day 3 - sessions 5 & 6
Session V - Media Representations of Sporting Identities
Question and Answer Session
Ornella Nzindukiyimana - St. Francis Xavier University
Red, White, and Black: We the North and the Toronto Raptors’ Cultural Incursion in Canada
Allison Grace - Springfield College
Thematic Media Analysis of North America’s First Openly Transgender Professional Athlete
Braeden McKenzie - University of Toronto & Stacy Lorenz - University of Alberta
From Mr. Hockey to the White Way: Masculinity, “Colour- Bland” Racism, and the Policing of Blackness in the NHL
Umer Hussein and George Cunningham - Texas A&M University
The Clash of Civilization: A Case Study of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor
Distinguished Speaker Presentation
Sunday October 18th, 1:00pm-2:30pm
Janice Forsyth, Western University
Q&A on Indigenous Sport in Canada and Reclaiming Tom Longboat
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SESSION VI - Sporting Texts
Question and Answer Session
Brittany Reid - Thompson Rivers University
New Playing Fields: Teaching Sport Literature
Jamieson Ryan - Queen’s University
What We Talk About When We Talk About Old Time Hockey
Lequez Spearman - St. John’s University
Giving Air Jordan a Second Wind: How Sneaker Re-sellers Merge Production with Consumption on the Secondary Market