Schedule

We’re excited to share our schedule for the 2024 International Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Conference. The conference will be held on May 14, 2024 , online and at the Signal Hill Campus of Memorial University in St. John's, NL.

Please note that all times listed are Newfoundland Daylight Saving Time (GMT-2:30). 

EDI-AR Conference Schedule

NDST (GMT-2:30)
Event
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast 
 
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome
 
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session A             
 
Policy, Research and Ethics
Session 1 Vishakha Wijenayake — Leveraging the Human Rights Law Framework to Advance EDI in Canadian Higher Education 
Andreas Robinson — Building Community, Leveraging Individual and Organizational Capacity for Collective Impact and Social Innovation 
Judyannet Muchiri — Decolonization, Anti-racism and Feminism Within International Cooperation Sector
   
 
Building Community
Session 2 Charles Smith — North American Partnership With Equity and Racial Justice
Obianuju Bushi — Where Do Black Children Go in Summer: Unmasking Social Disparities, Immigration and Health Implications
Ayush Mathur and Ksenia Kiseleva — Pioneering EDI-AR in Psychology at Memorial University
Amy Abe — Navigating Whiteness in EDI-AR Leadership: Reflections and Actions
 
 
Education and Training
Session 3 Erica Hurley — Teaching and Learning Within an Indigenous Health Course
Saniya Ghalehdar — Women in the Workforce: Weaving Women Into the Fabric of Our Communities
Nighet Riaz — Fostering Inclusive Communities: Building Anti-racism Initiatives at the University of Glasgow
 
 
Policy, Research and Ethics
Session 4 Indira Naidoo-Harris — Significance of Fostering Environments, Reimagine Frameworks and Policies at Post-secondary Institutions
Rowland Caesar Apentiik — Unpacking Critiques of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Policy and Practice: Towards Nuanced Understanding and Effective Implementation
Mark Kainz, Jean-Blaise Samou and Ripon College former employee — Diversity, Inclusion, Transformational Leadership, and the Reinvention of Higher Education
  
10:40 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Concurrent Session B
 
Building Community
Session 5    Regine King — Racial Justice Work in Post-secondary Institutions Through Critical Dialogue  
Alphonse Ndeam Ahola — Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, What About African Immigrant Men? 
Paul Banahene Adjei — African Elders Critical Teachings (ElderCrit): The Epistemic Gift for Decolonial Turn 
   
 
Policy, Research and Ethics
Session 6  Carolyn Walsh and Mandy Penney — Exploring "Best Practices" for Promoting EDI-AR at Hiring 
Amy Abe — EDI, Anti-racism and Decolonization Demand More Than a Passive Awareness
Lucy Buchanan-Parker — Strategic Equity and Anti-racism (StEAR) Framework at the University of British Columbia
   
 
Education and Training
Session 7 Theodore Bonnah — Dispatches from EDI-AR in Japan
Nikita Stapleton — Anti-Oppressive Science Technique: An Investigation of Intermediate and Secondary Science Teachers' Views and Practices
Monica Hernandez — Breaking Barriers and Empowering Women in STEM
Afua Cooper — Advancing EDIA Through Curricular Intervention
 
 
Policy (Workshop)
Session 8  Katherine Morton Richards and Brad Richards — Mobilizing Critical Race Theory as Practice in Undergraduate Social Science Teaching 
  
11:50 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Lunch
 
12:35 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Keynote Speaker — Dr. Amoaba Gooden
 
1:20 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Networking
   
2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Concurrent Session C
 
Policy, Research and Ethics
Session 9 Martine St-Louis — Canada's Black Justice Strategy
   
2:20 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
Nutrition Break
   
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Concurrent Session D
 
Policy, Research and Ethics
Session 10 Sam Nakhla — Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Canadian Research and Training Federal Funding
Ana Maria Alcantara — Black Women's Experience with Colourism in Brazil
Farshad Amini — Advancing organizational and societal viability through understanding first-voice accounts on equity, diversity, inclusivity, and anti-discrimination
Bukola Salami — Black Youth Mentorship and Leadership Program (Case Study)
 
 
Education and Training
Session 11 Andreae Callanan — A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Thesis Defense: Lessons Learned From a Mid-program Autism Diagnosis
Virginia McNeil — Importance of Neurodiversity in Educational Institutions 
Arif Abu, Priscilla Tsuasam, Susan S. Dintoe, Kelvin Quintyne, Constance Owusu and Cecile Badenhorst — International Graduate Students' Experience With Plagiarism: Unpacking the Racial Gaze
Katherine Pendakis — Impacts of AI on the Integrity of Student Learning Assessment
 
 
Education and Training
Session 12 Colleen Belle — Building Community Capacity to Create and Maintain Welcoming, Inclusive and Safer Environments for All
Rachel Nelson and Bee Brigidi — Co-Creating a Sustainable EDI Community of Practice at a Settler University: Our Learning from the Pilot Year
   
 
Building Community
Session 13    Carey Majid, Catherine Ann Kelly and Maria Dussan — Human Rights Justice: Imagining, (Re)Building and Sustaining
  Louise Adongo — Support for Leaders of Colour in Leadership Spaces   
  Cerren Richards and Sydney Collings — Women in Seabird Science
 
3:55 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks
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