Ruth Beer<\/strong>\u2019s interdisciplinary artistic research is informed by the social sciences and humanities within the expanded field of contemporary art and media. Working across sculpture, experimental and documentary video, woven structures\/textiles, and sound, her research-creation practice engages with issues of cultural and ecological impacts of resource industry expansion within culturally diverse communities\u2014in particular, rural Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in Canada\u2019s northern regions. Recent SSHRC-funded research-creation projects as Principal Investigator include\u00a0Shifting Ground: Mapping Energy, Communities and Geographies in the North<\/em> (2019-2023) and Trading Routes: Grease Trails, Oil Pipelines<\/em> (2013-2015).<\/p>\n Ruth Beer:<\/strong> Sa recherche artistique interdisciplinaire est enrichie par les sciences sociales et les humanit\u00e9s dans le domaine \u00e9tendu de l\u2019art et des m\u00e9dias contemporains. S\u2019appuyant sur un travail de culture, de vid\u00e9o exp\u00e9rimentale et documentaire, de tissages de textiles et de structures, sa pratique de recherche et de cr\u00e9ation s\u2019implique dans des questions concernant l\u2019impact culturel et \u00e9cologique de l\u2019expansion des ressources de l\u2019industrie \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de communaut\u00e9s diverses\u2014en particulier dans des communaut\u00e9s rurales Indig\u00e8nes et non-Indig\u00e8nes des r\u00e9gions septentrionales du Canada. Ses r\u00e9cents projets de recherche et cr\u00e9ation financ\u00e9s par le SSHRC incluent Shifting Grounds: Mapping Energy, Communities and Geographies in the North<\/em> (2019-2023) et Trading Routes: Grease Trails, Oil Pipelines<\/em> (2013-2015).<\/p>\n Laura Bisaillon<\/strong>, Ph.D., is assistant professor at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough. She is a sociologist of health and illness specializing in interpretive methods and the social studies of HIV-related policy and medical inadmissibility law in the Canadian immigration system. <\/p>\n Laura Bisaillon<\/strong>, Ph.D., est professeure adjointe au Centre interdisciplinaire sur la sant\u00e9 et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto \u00e0 Scarborough. Elle est sociologue de la sant\u00e9 et de la maladie et se sp\u00e9cialise dans les m\u00e9thodes interpr\u00e9tatives et dans les \u00e9tudes sociales des politiques sur le VIH et de la loi d\u2019inadmissibilit\u00e9 m\u00e9dicale du syst\u00e8me d\u2019immigration canadien.<\/p>\n Vincent Bruyere<\/strong> is associate professor of French and affiliate faculty in the Center for the Study of Human Health at Emory University in Atlanta. He is the author of two books: Perishability Fatigue:<\/em> Forays Into Environmental Loss and Decay<\/em>, published by Columbia University Press in 2018, and La diff\u00e9rence francophone<\/em> (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2012).<\/p>\n Vincent Bruyere<\/strong> est professeur agr\u00e9g\u00e9 en \u00e9tudes fran\u00e7aises et francophones \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Emory d\u2019Atlanta et enseignant affili\u00e9 \u00e0 son Centre d\u2019\u00c9tude sur la Sant\u00e9 Humaine (CSHH). Il est l\u2019auteur de deux livres\u00a0: Perishability Fatigue:<\/em> Forays Into Environmental Loss and Decay<\/em> publi\u00e9 en 2018 aux presses universitaires de<\/span> Columbia, et La diff\u00e9rence francophone<\/em> paru en 2012 aux presses universitaires de Rennes.<\/p>\n Caitlin Chaisson<\/strong> is a writer and independent curator. Her research-based practices intersect around questions pertaining to cultural production and the environment. She is the founder of Far Afield, an artist-led initiative that supports rural and regionally-connected artistic and curatorial practices. Recent projects have been presented at Access Gallery (Vancouver, BC), Ranger Station Art Gallery (Harrison, BC), Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles, CA), and Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity (Banff, AB). She holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Emily Carr University of Art and Design (2016).<\/p>\n Caitlin Chaisson<\/strong> est \u00e9crivaine et conservatrice artistique ind\u00e9pendante. Bas\u00e9es sur sa recherche, ses pratiques se situent \u00e0 l\u2019intersection de questions portant sur la production culturelle et l\u2019environnement. Elle est la fondatrice de Far Afield, une initiative men\u00e9e par des artistes supportant des pratiques artistiques et conservatoires rurales et r\u00e9gionales. Certains de ses projets r\u00e9cents ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s \u00e0 la Access Gallery de Vancouver en Colombie Britannique, \u00e0 la Ranger Station Art Gallery de Harrison en Colombie Britannique, au Otis College of Art and Design de Los Angeles en Californie et au Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity de Banff dans l\u2019Alberta. Elle d\u00e9tient un dipl\u00f4me de ma\u00eetrise en Beaux-Arts de l\u2019Emily Carr University of Art and Design (2016).