Chair(s): Christine Gibb (University of Ottawa)

Presentations of the Symposium

Fragmented Disaster Response: How Politics Affects Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery in the Philippines

Marinelle Lopez Distor
University of Ottawa

How do Religion and Culture Shape Women’s Access to Disaster Aid in Evacuation Camps in Pakistan?

Jehan Zeb, Christine Gibb
University of Ottawa

The Governance of Post-disaster Relocation Sites as “Camps”

Christine Gibb
University of Ottawa

Three-decades of disability movement in Nigeria: x-raying how leadership of disability movement has fared in the struggle against rights abuse and societal inequality

Paul Eneojo Yaro Okpanachi

University of Ottawa

Partisanism, ethnic chauvinism and the state of democracy in Africa

Gallous Asong Atabongwoung

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Looking for a Dream: understanding rural youth life-course in Colombia

Maria Margarita Fontecha, Silvia Leonor Sarapura

University Of Guelph, Canada

Extractivisme, conservation et conflits en Afrique de l’Ouest

Nicolas Hubert

Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

Chair(s): Fernande Abanda (Inter Pares, Canada), Geneviève Talbot (SUCO, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

L’action climatique féministe : une réponse aux défis particuliers que pose la crise climatique. Leçons tirées du projet ACF-AO dans les zones pour les populations côtières et insulaires de l’Afrique de l’Ouest

Eric Chaurette
Inter Pares

L’évolution de l’action climatique féministe en Afrique de l’Ouest

Khadiatou Sarr¹, Mariamé Ouattara^2
1UQAM, Canada; CIÉRA, ( Centre Inter Universitaire des études et recherches Autochtones), ²Inter Pares

Expériences et solutions concrètes proposées par les communautés des zones insulaires et de mangroves aux premières loges de la crise climatique. : le cas du Sénégal.

Selbé Faye¹, El Hadji Faye^2
1Enda Pronat, Sénégal, ²SUCO, Canada

Valorisation et prise en compte des savoirs endogènes dans la gouvernance climatique nationale et internationale et la résilience des systèmes alimentaires

Luana Pereira¹, Fernande Abanda^2
1Tiniguena, Guinée Bissau, ²Inter Pares

Globalization and sustainable development: the mediating role of Digitalization in the EU context

Solomon Gyamfi, Mohammed Ibrahim Gariba, Faustina Owusu Ansah, Fazal Ur Rehman

University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

Harnessing Digital Technologies for Circular Economy: A Transnational Bridge to Sustainable Globalization in Africa

Mohammed Ibrahim Gariba, Dr. Mohammed Marzuk Abubakar, Mabel Opoku Gyau, Ibrahim Wannous, Hawawu Mustapha Yaajalal, Al-Mardhiyyah Adams

University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

Digital rights in a fragile context: envisioning safer spaces for global solidarity.

Judyannet Muchiri

Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

The Digital and the Uncertain Path to Development: A Global South Perspective

Mohamed Zayani

Georgetown University, United States of America

Chair(s): Rebecca Tiessen (University of ottawa, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

Intersecting Realities: Feminist Perspectives in the Conflict and Climate Change contexts in the Middle East

Lina Aburas Awadalla
uOttawa

Bottom Up Transformation or Political Rhetoric? Lessons from Colombia’s Transitional Justice Model

Safo Musta
uOttawa

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: WHAT GHANAIAN GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS BRING TO THE TABLE

Ayewa Donkoh
uOttawa

Women and LGBTQIA2S+ human rights defenders: at the intersection of protection and participation

Madison Fillmore
uOttawa

Building Health Literacy and Numeracy through Oral Information Solutions among Poor Women in Northern Pakistan

Salima Meherali¹, Saba Nisa¹, Sobia Idrees¹, Brett Mathews², David Myhre², Zohra Lassi³

1: University of Alberta; 2: My Oral Village; 3: University of Adelaide

The Wider Impact of Covid-19 on Health and Well-being of Pregnant and Parent Youth and Their Children

Salima Meherali, Amber Hussain, Saba Nisa

University of Alberta, Canada

Climate Change & Reproductive Maternal, Newborn, Child, & Adolescent Health (RMNCAH): Evidence Gap Map Exercise

Salima Meherali¹, Saba Nisa¹, Yared Aynalem¹, Zohra Lassi²

1: University of Alberta, Canada; 2: University of Adelaide

Locals leading development in informal settlement upgrading: knowledge and perspectives of urban adaptation in Panorama, Colombia

Chair(s): Steffen Lajoie (Université de Montréal, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

