2013 Schedule

Queer U 2013
Fluidity in Identity

 Conference Schedule

SATURDAY FEB. 9

KEYNOTE | 9-10 |
Bobby Noble, PhD York University
“Edgy Bodies: Porn Pedagogies, Porn as Method”

PANEL 1 | 10:15-11:45 | EDUCATION and QUEER IDENTITY
“Lesbian Professors Disclosing in the Classroom: An Act of Authenticity”
Elly-Jean Nielsen,  University of Saskatchewan, MA/PHD Candidate Department of Psychology

“Looking back to move forward: A queer researcher’s reflection on gender transgressions and education”
Sam C. Stiegler, University of British Columbia, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy

“A cautious intervention to the production of a subversive sex in public schools”
Jair Matrim, OISE/University of Toronto 2012

“(How) Are we thinking about trans and gender-fluid youth in K-12 schools?”
Hélène Frohard-Dourlent,  University of British Columbia, PhD Candidate Sociology

LUNCH | 12-1 |

PANEL 2 | 1-2:30 | FAMILY and IDENTITY
“Gay Surrogacy: Building Fathers and Families in Canada”
Ann M. Fisher, University of Victoria, School of Child and Youth Care, PhD Candidate

“A Thermonuclear End of the Nuclear Family: Queer Post-Apocalyptic Fiction”
Emily Arvay, University of Victoria, PhD Department of English

“When Fijian Fathers give Pink Teddy Bears: Sexual and Cultural Subjectivity in Fiji”
Tulia Thompson, University of Auckland

PANEL 3| 2:30-4:30 | COLONIALISM and COMMUNITY
“Queer Settlers: Exploring the Intersections of Colonial Violence and Settler Homonationalism with LGBTIQ Refugees in Canada”
Katherine Forbear, University of British Columbia, Liu Institute for Global Issues

“Breaking Heteronormative Discourse to Embrace Fluidity”
Bobby-Joe Zeiberg, University of British Columbia 2012

“Paradigm Shift: Toward Evidence-Based Practices Supporting Gender Variance”
Carsen Farmer, City University of Seattle at Vancouver BC, Masters of Counseling Program

“Unsettling Natures: Mitchikanibiko’inik Lives, Settler Colonialism and Trans Invisibility”
Margaux Kristjansson, McGill University, MA Candidate Department of Anthropology

PANEL 4 | 4:30-6 | IDENTITY, ART and EXPRESSION

“Woe To Those Who Remember From Whence They Came: Embodying Two-Spirit Decolonisation in Kent Monkman’s Art”
June Scudeler, University of British Columbia, PhD Candidate Department of English, President of Vancouver Metis Community Association 

“Transnational Chinese Queer Identity: the Scandal of M. Butterfly”
Fei Shi, Quest University, Canada

“An Untouchable Identity: Stone Butch Subjectivity”
Anna Wärje, Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, UBC Masters Candidate

WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION | 6-? |

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