Presentations
2021
de Laat, S. “Was it really ‘different back then’?: Reflecting on current global health ethics with a NFB film about CUSO, 1965,” Making Connections with the Public: Alternative Approaches to Learning History, Canadian History Association annual conference, panel sponsored by the Canadian Network on Humanitarian History. 31 May 2021
(Invited) de Laat, S. “Pictures in Development: The Canadian International Development Agency’s Photo Library” Then & Now: Decades of public engagement in international development. Aga Khan Foundation of Canada. 12 February 2021: https://www.akfc.ca/news/then-now-decades-of-public-engagement-in-international-development/
2020
“Perceptions of Past Pandemics: Cultural histories of people’s reactions to previous pandemics and disease outbreaks.” (11 May 2020) Speakers Series: Expert Perspectives on COVID-19 Semester. McMaster Global Health Office: https://globalhealth.mcmaster.ca/news-and-events/news/2020/exploring-visual-histories-and-public-reactions-pandemics
“Selfies and Other Snapshots: An Introduction to Nineteenth Century Photography.” (8 February 2020). Westfield Heritage Village, Volunteer Workshop. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ehf7tgr76r0eiqj/Selfies%26Snapshots_audio31May2020.mp4?dl=0
2019
(Invited) de Laat, S. Convergent Histories: Photography and the origins of the international Red Cross committee, 1855-1865. Global Affairs Canada, History Matters Series, Lester B. Pearson Building, Ottawa, ON, 14 March 2019.
de Laat, S.Pictures of Refugees: The role of Canada’s International Development Photography Library in exposing and concealing humanity, 1987-2013. Culture & International History VI: Visions of Humanity, John F. Kennedy Institute, Berlin, Germany, 6-8 May 2019.
de Laat, S.In then Out of the Frame: Lewis Hine’s Photographs of Refugees for the American Red Cross, 1919-1920, Histories of the Red Cross Movement Since 1919, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 17 Chemin des Crêts, 1209 Geneva, Switzerland, 13-14 June 2019.
de Laat, S.Invited Presentation: Regarding the Pain of Others: What do emotions have to do in the history of humanitarian images? A workshop organized by the Institute for Ethics, History and the Humanities and CERAH, Louis Jeantet Auditorium, Geneva Switzerland, 4-5 July 2019.
2018
Nouvet E., ChénierA., Bah-SowO., PringleJ., KouyatéS., de LaatS., HuntM., BernardC., Redwood-CampbellL., ElitL., SchwartzL., Beyond capacity building: West African voices on the need to recognize and sustain national research capacity in the wake of the 2014-6 Ebola epidemic. Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Liverpool, UK, 8-12 October.
de Laat, S. Wahoush, O., Khater, W., Musoni, E., Abu-Siam, I., Bezanson, K., Nouvet, E., Hunt, M., Bernard, C., Yantzi, R., Elit, L., Redwood-Campbell, L., Upshur, R., Schwartz, L. (2018) ‘Nothing in the world can serve those people like palliative care’: Results from a qualitative study on palliative care for refugees in Jordan and Rwanda, 22ndInternational Congress on Palliative Care, Montreal, 2-5 October (3 Oct).
Nouvet, E., Kouyaté, S., Bezanson, K., Bah-Sow, O., Diallo, AA., Schwartz, L., Hunt, M., Yantzi, R., de Laat, S.,Diallo, P. (2018). Preparing for the Dying and 'Dying in Honor': Guineans' Perceptions of Palliative Care in Ebola Treatment Centres, 22nd International Congress on Palliative Care, 2-5 October (5 Oct), Montreal, Canada.
Wahoush, O., Khater, W., Alnajer, M., Abu-Siam, I., de Laat, Sonya, Musoni, E., Bezanson, K., Nouver, E., Bernard, C., Elit, L., Redwood-Campbell, L., Upshur, R., Yantzi, R., Hunt, H., Schwartz, L., (2018). Negotiating and Navigating Access to Refugees and Residents While Researching Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crisis Situations: Results from Four Case Studies. 22ndInternational Congress on Palliative Care, Montreal, 2-5 October (3 Oct).
de Laat, S., Musoni, E., Abu-Siam, I., Wahoush, O. (2018). Small Humanitarian Acts that Make All the Difference in End of Life Care? Panel presentation, with Dr. Paul Bouvier as keynote speaker. HHERG and CERAH sponsored-event. Maison de la paix, Geneva, 26 September.
de Laat, S.Visual Displacement of Refugees: Lewis Hine’s First World War Photographs for the American Red Cross, 1918-1920, Panel: Histories of Humanitarianism and (Visual) Media, Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, 29 May 2018, Regina.
