The SOUTH ASIAN
PEOPLES FORUM proudly presents an International Conference on South Asian
People’s Unity “SECURING SOUTH ASIA FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH
ASIA”
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Location
Codes: TPC – Trinity St-Paul Church, 427 Bloor Street West (Spadina
subway stop) BLH –
Bennet Lecture Hall, Flavelle House,
78 Queens
Park, University of Toronto Law School (Museum subway stop) |
9:30am sharp
Imperialism and South Asia: Critical Perspectives
Chair: S. Iqbal
Vivek Chibber, NYU
Syed Azeem, York U
Amrit Wilson, SASG, UK
B. Pain, India
Location: TPC
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9:30am sharp
Neoliberalism and Resistance
Chair: Malcolm Blincow
Ahmad Salim,
SDPI
Kunal Chattopadhyay, JU
Gurdev Singh, Toronto
Hussan,
NOII
Sima Zerehi, UFCW
Location: BLH
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10 am sharp – 2
pm
CONCLUDING PLENARY AND DISCUSSION
Open Mic
Location: BLH
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***FIRST SESSION ***
SPECIAL SESSION
ON SRI LANKA
Chair: Aparna Sundar
Speakers:
Ahilan K, SLDF
Rohini Hensman
R. Cheran
Location: TPC
2 pm sharp |
2:30 pm sharp
South
Asian States: Violence, Terrorism, and Nationalism
Chair:
Hamid Bashani, SAPF
Soma
Marik, Jadhav U
Ijaz Syed, FOSA, USA
Shonali Bose, USA,
Naeem
Malik, UK
Location: BLH
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2:30 pm – 4:30
pm
Joint discussion with the International
Resistance Poetry Festival participants on
Law in Social Movements
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Literary Session with writers and critics
from the subcontinent
Location: PORT CREDIT SCHOOL,
MISSISSAUGA
3-6 pm
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OPENING OF
THE CONFERENCE
FEATURED SPEAKER Abid Hasan Minto, Supreme Court Advocate,
Pakistan, with Sherene Razack, OISE
Location: BLH
6:30 pm
Followed
by
Reception
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7:00 pm
Left Politics –
South Asia and
beyond
Chair: S. Azeem
Hari Roka (Nepal),
S. Kannavi, India,
Kunal Chattopadhyay, Left Party rep.s, Horace
Campbell
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Screening of Amu, followed by a discussion
with the director Sonali Bose.
Chair: Harloveleen Kaur
Location: BLH
7:30 pm sharp |
2ND ANNUAL FAIZ PEACE FESTIVAL
7-10 PM
LOCATION: PORT CREDIT SCHOOL,
MISSISSAUGA
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| Co-organizers: Ghadar Heritage Foundation and AIPSG Sponsors:
UFCW, CUPE 3903, South Asia Programs of University of Toronto and York
University, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, and many individual donors
Registration Information: please visit www.sapf.ca |
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