Concordia University

Jurist-in-residence Me. Morton Minc welcomes Judge Handman, formerly at the Court of Quebec, to discuss the importance of mediation.

Live artmaking, installations and sound performance will kick off the Oral History Association’s annual conference, hosted by the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. Immerse yourself in live research creation projects and get a glimpse into the many public offerings available at the conference.

In this panel, topics include: “Decolonizing, Indigenizing, and Learning Biskaaybiiyang in the Field: Our Oral History Journey” Katrina Srigley, Nipissing University; Lorraine Sutherland, Mushkegowuk Council “Blurred Boundaries, Feminisms, and Indigenisms: Co-Creating an Indigenous Oral History for Decolonization” Ioana Radu, Institut national de la recherche scientifique; “Hearing Her: Comparing Women’s Oral History in the UK and China” Lui Huibo, China Women’s University Library “I’m Still Surviving: Oral Histories of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Chicago” Jennifer Brier, University of Illinois Notes from the Editor's Chair" Kathryn Nasstrom, University of San Francisco

Free public panel. Topics and speakers include: “Don’t mention the f-word: Reconciling Fragmented Narratives with the Feminist Research Frame” Lynn Abrams, University of Glasgow “‘Are you only interviewing women for this?’: Indigenous Feminism and Oral History” Lianne Leddy, Wilfrid Laurier University “Living, Archiving, and Reflecting on Feminism and Activism in India: An Oral History with Uma Chakravarti” Uma Chakravarti, University of Delhi and Ponni Arasu, University of Toronto

In this free public panel, topics and participants include: "Speaking Private Memory to Public Power: Oral History and Breaking the Silence on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence during the Khmer Rouge Genocide." Theresa de Langis, Associate Professor, Global Affairs and Humanities, American University of Phnom Penh "Putting the Archive in Movement: Oral History, Feminism and Female Torture Survivors in Chile." Hillary Hiner, Escuela de Historia, Universidad Diego Portales "Intersubjective Experiences: Doing Ethnographic Fieldwork Research with Wartime Children in Northern Uganda." Grace Akello, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Gulu University, Northern Uganda "'This thing we are doing here': Listening and Writing within Montreal's Haitian Community." Stéphane Martelly, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Theatre, Concordia University

This public panel includes the following speakers and topics: “We Need to Rewrite the Story”: Risks and Impacts of Oral History in Shaping Conflict Narratives Julie Norman, Queen's University Belfast "Narrative Training: How to Tell our Own Stories in Our Own Words." Belal Khaled, Independent Photographer "Teaching Palestine by Doing Oral History." Nancy Kalow, Duke University "How Does Oral History Influence a Project in Political Economy?" Norma Rantisi, Concordia University

This public panel will feature the following topics and speakers: “The Oral Biography: Social Movements and Change through a single life story.” Ian F. Bradley-Perrin, Columbia University "Making History Claiming Identity, Oral History and the Politics of Community." David S Churchill, University of Manitoba “Locating Lesbians, Finding 'Gay Women,' Writing Queer Histories: Reflections on Oral Histories, Identity, and Community Memory.” Valerie Korinek, University of Saskatchewan “Bridging the Gap” Meghan Walley, Simon Fraser University

In this public panel, topics and speakers include: "Where are the Children?: Oral History, and Our Educative Responsibilities for Reconciliation." Kristina Llewellyn, Renison University College, University of Waterloo; Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, University of Ottawa; Kiera Brant-Birioukov, University of British Columbia "Justice sang the Adwaak: Restor(y)ing historical consciousness." Aparna Mishra Tarc, York University “'I Didn’t Say Anything': Remembering and Forgetting in Narratives of the Internment of Japanese Canadians." Pamela Sugiman, Ryerson University