I received a similar query from someone.  I provided general comments on the purposes of the conference, and invited the person to make a submission.  In this case we should invite submission on the understanding there is an adjudication process.

Jeff
Dr. Jeffery Taylor
Dean of Arts
Professor of History
310 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba
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On Nov 23, 2017, at 3:39 PM, David Camfield <David.Camfield@umanitoba.ca> wrote:

Hi all,
 
An academic librarian originally from Winnipeg contacted me about possibly presenting, with the draft abstract below, and wanted to know if we might
be interested in receiving such a proposal. Any thoughts?
 
Cheers,
David
 
Libraries, Labour, and the Strike.
 The library, whether public or academic, can be a site of public engagement, but only if it recognizes its position between the public and the institutions of the state. Embedded within municipalities, including the City of Winnipeg, and institutions of higher learning, like the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba, but in many ways independent of both, libraries have the power and capacity to provide access to historical content and the context in which to understand that content. But libraries can only be successful at this if they give up the myth of neutrality, and take a committed, principled stand on class, workers’ history, and lived experience. This presentation will outline some of the opportunities and challenges to libraries in the specific context of the Winnipeg General Strike.
 
 
 
David Camfield
Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology
 
116 Isbister Building
183 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Manitoba
R3T 2N2
 
phone: 204-474-9117
fax: 204-474-7869
 
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