2017
de Laat, S. (2017). Doing Global Health Research. Global Health Ethics Panel. McMaster University, 7 December.
de Laat, S. (2017). Visual Displacement: Lewis Hine's refugee photographs for the American Red Cross, 1918-1919. Mediations. FIMS Workshop and Speakers Series, Western University. March.
2016
de Laat, S.(2016). Pictures in Development: Exploring the history and image of CIDA through its visual culture. Conference presentation at The Samaritan State Revisited: Histories of Canadian Aid. Ottawa, Global Affairs Canada, 12-13 December 2016.
de Laat, S. (2016). “‘Lamentable Pictures’: Early Humanitarian Photography and Reflections on Its Legacies,”Invited Presentation, Canadian Network on Humanitarian History, Carleton University, 14 March.
Bezanson, Kevin, Elysee Nouvet, Matthew Hunt, Sonya de Laat, Laurie Elit, Carrie Bernard, Lisa Schwartz.“The place of palliative care in humanitarian response.”2016 International Congress on Palliative Care, Montreal. 18-21 October 2016. (Accepted)
Nouvet, Elysée, Kevin Bezanson, Carrie Bernard, Laurie Elit, Lynda Redwood-Campbell, Sonya de Laat, Matthew Hunt, Ross Upshur, Lisa Schwartz. "Supporting end-of-life care for humanitarian healthcare teams.”Canadian Bioethics Society Annual Conference, 25-29 May, 2016 (May 26). Toronto.
Parker, Melissa, de Laat, Sonya,Aguirre, Emilio, Schwartz, Lisa. "Exploring experiences with exception to consent in a pediatric resuscitation trial: practical considerations in creating a virtuous learning loop.”Canadian Bioethics Society Annual Conference, 25-29 May, 2016 (May 26). Toronto.
2015
de Laat, S.On a foundation of dignity: Ideas, aesthetics and politics of humanitarian healthcare in the International Committee of the Red Cross Museum. Canadian Bioethics Society Annual Conference, Winnipeg, MB. May 27-30,2015.
de Laat, S. and Valérie Gorin."Enigmatic Iconographies of Humanitarian Aid in Africa: Photographs of Western humanitarianism's past to contemplate global humanitarianism's future." Symposium: Learning from the past to shape the future: Lessons from the history of humanitarian action in Africa, Humanitarian Policy Group of the Overseas Development Institute, and Humanitarian Actions Africa. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 25-26, 2015.
2014
Sonya de Laat, “Memories --> Witness: Photographs of unrepresentable suffering after genocide,” International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) Conference, Winnipeg, MB, July 16-19, 2014.
Sonya de Laat, “Memories--> Witness: Photographs of unrepresentable suffering,” Shadow of Genocide, Conference, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. March 28-29, 2014.
Sonya de Laat, “A Distinct Kind of Beauty”, Ninth Floor Press’ Time & Place chapbook launch, Hamilton, ON. February 26, 2014.
2013
Sonya de Laat, Ekaterina Neklyudova,Rachel Erstling. "Genocide and Global Health Research." Canadian Coalition of Global Health Researchers (CCGHR) workshop. McMaster University. October 3, 2013.
Sonya de Laat, Elysée Nouvet, Philippe Calain, Patrick Brenan, and Lisa Schwartz. "Picturing Humanitarian Healthcare: Engage and experiment with a new online portal", Ethics, Aesthetics and Epidemiological Photography Conference, CRASSH, University of Cambridge, UK, September 14, 2013.
Sonya de Laat, "Rwanda 19 years after genocide", CHEPA Lunch-and-learn. McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, March 26, 2013.
2011
Sonya de Laat(presenter), “Professional Ethics & Conflicts of Role for HCP in MIlitary/Humanitarian Contexts”, Bryn Williams-Jones, Lisa Schwartz, Matthew Hunt, Christiane Rochon, Sonya de Laat, Ali Okhowat. Military Veterans Health Research Forum, Kingston, Ontario, November 15, 2011.
Sonya de Laat,“Barton Village Photo-transfers,”Culture Days Event, - Artist Talk, The Hamilton Arts Council, 279 King St. E. Hamilton, Ontario, October 2, 2011
2010
Schwartz, L.; Sinding, C.; Hunt, M.; Elit, L.; Redwood-Campbell, L.; Adelson, N.; Luther, L.; De Laat, S.;Ranford, J. “Ethics in conditions of disaster and deprivation: Intersection of public health and clinical medicine.”Points of Intersection Symposium, Hamilton, Ontario, November 26 - 27, 2010.
