Friday January 31
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. / Drop-In Coffee & Tea
World Arts Centre at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (See map)
10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. / Workshop: Decolonizing Policy: Building Inclusive Frameworks for Transformation Led by Sae-Hoon Stan Chung
World Arts Centre at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
This workshop invites participants to explore and apply decolonial approaches to policy development within their organizations. Utilizing insights from Indigenous-led audits, participants will learn to critically assess the colonial impacts of existing policies and identify gaps related to reconciliation, anti-racism, and cultural safety.
The workshop will guide attendees through a structured process to evaluate their organization’s accountability, understand the roles of harm and complicity, and build competence in creating policies centred on Indigenous sovereignty, ecological sustainability, and community engagement. Attendees will engage with tools to reshape governance practices, prioritize trauma-informed facilitation, and ensure meaningful, inclusive policy formation that values human relationships and ancestral connections
About Sae-Hoon Stan Chung, PhD (he/him)
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. / Catered Lunch
World Arts Centre at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
5:00 p.m. / Industry Track Festival Performance
SWIM
Vancity Culture Lab (at The Cultch) (See map)
Running Time: 90 minutes
This performance will be followed by a 30 minute talkback with the artists.
Harnessing cutting-edge technologies to simulate audio and tactile sensations, SWIM is an immersive experience that imagines challenges endured by refugees who brave treacherous crossings between Turkey and Greece. More show info
6:00 p.m. / Alternate Industry Track Festival Performance
Lasa Ng Imperyo
The NEST (See map)
Running Time: 75 minutes
In a surprising fusion of theatre and gastronomy, this live cooking demonstration guides audiences through Philippine history in Tagalog, prompting reflections on how colonial legacies shape today’s global food market. More show info
8:00 p.m. / Industry Track Festival Performance
BOGOTÁ
Vancouver Playhouse (See map)
Running Time: 80 minutes
This performance will be followed by a 30 minute talkback with the artists.
BOGOTÁ’s raw, physical experience of transmutation and resurrection constructs a brutalist landscape from choreography infused with magic realism and the resilience of deviant bodies within the post-colonial era. More show info
9:00 p.m. – Midnight / Festival Lounge Bar
The Post at 750 (See map)
We listened to the call for more informal networking spaces and have turned our office studio into a lounge and games bar for our artists and industry professionals. Get to know folks over foosballs and highballs!