{"id":119,"date":"2021-04-05T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T18:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2021-04-07T12:34:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T17:34:05","slug":"speaking-engagements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/index.php\/speaking-engagements\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Engagements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic (History) Papers &amp; Conferences (Selected)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201c\u2018As She Shall Deem Just:\u2019 Treaty 1, the St. Peter\u2019s Reserve \u2018Removal\u2019 and the Basis of Colonizer Rights in Manitoba,\u201d NAISA (Native American &amp; Indigenous Studies Association), Saskatoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201c\u2018I am not Trespassing Because the Ground is Mine:\u2019 The St. Peter\u2019s Reserve \u2018Removal\u2019 &amp; the Saulteaux Repatriation Movement of 1932-34,\u201d Keewatin History Conference, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAnarchism, Colonialism, and Aboriginal Dispossession in the Canadian West,\u201d Canadian Historical Association, Congress of the Humanities &amp; Social Sciences, Saskatoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThe St. Peter\u2019s Reserve \u2018Removal\u2019 as a Case Study in Ethnic Cleansing,\u201d Fort Garry Lectures, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cOlive Tree &amp; Turtle Island: A comparison of Settler-Colonialism in Palestine and Indigenous North America,\u201d (Dis)united Empires Conference, Queen\u2019s University, Kingston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2006&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cSilencing the Living by Hiding in the Past: Historians, Colonialism, and the Sioux,\u201d Fort Garry Lectures, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1994\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cHollywood &amp; Hegemony: Representations of Indians &amp; the Frontier in Cinema,\u201d Film Studies Association of Canada, Congress of the Humanities &amp; Social Sciences, Calgary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1993&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cAnarchism &amp; the Historiography of the Russian Revolution,\u201d Riding Mountain History Conference, Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Non-Academic Workshops, Panels, Presentations, &amp; Gatherings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Remembering Working Class Martyrs,&#8221; Red November\/Black November annual I.W.W. dinner, November 2014.  <a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/index.php\/2014\/11\/15\/red-november-black-november-remembering-working-class-martyrs\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/index.php\/2014\/11\/15\/red-november-black-november-remembering-working-class-martyrs\/\">A transcript of this talk can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Anarchism, Colonialism, &amp; Aboriginal Dispossession in the Canadian West,&#8221; Montreal Anarchist Bookfair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Anarchism, Colonialism, &amp; Aboriginal Dispossession in the Canadian West,&#8221; Saskatoon Anarchist Bookfair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Apostle of Anarchy:&#8221; Emma Goldman&#8217;s First Visit to Winnipeg in 1907,&#8221; a talk at Mondragon Bookstore on the 100th anniversary of her visit.  This talk was eventually published as an essay in the Manitoba History Journal, and can be <a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/index.php\/2008\/02\/02\/apostle-of-anarchy-emma-goldman\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/index.php\/2008\/02\/02\/apostle-of-anarchy-emma-goldman\/\">read here<\/a>.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2005<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Anarchism &amp; Radical Dissent,&#8221; Winnipeg Social Forum, U of Winnipeg. Opening remarks can be <a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/index.php\/2005\/05\/07\/anarchism-radical-dissent\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/index.php\/2005\/05\/07\/anarchism-radical-dissent\/\">read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(April) \u201cWhat is radical dissent, and why is it important?\u201d Guest presentation in Natural Resource Institute course, U of Manitoba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(January) \u201cWork After Capitalism: Participatory Economics in Theory &amp; Practice\u201d.&nbsp; World Social Forum III, Porto Alegre, Brazil.  This paper was later published as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/index.php\/2008\/05\/01\/participatory-economics-workers-self-management-mondragon\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/index.php\/2008\/05\/01\/participatory-economics-workers-self-management-mondragon\/\">Participatory Economics &amp; Workers&#8217; Self-Management: Reflections on Winnipeg&#8217;s Mondragon Bookstore &amp; Coffee House Collective<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(May) Indymedia Centre-Thunder Bay: Conducted Workshop (with Megan McKenzie and Shira Newman) on the International Solidarity Movement in Occupied Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(August) Talk at South Winnipeg Mosque on International Solidarity in Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(December) Panel Presentation on Israel-Palestine Conflict: Presented paper: \u201cThe Geneva Accord: Last Gasp of the Two-State Solution, or the Latest Smoke &amp; Mirrors to Sell Apartheid?