As noted on the CASID listserv on April 8, the 2020 CASID conference was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19 physical distancing requirements. However, the CASID Executive Committee is holding an online symposium entitled “Development Reconnected: A CASID Student Research Symposium” featuring original research presentations by CASID student members. This symposium will also feature a panel of experts discussing how to publish in the field of international development.

The symposium is being held on June 17, 2020 from 11am-4:30pm (EDT) via Zoom. All CASID members are invited to attend this virtual symposium, and you may join at any point throughout the day. After registering here through Eventbrite, you will be sent a Zoom link prior to June 17, 2020. The program for the symposium is below.

PROGRAM

Session 1: 11am-1pm (EDT)

Health & Agriculture
(Chair: Dr. Melanie O'Gorman, University of Winnipeg)

• Monica Bustos (U of Waterloo) - Addressing tuberculosis through complex socioeconomic interventions: a realist scoping review
• Asmahan Mohamed (U of Toronto) - A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: How the Global Push Towards Development Has Negatively Impacted Health Due to Increases in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Celestine Muli (Memorial U) - Ecosystem tipping points due to variable water availability and cascading effects on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Chantell Ramsundar (Waterloo) - Type II Diabetes and the Deviant Body: Ideas of deservingness of food and medical treatment among older women with Type II Diabetes in South Trinidad
• Olusola Akintola (Brandon University) - Agricultural Cooperatives and Food Sovereignty: A Case Study in Oyo State, Western Nigeria

Doing Development Differently 
(Chair: Dr. Liam Swiss, Memorial University)

• John Battye and Telisa Courtney (U of Alberta) - Reflexivity in Theatre for Development: Being Honest About Impact
• Bukoka Oyinloye - (Open University, UK) - Researching development differently: an ethico-moral approach to fieldwork
• Ara Joy Pacoma (Leyte Normal U, Philippines) - Contextualizing Meanings: The Subjective Understandings of Resilience in Post-Haiyan Tacloban City, Philippines
• Seetal Kaur Sunga (Carleton U) - Non-Indigenous responsibility to address Indigenous injustice - a case for humility
• Saifullah Mahfuz (UBC) - Migration and Development: Connecting Theory, Reality, and Gaps within

Session 2: 1pm-3pm (EDT)

Education 
(Chair: Dr. Melanie O'Gorman, University of Winnipeg)

• Elena Toukan (OISE) - The community as a protagonist: A vertical case study of Canadian and Luxembourgish support of education-for-development projects in Chile and the Central African Republic
• Neelofar Ahmed (U of Toronto) - Prospects and Challenges of Equitable and Inclusive Education Among Indigenous, Marginalized, and Refugees and Across South Asia
• Sarah Alam (U of Toronto) - Education for Social Change and Development in South and Central Asia: Overcoming the Inequalities
• Nilofar Noor (U of Toronto) - Exploring the role of non-formal education in decolonizing development. Insights from a community-based project in Toronto
• Prerana Bhatnagar (University of Toronto) - Social Development through Dance Education in India

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) & Policy 
(Chair: Dr. Liam Swiss, Memorial University)

• Eunice Annan-Aggrey (Western U) - Harnessing communities of practice for local development and to advance the SDGs
• Princess Chimemerigo Ilonze (Memorial) - Missing Links: Decoupling between Women's Labour Rights and Their Outcomes
• Purbita Sengupta (U of Toronto) - Policymaking in liberalized India: A study into a trend to reform urban governance in Indian cities
• Gloria Novovic (U of Guelph) - Domesticating Sustainable Development Goals in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda: A comparative case of successful strategies and common bottlenecks
• Nevena Vucetic (Dalhousie) - FIAP Implementation in Uganda: The connection between (un)feminist workplaces and "feminist" programming

Session 3: 3-4:30pm (EDT)

Expert Panel on Publishing in International Development 
(Chair: Dr. Liam Swiss, Memorial University)

• Dr. Haroon Akram-Lodhi (International Development Studies, Trent University); Editor, Canadian Journal of Development Studies
• Dr. Stephen Brown (Political Studies, University of Ottawa)
• Dr. Laura Parisi (Gender Studies, University of Victoria)

REGISTRATION

To attend, please register below or directly through Eventbrite and you will be sent the Zoom link prior to June 17, 2020.

For more information, please contact CASID Executive Committee member Melanie O’Gorman at m.ogorman@uwinnipeg.ca.

We hope you can join us!