Indigenous Gathering Space, at the south end of Tindall Field at Queen’s University, where the welcome takes place on Day 1.
Day 1: Dismantling Ableist Colonialist Education Systems
Agenda and Links to Presenter Slides, and Videos of Keynotes and Panels.
**Click on presenters’ names to view slides and videos (this is constantly being updated).
Each session that is hybrid has a “Join Here” label with a hyperlink for you to join online. All sessions will be recorded.
registration
Chernoff Auditorium
8-9:30 am
Pick up your registration package and food tickets (if purchased). Meet our volunteers and work-study students, Maftuna, Dakota, Elyse and Yaein, who will help you find your way to the Indigenous Gathering Space.
**Note: There is construction in the area.
Welcome
Indigenous Gathering Space
9:45-11:00
Anishinaabe traditional helper Nyle Miigizi Johnston will offer a traditional welcome. Patty Douglas, Symposium director, will also share words of welcome. A hearty snack will be served for registered (pre-paid) guests and presenters.
*No online option
Keynote 1
LOCATION CHANGE: Chernoff Auditorium
11:00-12:00
Lenape and Potawatomi neurodiverse artist Vanessa Dion Fletcher will offer a keynote combining text, audio, and objects to confront colonialist and ableist educational practices and the ‘baggage’ this creates for neurodivergent students, both positive and negative.
**Due to illness, Vanessa will now be online and it will be shared in Chernoff Auditorium
Dining Hall (presenters and pre-paid guests) or own your own.
Nicole Ineese-Nash is an Indigenous researcher, educator, and community worker. Her keynote, BIMAADIZIWIN-GIKENDAASOWIN: Decolonizing Colonial Constructs of Disability Through Indigenous Knowledge, examines the concept of disablement through the lens of colonial ableism.
Our Story Hasn’t Been Told: An Indigenous Perspective of Autism from a Māori Worldview. Keynote speaker Dorothy Taare-Smith is a Māori advocate for disability inclusion in Gisborne, Aotearoa (New Zealand). Her keynote explores disability and autism through Te Ao Māori, the Māori world.
Decolonizing Language through Storytelling
Aimée-Mihkokwaniy McGillis Nipsiy Nihtahiwéwikamik: building the living willow lodge
Meg Gibson and Bridget Livingstone “White people have an easier time making claims to those identities”: Interviews on Neurodiversity
Maria Kamiris Refusing to be Captured: The Need for Autistic Silences and Refusals
Neoliberalism, Meritocracy, and Development in Neurodiverse Education Paradigms
Jill Pluquailec & Chris Bailey Critiquing Capitalist Assumptions for Neurodiversity in Educational Discourses
Meghan Wilson Duff & Kay Worster Resist or Insist: Autistic Perspective & Authenticity in Psychology Education
Alyssa Hillary Zisk Who Do Our Invitations to Participate Actually Invite? Accessibility in Calls for Submissions
Leroy Baker The Impact of Anti-Black Racism on Black Students’ Mental Health in Higher Education in Canada
Epistemic Injustice Across Sectors
Nathan Moore Challenging Neuronormativity: Toward Epistemic Inclusion
Stephen Connolly & Emma L. Jiao-Knuckey Removing Cross-Cultural Barriers in Autism Research and Activism
Maria Julia de Melo Amorim Venâncio Rethinking the Development of Socioemotional Skills for Autistic Individuals from a Neuroinclusive Perspective
Rebeca Bayeh Autism in Mental Health Care Settings: Unpacking Culture, Power, and Privilege
Queering Autism & Neurodivergence
Elizabeth Straus and Kate Ellis Reimagining the Gender-Sexuality-Autism Nexus
Emily C. Coombs & Zalika Scott-Ugwuegbula Inclusive Education Through an Intersectional Lens: Black LGBTQ+ Autistic Narratives
Mayne Benedetto, Sara Rocha, Bárbara Bonvalot, & Kátia Moraes Racialize to Decolonize: Neuroqueering as a Stand Against White Supremacy and its Binary Burden
Sarah Cavar Trans(-) Formative Autonomy: Xenogenders and Radical Self-Determination
Dining Hall (pre-paid guests and presenters) or on your own.
lunch
12:00-1:00
Keynote 2
Chernoff Auditorium
1:00-1:30
Keynote 3
Chernoff Auditorium
1:30-2:15
***TIME CHANGE***
Concurrent Session 1A
Chernoff 213
2:30-3:45
Concurrent Session 1B
Chernoff 117
2:30-3:45
Break: 3:45-4:00pm
Concurrent Session 2A
Chernoff 213
4:00-5:30
Concurrent Session 2B
Chernoff 117
4:00-5:30
Dinner
5:30-7:00