<\/p>\n Doris Hambuch<\/strong> is Associate Professor of Literature and Film Studies at United Arab Emirates University. Her publications include essays on Caribbean literature, ecocriticism, film analysis, and trans-cultural feminism. She edited a special issue of Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies<\/em> (6.2) on Caribbean cinema. She serves as Vice-President and Program Chair of the Canadian Comparative Literature Association. Her current research focuses on transnational cinema and ecopoetry. Her collection All That Depends<\/em> (2019) combines poetry and photography.<\/p>\n Doris Hambuch<\/strong> est professeure agr\u00e9g\u00e9e de litt\u00e9rature et d\u2019\u00e9tudes cin\u00e9matographiques \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 des \u00c9mirats Arabes Unis. Ses publications comprennent des articles sur la litt\u00e9rature des Cara\u00efbes, l\u2019\u00e9co-critique, l\u2019analyse du film, et le f\u00e9minisme transculturel. Elle a \u00e9dit\u00e9 un num\u00e9ro sp\u00e9cial d\u2019Imaginations\u00a0: Revue d\u2019\u00e9tudes interculturelles de l\u2019image<\/em> (6.2) sur le cin\u00e9ma des Cara\u00efbes. Elle est vice-pr\u00e9sidente et directrice du programme de l\u2019Association Canadienne de Litt\u00e9rature Compar\u00e9e. Ses recherches actuelles portent sur les cin\u00e9mas transnationaux et sur l\u2019\u00e9co-po\u00e9sie. Sa collection All That Depends<\/em> (2019) allie po\u00e9sie et photographie.<\/p>\n Mehdia Hassan<\/strong>, M.A., graduated from the Social Justice Program at Lakehead University. Her final project entitled Showing Artful Inquiry was an arts-integrated community intervention working with youth in St. James Town. She explored how painting activities can be used to stimulate mental wellbeing and feelings of connectedness to the people and places we call home. <\/p>\n Mehdia Hassan<\/strong> est titulaire d\u2019une ma\u00eetrise en justice sociale de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Lakehead. Son projet final, Showing Artful Inquiry, a consist\u00e9 en une intervention communautaire int\u00e9grant les arts qui lui a permis de travailler avec les jeunes de St. James Town. Elle a examin\u00e9 comment la peinture peut \u00eatre utilis\u00e9e pour stimuler le bien-\u00eatre mental et les sentiments d\u2019interd\u00e9pendance \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard des gens et des endroits o\u00f9 nous vivons.<\/p>\n Maryam Hassan<\/strong>, B.A., obtained an undergraduate degree in sociology, visual studies, and Near and Middle Eastern civilizations at the University of Toronto. In 2017, her mixed media installation entitled Roshan, which presented a commentary on social justice issues in Afghanistan, was awarded first prize at the Art Museum\u2019s Student Art Exhibition, University of Toronto.<\/p>\n Maryam Hassan<\/strong> est titulaire d\u2019une licence de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto o\u00f9 elle a \u00e9tudi\u00e9 la sociologie, les arts visuels et les civilisations du Proche et du Moyen-Orient. En 2017, son installation de m\u00e9dias multiples intitul\u00e9e Roshan, qui commente les questions de justice sociale en Afghanistan, a re\u00e7u le premier prix lors de l\u2019exposition d\u2019art des \u00e9tudiants du mus\u00e9e des beaux-arts de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto.<\/p>\n Maja Jerrentrup<\/strong> combines photographic practice and theory in her work. She is a well-known photographer in the field of model and travel photography having frequently been on stage for Nikon and Sony. Further, she works as an associate professor for media and photography at Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Pune (India) and at the Indian Institute of Photography, Noida (India) and as journalist for photography magazine (Germany).<\/p>\n Maja Jerrentrup<\/strong> combine dans son travail la th\u00e9orie et la pratique photographiques. Photographe de renom dans le domaine de la photographie de mod\u00e8le et de voyage, elle a fr\u00e9quemment paru sur sc\u00e8ne pour Nikon et Sony. Elle occupe en outre une position de professeure agr\u00e9g\u00e9e de m\u00e9dias et de photographie \u00e0 l\u2019universit\u00e9 Ajeenkya DY Patil de Pune en Inde ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019Indian Institute of Photography de Noida en Inde. Elle travaille \u00e9galement comme journaliste pour des magazines photographiques en Allemagne.