Hybrid event at University of Alberta
Hosted by the Just Movements CreateSpace

May 2, 2024-Aug 31, 2024 - M-F - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm MDT

This event is a drop-in space for folks who are in some way affiliated with or adjacent to the JustMovements CreateSpace to experience body-doubling pomodoros in order to keep forward momentum on written projects over spring/summer semesters.

Again, the focus of this group is writing. Writing is hard and ridiculously easy to avoid under the auspices of needing to read 'just one more thing'. Sometimes it helps to have pals around.

If you're on the Paul Silvia train, a second edition of How to Write A Lot (which is a writing book geared for academic audiences) is available through our library here: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ualberta/detail.action?docID=5525817

We will run these using the pomodoro technique to support focus (https://www.pomodorotechnique.com/).

Let's get proposals done! Let's get papers published! Let's analyze some data! Let's get dissertation drafts going! Let's do that ethics app! Let's go in for that big award! Let's write that grant! Let's do the more isolated parts of our work in adjacency.

Event Access Information
To attend through Google Meet:

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/djx-ndwu-obd
Or dial: ‪(CA) +1 226-318-9532‬ PIN: ‪438 772 382‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/djx-ndwu-obd?pin=7000391743221

Presently, Nathan, Christine, Jill, Lisa, Erin R., Sanghyun, and Yeaseul have co-host status in the Google Meet. If you want to be a co-host, please contact nvfawaz (at) ualberta (dot) ca. 

To attend in person: This hybrid event will be held in the Just Movements CreateSpace Hall 2-131 University of Alberta.

If you already have a door code for lab access, then drop in. If not, please confirm with Yeaseul yeaseul (at) ualberta (dot) ca and Sanghyun sanghyu2 (at) ualberta (dot) ca to make sure someone will be in the physical space to work alongside

As this is a space committed to disability justice approaches that love and protect disabled lives, To attend in person, you must:

1.  not have any respiratory illness symptoms, AND
2. must wear a well-fitted mask and/or have a negative rapid covid test taken that day.

For details on the space, including wayfinding  and accessibility see http://www.just-movements.com/.

If there are additional measures we can take to make this event more accessible to you, please contact nvfawaz (at) ualberta (dot) ca.

Attendance:
Like all JMCS events, we are prioritizing choice and possibility. Drop in to as little or as much of the write-o-doro camp as you like. Some folks (including the hosts and organizers) will not be able to make every one of these sessions. Some folks will only be able to come for parts of each session. Some folks are on parts of Planet Earth whose timelines don't line up really well with the proposed hours for the group and will be participating asynchronously. Some folks will want the body doubling but will be activated in an adverse way related to the details below. Some peeps will know some other folks who will want to participate.

So:

• Feel free to invite whoever to the group.
• Feel free to add meeting times on days and times that work best for you.

The structure below is a suggestion for the main meeting room (both in Google Meet and live in the lab). There are physical breakout spaces in the JMCS physical lab, and the Google Meet has two opt-in digital breakout rooms for folks to self-select into. 

Structure:

This is a drop in group for students, postdocs, and all who are connected to JMCS directly as kin (past and present) or by association (one degree of connection to JMCS kin with shared axiological fidelities). 

Suggested standing schedule (all times in MDT):
9:00 - 9:15 - Hello and individual scaling and intention-setting.
9:15 - 10:00 - Pomodoro #1
10:00 - 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 11:00 - Pomodoro #2
11:00 - 11:15 - Break
11:15 - 12:00 - Pomodoro #3
12:00 - 12:15 - Noting individual next steps
12:15 - 12:30 - Celebrating what each attendee got done.

Scaling:
Opening the work-session, it can help to make a log entry related to belief and/or affect.

Scaling example:
On a scale of 1-10 where 1 is highly motivated and 10 is highly resistant to the idea of producing written work, I am at a <insert number>.

Having this information across time can help with making more accurate predictions related to written productivity.

Intention-setting:
During pomodoro #1/2/3, I will <insert very specific action that can be completed in 45 minutes>. The key is to pick one focus task per 45 minute segment of work.

Note: In the early days the intention may be a bit of data gathering.

Intention-setting with data gathering example: 

• During pomodoro #1, I will see how many words I can get written on the chapter focused on interconnections between leisure, trauma, healing, and wellbeing.
• During pomodoro #2, I will see how many citation placeholders in my chapter I can replace with inline references.
• During pomodoro #3, I will see how much headway I can make mapping out the chapter section on inviting somatic awareness in leisure settings.

