CATR 2014 Brock University - Conference Updates and Information

[CATR 2014]

Dear colleagues,

The CATR Program and Cultural Planning Committees have been busy working on
the conference events for Congress 2014 and we wanted to update you on some
important points of information and some very exciting developments:

*1. Banquet*

We will be holding our banquet at the local, family-run Ravine winery in
St. Davids Bench, Niagara. A pre-banquet mixer, sponsored by TRIC, will be
held in the winery's fully restored 200-year-old Loyalist Georgian Wm.
Woodruff House. For more about the winery visit:
https://www.ravinevineyard.com/winery

*2. Performance Programming*

We've attached a save-the-date flyer for a very exciting Congress Cabaret
curated by TL Cowan and current Brock student Alex Tigchelaar (aka Sasha
Van Bon Bon). *Dirty Plötz *is an exploration of the variety show genre—so
central to the prohibition-era Niagara region nightlife—with a feminist and
queer politics and aesthetics, featuring dance, storytelling, body art,
video art, hip-hop, and theatre. The cabaret is a cross-association
collaboration by CATR, Women's and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes
(WGSRF), and the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of
English (ACCUTE). The cabaret will be held on the final night of the
conference -- May 27th, 2014 -- so please arrange your travel plans
accordingly to ensure you do not miss what promises to be a provocative and
memorable capstone event of our 2014 gathering.

Congress delegates will also have the opportunity to see neXt Company
Theatre's *Khalida*, written and directed by David Fancy. *Khalida* is a
dynamic, poetic, and politically relevant production featuring the
confessions and testimony of Said, a man in flight from a conflict zone in
the Middle East who has found himself in an oil producing country in the
economic North. A one-night-only performance of *Khalida* will take place
on Saturday, May 24th in Brock University's Sean O' Sullivan Theatre.

Tickets for both of these events will be available for purchase in advance
through our Association website. More details about a Shaw Festival outing
and other performance events are forthcoming soon.

*3. Keynote Speakers*

The Program Committee is very pleased to announce that we have confirmed
two keynote speakers for the 2014 conference each of whom will speak to our
Congress theme "Borders Without Boundaries" in challenging and invigorating
ways: playwright, actor, and 2012 Canada Reads winner, Carmen Aguirre, and
Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance at Queen Mary, University
of London and author of (most recently) *Fair Play: Art, Performance and
Neoliberalism* (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), Jen Harvie. Plans are currently
in the works for a third keynote, to be announced soon.

*4. Accommodations*

Brock University is located on the beautiful Niagara escarpment, about a
seven- to ten-minute drive from the nearest cluster of hotel
accommodations. The Four-Points Sheraton is the only hotel located directly
across the street from the university, but the majority of those rooms were
booked well in advance by Congress organizers. While on-campus
accommodation will be the most convenient, booking information has not yet
been released. We do know that on-campus residences can accommodate only
1,300 delegates -- so, if you plan to stay on campus, we encourage you to
book as soon as that information becomes available. We will forward the
booking information the minute we receive it.

Congress has blocked room reservation at special Congress rates at a number
of nearby hotels. Please visit the Congress website for a complete list of
those hotels: http://congress2014.ca/plan-your-trip/accommodations If you
plan on attending the 2014 conference, we encourage you to book as soon as
possible.

If you have any questions about the 2014 conference, please do not hesitate
to contact us. Remember to visit our Association website for the CFP and
information about our curated sessions: http://catracrt.ca/  Information
about our praxis sessions will be posted shortly.

Best wishes,

Natalie Alvarez and Peter Kuling,
CATR 2014 Conference Program Planning Co-Chairs
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