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