Intention-setting with known productivity example:

• During pomodoro #1, I will write between 500-600 words on the introductory portion of the chapter focused on interconnections between leisure, trauma, healing, and wellbeing.
• During pomodoro #2, I will replace between 20-30 citation placeholders in my chapter with inline references.
• During pomodoro #3, I will use my mapping document to write a detailed outline to the chapter section on inviting somatic awareness in leisure settings.

Next steps:
To support motivation and efficiency, I suggest we close each session with noting the very specific next steps that need to be taken on whatever it was we we working on to seed some intentions for the next writing session on that project.

Celebrations:
To support motivation and sustainability, I suggest we each note one thing that went really well about the work session along with other desired rites of passage (birthdays, publications, talks, academic milestones, etc. etc.).

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Alright team. Let's do the thing. 

Hybrid event at University of Alberta
Hosted by the Just Movements CreateSpace

Jan 18, 2024-Jun 27, 2024

This event is a space for folks who are in some way affiliated with or adjacent to the JustMovements CreateSpace to connect in discussion and  learning through completing Indigenous Canada.

The focus of this group is to engage in our commitment to learning about, with, and from Indigenous people on these lands.

From the Indigenous Canada creators:
"Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada.

From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores complex experiences Indigenous peoples face today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations.

Indigenous Canada is for students from faculties outside the Faculty of Native Studies with an interest in acquiring a basic familiarity with Indigenous/non-Indigenous relationships."

To participate, please contact Yeaseul - yeaseul (at) ualberta (dot) ca.

Hybrid event at University of Alberta
Hosted by the Just Movements CreateSpace

February 10, 2023    10:00 am to 12pm. 

This event will to bring together the culture-crafting sub committee and any interested members of KSR's II & EDI committee, to wonder about the culture crafting agreements we have been developing over the past few months. We are wanting to wonder about the content of the document itself in this session, with plans to hold future sessions on supporting its implementation in different contexts. Please see the email from the II & EDI committee for a link to the document we will be wondering about. 

To attend through Zoom:

https://ualberta-ca.zoom.us/j/97859647055?pwd=eTJpZGRXWmZtaHk2UEZXakFSZVRWZz09
Meeting ID: 978 5964 7055
Passcode: JMCS

To attend in person: This hybrid event will be held in the Just Movements CreateSpace Hall 2-131 University of Alberta
As this is a space committed to disability justice approaches that love and protect disabled lives, To attend in person, you must:

1.  not have any respiratory illness symptoms, AND
2.  must wear a well-fitted mask and/or have a negative rapid covid test taken that day.

For details on the space, including wayfinding  and accessibility see http://www.just-movements.com/
If there are additional measures we can take to make this event more accessible to you, please contact leales (at) ualberta (dot) ca ASAP.

January 5th, 10 am to 1pm.  (Open by invite only)

Description: The idea is for it to be a tested gathering that centres the creative being and doing of each of us, and our kiddos, collectively. Like our first WeBecomeGardens gathering, this will be more of an “open house,”, encouraging folx to come and go as they like. Kiddos are enthusiastically welcome.

We are hoping this co-creative time will help us continue to craft how we want to be in the space together, going forward. If you have a creative practice that is accessible to others, and can bring it along for yourself and others to take part in, if they choose, please do so. We have some drawing/colouring and paper, we have a dance floor, we have some embroidery thread, I will bring a puzzle. You can also feel free to bring reading/work or other activity you would just like to do in or with company. 

Attend in person at: UHall 2-131 (Just Movements CreateSpace)
OR online at: https://ualberta-ca.zoom.us/j/2064358229  (noting, there is not much to "watch" online, but you can be around to visit.)


To attend in person, you must 
1) Have a negative Covid Test OR be wearing a surgical or N95 well-fit mask*. AND
2) Not have any significant illness symptoms or have had a recent known contact with someone who was likely infectious with a respiratory illness.

You can also feel free to bring snacks that do not have any nuts (if there are other allergies, please let us know ASAP)

​*noting that for kiddos too young to mask or test, we will count parental negative tests as a proxy.

When: December 16, 9:30 to 11:00 am
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Description: ​Christine Ha and Lindsay Eales show and share some of their previous artistic works. With attendees, they hope to collaboratively work through what they wish to pull forward, leave behind, begin/become anew in their artistic practice, and what this means for emerging research-creative practice.

Content FYI: There may be artistic imagery related to dissected animal specimen from the zoology lab, fetal imagery, themes of death, dying and loss. Discussions of systemic oppression, exile, and suicide may be discussed

Attend in person at: UHall 2-131 (Just Movements CreateSpace)
OR online at: https://ualberta-ca.zoom.us/j/2064358229

Given the host of viruses in circulation, To attend in person, you must 
1) Be wearing a surgical or N95 well-fit mask. AND
2) Not have any significant illness symptoms or have had a positive COVID contact.
​
**To support online comprehension, presenters will be COVID-tested, but may not wear a mask if not symptomatic. If you would like presenters to mask for your safety, please contact Danielle Peers.

