Rethinking Canadian Studies Symposium Program 7-8 November 2025 McMaster University

Friday 7 November 2025 Location: 118 Togo Salmon Hall

9-9:45 am: Registration & Coffee 

9.45-10.00 am: Introductory Remarks

Kristine Alexander, Phil Henderson, Miranda Leibel, Will Kujala


10.00 am-11.30 am: Historicizing & Rethinking Canadian Studies

Chair: Kristine Alexander

Jennifer Henderson, Colin Coates, Jean-Michel Montsion, Elaine Coburn, Nisha Nath, Nassisse Solomon

 

11.30-12.30 pm: Lunch 

 

12.30-1.45 pm: Canadian Studies, Settler Colonialism, and Neoliberalism

Chair: Phil Henderson

Brydon Kramer, Niloofar Golkar, Mack Penner, Daisy Raphael 


1.45-2 pm: Coffee 

2-3.30 pm: Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies

Chair: Janice Feng

Ryan Crosschild [virtual], Blair Manyfingers, Cody Groat, Sarah Perry 

 

3.30-5 pm: Settler Colonialism in a Global Frame

Chair: Susie O’Brien

Jennifer Henderson, Breanna Kubat, Zahra Tootonsab


5 pm: Informal gathering at The Phoenix Pub

 

Saturday 8 November 2025

Location: 2001 LR Wilson Hall


9.30-10.00 am: Coffee


10-11.30 am: Canadian History and Canadian Studies

Chair: Jessica van Horssen

Matt Monrose, Jordyn Beaupre, Janice Feng


11.30 am-1 pm: Canadian Studies and Research Creation/the Arts

Chair: sasha skaidra

Emily Gale, Mary Reid, Lindy Van Vliet, Michelle Sylvestre, Stephen Gnanasihamany

 

1-2 pm: Lunch

 

2-3:30 pm: Closing Discussion with all participants: Teaching and the University

Chair: Miranda Leibel