Date : October 26-29, 2006

Location : Courtyard Marriott Downtown, TORONTO, CANADA

Thursday, October 26, 2006

8:00am-9:00am – REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 9:00am-11:00am – MOTHERHOOD, REPRESENTATION AND PUBLIC POLICY

PLENARY 1

CHAIR – Andrea Doucet (Carleton University)

Mothers of the Nation: Pronatalism or More? Patrizia Albanese (Ryerson University, author of Mothers of the Nation)

What the Good Mother Says: Cultural Representations of Mothering in Twentieth Century Canada Lorna Turnbull (University of Manitoba, author of Double Jeopardy)

Who is a “Mother?” How does it Matter? A Legal Perspective on Lesbian Mothering in Ontario Joanna Radbord (Lawyer, Epstein Cole)

11:00am – 11:15am – BREAK 11:15am –1:15pm – MOTHERSELF

SESSION A1 CHAIR – Ivana Brown (Rutgers University)

The Ambivalence of the Motherhood Experience Ivana Brown (Rutgers University)

Making Babies: Why Service Learning is Necessary for Undergraduates Pamela V. Johnston (Mercer University)

Examining Ideologies of Mothering in Breastfeeding Promotion Programmes Amy Middleton (University of Alberta)

For Whom is Breast Best?: Thoughts on Breastfeeding, Feminism and Ambivalence May Friedman (York University)

The Cruelty of Breast is Best Edith Kernerman (Director, Newman Breastfeeding Clinic) **sponsored by the Zukerman Family Foundation**

MOTHERHOOD AND WORK / MOTHERWORK SESSION A2 CHAIR – Linda Ennis (York University)

A Guide to Transition of Working Women to Motherhood Ma.Cristina Esquivel-Saldivar (De La-Salle-College of St. Benilde, Phllippines)

Patterns of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Working Mothers in Eldoret, Kenya Violet Naanyu Yebei (Indiana University Bloomington)

Changes in Conceptions of Motherhood and Mothering Practices in Rural Brazil Mabel Cordini (Federal University of the Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valeys)

Motherhood and Work: Back Where We Started From? Linda Ennis (York University)

MOTHERING IN LITERATURE SESSION A3 CHAIR – Laura Miller-Purrenhage (Kettering University)

Playing with My Mother’s Dream: Angry Babies, Melanie Klein and Alice Munro Marc Carver (York University)

Holy Mother! Contemporary Women’s Fiction and a Search for the Maternal Divine Corine Coniglio (Kettering University)

Aching for the Amniotic – Mothers Real and Imagined in Sonya Harnett’s Of a Boy Vivienne Muller (Queensland University of Technology)

MOTHERING AS VERBAL AND VISUAL PERFORMANCE SESSION A4

Ceremonial Storying: “Karadahu Hororo Iatable” (Stirring together Earth web_images) where Mothering the Cosmic Orphan in Multicultural Contexts M. Christine L. Provost (OISE/University of Toronto) Machiste W. Quintana (Researcher/Writer)( in absentia)

MOTHERING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SESSION A5 CHAIR – Jenny Jones (Queensland University of Technology)

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Mothering the Child Who Can’t Helen Hoy (University of Guelph)

Nothing ‘Special’: Discourse, Disability and Mothering Marie Porter (University of Queensland)

Juggling: Raising My Special Needs Child While Negotiating the Ivory Tower Elizabeth Greene (Queen’s University)

BECOMING A MOTHER/NEW MOTHERING SESSION A6 CHAIR: Diana L. Gustafson (Memorial University)

Disentangling Nature and Nurture in Women’s and Men’s Narratives of Transition to First-Time Motherhood/Fatherhood Tina Miller (Oxford Brookes University)

The Four Trimesters of Pregnancy: Narratives on Becoming a Mother Katherine Pantinas (Purdue University)

Choices in Birthing: Feminism, Capitalism and the Medical System Michelle Webb (Birth Activist)

REPRESENTATIONS OF MOTHERHOOD SESSION A7 CHAIR – Jennifer Dawson (Aquinas College)

Motherhood in the Fifteenth Century: Paston Family Values Rebecca Coogan (Aquinas College)

