Breaking the Silence conference celebrates 20 years at the U of S

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:
  • • 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

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