Day 2 - Département de danse - UQAM

Welcome to Victoria!
On behalf of our colleagues at the University of Victoria, it gives us great pleasure to host the
CATR/ACRT conference during the same year we are celebrating UVic’s 50 th anniversary.
The 2013 theme of the Congress of the Humanities and Sciences—@ the edge | @ la pointe—has
inspired an impressive range of research. Over the next four days you will have the opportunity to
attend more than forty paper presentations, seminars, roundtables, praxis workshops and
performances by scholars whose work promises to rethink the contours of our field in innovative and
exciting ways.
Among our many guests, we are particularly honoured to present our keynote speakers: awardingwinning
Métis playwright Marie Clements, Dr. Helen Gilbert from Royal Holloway, University of London,
and University of Victoria Professor Emeritus, Juliana Saxton.
This year we have added a few new elements to the conference. There is a bulletin board in the lobby
of the Phoenix Theatre for delegates to post questions, ideas and themes that arise during the
sessions. Undergraduate student Erin Cotton will be writing a daily blog about her experiences as a
young conference attendee. Phoenix Theatre grads Danette Boucher, Clayton Jevne and Nelson Gray
will be performing ten-minute pieces in the circular plaza outside the Phoenix Theatre. In addition, we
encourage you to support our book raffle as all proceeds go to the CATR/ACRT Graduate Student
Travel Fund.
CATR/ACRT conferences are always a collaborative effort. At the national level, we are grateful to our
colleagues who have volunteered numerous hours of their time to ensure that this conference is a
success. Thank-you to the members of the program planning committee: Natalie Alvarez, Louise
Forsyth, Reina Green, Peter Kuling, Ginny Ratsoy, Jenn Stephenson, Rahul Varma and Robin C.
Whittaker.
Closer to home, we would like to thank Warwick Dobson, the Chair of the Department of Theatre, for
his support. We also owe a debt of thanks to the Department Secretary, Connie te Kampe, and the
professional staff at the Phoenix Theatre: Sandra Guerreiro, Adrienne Holierhoek, Catherine Plant,
Timothy O’Gorman, Charles Procure, Karla D. Stout and Gysbertus (Bert) Timmermans.
Finally, we greatly appreciate the generosity of Stephen Johnson, Peter Kuling and Robin C. Whittaker
who have served as our conference consultants throughout this past year.
We hope you enjoy your time with us!
Allana C. Lindgren, Chair, Program Planning Committee
Monica Prendergast, Co-chair, Local Planning Committee
Sheila Rabillard, Co-chair, Local Planning Committee