Redefining Motherhood on the Michigan Frontier: Writing as Condolence in Caroline Kirkland’s A New Home, Who’ll Follow? Jennifer Dawson (Aquinas College)

Medicine, Race, and Motherhood in Fannie Hurst’s Imitation of Life Rita Jones (University of Northern Colorado)

1:15pm-2:15pm LUNCH (on your own) 2:15pm-4:15pm MOTHERHOOD AND MEDIA PLENARY 2 CHAIR – Rishma Dunlop (York University, poet, author of Metropolis)

Modern Pregnancy: Doing it By the Book Ann Douglas (author of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books)

Yo’Mama: Publishing a Parenting Magazine for Young Moms Yo’ Mama Magazine – Published by Literature for Life Amy Spurway & Mauretia Holloway

Black Woman and Child Magazine (BWAC): The Rebirth of Culture Nicole Osbourne James (Publisher, Black Woman and Child Magazine)

4:15pm-4:30pm BREAK 4:30pm-6:30pm MOTHERING AND HEALTH SESSION B1 CHAIR – Deirdre M. Condit (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Mothers as Mediators of Reproductive Health Diana L. Gustafson (Memorial University)

Post-physical Motherhood: Will Artificial Wombs Liberate Women? Sarah Eaton (University of Melbourne)

WORKSHOP + FILM (SCREENING) SESSION B2 CHAIR – Elena Taurke Joseph (Clinical Psychologies, Film Director)

Art-Based Inquiry into Motherhood Amy Campbell-McGee (OISE/University of Toronto)

Martyred Moms: The Price of Sacrifice Movie Making as a Revolutionary Act Elena Taurke Joseph (Clinical Psychologist, Film Director)

MOTHERING AND LITERATURE SESSION B3 CHAIR: Gillian M. E. Alban (Dogus University)

A Vindication of Single Motherhood in Anne Bronte’s “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” Monika Lee (Brescia University College)

Mother Earth to Kali the Destructor in Angela Carter Gillian M. E. Alban (Dogus University)

Idealized and Victimized Mothers in Contemporary Chinese Fiction Xueqing Xu (York University)

WORKSHOPS SESSION B4 CHAIR – Michelle Tichy-Reese (University of Minnesota)

Birth as a Spiritual Rite of Passage for Women Marcie Macari (Author, Speaker and Workshop Facilitator)

Facilitating Transition to Motherhood Maria Cristina R. Esquivel-Saldivar (De La-Salle-College of St. Benilde) Philippines

MOTHERS AS WRITERS SESSION B5 CHAIR – Fiona Lam (Poet, Fiction Writer)

Mothering and the Muse: The Creative Challenges, Compromises and Synergies of Writing While Mothering Fiona Lam (Poet, Fiction Writer) Noreen Shanahan (Poet, Writer) Elizabeth Greene (Writer)

MOTHERING PERFORMANCE SESSION B6

The Motherlode/load: A Performative Praxis Pam Patterson (CWSE/OISE/University of Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario)

6:30pm-7:30pm Dinner (on your own) 7:30pm-10:00pm GALA LITERARY EVENING MC/MODERATOR/CHAIR – Rishma Dunlop (York University, poet, author of Metropolis)

Poetry Project: These are Not my Hands Rosie Rosenzweig (Brandeis University) *Alana Ruben Free (Founding Editor, The Mom Egg) will be presenting on behalf of Rosie Rosenzweig (Brandeis University)*

Bubble and Squeak from Left/Overs (a work in progress) Linn Baran (Feminist Researcher, Writer, Community Activist and Facilitator)

Follow the Curve of Birth Brenda Clews (Writer, Poet, Artist)

SUSU Nan Byrne (Feminist Writer, Poet)

My Mother’s Gravy Myrl Coulter (University of Alberta)

Trick, Syzygy, and Crash Courses Michelle DeRose (Aquinas College)

Placentas and Other Hungers Joanne Frye (The College of Wooster)

Banff 1991: A 5 Poem Sequence Elizabeth Greene (Queen’s University)

The Milky Way and Other Poems Monika Lee (Brescia University College)

Birthing the Muse Fiona Lam (Poet, Fiction Writer)

My Baby, My Love: Pregnancy, My Baby, My Love: Birth; My Baby, My Love: Together and Apart. Mitzi Mitchell (York University)

Three Poems: Embroidery/For the Child/First Born Dorsia Smith Silva (University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras)

Learning How to Abort/excerpt from Beginner at Life/Real Romance Alana Ruben Free (Founding Editor, The Mom Egg)

Friday, October 27, 2006 FULL DAY ON MOTHERING AND RESISTANCE!

