Reflections on Hydropower & Energy Justice – 2019 Conference Agenda
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
– Pipe Ceremony 7:00am – 7:30am –
Convocation Hall
– Registration 7:00am – 5:00pm –
Entrance of Riddell Hall
– Breakfast 8:00am –
Riddell Hall
Friday 9:00AM to 12:30PM
Convocation Hall Plenary
9:00 am – 10:00 am
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Opening Ceremony and Welcome
From Site C through Keeyask to Muskrat Falls
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Keynote presentation by Winona LaDuke, Honor the Earth
– Lunch 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm –
Riddell Hall
Friday 1:30PM to 5:00PM
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
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
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
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
Friday Night Mixer 6pm – 9pm
Plug In Gallery
Featuring Cree Poet & Storyteller, Duncan Mercredi
– Registration 7:00am – 5:00pm –
Entrance of Riddell Hall
– Breakfast 8:00am –
Riddell Hall
Saturday 9:00AM to 12:30PM
Riddell Hall Plenary
9:00 am – 10:00 am
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Opening Song, Youth Statement, & Friday Reflection
Keynote Presentation by Deepa Joshi, Honorary Research Fellow, Coventry University
“Like Water for Justice”
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
International Resistance to Hydro Development
– Lunch 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm –
Riddell Hall
Saturday 1:30PM to 5:00PM
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
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
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
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
Saturday Night Dinner 6pm – 11pm
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
– Breakfast 8:00am –
Riddell Hall
Sunday 9:00AM to 12:30PM
Riddell Hall Plenary
9:00 am – 10:00 am
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Keynote Presentation by Senator Mary Jane McCallum
Bringing it All Together
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Taking Action in Solidarity
– Lunch 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm –
Riddell Hall
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Conference Closing Ceremony
Riddell Hall
Sunday 2:00PM to 3:30PM
March & Rally
TBA
Conference Program Subject to Change