SCHEDULE

*Please note the order of presenters may change

Pre-Symposium Event:

Wednesday Evening, May 3, 2023.
Free event. All are welcome.

Time	Darke Hall, University of Regina College Avenue Campus
7:00 pm	Panel on What Are Universities For? With introductory remarks by Dr. Jeff Keshen and featuring: Dr. Jonathan R. Cole, Dr. Malinda Smith, Dr. Linda Tuhiwai Smith, and Dr. Joel Westheimer
9:00 pm	Reception hosted by the Alumni Engagement Office

Moderated by Nahlah Ayed, Host/Producer, CBC IDEAS*

*will be recorded for CBC IDEAS

Symposium:

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Time	Research & Innovation Centre (RI 119) University of Regina
8:00am - 9:20am	registration & breakfast
9:20 - 10:00	Welcome to the University of Regina and Treaty 4: Special Welcome by Knowledge Keeper Joseph Naytowhow remarks by Dr. Jeff Keshen, President of the University of Regina remarks by Dr. Jerome Cranston, Dean of Education, University of Regina
10:10 - 11:00	How Might we Understand Relations of Power in Worldwide University Science? Dr. Simon Marginson (live virtual), Professor of Higher Education; Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE); Editor-in-Chief of the journal Higher Education, University of Oxford
11:10 - 12:00	From Neoliberalism to Authoritarianism: Universities, Metrics, Regulation and Surrender to Governmental Control Dr. Liz Morrish, Independent scholar and honorary Visiting Fellow at York St. John University, UK
12:10 - 1:40	lunch
1:40-2:30	Reclaiming the University in the Service of Democracy Dr. Joel Westheimer, University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa
2:40-3:30	Within and Beyond the Plantation: Imagining Anticolonial Feminist Pedagogies, Otherwise Dr. Piya Chatterjee, Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Dorothy Cruickshank Backstrand Chair of Gender and Women’s Studies; Chair, Department of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Scripps College
3:30-3:50	brief break
3:50-4:40	Closing the Marketplace: Restriction, Repression, & Retrenchment in US Higher Education Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, Professor Emerita and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor in Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison
4:40-7:00	hors d'oeuvres, dinner, & reception
6:00-8:00	buses back to hotel

Friday, May 5, 2023

Time	Research & Innovation Centre (RI 119), University of Regina
8:00am - 9:00am	registration & breakfast
9:00-9:15	brief address: Dr. Christopher Yost, Vice-President Research, University of Regina
9:15-10:05	Reimagining the Pedagogy of Truth Dr. Sheila Cote-Meek, (live virtual), Incoming Director of Indigenous Educational Studies Programs, Brock University
10:15-11:05	The University’s Four Futures; or, the Real Humanities Crisis and its Cures Dr. Christopher Newfield, Professor, Department of English, University of California, Santa Barbara
11:15-12:05	Higher Education Must Step Up, as Must Academics Dr. Kevin Kumashiro, Independent Scholar; Former Dean of Education, University of San Francisco
12:05-1:30pm	lunch
1:30-2:20	The Changing Landscape of the University and Science Dr. Sajeev John, Professor of Physics at the University of Toronto; NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal (2021
2:30-2:45	brief break
2:45-5:00	What are Universities For: A panel on the changing (Canadian) university context featuring: Dr. Michael Strong, Dr. Alejandro Adem, Dr. Ted Hewitt, Dr. Peter McInnis, and Mr. Paul Davidson, and moderated by Dr. Shannon Dea
5:00-7:00	hors d'oeuvres, dinner, & reception
6:00-8:00	buses back to hotel

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Time	Research & Innovation Centre (RIC 119), University of Regina
8:00am-9:00am	*breakfast*
9:00-9:30	make your way to First Nations University of Canada (buses are available)
9:30-9:50	brief tour of First Nations University of Canada
9:50-11:20	A Special Panel on the Importance of Indigenous-led and Culturally Responsive Higher Education at First Nations University of Canada. Moderated by Dr. Angelina Weenie and featuring Lori Campbell, Cadmus Delorme, Tammy Joan Ratt, and Dr. Blair Stonechild
11:20-11:50	make your way back to RI 119 (buses are available)
11:50-1:10pm	lunch
1:10-2:00	The Place of the Modern University Institution in the Colonial Matrix of Power Dr. Morgan Ndlovu, Professor, Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Zululand
2:10-3:00	For What and for Whom are Universities? A Latin-American Perspective Dr. Consuelo ("Coni") Chapela, Professor, Departamento de Atención a la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco
3:00-3:20	brief break
3:20-4:10	Who Speaks in Higher Education Prof. Tom Sperlinger (live virtual), Professor of Literature and Engaged Pedagogy, Department of English; Academic Lead for Engagement, Temple Quarter Engagement Programme, University of Bristol
4:20-5:10	What We Can Learn From Developing Different Institutions in Higher Education Dr. Linda Tuhiwai Smith, CNZM Distinguished Professor – Rangahau and Mātauranga Capability at Te Whare Wänanga o Awanuiärangi
5:10-8:00	*hors d'oeuvres, dinner, reception & FAREWELL*
6:00-8:00	buses back to hotel