8:00am-9:00am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION 9:00am-11:00am MOTHERWORK: CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO PLENARY 3 CHAIR – Lorna Turnbull (University of Manitoba)

Do Men Mother? Fathering and Maternal Thinking Andrea Doucet (Carleton University, author of Do Men Mother)

New Life Stirring: Mothering, Transformation and Aboriginal Womanhood Kim Anderson (University of Guelph, author of A Recognition of Being: Reconstructing Native Womanhood)

Queer Parenting in the New Millenium: Resisting Normal (Rachel Epstein, LGBT Parenting Network)

Generations: Aboriginal Mothering Past, Present, Future Jeanette Corbière Lavell (Ontario Native Women’s Organization (ONWA) and Dawn Memee Lavell Harvard (Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA)

11:00am-11:15am BREAK 11:15am-1:15pm MOTHERING: NEW CHALLENGES SESSION C1 CHAIR: Fiona J. Green (University of Winnipeg)

Mothering White Children: An African Canadian Woman’s Experience Delores V. Mullings (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Terms of Connection: Mother-Talk about Female-To-Male Transgender Children Sarah F. Pearlman (University of Hartford)

Mothers and Stepmothers: Can Coerced Connections Become Cooperative Coparenting? Theresa Suart (University of New Brunswick)

SUPPORTING MOTHERS AND MOTHERWORK: AGENCY AND RESISTANCE SESSION C2 CHAIR – Helen Pearman Ziral (OISE/University of Toronto)

Mothers’ Centers: Effects of Participation on Mothers and Families Patrice DiQuinzio (Muhlenberg College) and Linda Lisi Juergens (National Assocation of Mothers’ Centers (NAMC))

Advocates, Contributors, or Dissenters? Feminist Mothers Doing Research on Fathers Linda Hawkins (University of Guelph) and Andrea Doucet (Carleton University)

Mother Outlaws: Community Outreach in the Margins of Mother ‘Hood’ Linn Baran (Feminist Researcher, Writer, Community Activist and Facilitator)

WORKSHOP/MOTHER ACTIVISM SESSION C3 CHAIR – Debra Levy (Director, Mothers & More)

Rehearsal for Activism Workshop Beth Osnes (Co-Founder, Mothers Acting Up Non-Profit Advocacy Organization)

Tales from the Front: Mothers & More Shares Lessons Learned Working with Mothers as Activists Across the United States Deby Levy (Director, Mothers & More) Joanne Brundage (Founder and CEO, Mothers & More) Kristin Maschka (Media Spokesperson, Mothers & More)(in absentia)

REPRESENTATIONS OF MOTHERHOOD SESSION C4 CHAIR – Berkeley Kaite (McGill University)

Media web_images of the Jewish Mother Rosie Rosenzweig (Brandeis University) *Alana Ruben Free (Founding Editor, The Mom Egg) will be presenting on behalf of Rosie Rosenzweig (Brandeis University)*

The Media Construction of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as a Good Mother Berkeley Kaite (McGill University)

Mothering and Editing a New Anthology – Technologies of Mothering: New Conceptions, New Deliveries Jocelyn Fenton Stitt (Minnesota State University) Pegeen Reichert Powell (Aurora University) (in absentia)

MOTHERING IN LITERATURE SESSION C5 CHAIR – Vivienne Muller (Queensland Unviersity of Technology)

‘This Thing I Call My Mother:’ (Un)Mothering in Jamaica Kincaid’s Texts Dorsía Smith Silva (University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras)

“Her Own Vision of Life”: Sibilla Aleramo’s Una Donna and Mothering in 19th Century Italy Ellen Zitani (CUNY Graduate Center)

