Showing posts with label Women's History Network of BC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Women's History Network of BC. Show all posts

Monday, October 19, 2009

Women & Sports History Conference - October 23-24 - Vancouver BC

WHN/BC - Women’s History Network of BC
“Women, Sports and Physical Recreation”

Vancouver, 23-24th October, 2009
Conference Registration Form
You may register at the door if your form is not already mailed.

WHN/BC Blog: http://www.whnbc.blogspot.com/

E-mail: whnbc@shaw.ca
or call 604 724 8744


Friday, 23 October 2009 – Registration begins at 7:00 pm in the Salmonberry Room, Stanley Park Dining Pavilion, Vancouver. See the WHN/BC blog for details/map.(link above)

7:00 pm Registration
7:30 pm – 9 pm RECEPTION

Saturday, 24 October 2009 – Registration begins 9:30 am

10 am – 4 pm at the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame, 777 Pacific Blvd S., Vancouver.

Registration 9:30 – 10:00 am

OPENING REMARKS 10:15 am

SPEAKERS: 10:20 – 11:30 am

“Gender Justice and Gender Politics in Women’s Ski Jumping: An Historical Analysis” by Patricia Vertinsky and Shannon Jette, University of British Columbia.

“Governing Risk, Exercising Caution: Western Medical Knowledge, Exercise and Pregnancy” by Shannon Jette, University of British Columbia.

11:30 – 1:00 pm LUNCH

SESSION 2 – 1:00 – 2 pm

TOUR OF ‘IN HER FOOTSTEPS: CELEBRATING BC WOMEN IN SPORT’ GALLERY AND DISCUSSION

2:00 – 2:15 pm BREAK

2:15 – 3:15 pm WHNBC - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

3:15 – 3:30 CONFERENCE WRAP-UP

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Votes for Women, 1908 - Wordless Thursday

LEAP-YEAR; or, The Irrepressible Ski [Agitation], from Punch, January 1, 1908


Women's History Network of BC Conference, October 3-4, 2008 Victoria, B.C.
Raising the Bar: Historical Perspectives on Women and the Law

Website: www.members.shaw.ca/whnbc

Monday, September 22, 2008

Women's History Network of BC Conference - October 3 - 4, 2008 - Victoria, BC, Canada

"Raising the Bar: Historical Perspectives on Women and the Law" - Women's History Network of BC's Annual Conference

October 3, 2008 Opening Reception and Presentation

Friends Meeting House, 1831 Fern St., Victoria, BC

James Burnham Sedgwick, “The Sin of Silence: The Invisibility of Women at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, 1946-1948”

October 4, 2008 All Day Session

Maritime Museum of British Columbia, 28 Bastion Square, Victoria, BC

Session 2 – Probate Records, Patents, and Separation Agreements: Negotiating Real and Intellectual Property Rights - Karen Pearlston, Ireh Iyioha, Kristine S. Knaplund

Session 3 - Women and the Law: Images, Perceptions, and Realities - Susan C. Boyd, Judy Fudge, Hester Lessard, Bonnie Schmidt

Session 4 - The Neo-Colonial Rule of Unruly Subjects: The Expulsion of Sex Workers from Vancouver’s West End, 1975-1985 - Jamie Lee Hamilton, Rachael Sullivan, Becki Ross.

For the registration form and schedule, see the website
Women's History Network of BC: www.members.shaw.ca/whnbc