Opening Remarks
Location: Chief Dan George Theatre Welcome from CATR 2026 Presidents, Conference Co-Chairs, and Volunteers
TRIC/RTAC Editorial Meeting
Location: PNX138 Meeting of the Editorial of Board of Theatre Research in Canada/Recherches théâtrales au Canada
Opening Walk and Beach Gathering: Mystic Vale Walk to Cadboro-Gyro Beach
Meet at the Phoenix Theatre building and join a guided walk through Finnerty Gardens and the Mystic Vale to Cadboro-Gyro park beach.*Note: This is an approximately 25-30 minute walk, through some unstable terrain. Comfortable footwear, attire and sunscreen recommended. You are welcome to also meet us at the Cadboro-Gyro park [...]
Act II Online Welcome
Location: Zoom Room 1 Zoom Link: [TBA]
Welcome to the Territory
Location: Chief Dan George Theatre Brianna Bear is an Indigenous artist based in the traditional territory of her father’s people in the Lekwungen lands of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations in Victoria, B.C. Brianna has more than 15 years of experience. She began learning under Butch Dick and her grandfather [...]
Graduate student meet and greet / Séance d’accueil pour les étudiant.es aux cycles supérieurs
Location: Zoom Room B https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5324702280?pwd=yuo077u9YJNihv59FvXxbosHNeVpvv.1
Graduate student pub social / Soirée au pub pour les étudiant.es aux cycles supérieurs
Location: The Knotted Thistle (Atlas° Hotel)
Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address/Mot de bienvenue et conférence invitee – Jill Carter
Location: Zoom Room A https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8075386377?pwd=QGMSB3uhyUxwIbvOIzkUanoMoqRkOX.1 Online Session Working Title: When They Left the Dust Remembered: Indigenous Land-Based Dramaturgy / Connection / Disconnection / Cellular Memory/ Metis performer-playwright P.J. Prudat’s latest work in development kiskisiwin nimihko/my blood remembers is a throbbing meditation on the dizzying constellation of cells that feed, form, [...]
CATR Pub Night
Location: The Knotted Thistle at the Atlas Hotel https://www.knottedthistle.ca
Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address – /Mot de bienvenue et conférence invitee – Moira Day
Location: Imperial Room, Atlas Hotel