8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Registration  (Rozsa Centre)

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Asia Association for Global Studies (AAGS) Annual Meeting (Evans Room, Rozsa Centre)

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break (Evans Room)

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Sessions 1 and 2

Session 1: Democracy, Development, and Human Rights (Evans Room)

• John Cantius Mubangizi (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Human Rights, Development and Democracy in the Age of Globalization: The Contradictions and Challenges, with Specific Reference to African Countries [Abstract]
• Patrick Strefford (Kyoto Sangyo University), Polarization and Paradox: Myanmar Democratization as a Manifestation of the Exclusionary Function within Globalization [Abstract]
• Riaz Ahmed Shaikh (Institute of Business and Technology), Democracy in Pakistan: Crisis and Conflicts [Abstract]

Session 2:  Social Movements (Scotia Bank Milling Area)

• Dip Kapoor (University of Alberta) and Natasha Goudar (University of Alberta), Neoliberal Globalization and Subaltern Social Movements/Struggles in Asia and Africa [Abstract]
• Victor Ojakorotu (Monash University South Africa), Oil violence and prospect of fair Justice in the Niger Delta of Nigeria: A Critical Analysis of the Major Social Movements in the Region [Abstract]

12:00 PM -1:00 PM Lunch

1:00-2:30 Sessions 3 and 4

Session 3: Legal Issues and Human Rights (Evans Room)

• Jaclyn Neo (National University of Singapore), Globalization and the Right to Life and Liberty in Malaysia: Opposing Influences on the Internal Security Act [Abstract]
• Emmanuel Fernando (University of the Philippines), Desaperecidos and the Writ of Amparo in the Philippines [Abstract]
• Abdoul Lamine Kamara (RADDHO, Senegal), The Ogoni Question: An Examination of the Ogoni Bill of Rights under The International Law of Self-determination [Abstract]

Session 4: Globalization and Tourism in Latin America (Scotia Bank Milling Area)

• Denise Fay Brown (University of Calgary), Mass International Tourism as Migration: The Case of the Maya Riviera, Mexico [Abstract]
• J. R. P. O¡¯Brien (University of Calgary), Margaritaville: Motivations for Expatriate Migration [Abstract]
• Kim E. Kozak (University of Calgary), The Evolution of a Cuban Tourist Destination: (Re)constructing Local Landscapes through Foreign Representations [Abstract]

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Break (15 mins.) (Evans Room)

2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Sessions 5 and 6

Session 5: (Dis)emplacement and Globality (Evans Room)

• Raissa Graumans (University of Saskachewan), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Tibetan Buddhist Deconstruction [Abstract]
• William Wei (MacEwan College), From Globalization to Globality: A Profile of Chinese Returnees [Abstract]
• Stephen Akoth (University of the Western Cape), Rethinking Modernity and Human Rights: Negotiation of Positions and Conversations in Post-colonial Kenya [Abstract]

Session 6: Women and Children (Scotia Bank Milling Area)

• Fareha Awad Ibrahim (Garyounis University), Globalisation and Women¡¯s Economic Status in the Arab World [Abstract]
• Miao Yi Jian and Kwong-leung Tang (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Child Poverty in Urban China: A Rights-based Assessment [Abstract]

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Final Words (Evans Room)