The indispensable contribution of regional civil society institutions

Laura Ramos
Fundacion Smurfit Kappa

There are always setbacks and we always strive to improve our neighborhood

Miguel Ledezma, Diego Nieto
Fundacion FACY

Recycling clothing for women’s economic empowerment and the environment

Maria del Carmen Polanco
Associacion Resurgir

Prachi Srivastava¹, Claudia Mitchell², Blane Harvey², Anushka Khanna¹, Joseph Levitan²

1: Western University; 2: McGill University

Chair(s): Stephen Brown (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

N/A

Denis Côté
AQOCI

N/A

Heather Dicks¹, Andrea Paras^2
1Memorial, ²Guelph

N/A

David Black
Dalhousie

N/A

John Cameron¹, Heather Dicks², Liam Swiss^3
1Dalhousie, ²Memorial, ³Acadia

N/A

Karen Spring, Susan Spronk
Ottawa

Turning the First Stone: Analyzing Human Resource Shortages and Herb Scarcity with Health Systems Models in Two System African States

Robyn Una Allen

Brandon University, Canada

Exploring factors contributing to poor maternal health outcome in women presenting from conflict affected areas

Felagot Taddese Terefe

SPHMMC, Ethiopia

Exploring a reconceptualization of adaptive preferences as a tool for understanding survivors of sexual violence.

Laureen A Owaga

University of Guelph, Canada

Examining intersectoral collaboration among community health workers to address maternal and child health in resource-constrained settings in the Philippines: A qualitative study

Laura Jane Brubacher¹, Lincoln Lau^1,2,3, Warren Dodd¹

1: University of Waterloo, Canada; 2: International Care Ministries, Philippines; 3: University of Toronto, Canada

A search for ecological justice in the climate crisis

Kathy Bergs

University of Ottawa, Canada

The politics of health and social equity in Nationally Determined Contribution Reports to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Megan Arthur

The Australian National University, Australia

A messy mash-up of shadow governance and locally-led urban adaptation in informal settlements: perspectives from Panorama, Colombia

Steffen Lajoie

Université de Montréal, Canada

Uncovering the impacts of women-centric lending programs on women’s empowerment in the Bolivian Aquaculture Sector

Sean Irwin¹, Laura Parisi²

1: Royal Roads University; 2: University of Victoria

Why Peace Professionalism Matters in Uncertain Conflict and Development Contexts

Philip Onguny¹, Nathan Funk², Evelyn Voigt³, Gordon Breedyk³, Peace Mukazi¹, Victoria Gachuche¹, Fatim Maiga², William Jackson-Monrore¹, Noman Sajjad², Neil Arya⁵, Jessica Baumgardner-Zuzik⁴, Randall Puljek-Shank⁷, Allyson Bachta⁴, Jobb Arnold⁹, Jacinta Mwende⁶, Anna Snyder⁹, Lauren Levesque¹, Richard Moore¹⁰, Luis Diaz¹¹, Louis Santander⁸

1: Saint Paul University, Canada; 2: Conrad Grebel University College (University of Waterloo), Canada; 3: Civilian Peace Service Canada; 4: Alliance for Peacebuilding, USA; 5: PEGASUS Institute, Canada; 6: University of Nairobi, Kenya; 7: Peace Academy Foundation, Bosnia-Herzegovina; 8: BSocial, Colombia; 9: Canadian Mennonite University, Canada; 10: MDR Associates Conflict Resolution Inc.; 11: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), Colombia

Building resilient food security in response to overlapping crises in Sub-Saharan Africa using a nexus approach

Cynthia Neudoerffer¹, Stefan Epp-Koop¹, Florence Nduku¹, Maria Tendai Dendre²

1: Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Canada; 2: Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Zimbabwe

Insecurity and care amidst climate change and conflict: a focus on the Lake Chad region

Gabrielle Daoust

University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

From farmer-herder conflict to banditry crisis: A study of north-central Nigeria

Plangshak Musa Suchi

University of Jos, Nigeria

Including young people in dialogues in times of crisis: An agentic way to look at Mali’s conflict differently.

