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University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation
November 8th, 9th & 10th, 2019
Download the PDF of the full program here
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– Pipe Ceremony 7:00am – 7:30am –
Convocation Hall
– Registration 7:00am – 5:00pm –
Entrance of Riddell Hall
– Breakfast 8:00am –
Riddell Hall
Convocation Hall Plenary
[/wr_vc_section_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][wr_vc_section_text]9:00 am – 10:00 am[/wr_vc_section_text][wr_vc_section_text]10:00 am – 11:00 am[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][wr_vc_section_text]Opening Ceremony and Welcome[/wr_vc_section_text][wr_vc_section_text]From Site C through Keeyask to Muskrat Falls
[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_text_separator title=”Break”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][wr_vc_section_text]11:30 am – 12:30 pm[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][wr_vc_section_text]Keynote presentation by Winona LaDuke, Honor the Earth[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][wr_vc_section_text]
– Lunch 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm –
Riddell Hall
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[/wr_vc_section_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][wr_vc_section_text]1:30 pm – 3:00 pm[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][wr_vc_section_text]Breakout Sessions
#1 Mapping Conflicts and Resistances Around Hydropower Projects
#2 Lake Stories: From Granville to Winnipeg
#3 Writing Your Own Story: Journalism for Community Members
#4 Up the Nelson River – The Fraught Relationship between York Factory First Nation and Hydro in Our Ininew Territory
#5 Community/Hydro Partnerships: Exploring the Aboriginal Rights to Water and Benefit-Sharing
#6 Film Session: Voices of Teesta[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_text_separator title=”Break”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][wr_vc_section_text]3:30 pm – 5:00 pm[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][wr_vc_section_text]Breakout Sessions
#1 Preparing for the Next Generation of Hydroelectric Licensing
#2 My Story is a Shared Story, Building the Circle of Protector
#3 Activist Movements of Latin America: Dam Resistance
#4 The Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Platforms in Mapping Indigenous Traditional Knowledge
#5 Traditional Knowledge & Understanding Hydro Impacts
#6 Film Session: Documenting Hydro Impacts in Northern Manitoba [/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][wr_vc_section_text]
Plug In Gallery
Featuring Cree Poet & Storyteller, Duncan Mercredi
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– Registration 7:00am – 5:00pm –
Entrance of Riddell Hall
– Breakfast 8:00am –
Riddell Hall
Riddell Hall Plenary
[/wr_vc_section_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][wr_vc_section_text]9:00 am – 10:00 am[/wr_vc_section_text][wr_vc_section_text]10:00 am – 11:00 am[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][wr_vc_section_text]Opening Song, Youth Statement, & Friday Reflection [/wr_vc_section_text][wr_vc_section_text]Keynote Presentation by Deepa Joshi, Honorary Research Fellow, Coventry University
“Like Water for Justice”[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_text_separator title=”Break”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][wr_vc_section_text]11:30 am – 12:30 pm[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][wr_vc_section_text]International Resistance to Hydro Development[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][wr_vc_section_text]
– Lunch 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm –
Riddell Hall
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[/wr_vc_section_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][wr_vc_section_text]1:30 pm – 3:00 pm[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][wr_vc_section_text]Breakout Sessions
#1 Dam(n)ing Manitoba’s North
#2 Our Voices Together in Trauma & Resilience: Sharing Stories of Gendered Violence of Resource Development
#3 Tracking Change: Local and Traditional Knowledge in Watershed Governance
#4 Photo Voice for Community-Based Research and Activism
#5 Global Activism and Resistance
#6 Film Session: Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Change & Resistance Activism[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_text_separator title=”Break”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][wr_vc_section_text]3:30 pm – 5:00 pm[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][wr_vc_section_text]Breakout Sessions
#1 Megadams = Megadamage: Building US/Canadian Alliances Centred on Grassroots Resistance
#2 Building Water Governance: Treaty #3 Anishinaabeg and the Journey Toward the Nibi (Water) Declaratio
#3 Cultural Camps as a Path to Healing
#4 Voicing from Within: Cultivating a Collaborative Arts Curriculum
#5 Powered Up: Resistance, Decolonization, and Energy Justice
#6 Film Session: An Analysis of Hydro Development in South Indian Lake: Oral History, Licensing, and Aboriginal Rights[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][wr_vc_section_text]
Riddell Hall, University of Winnipeg
Doors Open 6pm, Dinner Served at 6:30pm
Keynote Presentation by Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue
Round Dance with the Chitek Lake Singers
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– Breakfast 8:00am –
Riddell Hall
Riddell Hall Plenary
[/wr_vc_section_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][wr_vc_section_text]9:00 am – 10:00 am[/wr_vc_section_text][wr_vc_section_text]10:00 am – 11:00 am
[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][wr_vc_section_text]Keynote Presentation by Senator Mary Jane McCallum[/wr_vc_section_text][wr_vc_section_text]Bringing it All Together[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_text_separator title=”Break”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][wr_vc_section_text]11:30 am – 12:30 pm[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][wr_vc_section_text]Taking Action in Solidarity [/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][wr_vc_section_text]
– Lunch 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm –
Riddell Hall
[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][wr_vc_section_text]1:30 pm – 2:00 pm[/wr_vc_section_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][wr_vc_section_text]Conference Closing Ceremony
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March & Rally
TBA
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