Paula Joan Caplan

Speaking at the following conference--

“What Do Mothers Need?”: Motherhood Scholars and Activists
Speak out on Maternal Empowerment for the 21st Century

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 8:00am-10:00pm, Pantages Hotel Toronto Centre, 200 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

8:00am-9:00am REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00am-10:40am WORDS OF WELCOME & PANEL ONE: EMPOWERING MOTHERS

CHAIR – SUSAN BOYD, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLOUMBIA

• Paula Caplan, , Ph.D., Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, “Mothers and the Military: What It's Like, and How It Needs to Be”
• Sangha, Jasjit , Visiting Scholar, Centre for Women’s Studies in Education, OISE /​ University of Toronto, “South Asian Mothering: Negotiating Culture, Family and Selfhood”
• Lavell-Harvard, Dawn Memee President, & Corbiere Lavell, Jeannette, Ontario Native Women's Association, “What More Do You People Want: The Unique Needs of Aboriginal Mothers in a Modern Context"
• Gowens, Pat, Director Welfare Warriors, “Mothers Need Money--Motherwork IS Work”

10:40: am-10:55am BREAK

10:55am- 12:20pm PANEL TWO: MOTHERS, FAMILY & CHILDREN: HEALTH & WELL-BEING

CHAIR – FIONA GREEN, UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG

• Ross, Loretta J., National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, “African American Women Fight for Human Rights”
• Katz Rothman, Barbara, City University of New York, “A Midwife For Every Mother”
• Smith, Jewelles, MA, Researcher, Writer, Consultant, Activist, “DisAbled Mothers and the 21st Century: Finding Empowerment through Activism”
• Hewett, Heather, State University of New York at New Paltz, “What Mothers Need: Support for Caregiving During Chronic Disease and Disability”

12:20pm-1:30pm LUNCH

1:30 pm-2:55 pm PANEL THREE: MOTHERS, EDUCATION & SOCIAL CHANGE

CHAIR –ESTELLE SOBEL ERASMUS, MOTHERS & MORE

• Maldonado-Salcedo, Melissa, Vision in Action, “Breaking the Cycle: Empowering Mothers Through Education”
• Slepian, Lorri, National Association of Mothers’ Centers, “National Association of Mothers' Centers: A Way to Get What Mothers' Need”
• Anderson, Kim, Wilfrid Laurier University, “Indigenous Mothers: Nurturing the Seventh Generation”
• Lewis, Gwen, Publisher, Hip Mama Zine, "A Culture That Does Not Support Parenting"

2:55 pm – 3:10 pm BREAK

3:10 pm- 4:40 pm PANEL FOUR: MOTHERS, PARTNERS & PARENTING

CHAIR – PATRIZIA ALBANESE, RYERSON UNIVERSITY

• Doucet, Andrea, Canada Research Chair in Gender, Work and Care, Professor of Sociology /​ Women's and Gender Studies, Brock University and author of "Do Men Mother?, “Breadwinning Mothers and Caregiving Fathers: Making a Case for Gender symmetry (and not Gender Equality) in Parenting”
• O'Brien Hallstein, Lynn, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, College of General Studies, Boston University "What do Mothers Need?: Not to Give up on Their Own Ambitions and Persistence in Securing Partner Participation in Family Life"
• Thomas Bernard, Wanda, Dalhousie University, “Beyond Baby Mama Drama: What Black Single Mothers Expect from the Fathers of their Children”
• Boyd, Susan, University of British Columbia, "Shared Parenting and Challenges for Maternal Autonomy"
• Epstein, Rachel, LGBTQ Parenting Network, “LGBTQ Parenting: Pushing the Boundaries of Sex, Gender and Family”

4:40pm-4:50 pm BREAK

4:50 pm-6:30pm PANEL FIVE: REDEFINING MOTHERHOOD

CHAIR – AMBER KINSER, EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

• Green, Fiona Joy, author of Practicing Feminist Mothering, "Moms under Surveillance: Noticing and Challenging the Idea of Legitimate Mothers"
• Erasmus, Estelle Sobel, Journalist and Director, Mothers & More, “Rebelling against 'Mom': Finding Fulfillment Beyond the Media's Myths of Motherhood”
• Wong, Gina, Athabasca University, “Matroreform: Empowering Mothers & Reforming Motherhood”
• Nelson, Margaret K. (Peggy), Middlebury College, author of Parenting Out of Control, “What Do Mothers Need: For Parenting to Get Under Control”
• O’Reilly, Andrea, York University, Director MIRCI, “Outlaw(ing) Motherhood: A Theory and Politic of Maternal Empowerment for the 21st Century”
• Warner, Judith, author of Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety, “Bait and Switch: Moving on from "Mommy Madness"”

6:30pm-8:00pm RECEPTION (Includes a performance by Laura Repo)

8:00pm-10:00pm PANEL SIX: MOTHERS & WORK

CHAIR – BARBARA KATZ ROTHMAN, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

• Kinser, Amber, author of Motherhood and Feminism, East Tennessee State University, “At the Core of the Work/​Life Balance Myth”
• Mattox, Kuae Kelch, National President of Mocha Moms, Inc., “Mothers on a Tightrope: Finding Balance with Everything on the Line”
• Stone, Pamela, Professor, Department of Sociology, Hunter College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York, “Opting Out and Motherhood”
• Albanese, Patrizia, Ryerson University, “What Mothers Need But Don't Always Get: Overview of Family Life and Policies Affecting Mothers with Young Children in Rural Ontario and Quebec”
• Crowley, Jocelyn Elise, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, “What Mothers Want: Workplace Flexibility"