Wednesday, Aug. 17

Keynote

Continuity as Patterning: A Practice-based Approach to Continuity

Martha S. Feldman, PhD, distinguished professor of urban planning and public policy, Johnson chair for civic governance and public management, University of California Irvine, USA

Invited panel

What nursing chooses not to know: Practices of epistemic silence/silencing

• Lucinda Canty, PhD CNM, FACNM, associate professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Ismalia De Sousa, RN, MSc, PhD student, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Janice Gullick, RN, PhD, BFA, M.Art, associate professor, University of Sidney, Australia
• Amélie Perron, RN, PhD, professor, University of Ottawa, Canada
• Claire Valderama-Wallace, RN, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, California State University East Bay, USA
• (moderator) Jess Dillard-Wright, PhD, MA, RN, CNM, assistant professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

Thursday, Aug. 18

Keynote

Care in nursing as a contested concept? A Bergsonian perspective.

Keith Robinson, PhD, professor of philosophy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA

Friday, Aug. 19

Keynote

Is theoretical anti-humanism a way to be human in the 21st century? Considerations for nursing.

Olga Petrovskaya, PhD, RN, assistant professor, University of Victoria, Canada