CASID 2026 Conference
June 9 - 12, 2026
Conference Program
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Daily Overview |
| 9:00am - 10:00am |
REGISTRATION |
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| 10:00am - 12:00pm |
CAAS-CASID Opening Ceremony: Speaker - Dr. Nakanyike Musisi Location: Room A001 Zoom Link |
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| 12:00pm - 1:30pm |
LUNCH & LEARN — Series 1 Location: Room A301 Zoom Link |
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| 1:30pm - 2:45pm |
1.1.1: Governance & Policy Location: Room A301 Zoom Link Building a global reparations movement to replace global development 1: Niyat Pathways, Canada; 2: FNM Advising, USA; 3: Center for the Creative Imagination, UK; 4: Independent |
1.1.2: Health & Wellbeing Location: Room A302 Zoom Link Chair: Aishwarya Bhattacharyya, York University Burning Inequalities: Exploring Women’s Health Experiences During Events of Extreme Heat in Peri-Urban Pakistan York University, Canada Examining the health system capacity for non-communicable disease care in the context of climate change in the Philippines University of Waterloo, Canada Global Warming and the Dangerous Skin Diseases among Rural Citizens: Does Injustice Governance Matter? Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic Industrial Pollution and Health Issues among Rural Citizens: Does Injustice in Financial Assistance Matter? Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
1.1.3: Social Movements & Resistance Location: Room A304 Zoom Link Chair: Dr. Steffi Hamann, York University Chair: Mariam Sène, University of Ottawa Whose Voices Count? Marginalized Groups and Participation in Community Benefit Agreements in Ghana McMaster University, Canada Survival, Conversion, and Belonging: Missionary-Led Development and Marginalized Hindu Bhil Communities in Rural Pakistan York University, Canada (Mis)use of Climate Finance and the Politics of Development Aid in Bangladesh University of New Brunswick, Canada |
| 2:45pm - 3:00pm |
Break 1 Day 1 |
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| 3:00pm - 4:15pm |
1.2.1: Governance & Policy Location: Room A301 Zoom Link #203 [Roundtable] IDS, International Humanitarian Law and Global Health/ Theory and Practice in Palestine IDS, International Humanitarian Law and Global Health/ Theory and Practice in Palestine Presentations of the Symposium Decolonizing International Development Studies Core Principles of Humanitarian Response and Humanitarian Law Healthcare Under Siege Centering and Amplifying the Voices of Affected Communities |
1.2.2: Decolonization & Knowledge Location: Room A302 Zoom Link Probing perspectives on artificial intelligence and development: The process and results of student projects in an international development qualitative research methods course Presentations of the Symposium Undergraduate student insights Teaching assistant insights Course instructor insights Graduate student mentor insights |
1.2.3: Migration & Diaspora Location: Room A304 Zoom Link Chair: Dr. Rita Dhungel, University of the Fraser Valley Chair: Chris Little, York University ‘Coerced’ Carers?: Examining the temporality and conditionality of citizenship and legal status for care workers with forced migration backgrounds York University, Canada Relational Agency in Resettlement: Afghan Women Navigating Care, Space, and Belonging University of Ottawa From Global Skills to Local Barriers: Skilled Immigrant Women, Agency, and Integration in Canada York University, Canada |
