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Speaking Engagements Schedule 2013
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For Media/Speaking Requests Please Contact:
Jane Higgins
Jane Higgins & Associates
Telephone: (314) 313-4537
Email: jcbhiggins@aol.com
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Speaking Engagement
Queen’s University – Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s – March 2-3, 2013
FLSQ Conference: “Bodies of Law: Women’s Health & Equality Feminist Legal Studies Queen’
s Conference,
March 2-3, 2013. Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Full Conference Details – “Click Here”
Published January 2013
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Humber College Presentation
Diversity & Sport Governance in International and Olympic Sport
Humber College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
November 7th, 2012
Guest Speaker: Kristen Worley
“A matter of commercial inconvenience; The actual “human cost and impact”
of diversity policies on inclusive sport participation development, and the
long-term effects and costs of consumerism in sport.”
Published November 2012
11th International Symposium for Olympic Research
October 19 & 20, 2012
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The 11th International Symposium for Olympic Research, hosted by the International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS) at The University of Western Ontario, will be held on October 19 & 20, 2012, at the Ivey-Spencer Leadership Centre in London, Ontario, Canada.
The Symposium will bring together scholars, researchers, students, and professionals interested in the socio-cultural study of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games. Presentations and papers will cover a range of disciplines, including the areas of history, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, political science, and sport management.
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Approved Abstract for International Symposium:
Gender policy and the impact on female athletes in modern day sport
Defining women’
s gender and competitive performance through policy
Gender verification testing in sports is the issue of verifying the eligibility of women athletes competing in domestic, international and Olympic sporting events. The belief behind the testing: it was alleged male athletes may pose as a woman to take an unfair advantage in women’s sport. The first tests began at the European Athletic Championships in 1966, heightened by suspicion that some Eastern European female athletes were actually men. The International Olympic Committee [IOC] adopted and introduced testing in sex-segregated sport in 1968 at the Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble. In 2000 gender testing was abolished, due to heavy criticism from medical professionals specializing in genetics, endocrinology and psychology. All too often the athlete’
s medical history has not remained confidential between the individual athlete and physician. Discriminatory practices and unsupported policy by inaccurate science as history has shown time-and-time again by the IOC, has led to severe trauma and dehumanizing of female athletes and their bodies, leaving them to bear the impact publicly on their own, which has only led to catastrophic and very tragic outcomes.
An overview of scientific developments, emboldened by legal theory and policy analysis, leads to important conclusions toward necessary amendments in IOC and sport federations’ policies and removal of gender verification testing of women altogether. Sport policy, which tries to maintain competitive balance as well as fair treatment of athletes, would benefit through a wave of deregulation for these athletes. IOC policy needs to encompass particular inclusion principles, education, science and safeguards that are missing from the current policy statements and universal system of ‘Best Practices’ to ensure respect, safety and participation, no matter one’
s level of diversity, from sandbox to high performance.
KRISTEN WORLEY (Canada)
For Complete Conference Details – “CLICK HERE”
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PLAY THE GAME 2011 Programme Committee confirms today, Inclusion First Foundation presentation “Little Difference, Huge Impact: The Gender Challenge to Sport” – October 3-6th. Cologne Germany.
Play The Game Conference 2011 - “Bringing change to the heart of sport.”
For the seventh time Play the Game will gather stakeholders in sport to join the discussion on essential issues in world sport at the world communication conference Play the Game 2011 – bringing change to the heart of sport.
The conference offers a unique forum for dialogue on sport. Over 13 years and six world conferences, Play the Game has become the only international forum where leading stakeholders meet face-to-face in free and fact-based debates about the most important challenges to modern sport.
For Further Details about Play the Game: “Click Here”
For Further Details about Inclusion First Foundation: “Click Here”
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The Vancouver 2011 Human Rights Conference
July 26th, 2011
Guest Speaker
“I am a lady…”
Intersex and transgender athletes and educational opportunities. Complex problems and simple solutions
and…
“The ABC’s of Diversity & Social Inclusion. The Building Blocks Of
Toronto’s Diversity ‐
Creating Excellence For Accessibility in
Sport and Recreation”
Preliminary Program as of March 9th, 2011 – “Click Here”
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University of Toronto – Faculty of Physical Education and Health
February 14th, 2011
Guest Lecturer: 4th Year Ethics Class
Title of the lecture:
Ethical and Intellectual Activists: Views on Normalization
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School of Law
St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
January 27th, 2011
Guest Lecturer: 3rd Year Sports Business Class
Title of the lecture:
Ethical and Intellectual Views on Normalization
Lecture Broadcasted via Skype
Published January 28th, 2011
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2011 NCAA Colloquium tackles social justice issues
The Fourth Annual Scholarly Colloquium on Intercollegiate Athletics
In Conjunction with the NCAA Annual Convention
January 11th-13th, 2011
San Antonio, Texas, USA.
