BIPoC Student Symposium

Sat. May. 4 08:30 AM - Sat. May. 4 05:30 PM
Contact: b.dobchuk-land@uwinnipeg.ca or katheycao@gmail.com
Location: 2M70, Manitoba Hall

The Critical Race Network and BlackSpaceWPG are proud to present a BIPoC student symposium that aims to highlight and celebrate outstanding student research, and to create spaces for an inter-disciplinary BIPoC community at the University of Winnipeg. Join us for a day of student panels, and a special keynote lecture from Dr. Chigbo Anyaduba of the English Department.

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Schedule:

8:30am - 9:00am

Coffee and breakfast courtesy of Feast Cafe Bistro

9:00am - 9:30am

Welcoming remarks

9:30am - 10:50am

Panel 1: Social Sciences and Cultural Policy, moderated by Dr. Wei Xing.

Presenters: Colleen Chau, ""Take One Step Forwards If..." Examining Culture and Diversity Education and Equity in the Classroom." Meagan Malcolm, "Canada: History of Oppression Through Law." Pamela Campos, "Buying Ethnic Origins?: An Exploratory Study on Psychological Motives That Lead People to Take DNA Ancestry Tests."

11:00am - 12:20pm

Panel 2: Critical Race Theory in Literary Studies, moderated by Dr. Sharanpal Ruprai.

Presenters: Chrizel Dimaapi, "An Analysis of Ru and its Use of Realist Mode of Expression." Katherine Cao "Reclaiming the Butterfly: Subversions of Orientalist Imagery in Popular Asian/American Romance Literature." Tapji Garba, "The Shades of Politics: On Sociogeny and Real Abstraction."

12:20pm - 1:15pm

Lunch courtesy of Banh Mi King

1:20pm - 2:20pm

Keynote Lecture by Dr. Chigbo Anyaduba, moderated by Alexa Potashnik: "On "Being Black" and the Pitfalls of Confirming a Racialized Identity"

2:30pm - 3:50pm

Panel 3: Autoethnography and Critical Race Research, moderated by Dr. Sharanpal Ruprai.

Presenters: Keesha Harewood, "The Mixed Race Dilemma." Anthony Huynh, "Exploring the Migrant Reality: A Visual Autoethnography." Morgan Brightnose, "A History of Two Indigenous Railway Communities in Manitoba."

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Panel 4: Critical Race Studies and Identity in Technology and Media, Moderated by Dr. Julie Pelletier

Presenters: Cameron Adams, "Revitalizing my Ancestral Mother Tongue of nēhinawēwin." James Landicho, "Online Accreation: Observing Asian/American Popular Culture and Communities Through Digital Media."

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Closing Remarks

RSVP

Although we have room for everyone, please RSVP here so that we may have an approximate number of attendees.