Please join us for our upcoming CHYS Colloquium, “Exposing and Countering Eugenics in Education with a Focus on Children and Youth: The Offerings of an Activist-Art Project Series Called Into the Light” on Friday, Nov. 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. with guest speaker Evadne Kelly.
The hybrid event will take place in CRN 336 and on Lifesize.
All are welcome!
Speaker Bio:
Evadne Kelly is an Adjunct Professor at Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice, University of Guelph. She is a dance artist and interdisciplinary scholar who recently led and co-created two projects that expose and counter histories and legacies of eugenics in education. The projects, including an exhibition called Into the Light: Eugenics and Education in Southern Ontario (recipient of the 2019 Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Award for Excellence in Conservation) and an online knowledge platform called Into the Light: Living Histories of Oppression and Education in Ontario (intothelight.ca), formed collaborations with activists, scholars, and artists across various disciplines and sectors.
Dr. Kelly completed her Honours BA in Equity Studies, Anthropology, and Women’s Studies at University of Toronto, her MA in Anthropology at McMaster University, and her SSHRC-funded Ph.D. in Dance Studies from York University, which culminated in her book Dancing Spirit, Love, and War: Performing the Trans-Local Realities of Contemporary Fiji (University of Wisconsin Press). She was a Postdoctoral Visitor in The Faculty of Health at York University before receiving subsequent Postdoctoral Fellowships at Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice. Building on her 25 years of professional dance experience, Dr. Kelly focuses her arts-based research and creation work on community-engaged and devised methodologies for social justice aims.
