2026 DEHR Conference

2026 DEHR Conference

6:00pm MDT

Registration and light dinner Auditorium

6:30pm MDT

Welcome, Greetings, Land Acknowledgement AuditoriumChandra Hildebrand • Andrea Berg

6:45pm MDT

Elder Laurie MacDonald AuditoriumElder Laurie MacDonald

7:15pm MDT

DEHR Update AuditoriumAndrea Berg

7:30pm MDT

ATA GSA Executive Introductions and introductions of Tea guests Auditorium

7:45pm MDT

The Visiting Way Tea-Sharing lived Experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ community members Barnett House BistroAndrew Wiens • Renee LeClerc • Jenna Hasan • Alissa Takahashi • Jamie Anderson • Tiff Pino • Dr John Williamson • Rin Lawrence • Dr Hardeep Rai • Elder Laurie MacDonald • Adebayo Katiiti • Rae Madge • Dr Tonya Callaghan

9:00am MDT

Greetings AuditoriumJason Schilling

9:15am MDT

Keynote - Desperate Times Call for Different Measures AuditoriumDr Gillian Robinson

10:15am MDT

Break Auditorium

10:30am MDT

The Situation Room AuditoriumAlissa Takahashi * • Jenna Hasan

11:45am MDT

Lunch Auditorium Lunch Activity - Button Making Library Lunch Activity - Sidewalk Chalk Front sidewalk at entrance to Barnett House Lunch Activity -Coloring and Connections (mostly conversation with optional queer coloring pages) Boardroom

1:00pm MDT

Breakout #1 - ATAGSA Listening Circle Room 215Dr Hardeep Rai Breakout #1 - Rural Contexts for Allyship Room 213Star Oldring Breakout #1 - Sitting in Story: Healing, Identity and the Wisdom of Elder Laurie MacDonald Room 218Elder Laurie MacDonald Breakout #1 - Strengthening Allyship from the Staff Room BoardroomJenna Hasan • Alissa Takahashi * Breakout #1 - The Catholic Closet: Redressing Religiously Inspired Heterosexism and Transnegativity Room 228Dr Tonya Callaghan

2:05pm MDT

Breakout #2 - ATAGSA Listening Circle Room 215Dr Hardeep Rai Breakout #2 - Making Invisible Labour Visible: Building Collective Care for 2SLGBTQIA+ Teachers in Hostile Policy Landscapes Room 218Jamie Anderson Breakout #2 - Navigating Change: Mental Health and 2STGD Youth in Alberta ClassroomsKameron Heughan Breakout #2 - Rainbow Network - Allyship Room 228Andrew Wiens • Renee LeClerc Breakout #2 - Two-Spirit / Indigiqueer Pasts, Presents, & Futures Room 213Rae Madge

3:15pm MDT

GRANDE FINALE! - Past, Present, and Possiblities AuditoriumRin Lawrence

4:30pm MDT

ATAGSA Community Social - Optional Evolution WonderLounge - EVO