Hi Shelley! Thanks for this! I will be presenting some of my research
pertaining to disability issues in teh Jewish community at the Association
for Canadian Jewish Studies on Tuesday June 4th. It would be great if other
folks were there. Lilith
>From: Shelley Lynn Tremain <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Shelley Lynn Tremain <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Disability Studies at the Learneds, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May
>28-June 4, 2003
>Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 10:31:29 -0800
>
>(apologies for cross-postings)
>
>Dear All,
>
>The annual congress of the Canadian Learned Societies of the Humanities and
>Social Sciences is taking place May 28-June 4, at Dalhousie University,
>Halifax, Nova Scotia. These are some events (that I know of) happening at
>this year's congress that should interest anyone who does critical work on
>disability.
>
>
>1. The Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA) meeting at the congress
>will
>take place May 30-June 2. Christine Koggel and I have organized the
>following joint symposium of the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy
>(CSWIP) and the CPA:
>
>May 30 2pm - 5pm
>"The Importance of Critical Disability Theory for Philosophy"
>
>Chairs: Christine Koggel (Bryn Mawr)
> Shelley Tremain (UBC)
>
>Presenters: Shelley Tremain (UBC): Philosophical Discourse and the
>"Problem"
>of Disability
> Amy Mullin (U of Toronto): Disability Theory, Children, and
>the
>Ethics of Care
> Kathryn Morgan (U of Toronto): Humpty Dumpty: The Sequel
> Christine Overall (Queen's University): Age and Ageism,
>Impairment and Ageism:
> Conceptual and
>Material
>Connections
>
>
>2. These papers will take place during the regular CPA meeting:
>
>June 1 - 9:00am
>Presenter: Amy Mullin (U of Toronto): Pregnancy and the Social Model of
>Disability: Health, Illness, Impairment, and Disability
>Commentator: Shelley Tremain (UBC)
>
>June 1 - 11:30am
>Presenter: Shelley Tremain (UBC): Bio-politics and the Generative Capacity
>of Discourse on Prenatal Testing and Screening
>Commentator: Mechthild Nagel (Cortland)
>
>
>3. The meeting of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT) and the
>Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA) happens May 31-June 4. Under
>the auspices of this meeting, Critical Disability Theory sessions,
>organized
>by Dianne Pothier (Dalhousie Law School) and Richard Devlin (Dalhousie Law
>School), will take place from 9am-1pm on May 31-June 2, and June 4.
>Presenters include: Carolyn Tyjewski, Catherine Frazee, Shelley Tremain,
>Marcia Rioux, Jerome Bickenbach, Roxanne Mykitiuk, Fraser Valentine, Joan
>Gilmore.
>
>
>Registration fee rates for the congress vary according to student, wage,
>and
>employment status. (Most societies at the congress require delegates to
>pay
>society fees in addition to the general congress fee.) The deadline for
>early-bird registration for the congress is *Monday, March 31*. On April
>1,
>fees payable increase! To register on-line or by fax, go to:
>http://www.fedcan.ca/english/congress/congress.html
>
>If list-members are involved in, or know of, other events or papers at the
>Learneds which would interest those of us who work in the area of critical
>disability studies, I would be grateful if they were to post this
>information to the list.
>
>
>Best regards,
>Shelley Tremain, Chair,
>Disability Studies Caucus
>of the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy
>
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