1. HealthandHumanRights:TheCaseofImmigrantWomenandYouth
Office of Women’s Health Research - Luz Vazquez, Attiah Khan, Beryl Pilkington,
Mahdieh Dastjerdi, Judith MacDonnell, Nidia Mustafa, Nazilla Khanlou
The intersection of mental health and human rights and migrant status has been insufficiently analyzed. Our analysis will fill
in this gap by discussing health inequities of immigrant women and youth in Canada. This panel aims at advancing a research
agenda and stimulating debates about the rights of disadvantaged groups.
280N York Lanes
Tangles, Gestures, and Textures - On Thinking (Differently) Through the Arts
Kim Collins, Nancy Viva Davis Halifax, Chelsea Jones, Anne Zbitnew
Re-thinking disability also means re-thinking our approaches to research involving the body. This workshop invites participants
to take part in four, interactive arts-based methods as starting points for new research: being unruly with buttons, papers, wool,
glue, thread, blogging, colouring, and writing.
305 York Lanes
Educate, Create, and Eliminate: An Interactive Workshop on Rape Culture
Sexual Assault Survivors Support Line and Leadership
An interactive, arts-based workshop to open up a safe space to explore the concept of rape culture and how to support
a survivor of gender-based violence, with a specific lens to past, present and future efforts.
242 York Lanes
Tweet for Justice!
Odette Baugh
This workshop will challenge participants to examine whether they are complicit or complacent on issues regarding cyber rac-
ism. They will learn how to proactively challenge these injustices on social media instead of accepting them as the norm. This is
a critical conversation that needs to take place to see each other as human beings, created equal and deserving of respect, so
that past injustices are not relived though social media.
280A York Lanes
SESSION A - 10:00AM - 11:15AM
INCLUSION DAY CONFERENCE 2015
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

2. Slavery’s After-life and the Police Carding
of Black Torontonians
Anthony Morgan & Roger Love
What’s the link between the Toronto police practice of card-
ing and the incarceration rates of Blacks in Canada? What
does carding have to do with slavery? This presentation will
use critical race theory to contextualize the ongoing human
rights challenges faced by Black in Canada vis-à-vis policing
and the criminal justice system.
What Does Gender Have To Do
With Racial Profiling?
Andrea Anderson
Racialized women who have spoken on behalf of their coun-
terparts are at the forefront of the debate surrounding racial
profiling. Racialized women have experiences as profiling
victims; experiences that often go unnoticed. This research
contributes to the discourse by exploring a women-cen-
tered perspective on race and gender in police misconduct.
305 York Lanes
PANEL PRESENTATION - RACE & POLICING IN TORONTO
Beyond Bleach: Problematizing Notions
of Beauty Among South Sudanese
Gire Jonathan
In reading about the origins of beauty ideals, we can be-
gin to understand the manner in which social structures
operate to constrain and situate South Sudanese in their
choices and ideas about beauty. With this, we can better
understand the forces that lead South Sudanese women
to bleach including our own contributions. Awareness of
bleaching as a detriment is the first step towards fostering
positive self-images among South Sudanese women.
Fashion Sustainability – A Diverse
Perspective
Rushmita Alam
Fashion sustainability covers a diverse range of concepts.
The human costs of making fashion, combined with poor
infrastructure and environmental pollution are major
challenges facing this industry. The paper shows that pos-
sible solutions lies in the engagement of all stakeholders
to improve the conditions of workers in this industry.
242 York Lanes
PANEL PRESENTATION - FASHION, BEAUTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Continuing Conversations on Mental Health
Lynn Keane
This presentation will engage the York community in conversations around mental health awareness. The objectives of
the presentation are: to learn how mental health impacts individuals & communities, highlight the stigmas associated
with mental health that make it difficult to overcome barriers and to identify the role of universities in creating accessible
environments. Through awareness and education we can better understand contributing factors in mental illness and
suicide and be better prepared to compassionately support and advocate.
280A York Lanes
SESSION B - 1:00PM - 2:15PM