Sinding, C., Schwartz, L., Hunt, M., Elit, L.; Redwood-Campbell, L.,Adelson, N., Ranford, J. & de Laat, S. “Ethical practice in global health: Dilemmas at the front line.”Canadian Conference on Global Health, Ottawa, October 31 - November 3, 2010.
S.L. Carroll, P.H. Strachan, S. de Laat, L. Schwartz, & H.M. Arthur. “Exploring the desicion-making process of patients receiving ICDs for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death.”Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Montreal, October 23-27, 2010.
P.H. Strachan, S.L. Carroll, L. Schwartz, S. de Laat, & H.M. Arthur. “How much longer do you want to live?: End of life issues associated with implantable cardioverter defibrillators”Moderated Poster, ESC Heart Failure Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 31, 2010.
2009
P.H. Strachan, S. Carroll, L. Schwartz, S. de Laat,& H.M. Arthur. “Exploring Uncharted Territory: Mapping the Ethical Terrain in Consent Narratives of Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators”, 20th Annual Canadian Bioethics Society Conference, Hamilton, ON, June 2009.
Sandra Carroll, Patricia Strachan, Lisa Schwartz, Sonya de Laat, Heather Arthur. “Patients’decisions about ICDs for primary prevention against sudden cardiac death: Information from ‘armchair expert’ICD veterans”, 9th Annual Spring Meeting on Cardiovascular Nursing, Dublin, Ireland, April 2009.
2006
Sonya de Laat,Jacinda Heather Soanes, Fiona Miller, Catherine Ahern. “Genetics in the Blogosphere”, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Annual Research Day, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, September 2006.
2003
Sonya de Laat. “Unpacking Smokers' Identities: Reaction to Health Canada’s Health Warning Labels”, The 4th Annual University of Guelph Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, March 14th and 15th, 2003.
Sonya de Laat. “Bartering Smoking Identities: Audience Responses to Health Warning Labels”, The Canadian Association of Cultural Studies Conference, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, January 31 and February 1, 2003. Speakers Series, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, February 2003.
2000
Sonya de Laat.“Picturing Real Time: Photocollage and Aesthetics in Visual Anthropology”, Poster presentation for American Anthropological Association Annual General Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, November 2000.
de Laat, S. “Was it really ‘different back then’?: Reflecting on current global health ethics with a NFB film about CUSO, 1965,” Making Connections with the Public: Alternative Approaches to Learning History, Canadian History Association annual conference, panel sponsored by the Canadian Network on Humanitarian History. 31 May 2021
(Invited) de Laat, S. “Pictures in Development: The Canadian International Development Agency’s Photo Library” Then & Now: Decades of public engagement in international development. Aga Khan Foundation of Canada. 12 February 2021: https://www.akfc.ca/news/then-now-decades-of-public-engagement-in-international-development/
2020
“Perceptions of Past Pandemics: Cultural histories of people’s reactions to previous pandemics and disease outbreaks.” (11 May 2020) Speakers Series: Expert Perspectives on COVID-19 Semester. McMaster Global Health Office: https://globalhealth.mcmaster.ca/news-and-events/news/2020/exploring-visual-histories-and-public-reactions-pandemics
“Selfies and Other Snapshots: An Introduction to Nineteenth Century Photography.” (8 February 2020). Westfield Heritage Village, Volunteer Workshop. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ehf7tgr76r0eiqj/Selfies%26Snapshots_audio31May2020.mp4?dl=0
2019
(Invited) de Laat, S. Convergent Histories: Photography and the origins of the international Red Cross committee, 1855-1865. Global Affairs Canada, History Matters Series, Lester B. Pearson Building, Ottawa, ON, 14 March 2019.
de Laat, S.Pictures of Refugees: The role of Canada’s International Development Photography Library in exposing and concealing humanity, 1987-2013. Culture & International History VI: Visions of Humanity, John F. Kennedy Institute, Berlin, Germany, 6-8 May 2019.
de Laat, S.In then Out of the Frame: Lewis Hine’s Photographs of Refugees for the American Red Cross, 1919-1920, Histories of the Red Cross Movement Since 1919, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 17 Chemin des Crêts, 1209 Geneva, Switzerland, 13-14 June 2019.
de Laat, S.Invited Presentation: Regarding the Pain of Others: What do emotions have to do in the history of humanitarian images? A workshop organized by the Institute for Ethics, History and the Humanities and CERAH, Louis Jeantet Auditorium, Geneva Switzerland, 4-5 July 2019.
