Affect and Indigenous Land Policies

September 19, 2013

Affect and Indigenous Land Policies is a one-day workshop to be held on Friday September 27, 2013, at the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto. Its objectives are to explore the relationship between affect, understood as the ‘expression of emotion in the public realm,’and Indigenous land issues in a comparative global context.

Confirmed invited speakers include:

• Professor Jeff Corntassel, Indigenous Governance, Univ. of Victoria
• Ms. Élise Couture-Grondin, PhD 3, Centre for Comparative Literature, Univ. of Toronto
• Professor Steve Déry, Department of Geography, Université Laval
• Ms. Jessie Housty, Tribal Council Member, Heiltsuk First Nation, Bella Bella, B.C.
• Professor Tania Li, Canada Research Chair in the Political-Economy and Culture of Asia, Univ. of Toronto
• Professor Deb McGregor, Aboriginal Studies and Geography, Univ. of Toronto
• Professor Graham White, Department of Political Science, Univ. of Toronto

 

Please register on-line here by *September 24, 2013* (space is very limited):
http://www.english.utoronto.ca/newsevents/Registration_Affect_and_Indigenous_Land_Policies.htm.

Send $10 plus your name and department affiliation by September 24th to Cheryl Suzack, Department of English, University of Toronto (c/o Rm 610, 170 St. George St. Toronto, ON M5R 2M8)

Please contact cheryl.suzack@utoronto.ca for more information.