{"id":494,"date":"2010-02-11T12:27:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T16:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/?page_id=494"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:44:57","slug":"archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/florence-bird-lecture\/archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Florence Bird Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Past Florence Bird Lectures\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h3 id=\"past-florence-bird-lectures\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Past Florence Bird Lectures <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>(all dates listed are in the month of March unless otherwise specified)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025: forthcoming&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2024 (5<sup>th<\/sup>): Michele K. Lewis, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/cu_event\/flobird2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black\u201cLGBTQIA+\u201d Psychology: Understanding Collective Self-determination, Afrocentrism, and Optimal Identity<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2022 (22<sup>nd<\/sup>): Katherine McKittrick, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/cu_event\/my-heart-makes-my-head-swim-a-conversation-with-katherine-mckittrick\/\">My Heart Makes My Head Swim<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>2021: no lecture due to pandemic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2020 (postponed to November 19 due to pandemic): Jennifer Nash, Workshop on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/cu_event\/feminist-futures-in-a-time-of-pandemic-black-feminism-reimagined-workshop-with-jennifer-nash\/\">Black Feminism Reimagined<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2019 (27th)&nbsp; Ann Cvetkovich, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/2019\/ann-cvetkovich-new-director-of-pauline-jewett-institute-of-womens-and-gender-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new Director<\/a> of PJIWGST. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/florence-bird-lecture\/\">Artist Curation as Queer and Decolonial Museum Practice: Kent Monkman&#8217;s Shame and Prejudice&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2018 (Sep 21) Robyn Maynard, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/2018\/florence-bird-lecture-2018-robyn-maynard\/\">&#8220;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/201\/18-057-Florence-Bird-poster.pdf\">Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2017 (27<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (Anishinaabe Writer), Geraldine King (Anishinaabe Writer and Community Engagement Specialist, PhD Student), and Lee Maracle (Coast Salish Poet and Author): &#8220;Storytelling, Feminism, Resistance: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Geraldine King, and Lee Maracle in Conversation&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2016 (26<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ivan Coyote (Writer, Storyteller, Musician and Educator): \u201cNeither, Nor: How to Circumnavigate the Gender Binary in Seven Thousand Easy Steps\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2015 (25<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Karyn Recollect&nbsp;(Assistant Professor at the Institute of Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto):&nbsp;&#8220;Glyphing decolonial Love: The intersections of Indigenous hip hop feminisms, Indigenous girlhood and building solidarities&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2014 (24<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alia Hogben (Executive Director of the Canadian Council for Muslim Women): \u201cChallenges for Canadian Muslim Women: The Quebec Charter of Values\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2013 (23<sup>rd<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kim Anderson (Professor, Cree\/Metis Writer and Educator): \u201cLife Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings and Story Medicine\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2012 (22<sup>nd<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Honourable Landon Pearson (Children\u2019s Rights Advocate, Author and Former Senator):&nbsp; \u201cFrom Strength to Strength:&nbsp; Children\u2019s and Women\u2019s Rights over the Life Cycle\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2011 (21<sup>st<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bonnie Devine (Artist, Curator, Writer and Educator):&nbsp; \u201cClaiming and Naming:&nbsp; A question&nbsp; of land and identity\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2010 (20<sup>th<\/sup>) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Flora Igoki Terah (Community Worker and Political Activist):&nbsp; \u201cBroken Bodies, Unbroken Spirit\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2008 (19<sup>th<\/sup>) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Maude Barlow (Water Activist and Author):&nbsp; \u201cWater \u2013 The Most Pressing Women\u2019s Issue of All?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2006 (18<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bonnie Sherr Klein (Feminist Filmmaker and Disability Activist): \u201cSHAMELESS:&nbsp; The ART of DISABILITY \u2013 Some Thoughts about Film, Feminism and Activism\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2005 (17<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cJane Doe\u201d (Writer, Teacher and Activist):&nbsp; \u201cThe Story of Jane Doe:&nbsp; the Politics of Rape\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2004 (16<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nelofer Pazira, (Journalist and Film-maker):&nbsp; \u201cImage and Reality:&nbsp; Women in Afghanistan\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2003 (15<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Honourable Susan Whelan, P.C., M.P. Minister for International Cooperation:&nbsp; \u201cLeading the Way:&nbsp; Canada\u2019s International Role in Promoting Gender Equality\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2002 (14<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Maureen McTeer, (Author and Lawyer):&nbsp; \u201cWomen and the Commercialisation of Life:&nbsp; From Surrogacy to Genetic Patenting and the Harvard Mouse\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2001 (13<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Maureen O\u2019Neil, President, International Development Research Centre: \u201cThe Future of Canadian Democracy: Lessons from the Royal Commissions \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1998 (12<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dr. Didi Khayatt. Director, The Centre for Feminist Research, York University:&nbsp; \u201cTalking Equity: Classroom Experiences\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1997 (11<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mairuth Sarsfield: \u201cWoman as a Commodity\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1996 (10<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Professor Patricia Smart (Dept. of French) :&nbsp; &#8220;Seven Women Who Dared to be Different:&nbsp; The Women Artists of Quebec&#8217;s Automatist Movement&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1995 (9<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Professor Greta Hofmann-Nemiroff (Joint Chair):&nbsp; &#8220;I&#8217;m a Stranger Here Myself&#8221;:&nbsp; A Feminist Account of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1994 (8<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Professor Thelma McCormack (York University):&nbsp; &#8220;Infertility is a Feminist Issue&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1993 (7<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ms. Judy Rebick:&nbsp; &#8220;Transforming Ourselves, Transforming Society&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1992 (6<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mme. Madeleine Parent:&nbsp; &#8220;Changes over a Lifetime of Feminist Labour Activism:&nbsp; A View from Quebec&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1991 (5<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Professor Monique Begin (Joint Chair):&nbsp; &#8220;Women in Health Sciences:&nbsp; Points of Resistance to Change&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1990 (4<sup>th<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dr. Glenda Sims:&nbsp; &#8220;Racism and Sexism in the 90&#8217;s&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1989 (3<sup>rd<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ms. Rosemary Brown:&nbsp; &#8220;Feminism\/Development: Women Working for Global Change&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1988 (2<sup>nd<\/sup>) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Professor Naomi Griffiths:&nbsp; &#8220;Mating and Marriage in Early Acadia&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1987 (1<sup>st<\/sup>)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Professor Margaret Wade Labarge:&nbsp; &#8220;The Education of Medieval Women:&nbsp; Many questions, some answers&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Past Florence Bird Lectures (all dates listed are in the month of March unless otherwise specified) 2025: forthcoming&#8230; 2024 (5th): Michele K. Lewis, &#8220;Black\u201cLGBTQIA+\u201d Psychology: Understanding Collective Self-determination, Afrocentrism, and Optimal Identity.&#8221; 2022 (22nd): Katherine McKittrick, &#8220;My Heart Makes My Head Swim&#8220; 2021: no lecture due to pandemic 2020 (postponed to November 19 due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":478,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-494","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17964,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/494\/revisions\/17964"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}