equity conference - final schedule (fwd)

Thu Feb 13 16:47:31 EST 1997

I'm forwarding this schedule for the equity conference to be held at UofT
at the end of this month. I think there is alot of interesting stuff,
including play readings that people may wish to attend.

Shemina Keshvani
UofT, Drama Centre

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 16:47:47 -0500
From: Kay Armatage <kay.armatage at utoronto.ca>

Rescuing Graduate Studies: Equity and How to Get It
Innis College, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Ave - 28 Feb - 2 Mar 1997
Preliminary Schedule - as of 02/10/97 3:56 PM

Pre-Registration: <grad.womenstudies at utoronto.ca>. Students free; faculty $50.

FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY	 
8:00 - 9:00
Registration

9:00 - 9:30
Welcome - Innis Town Hall
- Wendy Cecil-Cockwell (Vice-Chair, Governing Council, UofT)
- Jon Cohen (Dean, School of Graduate Studies, UofT)
- Jitendra Das (President, Graduate Students Union, UofT)

9:30 - 11:00
Keynote Talks - Innis Town Hall
Introduction: Kelvin Andrews (Race Relations and Anti-Racism Initiatives Officer, UofT)
-  Juanita Westmoreland-Traore (Dean of Law, University of Windsor) - title TBA
-  William Haver (School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) - "Another 
University, Now: A Practical Proposal for a New Foundation of the University"

11:00 - 11:15	
Break

11:15 - 12:15
Keynote Discussion - Innis Town Hall
Respondents: 
- Rona Abramovitch (Status of Women Officer, UofT)
- David Rayside (Political Science, UofT)	

12:15 - 1:15
Lunch  - Innis Cafe

1:15 - 2:45
Roundtable: Race, Gender, and Disability: Power and the Persistance of Barriers to Equal 
Access - Innis Town Hall
Moderator: Paul Tsang (Physiology, UofT)
- George Dei (Sociology in Education, OISE/UT)
- Jamie-Lynn Magnusson (Theory & Policy Studies in Education, OISE/UT)
- Sherene Razack (Sociology in Education, OISE/UT,)
- Kathleen Rockhill (Sociology in Education, OISE/UT)

2:45 - 4:15
Reloading the Canon - The New Disciplines - Innis Town Hall
Moderator: Maznah Mohamad (Development Studies, School of Social Sciences, Universiti 
Sains Malaysia)
- Kofi Asare (Drama, UofT) - “Institutionalising Post-Colonial Studies”
- Rodney Bobiwash (Aboriginal Programs Officer, Uof T) -"Shingwauk's Vision: The Learning 
Tipi and the University"
- Jodi Jensen (Women's Studies, Simon Fraser) & Erica Meiners (Education, Simon Fraser) - 
"Making ‘Que(e)ried’ Bodies: some notes on the politics and practices of 'special topics'"

4:15 - 4:30	
Break

4:30 - 5:45
Interactive Sessions
l. "A Department Reflects on Itself: A Case Study in Equity" - Milada Disman & Harvey Skinner 
(Dept. of Behavioural Science, UofT) - Moderator: Roselynn Degano (Beh. Sci., UofT) - Innis Rm. 
312
2. "Linking Employment and Educational Equity" - Allison Young (Political Science, Dalhousie) - 
Moderator: Ceta Ramkhalawansingh (Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Manager, City of 
Toronto) - Innis Rm. 131
3. “Funding and the Four-Year Ph.D.” - Mikael Swayze (Political Science, UofT), Bernadette 
Lonergan (School of Graduate Studies, UofT) - Moderator: Ruth Perkins (Graduate Students’ 
Union, UofT) - Innis Rm. 222
4. Is There "Life" in Grad School? Housing, Family Care, Safety, Student Services - Bob Spencer 
(OISE/UT; Council on Student Services, UofT), Humberto Carolo (Human Rights Officer, SAC, 
UofT), Patti McGillicuddy (Counselling and Learning Skills Centre, UofT) - Moderator: Jitendra 
Das (Forestry, GSU President, UofT) - Innis Rm. 312
5. "Useful and Useless" - A Manifesto for New Times in Graduate Studies: Job Prospects and 
Professionalization - Jill Didur (English, York),  Judy Barton (English, York), Vicky Smallman 
(President, Canadian Federation of Students) - Moderator: Jodi Dickstein (Institute of Medical 
Science, UofT) - Innis Rm. 223

 6:30 - 8:30	
Reception - University College Union, 79A St. George St.
Art Exhibition: “A Retrospective Glance Ahead: Posters - Graphics - Montage from the German 
Feminist Movement 1970-1996” curated by Prof. Jula Dech (Hochschule der Kunste/Academy of 
Fine Arts, Berlin)

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SATURDAY 1 MARCH	  
10:00 - 11:00
Keynote Talk - Innis Town Hall
Introduction: Greg Levine (General Counsel to the Ombudsman, B.C.)  
- Trisha Monture (Native Studies, University of Saksatchewan) - "Sharing a Vision: Aboriginal  
Peoples and Equity Initiatives in Canadian Universities"
Respondent: Usha George (Social Work, AMNI Coordinator, UofT)

11:00 - 1:00
Women's Studies as a Model of Institutional Transformation - Innis Town Hall
Moderator: Kaarina Kailo (Principal, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia)
- Graciela Hierro (Director, Gender Studies, UNAM, Mexico) -”Gender Studies at UNAM”
- Prof. Dr. Hildegard Maria Nickel (Frauenforschung, Humboldt University- Berlin) - "Bitter-Sweet 
Fruits: The Institutionalisation and Professionalisation of Women's/Gender Studies in the new 
Federal State of Germany"
- Caroline Stevens (Special Individualized Programs, Concordia ) - “Feminism and Gender - 
Keeping "Women" in Women's Studies”
- Irina Zherebkina (President, Kharkov Center for Gender Studies, Kharkov University, Ukraine) - 
"Women's Studies in Post-Soviet Totalitatianism: Between Utopia of Institutionalisation and 
Realpolitics"

