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Can*Con 2019: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts

Julia Muldoon

In Canada!!!

Aspiring writer of YA/Fantasy/New Adult/Sci Fi/Romance - can't pick just one. Lover of exclamation marks, knitting, tea, and basset hounds! Happy wordsmithing. she/her

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3:00pm

Snakes and Ladders of Self-Publishing Salon E - 60 seats

4:00pm

Humanizing Agents Salon F - 60 seats Traumas and Triggers: Navigating the Dark Stuff Salon E - 60 seats

5:00pm

Geology of the Solar System, Unpacked Salon C - 20 seats Marvel's B-Team Are the True Heroes Salon E - 60 seats Navigating Hell and Infinity: Looking Back to Write Forward on Outer Space Salon D - 20 seats

6:00pm

18:00 - Opening Ceremonies; 18:30 - Aurora Pin Ceremony Salon F - 60 seats Gender in Spec Fiction Salon D - 20 seats How Not to Read Like a Grade Nine Student Forced to Recite Shakespeare Salon C - 20 seats Worldbuilding: Government and Politics Salon E - 60 seats

7:00pm

Book Launch: The Quantum Garden by Derek Künsken Penthouse A - 75 seats Connect with ORWA Salon C - 20 seats When To Tweet and When To Flip The Bird Salon E - 60 seats

8:00pm

Fanon Service Salon E - 60 seats

10:00am

Hijacking YA Salon F - 60 seats Who's Our Hero, Anyway? Salon E - 60 seats Science Literacy Track Inauguration and Coffee Penthouse A - 75 seats

11:00am

Is Big Data in an Arms Race? Salon D - 20 seats The Novella Is Now Salon F - 60 seats Witches on the Rise Salon C - 20 seats AI Keynote: Machine Learning Sees You Now Penthouse A - 75 seats

12:00pm

Behind the Scenes of Grant Applications Salon D - 20 seats DAW's Editorial Process Salon E - 60 seats Imagination Architects: Building Worlds From Words Salon C - 20 seats

1:00pm

All Good Things Must Come to An End Salon D - 20 seats Escaping Ageism in SFF Salon F - 60 seats New Voices Reading Salon B - 20 seats What Professional Agencies Can Do For You Salon C - 20 seats Climate Keynote: It's Worse Than We Think Penthouse A - 75 seats

2:00pm

Ask Augur Magazine! Salon C - 20 seats Writing and Resistance Salon E - 60 seats Economic Keynote: How Emerging Technologies Change Our Workforce, Our Economy & Our Community Penthouse A - 75 seats

3:00pm

Back to the Future is a Bunch of Bull Salon E - 60 seats The Ace of Possibilities Salon D - 20 seats Imagining a Zero-Carbon Future Penthouse A - 75 seats

4:00pm

Difficult Passages Salon B - 20 seats Getting Industry Gossip That You Need: Conversation with Locus Associate Editor Arley Sorg Salon D - 20 seats Podcasting 201 Salon F - 60 seats The Realness of Fabulism Salon E - 60 seats Technology-Driven Labor Market Disruption: The New Industrial Revolution Penthouse A - 75 seats

5:00pm

"SuperCrip": Disabling Comics Salon C - 20 seats CBC's Off the Shelf Live! Salon F - 60 seats Designing a Planet Live Salon D - 20 seats The Glam Dames of Aurora Short Fiction Salon E - 60 seats

6:00pm

2019 Aurora Award Ceremony Christchurch Cathedral's Great Hall Body Positivity is Slim Pickings Salon E - 60 seats Everything in the Past is Made Up Salon C - 20 seats Taxes for Canadian Authors 2019 Salon D - 20 seats The Indescribable Salon B - 20 seats

7:00pm

Glorifying the Villain: From Joker to Punisher to Deadpool Salon E - 60 seats

8:00pm

Advanced Marketing for Indie Authors Salon D - 20 seats Today's Golden Age of TV Salon C - 20 seats Writing Effective Dialogue Salon B - 20 seats

9:00pm

ChiZine Publications Party Con Suite Karaoke Parté! Penthouse A - 75 seats

10:00am

Advice to Aspiring Writers on the Craft Salon E - 60 seats Can Fantasy Escape The Real World? Salon F - 60 seats The Stories You Love - Now With Diversity! Salon D - 20 seats Works in Progress Readings Salon B - 20 seats The Ongoing Permanent Depletion of Water Resources Penthouse A - 75 seats

11:00am

Don't Look, Don't Speak: The Politics of Ability in Horror Salon F - 60 seats Old Punk and New Punk Salon D - 20 seats Ready, Steady, Flash! Salon E - 60 seats Data is the New Gold Rush Penthouse A - 75 seats

12:00pm

Mental Health and Comics Salon D - 20 seats PodCastle Live: Now With Foley Effects! Penthouse A - 75 seats

1:00pm

Love As A Catalyst Salon F - 60 seats Posthuman Subjectivities in Vassanji's Nostalgia - Presentation on South Asian and Post-Colonial Literature Salon D - 20 seats Stealing From Outside SFF Salon E - 60 seats Cryptocurrencies to CryptoKitties and Beyond Penthouse A - 75 seats

2:00pm

Hierarchy and Oppression in SFF Salon F - 60 seats