2018
Nouvet E., ChénierA., Bah-SowO., PringleJ., KouyatéS., de LaatS., HuntM., BernardC., Redwood-CampbellL., ElitL., SchwartzL., Beyond capacity building: West African voices on the need to recognize and sustain national research capacity in the wake of the 2014-6 Ebola epidemic. Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Liverpool, UK, 8-12 October.
de Laat, S. Wahoush, O., Khater, W., Musoni, E., Abu-Siam, I., Bezanson, K., Nouvet, E., Hunt, M., Bernard, C., Yantzi, R., Elit, L., Redwood-Campbell, L., Upshur, R., Schwartz, L. (2018) ‘Nothing in the world can serve those people like palliative care’: Results from a qualitative study on palliative care for refugees in Jordan and Rwanda, 22ndInternational Congress on Palliative Care, Montreal, 2-5 October (3 Oct).
Nouvet, E., Kouyaté, S., Bezanson, K., Bah-Sow, O., Diallo, AA., Schwartz, L., Hunt, M., Yantzi, R., de Laat, S.,Diallo, P. (2018). Preparing for the Dying and 'Dying in Honor': Guineans' Perceptions of Palliative Care in Ebola Treatment Centres, 22nd International Congress on Palliative Care, 2-5 October (5 Oct), Montreal, Canada.
Wahoush, O., Khater, W., Alnajer, M., Abu-Siam, I., de Laat, Sonya, Musoni, E., Bezanson, K., Nouver, E., Bernard, C., Elit, L., Redwood-Campbell, L., Upshur, R., Yantzi, R., Hunt, H., Schwartz, L., (2018). Negotiating and Navigating Access to Refugees and Residents While Researching Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crisis Situations: Results from Four Case Studies. 22ndInternational Congress on Palliative Care, Montreal, 2-5 October (3 Oct).
de Laat, S., Musoni, E., Abu-Siam, I., Wahoush, O. (2018). Small Humanitarian Acts that Make All the Difference in End of Life Care? Panel presentation, with Dr. Paul Bouvier as keynote speaker. HHERG and CERAH sponsored-event. Maison de la paix, Geneva, 26 September.
de Laat, S.Visual Displacement of Refugees: Lewis Hine’s First World War Photographs for the American Red Cross, 1918-1920, Panel: Histories of Humanitarianism and (Visual) Media, Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting, Social Sciences and Humanities Congress, 29 May 2018, Regina.
2017
de Laat, S. (2017). Doing Global Health Research. Global Health Ethics Panel. McMaster University, 7 December.
de Laat, S. (2017). Visual Displacement: Lewis Hine's refugee photographs for the American Red Cross, 1918-1919. Mediations. FIMS Workshop and Speakers Series, Western University. March.
2016
de Laat, S.(2016). Pictures in Development: Exploring the history and image of CIDA through its visual culture. Conference presentation at The Samaritan State Revisited: Histories of Canadian Aid. Ottawa, Global Affairs Canada, 12-13 December 2016.
de Laat, S. (2016). “‘Lamentable Pictures’: Early Humanitarian Photography and Reflections on Its Legacies,”Invited Presentation, Canadian Network on Humanitarian History, Carleton University, 14 March.
Bezanson, Kevin, Elysee Nouvet, Matthew Hunt, Sonya de Laat, Laurie Elit, Carrie Bernard, Lisa Schwartz.“The place of palliative care in humanitarian response.”2016 International Congress on Palliative Care, Montreal. 18-21 October 2016. (Accepted)
Nouvet, Elysée, Kevin Bezanson, Carrie Bernard, Laurie Elit, Lynda Redwood-Campbell, Sonya de Laat, Matthew Hunt, Ross Upshur, Lisa Schwartz. "Supporting end-of-life care for humanitarian healthcare teams.”Canadian Bioethics Society Annual Conference, 25-29 May, 2016 (May 26). Toronto.
Parker, Melissa, de Laat, Sonya,Aguirre, Emilio, Schwartz, Lisa. "Exploring experiences with exception to consent in a pediatric resuscitation trial: practical considerations in creating a virtuous learning loop.”Canadian Bioethics Society Annual Conference, 25-29 May, 2016 (May 26). Toronto.
2015
de Laat, S.On a foundation of dignity: Ideas, aesthetics and politics of humanitarian healthcare in the International Committee of the Red Cross Museum. Canadian Bioethics Society Annual Conference, Winnipeg, MB. May 27-30,2015.
de Laat, S. and Valérie Gorin."Enigmatic Iconographies of Humanitarian Aid in Africa: Photographs of Western humanitarianism's past to contemplate global humanitarianism's future." Symposium: Learning from the past to shape the future: Lessons from the history of humanitarian action in Africa, Humanitarian Policy Group of the Overseas Development Institute, and Humanitarian Actions Africa. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 25-26, 2015.
