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Program - 5th Annual SCUSC
8:00 - 9:00 Registration
Room: Conference Centre, Cedar 1205
9:00 - 9:05 Territorial Recognition
Room: Conference Centre, Cedar 1205
9:05 - 9:20 Welcome Speeches
Room: Conference Centre, Cedar 1205
- Dr. Diane Naugler, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts, KPU
- Ayesha Khan, KPIRG Campus Life Director, KPU
- Dr. Michael Ma, Department of Criminology, KPU
- Dr. Amir Mirfakhraie, Department of Sociology, KPU
9:20 - 9:30 Coffee Break
9:30 - 10:30 Concurrent Sessions 1, 2, 3, & 4
Session 1: Neoliberalism & Education
Room: Fir 1362
Chair: Professor Erling Christensen, Sociology, KPU
- Rationalization, Neoliberalism, and Mass Education, Kenneth Abad, KPU
- Barriers to Post-Secondary Education, Preeti Bains, KPU
- Learning the Grid: Standardized Testing in the American Education System, Trini Tseng, KPU
- Sexual Health Education in Singapore, Jennifer Boorman, KPU
Session 2: Activism & Student Scholarship
Room: Fir 2422
Chair: Ali Yusuf, LL.B. & LL.M, Criminology, KPU
- Kwantlen Public Interest Research Group, KPIRG
- Breaking Through a Culture of Denial: Pathways to Environmentalism in B.C. Justine Nelson, KPU
Session 3: Assisted Suicide, Criminality, & the Media
Room: Fir 2424
Chair: Dr. Mariana Gatzeva, Sociology, KPU
- The Right to Die, Keisha Matthews-Downing, KPU
- Media’s Portrayal of Suicide: the case of CBC’s ‘The Fifth Estate’, Nicholas Stanley, KPU
- Heroes or Villains? - The Calculated Construction of Criminality in Mass Media, Viraj Abeysekera, Sociology, KPU
Session 4: War, Dislocation, & Refugees
Room: Fir 3414
Chair: Dr. Fred Ribkoff, English, KPU
- The Syrian Refugee Crisis: An Examination of the Quality of Life and Life Chances that Female Syrian Refugee Youth Face, Ayesha Khan, KPU
- Syrian Refugee Crisis: Media Accounts and Reader’s Perspectives, Victoria Douglas, KPU
- The Rape of Nanking , Zoe Atkinson, Amber Sandhu, Zahra Choudhri, Luping Yin, Crystal Gounder, Chris Mok, Kayla Gardner, & Damon Mann, KPU
10:30 – 10:40 Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:40 Concurrent Sessions 5, 6, 7, & 8
Session 5: Language, Family, Feminism, & Sexualization
Room: Fir 3414
Chair: Dr. Mariana Gatzeva, Sociology, KPU
- Signs of Divide: A Content Analysis of Richmond BC’s Foreign Language Sign Debate, Kira Hogarth-Davis, KPU
- Problems with Feminism’s Rights-Based Approach to Neoliberal Oppression in Latin America, Kari Michaels, KPU
- The Objectification of Women and Sexuality, Sukhjeevan Grewal, KPU
- Long Distance Relationships: Effects of Long-term Separation on Families of Overseas Filipino Workers, Juan Victor Cortez, KPU
Session 6: Gender Inequity & Education
Room: Fir 1362
Chair: Dr. Cherylynn Bassani, Sociology, KPU
- Gender Inequality in African Education Systems, Karanvir S. Purba, KPU
- Equal Educational Opportunities for Females in Three Sub-Saharan African Countries, Harshaan Gill, KPU
- Gender Inequality in the Indian Education Systems, Tarun Bangar, KPU
- Education and Gender: A Look at the Portuguese School System, Breana Coleman, KPU
Session 7: Rape, Abortion, Marriage, & Culture
Room: Fir 2422
Chair: Dr. Amir Mirfakhraie, Sociology, KPU
- She Has the Right: Wrongfully Denying Abortions, Brittany Coleman, Sarah Sarvepalli, Donna Antonio, Korry Langlois, Sukhmine Shergill, Sharlene Kumar, & Megan Harvey, KPU
- Forced to Unwanted Marriage: Video and Talk, Nicole Knight, Aidan Hooper, Ajay Gill, Monika Saran, Keighley Pozdnikoff, Kateylnd Walcott, & Mariah Negrillo-soor, KPU
- ‘No’ Does Not Mean ‘Convince Me’: Rape Culture in Canadian Workplaces, Jordan Hayward, KPU
Session 8: Experience, Representation, Sexuality, & Communities of Difference
Room: Fir 2424
Chair: Dr. Fred Ribkoff, English, KPU
- Experiences of Filipino/a LGBTQ Peoples in Canada: Intersectional Analysis of Identity Construction and Identity-Society Relation, Juan Victor Cortez, KPU
- “Prepper & Shooter” Analysis, Nick Chretien, KPU
- Sharing the Voices of the Oppressed of the Transgender Communities Across the World, Arman Bansal, Joshua Frank, Gaganpreet Gill, William Platinga, Harveen Sanghera, & Jaspreet Toor, KPU
11:40 – 11:50 Coffee Break
11:50 - 12:50 Concurrent Sessions 9, 10, 11, & 12
Session 9: First Nations, Genocide, & the Education System
Room: Fir 1362
Chair: Professor Erling Christensen, Sociology, KPU
- The Importance of Aboriginal History and Justice in Canadian School Curriculum, Katie Osborne, KPU
- Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Curriculum, Katrina Lowood, KPU
- Silencing Genocide in Society and Within the Education System, Camilla Daoud, KPU
- Education, Settlers, and Residential Schools in Canada, Gurveen Bamrah, KPU
Session 10: Disability, Work, Education, & Hollywood
Room: Fir 2422
Chair: Dr. Cherylynn Bassani, Sociology, KPU
- Employment Education, Melissa Kramer, KPU
- Disability Action Movement Now!-D.A.M.N.!
