We ask everyone to register for workshops using your University of Ottawa or professional school board email address. Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email. Another email will follow one day before the event. We recommend that you add it to your calendar. If you are attending multiple workshops, please register for each one individually.
Due to COVID-19, all of our events will be online on the Zoom webinar platform. At this time, we regret that we are unable to provide ASL interpretation and live captioning (in French or English) for this event.
If you have questions, please send us a comment here.
Due to COVID-19, all of our events will be online on the Zoom webinar platform. At this time, we regret that we are unable to provide ASL interpretation and live captioning (in French or English) for this event.
If you have questions, please send us a comment here.
Monday, April 4th at 7:00 pm ET
Masculinity(ies) and Femininity(ies): Educational possibilities of taking into account socio-historical constructions of gender
Speaker: Marie-Hélène Brunet
Biography: Marie-Hélène Brunet is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa since August 2018. Her doctoral thesis focused on Quebec high school students' understanding of women's history. Her research interests are primarily in history education, citizenship education, and women's and gender history. Based on the concept of historical agentivity, her current research focuses on the use of fiction in the classroom and its potential for understanding power relations and deconstructing representations that perpetuate gender inequalities in schools.
Description of the workshop: A workshop developed in 2019 and experimented with in pre-service and in-service teacher education (Brunet and Currie, 2020), proposed to study the socio-historical constructions of gender based on a controversy that followed the broadcasting of an advertisement for a razor manufacturer (Dupuis-Déri, 2019). The workshop, based on a pedagogy of discomfort (Boler, 1999) and on the notion of gender performativity (Butler, 1990), sought to examine the evolution of representations of masculinities and femininities through advertisements from today to 30 years ago. While drawing on the critical review of this workshop, the presentation will also encourage participants to reflect on their own socio-historical representations of gender, and the possibilities related to their educational choices.
Masculinity(ies) and Femininity(ies): Educational possibilities of taking into account socio-historical constructions of gender
Speaker: Marie-Hélène Brunet
Biography: Marie-Hélène Brunet is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa since August 2018. Her doctoral thesis focused on Quebec high school students' understanding of women's history. Her research interests are primarily in history education, citizenship education, and women's and gender history. Based on the concept of historical agentivity, her current research focuses on the use of fiction in the classroom and its potential for understanding power relations and deconstructing representations that perpetuate gender inequalities in schools.
Description of the workshop: A workshop developed in 2019 and experimented with in pre-service and in-service teacher education (Brunet and Currie, 2020), proposed to study the socio-historical constructions of gender based on a controversy that followed the broadcasting of an advertisement for a razor manufacturer (Dupuis-Déri, 2019). The workshop, based on a pedagogy of discomfort (Boler, 1999) and on the notion of gender performativity (Butler, 1990), sought to examine the evolution of representations of masculinities and femininities through advertisements from today to 30 years ago. While drawing on the critical review of this workshop, the presentation will also encourage participants to reflect on their own socio-historical representations of gender, and the possibilities related to their educational choices.
Tuesday, April 5th at 7:00 pm ET
Including gender diverse students in French class
Speaker: Emma Barrett
Biography: Emma is an MA candidate in the Faculty of Education at uOttawa. Emma graduated with an Honours BMus from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a BEd from The University of Western Ontario. Their research will focus on how gender inequality is represented in French-language instruction across education systems, and how current language use and practice fail to represent not only women, but also many gender non-conforming people in the LGBTQ2S+ community. They will examine recent efforts to bring about gender justice through neutral and inclusive French language, and how to best incorporate language evolution into the classroom.
Description of the workshop: This workshop aims to address the linguistic challenges of teaching French to gender diverse students. This session will serve as an introduction to different linguistic strategies for making French gender neutral and/or inclusive, and discuss how to incorporate queer linguistics into French language classrooms to make them safer spaces for trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Including gender diverse students in French class
Speaker: Emma Barrett
Biography: Emma is an MA candidate in the Faculty of Education at uOttawa. Emma graduated with an Honours BMus from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a BEd from The University of Western Ontario. Their research will focus on how gender inequality is represented in French-language instruction across education systems, and how current language use and practice fail to represent not only women, but also many gender non-conforming people in the LGBTQ2S+ community. They will examine recent efforts to bring about gender justice through neutral and inclusive French language, and how to best incorporate language evolution into the classroom.
Description of the workshop: This workshop aims to address the linguistic challenges of teaching French to gender diverse students. This session will serve as an introduction to different linguistic strategies for making French gender neutral and/or inclusive, and discuss how to incorporate queer linguistics into French language classrooms to make them safer spaces for trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Wednesday, April 6th at 7:00 pm ET
Resources for creating healthy and inclusive contexts for gender identity and expression
Speakers: Nathalie Sirois in conversation with Marie Houzeau, Frédérique Chabot, and Alex Daigle
Description of the workshop: How do you create a healthy and gender inclusive classroom environment? A session, offered in collaboration with the University of Ottawa's Equitable Leadership Network, where individuals who have worked to develop resources in this area will share the results of their efforts. A conversation about how far we've come and what we can do next together.
Resources for creating healthy and inclusive contexts for gender identity and expression
Speakers: Nathalie Sirois in conversation with Marie Houzeau, Frédérique Chabot, and Alex Daigle
Description of the workshop: How do you create a healthy and gender inclusive classroom environment? A session, offered in collaboration with the University of Ottawa's Equitable Leadership Network, where individuals who have worked to develop resources in this area will share the results of their efforts. A conversation about how far we've come and what we can do next together.
Thursday, April 7th at 7:00 pm ET
Researcher Round Table
Panelists: Tifanie Valade, she/elle, doctorante; Mariette Théberge, professeure titulaire; Rob Grant, he/him, PhD student
Description of the round table: We are delighted to bring together members of the faculty of education to share their experiences and ideas about how other researchers can take gender and/or sexuality into account in their practices.
Researcher Round Table
Panelists: Tifanie Valade, she/elle, doctorante; Mariette Théberge, professeure titulaire; Rob Grant, he/him, PhD student
Description of the round table: We are delighted to bring together members of the faculty of education to share their experiences and ideas about how other researchers can take gender and/or sexuality into account in their practices.