Kattie Lussier¹, Claudia Mitchell²

1: PREAM project; 2: McGill University

Childcare Amidst Crisis: Reshaping Neoliberal Discourses of Care in the Non-Profit Space

Meghan Mendelin

Queen's University, Canada

Children’s Rights Education - A Grounding Orientation for Children within an Insecure Worldies

Heather Kathleen Manion¹, Shelley Jones²

1: Royal Roads University, Canada; 2: Royal Roads University, Canada

“Does government funding constrain policy advocacy by charities? Examination of CRA data on ‘political activities’, 2003-2018”

John Cameron¹, Heather Dicks², Liam Swiss³

1: Dalhousie University, Canada; 2: Memorial University; 3: Acadia University

Un profil de compétences pour les coopérants volontaires du Québec : Première perspective d’experts

Lauriane Maheu¹, Philippe Longpré¹, Sandrine Richard¹, Sandrine Thibault¹, Denis Côté²

1: Université de Sherbrooke; 2: Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale

Le financement, nerf de la guerre des solutions africaines aux problèmes sécuritaires africains

Nicolas Klingelschmitt

Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

Naviguer les paradoxes par l’organisation d’espaces de solidarité internationale pour lutter contre la crise climatique : le cas de l’AQOCI à la COP28

Katherine Robitaille¹, Denis Côté², Laura Wilmot³, Laura Fequino⁴, Noémie Lefrançois⁵, Mishka Caldwell-Pichette⁶, Carola Mejía¹¹, Chennaiah Poguri⁷, Djibril Niang⁸, Fany Kuiru Castro⁹, Anne-Marie Milondo¹⁰

1: Université Laval; 2: Association québécoise des organismes de coopération internationale; 3: Université Laval; 4: Université de Sherbrooke; 5: Professionnelle en environnement; 6: Professionnelle en environnement; 7: Peoples’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty; 8: Jeunes volontaires pour l’environnement Sénégal; 9: COICA; 10: CBCS-Network; 11: LATINDADD

The conflation of abortion, LGBTI+ rights, and sexual and reproductive health and rights in Zambia

Nomthandazo Malambo, Stephen Brown

University of Ottawa, Canada

Women's Activism in Bangladesh: Affective Communities and Spaces of Social Reproduction

Nausheen Quayyum

York University, Canada

In Search of Transformative Horizons: A Feminist Institutionalist Analysis of Canada and Transitional Justice in Colombia

Safo Musta

University of Ottawa, Canada

Transformative organizational and programmatic change? Civil society responses to the Canadian Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP)

Sheila Rao¹, Ann Delorme²

1: Concordia University; 2: Humanity and Inclusion

Economic Challenges in Mid- and Low-Income Countries: A Comprehensive Analysis of Economic Insecurity, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Unemployment, and Inflation

Samuel Anobaah Awuku

Nexia Debrah & Co., Ghana

Industrial Pollution and Health Issues among Rural Citizens: Does Injustice in Financial Assistance Matter?

Fazal Ur Rehman

University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICES IN PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE SAVINGS AND LOANS ASSOCIATION (VSLA) IN NORTHERN GHANA.

Labaran Murtala Gariba¹, Mohammed Ibrahim Gariba², Fazal Ur Rehman², Solomon Gyamfi², Grace Addo- Donkoh², Saadatu Mohammed²

1: University for Development Studies, Ghana; 2: University of Pardubice, Czech Republic

Home Grown Solutions for Sustaining Shared Futures: Narratives from Rwanda

Jos Chathukulam

Centre for Rural Management (CRM), Kottayam, Kerala, India

Varieties of (Neo)Extractivism in the ‘Lithium Triangle’: a Multiscalar IPE Analysis

Alicja Paulina Krubnik

McMaster University, Canada

Transformations in IFI-State Relationships and the Consequences to (Neo)Extractivisms in Brazil and Ecuador

Alicja Paulina Krubnik

McMaster University, Canada

Mapping the Critical Zone: A New Era of Research in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

Sandra McKay

Queen's University, Canada

Innovative Finance and Urban Dispossession: 'A Plan for Everyone for a Better Life' in Honduras

Karen Janet Spring

University of Ottawa, Canada

Chair(s): Katherine Robitaille (Université Laval), Isabelle Auclair (Université Laval), Jade St-Georges (Université Laval)

Presentations of the Symposium

Réflexions sur les rapports de pouvoir dans les processus de (re)production, de diffusion et de valorisation des connaissances et savoirs en coopération internationale

Isabelle Auclair, Jade St-Georges, Katherine Robitaille
Université Laval

Embracing diverse knowledge forms and redefining expertise through anti-capitalist, feminist, and decolonial principles

Brianna Long Parent
VIDEA & Carleton University

Injustices épistémiques et expertise en genre. Comment surmonter l’ignorance épistémique pour contribuer aux luttes féministes transnationales?

