8:45 – 9:15 |
Doors Open. Pick up namecards & day’s schedule |
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9:15 – 10:00 |
Welcome & Opening Remarks English / Japanese |
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Room 3A |
Room 301 |
Room 302 |
Café |
10:00 – 10:40 |
Using
our Differences to Create Change Avril Matsui Foreign
Language Instructor, Faculty of Humanities and Society Sciences, Nagoya City
University English / Japanese |
Teaching Concepts and
Terminology Related to Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation in the English-language
Classroom Margalit Faden Department of
International Studies, Tokai University |
Intercultural
Relationships in Japan: Dating the ‘Wrong’ Way Round Eleanor Smith Department of Global Liberal Arts, Faculty of
International Communication, Aichi University |
DV in
Japan - Men’s anti-DV Support Lu Deting PhD
candidate of Osaka Jogakuin University Graduate
School |
10:50 – 11:30 |
Is It Language? Is It Culture? Is It
Gender? Or Is It Just Me? Gerry Yokota Professor,
Graduate School of Language and Culture, Osaka University English / Japanese |
Not So Happy Mr. Gay Japan Tiger Shigetake
Human Rights Activist,
Youth Ambassador to United Nations, New York. Sophia University Student |
Sticking Out, Seeing Farther: The Power of Peculiarity in Contemporary Japan Ian M Roth, PhD Faculty
of Foreign Studies, Meijo University |
Sharing Stories of
Identity, Diversity and Ideas for Community Building: An Interactive Discussion Michi Saki Associate
Professor, Department of English, Doshisha Women’s
College of Liberal Arts |
11:40 – 12:20 |
Support for the LGBTQ+
Community in Japan Andrea Carlson Department of International and Cultural Studies,
School of Foreign Languages, Aichi Prefectural University English / Japanese |
Becoming
Legally Japanese: A Road to Belonging or Forever a ‘Gaijin’? Eline Delmarcelle PhD
student at Waseda University |
Immigration’s
Children Marcio Saiki Teacher of Photography (ATEC), Former Principal
(NPO São Paulo School) |
Family
Mart Porn Tara Cheney Osaka
International School of Kwansei Gakuin |
12:20 – 13:15 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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13:15 – 14:45 |
Room 3A: Panel: Youth
Perspectives on Difference English / Japanese Moderator: Avril Matsui Panelists: Fred Mecklem,
Osaka International School, Sheizaf Ume Lee Lugasi, Canadian Academy, Ema Sakakibara, Association of Families and Friends of LGBT
NPO, Rennan Okawa, Osaka University |
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14:55 – 15:35 |
The
Joys and Challenges of Raising Adopted and Foster Children in Japan Dr. Melodie
Cook University
of Niigata Prefecture English / Japanese |
A
Different Kind of Mind Sandra Healy Kyoto
Institute of Technology |
Growing
Against the Norm Chuck Kayser Founder
of Midori Farm, Co-founder of Seeds of Sustainability
Kyoto |
Navigating Shifting
Spaces: A Roundtable Discussion Sarah Leck Educator,
Stonewall Japan, Regional Leader in Kansai (2015) |
15:45 – 16:25 |
Living with One Hand Professor Fiona Creaser Department of English,
University of Kitakyushu |
Wheelchair User or Wheelchair-bound?:
Better Representations of People with Disabilities in Children’s
Literature Suzanne Kamata
Associate Professor of English, Naruto
University of Education |
Discussing Language
Ownership and Identity in Japan Elisabeth (Libby)
Morinaga Williams Osaka
University Graduate School of Human Sciences Doctoral Candidate, Instructor
at Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts |
Stop Pretending Not to Notice Azusa Doi Keio University Graduate School of Human
Relations Leading Program Research Assistant Japanese / English |
16:35 – 17:15 |
Who
are the Nagoya Action Heroes? Serena Ikai,
Wakana Kitamura, Desmond (Desi) Pearlz
& Reiko Ueno Nagoya
International School |
Distance
and Difference as Creative Motivation: A Writer Looks at the Challenges of
Creating in Japan Phil Norton Kyoto
Sangyo University, Poet
& Spoken-word Artist |
An
Invisible Third Space: Implications of Cultural diversity on Japanese Policy
Making. Emily Larcombe Graduate
school of Public Policy, University of Tokyo |
Positive Attitude, The Importance of
Showing Love and Affection Meira
(Homeira) Fatthi Nagoya University of Foreign
Studies |
17:15 – 17:30 |
Room 3A: Closing
Remarks Jennifer Jordan, Director ELP
Program, School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University |