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First Voices Lecture Series 2011-2012
Lecture No. 1:
“Disability and the State”
Paul Caune, Founder, Civil Rights Now!
When: Tuesday, July 7, 2011
Time: 10 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Room 1840
8771 Lansdowne Road, Richmond, BC
British Columbian voters with disabilities do not get equal benefit and protection from the law as is guaranteed every individual by section 15 of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Civil Rights Now! is an all-volunteer, non-partisan, not for profit society with a single goal:
“To get laws passed that gives Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms real force in the daily lives of British Columbian voters with disabilities”.
Paul Caune will be addressing these issues as well as speaking about his own experiences with being forcefully institutionalization by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.
In addition to Civil Rights Now! Paul is on the Boards of BC Association of Individualized Technology and Supports for People with Disabilities (BCITS), and Medicare For Autism Now!.
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Research & Scholarship @ Kwantlen Lecture Series
"Managing Racism and Sexism: A Case Study of Chinese Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs in Richmond, BC.”
Dr. Frances Chiang, Sociology Department, KPU
Thursday, November 25, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Conference Centre 2550 A Side, Richmond Campus
Abstract
Existing entrepreneurial discourses have been dominated by white middle-class androcentric approach, giving little space to the discussions of racism and sexism experienced by minority women entrepreneurs. This paper aims to fill this gap through an examination of the experiences of Chinese immigrant women entrepreneurs in Richmond, BC using an intersectional approach. The key research question addressed in the paper is to what extent, and in what ways, do racism and sexism impact on the entrepreneurial experiences of Chinese immigrant women entrepreneurs and what strategies do they use in managing discrimination to protect themselves and their businesses? Four main strategies were derived from the findings, namely, creating a comfortable niche, playing the mainstream card, swallowing the pain, and resisting.
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Research & Scholarship @ Kwantlen Lecture Series
"The Philosopher’s Teahouse: Rethinking the Past; Teaching for the Future"
Dr. Fiona Whittington-Walsh (Sociology Department) and Dr. Wendy Royal (ELS Department)
Participants: SOCIO 1125, ELST 0383; ELST 0283 (70 students)
International Education Week: November 15, 2010
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond Campus
Abstract
Instructors from both disciplines collaborated in preparing their classes for this activity, using relevant articles from a sociology textbook, StatsCan survey, and newspaper article. Students from both areas watched the CBC video, “How tolerant are Canadians”. The cafeteria was set up to simulate a “Philosopher’s Café” and students were grouped with students from the other discipline in order to discuss the following questions.
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Research & Scholarship @ Kwantlen Lecture Series
"Reflections on Multiculturalism and Education in Canada and Abroad"
International Education Week
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
Room 1840
8771 Lansdowne Road
Richmond, BC
Panel Members (Chair: Dr. Wendy Royal, English Language Studies):
Christina Pikios, English Language Studies, Reflections on teaching in global and multicultural classrooms.
Dr. Fiona Whittington-Walsh, Sociology Department, Is disability reflected in multiculturalism?
Karrie Beard, Kwantlen Student, South Africa through the lens of a Canadian foreign student.
Dr. Amir Mirfakhraie, Sociology Department, Canadian Scholars and Iranian School Textbooks: Are multiculturalism and global education reflected in Iranian school textbooks?
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First Voices Lecture Series
"Two Worlds Within One Home: The Immigrant Family Experience"
Tina J. Lee, MA
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Monday, June 7th, 2010
10:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Room 1840
8771 Lansdowne Road
Abstract
The astoundingly high rate of immigration to Canada has contributed to the multicultural mosaic that we see all around us today. According to Statistics Canada (2006), 21% of the Canadian population was born outside of Canada. Furthermore, those born in Canada remain highly influenced by other cultures through their immigrant parents and ancestors; Statistics Canada reported that 82% of Canadians identified themselves as having non-Canadian ethnic origins.
Immigrant families undergo enormous stressors as they leave their homes to build new lives in foreign places, develop bicultural identities, and navigate family life with the added task of merging two distinct cultures.
Despite the large number of immigrant families and the challenges that they endure, the experiences of this group are ultimately carried on in silence. This presentation will discuss the issues faced by immigrant parents, their bicultural children, and the multicultural family as a whole.
Bio
Tina Lee received her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Trinity Western University, and specialized in research on multicultural families. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Her clinical experience includes Child & Youth Mental Health services with Vancouver Coastal Health and the Ministry of Children and Family Development, various presentations and trainings on multicultural issues, and counselling services with multicultural agencies.
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First Voices Lecture Series
"Genocide in Canada: Why Healing and Reconciliation are Not Possible."
Kevin Annett, Community minister and the founder of the non-governmental Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada and The Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
12:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Conference Centre 2550 “A” Side
8771 Lansdowne Road
Abstract
The talk will discuss the historical roots and evidence of church-sponsored genocide of native people in Canada, the residential school system, and the present efforts by survivors to win justice in a system determined to deny ultimate responsibility or liability.
Bio
Kevin Annett is a community minister who lives and works in the downtown eastside of Vancouver with aboriginal and low income people. He is the author of three books on genocide in Canada and producer of the award-winning documentary film Unrepentant. He has masters degrees in Political Science and Theology, and is the founder of the non-governmental Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada and The Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared. See his website for more information at: www.hiddenfromhistory.org.
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Research & Scholarship @ Kwantlen Lecture Series
"Of catwalks and plazas: fashion in contemporary Italy"
Dr. Cristina Moretti, Anthropology Department, KPU
Kwantlen Polytechnic University – Richmond Campus
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Conference Centre 2550 A Side
8771 Lansdowne Road
Richmond, BC
Abstract
Today Italy is one of the leading countries in international fashion. Yes, as Valerie Steele (2003) points out, this is a surprising achievement given that Italian fashion per se emerged less than half a century ago. This lecture will offer a introduction to the history of fashion in Italy, and will discuss its role in contemporary Milan, where it has been shaping spaces, identities, and even ideas of the future.
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Research & Scholarship @ Kwantlen Lecture Series
"THE PHILOSOPHER’S TEAHOUSE: NEGOTIATION, AGENCY AND TRANSFORMATION IN A MULTICULTURAL ESL ACADEMIC PREPARATION CLASS"
Wendy Ann Royal, English LanguageStudies, KPU
Kwantlen Polytechnic University – Richmond Campus
Friday, September 25, 2009
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Conference Room, G1205A
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First Voices Lecture Series 2009-2010
Lecture No. 1: Wiiliam_Poster
“What is aboriginal education in B.C.'s public post-secondary system? What isn't it?”
Dr. Gerry William - Scholar, Author & Poet
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Lecture No. 2: Ostrowidzki_Poster
“An Integrated Program of a Holistic Ecology of Aboriginal Literacy”
Dr. Eric Ostrowidzki, Academic and Indigenous Studies, NVIT
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 
Lecture No. 3: Billy_Poster
"Community-Based Education"
Verna Billy-Minnabarriet, Vice-President Learning Services, NVIT
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
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Workshops
"Anti-racism Education, Transnationalism, Global Education and Inclusion of Diversity: from theory to practice
Amir Mirfakhraie, Sociology Department, KPU"
Surrey Teacher Association Convention -- 2010 STA Convention
Friday, May 7, 2010
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Room C210
Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary
6151-180 Street
Surrey, BC V3S 4L5
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Research & Scholarship @ Kwantlen Lecture Series
"Practicing and Theorizing Teaching/Learning from Local & Global Perspectives"
CGME Faculty, KPU
Annual Fall Meeting of the Faculty of Social Sciences
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Tues Sept. 1, 2009
9:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Room: C2820
