Indigenous Social Work – in the North - Post Conference Program and Speakers

Indigenous Social Work – in the North – Post Conference Program and Speakers

Here you can read the program, and below you’ll find information about the conference speakers.

Times	Program
October 9th	Day 1
11.30	Lunch
12.30	Conference Opening – Chair Nina Hermansen -Musical Performance by Kari Heimen -Welcome Greetings from the Norwegian Union of Social Workers (FO) and UiT The Arctic University of Norway
13.00	Hilary Weaver “Reclaiming our voices – indigenous resilience”
13.45	Film Screening Harry Johanson’s film “Salmon Sorrow” followed by comments from the film director Harry Johansen and audience. “People are no longer allowed to fish salmon in the Tana River system, and an ancient Sami fishing tradition is at risk. Overfishing is being blamed, but is that the whole truth?”
15.15	Coffee/tea break
15.45	Per Olav Persen “Solving the Climate-, Nature-, and Knowledge Crisis – An Indigenous Perspective on Green Colonialism “
16.30 – 17.15	Circle Discussion on the day’s topics
18.30	Bus to Alta Museum from Hotels Reception at the Museum
19.45	Bus to Sami Siida
20.00	Dinner Bidos
App. 22.30	Bus to Centrum (Hotels)

October 10th	Day 2
08.30	Eva Josefsen “From Colonization to Justice: Indigenous Rights and the Welfare State”
09.00	Elle Nystad and Lina Maria Karlsen “When People in Power Positions Listen with Closed Ears. Discussion on the Fosen demonstration and challenges in dialogue between activists and authorities”
10.15	Coffee/tea break
10.45	Expert talks from the health and social care field in Finnmark
12.15	Closing the Conference FO and UiT
12.30	Lunch

Preliminary program – times and speakers may be subject to change. Opening and closing times are finalized

Kari Heimen performs both traditional and original Northern and Southern Sámi joiks, accompanying herself on the frame drum. A Northern […]

Harry Johansen lives deep in the Tanafjord and has been working professionally in film since 2003. Before transitioning to filmmaking, […]

Per Olaf Persen from Gávcci AS, a consultancy that offers comprehensive advice on climate, economics, and business development based on […]

Lina Maria Karlsen (social worker) As leader of The Socialist Left Partys Sami Council she had been working on the […]

Elle Nystad is a 26-year-old law student at UiT The Arctic University of Norway Faculty of Law. Originally from Karasjok, […]

Eva Josefsen, PhD in Political Science, is a professor in Social Sciences at the Department of Social Work and Child […]

Hilary N. Weaver, DSW (Lakota) currently serves as President of the Indigenous and Tribal Social Work Educators’ Association, Chair of […]