CATR conference welcome and important notes

Wed Mar 10 12:13:41 EST 2010

Hello all CATR conference delegates!

Please find below (and attached in English and French) some important notes
for planning your conference time in Montreal. Please circulate this note
widely to anyone who is not on the CANDrama list and who may be interested.
Could seminar leaders and curated panel proposers please forward this to
your groups, please? Sorry for any duplication  this is being sent on
CANDrama and also to directly to individuals participating in conference
presentations. Please contact Jenn Stephenson jenn.stephenson at queensu.ca if
you have any questions or comments. 

Looking forward to seeing you in Montreal!

CATR Conference Montreal Welcome and Important Notes

Friday May 28th  Monday May 31st 2010

1.      The programme is in the process of being finalized. We expect to
publish the full programme on (or before) 1 April. Stay tuned. Until then,
here are some important reminders and other notes as you make your travel
and accommodation plans.

2.      All conference presenters are required to be members in good
standing of CATR. To become a member or renew your membership for 2010, you
can download the form at  <http://www.catr-acrt.ca/>
http://www.catr-acrt.ca/

3.      Dont forget to register for Congress itself. There is a CFHSS
portion of the registration fee and a CATR portion of the registration fee.
Registration is online at:  <http://www.congress2010.ca/content.php?id=539>
http://www.congress2010.ca/content.php?id=539. Please note that the deadline
for a reduced registration fee is 31 March 2010.

4.      Field Trip to Cirque du Soleil with guide Sylvain Duguay:  Friday 28
May 9am-11:45am

 This field trip to Cirque du Soleil Headquarters will allow you to discover
a unique creative research-driven and production setting which includes
studios and workshops that are behind all of the Cirque's international
productions. Meet the archival staff in the "Memory" department and a number
of permanent research professionals who feed the creative forces of the
Cirque. Tickets for this tour are $10 and must be purchased in advance.
Places on the bus will be limited. The trip will leave from our main
conference location in the John Molson School of Business Building room
7.265.

Please reserve your ticket for the trip by sending a cheque (payable to
CATR) to:  

Edward Little, Department of Theatre GM 5-55, 

Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West, 

Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8.

5.      Banquet:  Saturday 29 May 7pm onward

 The CATR banquet will take place at the Montefiore Club. The cost for the
banquet is $55 for Regular Members and $30 for Graduate
Students/Underemployed. Note that the cost for the Regular Members
subsidizes the lower cost tickets. Banquet tickets are limited so please
reserve yours in advance to guarantee your place. 

Please reserve your Banquet tickets by sending a cheque (payable to CATR)
to:  

Edward Little, Department of Theatre GM 5-55, 

Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West, 

Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8.

6.      The Last 15 Seconds by M.T. Space Theatre

A 70-minute theatrical presentation followed by discussion. The play begins
with the deaths of Syrian-American filmmaker Mustapha Akkad, his daughter
and the suicide bomber killed in the 2005 attacks on three prominent hotels
in Jordan. A movement-based imagining of both physical and verbal dialogue
exploring the lives and memories of Akkad, the suicide bomber, and their
families. Produced by Teesri Duniya Theatre in collaboration with CATR.
Performed by M.T. Space Theatre. 

Five performances: 26 May @ 2pm and 8:30pm; 27 May @ 8:30pm; 28 May @
8:30pm; and 29 May 29 @ 8:30pm. The performance will take place in the John
Molson School of Business Building (MB) Room 7.265. Tickets at the door:
$15 reg / $10 Students. Members of CATR can reserve tickets in advance for
pickup and payment at the door by emailing:  <mailto:info at teesriduniya.com>
info at teesriduniya.com

7.      Cinq à Sept: Thursday 27 May 5-7pm

For those arriving in town the night before the conference, there is no need
to sit alone in your hotel or residence room. Please come out for food,
drink and socializing at McKibbins Pub (1426 rue Bishop, next to the Library
Building). Sponsored by the Work/Life Balance Caucus.   

8.      Womens Caucus Dinner: Friday 28 May 7pm onwards

The annual dinner of the CATR Womens Caucus will be held at Restaurant Pino
(1471 rue Crescent). So that we can reserve sufficient places, please email
Roz Kerr at  <mailto:rosalind.kerr at ualberta.ca> rosalind.kerr at ualberta.ca if
you plan to attend.

9.      Festival Transamériques: 27 May  12 June

The complete FTA program will be unveiled on 29 March, the same day tickets
go on sale. Visit  <http://www.fta.qc/ca/en/home> www.fta.qc/ca/en/home for
more information.

10.  The Robert Lawrence Prize self-nominations

The Robert Lawrence Prize was established in 1995 by the Association, and
with the generous assistance of Mrs. Lawrence, to honour the contribution of
Robert Lawrence, a valued and loved member of the Association. The prize
recognizes the research of an emerging scholar (defined as a graduate
student or someone who has been out of graduate school for less than five
years) who has presented an outstanding paper at the yearly conference. To
be considered for the prize, please identify yourself to the CATR Lawrence
Prize committee, so that a member of the committee can attend your paper
presentation during the conference. For more information and to add your
name to the list of eligible papers, contact Shelley Scott by May 1:
<mailto:s.scott at uleth.ca> s.scott at uleth.ca

11.   Travel Bursaries

CATR receives a small grant from SSHRC to assist with travel expense for
members to attend the annual meeting. To apply for this money, please see
the attached form. All details regarding eligibility and other requirements
are outlined on the form.  

12.  Audio/Visual requirements

All conference presentation rooms will be equipped with a data projector and
PC laptop. Please contact Jenn Stephenson
<mailto:jenn.stephenson at queensu.ca> jenn.stephenson at queensu.ca if you have
other technical requirements.

Jenn Stephenson

Associate Professor, Drama

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6

Phone. (613)533-6000 x78597

Email.  <mailto:jenn.stephenson at queensu.ca> jenn.stephenson at queensu.ca

Web.  <http://www.queensu.ca/drama/jstephenson>
www.queensu.ca/drama/jstephenson

"There is no theory that is not a fragment, carefully prepared, of some
autobiography" --Paul Valéry 

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