Conference programme

BUILDING PEOPLE’S UNITY TO SECURE SOUTH ASIA FOR THE PEOPLES OF SOUTH ASIA

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Bennet Lecture Hall, Flavelle House, University of Toronto Law School

78 Queens Park, (Museum Subway Stop)

Jointly organized by the South Asian People’s Forum, the Ghadar Heritage Organization

and the Association of Indian Progressive Study Groups

www.sapf.ca, www.geocities.com/aipsg, Tel: 416-856-7212

Thursday April 23rd	Friday April 24th	Saturday April 25th	Sunday April 26th
	9:30AM – 12Noon IMPERIALISM AND SOUTH ASIA Location: Trinity St.Paul Church 427 Bloor Street West (Spadina subway stop)	9:30AM – 12Noon NEOLIBERALISM AND RESISTANCE	10AM – 2PM CONCLUDING PLENARY
2PM – 4:30PM SPECIAL SESSION ON SRI LANKA Location: Trinity St-Paul Church 427 Bloor Street West (Spadina subway stop)	2:30PM – 5PM SOUTH ASIAN STATES: COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, TERRORISM, AND SECTARIANISM	2:30 PM – 4:30 PM JOINT DISCUSSION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RESISTANCE POETRY FESTIVAL	3PM – 6 PM LITERARY SESSION WITH SOUTH ASIAN WRITERS AND CRITICS Location: PORT CREDIT SCHOOL 70 Mineola Rd. East MISSISSAUGA (East of Huron-Ontario between QEW and Lakeshore)
6:30 PM CONFERENCE OPENING · WELCOME · KEYNOTE ADDRESS · FEATURED SPEAKER Abid Hasan Minto Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan · RECEPTION	7PM- 9:30PM LEFT POLITICS IN SOUTH ASIA AND PEOPLE’S UNITY	7:30 PM – 10 PM FILM SCREENING AMU FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION WITH THE DIRECTOR SONALI BOSE AND OTHERS.	7PM - 10PM 2ND ANNUAL FAIZ PEACE FESTIVAL Location: PORT CREDIT SCHOOL 70 Mineola Rd. East MISSISSAUGA

Registration: $15.00; One day: $10.00

Faiz Peace Festival Ticket: $15.00

Co-sponsored by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Canada

and the South Asia Programs at York University and the University of Toronto