- Representations of Disability in Hollywood Movies, Neelam Atwal, KPU
- Physical Disability, Accessibility, and Dependence, David Hicks, Chelsea Schulz, Amrit Minhas, Zainab Chandel, & Jasmine Randhawa, KPU
Session 11: Racism & Genocide
Room: Fir 2424
Chair: Dr. Fred Ribkoff, English, KPU
- Racism: Past and Present, Shannon Watson, Summer Goodwin, Kari Gfrerer, Delaney Vandenberg, Parmvir Johal, Evan Rozon, Navleen Walia, & Young Zhou, KPU
- Racism and Hate Crimes, Selina Mahal, Gagan Nahal, Chelsea Blackwell, Stefano Mastromonaco, Levi Legroulx, & Sabreena Suri, KPU
- My Mother’s Light, Lenée Son, KPU
- The Reality of the Holocaust, Sukhraj Takhar, Dapinder Pooni, Nathan Ram, & Maxwell Le, KPU
Session 12: Media & Space in the Reproduction of Capitalism
Room: Fir 2422
Chair: Dr. Amandeep Sandhu, Sociology, KPU
- Gentrification and Neoliberalism, Fraser Readman, KPU
- Power Structures of Gentrification, Aaron Philip, KPU
- Classism in The Avengers: A Media Analysis of Dominant Ideology, Angela Giesbrecht, KPU
- Children and Consumerism, Chelsea Finskars, KPU
12:50 - 1:50 LUNCH & POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Room: Conference Centre, Cedar 1205
Poster Presentations:
Criminology students will present their research projects that examine the social, political, and environmental harms and/or criminal activities associated with: Barrick Gold; Blackwater/Mercenary Forces; Bombardier; Coca-Cola; the Conservative Party of Canada; Goldcorp Mining; Kinder Morgan; KPU; SNC-Lavalin; and Sodexo. Posters will present the collective research of investigative group projects, examining the activities of these institutions undertaken in two CRIM 3118 classes over the course of the Fall 2015 semester. The poster presentation session is organized by Dr. Jeffrey Shantz.
Special Guest: Performance by Calvin Tui aka Kalvonix
"Calvin “Kalvonix” Tiu is a rapper, poet, and motivational speaker. Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at 12 months, Calvin had many obstacles to face and overcome. In elementary, he became an easy target for bullies. On the worst days, he would cry and ask why he had to be diagnosed with a physical disability that separated him from his peers. In dark times like these, his parents ensured to show their love and affection. At the tender age of 12, Calvin’s cousin introduced him to Eminem’s music for the first time. Inspired by how the rapper took the struggles and negativity in his life and put it into words, Calvin began to write rhymes of his own. Having been rapping for a decade now, “Kalvonix” has over 25 self-produced albums, worked with Grammy winning producer Chin Injeti, performed for the 2010 Winter Games, started his own Outreach Program teaching students the value of self-expression, got his essay and educational rap album published in an online undergrad journal, and most recently received Surrey’s 2015 Top 25 Under 25 Award. As an English Major/Counseling Minor at KPU, Calvin hopes to show others that with confidence and passion, one can reach anything."
2:00 - 3:00 Keynote Speaker
Room: Conference Centre, Cedar 1205
Professor Krishna Pendakur, SFU
“What does inequality really mean in Canada? 99% of us want to know”
3:00 – 3:10 Coffee Break
3:10 - 4:10 Concurrent Sessions 13, 14, & 15
Session 13: Intersections of Gender, Sexuality, Race, Media, & Education
Room: Fir 1362
Chair: Dr. Michael Ma, Criminology, KPU
- Who is Bottom? The Examination of Gay Asian Males in the Gay Community in New York; Imposed Feminization, Submissiveness, and the “Oriental” Stereotype, Juan Victor Cortez, KPU
- Superficial Frontier Reflections: Hipster Lumbersexuals, Hegemonic Masculinity, and the Performance of Whiteness, Nick Chretien, KPU
- A Feminist Analysis of Women in Philosophy, Kari Michaels, KPU
- Education of the Dalit Caste: Inequalities and Solutions, Ryan S. Gossal, KPU
Session 14: The Amazon Field School: A Panel Discussion
Room: Fir 2422
Chair: Lee Beavington, Instructor, Amazon Field School, Ph.D. Student (SFU)
- The Amazon as Interdisciplinary Teacher, Lee Beavington, Lucie Gagne, Connell Green, Elina Gress, Lisa King, & C. Merry McMullen, KPU
Session 15: Doing Sociology, Teaching Disability
Room: Fir 2424
Chair: Dr. Fiona Whittington-Walsh, Sociology, KPU
- Doing Sociology, Teaching Disability, Sociology 2280: Health, Disability & Society Students
4:20 - 5:00 Closing Ceremonies, Social/Reception, & Poster Presentations
Room: Conference Centre, Cedar 1205
Special Guests: Musical Performance by KPU Music Program Duo, Bejamine R. MacRae (Clarinet) & Strauss L. Whiteside (Piano)