\u201d&nbsp; Abridged version originally posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electronicintifada.net\/\">www.electronicintifada.net<\/a> and can be read on this site here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(January) Post-9-11 Penal Realities Forum (Winnipeg): Conducted workshop: &#8220;Al-Qaida Prisoners in Guantanamo Bay&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(February) &#8220;Four Days for Change&#8221; conference (Sioux Lookout, ONT.): conducted workshop (with Jon Schledewitz): &#8220;Who Gives a Shit About Workplace Democracy?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(February) &#8220;Tools for Peace&#8221; conference, Canadian Mennonite College (Winnipeg): Conducted workshop: &#8220;Ethical Living and Peace: What Can Individuals and Alternative Businesses Do?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(December) Panel Presentation on Palestine and International Solidarity Movement \u201cOlive Harvest Campaign\u201d at Mondragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2001<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(February) &#8220;Anarchism &amp; The Spanish Revolution,&#8221; Winnipeg History Workshop Series. Presentation at Mondragon Bookstore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(April) &#8220;Is there an Alternative to Capitalism?&#8221; SMAC Discussion Series (Winnipeg): Panel Presentation at Mondragon Bookstore.  <a href=\"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/index.php\/2001\/04\/11\/mondragon-panel-alternatives-to-capitalism\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blackcatredriver.ca\/index.php\/2001\/04\/11\/mondragon-panel-alternatives-to-capitalism\/\">This presentation can be read here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(September) &#8220;Red, Black &amp; Green Panel&#8221; (Winnipeg): Opening comments on Marxism, anarchism and green contributions to a new movement, as well as moderation for panel.&nbsp; Mondragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(October) &#8220;What is Terrorism?&nbsp; What is Peace?&#8221;, Project Peacemakers Panel (Winnipeg) on reflections after 9-11.&nbsp; Westminster United Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(October) Speech at Anti-War Rally: &#8220;The Illegal and Immoral Attack on Afghanistan&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(November) Panel Presentation (Winnipeg): &#8220;War, Peace &amp; Civil Liberties Since September 11<sup>th<\/sup>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High school Conference (Altona, MB.): Conducted two workshops: 1) &#8220;Activism 101;&#8221; and 2) &#8220;Human Rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(November) Lecture: &#8220;Building Alternative Institutions Today,&#8221; a presentation on &#8220;Building a Post-Corporate Society,&#8221; Parkland Institute Conference (Edmonton, Alberta).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1999<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(May) &#8220;Power of Unity: A Gathering of Grassroots Resistance&#8221; (Victoria, B.C.): Conducted three separate workshops: 1) &#8220;Creating Alternative Institutions Today;&#8221; 2) &#8220;Economics Today &amp; Tomorrow&#8221; (with David Markland); and 3) &#8220;Building a Relevant Anarchist Movement.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1997<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>College Jeanne Sauve (Winnipeg): Conducted workshop (with Ria Julien and Tom Jasiakewitz): &#8220;What Sucks About the System and Planet?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Wobbly Wednesdays&#8221; Discussion Series (Winnipeg): Panel discussion on participatory economics (parecon) model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1996<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Argyle School (Winnipeg): &#8220;What is a Cooperative?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1995<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Human Rights: The Case of East Timor,&#8221; a workshop for high school students at the U of Manitoba (Winnipeg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1992<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;How to Read the News: Media Criticism,&#8221; a workshop for high school students at the U of Manitoba (Winnipeg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic (History) Papers &amp; Conferences (Selected) 2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201c\u2018As She Shall Deem Just:\u2019 Treaty 1, the St. Peter\u2019s Reserve \u2018Removal\u2019 and the Basis of Colonizer Rights in Manitoba,\u201d NAISA (Native American &amp; Indigenous Studies Association), Saskatoon 2009&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201c\u2018I am not Trespassing Because the Ground is Mine:\u2019 The St. Peter\u2019s Reserve \u2018Removal\u2019 &amp; 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