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Thompson Rivers University Kamloops Campus
View our keynote speakers and event schedule from our 2023 conference to see the topics and workshops covered.
I respectfully acknowledge that I live and work on unceded territory of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc within Secwepemcúl’ecw. I thank the Secwépemc Nation for their hospitality.
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Thompson Rivers University campuses are on the traditional lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (Kamloops campus) and the T’exelc (Williams Lake campus) within Secwepemcúl’ecw, the traditional and unceded territory of the Secwépemc. The region TRU serves also extends into the territories of the St’át’imc, Nlaka’pamux, Tŝilhqot’in, Nuxalk, and Dakelh.
Our keynote speakers
Dr. Jo-Ann Archibald
(Q’um Q’um Xiiem)
(Q’um Q’um Xiiem)
Dr. Denise O'Neil Green
Schedule of events
Day 1 - May 8, 2023
OPENING
8:30 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
Light Snacks and Coffee-Tea
Mountain Room
9:00 A.M. - 9:40 A.M.
Welcome, Smudging Ceremony & Opening Drumming & Dancing
Elder Doe Thomas and Bernice Jensen
Mountain Room
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9:40 A.M. - 9:50 A.M.
Land Acknowledgement and Introduction to the conference
TRUFA and TRU
Mountain Room
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9:50 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
Introduction to Keynote
Jack Miller
Mountain Room
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10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
Keynote 1
Dr. Jo-Ann Archibald
(Q’um Q’um Xiiem)
(Q’um Q’um Xiiem)
Mountain Room
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11:00 A.M. - 11:10 A.M.
TRU Wings of Freedom
Charlene Barnes
Mountain Room
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11:10 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
BREAK
Mountain Room
Mountain Room
Refuge Room: OM 1742
OM 1742 will be a quiet space available to all attendees throughout the conference.
Art
Panel Discussion
Presentation
Workshop
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11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Inclusive Advocacy Curriculum (J. Goddard, S. Lewis, S. Stinson)
Empowering Voices: Student Leaders’ Perspectives on Equity, Inclusion, and Intercultural Engagement (A. McLean)
(Part One of Two) Re-storying Higher Education: Toward Indigenous Resurgence and Settler Decolonization (Dr. Shauneen Pete, TRU Academic Deans, and the Office of Indigenous Education)
Proven ways to minimize systemic discrimination (J. Woodrow)
12:30 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Lunch
Mountain Room
Mountain Room
1:45 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
Intercultural Foundations: Building Institutional Memory for Equitable Futures (K. Garson, A. McLean, S. Panda)
What do inclusivity and equity mean to racialized members of TRU? (J. Bhullar, M. Begum, H. Harilal, H. Kabir, E. Rondquist, D. Le, J. Lee-An, E. Shuttleworth, L. Suborna, A. Uehara)
Collaborative Leadership (S. Olson-Steele)
What we have learnt decolonizing PLAR at TRU (N. Borhaven, S. Forseille)
2:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Continued from above
Continued from above
EDI initiatives and Collective Bargaining: Progress and Challenges (A. M. Paterson)
Continued from above
3:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Our identities (S. Panda)
Continued from above
Cross-culture classroom communication and working with Indigenous cultures (R. Stack)
5:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.
Banquet Doors Open
Mountain Room
Mountain Room
5:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
Merriment
Mountain Room
Mountain Room
Day 2 - May 9, 2023
8:30 A.M. - 8:50 A.M.
Light Snacks and Coffee-Tea
Mountain Room
8:50 A.M. - 8:55 A.M.
Land Acknowledgement and Introduction
TRUFA and TRU
Mountain Room
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8:55 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
Introduction to Keynote
Tehmina Khwaja
Mountain Room
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9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
Keynote 2
Dr. Denise O’Neil Green
Mountain Room
https://vimeo.com/event/3323361
https://vimeo.com/event/3323361
10:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
BREAK
Mountain Room
Mountain Room
10:30 A.M.
Pushing the Boundaries of Accessibility in Higher Education (J. Mei)
Promoting an anti-discriminatory training through interdisciplinary approaches (I) (M. D’Souza)
Leadership Talking Circle (by invite only D. O’Neil Green, President’s Leadership Group)
11:00 A.M.
Continued from above
Continued from above
Continued from above
12:00 P.M. - 1:15 P.M.
LUNCH + TRU Wings of Freedom Raffle
Mountain Room
Mountain Room
1:15 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.
Equity Across Borders: Exploring International Women’s Intersectional and Transnational Equity Experiences and Practices in Education (T. Manning-Lewis, H. Hind, S. Nair)
Making Discrimination Visible to Promote Active Witnessing at Thompson Rivers University (T. Khwaja, M. D’Souza, C. Leger, S. Panda, M. Tabrez & H. Kaur)
(Part Two of Two - Re-storying Higher Education) Toward Decolonial Futures: Reflections and Commitments from Academic Deans (Dr. Shauneen Pete, TRU Academic Deans, and the Office of Indigenous Education)
1:45 P.M. - 2:15 P.M.
The Engineering Gap: Where are the Women and What are We Doing About It? (C. Tatarniuk, G. Fink, S. Aleem)
TRU - Who are you? (E. Asiedu, Data Equity Fellowship Team)
Continued from above
2:15 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.
Break
2:30 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.
Women's Leadership in Higher Education: Barriers and Opportunities in Indonesia (S. Islam)
Space (D. Gan)
Developing a “Rest Practice” for Social Justice Work in line with Tricia Hersey’s Rest is Resistance! A Manifesto (2022) *Please bring a cushion, small blanket and/or yoga mat (M. Sanchez-Flores)
2:45 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Does it stick?: The impact of cultural safety experiential learning events threaded throughout an undergraduate nursing program (Virtual Presentation) (L. Dyck, J Mason, and E Smith Friesen)
Continued from above
3:00 P.M. - 3:15 P.M.
Continued from above
Continued from above
3:30 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Closing Story and Closing Blessing
Kenthen Thomas, Elder Doe Thomas
Mountain Room
Kenthen Thomas, Elder Doe Thomas
Mountain Room
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