2019: The first annual Social Justice Summit at Lakehead University!

 

 

It's Not The Waking, It's The Rising: Lakehead University's Social Justice Summit

The inaugural Social Justice Summit will be held at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario on May 25th and 26th 2019. 

Organized by the Social Justice Studies Program at Lakehead University, the conference is multidisciplinary and invites submissions from all graduate and undergraduate students whose research includes a social justice focus (broadly defined). 

This year's presenters are from all across Canada, with students from Lakehead, Adler, McMaster, Memorial, Mount Saint Vincent, OISE, Simon Fraser, St Francis Xavier, U of Calgary, U of Lethbridge, U of Prince Edward Island, U of Saskatchewan, and Western. Research categories include health care, Indigenous experiences, racialized experiences, Canada's North, food insecurity, LGBTQ+ issues, gender issues, and art activism.

You can register to attend the conference HERE.

Childcare may be available but you must register prior to May 14th. 

This event could not be possible without our sponsors. THANK YOU:

Lakehead University Office of Aboriginal Initiatives, Residence and Conference Services, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Office of the Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities, Social Justice Studies, Indigenous Learning, Women's Studies, Meal Exchange Canada, Lakehead University Student Union, Nanabijou Childcare Centre, Re-imagining Value Action Lab, Wiindo Debwe Mosewin, and Bay Village Coffee