1:00 PM – 2: 00 PM

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Plenary Panel: Diasporic Palimpsests and Outernationalist Dub in the Work of Angela Aujla and Indigenous Resistance: 
Angela Aujla, MA ; Prasad Bidaye, PhD

Moderator : Dr. Candace Iron

Location: Studio Theatre

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Refreshments in West Bays

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Keynote Dr. Billy-Ray Belcourt

Moderator: Prof. David Miller

Location: Studio Theatre

5:30 PM- 7:00 PM

Reception at Boxcar Social, Harbourfront
235 Queens Quay West Toronto, ON M5G 1B8

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel 1a Excluded Identities: 
1) Siham Soulaimi, MA;  2) Waed Hasan, MA

Moderator: Dr. Alexander Shvarts

Location: Main Loft

Panel 1b Polarization and the Perils of Displacement: 
1) Pier Paolo Piciucco, PhD; 2) Erik Mortensen PhD; 3) Meera Shirodkar, PhD

Moderator: Prof. Sarah Armenia

Location: Loft 1
 

Panel 2a Reclaiming Identities: 
1) Nidhi Jain, Ph.D., Sanjay Lodha, Ph.D. 2) Shazia Hafiz Ramji, MFA

Moderator: Dr. Masood  Zangeneh

Location: Main Loft

Panel 2b Planting New Roots: 
1) Alexander Shvarts, Ph.D; 2) Victoria Abboud, PhD; 3) Zeina Seaifan, BA

Moderator: Prof. Aileen Herman

Location: Loft 1

Panel 3a Moving Parts (Migration and Mental Health): 
1) Kathy Friedman; 2) Antonio Michael Downing; 3) Eufemia Fantetti

Moderator: Prof. Neesha Meminger

Location: Main Loft
 

Panel 3b Belongingness and Identity in New Homelands: 
1) Cristina Guerrero, PhD and Blaise Humblelaine Cabanban, BA; 2) Eamama Daniyal, MA ; 

Moderator : Dr. Alexander Shvarts

Location: Loft 1

Panel 4a Diaspora on the Small and Silver Screens: 
1) Abdollah Zahiri, Ph.D.;  2) Smita Misra, PhD

Moderator: Prof. Nathan Radke

Location: Main Loft
 

Panel 4b Differing Diasporas: 
1) Teng Zhang, MA; 2) Kellie Roddy, MA

Moderator : Dr. Candace Iron

Location: Loft 1