Welcome
Behnaz Mirzai, Associate Professor, Brock University
Gary Libben, Vice-President, Research, Brock University
Carol Merriam, Associate Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Brock University
Mark Spencer, Chair, Department of History, Brock University
Opening remarks
The Honourable Jim Bradley, Minister of the Environment
Brian McMullan, Mayor of St. Catharines
Ali Moussa Iye, Chief, History and Memory for Dialogue Section, UNESCO, Paris
Session 1 - Ethnicity and Identity
Brian Spooner (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Philip Carl Salzman, (McGill University, Canada)
Behnaz Mirzai presenting Carina Jahani's paper
Carina Jahani (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Session 2 - Cultural and Healing Rituals
Farhat Sultana (Anthropologist, Pakistan)
Vahe Boyajian (University of St. Andrews, UK)
George F. Rhoades (Director/Psychologist, Ola Hou Clinic, Executive Director-Roads to Hope)
Multiculturalism and Cultural Heritage Preservation Recommendations
Ali Moussa Iye, Chief, History and Memory for Dialogue section, UNESCO, Paris
Gary Libben, Vice-President, Research, Brock University
Musical Performance