Véronique Plouffe
Université d’Ottawa

Doing Repair

Sofia Zaragocin
Universidad San Francico de Quito

Chair(s): John Cameron (Dalhousie University)

Presentations of the Symposium

A Review of IDS Syllabi and Strategies to Integrate a Decolonial Lens

Alexandra Wilson
University of Ottawa

Reflections on a New Course on Decolonizing Development

Andrea Paras
Guelph University

Reflections on a New Course on Racism and Development

Ajay Parasram
Dalhousie University

Reflections on Teaching Gender and Intersectionality in International Development

Laura Parisi
University of Victoria

Using Research for Building and Disseminating Evidence for Advocacy and Policy Adaptation

Linda Jane Liutkus

Plan International Canada, Canada

Investment Promotion and Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Policy Analysis

Steffi Hamann

York University, Canada

Invisible and precarious: A scoping review of gender-based violence in agricultural streams of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Silvia Leonor Sarapura, Regan Zink, Margarita Fontecha, Nicole Cupolo, Charlotte Potter

University of Guelph, Canada

Quand les obstacles structurel et culturel fragilisent les droits sociaux en Haïti. Étude de la stratégie nationale d’aide sociale de 2010 à 2025.

Jean Clarck Marc Charles

UNIVERSITE OTTAWA, Canada

Chair(s): Ben McKay (University of Calgary, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

Development dynamics of agro-extractivism and agroecological alternatives

Haroon Akram-Lodhi
Trent University

Development dynamics of agro-extractivism and agroecological alternatives

Henry Veltmeyer
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

Development dynamics of agro-extractivism and agroecological alternatives

Arturo Ezquerro-Cañete
University of New Brunswick

Development dynamics of agro-extractivism and agroecological alternatives

Ben McKay
University of Calgary

Chair(s): Nathan Andrews (McMaster University), Phil Faanu (McMaster University, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

Security Movements in Extractive Spaces: Dispossession, Community-Level Grievance and Resource Conflicts in Ghana

Alhassan S. Saaka¹, Augustine Gyan^2
1McMaster University, ²University of Bayreuth

Symbolic of Conflict Resolution by Civilian Armed Groups in South Kivu

Falk Petegou, Christopher Huggins
University of Ottawa

#Stop Galamsey: The Securitization Language of ASM in the Media and its Influence on Policy

Racheal Wallace
Carleton University

Climate Change Adaptation in Small and Medium-sized Cities and Municipalities

Ama Kissiwah Boateng
University of Public Service, Budapest Hungary

Chair(s): Rebecca Tiessen (University of ottawa, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

Reflections on the RN WPS Symposium: Taking Action to Address Gender Equality, Peace and Security

Lena Dedyuka
uOttawa

Overview of Research Priorities from the RN WPS Symposium Findings

Phuong Tran
uOttawa

Ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) in Crisis- and Conflict-affected Contexts: Effective Strategies and Persistent Barriers

Rebecca Tiessen
uOttawa

Conditional Cash Transfers and their Impacts on Women in Nigeria

Nnenna Okoli
uOttawa

Epistemic Justice and the Knowledge Commons

Chair(s): Prachi Srivastava (Western University, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

Reconceptualizing violence in international and comparative education: revisiting Galtung’s framework

Julia Paulson¹, Leon Tikly^2
1University of Saskatchewan, ²Bristol University

Why is epistemic humility for epistemic justice provocative? A reflexive assessment

Prachi Srivastava
Western University

Re-storying the university: reclaiming epistemic justice through liminal spaces of unlearning

Katherine Blouin¹, Girish Daswani^2
1University of Toronto Scarborough, ²University of Toronto Scarborogh

Reimagining knowledge mobilization: Confronting epistemic (in)justice and our carbon-constrained futures

Blane Harvey, Ying-Syuan Huang
McGill University

Exploring Entrepreneurship Opportunities Among Immigrant Women in Brandon, Manitoba

Shirlyn Minoja Kunaratnam

Brandon University, Canada

The Road to Internationalization is Paved With Good Intentions: Ethical Dimensions of Internationalization in Ontario's Community Colleges

Christopher Duncanson-Hales

Canadore College, Canada

Negotiating Identities in Development: Experiences from the Second-Generation Tamil Diaspora in Canada

Akalya Kandiah

McMaster University, Canada

International education, migration and contemporary overlapping crises: examining Mexican and Vietnamese students’ temporalities in Canada’s edu-gration system

Anne-Cécile Delaisse, Maria Cervantes

The University of British Columbia - Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Canada

Chair(s): François Audet (Université du Québec à Montréal), Olivier Arvisais (Université du Québec à Montréal), Catherine Viens (Observatoire canadien sur les crises et l'action humanitaires, Canada)

Presentations of the Symposium

Modèle de gestion des risques et de la sécurité de l’OCCAH basé sur l’obligation de diligence : l’exemple des institutions académiques au Québec

François Audet¹, Christine Persaud², David Morin³, Catherine Viens^2
1Université du Québec à Montréal, ²Observatoire canadien sur les crises et l'action humanitaires, ³Université de Sherbrooke

« Duty of care » ou « Duty of caring » ?

