Friday, May 8th

Registration and Breakfast

Time: 7:45 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.

Opening Remarks and Blessing

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Details: Brent Burnstick / Abraham Lake Singers / Bradley Lafortune, Opening Remarks

Keynote #1

Time: 9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Details: Fae Johnstone - Unpacking the Authoritarian Agenda Behind Attacks on Trans Rights

Break

Time: 10:30 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.

Workshop A (Breakout Room 140)

Time: 10:45 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

Details: Participatory Democracy at Work in Alberta by Jenny Yeremiy + Lindsay McLaren

Workshop B (Breakout Room 215)

Time: 10:45 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

Details: The Art of Canvassing by Ashley Ogilvie + Page Moniz

Workshop C (Breakout Room 228)

Time: 10:45 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

Details:The Notwithstanding Clause: Past, Present Future by Dr. Anna Lund

Lunch

Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Panel

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Details: What We Have in Common - Nate Pike, Marni Panas, Elli McDine

Plenary

Time: 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Details: What do we have to lose? Everything by Thomas Lukaszuk

Break

Time: 2:30 p.m.- 2:45 p.m.

Workshop D (Breakout Room 140)

Time: 2:45 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Details: Building from Scratch - Campaign Fundamentals by Lyndsey Henderson

Workshop E (Breakout Room 215)

Time: 2:45 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Details:Free & Open Source Campaigning by Reed Larsen

Workshop F (Breakout Room 228)

Time: 2:45 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Details: Democratic Coalitions with Purpose by Bradley Lafortune

Keynote #2

Time: 4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Details: Charlie Angus - This Is the Make or Break Moment for Democracy and for Canada

Social Networking & Wrap Up of Day 1

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 9th

Welcome to Day 2 & Breakfast

Time: 8:00 a.m.- 8:35 a.m.

Workshop A (Breakout Room 140)

Time: 8:35 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.

Details: True Intent for True Treaty Relationships by Brent Burnstick, PIA Indigenous Knowledge Advisor

Workshop B (Breakout Room 215)

Time: 8:35 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.

Details: Organizing in Tough Places by Chris Gallaway

Workshop C (Breakout Room 228)

Time: 8:35 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.

Details:Stop Looking Up; Start Looking Across - Strike Debrief Conversations with Heather Quinn and Jay Procktor

Break

Time: 10:00 a.m.- 10:15 a.m.

Keynote #3

Time: 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Details: Dr. Yipeng Ge - Liberation is Good Medicine: Lessons from Solidarity Organizing and Activism

Panel

Time: 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Details: How We Work Together - Kristine Wilkinson, Lee Easton, Kohawar Khan

Lunch

Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Plenary - Singing as a Solidarity Technology - Easton Avery Cohoe-Hopkins

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Plenary - Coalition for Responsible Energy - Phillip Meinzter + Tina Faiz

Time: 1:45 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.

Plenary - Collective Action for Public Services - Sandra Azocar

Time: 2:05 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.

Plenary - The Politics of Action - Ricardo Acuna

Time: 2:25 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.

Break

Time: 2:40 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.

Workshop D (Breakout Room 140)

Time: 2:55 p.m - 3:55 p.m.

Details:Conversations With Purpose - How to be Persuasive in Your Communication by Shiza Wasi + Ali Ansari

Workshop E (Breakout Room 215)

Time: 2:55 p.m - 3:55 p.m.

Details: Direct Democracy - Mutual Aid and Harm Reduction by Angie Staines + 4B Harm Reduction

Workshop F (Breakout Room 228)

Time: 2:55 p.m - 3:55 p.m.

Details: Government Relations (GR 101) - Lobbying for the Public Interest by Trevor Mackenzie-Smith

Keynote #4

Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Details:Dr. Paul Parks - The State of Our Health Care System in Alberta and A Path Forward Together

Social Mixer

Time: 5:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.

The Strategists Live!

Time: 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Location: St. Andrews United Church - 9915 148 St NW, Edmonton AB