The Motherhood Memoir: From the Political to the Personal Andrea O’Reilly (York University)

MOTHERSELF SESSION C6 CHAIR – May Friedman (York University)

Motherhood as a Journey to Explore, Not a Ladder to Climb Amy Tiemann (Author; Founder, Mojo Center for Women’s Leadership)

“I Can Do This”: Predictors of Parental Self-Efficacy in First-Time Mothers Lynn Loutzenhiser (University of Regina)

Daughter-Practice, Maternal Erotics, and Mothering as Relational Consciousness Amber E. Kinser (East Tennessee State University)

Dispatches from a Displaced Mama: Mothering Through Disaster or Re-membering Home Laura Camille Tuley (University of New Orleans)

1:15pm-2:15pm LUNCH (on your own) 2:15pm-4:45pm “YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION ?”: PANEL 1 MOTHERWORK, COMMUNITY AND AGENCY PLENARY 4 CHAIR – Judith Stadtman Tucker (Mothers Movement Online)

If You’ve Raised Kids, You Can Manage Anything Ann Crittenden (author of The Price of Motherhood)

Mothers Acting Up Beth Osnes (Co-Founder, Mothers Acting Up Non-Profit Advocacy Organization)

Mother Talk Andrea Buchanan (Literary Mama Online Magazine, author of MotherShock)

4:45pm-5:00pm BREAK 5:00pm-7:00pm MAMA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BLOG: THE RISE OF THE WEBBLOG AND ITS IMPACT ON MOTHERING SESSION D1 CHAIR – Ann Douglas (author of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books)

Mothering in the Age of Blog Ann Douglas (author of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books)

Welcome to My Sandbox Danielle Donders (Communications Strategist)

A Blog of One’s Own Marla Good (Freelance Writer)

I’ve Been There, Too Andrea McDowell (Editor, TheWholeMom.com)

Tool of Revolution or Online Shrine to Parental Self-Absorption Jen Lawrence (Creator, T.O Mama)

BEING A MOTHER IN ACADEME SESSION D2 CHAIR : Dorsía Smith Silva (University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras)

Initiation of Motherhood: The Journey from Young Passionate Graduate Student to a Feminist Mother with a Mission Michelle Tichy-Reese (University of Minnesota)

“Please Knock, Lactation Device in Operation”: Experiences of a Graduate Student Mother Laura Miller-Purrenhage (Kettering University)

The ‘Chilly’ Climate for Single Mother Students: Connecting Welfare Reform with Institutional Attitudes, Practices, and Policies Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson (Texas Woman’s University)

MOTHERING, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY SESSION D3 CHAIR -Catherine Connors (University of Toronto)

The Public Mother: Motherhood and Citizenship in Modern and Contemporary Political Thought Catherine Connors (University of Toronto)

Political Labeling of Mothers: An Obstacle to Equality in Politics Marsha Marotta (Westfield State College)

Mothering as a Transformational Political Practice Rebecca Ellis (University of Western Ontario)

War Mothers: Patriotic Maternalism and American Culture Rebecca Jo Plant (University of California, San Diego)

SUPPORTING MOTHERS AND MOTHERWORK: AGENCY AND RESISTANCE SESSION D4 CHAIR – Marie Porter (University of Queensland)

Neighbors, Friends, Mothers, and Others: Motherhood and Resistance in a Neighborhood Welfare Reform Program Heather M. Fitz Gibbon (College of Wooster)

“Halloween, Pumpkins, and Motherhood: Gender Differences in How We Nurture Students” M. Louise Ripley (York University)

Gender Equity and the Politics of Care Within Families Joan Garvan (Australian National University, Canberra)

The Fall of the “Unencumbered Worker” and the Future of the Mothers’ Movement Amy Tiemann (Author; Founder, Mojo Center for Women’s Leadership)

RESISTING AND REVOLTING MOTHERS SESSION D5 CHAIR – Sheryl Stevenson (University of Akron)

Mina Loy and Anna Wickham, Avant Garde Poets of Maternity Sheryl Stevenson (University of Akron)

Giving Birth to a Feminist Awakening: Mina Loy’s ‘Parturition’ and the Empowerment of Women Penelope Quade (University of Akron)

