Welcome Address—Cissie Fu, Dean, Faculty of Culture + Community, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada, and Co-Founder, Political Arts Initiative; Ariane Noël de Tilly, Sessional Faculty & Conference Coordinator for the Faculty of Culture + Community, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada; Justin Langlois, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Integrated Learning, Faculty of Culture + Community, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, Canada