| 6:30 AM – 8:30 AM | 12-210 (SJE Lounge) | Registration / Light Breakfast | Get name tags, conference booklet |
| 8:45 AM – 10:15 AM | Library | Opening Ceremony | More information coming soon. |
| 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM | Library | Plenary 1 | African Elders (Dr. Paul Adjei, Nana Kwabena Asamoah, Dr. Nana George Dei, Sylvia Parris) |
| 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | 7-162 (LHAE) | Indigenous Knowledge, Cluster 1 | Dr. Daniela Bascuñán: Interrupting temporal technologies of settlement in the Ontario curriculum (15 MINS)
Lois Boody: Disrupting Colonial Land Relations in Urban K-12 Schools: Indigenous Land Education as Pedagogy for Socio-Ecological Justice (15 MINS)
Ernest Akrofi Obeng: Fugitive Pedagogies and Anti-Colonial Resistance: Reclaiming Teacher Preparation in Ghana's Higher Education Spaces (15 MINS) |
| 7-178 (Peace Lounge – LHAE) | Indigenous Knowledge, Cluster 2 | Dr. Suleyman Demi: Effect of Decentralization on Environment Sustainability in Ghana (15 MINS)
Kariuki Kirigia: Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene: Recentring Life in Wildlife Conservancies in Kenya (15 MINS)
Dr. Esther O. Ohito & Dr. Maureen Oilei (non-presenting): Luo Epistemologies and the Decolonial Pursuit of Educational and Planetary Justice (15 MINS)
Isaiah Phillip Smith: Performing Climate Change: A Qualitative Exploration of Theatre for Development in Community Awareness and Dialogue |
| OI 2290 | Indigenous Knowledge, Cluster 3 | Dr. Eunice Fonyuy Fondze-Fombele: Reweaving Communal Memory: The Girl Child, Epistemic Justice, and Decolonial Possibilities in Werewere Liking's The Amputated Memory (15 MINS)
Mary Louisa Lum: Modern Man on the Horns of the Dilemma: Decolonizing the Mind in Nkemngong Nkengasong's God was African (15 MINS)
Nathalie Lozano Neira: Reclaiming the Body as Territory: Ancestral Echoes and Embodied Return in Abya Yala and Turtle Island (15 MINS)
Dr. Comfort Fatimoh Sheidu: Indigenous Knowledge as Decolonial Praxis: Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom for Peacebuilding and Social Transformation in West Africa (15 MINS) |
| 2286 | Indigenous Knowledge, Cluster 4 | Adria Kurchina-Tyson: Interspecies intimacies: Finding the space (and source) for kinky desires (15 MINS)
Michelle Ajisebo McElwaine Abimbola: Ifa: Consummate Educator: Sacred Stories and Human Narratives (15 MINS)
Professor Maria Mackay & Associate Professor Mat Jakobi: Colonial Shadows in Australian Higher Education: Storying Aboriginal Academic Resistance (30 MINS) |
| 12-252 (Air Space SJE) | Indigenous Knowledge, Cluster 5 | Gayatri Thakor & Jasmine Rice: Desettling, Reframing and Disrupting Urban-Nature Reflections in Tkaronto (15 MINS)
Dr. Chrystal Toop: The Indigenous Death Movement (15 MINS)
David Pollock: "Don't Stop until the deaths in custody stop" - Indigenous Social Justice Association, 20 years of solidarity in the struggle to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody (30 MINS) |
| Library | Identity, Cluster 1 | Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei, Mavis Dako-Gyeke, Ophelia Affreh, & Nana Safo-Kantanka Osei-Bonsu: African Indigenous Elders Critical Teachings (ElderCrits): An Unchartered Pathway for Educational Reforms (30 MINS)
Kruti Patel: The "Hindoo Invasion": Rising Anti-Indian Sentiment, Horizontal Hostility, and the Fallacy of Canadian Multiculturalism (15 MINS)
Sindisiwe Zungu: Interrogating Gender Identity and Stereotypes in South African Higher Education: A Qualitative Study of Student Narratives at Howard College, University of KwaZulu-Natal (15 MINS) |
| CTL 11-164 | Identity, Cluster 2 | Dr. Jaspreet Bal: Indian Transnational Repression, Sikh Sovereignty and Identity in Canadian Public Education Systems (15 MINS)
Suad Ahmed: On Becoming Otherwise: Toward an Ethical, Political, and Unconscious Theory of Identity (15 MINS)
Meral Choudhry: Decolonizing Islamophobia: Reclaiming Decolonial Identity through Resistance, Agency, and Transformative Pedagogy in Ontario Public Education (15 MINS)
