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.

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**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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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