[acc-cca-l] Archive of Student Protest Symposium Feb 4, call for submissions

[Marusya Bociurkiw]

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Dear Colleagues,

With apologies for cross-postings, I'm excited to share a call for submission to a symposium at Toronto Metropolitan University on the archive of student protest, and its meanings for contemporary student activism in Canada, as follows:


The Studio for Media Activism & Critical Thought at Toronto Metropolitan University

presents

Archive of Student Protest Symposium

February 4 2023
Call for Submissions (Deadline Dec 15 2022)


As early as the 1960s, post-secondary student social justice advocacy has been on the forefront of social change. Students have mobilized to provide information on reproductive choice,

build feminist communication networks, oppose Canada’s involvement in Viet Nam, and promote mental health and well-being (Jasen, 2011; Peters, 2015). This has included arts-based interventions, print/ media campaigns, and direct action (Delgado & Ross, 2016; Lexier, 2003; Grayson, 2013). And yet, there exists no comprehensive archive of student protest in Canada.


This symposium will engage graduate students and academic/community collaborators in documenting, analyzing and remediating the social histories of post-secondary student activism across Canada. Some theorists claim that the contemporary universities take a dim view of student activism, imposing “managerial technologies” (Brulé, 2015). As universities pivot to equity/diversion/inclusion mandates, what can be learned from an archive of student advocacy in Canada?


Have you been involved in student advocacy or activism and have a story to share? Have you done research or creative work on a particular aspect of the history of student protest? We are seeking presentation, workshop, and creative submissions for an upcoming 1-day Archive of Student Protest Symposium to be held at Toronto Metropolitan University   on February 4 2023.


The Studio for Media Activism & Critical Thought (SMACT), a research hub at TMU invites post-secondary students (both former and current), community members, and
academics to submit proposals. Submissions will be open until December 15, 2022.


Submissions can touch upon these questions and others:


  *   How have student social justice and advocacy has developed, persevered, and changed throughout Canadian history?

  *   What is the relationship of such movements as People’s Climate March, Idle No More, and Black Lives Matter with student protest?

  *   How can we build a critical understanding of student activist roles in relation to the cultural development of academic institutions?

  *   How can the ‘archival turn’ impact or reframe histories of social justice and protest?

  *   How can the archive or current reality of student protest speak to university policy and culture?


We welcome submissions from any individual or organization related to or doing research on, the archive of student advocacy and activism in Canada. However, as an in-person event all submissions must be able to be presented in-person on campus at TMU, in downtown Toronto, on February 4 2023. (Please note that we are unable to provide travel funding).


Submissions are accepted in a range of formats, with some possible examples listed below.


Examples of possible submissions:
● Traditional academic presentation  (roughly 10-15 mins)
● Panel or roundtable conversation.
● Community presentation or talk.

● Creative Presentation or workshop


Please submit a 100-150 word description of your intended presentation, round table presentation or talk, along with a 50-100 word bio about yourself, your organization, collective, or activist experience and how it connects to the archive of student protest in Canada For creative presentations, please include up some images relevant to the work you are proposing, if possible.


Please send submissions (or any questions you might have) to Asya Twahir <asya.twahir at ryerson.ca<mailto:asya.twahir at ryerson.ca>>



Dr. Marusya Bociurkiw B.F.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor
RTA School of Media
Toronto Metropolitan University
350 Victoria St., Toronto M5B 2K3

Founding Director, The Studio for Media Activism and Critical Thought<http://www.studioformediaactivism.com/>

PI, The Personal is Digital: Remediating and Digitizing Canada’s Intergenerational Feminist & Queer Media Heritage

In Production: "Before #MeToo<https://www.beforemetoodocumentary.com/>: The Story of a Feminist Media Revolution: A documentary remediating Canada's feminist media revolution of the 1980's and what it has to say to the #MeToo generation.

Faculty Representative, X Faculty Association (RFA)

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