Abeer Mirza: Healing in the Circle: Muslim Identity, Belonging, and Community (15 MINS) |
| 7-105 (LHAE) | Indigenous Knowledge, Cluster 6 | Dr. Neil Theodore Ramjewan: The Lost Child in the Settler Psyche: Childhood, Trauma, and Reconciliation in the Survivors Speak Report (15 MINS) |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | 12-130 (Nexus Lounge) | Lunch | Enjoy a vibrant spread of diverse cuisines, bringing together global flavours. |
| 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM | 12-213 (SJE Board Room) | Identity Cluster | Maryam Dharas: The Discursive Architecture of Genocide Denial: Israeli Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Devaluation of Palestinian Life (15 MINS)
Dr. Anila Zainub: Muslim Integration in Canada and Decoloniality (15 MINS)
VIRTUAL: Sabeena Tariq: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Muslim Women Facing Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Racism at the University of Calgary (15 MINS)
Suad Ahmed: Through our Eyes: On the Social and Emotional Worlds of Somali Youth (15 MINS) |
| 12-199 (SJE Board Room) | Institutional Resistance, Cluster 1 | Sadia Anjum: Global South Women: Coloniality of Leadership in Higher Education in Canada (15 MINS)
GROUP WORKSHOP: Jessica Rogers & Kilesha Maloney: "Support or Surveillance?": A Decolonial Examination of Misconduct, Trauma, and Power in Anti-Trafficking Systems |
| 12-252 (SJE Air Space) | Institutional Resistance, Cluster 2 | Baraa Abuzayed, Claire Genest, Mitch, Natasha Rayman, Robin, Zainab Naqvi: Recognizing Anti-Palestinian Racism in the Academy: A Queen's University Case Study
Sunandha Shanmugaraj: From Ananthi to Anna: Teacher Colonization of Student Names Among Tamil Canadians (15 MINS) |
| CTL 11-164 | Institutional Resistance, Cluster 3 | Mohamed Yusuf: Investigating the Long-Term Role of Mentorship in Overcoming the Systematic Academic Achievement Gap for Black Male Graduate Students in Canada (15 MINS)
Gayatri Thakor: An Anti-Colonial Collective Embodied Ethic of Care: Nourishing the Heart, Mind, Body, and Soul (15 MINS)
Roilui Sin: Post-Secondary Students' Perceptions on Seeking Help for Adverse Childhood Experiences from Educators During High School (15 MINS) |
| 7-178 (Peace Lounge – LHAE) | Institutional Resistance, Cluster 4 | Laurie Davey-Quantick: Inclusivity and Equity Practices of Canadian Grassroot International Aid Organizations (15 MINS)
Rohini Patel & Kim Hong Nguyen: Resisting Chemical Futures Through Museum Politics (15 MINS)
Yongzhi Jim Huang: (Title illegible) as Liberation: Reading Ongoing Coloniality through Fiscal Visibility (15 MINS) |
| 7-162 (LHAE) | Institutional Resistance, Cluster 5 | Dr. David Anderson, Elizabeth Underhill (submitted), Dr. Lisa McIntosh, Dr. Marie-France Berard: Museum Educators Perspectives: Complicating the Colonial Narratives in Canadian Heritage Museums (30 MINS) |
| 12-130 (Nexus Lounge) | Institutional Resistance, Cluster 6 | GROUP PANEL: Dr. Christopher Stuart Taylor, Dr. Karim Wissa, Jermal Jones: Beyond the Optics: Liberation, Institutional Capture, and the Limits of EDI/DEI in Predominantly White Institutions |
| 7-105 (LHAE) | Epistemic Resistance, Cluster 2 | VIRTUAL (tentative) Iyanuoluwa Akinrinola: Recognizing Africa, Honouring Canadians of African Descent (15 MINS)
Dr. Gifty Serwaa Nyarko: Release from Epistemic and Political Colonizing Relation in Ghanaian Education: Influence of Transformational Leadership in Ghana's Colleges of Education (15 MINS)
Lee Stevens: Delinking Colonialism from Neoliberalism and Institutional Ethnography Towards a New Framework for Understanding Social Assistance in Canada (15 MINS)
Chloe Dugied: Ontario University EDI Strategic Plan Analysis: Power Embedded in Policy Discourse (15 MINS) |
| 12-252 (Air Space SJE) | Epistemic Resistance, Cluster 3 | Habibatou Camara: Anatomy of a Breakdown: Mali's Democratic Undoing (15 MINS)
