The Virtual International ‘Conversations’ Conference offers an opportunity for critical conversations between scholars, students, researchers, members of historically and contemporary equity seeking communities, policy makers, and organizational leaders from across the globe. See website for more details.
To register for the conference please visit the conference website https://www.dal.ca/faculty/health/socialwork/news-events/conversations-an-international-conference.html
Abstracts with a maximum word limit of 250 words are invited from social work practitioners, students, and academics of social work and related disciplines, community, and policy makers. Abstracts must be received through the submission portal by 11:59pm on August 18, 2024. Visit the conference website to submit your abstract and for concise instructions on the submission template.
Abstracts that address the conference theme of ‘Intentional Erasures’ and its Sub-themes are particularly welcome:
Sub-Themes:
- Indigeneity, nationhood, and sovereignty Colonial and postcolonial harms
- Rigidity, white fragility, and institutional dominance
- Reinforcers of erasures and remediation strategies (policies, programs, and practices)
- Dangers of discursive myths, ideological priorities, and dark chapters of national history
- Community and collectivism as resistance
- Accountability in the age of alt-right populism
- Anti-racist, anti-colonial discourse and/or frameworks, resistance, or insubordination
For questions or information about the conference, please send an email to converse@dal.ca
The International ‘Conversations’ Conference is the first hosted by the Diversity and Equity Committee of the School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.