Symposium Schedule
9:00AM
Opening Introductions
9:15AM - 10:45AM
Panel 1: The (im)possibilities of self isolation: (Every day) Practices of collective care during pandemic times
Panellists:
Allen Baylosis / NYU-UBC / New York – United States /
Amy Shuang and Brenda Joy / Long Time No See / Toronto – Canada /
Gabriel Khan / CCoLab / Cape Town – South Africa /
Moderator:
Fuyubi Nakamura / Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Studies and Curator, Asia in the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC
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10:45AM – 11:00AM
Break
11:00AM - 12:45PM
Panel 2: Undoing Capitalist logics of “essential” during the pandemic
Panellists:
Nicky Minus / Workers Art Collective / Unceded Wurundjeri Land (Melbourne) – Australia /
Shira Anisman / VALU CO-OP / Vancouver – Canada /
Celyne Asnani and Minnie Ng / Chinatown Cares / Vancouver – Canada /
Moderator:
Ciara Taylor / Cultural Strategies Organizer and Educator for the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice/ Co-founder of Dream Defenders / New York
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12:45AM – 1:45PM
Lunch
1:45PM - 3:40PM
Panel 3: Decolonizing senses of justice and normality in pandemic times
Panellists:
Jassi Murad / Astrolabe de Mariem / Palestine /
Remy Hellstern / Sewing seeds of discontent / Vancouver – Canada /
Shá Cage / At the corner of / Minneapolis – United States
Tonye Aganaba / Defund 604 Network / Vancouver – Canada /
Moderator:
Niki Franco / abolitionist community organizer, writer, and facilitator of spaces for collective study. Host of "Getting to the Root of It with Venus Roots," a podcast that leans into conversations with artists, theorists, and organizers / United States
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3:40PM –
4:00PM
Break
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Panel 4: Reflections, praxis and explorations of community struggles and resilience during pandemic times
Panellists:
Cheryl-lee Madden / Mapping of Unchartered COVID-19 Evictions: Are Women Disproportionately Affected by Job Loss? / UBC /
Emily Legleitner / Dreams Beyond Reason / UBC /
Megan Bobetsis / Healing & Justice for Sexual Violence Survivors: Communities of Care During a Global Pandemic / SFU /
Moderator:
Eylul Kara / International Relations and Economics / UBC
Anoushka Chandarana / School of Public Policy and Global Affairs / UBC
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