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Information as Power
Speakers
- Dr. Charmaine Nelson, Keynote Speaker: Educator, Author, Curator, andProfessor of Art History at McGill University
Grappling with the Colonial Archive: The Production and Circulation of Information in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Canadian Slavery - Dr. Heidi Julien, Keynote Speaker: Professor of Information Science at the University at Buffalo Graduate School
The Power of Information: Digital Literacy and Misinformation - Alison Brown: Instructor, Ethics Officer, and PhD Student at Dalhousie University
The Power of Shared Reading for Families Experiencing Maternal Incarceration - Beth Trembley: Novelist, Essay Writer, Sketchnoter, and Comic Maker
“Are you a guy or a girl?” “Does it matter?”: Information, Power, Identity, and Comics in an LGBTQ+ Environment - Reclaiming Our Roots: Mi’kmaw led program that aims to connect Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth with meaningful land-based learning experiences rooted in Mi’kmaw values.
Indigenous Youth Knowledge Mobilization - Sofia Stancioff: Sociologist, Activist, and Canadian Regional Ambassador for Art + Feminism
Writing History Together: The Potentials and Pitfalls of Wikipedia
Committee Members
- Rachel Moore: Co-Chair
- Tamanna Moharana: Co-Chair
- Molly Coyle: Administration
- Keshava Pallavi Gone: Finance & Fundraising
- Kory Melnick: Finance & Fundraising
- Ally Patton: Logistics
- Razia Choudhury: Logistics
- Erika Flake: Programming
- Ashley MacKinnon: Programming
- Cora-Lynn Munroe-Lynds: Registration
- Grace Bourret: Registration
- Meaghan Rout: Web & Communications
- Lisa Olson: Web & Communications
