2018 “‘Rainbow is not the new black’: #FeesMustFall and the Deconstruction of South Africa’s National Narrative” African Studies Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. 1 Dec.
2018 “Roundtable on Teaching Canada in the World” Prairie Political Science Association Conference, Banff, Alberta. 15 Sept.
2018 "Understanding and Enacting Human Rights in Southern Africa" Multiple Meanings of Human Rights Roundtable. International Studies Association Annual Conference. 4 April. (presented by a colleague)
2017 "Teaching Human Rights - Challenges and Best Practices," Roundtable, Social Practice of Human Rights Conference, University of Dayton, 8 Nov.
2017 "Building up vs. Trickling Down: Human Rights in Southern Africa." Global Rights and Democracy Workshop. University of British Columbia. 16 May (invited)
2017 "Human Rights-based Activism as a Social Determinant of Health: Concepts in Action in Brazil and South Africa." Human Rights and the Social Determinants of Health Symposium. University of Toronto. 4 May. (invited)
2017 "How Ideas Spread: Choosing Rights in African HIV Advocacy." International Studies Association Annual Conference. Baltimore, Maryland. February.
2016 “Viva botho, wither ubuntu? Translating Human Rights in Botswana and South Africa.” Prairie Political Science Association. Banff, Alberta, 11 September.
2016 “Localizing Human Rights in Southern Africa: A Comparative Study of Activist Perceptions of Human Rights in South Africa and Botswana.” International Political Science Association Conference. Poznan, Poland, 25 July.
2016 “Localizing the Global/Globalizing the Local: Reconciling Botho and Human Rights in Botswana.” ISA/IPSA/ECPR/APSA Joint Conference on Human Rights and Justice, New York, NY, 14 June.
2016 “Localizing the Global/Globalizing the Local: Reconciling Botho and Human Rights in Botswana,” Human Rights in the Age of Ambiguity Conference, New York, 13 June 2016.
2016 “Localizing Human Rights in Southern Africa: A Comparative Study of Activist Perceptions of Human Rights in South Africa and Botswana,” Canadian Political Science Association Conference, Calgary, Alberta, 31 May.
2016 "Envisioning Human Rights in Southern Africa: Case Studies from Botswana and South Africa," International Studies Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 16 March.
2015 “Exploring Activism as a Social Determinant of Health: Insights from Brazil and South Africa,” co-authored with Regiane Garcia, Social Practice of Human Rights, Dayton, Ohio, 2 Oct.
2015 “From Activism to Invested Scholarship: When Outsiders are Insiders,” co-authored with Tal Nitsan, Social Practice of Human Rights, Dayton, Ohio, 2 Oct.
2015 “Diverse Understandings: Localizing Human Rights in Southern Africa,” Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 26 Sept.
2015 “Viewing International Concepts through Local Eyes: Activist Understandings of Human Rights in Botswana & South Africa,” Prairie Political Science Association Conference, Banff, Alberta, 13 Sept.
2015 “Diverse Understandings: Localizing Human Rights in Southern Africa,” poster presentation, American Political Science Association Conference, San Francisco, California, 5 Sept.
2015 “Health Advocacy on the Margins: The Use and Non-Use of Human Rights Language in Botswana,” Canadian Political Science Association Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, 2 June.
2014 “Localizing the Global/Globalizing the Local: Reconciling Botho and Human Rights in Botswana,” International Studies Association Annual Conference, Toronto, 26 March.
2013 “Choosing Rights: The Puzzle of the Rights Frame in HIV Advocacy,” The Social Practice of Human Rights: Charting the Frontiers of Research and Advocacy, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, 4 October.
2013 “Knowing Rights: Rights-Based HIV Advocacy as a Health Intervention,” 2nd International HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference, Paris, 9 July.
2013 “Activism & Law-Making As Social Determinants of Health: The case of HIV in South Africa & Brazil,” K. Kenyon and R. Garcia, 2nd International HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference, Paris, 9 July.
2013 “Health Advocacy at the Margins: Avoiding Rights in Contentious Contexts” Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Victoria, B.C., 6 June.
2013 “Choosing Rights: The Puzzle of the Rights Frame in HIV Advocacy,” International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, 4 April.
RECENT INVITED & CAMPUS TALKS
2018 “Disrupting the National Narrative: South Africa’s #FeesMustFall Protests” Department of Political Studies Lecture Series, University of Saskatchewan, 2 Nov.
2018 “Experiential Learning Without a Budget” TEACH series, Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 1 Nov.
2017 "Resilience & Contagion: Invoking Human Rights in African HIV Advocacy," Panel on Human Rights as Tools to Protect Marginalised Populations, Simon Fraser University, 6 Oct.
2017 "Resilience & Contagion: Invoking Human Rights in African HIV Advocacy," Department of Political Science Speakers' Series, University of Winnipeg, 8 Feb.
2015 “Choosing Rights: The Puzzle of the Rights Frame in HIV Activism,” Centre for the Study of HIV/AIDS, University of Botswana, Gaborone, 28 April.
2015 “Choosing Rights: The Puzzle of the Rights Frame in HIV Activism,” Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender, University of Pretoria, 4 May.
2013 “Choosing Rights: The Puzzle of the Rights Frame in HIV Activism,” Social and Political Thought Colloquium, Acadia University, 18 October.
2013 “Choosing Rights: The Puzzle of the Rights Frame in HIV Activism,” UNAIDS Partnership Meeting, Gaborone, Botswana, 21 June.
2013 “Choosing Rights: The Puzzle of the Rights Frame in HIV Activism,” Departmental Seminar, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria, 6 February. GUEST LECTURES
2016-8 Human Rights Research, Methods and Social Justice, for Marilou McPhedran, Emerging Issues in Human Rights, undergraduate, University of Winnipeg
2017 Resilience & Contagion: Invoking Rights in African HIV Advocacy , for Joan Grace, Political Science, undergraduate, University of Winnipeg, 22 March.
2015 HIV, Civil Society and Human Rights: A History, for James Sedgwick, History of Medicine, undergraduate, Acadia University, 5 February.
2014 Civil Society, Donors and the Promotion of Human Rights, for Aaron Ettinger, Human Rights: Foundations, undergraduate, Dalhousie University, 9 October.
2013 Health and Human Rights, for Nat Markin, Issues in International Politics, undergraduate, University of Victoria, 6 Feb.
2012 The Right To Health: Law & Activism in Africa, for Veronica Fynn, Public Health Law & Practice, graduate, UBC, 9 Feb.
2012 Health & Human Rights: An Overview of the Field, for Jerry Spiegel, Global Health & Human Security, graduate, UBC, 23 Jan.
PUBLIC EVENTS AND COMMUNITY TALKS
2018. Linking HIV Advocacy and Health. Talk to the Grandmothers Advocacy Network (GRAN), Vancouver. 23 March.
2018 Resilience and Contagion: Home Town Book Launch. Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC, 22 March.
2018. Human Rights Advocacy and HIV, Rotary Club of Winnipeg. 31 Jan.
2017 Resilience and Contagion: Book Launch. McNally-Robinson Booksellers, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 22 Nov.
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