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Resistance Through Feminist Acts of Care: Crafting Restorative Spaces of Knowledge, Community and Coalition-building towards Liberation

March 25, 2024 — March 26, 2024

Location:Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St, Ottawa, ON K2P 0G8
Contact Email:feministgradconference2024@gmail.com

The graduate students of the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation at Carleton University and the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa are excited to announce the 2024 Graduate Student Conference: “Resistance Through Feminist Acts of Care: Crafting Restorative Spaces of Knowledge, Community and Coalition-building towards Liberation.” The conference will be held at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre (355 Cooper St, Ottawa) and online on Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Register for the conference to ensure allergies and accessibility needs are respected!

“Our event aims to overcome the conventional ideas of an academic conference by focusing on knowledge sharing, community building, and resistance. We welcome submissions from leaders, collectives, artists, performers, and writers from both inside and outside the academic community.” — Conference Organizers

English version CO-Feminist Conference Program Booklet (PDF) French version CO-Feminist Conference Program Booklet (PDF)

Additional details:

  • The main accessible entrance and ramp is at 290 Lisgar Street on the north side of the building. A second emergency exit and accessible ramp is located at 355 Cooper Street on the south side of the building. Please reach out to 613-520-4401 or cdcc@carleton.ca with any accessibility inquiries.
  • Public Transit: Travel to and from Carleton University campus via OC Transpo > #7 St-Laurent–Carleton. Plan you travel to and from other Ottawa destinations by using the OC Transport online travel planner.

This year’s conference is made possible thanks to the contributions of the Feminist Institute for Social Transformation, Institute of Political Economy, Institute of African Studies, School for Studies in Art and Culture, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Department of History, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture at Carleton University, the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa, and the Joint Chair in Women and Gender Studies.

Kindly contact feministgradconference2024@gmail.com for any questions.