this event is sponsored by the departments of political science and sociology.
lakehead law and politics presents
october debate + discussion night
monday, october 30th 6:00-7:30 p.m.
debates/discussions are welcoming of all points of view!
topics include
• israel-palestine crisis
• canada-india dispute
• nato involvement in ukraine russia conflict
childism and decoloniality
transnational childism colloquium
thursday february 9, 2023, 9:00-11:00 am us et, online via zoom
zoom link - https://www.childism.org/projects
the figure of the child is central to coloniality. there is a need for critical discussion around a painful lacuna in current scholarship and society, namely, the intersection of adult subordination of the young and colonial subordination of the “non-western” subject and a corresponding intersection of child and decolonial liberation. in both theory and practice, adultist logics serve the essential colonial function of removing children from their lands and communities by disqualifying them from participation in socio-political life and segregating them into institutions such as schools for the purposes of inculcating a "modern education." while children from racialized groups continue to be the primary group affected by colonial adultism, there is a need to explore how all human beings designated as children are implicated in the colonial project. at the same time, the actual and figurative "child" stands as a potential site for the formation of just and emancipatory new social imaginations.
program (in us et)
9:00-9:10 introduction, john wall, rutgers university, us
9:10-9:40 panel 1: "the child" and coloniality
toby rollo, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , canada: "unsettling the coloniality of child being"
lucia rabello de castro, federal university of rio de janeiro, brazil: “gestures towards decoloniality: how could a childist perspective help?”
9:40-10:00 open discussion
yearning to be: a lecture on the coloniality of race, gender and personhood.
christiane essombe
christiane essombe (she/her) holds a master degree from the university of montreal school of public health. she has been involved in anti-racism work, public health research and advocacy for marginalized populations for over 7 years. as a diasporic black woman who is neither from here or there, she constantly interrogates the legacy of colonialism, racism and sexism wherever she is. christiane is currently completing a phd in psychology at the university of cape town in which she interrogates negrophobia in african contexts--
monday, february 6th
10:00 a.m.
https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/94276072982?pwd=nnlgmxlcvlbjykdkuldocnp5bhrjqt09
meeting id: 942 7607 2982
passcode: 229633
everyone welcome
please join us for our political science webinar.
(please email kwoychys@lakeheadu.ca) to receive the pass code.
topic: challenging conversations: fostering political voice at the intersections of race, gender, class and sexuality
time: sep 28, 2022 10:00 am eastern time (us and canada)
join zoom meeting
https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/95351141769?pwd=thhadgr6sfdablbjntzknvl2m3pbut09
meeting id: 953 5114 1769
before you attend the presentation, kindly watch this excerpt from director lee mun wah of stirfry seminars & consultings diversity training films: documentaries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4svgwlmbtcs&t=1283s
topic: challenging conversations: fostering political voice at the intersections of race, gender, class, and sexuality
systems of patriarchy, slavery, colonialism, and capitalism have created global structural and social divisions across cultures. these divisions have perpetuated all forms of violence, including impeding consciousness formation and mobilization or fostering political voice across cultures. the presentation will focus on how we create brave spaces—that is, spaces that foster political voice, using constructive storytelling and dialogue while exploring challenging topics about difference, including but not limited to gender, race, sexuality, and class.
bio
michele lemonius holds an ma in conflict analysis and management from royal roads university, an ma in adult education from st. francis xavier university and attained her ph.d. in peace and conflict studies from the university of manitoba.
as a researcher, educator and peace activist, she continues to facilitate a process that encourages creating spaces for dialogue, and self-discovery; that embraces all experiences as integral parts of one whole; that allows each human contact to be an experience of critical reflection where meaning is challenged in an effort to provide personal and professional growth.
michele was born in jamaica and immigrated to canada over 30 years ago and has strong ties to the jamaican diaspora in toronto where she spent most of her life. she has conducted qualitative, multi method research in organization and community, specific to the causes of conflict in the workplace, and the experiences of jamaican immigrant women in canada.
a workshop on positionality
