The interior of the Chernoff Building on the way to where our panels
will take place.
Day 2: Practice as/and Worldmaking: (Un)containing Bodies of Difference
Agenda and Links to Presenter Slides, and Video of Keynotes and Panels.
Each session that is hybrid has a “Join Here” label with a hyperlink for you to join online. All sessions will be recorded.
Chernoff 213
https://queensu.zoom.us/j/92981156215?pwd=dktVQUpya29BZll4WHAxKzkxQTRqUT09
Auditorium and Chernoff 117
https://queensu.zoom.us/j/99130887602?pwd=yykrAwtHJTlsterphWrsb85hN3zAGE.1
Roundtable 1
Chernoff 213
9-10 am
Autistic and Neurodivergent Student Knowledge Exchange
This is a neuro-friendly peer mentorship event inviting autistic and neurodivergent students to connect and chat. Led by members of the Re•Storying Autism Collective! https://www.restoryingautism.com/collective
roundtable 2
Chernoff 117
9-10am
Break: 10:00-10:30am
Educator and Practitioner Roundtable
This informal roundtable will bring together educators and practitioners in conversation about decolonial and intersectional approaches to practice and key questions for going forward.
Keynote 3
Chernoff Auditorium
10:30-11:00
Inservice learning and beyond – Knowing and supporting autistic learners. Vijaya Dharan, psychologist, Director of Academic Programs and associate professor at Massey University will talk about in-service teacher training to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of neurodiversity, culture and intersectionality in Aotearoa New Zealand, in alignment with obligations to Tiriti O Waitangi principles of Partnership, Protection and Participation between Māori and non-Māori.
Jaqui Getfield, Mikhail Getfield Francis, & Joaqui Getfield Francis. They Don't Want to Speak WITH Me, Mom: Mothering the Other. In this session, Dr. Jacqui Getfield, a Black mother-scholar and her sons, Mic and Jay, share their lived experiences through words and images as they grapple with alienation and disregard, overt discrimination and anti-Black racism coupled with ableism in public school.
In this keynote Decolonizing Autism: Insights from a Community-Led Research Study, Grant Bruno talks about the under-representation of Indigenous people in the discourse around autism. Drawing from his experience as a parent and member of Samson Cree Nation, Grant will explore ideas on how to better support Indigenous families with autistic children by incorporating Indigenous perspectives and knowledge.
Dining Hall (pre-paid guests and presenters) or on your own.
Re-Imagining Classroom Practices
Megan Ingram, Amelia Nicholas, Maya Lazenby A Tutorial in Relationality: Co-creating Alternate Worlds in the Teaching Assistant’s Classroom
Phillip James Martinez Cortes Stim Theory and Stim Friendly Pedagogy
Francis Routledge, Dr. Yani Hamdani, Nero Radu Diagnosing Education Access and Accommodations
Learning from Children’s Worldmaking and Play
David Shannon Neuroqueer Intimacies and Literacies: Desiring Neurodivergence through Proximity, Volition, and (In)competence in the Special Education Classroom
Leonardo Campoy Austimlogy: Imagining an Education Without Development
Vani Narayanan Reconceptualising Autistic Children’s Play Experiences
Piitoshi-iteeyihten niya, I think differently: Red River Métis beadwork and storytelling with Claire Johnston and Lily Gautron
In this dual workshop-presentation, Claire will teach Red River Métis two-needle beading and share images, stories and material objects of their Michif family to convey their intergenerational experience of being Piitoshi-iteeyihtam, or Métis who think differently. No beading experience is required, and any level of participation is welcome (beading or not).
*No online option available
Art Practice as Praxis
Alice Wexler Beyond Neoliberal Normativity in Education: The Value of Neurodiversity in the Collaborative Arts
Lindsey Thompson Keeping Ourselves Whole: Autistic Femme Resistance and Community-Building through Collaborative Storytelling Research
Rebecca-Eli Long Joyful Methodologies: Knitting New Narratives of Autism
Piitoshi-iteeyihten niya, I think differently: Red River Métis beadwork and storytelling with Claire Johnston and Lily Gautron
In this dual workshop-presentation, Claire will teach Red River Métis two-needle beading and share images, stories and material objects of their Michif family to convey their intergenerational experience of being Piitoshi-iteeyihtam, or Métis who think differently. No beading experience is required, and any level of participation is welcome (beading or not).
*No online option available
Imagining Futures, Imagining Time
Elizabeth Maher “’They Teach One Another in a Joyful School’: Liberatory Education and Interdependence as Black Disability Politics in Virginia Hamilton’s The Planet of Junior Brown”
Jane Tolmie & William Carroll “Perfectly You”: On Indigenous Sci-Fi, Making Space for Neurodiversity, and Lack of Closure
Ryan B. Collis Speculative Fiction and Worldbuilding: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Inclusive Education: Lessons from Sci-Fi for Autistic Learning
Angelina Vaccero Offbeat: Neurodivergent Temporalities, Chrononormativity and Re-imagining Time in Social Work Practice
Piitoshi-iteeyihten niya, i think differently: Red River Métis beadwork and storytelling with Claire Johnston and Lily Gautron
In this dual workshop-presentation, Claire will teach Red River Métis two-needle beading and share images, stories and material objects of their Michif family to convey their intergenerational experience of being Piitoshi-iteeyihtam, or Métis who think differently. No beading experience is required, and any level of participation is welcome (beading or not).
Dining Hall (pre-paid guests and presenters) or on your own.
Join us for the Re•Storying Film Night! Get your popcorn and enjoy Grant Bruno’s ‘The Gift of Being Different’, films by Estee Klar and Adam Wolfond and videos from the Re•Storying Autism project.
**We will have a walking group (20 minute beautiful walk), car pooling and there is public transit as well as Ubers available.
keynote 4
Chernoff Auditorium
11:00-11:30am
Break: 11:30-11:45pm
Keynote 5
Chernoff Auditorium
11:45-12:15
Lunch
12:15-1:15
Concurrent Session 3A
Chernoff 213
1:15-2:45
Concurrent Session 3B
Chernoff 117
1:15-2:45
Concurrent Session 3C
Chernoff Auditorium
1:15-2:45
Break: 2:45-3:00pm
Concurrent Session 4A
Chernoff 213
3:00-4:15pm
Dinner
5:30-7:00
Concurrent Session 4B
Chernoff Auditorium
3:00-4:15pm
Concurrent Session 5A
Chernoff 213
4:15-5:30pm
Concurrent Session 5B
Chernoff Auditorium
4:15-5:30pm
*No online option available
film night
The Screening Room, 120 Princess Street
8-9:30 pm