Sponsored by the College of Education, it is the longest standing conference of its kind in Canada. All events will be held in the Edwards School of Business:
Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18
Goodspeed Lecture Theatre (Room 18)
Edwards School of Business
25 Campus Drive
University of Saskatchewan
EVENTS OF MEDIA INTEREST:
Friday, March 4:
- 7:30 pm: Greetings from U of S President Peter Stoicheff, Mayor of Saskatoon Charlie Clark, and a special mystery guest.
- A performance of the play The Pink Unicorn by Elise Forier Edie.
Saturday, March 5:
- 9:15 am: Don Cochrane, Professor Emeritus College of Education “Celebrating activists Murray and Peter Corren"
- 10 – 10:30 am: Presentation of the 2017 Peter Corren Award
- 11 – noon: Looking back, moving forward, featuring presentations by Sheri Benson, MP for Saskatoon West, Larry Kowalchuk, a human rights lawyer, and Josh Butcher from Huskies’ Athletes Allies.
- 1:15 pm: Workshops include:
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- Lindsay Herriot: Tips and tricks to get the most out of Gay-Straight Alliances
- Emily Coates: Working with transgender children and youth and mental health
- Jessica McCutcheon with Melanie Morrison: Has prejudice against LGBT persons declined?
- Mark Perry and Sarah Gerrard: Starting a GSA in a rural school division
- Jim Komar: Breaking the silence on LGBT issues in prisons with Helen Smith-McIntyre and David Feick of the Micah Mission
- China White and Iona Whipp: The art of drag
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The full program is available here.
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For more information, contact:
Don Cochrane
Professor Emeritus
College of Education
University of Saskatchewan
306-652-2862
306-280-2257
don.cochrane@usask.ca