3. PRYSM- LGBTQ* Housing and
Residence Life Program
Steph Francis
At York we established PRYSM, our LGBTQ* program in
residence led by Residence Life in collaboration with cam-
pus partners. The purpose of PRYSM is to accept all indi-
viduals and help them disperse into our communities as
their own unique self. Join us to learn about the program
we have implemented and continue to develop.
From Gay to Queer Liberation: A Human
Rights Movement Re-Contextualized
Nick Mule and Robert Teixeira
This Queer Liberation Theory Project, a community-based
research study, explores the principles and tenets of the
gay liberation movement of the late 1960s and ‘70s and
the extent to which its analyses, theories, underlying as-
sumptions, and tactics is amenable to today’s neoliberal
context of social justice organizing.
305 York Lanes
PANEL PRESENTATION - LGBTQ* FROM THEORY TO PROGRAMS
The New Opportunities for Innovative Student Engagement (NOISE)
#SocialChangeChallenge
Emily Alston-O’Connor, Henry Appiah, Sev Arslan, Haniah Khalid, Alia Mazhar,
Rebecca Houwer, Talisha Ramsaroop, Mubashira Rasul
The NOISE program strengthens community through social change. York University students and youth from Jane
Finch research issues and then design social change projects to address them. Come meet NOISE changemakers, hear
about our projects, and join in a vital discussion about social change making through research and collaborative action.
280A York Lanes
“Taxpayers are Fed-up” The Othering of Aboriginal Peoples on CBC.ca Comments
Mark Solomon
In 2008 cbc.ca allowed readers to comment on news stories. This study of over 3600 of those comments from 300 resident
school stories will examine the presence of “Othering” contained on the website of Canada’s “National Voice”.
242 York Lanes
SESSION C - 2:30PM - 3:45PM

4. “No Representation Without Racism”: Muslim Women in Toronto’s
Municipal Election
Thamina Jaferi, Ausma Malik, Idil Burale, Munira Abukar
Even though Toronto celebrates its diversity, the social identity of Muslim women of colour who ran for Toronto City
Council in the last election was used to frame the public discourse in racist and Islamophobic terms. The barriers these
candidates faced to engaging in politics and potential solutions will be examined.
242 York Lanes
Queer of Gender Presents “Blackness(*): Our Stories”
Lynx Sainte-Marie, Rema Taveres, Rosalyn Forrester, Jordyn Samuels, Nik Partey
This is a journey into the plurality of Black identity. With Queer and Trans* panelists, all coming to Blackness in various
ways, this panel discusses the ways Blackness is negotiated by multi-issue individuals and the how the myth of “The
Monolithic Black Experience” further dehumanizes and isolates Black Queer and Trans* people.
305 York Lanes
Cultivating a Classroom Community of Human Rights and Equity
Rehanna Siew, Sandra Smele, Elena Chou, Pat Breton, Nicole Bernhardt
This interactive workshop takes as its focus the community aspect of inclusion work and considers how equitable teach-
ing strategies can be employed towards the promotion of a more equitable and more inclusive York community, by
encouraging participants to understand human rights through the lens of critical pedagogy.
280A York Lanes
SESSION D - 4:00PM - 5:15PM

5. EMMANUEL JAL
Reception performance
Emmanuel Jal has won worldwide acclaim for his unique style of hip
hop with its message of peace and reconciliation born out of his
experiences as a child soldier in Sudan.
Emmanuel Jal was born in war-torn Sudan, taken from his family home
in 1987 as a young child and sent to fight with the rebel army in
Sudan’s civil war. For nearly five years, he was a“child warrior,”put into
battle carrying an AK-47 that was taller than he was. By the time he was
13, he was a veteran of two civil wars and had seen hundreds of his
fellow child soldiers reduced to taking unspeakable measures as they
struggled to survive on the killing fields of Southern Sudan.
To help ease the pain of what he had experienced, Emmanuel started
singing. Since his first album in 2005, he has performed with top
entertainers from all over the world and in front of world leaders. Jal's
life and story has been featured in the documentary film "WAR CHILD"
which is also the title of Jal's latest album. He most recently acted in a
starring role in the 2014 movie, The Good Lie.
INCLUSION DAY CONFERENCE
Free registration
Go to: www.yorku.ca/rights
Free poutine bar
Centre for
Human Rights
Centre des droits
de la personne
January 28, 2015
5:30 pm - 6:30pm
Underground Restaurant
York University, Keele Campus
Underground Restaurant, Student Centre
4700 Keele Street

6. Lynn Keane
Lunch keynote
Lynn Keane is an author and former broadcast journalist.
Since the sudden passing of her son Daniel in 2009, she has
dedicated her life to sharing her family’s story, educating
about the underlying causes of depression and the impor-
tance of treating mental illness. At the heart of Lynn’s work is
a belief that talking about mental illness can reduce stigma
and save lives – especially for youth. Lynn’s work has been
featured in The National Post, The Globe & Mail, and Moods
Magazine, CBC and CTV. By sharing her painful story, she
hopes to increase understanding of the universal relevance
of mental health awareness and provide support to families
who have experienced suicide.
Lynn’s recently published memoir, Give Sorrow Words, has
been widely praised by psychologists, parents and the
mental health community.
January 28, 2015
11:30am - 12:45pm
Underground Restaurant
Centre for
Human Rights
Centre des droits
de la personne
INCLUSION DAY CONFERENCE
Free registration
Go to: www.yorku.ca/rights
Lunch will be provided
York University, Keele Campus
Underground Restaurant, Student Centre
4700 Keele Street