I do not recall having seen this on Click4HP, sorry if I am reposting. Please note that the date of this is 1999 and not 1998. S Sherrie Tingley [log in to unmask] ---------- > From: Pamela Moss <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: "FEMINIST DEFINITIONS OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CARINGCOMMUNITIES" > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 1:49 PM > > I thought this might interest some people. > > > >PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CIRCULATE AND/OR DISTRIBUTE. > > > >CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS > > > >"FEMINIST DEFINITIONS OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND CARING COMMUNITIES" > > > >Criaw Conference 99 October 15-17,1999 > >Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, Sudbury, > >Ontario. Canada > > > >We invite papers, workshops, presentations, posters, art work, poetry > >and performances which will describe, critique, protest, inform, or > >suggest where healthy lifestyles and caring communities do or do not, > >should or should not exist in various locations or forms. > > > >The theme is very broad in its application. Interdisciplinary, > >multicultural and bilingual, this conference will be a forum for a > >multitude of perspectives on social, health, economic and other public > >programs. We are interested in both individual and collective > >strategies for creating caring communities and healthy lifestyles. We > >hope to receive material from grassroots activists, academics, and other > >individuals who are privately, publicly, and/or politically trying to > >revision and reshape the world into a more caring and healthy place. > > > >Some examples of Topics include (but are not limited to): > >*program alterations and funding cutbacks which have occurred across > >Canada in the name of "caring communities" > >*successful models of coalition building, of housing co-ops, > >resource-sharing co-ops, etc. > >*women's strategies of healing and resistance around the world > >*strategies and techniques for self care (holistic, alternative, > >spiritual, etc.) > >*feminist initiatives in health professions > >*women transforming religion > >*health and community issues from diverse perspectives: lesbians, young > >women, older women, disabled women, aboriginal women, refugee and > >immigrant women, women of colour, francophone women, rural women > >*visions of feminist utopia > >*the treatment of these themes in the work of women writers and artists > > > >Send your proposals before February 28, 1999 to: > >CRIAW Paper Selection Committee > >c/o Andrea Levan > >Thorneloe College, Laurentian University > >Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6 > >Tel. No. (705)673-1730 FAX: (705)673-4979 > > > >Presentation Formats: > > > >1) Workshops: (1.5 or 3 hours) > > Skills-oriented or experiential focus--for example, action research > >skills, journal keeping, popular theatre training, etc.. > >Considerations in planning: *Workshops may have one or more presenters > >*Specific > >activities should be built into the workshop for participants. > > > >2)Round table groupings (1.5 hours) > > Relatively informal group discussion organized around a specific > >theme with one or more facilitators. > > Considerations in planning: *Although these are informal > >discussions, normally > >facilitators should have planned statements, list of questions, etc., to > >start and keep > >the discussion going. Roundtables are usually most effective when the > >topic is one which a number of different people have identified as > >interesting , topical and important. > > > >3) Artistic Presentations (1.5 hours or less; specify time required) > > Video, music, art, theatre, poetry, etc. Shorter presentations may > >be grouped together. > > > >4)Papers (20 minutes maximum per paper) > > The program committee will group papers on similar themes into 1.5 > >hour sessions given in a Panel format (usually three papers, > >allowing discussion time). Groups wishing to > >organize their own sections should submit a joint proposal. > > > > Considerations in planning: *Papers are most often read. * Papers > >often take longer than expected to read. Make sure your reading time is > >no longer than 20 minutes. > > > >5) Posters (3' x 6' maximum size) > > Visual displays of projects or research results which may include > >tables, statistics and photographs. Posters will be displayed > >throughout the conference, but specific times will be set aside for > >presenters to be available for discussing their displays. > > > > Considerations in planning: *Preparing rough drafts on graph paper > >can be helpful. > > > >*Handouts are often made available for conference participants, > >reproducing or summarizing the poster and containing your name, address, > >and phone. > > > > __________________________________________________