Sport, Sex and Identity Symposium

Doors Open at 6:15PM!

Seating is on a first come first serve basis and subject to capacity. Please arrive early for best seating

How can sport act as a platform to promote human rights and break down barriers? How can it reflect and define our cultural identity and shape gender roles? Join us for a free public symposium, where leading experts from the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education will discuss the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion in sport and physical activity.

FEATURING:

Emcee Mark Tewksbury – Olympic Gold Medalist | Chef de Mission, 2012 Summer Olympic Games | Humanitarian

Keynote speaker Bruce Kidd – The Ongoing Struggle Against Sex Testing: 2016

Caroline Fusco – Sex(ualities), Gender, Place and Identity: Challenging Normativity through The Change Room Project

Margaret MacNeill – In or Out of Focus? Media, Sex/Gender and Identity

Michael Atkinson – The Hurt Locker: Men, Sport, and Depression

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