Maternal Ambivalence in Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield Pamela Roeper (University of Akron)

MOTHERING AND POP CULTURE SESSION D6 CHAIR – Fiona J. Green (University of Winnipeg)

Wife Swap: Reinforcing Female Competition and Patriarchal Ideals of Wife and Mother Fiona J. Green (University of Winnipeg)

The Diegetic Presence and Temporal Absence of the Maternal in the Rock and Roll Film Michael Kramp (University of Northern Colorado)

Dolls and Guitars: Subversion of Patriarchy through Rock ‘n’ Roll Jessica Schwartz (New York University)

MOTHERING AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISM SESSION D7 CHAIR – Arlene Campbell (York University)

Diasporic Mothering Spirits: Mentoring and Nurturing Female Successors Arlene Campbell (York University) and Helen Pearman Ziral (OISE/University of Toronto)

Blog, Baby, Blog: A New Mama’s View of Mommy Blogging Jessica Ashley ((Feminist Writer, Artist & Personal Biographer)

Ka-pow!! New Comic Book Superheroine: Rethinking the Value of Caregiving in the 21st Century Diane Pagen (Caregiver Credit Campaign) Theresa Funiciello (Social Agenda)(in absentia)

7:00pm-7:45pm Dinner (on your own) 7:45pm-9:45pm “YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION?”: PANEL 2 MOTHERING: RESISTANCE AND ACTIVISM PLENARY 5 CHAIR – Nancy Mandell (York University)

Maternal Thinking For the Future Sara Ruddick (Eugene Lang College, New School for Social Research, author of Maternal Thinking)

Between the Baby and the Bathwater: Some Thoughts on a Mother-Centred Theory and Practice of Feminist Mothering Andrea O’Reilly (York University, author of Rocking the Cradle)

The Mother’s Movement as Coalition Politics: Six Challenges Patrice Di Quinzio (Muhlenberg College)

The New Future of Motherhood: Rewriting the Script of Mothering as Maternal Activism Judith Stadtman Tucker (Editor, the Mother’s Movement Online)

Women of Colour in the U.S.: Organizing for Reproductive Justice Loretta Ross (Founder, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective)

Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:00am-9:00am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION 9:00am-11:00am PERFORMING MOTHERHOOD PLENARY 6 CHAIR – Fiona J. Green (University of Winnipeg)

Mother/Child Papers Alicia Ostriker (New England College, author of No Heaven)

White Ink: Fragments, Memoirs, and Genre Transgression Rishma Dunlop (York University, author of Metropolis)

After.Birth.Scribology (excerpts) Motion (Wendy Brathwaite) (Hip Hop Artist, MC, author of Motion in Poetry)

11:15am-11:30am BREAK 11:30am-1:30 pm MOTHERHOOD, PUBLIC POLICY AND LAW SESSION E1 CHAIR – Rebecca Jo Plant (University of California, San Diego)

Maternity and Public Discourse Lindal Buchanan (Kettering University)

Non-Custodial Mothering Dara Taylor (Consultant, Educator)

Renewing Legal Feminism: A Third Wave Neo Maternalist Approach Norma Buydens (University of Saskatchewan)

VISUAL ARTS / PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION E2 CHAIR – Leslie Reid (University of Ottawa)

For a While…in Time: Closing the Cycle in Painting on Motherhood Leslie Reid (University of Ottawa)

A Creative Exploration in the Visual Arts of ‘Loss’ as an aspect of the Mother/Adolescent Daughter Relationship Sonia Donnellan (University of South Australia)

The Line of Pleasure, A Maternal Genealogy: Mother’s Photographs of Their Children Since the Nineteenth Century Denise Ferris (Australian National University)

MOTHERING, RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY SESSION E3 CHAIR – Marybeth White (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Spiritual Mothering and Positive Psychology Rosie Rosenzweig (Brandeis University) *Alana Ruben Free (Founding Editor, The Mom Egg) will be presenting on behalf of Rosie Rosenzweig (Brandeis University)*

Motherhood and the Nature of God Faulkner Fox (Duke University)