1:00 - 2:00	
Lunch  - Innis Cafe

 2:00 - 3:45
Interactive Sessions
1. "The (too) Many Faces of Eve: Gender Issues in Professional Training" - Linda Hutcheon 
(English, UofT)  - Moderator: Shemina Keshvani (Drama, UofT) - Innis Rm. 131
2. "Reconceptualizing the Chilly Climate" - Kathryn Morgan (Philosophy/Women's Studies, Uof 
T), Terry Provost (Special Individualized Programs, Concordia) - Moderator: June Larkin 
(Women’s Studies, UofT) - Innis Rm 310
3. - "O.K.There's no such thing as a Safe Space: Now What?" - Roger Simon (Education, 
OISE/UT) - Moderator: Joy Parr (History, Simon Fraser) - Innis Rm. 223
4. Supervision & Power Relations - Sam Minsky (Counselling & Learning Skills Service, UofT), 
Shari Brotman (Social Work, UofT), Nakanyike Musisi (Women’s Studies/History, UofT) - 
Moderator: Liz Hoffman (Ombudsperson, Ryerson) - Innis Rm. 312
5. "On Epistemological Equity: Students and Faculty Negotiating Multiple Roles and Agendas in 
a Research Process" - Niva Piran, Arda Cole, Deborah Duggan, Jackie Aston (Adult Education, 
Community Development and Counselling Psychology, OISE/UT) - Moderator: Sarita Sahay 
(Counselling & Learning Skills Service, UofT) - Innis Rm. 222

3:45 - 4:00	
Break

4:00 - 5:30	
Mentoring/Role Models  - Innis Town Hall
Moderator: Roxana Ng (Education, OISE/UT)
- Fadi Abou-Rihan (Philosophy, Erindale College, UT) - “Queer, Philosophical, Equitable, 
Ambivalent...”
- Warren Crichlow (Education, York University) - "Be Like Who? On race, role models, and 
difference in Higher Education in the late 1990s"
- Roberta Lamb (Music, Queen's University) - "I never really thought about it": Master/apprentice 
as Pedagogy in Music"
-  Sharon Todd (Post-Doc, OISE) - "White In/visibility and Teacher Authority"

8:00 - 10:00
Staged Play-Reading - Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79A St. George St.
Djanet Sears, The Madwoman and the Fool: A Harlem Duet

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SUNDAY 2 MARCH
10:00 - 12:00
Plenary: Reports and Strategies - Innis Town Hall
Moderator: Kay Armatage (Women’s Studies, UofT)
Presentations by Recorders, Moderators, Participants. Policy, strategies and recommendations. 

10:00 - 12:00 - Events Room, Innis Residence, 111 St. George St.	
Humboldt Women’s Studies/Sociology Exchange: Women and the State
Moderator: Vappu Tyyska (Sociology, UofT)
- Patricia Albanese (Sociology, UofT) - "New Nations, Old Oppression: Role of Women in Nation 
Formation"
- Susanne Baer (Administrative Law, Humboldt University- Berlin) - "Citizenship, Loyalty and the 
Ordering of Gender"
- Prof. Dr. Irene Doelling (Professur fuer Frauenforschung, Potsdam University) - "The German 
Self and the German Other: everyday life before and after reunification"
-  Ping Chun Hsiung (Sociology, UofT) - "International Politics, State Rhetoric and Women's 
Narratives"

12:00 - 1:00	
Lunch - Events Room, Innis Residence, 111 St. George St.	

1:00 - 3:00  - Events Room, Innis Residence, 111 St. George St.	
Humboldt Women’s Studies/Sociology Exchange: Institutions and Gender 
Moderator: Pia Kleber (Director, UC Drama Program, UofT)
- Dr. Monika Blossfeld (Cultural Studies, Humboldt) - "Gender Construction in Popular Music"
- Veronika Busch (Cultural Studies, Humboldt) and Ulrike Stodt (Social Science, Humboldt) - 
"Experiences with Gender Studies"
 - Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Giesecke (Education, Humboldt) - "Adult Education and Vocational Training 
for Women in Germany"
- Anna Katharina Pelkner (Sociology/Women's Studies, Humboldt) -  "Women's Studies in an 
International Perspective"

3:00 - 3:15	
Break

3:15 - 5:00  - Events Room, Innis Residence, 111 St. George St.	
Humboldt Women’s Studies/Sociology Exchange: Familes and Gender 
Moderator: Margrit Eichler (Sociology of Education, OISE/UT)
- Bonnie Fox and Diane Worts (Sociology, UofT) - "Revisiting the Critique of Medicalized 
Childbirth: Toward a Sociology of Birth"
- Rosemary Gartner and Ross Macmillan (Sociology, UofT) - “Labour force participation and risk 
of spousal violence against women"
- Dr. Simone Kreher (Social Science, Humboldt) - "Family Histories in Context: How Gender 
Relations and Historical Events are Shaping Transgenerational Discourses in East German 
Families”
- Aysan Sev'er (Sociology, UofT) - "Separation and divorce and intimate violence against 
women: Conceptual model and some Canadian examples"

8:00 - 10:00
Staged Play Reading - Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79A St. George St.
Marie Clements - The Girl Who Swam Forever

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kay armatage
cinema studies & women's studies
university of toronto
416-978-8572; fax 416-978-5503
kay.armatage at utoronto.ca
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