2017 Conference

Embodied Resistance

January 19-21, 2017

Keynote with Sadie Buck

A R T I S T P A N E L S

Tools, Toys And Tricks Of The Trade:
Redefining the Domestic Sphere 
Moderator: Maria Belén Ordóñez
Panelists: Niloo Inalouei, Kayla Polan, Hadieh Afshani and Shirley Siegal, Sarah Taavola, Dana Prieto

Bare Bodies: Metaphor, Expression and Self-Realization 
Moderator: Alla Myzelev
Panelists: Jay Smith, James Knott, Kat Pruss, mia susan amir

Resilient Bodies
Moderator: Rema Tavare
Panelists: Audrey Rousseau, Jennifer Long, Lynx Sainte-Marie

Shared Secrets and Systemic Violence Exposed
Moderator: Fiya Bruxa
Panelists: Carol Mark, Sydni Lazurus, Sandra Haar, Amanda Robertson-Hebert

Stories Of Power: Observations of Becoming
Moderator: Charlotte Henay
Panelists: A.K. Prince, Angela Aujla, Samaa, Ahmed, Karen White, Rosemary, Meza-DesPlas

Cultural Hybrids: Decolonizing and Reconstructing Identities
Moderator: Natalie Waldburger
Panelists: Tanesha Childs, Nadia Chaney, Mahlikah Aweri, Vinopa Sivakumar

P A R T N E R P A N E L S

Gender, Entrepreneurship & Innovation with Liisbeth
Moderator: Petra Kassun-Mutch (publisher and co-founder of LiisBeth Magazine and Eve-volution
Panelists: Jack Jackson of Alljackedup, Renish Kamal of Fidget Toys, Priya Ramanujam of Urbanology Magazine, Emily Rose of Shecosystem, Allison Hillier

Organize This! The Ethics, Politics and Joys of Organizing a Black Feminist Conference with Black Futures Now
Panelists: Adwoa Afful, Amelia Ruthven-Nelson, M. Mohamed

Women of Colour and Equity: Double Trouble with Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario
Panelists: Sheniz Janmohamed, Astrid Ho, Alicia Rose

Feeling Queerly About Feminist Art with Feminist Art Gallery
Moderator: Allyson Mitchell, founder of FAG
This panel was comprised of 24 students from various programs, including Gender and Sexuality Studies, Art History, Studio Arts and Film.

P E R F O R M A N C E S

Andrea Thompson and Rimshah Ahmed – Andrea Thompson (MFA), is a poet, novelist and educator. She has been a celebrated performer on the Canadian spoken word scene for over twenty years.

Charlie Petch – is a playwright, spoken word artist, haiku deathmaster, host and musical saw player for The Silverhearts.

Clementine Morrigan – Clementine Morrigan is a writer, artist, zinester, academic, organizer and witch.

HERstory Counts – spoken word presented by HERstory counts, a social justice movement focused on the out loud representation of those who are systematically (and systemically) left out of textbooks, left out of curriculums and left out of legislature.

Lynx Sainte-Marie – the creator of #BlackSpoonieSpeak, a creative writing workshop series for Black disabled/chronically ill youth on the margins.

Mahlikah Aweri – drum talk poetic rap, hip hop performance

Mia Susan Amir – is a community-embedded writer, interdisciplinary performer, curator and educator

OLIVE-OR-OLIVER – playing audiences for last 6 years, OLIVE-OR-OLIVER has engaged audiences across Toronto (Royal Ontario Museum) and internationally at venues such as World Pride, the Bangalore Queer Film Festival and the Seoul International NewMedia Festival.

Rosemary Meza-DesPlas is a Mexican-American artist who creates art in the form of hand-sewn human hair, watercolour and drawing installations.

A F F I L I A T E D E V E N T S

IRIS AT 20 – A panel on feminist cultural collectivization with a focus on Iris, presented by Iris Founder, Margaret Rodgers

What The F? Feminist art from the margins and intersections – CWSE Hallway Gallery, a fac partnership with Sketch

Art(s) & Crafts & Feminism – community panel discussion by Activate TO

Jess Dobkin’s The Magic Hour – Theatre Performance

The Apology – film presentation of The Apology, which follows the personal journeys of three former ‘comfort women’ who were among the 200,000 girls and young women kidnapped and forced into military sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Made Market  – conference goers perused the over 25 vendor and organizer tables as they came in and out of panel talks and events

Guided Tours – Guided Curatorial Tours of the Exhibition with FAC Curatorial Coordinator Jordana Franklin

Sadie Buck – Presented by Native Women in the Arts 
Performance and Q&A Moderated by Erika Iserhoff