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September 22, 2021

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Call for Proposals: Inclusion Day Conference 2015

Sep 2, 2014 to Nov 21, 2014

York’s Centre for Human Rights is inviting individuals to submit proposals for the 2015 Inclusion Day Conference, Past Histories & Present Stories: Finding Meaning in Human Rights.

The conference, being held Jan. 28 at the Keele campus, and it will explore the following themes:

How are human rights made real?
How are identities navigated/changed?
What are the new human rights battles being fought or are we still fighting the same issues from the past?

Some of the areas that proposals could focus on, but are not limited to, are:

indigenous knowledge;
intersectional identities;
race and racialization;
gender expression/expectations/identity;
(dis)abilities;
business, science and human rights;
religion/spirituality;
knowledge production and pedagogy;
immigration/refugee issues;
community leadership and mobilization;
sexual orientation; and
social media and human rights.

Presenters may submit proposals for a 75-minute session in one of the following formats – round-table discussion, do-it-yourself workshop, individual or panel presentation, interactive workshop, dialogue process; or artistic/creative presentation and discussion.

Proposals must be submitted no later than Friday, Nov. 21, either online using the Inclusion Day 2015 Proposal Submission Form or via email to jtcheng@yorku.ca or jglean@yorku.ca as a .doc or PDF.

For more information or to request the proposal in an alternate format, contact Josephine Tcheng at jtcheng@yorku.ca or visit the Centre for Human Rights website.

Website: http://www.yorku.ca/rights/forms/view.php?id=24

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Inclusion Day Conference 2015

Jan 28, 2015, 8:30am-6:30pm