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- Bonnie Klein

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Salon Five - March 8th
International Women's Day: Mothering Work and the Performance of Daily Life Care-giving

Reception Room, Green College, 1 to 5:00 pm

1:00-1:15
Welcomes, Associate Professor Leslie Roman, Professor and Head of Educational Studies, Tara Fenwick (EDST), Professor Janet Jamieson, ECPSE, Jordan Watters, Ph.D. student, UBC

1:15-1:45
Prof. Claudia Malacrida, University of Lethbridge, gives her paper, “Home Care Services for Mothers with Disabilities: Ironies of Surveillance, Gender Performances, and Infantalization”.

1:45-2:15
Judith Mossof, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, UBC, “Screaming Perfectly Well in Their Own Voice….As We All Do”(Professor, Near Eastern Studies, UBC) : The Transformative Potential of  Inclusive Post Secondary Education.

2:15-2:30
Break

2:30-3:00
Christa Couture, singer, song writer and musican will sing material from her soon-to-be-released CD. "The Weadding Singer and the Undertaker". Christa Couture gives up all her lovely and messy bits to a blend of folk, quirk and bark. A formidable talent armed with a haunting voice and a quick-witted, poignant turn-of-phrase, her live performances are energetic and moving. It is in this context that Christa’s work is at its spontaneous best – fueling her attentive audience with candor, wit and passion.

“She sings with an intimacy that feels like you are being let in on a secret” (The Province, BC) and indeed you are. On her debut full length album, Fell Out of Oz, Christa confronts and contemplates surviving childhood cancer, kissing boys, kissing girls, and abortion. “With a wide-eyed and inviting tenderness” (Edmonton Sun), this childhood cancer survivor speaks honestly about illness, loss, and uncertainty, spinning heartache, fear and hope into passionate and compelling music and lyrics.


3:00-3:15
Break

3:15-4:00
Max Fomitchev, internationally-acclaimed mime and physical actor in the persona of Max-i-mime, one of Canada's most expressive artists uses the classic mime techniques of flexibility and strength, combined with physical comedy and expression. Fomitchev transports his audience into a world of laughter and pathos using only his body, his face and a few props.

4:00-5:00
Discussion/reception. Reception, Green College Reception Room.