<\/p>\n Ursula-Helen Kassaveti<\/strong> was born in Athens. An alumnus of Athens School of Philosophy, she holds a MA in Cultural Studies (Department of Communication and Media Studies, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens) and a MA in History, Folklore & Culture (Department of Primary Education, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens). Her Ph.D. Thesis revolved around the 1980s video culture in Greece and was submitted to the Department of Communication and Media Studies (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens). Her research interests include Visual Culture, Popular Film & Video, Visual Ethnography, and Visual Folklore. She is an adjunct tutor at the Department of Journalism & Media Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and a tutor at the Hellenic Open University (School of Social Sciences).<\/p>\n Ursula-Helen Kassaveti<\/strong> est native d\u2019Ath\u00e8nes. Dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e de l\u2019Athens School of Philosophy, elle d\u00e9tient un dipl\u00f4me de Master d\u2019Etudes Culturelles du D\u00e9partement de Communications et d\u2019Etudes des M\u00e9dias de la National & Kapodistrian University d\u2019Ath\u00e8nes ainsi qu\u2019un Master d\u2019Histoire, Folklore et Culture du Primary Education Department de la National & Kapodistrian University. Sa th\u00e8se de doctorat concernant la culture vid\u00e9o des ann\u00e9es 1980 en Gr\u00e8ce et a \u00e9t\u00e9 soumise au D\u00e9partement de Communications et d\u2019Etudes des M\u00e9dias de la National & Kapodistrian University. Sa recherche s\u2019int\u00e9resse \u00e0 la Culture Visuelle, le Film et la Vid\u00e9o Populaires, l\u2019Ethnographie Visuelle et le Folklore Visuel. Elle offre des cours particuliers en qualit\u00e9 de professeur adjoint dans le D\u00e9partement de Journalisme et d\u2019Etudes des M\u00e9dias de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Aristote de Thessalonique et \u00e0 l\u2019Hellenic Open University, dans l\u2019Ecole de Sciences Sociales.<\/p>\n Donna T. Tong<\/strong> is an Assistant Professor at the Department of English Language and Literature at Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei, Taiwan. Her research interests include Asian American literature, ethnic studies, gender studies, and film studies. She has published in Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies<\/em>, Wenshan Review<\/em>, and Asian American Literary Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n Donna T. Tong<\/strong> est professeure (Assistant Professor<\/em>)\u00a0au d\u00e9partement de Langue et de Litt\u00e9rature Anglaises<\/span> \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Catholique Fu Jen de Taipei, \u00e0 Taiwan.<\/span> Ses recherches portent sur la litt\u00e9rature asiatique am\u00e9ricaine, les \u00e9tudes ethniques, la th\u00e9orie du genre, et les \u00e9tudes cin\u00e9matographiques. Elle a publi\u00e9 dans<\/span> Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies<\/em>, Wenshan Review<\/em>, et Asian American Literary Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n Liam Young<\/strong> is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He is the author of\u00a0List Cultures: Knowledge and Poetics from\u00a0Mesopotamia to BuzzFeed\u00a0<\/em>(Amsterdam University Press, 2017)\u00a0and a former fellow at the Internationales Kolleg f\u00fcr Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie (IKKM) at the Bauhaus-Universit\u00e4t Weimar.<\/p>\n Liam Young<\/strong> est professeur (Assistant Professor<\/em>) \u00e0 l\u2019Ecole de Journalisme et de Communication de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Carleton d\u2019Ottawa au Canada. Il est l\u2019auteur de List Cultures: Knowledge and Poetics from\u00a0Mesopotamia to BuzzFeed\u00a0<\/em>(Amsterdam University Press, 2017) et a \u00e9t\u00e9 enseignant \u00e0 l\u2019 Internationales Kolleg f\u00fcr Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie<\/em> (IKKM) de la Bauhaus-Universit\u00e4t de Weimar.<\/p>\n Ira Wagman<\/strong> is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. \u00a0He researches, teaches and writes on the history of media technologies, communication and cultural policy, and media ethics.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ira Wagman<\/strong> est professeur agr\u00e9g\u00e9 de Communication et d\u2019Etudes des M\u00e9dias dans l\u2019Ecole de Journalisme et de Communication de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Carleton. 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