The UBC Faculty of Education Global Speaker Series on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Inclusion is an annual event that addresses some of society’s most pressing priorities by sharing and learning from stories from around the world. Hosted by Dean Jan Hare, an advocate for inclusive education, this event is made possible with the generous support of esteemed donor Dr. Robert Quartermain.
Distinguished Speaker
Dr. Dennis Francis (he/him) is a renowned South African scholar and activist specializing in the sociology of education with a focus on gender, sexualities, and educational practices. He is a former dean of education and currently serves as a professor at the University of Glasgow, UK. His research critically examines how educational structures, discourses, and practices reproduce and resist cisheteronormativity and social inequality in education, and how these are also resisted and challenged. Informed by queer feminist, critical, and poststructuralist theories, his recent books are Troubling the Teaching and Learning of Gender and Sexuality Diversity in South African Education and Queer Activism in South African Education: Disrupting Cis(hetero)normativity in Schools.
Date and Time
Thursday, February 13, 2025
4:30 pm PST: Doors open
5:30 pm PST: Program begins
7:00 pm PST: Event concludes
Virtual Livestream
Registrants will receive the livestream link via email closer to the event day.
In-Person
Marine Drive Ballroom
2205 Lower Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
V6T 1Z4