Appendix and Schedule

2023 MAIIC GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE

9:00 am Territorial Acknowledgment and Welcome to MAIIC Graduate Student Conference

9:05 am Deniz Unsal on behalf of Juana Du Introduction to MAIIC Graduate Student Conference

9:10 am Keynote Speech: Dr. Zhenyi Li, Director, School of Communication and Culture

9:20 – 10:55 Session 1: Paper Presentations

9:20 -9:35

Abiodun Sola Olabode, MAIIC, Royal Roads University

Cultural identity on immigrant adaptations to a new country.

9:35 -9:50

James Gatiti, MAIIC, Royal Roads University

How does cultural identity impact intercultural communication through the lens of modern theoretical frameworks.

9:50-10:00 Q&A

10:00-10:15

Yeming Li, MAIIC, Royal Roads University

How cultural identity affects the use of emoticon and emoji

10:15 -10:30

Karl Kweku Sowani Okyerefo, MAIIC, Royal Roads University

Intercultural practices related to identity, language, verbal and non-verbal communication in various intrapersonal and interpersonal context.

10:45 – 11:00 Natalia Brelik, University of Economics and Human Sciences, Warsaw

Mistakes in communication: Insights from domestic and international students in Poland

10:50-11:00 Q&A

11:00 – 11:15 Discussion by Zhenyi Li

11:15-11:45 Break and Poster Session

Beerinder Singh, MAIIC, Royal Roads University

It’s Representation and not Terrorism.

Yan Lee, MAIIC, Royal Roads University

Your Voice Matters

11:45-12:30 Session 2

11:45-12:00

Adela Adhya, MAIIC, Royal Roads University

Deeper Sense of Realities: Protecting Old-growth Forests and Connectedness through Communities (video)

12:00 -12:15

Beerinder Singh, MAIIC, Royal Roads University

Art has no boundaries (video)

12:15-12:30 Q&A

12:30 Final remarks

Poster session continues until 1pm