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The
ability of citizens to freely exercise their rights has an immediate
impact on the society as a whole. This results not only in
individual, but also and perhaps more importantly, collective social
change. If we are to maximise the impact of these changes we will
need to develop strategies and alliances with communities outside of
the LGBT community, including supportive individuals and groups
within the heterosexual majority. In this context, the education of
younger generations becomes of critical importance, and the battle
against homophobia is one of many key concerns.
In some parts of the world, oppression is a fact of daily life for
LGBT individuals. What can we do collectively to find solutions to
eradicate this oppression? How can we build the capacity of the
global LGBT movement?
WORKERS
OUT!
In previous major LGBT sports events, many union organisations
simultaneously held conferences related to gay and lesbian rights in
the workplace called “Workers Out!” The Confédération des
syndicats nationaux (CSN), the Centrale des syndicats du Québec
(CSQ - education sector), Fédération des travailleurs du Québec
(FTQ) and the Canadian Labour Congress, four major
Canadian union organisations, will be participating in the Montréal
Conference and Workers Out! will be an
integral part of the Conference proceedings. Activities will
include:
- An opening plenary
session on Wednesday from 14:00 to 17:00 (opening of the union
action plan project)
- A closing plenary
session on Friday from 17:30 to 19:00 (adoption and launch of
the union action plan)
- Three workshops to
discuss the union action plan (Thursday morning, Thursday
afternoon and Friday morning)
- Organisers meeting
on Friday afternoon before the closing plenary session
Here is a list of
specific workshops that that will be held within the overall
conference programme:
- Unions as agents of
social change with regard to LGBT issues
- The involvement of
unions in LGBT issues: obstacles and opportunities
- Homophobia and
transphobia in the workplace
- Transgenders in the
workplace
- Lesbians in the
workplace
- Young workers and
homosexuality
- International union
structure regarding LGBT issues
- Alliances between
union organisations and international human rights organisations
- AIDS and
discrimination in the workplace
- Education workers
and sexual diversity
Papers will be considered on
related themes and topics from a wide range of perspectives. 500
word abstracts should be submitted to the organising comitee in
English, Spanish, or French as e-mail attachment by 30 September
2005.
The official languages for the
conference will be French and English. However, the Enkidu panels
will also have Spanish papers with translation to English and/or
French provided.
As always in Enkidu Academic
Events, we encourage our participants to focus on topics and
questions that contribute to breaking silences and building bridges.
Interpretations of the conference themes ranging from the
predictable to the surprising are encouraged.
Abstract
Requirements:
500
word
abstracts should be submitted to the organizing committee in
English, Spanish, German or French as by 30 September
2005 along with the presenter’s name, address, telephone,
email, and institutional affiliation. All correspondence for this
conference will be conducted via email. The conference languages
will be English, French and Spanish.
Papers
should be of approximately 20 minutes duration (circa 8 - 10 pages).
A typical panel session with 3 or 4 speakers at "A Right to be
Different" is scheduled with 90 minutes.
Proposals
should also include a short bio of each participant (3-5 lines).
Graduate
and postgraduate students are encouraged to attend and present
papers. Selected papers from the conference will be published in
book form.
Abstract Form
Abstracts
are to be submitted by the 30th of September 2005.
We
will be notified by the International Scientific Committee
organising the conference by e-mail at 31 January 2006 whether a
panel session has been accepted or not.
Further
information will be published soon. |
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