"The Strength of Indian Women: Healing from Historical Trauma

Department of American and Canadian Studies
Institute of English Cultures and Literatures
Faculty of Philology
University of Silesia
ul. Gen. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego 5
41-205 Sosnowiec, Poland
Tel. (48) (32) 36 40 804
Fax (48) (32) 35 40 809
www.us.edu.pl http://www.csc.us.edu.pl/ http://www.ikila.us.edu.pl/
Days of Canadian Culture at the University of Silesia
May 06-07, 2015
A. Indigenous identity as expressed in personal narratives and
video-filmmaking
B. English Canadian theatre and television – expanding identity
programming
Organizer:
 Canadian Studies Centre
 Department of American and Canadian Studies,
 Institute of English Cultures and Literatures, University of Silesia
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Venue: Sosnowiec, ul. Gen. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego 5,
Sala Rady Wydziału
PROGRAM for May 06th , 2015 (Wednesday)
10:00-10:10
All events take place in
SALA RADY WYDZIAŁU
10:10-10:20
10:20-11:20
OPENINING OF THE DAYS OF CANADIAN
CULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA.
GREETINGS AND OPENING REMARKS
 H.E. Ms. Alexandra Bugailiskis,
Ambassador of Canada to Poland
OPENING SPEECH
 Shirley Hardman (University of Fraser
Valley)
Indigenous Women in Leadership: One Stó:lō
Woman’s story.
The Lens of Empowerment Project: :
women’s citizenship and identity in Stó:lō
territory expressed in video-filmmaking
11:20-11:40
11:40-13:00
Coffee break
 Lindsay Thistle, Trent University
Expanding Identity: An Introduction to
Contemporary Canadian Theatre
13:00-15:00
15:10-16:10
16:10-16:40
16:45 – 18:15
Lunch break
 Shirley Hardman (University of Fraser
Valley)
Indigenous Stories : Escaping the Window to
become a Looking Glass
 Rafał Madeja, University of Silesia
Indigenous Environmental Knowledge:
Canada’s New Paradigm on Global Climate
Change”
 University of Silesia students performing
scenes from selected Canadian Plays
 Live performance!
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May 07th, 2015
09:50-10:45
 Shirley Hardman (University of Fraser
Valley):
Indigenization: Reflected and Included in
the Everyday Life of the Academy
10:45-11:15
 Becoming an International Student –
uniqueness of studying at the University of
the Fraser Valley
11:30-13:00
 Lindsay Thistle (Trent University)
 Constructing Future Citizens: Teen Television
Programming in Canada
13:15-14:30
 Multiculturalism and Canadian Television in a
Post-9/11: A Case Study of Little Mosque on the
Prairie
14:30-16:40
16:50-18:00
Lunch break
 From Colonial to Canadian: A Screening
of Billy Bishop Goes to War
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