The Work of Canadian Indigenous / Women of Colour Scholars

Re-Reading & Celebrating the work of Canadian Indigenous / Women of Colour Scholars

October 14, 2011 Osgoode Hall Law School York University Room 2010 Maps and Directions to Osgoode

Workshop Hotel Delta Chelsea Hotel 33 Gerrard Street West. Click for map. A taxi from Pearson International Airport to the Delta Chelsea will cost about $60.

Directions to Osgoode Hall Law School at York University York University’s address is 4700 Keele Street, Toronto. Please use this Map of York University to direct yourself to the law school once at York. There are no buildings at 4700 Keele Street – it is the main road entry to the campus.

Taxi Please expect that you will need to show the driver a map of the location of the law school. Map of York University. Taking a taxi from Pearson International Airport to York University will cost approximately $40. Taking a taxi from the Delta Chelsea to Osgoode will cost around $45, but could be more depending on traffic. We recommend arranging a share.

Driving General directions to York University available here. You may also need this Map of York University indicating Osgoode location and closest paid parking.

Public Transit If you are taking public transit from downtown, you will need to take the Yonge- University-Spadina line to Downsview Station (currently the end of the line), and transfer (no transfer needed) to the 196 York Rocket bus. This Map of York University indicates where the bus stops are and also the location of Osgoode location. More detailed public transit information for the City of Toronto is available through the Toronto Transit Commission website here. Readings The package of readings, each selected by our presenters, is available for download through google docs here. You can also get it from Dropbox: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36719191/ReadingPackageOct14.pdf It is a large file and you may have to be patient with the download process.

Agenda Slight change, speakers June McCue and Brenna Bhandar have switched times.

8am-9 Breakfast 9-915 Welcome 915-1015 Reem Bahdi, Windsor Law School on the work of Sherene Razack How Is White Supremacy Embodied? Sexualized Racial Violence at Abu Ghraib Canadian Journal of Women and the Law - Volume 17, Number 2, 2005, pp. 341-363 1015-1115 June McCue, UBC Law School on the work of Mary-Ellen Turpel-Lafond More than Words: Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Children with International Human Rights Instruments in Realizing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Triumph, Hope, and Action, Jackie Hartley, Paul Joffe, and Jennifer Preston eds. (Purich, 2010) 1115-1130 Break 1130-1230 Michelle Williams-Lorde, Dalhousie Law School on the work of Afua Cooper Excerpts from The Hanging of Angelique (Harper Collins, 2006) "Acts of resistance: Black men and women engage slavery in Upper Canada, 1793-1803." Ontario History. Ontario Historical Society. 2007 1230-130 Lunch 130-230 Brenna Bhandar, Queen Mary Law School (UK) on the work of Patricia Monture Excerpts from Journeying forward: Dreaming First Nations' independence (Fernwood, 2003)

230-245 Break 245-345 Vrinda Narain, McGill Law School on the work of Homa Hoodfar “The Veil in Their Minds and on Our Heads: Veiling Practices and Muslim Women.” In The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital, Lisa Lowe and David Lloyd, 248-279. Durham: Duke University Press, 1997. 345-415 Wrap up by organizers 415-515 Reception at Osgoode Hall Law School Food We will have vegetarian options, but to meet other needs we will need you to make a specific request. If you have special dietary requirements, please inform Lielle Gonsalves, IFLS administrative assistant: [email protected], Subject line: Dietary requirements, RGSA as soon as possible.

Please do not hesitate to contact the organizers or Lielle Gonsalves ([email protected]) with any other concerns or questions.

Joanna Birenbaum Director of Litigation Women's Legal Education and Action Fund [email protected]

Kim Brooks Dean & Weldon Professor of Law Schulich School of Law Dalhousie University [email protected]

Sonia Lawrence, Associate Professor Director, Institute of Feminist Legal Studies, Osgoode Hall Law School [email protected]

Debra Parkes, Associate Professor University of Manitoba School of Law English Co-Editor Canadian Journal of Women and the Law [email protected]

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