2014
Sonya de Laat, “Memories --> Witness: Photographs of unrepresentable suffering after genocide,” International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) Conference, Winnipeg, MB, July 16-19, 2014.
Sonya de Laat, “Memories--> Witness: Photographs of unrepresentable suffering,” Shadow of Genocide, Conference, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah. March 28-29, 2014.
Sonya de Laat, “A Distinct Kind of Beauty”, Ninth Floor Press’ Time & Place chapbook launch, Hamilton, ON. February 26, 2014.
2013
Sonya de Laat, Ekaterina Neklyudova,Rachel Erstling. "Genocide and Global Health Research." Canadian Coalition of Global Health Researchers (CCGHR) workshop. McMaster University. October 3, 2013.
Sonya de Laat, Elysée Nouvet, Philippe Calain, Patrick Brenan, and Lisa Schwartz. "Picturing Humanitarian Healthcare: Engage and experiment with a new online portal", Ethics, Aesthetics and Epidemiological Photography Conference, CRASSH, University of Cambridge, UK, September 14, 2013.
Sonya de Laat, "Rwanda 19 years after genocide", CHEPA Lunch-and-learn. McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, March 26, 2013.
2011
Sonya de Laat(presenter), “Professional Ethics & Conflicts of Role for HCP in MIlitary/Humanitarian Contexts”, Bryn Williams-Jones, Lisa Schwartz, Matthew Hunt, Christiane Rochon, Sonya de Laat, Ali Okhowat. Military Veterans Health Research Forum, Kingston, Ontario, November 15, 2011.
Sonya de Laat,“Barton Village Photo-transfers,”Culture Days Event, - Artist Talk, The Hamilton Arts Council, 279 King St. E. Hamilton, Ontario, October 2, 2011
2010
Schwartz, L.; Sinding, C.; Hunt, M.; Elit, L.; Redwood-Campbell, L.; Adelson, N.; Luther, L.; De Laat, S.;Ranford, J. “Ethics in conditions of disaster and deprivation: Intersection of public health and clinical medicine.”Points of Intersection Symposium, Hamilton, Ontario, November 26 - 27, 2010.
Sinding, C., Schwartz, L., Hunt, M., Elit, L.; Redwood-Campbell, L.,Adelson, N., Ranford, J. & de Laat, S. “Ethical practice in global health: Dilemmas at the front line.”Canadian Conference on Global Health, Ottawa, October 31 - November 3, 2010.
S.L. Carroll, P.H. Strachan, S. de Laat, L. Schwartz, & H.M. Arthur. “Exploring the desicion-making process of patients receiving ICDs for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death.”Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Montreal, October 23-27, 2010.
P.H. Strachan, S.L. Carroll, L. Schwartz, S. de Laat, & H.M. Arthur. “How much longer do you want to live?: End of life issues associated with implantable cardioverter defibrillators”Moderated Poster, ESC Heart Failure Meeting, Berlin, Germany, May 31, 2010.
2009
P.H. Strachan, S. Carroll, L. Schwartz, S. de Laat,& H.M. Arthur. “Exploring Uncharted Territory: Mapping the Ethical Terrain in Consent Narratives of Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators”, 20th Annual Canadian Bioethics Society Conference, Hamilton, ON, June 2009.
Sandra Carroll, Patricia Strachan, Lisa Schwartz, Sonya de Laat, Heather Arthur. “Patients’decisions about ICDs for primary prevention against sudden cardiac death: Information from ‘armchair expert’ICD veterans”, 9th Annual Spring Meeting on Cardiovascular Nursing, Dublin, Ireland, April 2009.
2006
Sonya de Laat,Jacinda Heather Soanes, Fiona Miller, Catherine Ahern. “Genetics in the Blogosphere”, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Annual Research Day, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, September 2006.
2003
Sonya de Laat. “Unpacking Smokers' Identities: Reaction to Health Canada’s Health Warning Labels”, The 4th Annual University of Guelph Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, March 14th and 15th, 2003.
Sonya de Laat. “Bartering Smoking Identities: Audience Responses to Health Warning Labels”, The Canadian Association of Cultural Studies Conference, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, January 31 and February 1, 2003. Speakers Series, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, February 2003.
2000
Sonya de Laat.“Picturing Real Time: Photocollage and Aesthetics in Visual Anthropology”, Poster presentation for American Anthropological Association Annual General Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, November 2000.