VIRTUAL: Sabeen Siddiqui: The Intimate Technologies of War: Architecture and Violence in the Reconstruction of the Hawa during the Battle of Algiers (15 MINS)
SPEECH: Nana Appa Korankye VII: Impact of Neo-colonialism on contemporary geo politics (15 MINS)
Dr. Isaac Nortey Darko: Indigenous North and Indigenous South Solidarity: The Path to Unmasking Coloniality (15 MINS)
Palvi Sidana: Too Young for Liberation? The Violence and Contradictions of Anti-DEI Politics in the Early Years (15 MINS) |
| Library | Epistemic Resistance, Cluster 4 | Dr. Kenneth Gyamerah, Shaela Ali, & Sunandha Shanmugaraj: Examining Ontario Pre-Service Teachers Knowledge and Preparedness for Anti-Racist, Anti-Oppressive, and Social Justice Education (30 MINS)
Lee Stevens, Sabeena Tariq (VIRTUAL), Hussain Durrani, Dr. Yahya El-Lahib: Using Theory to Decolonize Methodology: A Collaborative Reflection (30 MINS)
Colin Tucker: Before the Audience Coheres: Marking Persistent Coloniality in Performing Arts Form (30 MINS) |
| 12-252 (Air Space – SJE) | Epistemic Resistance, Cluster 5 | Sabi Kamilah Hinkson: Fugitive Futures: Black Feminist, PVEST, and Afrofuturist Pedagogies Toward Liberation in STEM Education (15 MINS)
Korina Thomas-Reynolds: The Math Ain't Mathin': The epistemicide of Black youth in Canadian mathematics classrooms (15 MINS)
Mr. Don Howell & Dr. Verna Knight: Unmasking Colonial Legacies in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the Caribbean (30 MINS) |
| 12-199 (Board Room) | Epistemic Resistance, Cluster 6 | Dr. Siham Elkassem, Dr. Nuha Dwaikat-Shaer (non-presenting), Dr. Bryn King, Amilah Baksh: Gaza, Genocide, and the Politics of Weepy Universalism (30 MINS)
Natasha Rayman: The Myth of Post-Colonialism: Understanding Indigenous Struggles in CHT (15 MINS)
Dr. Marva J Ferguson: Removing the Mask-Truth Telling and Consequences: The Realities of Speaking Truth to Power (15 MINS) |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | 12-130 (Nexus Lounge) | Institutional Resistance, Cluster 7 | Dr. Ardavan Eizadirad & Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui: From EDI to Thriving Communities: Reclaiming Authentic Equity Work through Storytelling amid Anti-Woke Backlash (30 MINS)
Andrea Barrow & Dr. Alana Butler: Decolonizing Educational Leadership: An Equity-Centered Case Study in a small Ontario town (30 MINS) |
| 7-105 (LHAE) | Institutional Resistance, Cluster 8 | Sadia Anjum: Rebuilding Solidarity: Lateral Violence, Root Causes, and Recommitting to Anti-Racism (15 MINS)
Dr. Dominik Jackson-Cole, Joris Lechéne, Dr. Lucia Kula (all attending): Decoloniality of connectedness as a tool for unmasking ongoing coloniality of higher education (30 MINS) |
| 7-178 (Peace Lounge – LHAE) | Institutional Resistance, Cluster 10 | V. Pauahi Souza: State Violence and Land Defense in Hawaii: Performing Solidarity, Economic Investment, and Cultural Impact on Kanaka Maoli in Canadian Institutional Interests (15 MINS)
Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei, Mavis Dako-Gyeke, Ophelia Affreh, & Nana Safo-Kantanka Osei-Bonsu: Kente Fabric of Asante People of Ghana as an Epistemic Gift to the Academy: The Pedagogical Implications for Transformative Education (30 MINS)
Dr. Michelle Bailey: Disrupting the Narrative: Storytelling as a Decolonial Praxis Against Intellectual Enslavement (15 MINS) |
| 7-162 (LHAE) | Institutional Resistance, Cluster 11 | Ava-Udeane Ellis: Mockery as Freedom: The Philosophy of Jab Jab (15 MINS)
Juthi Jamila: Un-selfie by Rumi: Decolonial Possibilities through Ishraqi Philosophy and the Ethics of the Nafs (15 MINS)
Ce CiL Kim: Teaching Anti-Racism to Post Secondary Students Through Children's Books (15 MINS)
Tara Thomas: Decolonizing Baking and Pastry Arts Education: Challenging Culinary Coloniality in Ontario's Post-Secondary Institutions (15 MINS) |
| 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM | Library | Closing Ceremony | More information coming soon. |
