Festival Presenters 2022
Dr. Lorraine Grimes
Postdoctoral Researcher on the project ‘Digital Preservation of Reproductive Health Resources: Archiving the Eighth
David McAtackney
Research and Engagement Strategist at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Kristin Kozar
Digital Collections Specialist at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Dr. Elizabeth Shaffer
Crossed-appointed with UBC’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Dr. Maurice Casey
Current Department of Foreign Affairs Historian in Residence at EPIC - The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin
Mary Harney
Born in Bessborrough Mother and Baby Institution in Cork and is currently working on her PhD in the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway.
Dr. Elaine Farrell
Co-leads the Bad Bridget project, which examines criminal and deviant Irish women in North America, from 1838 to 1918
Dr. Dara Culhane
Professor of Anthropology with a focus on Gender and Sexuality, and Irish Studies
Chris Morrissey
Co-founder & volunteered with LEGIT: Canadian Immigration for Same-Sex Partners and Rainbow Refugee Society
Deirdre Keohane
Award-winning Irish/Canadian artist whose work has been exhibited in both Ireland and Canada.
Teacher, author and spiritual guide within the Celtic spiritual and mythological tradition
Dolores Whelan
Dr. Dara Culhane
Professor of Anthropology with a focus on Gender and Sexuality, and Irish Studies
