<br />
LGBTQ Students and Staff in Our Schools and Communities!<br />
(Workshop)!<br />
! Location: Women’s Resource Centre!<br />
Workshop Convenor: Calgary Sexual Health Centre!<br />
Workshop Facilitators: Nick Moore, Ryan Hurley, Lee Allard, Austin Bender <br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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10:15 - 11:45 Sessions<br />
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Session 4: Are Equality Rights Really Equal? Comparing Educational Policy Vis-a-Vis<br />
Sexual and Gender Minorities in Alberta Public Schools!<br />
(Pre-Constituted Panel)!!<br />
! Location: The Loft!<br />
Convenor: Adrian Rodriguez!<br />
Discussant and Chair: Dr. Brenda Spencer!<br />
Papers:!<br />
Dr. Tonya D. Callaghan; Doctrinal Disciplining of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Canadian<br />
Catholic Schools!<br />
Tanya Surette; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Teachings in Public Schools<br />
Promote Intolerance Toward Sexual Minorities!<br />
Adrian Rodriguez; Challenging Normative Structures in Educational Policy: The Case of<br />
Alberta’s Bill 44!<br />
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Session 5: Gender and Sexuality Research in Counselling Psychology!<br />
(Roundtable)!<br />
! Location: Student Council Chambers!<br />
Convenor: Marley Young!<br />
Presenters: Marley Young, Konstantinos Chondros, Inga Gusarova, Vanessa Vegter!<br />
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Session 6: fYrefly in Schools: LGBTQ Awareness and Anti-homophobia <strong>program</strong> for<br />
Calgary and Edmonton Schools !<br />
(Workshop)!<br />
! Location: Women’s Resource Centre!<br />
Workshop Convenor: Calgary Sexual Health Centre!<br />
Workshop Facilitators: Nick Moore, Marissa Taylor, Austin Bender, Erin Boukall!<br />
11:45 - 1:00 LUNCH<br />
Sandwiches and salad will be on offer. Other options are available in the food court (at your own<br />
expense).!<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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1:00 - 2:30 Sessions<br />
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Session 7: Religious Freedoms and Social Harm: Recognizing Gender and Sexual<br />
Minority Rights in the Classroom!<br />
(Pre-Constituted Panel)!<br />
! Location: The Loft!<br />
Convenor: Dr. Tonya D. Callaghan!<br />
Discussant and Chair: Dr. Lisa Panayotidis!<br />
Papers:!<br />
Caitlin Campbell; Gender Equity in Education: The “Postfeminist" Paradox!<br />
Dr. Tonya D. Callaghan; Doctrinal Disciplining of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Canadian<br />
Catholic Schools !<br />
Alix Esterhuizen; Individual Rights, Religious Freedom, and Social Harm: Examining Charter<br />
Jurisprudence!<br />
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Session 8: Representations of Sex and Gender in Media !<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)!<br />
! Location: Student Council Chambers!<br />
Chair: Dr. Rebecca Sullivan!<br />
Papers:!<br />
Hunter Loubert; Borders of Choice: Gender, Sexuality, and Humanity in Mass Effect!<br />
Athena G. Csuti; Violent and Vile Women in Excision and Martyrs: Feminism in Modern Horror<br />
Films!<br />
Nathan Flaig; “Let’s Talk About Gender Baby”: The Knife’s Construction of a Discourse of<br />
Gender as Resistive Space!<br />
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Session 9: Pushing Past the Margins: How Comprehensive Sexuality Education can be<br />
Used to Counter Cultural Hegemony and Oppression!<br />
(Workshop)!<br />
! Location: Women’s Resource Centre!<br />
Workshop Convenor: Calgary Sexual Health Centre!<br />
Workshop Facilitators: Becky VanTassel, Chelsea Kelba, Tristan Abott!<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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2:45 - 4:15 Sessions<br />
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Session 10: Re-framing Concepts in Gender, Sexuality, and Activism !<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)!<br />
! Location: The Loft!<br />
Chair: TBA !<br />
Papers:!<br />
Andrea Oakunsheyld; Deconstructing Gender!<br />
Dr. Rachel McKinnon; Allies, Gaslighting, and Active Bystanders!<br />
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Session 11: Exploring Gender Norms in Traditional Spaces!<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)!<br />
! Location: Student Council Chambers! !<br />
Chair: TBA ! !<br />
Papers:!<br />
Sandra Dixon; Exploring Gender Identity in Spirit-Filled Christianity!<br />
Alix Stott; Made in His Image: An Exploration of Secularization and Perceptions of Gender<br />
Equity!<br />
Sara Dorchak; Objectifying Fandom: The Feminine Persona of Danielle Smith!<br />
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Session 12: Contemporary Trans* Activism: From Micro to Macro!<br />
(Workshop)!<br />
! Location: Women’s Resource Centre!<br />
Workshop Convenor: Calgary Outlink Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity!<br />
Workshop Facilitators: Brett Mason, Fleetwood Legare, Mercedes Allen!<br />
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4:30 - 6:00 Sessions<br />
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Session 13: Poster Presentations!<br />
! Location: The Loft!<br />
Chair: !Dr. Penny Farfan!<br />
Posters:!<br />
Tadeus Martin; Brony Culture: How Masculinity is Constructed within the Brony Community!<br />
Natalia Pietrzykowski; Pinning Femininity: The Everyday Performance of Gender on Pinterest!<br />
Barbara Pietrzykowkski; Silenced Voices: Children with Divergence of Sex Development!<br />
John Wong and Dr. Jenny Godley; Comparing Body Image Measures in a University in<br />
Western Canada: Preliminary Findings!<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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Session 14: Re-imagining Identity and Agency!<br />
(Multi-Paper Session)!<br />
! Location: Student Council Chambers!<br />
Chair: Dr. Adrienne Kertzer ! !<br />
Papers:!<br />
Sasha Krioutchkova; An Ordinary Albertan Hero: Transgression, Agency, and Triumph in<br />
Denise Shervey’s Archives (1953-1993)!<br />
Michelle K. Barron; Spatial Resistance and Female Agency of Seasteading!<br />
Sherryl Melnyk; Empowered Expressions of Sexuality!<br />
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Session 15: Exploring Gender and Sexuality through Collage!<br />
(Workshop)!<br />
! Location: Women’s Resource Centre!<br />
Workshop Convenor: Calgary Outsider Art Society!<br />
Workshop Facilitators: Zacery Hickey, sid (felinum fairie), Daniela Navia, Rita Isabel<br />
Henderson<br />
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www.ucalgary.ca/gendersex<strong>2014</strong>!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucalgarygendersex/!<br />
#gendersex<strong>2014</strong><br />
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