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Atlantic Waves
A student led conference to connect community and academic feminists working toward women’s equality
October 13-15 at Saint Mary’s University

Recent decades have seen feminists making significant strides in encompassing diverse experiences and voices. The aim of this conference is to address a specific consideration – region.

How are women’s challenges and projects in the Atlantic region different, and where do they intersect with the experiences of our feminist allies across Canada? And perhaps more urgently, how do our own Atlantic experiences, challenges and successes differ from and mirror each other? How can we make alliances and strengthen the Atlantic feminist community?

In giving voice to our experiences, and hearing the experiences of those who are engaged in the grassroots and academic feminist communities, we will be provided the opportunity to make connections, establish partnerships, integrate our work, and ultimately strengthen our Atlantic feminist networks.

We are seeking diverse papers, artwork, workshops and performances from undergraduate/graduate students, professors, Women’s Centres, women’s organizations and community members.

The following themes are suggested as a guideline, but we welcome submissions on alternative topics as they relate to the Atlantic experience as well:

-Rural/Urban feminist identities/intersections
-Trans-sex/Trans-gender experiences
-Paid/Unpaid work, labour, class identity and women
-Women and peace
-Experiences of Femininity/Masculinity
-Women and violence
-Fertility/Non-Fertility
-Race in Atlantic Canada
-Modified/Altered Bodies
-Whiteness and privilege
-Mothering
-The body/The sick body/The aging body
-Women’s educational experiences
-DIY (do-it-yourself) feminism: zines, postering, stickering, etc.
-Aboriginal Women
-Atlantic community and home
-Women and dis/ability
-Cyber-feminisms
-Protests, vigils, community activism
-Creative protest: spoken word, art, film, etc.
-Local feminist histories


Submissions must be received by August 11th for consideration. Submissions are not to exceed 250 words, and may reflect personal, academic and/or activist experiences. Conference presentations will be 15 minutes in length, and workshops will be 45 minutes. If you are interested in facilitating an interactive group workshop on any of the above-listed themes, or on another relevant topic, please contact us with a 250-word description of the nature of your work, and your plans for a 45-minute workshop.

E-Mail your abstract as a Microsoft Word attachment with no personal identifying features on the abstract itself- only the title and abstract content (as this aids in our unbiased selection) to:

atlanticwavesconference@yahoo.ca

Your registration form and conference fee must be mailed directly to the Saint Mary’s University Women’s Centre (mailing address is on the registration form).

In the body of your E-Mail, please write a maximum 50-word biography. Entitle the biography with your name and organizational affiliation, if any (university, collective, etc.). The organizing collective will notify applicants of their application status by August 25th, 2006.

The deadline for registration forms and payment of conference fees is September 1st, 2006.