“Social Justice in Intercollegiate Sport:
A Critical Examination of Racialized, Gendered and Disabled Bodies”
Presenting, Dr. Anastasios Kaburakis (USA), Dr. Emily Dahlberg (USA) and
Kristen Worley (CANADA)
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Presentations 2006 -2010
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Keynote Panelist
Gender Issues in Sport Summit – September 6th & 7th, 2010.
Gender identification, intersex types, inclusion, discrimination, gender testing science and health, legal and policy impact, and future directions.
For Further Conference Details “Click Here”
*Letter of Reference – Conference Review – “Click Here”
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Canadian Heritage – Sport Canada Policy Team
Hull, Quebec, Canada.
May 17th, 2010
Guest Speaker
The Paradigm Shift
Gender, Sexuality, Culture and Disability Changing The Landscape
On How We Understand ‘Normal’
The Role of Sport, Ensuring Access and Social Inclusion In
The Canadian Landscape
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Faculty of Health
School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
March 11th, 2010
Guest Speaker
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Understanding physical transition and the truth behind policy development, politics and their impact in elite sport.
*Letter of Reference – Review of Presentation – “Click Here”
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International Centre For Olympic Studies, University of Western Ontario.
London, Ontario, Canada.
February 10th, 2010
Guest Speaker
Understanding physical transition and the truth behind policy development, politics and their impact in elite sport.
*Letter of Reference – Review of Presentation – “Click Here”
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City-Wide Sports Medicine Rounds
Gender and Sport: Addressing the Needs of Our Athletes
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
December 11th, 2009, 7:30 am – 9:00 am
Guest Speaker
To learn more about this conference “Click” on logo.
International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women
Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.
July 16-19, 2009
Guest Speaker
To learn more about this conference “Click” on logo.
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21st World Professsional Association for Transgender Health
2009 WPATH/HBIGDA International Symposium, Oslo Norway.
June 17 – 20, 2009
Guest Speaker/Co. Presenter w/Jamison Green, USA.
To learn more about this conference “Click” on logo.
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Coventry University, United Kingdom.
June 8-12, 2009
Guest Speaker
To learn more about this conference “Click” on logo.
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University of Alberta, Departments of Physical Education/Faculty of Education
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
December 4th, 2008
Guest Speaker
Understanding physical transition and the truth behind policy development, politics and their impact in elite sport.
To learn more about this presentation “Click” on poster.
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University Health Network (UHN) – Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Guest Speaker – July 16th, 2008
Barriers to Public Health – Diversity
Adhoc Committee group developed and shared between (3) of Toronto’s major
hospitals.
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Laval University, Department of Physical Education –
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Guest Speaker
November 26th, 2007
Understanding physical transition and the truth behind policy development,
politics and their impact in elite sport.
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Play the Game 2007 Conference–
Iceland.
Guest Speaker
October 28th, 2007
Understanding physical transition and the truth behind policy development,
politics and their impact in elite sport
Full Conference Program
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World Professional Association of Transgenderd Health (WPATH) Symposium
Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Guest Speaker/Co. Presenter w/Jamison Green, USA.
September 8th, 2007
Transitioned Athletes In Sport
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Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine (CASM)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Guest Speaker
March 30th, 2007
Understanding physical transition and the truth behind policy development,
politics and their impact in elite sport
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AthletesCAN – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Guest Speaker/Co. Presenter w/Dr. Janice Forsyth and Mark Tewksbury
January 26th, 2007
Diversity Challenges in Canadian Sport
*Private engagement attended by 35 of Canada’
s elite sport leaders.
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Sport Canada–
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
Guest Speaker/Co. Presenter w/Dan Wolfenden, (ED) Waterski Wakeboard Canada
October 26th, 2006
Understanding physical transition and the truth behind policy development,
politics and their impact in elite sport.