Faith, Feminism, and Motherhood: Exploring Mothers’ Understandings of Identity and Moral Responsibility R. Rebecca Hewitt (Elon University) Dr. Rebecca Todd Peters (Elon University )(in absentia)

The Bodhisattva: The Key to the Integration of Buddhist Practice and Parenting Marybeth White (Wilfrid Laurier University)

MOTHERING AND IDENTITY SESSION E4 CHAIR -Helen Bowcock (University of Kent)

Cybermothering Shelley Park (University of Central Florida)

Experiencing Mothering and Violence: The Shuttering of an Ideal and the Re-affirmation of Self-Identity Einat Peled (Tel Aviv University)

This is So You Know You Have Options: Lesbian Grandmothers and the Mixed Legacies of Nonconformity Serena Patterson (North Island College)

“Just the One?”: British Experiences of Having Only One Child Helen Bowcock (University of Kent)

MOTHERING IN FILM SESSION E5 CHAIR – Dominique Russell (University of Western Ontario)

Of Milk, Menopausal Mothers and the Abject: José Luis Borau’s Furtivos Rosie Wager (University of Western Ontario)

(Un)usual Suspects: Mothers, Masculinities, Monstrosities Sarah Trimble (University of Western Ontario)

Supermothers on Film, or Maternal Melodrama in the 21st Century Adrienne McCormick (SUNY Fredonia)

1:30pm –2:30pm Lunch (on your own) 2:30pm-4:30pm MOTHER STORIES SESSION F1 CHAIR – Mirna E. Carranza (McMaster University)

Reflecting On Being a White/Jewish Birth Mother of Mixed Race Children: Comparing My Experience with the Narratives of Jane Lazzare and Ruchel Zylska Channa Verbian (OISE/University of Toronto)

Gib: Girl in box Susan Facknitz (James Madison University)

Dancing with Jenny: An Applied Ethics Engagement with a Mother’s Story Jennifer Jones (Queensland University of Technology)

POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION SESSION F2 CHAIR – Marybeth White (Wilfrid Laurier University)

When Post-Partum Depression Hits Home: Does it Help to Talk? Jessica Zuehlke (University of Hartford)

Etiology of Postpartum Depression: The Influence of Stress Karine Bordua (CAAP) Gina Wong-Wylie (CAAP)

The Role of Social Location in New Mothers Understanding of and Experiences with Postpartum Depression Ingrid Johnston-Robledo (SUNY, Fredonia) Caitlyn Caslin (SUNY, Fredonia) (in absentia) Nicole Whitwood (SUNY, Fredonia) (in absentia)

MOTHERING IN ACADEME SESSION F3 CHAIR – Lynn A. Hall (SUNY College at Potsdam)

Motherhood and College: Being a Non-Traditional Student in a Traditional Educational Environment Lisa M. Hase (Kansas State University)

Kids and Classes: What Would Maternal Pedagogy Look Like? Rachel Berman (Ryerson University) Theresa Steger (Humber College)

Teachers’ Paradoxical Autobiographies of Mothering in Literacy Education Lynn A. Hall (SUNY College at Potsdam)

REPRESENTATIONS OF MOTHERS SESSION F4 CHAIR – Linda Hunter (University of Guelph)

Institutionalized Motherhood and Female Offending LaTosha Traylor (University of Illinois)

The Case of the Missing Mother: Revisiting Rousseau’s Mom Sonja Boon (Simon Fraser University)

From Veneration to Vilification: How Jewish Mothers Who Were Once Adored Came to be Caricatures. Rosie Rosenzweig (Resident Scholar, Women’s Studies, Brandeis University) *Alana Ruben Free (Founding Editor, The Mom Egg) will be presenting on behalf of Rosie Rosenzweig (Brandeis University)*

MOTHERING PERFORMANCE SESSION F5 CHAIR – Beth Osnes (Co-Founder, Mothers Acting Up Non-Profit Advocacy Organization)

Babylove ; A Solo Performance on Maternal Sexuality (Christen Clifford (New School University MFA student, Visiting Scholar at NYU) “The most important piece of feminist theatre since The Vagina Monologues” -Kulturevermitterlin “Honest, Hilarious, and completely revealing” -Nerve.com “As engaging as it is provocative”- San Francisco Chronicle