For information about the space, accessibility, etc. see ​Accessibility

When: August 24, 12:30 to 3:00pm
Where: Just Movements CreateSpace (Uhall 2-131)
Who: By invite. Contact Danielle if you want to join.
COVID: Everyone attending must have a negative test from no more than 2 hours before the event. (Unless you have a surgical-grade see through mask, for access purposes)
Interpreters: LSQ-ASL, LSQ-English, ASL-English provided. contact Danielle for all other access needs.

EVENT DESCRIPTION

We're waving hands! Cultural citizenship of Deaf people
Véro Leduc, Florence Lacombe, Isaac Leal and Jennifer Manning
The Canada Research Chair on Cultural Citizenship of Deaf People and Cultural Equity Practices aims to promote the full social and cultural participation of Deaf people. Valuing principles of equity, diversity and inclusion, this research chair is based on an approach by, for and with Deaf people. The team is composed of researchers, students and community members who are Deaf, Disabled, Mad or experiencing mental issues, neuroatypical or allies.
During this workshop, two projects will be presented and discussed. The first one is We're waving hands! Cultural citizenship of Deaf people and cultural accessibility practices. This research aims to question: In our society where privileges are conferred on those who hear and where sign languages are less valued, how do Deaf people consider their citizenship and cultural belonging? In 2021, the Chair's team conducted 21 interviews with Deaf artists and Deaf and hearing cultural workers from Montreal, Quebec, Toronto and Ottawa who have developed exemplary practices in cultural accessibility. Due to the pandemic, interviews were held on Zoom. Feeling of belonging is the first video capsule to have been produced from excerpts from these interviews, and it presents the reflections of 12 deaf artists on audism, feeling of belonging, cultural citizenship and their wishes for greater cultural equity. 
The second one is Music at the fingertips : Exploration of intersections between music and ageing in Deaf communities in Montréal. Since 2018, Véro Leduc has been conducting research on Deaf music, in collaboration with Line Grenier (U of Montreal), and a team of assistants, Deaf and hearing: Charline Savard, Clément Decault, Hodan Youssouf, Jennifer Manning and Mélina Bernier. This research aims to question like How ageing Deaf people have accessed and experienced music as a cultural practice in the past and how are they doing it now? What media and technologies shape their “musicking” (Small, 1998) and inform their attachments (Hennion, 2014) to music? To which music cultures do they feel a sense of belonging? The project holds five components: 1) a mediagraphy listing a diversity of Deaf music, ranging from original signed music to the translation of hearing songs in sign languages; 2) 11 video interviews with Deaf people who sign in LSQ and ASL about their musical trajectories throughout their life; 3) A group interview with 8 Deaf adults on their musical heritage; 4) thematic video capsules produced from excerpts from interviews and 5) reflection workshops based on those video capsules. 
Three videos links will be send beforehand for the participants to watch them in advance, so the workshop can give more space for discussion. Feeling of belonging (13 min) is available in LSQ-ASL, with English of French subtitles, and English or French audiodescription. Music to me (7 min) and Musicking : our experiences in music (10 min) are available in LSQ-ASL, with English of French subtitles. There is no audiodescription for the moment, but it could be produced upon request. 

This event is sponsored through three Canada Research Chairs (SSHRC): Véro Leduc, Joanne Weber, and Danielle Peers.

Date: TBD
Location: U Hall 2-131

Invitation: if you'd like, read the article below, and then come in for some collective dreaming while we plant some wee plants for you to take with you (or leave in the space).
Commitment to crip communal care: please ensure you have a negative covid rapid antigen test as close to attending as possible (within a couple hours). We will have extra tests available if you forget. Feel free to mask as well if you like. 


Please let me know if you will be attending so we can ensure we have all the supplies we need :) Also, let me know if there is anything that would make this gathering more available or meaningful for you. For covid safety, we are working to keep this gathering relatively small, but if there is someone else you believe would find meaning in this gathering, please reach out.

Invite to reading, if you like (follow link to access): 
Peers, D., Joseph, J., McGuire-Adams, T., Eales, L., Fawaz, N., Chen, C., Hamdon, E., Kingsley, B., (Accepted, July 2022). We become gardens: Intersectional methodologies for mutual flourishing. Leisure/Loisir (30 pages).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M0OgjAFo9D5AlyTmqAwCm4DxgS7M8xEe/view?usp=sharing