Join us for the inaugural IDSR Student Symposium
Thursday, April 30th, 9:00 am-4:00 pm in the Trent Student Centre (TSC) Room 1.07
The IDSR PhD Program is pleased to announce our first-ever Student Symposium: a full day of sharing research, building community, and celebrating the work of our students.
Opening Tribute
Our day will begin at 9:00 AM with a celebration of the life of our friend and colleague, Natalie Beavis, who suddenly passed away in December 2025. We invite the community to join us in honouring her memory.
About the Symposium
All current IDSR students are encouraged to attend and participate. The symposium is designed to offer a supportive, collegial space for students to:
- Present their research at any stage
- Learn from peers
- Engage in interdisciplinary dialogue
- Strengthen connections within the IDSR community
The program will feature both formal research presentations and roundtable discussions, creating opportunities for students to explore ideas, work through challenges, and gain feedback from those in attendance.
Food and Sustainability
Light morning refreshments and lunch will be provided. To help reduce waste, we kindly ask attendees to bring their own water bottle or reusable coffee mug.
Registration
Opens: March 9th at 8:00 AM
Closes: March 27th
Schedule for April 30th:
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Dedication for Natalie Beavis
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM The wicked problem of tackling domestic violence studies (Cristina Ariza)
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM An Institutional Ethnography of Health Care for Women with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Diagnoses (Rachel Galea)
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM Pathways and Barriers: Parent Pursuit of Mental Health Care for their Children/Youth (Alison Rodgers)
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM Mapping Power and Possibility in Childcare Expansion Policy (Sonya Hill)
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM Connecting the dots, a scholarly analysis of neo vagrancy laws in Ontario (Sam Blondeau)
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM Seeing hijra Aging in Bangladesh: Lived Experiences of Late-Life and Healthcare Precarity (Nazmul Alam)
12:00 PM – 12:20 PM Relationality as a framework for interdisciplinary research methodologies (Lisa Ditschun)
12:30 PM – 1:40 PM Lunch
1:40 PM – 2:00 PM Exploring the Ecology of Food Learning in a University Foodscape: Place-Based and Critical Experiential Education (Emma Paisley)
2:00 PM – 2:20 PM Community and Self in Grassroots Freedom-Based Education (Maggie Parker)
2:20 PM – 2:40 PM The Emerging Social Enterprise, Institutions and Change: A Multi-Level Exploration of Practices and Experiences (Jay Fisher)
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM Built to exclude: The "one-size-fits-all" myth in Canada's entrepreneurship ecosystem (Besma Soltan)
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM Duty at the Threshold of a Doctorate: Ethical Research Principles (Catherine Masson)
3:20 PM – 3:40 PM Mothering in Academia (Sonya Hill, Alison Rodgers, and Rachel Galea)
3:40 PM – 4:00 PM Closing Remarks
Questions? Please contact Emma Paisley at emmapaisley@trentu.ca