The Mother-Load: A One-Woman Show Beth Osnes (Co-Founder, Mothers Acting Up Non-Profit Advocacy Organization)

4:30pm-6:30pm MOTHERING CHALLENGES SESSION G1 CHAIR – Dara Taylor (Consultant, Educator)

Feminist Mothers and Attachment Parenting; The Truth About Carrying the Torch While Loving the Child Laura Shook (Professional Advisor, Educator, Advocate)

The Experience of Incarcerated Mothers Efrat Nave (Tel Aviv University) Einat Peled (Tel Aviv University)

Ms. Mermaid and Mister Seahorse: A Children’s Fable on Co-Parenting, Good Breeding , and the Work of Dorothy Dinnerstein Linn Baran (Feminist Researcher, Writer, Community Activist and Facilitator)

CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON MOTHERING SESSION G2 CHAIR – Marybeth White (Wilfrid Laurier University)

Multicultural Diversity: Mothering in a Foreign Land Karine Bordua (CAAP) Gina Wong-Wylie (CAAP)

An Exploration of Family and Family Planning in Thailand Stephanie Kuiack (Brescia University College)

Salvadorian Mothers’ Experiences of Mothering Their Daughters in Canada Mirna E. Carranza (McMaster University)

YOUNG MOTHERS SESSION G3 CHAIR – Cheryl Gosselin (Bishop’s University)

Mothering through Prejudice and Stigma: A Strain on the Emotional Health and Well-Being of Teen/Young Mothers Sandra Fonseca (University of Ottawa) and Janice Ahola-Sidaway (University of Ottawa)

“Tools for Life”: Helping Young Mothers Break the Cycle of Despair Cheryl Gosselin (Bishop’s University)

Celebrating Teen Mothering from Shame to Empowerment Louise Moody (Humewood House) and Mardi Ennis-Gregory (Humewood House) Colleen Cho (Humewood House)

BEING A MOTHER IN ACADEME SESSION G4 CHAIR – Shelley M. Park (University of Central Florida)

Motherhood Ideology, Role Balance, and Health Behaviours of Academic Women Michele Vancour (Southern Connecticut State University) and William M. Sherman (Southern Connecticut State University) (in absentia)

Family-Friendly Policies in American Colleges and Universities Michelle DeRose (Aquinas College) and Kelly Dittmar (Aquinas College)

MOTHERING MYTHS AND REPRESENTATION SESSION G5 CHAIR – Dominique Russell (University of Western Ontario)

Obstetric Myths and Realities in Life’s Birth Stories Dominique Russell (University of Western Ontario)

Where Have all the Young Girls Gone? The Representation and Lack of Presentation of Young Mothers in Canadian HIV/AIDS Health Promotion Campaigns Linda Hunter (University of Guelph)

Motherhood Divided: Commander-in-Chief and Duality in the Presidency Anne F. MacLennan (York University)

MOTHERING AND HEALTH SESSION G6 CHAIR – Joanne Whitty-Rogers (St. Francis Xavier University)

Mothers Matter!: Opportunities and Challenges in Providing In-Home Support to Mothers and their Families Sherry Chisholm (Extra Support for Parents Volunteer Service, IWK Health Centre) Susan DeWolf (Extra Support for Parents Volunteer Service, IWK Health Centre) Maura Donovan (Extra Support for Parents Volunteer Service, IWK Health Centre)

Revisiting the Contemporary Concept and Practice of Motherhood in the Context of HIV and AIDS: Lessons from Practical South African Experiences Thenjiwe Magwaza (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

Bridging the Gaps: Reducing Barriers for First Nations Women and Families Receiving Health Care Joanne Whitty-Rogers (St. Francis Xavier University)

6:30pm-8:30pm RECEPTION AND LAUNCH Launch of ARM double journal issue on Mothering and Feminism, Vol. 8.1&2 AND ARM launches DEMETER PRESS and our new, edited landmark collection, Until Our Hearts are on the Ground: Aboriginal Mothering, Oppression, Resistance and Rebirth (Fall 2006) (Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard & Jeanette Corbier Lavell, eds)

