THURSDAY, APRIL 20
9:00 AM: Welcome to ICAF 2023
Introduction by Qiana Whitted, Chair
Remarks by ICAF 2023 Site Liaisons Elizabeth "Biz" Nijdam and C. W. (Toph) Marshall
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
9:15AM - 10:15 AM: Academic Keynote by Susan Kirtley, Portland State University
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM: Center for Migration Studies Roundtable - Frederik Byrn Køhlert, University of East Anglia; Antje Ellermann, University of British Columbia; Sarah Leavitt, University of British Columbia; and guest artists, Emily Chou, Alyssa Hirose, and Jonathon Dalton
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
12 PM - 1:30 PM: LUNCH BREAK
9:00 AM: Welcome to ICAF 2023
Introduction by Qiana Whitted, Chair
Remarks by ICAF 2023 Site Liaisons Elizabeth "Biz" Nijdam and C. W. (Toph) Marshall
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
9:15AM - 10:15 AM: Academic Keynote by Susan Kirtley, Portland State University
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM: Center for Migration Studies Roundtable - Frederik Byrn Køhlert, University of East Anglia; Antje Ellermann, University of British Columbia; Sarah Leavitt, University of British Columbia; and guest artists, Emily Chou, Alyssa Hirose, and Jonathon Dalton
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
12 PM - 1:30 PM: LUNCH BREAK
Thursday 1:30 PM-2:45 PM CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 1
Panel 1a: Representing Place in Graphic Narrative
Peña Room (301), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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Panel 1b: Comics in the Global Classroom
Dodson Room (302), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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3:00 - 4:30 PM: CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 2
Panel 2a: The Comics Body
Peña Room (301), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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Panel 2b: Representing Indigenous Identity
Dodson Room (302), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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4:45 - 5:45 PM: CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 3
Panel 3a: Women's Stories, Women's Histories
Peña Room (301), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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Panel 3b: Graphic Decolonization
Dodson Room (302), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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7:30 PM- 9:00 PM: ARTIST TALK - Birgit Wehye and Priscilla Layne Talk
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
FRIDAY, APRIL 21
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: John A. Lent Scholarship in Comics Studies Award Lecture
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
10:30 AM-11:45 AM CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 4
Panel 4a: Comics and Other Arts
Peña Room (301), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
12 - 1:30 PM: LUNCH BREAK
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Panel 4b: Remediation and Intermediality
Dodson Room (302), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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1:30 - 2:45 PM CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 5
Panel 5a: New Comics Theories
Peña Room (301), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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Panel 5b: Queer Representation in Graphic Narrative
Dodson Room (302), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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3:00 PM-4:15 PM: CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 6
Panel 6a: Comics and the Expansive Classroom
Peña Room (301), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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Panel 6b: Graphic Landscapes
Dodson Room (302), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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4:30-5:45 PM: CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 7
Panel 7a: Comics in the American Multicultural Society
Peña Room (301), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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Panel 7b: Comics and Its Publics
Dodson Room (302), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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7:30 - 9:00 PM: ARTIST TALK - Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
Moderated by Nicola Levell, University of British Columbia
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
Moderated by Nicola Levell, University of British Columbia
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
SATURDAY, APRIL 22
9:00 - 10:15 AM: CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 8
Panel 8a: Forms of Borders, Forms of Language
Peña Room (301), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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Panel 8b: Comics Witness
Dodson Room (302), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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10:30 AM - 11:45 AM CONCURRENT PANEL SESSION 9
Panel 9a: Critical Histories in Visual Form
Peña Room (301), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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Panel 9b: Mesoamerican Codices, Mesoamerican Representations
Dodson Room (302), located on Level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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12 PM - 1:30 PM: LUNCH BREAK - Research Methods Roundtable: Reflections from What Were Comics? Bart Beaty, University of Calgary; Jonathon Place, University of East Anglia; Rebecca Sullivan, University of Calgary; Benjamin Woo, Carleton University.
1:30 - 2:45 PM ARTIST TALK - Ebony Flowers and Meghan Parker in Conversation
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM: COMICS WORKSHOP with Ebony Flowers
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
1:30 - 2:45 PM ARTIST TALK - Ebony Flowers and Meghan Parker in Conversation
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM: COMICS WORKSHOP with Ebony Flowers
Location: The xʷθəθiqətəm or Place of Many Trees