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Keynote Presentation: Must Give Us Pause
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Andrea Fatona, PhD (Canada Research Chair, Tier 2, Canadian Black Diasporic Cultural Production, Associate Professor, Faculty of Art at OCAD University)Andrea Fatona, PhD
M. NourbeSe Philip (Poet, Writer)M. NourbeSe Philip
Cease Wyss (Interdisciplinary Artist)Cease Wyss
60 min

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Learning to Speak Nearby - a Co-created Online Learning Community that Stewards Equity and Fosters Creative Privilege
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Darrée Hyun (Interdisciplinary Storyteller + Educator)Darrée Hyun
Sukyun Lee (Graduate Faculty + English Language Learning Specialist at Maryland Institute College of Art)Sukyun Lee
60 min

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Trauma Informed Learning Spaces In a Time of Transformation
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Hannah Brancato (Adjunct Professor at Maryland Institute College of Art)Hannah Brancato
Valeska Populoh (Faculty, Fiber Department at Maryland Institute College of Art)Valeska Populoh
Unique Robinson (Humanistic Studies Faculty at Maryland Institute College of Art)Unique Robinson
60 min

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Structural Imaginary: Making Spaces for Ourselves
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Nida Abdullah (Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute)Nida Abdullah
Amanda Huynh (Pratt Institute)Amanda Huynh
60 min

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Keynote Presentation: Must Give Us Pause

Thursday Nov. 04 - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (60 min)

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This keynote panel supported by SiteLines, a diversity partnership between OCADU and the Canada Council for the Arts

Thursday Nov. 04 - 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM (15 min)

Learning to Speak Nearby - a Co-created Online Learning Community that Stewards Equity and Fosters Creative Privilege

Thursday Nov. 04 - 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM (60 min)

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A paper presentation that shares about a seminar series entitled Speaking Nearby. This series counteracted the challenges of online learning by co-constructing meaningful dialogue in liminal spaces, particularly in the intercultural learning for educators and learners. Participants gain a greater understanding of power structures and reflective strategies in dynamic conversations.

Thursday Nov. 04 - 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM (15 min)

Trauma Informed Learning Spaces In a Time of Transformation

Thursday Nov. 04 - 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (60 min)

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With a focus on student voices and experiences, this session will create space for reflection to better understand how trauma informed teaching, as it was practiced and experienced during the pandemic, can transform our classrooms, and create more just, equitable, anti-racist, and accessible learning spaces.

Thursday Nov. 04 - 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM (15 min)

Structural Imaginary: Making Spaces for Ourselves

Thursday Nov. 04 - 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM (60 min)

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(CLOSED SESSION FOR THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS BIPOC) This session addresses tensions of engaging in institutional DEI work as a person of color. We discuss themes of collective care and everyday micro-resistance and examine where these practices belong within the institution.

Track 2

Why is it so Hard to Think About the Future?
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Alexis Tennent (OCAD University)Alexis Tennent
60 min

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ArtWorksTO: Diversifying Creative Industries Through Access to Education and Employment
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Angie Aranda (Manager at Neighborhood Arts Network)Angie Aranda
Laura Metcalfe (Project Manager at ArtworksTO)Laura Metcalfe
Evan Tapper (Director, School of Continuing Studies at OCAD University)Evan Tapper
60 min

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International Online Residency Experiences (IORE): International Studio Collaboration in a time of Online Learning
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Jennie Suddick (Manager, International Projects & Partnerships at OCAD University)Jennie Suddick
60 min

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Why is it so Hard to Think About the Future?

Thursday Nov. 04 - 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM (60 min)

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The uniquely human ability of mental time travel is likely a key contributor in our evolutionary success. Why then is it so hard to use it for climate change? This presentation explores future thinking with an example of artmaking and discusses the results through neurological, psychological, and sociocultural lenses.

Thursday Nov. 04 - 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM (15 min)

ArtWorksTO: Diversifying Creative Industries Through Access to Education and Employment

Thursday Nov. 04 - 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (60 min)

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This presentation will be delivered by Evan Tapper from OCAD U, Laura Metcalf from the City of Toronto, and Angie Aranda from the Toronto Arts Foundation. The presenters will discuss the collaborative process, lessons learned, and the research that informed the improvements to the program for the next cohort.

Thursday Nov. 04 - 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM (15 min)

International Online Residency Experiences (IORE): International Studio Collaboration in a time of Online Learning

Thursday Nov. 04 - 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM (60 min)

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Knowledge-sharing around ‘International Online Residency Experiences’ (IORE) developed by OCAD U International during the time of the pandemic. This programming resulted from the need to support collaborative opportunities for students to reflect on and share the conditions of their various social geographies, including emerging social issues occurring in communities worldwide.

Track 3

Mattering Materials: Relationships, Sustainability and Study
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Nicole Collins (Associate Professor, Material and Visual Culture at OCAD University)Nicole Collins
Maria Belén Ordonez (Assistant Professor, Social Sciences at OCAD University)Maria Belén Ordonez
60 min

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Mattering Materials: Relationships, Sustainability and Study

Thursday Nov. 04 - 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM (60 min)

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This roundtable invites participants to consider creating in practice and speculation what Nicole Collins and Maria Belén Ordóñez evoke, inspired by Fred Moten and Stefano Harney, as “art in the undercommons”. Ecological considerations of making take shape in dialogue via Collins’ process of melting archived encaustic paintings.
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