8:30-? *Optional cultural event, TBA

Sunday, October 29, 2006 9:00am-9:30am REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 9:30am-11:30am LITERARY MAMAS REWRITING MOTHERHOOD PLENARY 7 CHAIR – Andrea O’Reilly (York University)

Personal and Political-The Mothering Memoir as Example Faulkner Fox (Duke University, author of Dispatches from a Not So Perfect Life)

The Escalation of Cool Andrea Buchanan (Literary Mama Online Magazine, author of MotherShock)

Making Stories of Our Lives: Memoirs from Mothering Joanne Frye (College of Wooster, author of Biting the Moon: A Single Mother’s Memoir)

Hope Resistance and Renewal: Engaging Black Boys in a Historical, Social and Cultural Critique of Rap Dolana Mogadime (Brock University) Alexis Scott (Brock University)

11:30am-12:30pm Lunch (on your own)

12:30pm-2:15pm MATERNAL BODY/ MOTHER SELF SESSION H1 CHAIR – Denise Ferris (Australian National University)

How Can We Be Different And The Same? Brenda Clews (Writer, Poet, Artist)

Reproducing Possibilities: Androgenesis and Mothering Human Identity Deirdre M. Condit (Virginia Commonwealth University)

The Line of Pleasure, A Maternal Genealogy: Mother’s Photographs of Their Children Since the Nineteenth Century Denise Ferris (Australian National University)

MOTHERING PERFORMANCE SESSION H2 CHAIR – Carole Groobman (Stories Unlimited)

Force of Nature – One- Woman Theatrical Performance Carole Groobman (Stories Unlimited)

“THIS SHOW ABOUT WOMEN GIVING BIRTH….IS AN UNEXPLORED FRONTIER IN FEMINISM.” Kathleen Edwards, Director

Force of Nature, a one-woman theatrical show and educational program, brings to light the social, political and cultural issues of childbird through the voices and perspectives of thirteen women.

Milky Way: A Short Story About a 21st Century Wet Nurse Anne Panning (SUNY-Brockport)

MOTHERS AS WRITERS SESSION H3 CHAIR – Jillian Graham (University of Melbourne)

A Creative Look at Creative Motherhood Lisa M. Hase (Kansas State University)

Travels to “Uncertain Territory” Nan Byrne (Feminist Poet/Writer)

Poetic Mothering: How One Woman Defines Motherhood Through Her Poetry Denise Stodola (Kettering University)

Comparing Notes: Motherhood, Music and Maternal Feminism in the Lives of Australian Composers Ann Carr-Boyd and Katy Abbott Jillian Graham (University of Melbourne)

HERSTORICAL MOTHERS SESSION H4 CHAIR – Margaret Hillyard Little (Queen’s University)

Motherhood from the Perspective of Four Generations: a Heuristic Study Jan Marijaq (Technical Writer/Trainer) Susie Gonzales (Early Childhood Educator)

Battling the Expectant Mother Racket: Anna Jarvis and the Defense of Mother’s Day in the United States Katharine Antolini (West Virginia Wesleyan College)

Militant Mothers Fight Poverty: The Just Society Movement, 1968-1971 Margaret Hillyard Little (Queen’s University)

WORKSHOP SESSION H5 CHAIR – Deborah Byrd (Lafayette College)

Mothering Teenaged and Low-Income Mothers: A Successful Town-Gown Collaboration Deborah Byrd (Lafayette College) Kay Stocker (Easton Hospital; Family Development Research Program) Danielle Bero (Lafayette College) Rachel Gallagher (Lafayette College)

CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON MOTHERING SESSION H6 CHAIR – Susan Schalge (Minnesota State University)

Mothering and Motherhood in Tanzania Susan Schalge (Minnesota State University)

Using Photography to Tell Stories of Mothers in Rural Uganda: Bearing Witness Sharon Abbey (Brock University)

Mothers of the Global Welfare State: How Neoliberal Globalization Affects Working Mothers in Sweden and Canada Honor Brabazon (York University)

Thank you to our York University conference sponsors for their generous support:

Office of the VP, Academic Dean, Faculty of Arts Department of History, York University Faculty of Education, York University ORU-Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) ORU – Institute for Social Research Masters Office, Stong College