Black and gold text reading Politics of Reproduction Workshop (May 8, 2026 — online)
Overview
The Politics of Reproduction Research Group will be holding our fourth annual Politics of Reproduction Workshop for early career scholars and graduate students on May 8, 2026. The one-day virtual workshop will take place on Zoom and will focus on reproduction and reproductive justice. (Our research group understands reproduction broadly, taking up intersectional, critical, anti-racist, and decolonial perspectives.)
Co-organized by: Alana Cattapan, Holly McKenzie, Bronwyn Ellerby, and Sarah Seabrook
Details
The event will take place online via Zoom, on May 8, 2026 from 11am - 4:00pm Eastern.
The expectations for the workshop are that participants will spend fifteen minutes presenting completed research or research-in-progress and have opportunities for feedback, conversation, and networking. Our goal is to provide an interdisciplinary, generative space to share new work, and foster community among emerging researchers studying reproduction.
Schedule (draft, as of April 15, 2026)
Note: all times are Eastern Daylight Time (Toronto time)
11:00am-11:05am
Welcome and introduction to the workshop from the organizers
11:05am-12:35pm
Concurrent Session 1
Panel 1A: The Politics of State Violence, Care, and Resistance
Panel 1B: Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Panel 1C: Narratives of Reproduction
12:35pm - 12:45pm
Pause
12:45pm - 2:15pm
Concurrent Session 2
Panel 2A: Abortion Care
Panel 2B: Experiences of Care
Panel 2C: Sexual Health
Pause
2:15pm-2:25pm
2:25pm - 3:55pm
Concurrent Session 3
Panel 3A: Reproductive Colonialism, Migration, and Nationalism
Panel 3B: Pronatalism, Policy, and Access to Care
Closing comments from the organizers
3:55pm - 4:00pm