Baluchi Identity and Culture

Welcome

Behnaz Mirzai, Associate Professor, Brock University

Gary Libben, Vice-President, Research, Brock University

Carol Merriam, Associate Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Brock University

Mark Spencer, Chair, Department of History, Brock University

Opening remarks

The Honourable Jim Bradley, Minister of the Environment

Brian McMullan, Mayor of St. Catharines

Ali Moussa Iye, Chief, History and Memory for Dialogue Section, UNESCO, Paris

Session 1 – Ethnicity and Identity

Brian Spooner (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

Philip Carl Salzman, (McGill University, Canada)

Behnaz Mirzai presenting Carina Jahani’s paper

Carina Jahani (Uppsala University, Sweden)

Session 2 – Cultural and Healing Rituals

Farhat Sultana (Anthropologist, Pakistan)

Vahe Boyajian (University of St. Andrews, UK)

George F. Rhoades (Director/Psychologist, Ola Hou Clinic, Executive Director-Roads to Hope)

Multiculturalism and Cultural Heritage Preservation Recommendations

Ali Moussa Iye, Chief, History and Memory for Dialogue section, UNESCO, Paris

Gary Libben, Vice-President, Research, Brock University

Musical Performance