Chair/Présidente: Doris Hambuch, United Arab Emirates University
Elena Siemens, University of Alberta, "Oz to Vogue: The Ruby Slippers Across Time, Space and Media"
Doris Hambuch, United Arab Emirates University, "Daughters Here and There in ¡Yo! by Julia Alvarez and in That Other Me by Maha Gargash"
Stephen A. Cruikshank, University of Alberta, "From the Mic to the Pen: The Transition of Canadian Singers to Writers"