Caroline Coulombe, Jonathan Harvey
Université du Québec à Montréal

Seuils de tolérance aux risques à travers le prisme de la radicalisation et de l’extrémisme violent

David Morin
Université de Sherbrooke

Quel design de résilience pour nos organisations face aux risques émergents et aux polycrises

Yannick Hémond
Université du Québec à Montréal

taking care of the land for food security: The Indigenous Planning of Quechua People in Peru

Silvia Leonor Sarapura Escobar

University of Guelph, Canada

Social reproduction and agricultural productivity: the case of Malawi

A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi

Trent University, Canada

Women’s challenges in indigenous knowledge food security in South Africa: The case of Alice in the Eastern Cape Province

Gabriel Acha Ekobi

University of Fort Hare, South Africa

The political economy of agroecological transitions

Ben McKay¹, Georgina Catacora-Vargas², Ryan Nehring³

1: University of Calgary, Canada; 2: Professor of Agroecology, Academic Peasant Unit “Tiahuanacu” of the Bolivian Catholic University; 3: Associate Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Examining the ‘feminization of agriculture’ among small-scale farming households living in complex socio-ecological systems in San Marcos, Guatemala

Emily Kocsis, Joshua Garcia-Barrios, Warren Dodd

University of Waterloo, School of Public Health Sciences

Perspectives of local water system governance and health among various stakeholders in a Western Highland community of Guatemala

Joshua Garcia-Barrios, Emily Kocsis, Brian Laird, Warren Dodd

Univeristy of Waterloo, School of Public Health Sciences

Examining extreme weather event preparedness, response, and recovery among community health workers in Negros Oriental, Philippines: A qualitative study

Bridget Beggs¹, Lincoln Lau^2,3, Laura Jane Brubacher¹, Warren Dodd¹

1: University of Waterloo, Canada; 2: University of Toronto, Canada; 3: International Care Ministries, Philippines

Examining Implementer Experiences to Inform Scale-up of a Community Health Worker Program in the Philippines

Warren Dodd¹, Laura Jane Brubacher¹, Lincoln Lau²

1: University of Waterloo, Canada; 2: International Care Ministries, Philippines

'Community Resilience and Memory Narratives among Weavers in a Country in Reconciliation

Laura Sarmiento

Saint Mary Universtity, Canada

The Social Impacts of Retail Stores in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

Tamara Leanne Donnelly

University of Ottawa, Canada

Land, worldview, culture: Impacts and dynamics of change within Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Charlotte Potter, Silvia Sarapura

University of Guelph, Canada

Indigenous knowledge and conflict resolution: A literature review

Lena Dedyukina

University of Ottawa, Canada

Katherine Robitaille¹, Sara Farley²

1: Université Laval, Canada; 2: Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada

Decolonial Disability Studies and Overlapping Global Crises: Transcending Traditional Development Intervention and Epistemic Paradigms

Chair(s): Alexis Padilla (University of Missouri Saint Louis)

Presentations of the Symposium

.

Karen Soldatic¹, Thuy Nguyen², Shilpaa Annan^3
1Toronto Metropolitan University, ²Carlton University, ³Telangana University

Building sustainable and decent refugee livelihoods through education? Interplay between policies and realities of five refugee groups in Global South

Preeti Dagar

University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Decentring the Sustainable Development Goals: Alternatives to reimagining desired shared futures.

Loretta Baidoo¹, Kent Williams², Alexander Davis³

1: St. Mary's University, Canada; 2: Acadia University; 3: Mount Saint Vincent University

ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ON POVERTY, GENDER EQUALITY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN RURAL AFRICAN HOUSEHOLDS (2017-2022)

Yusuf Adebowale

Brandon University, Canada

Georgina Alonso¹, Adrian Murray², Jess Notwell³

1: University of Johannesburg, South Africa; 2: University of Ottawa; 3: King’s University College

Authoritarian Neoliberalism Meets Agrarian Populism: Decoding the Agrarian Social Movement of 2020-21 in India

Paramjit Singh

York University, Canada

Decolonizing Memory in the National Imagination: A Critical Analysis of the 2008 Kandhamal Violence

Clara A.B. Joseph

University of Calgary, Canada

Backsliding of Democracy and Decentralization in Kerala (India)

Jos Chathukulam

Centre for Rural Management (CRM), Kottayam, Kerala, India

The Role of Human Capital in Development: Examining the “Kerala Model” of Developmet

Joseph M Tharamangalam

Mount St. VincentUnversity, Canada