IWD at YorkU
York University Student Centre
Mon, March 8, 2010
10 am to 6 pm
registration at 9:30 am; dinner at 6pm
Speakers, workshops, performers. cwtpyork@gmail.com to RSVP and for info.
FREE event. OPEN to all. ACCESSIBLE spaces. FOOD provided. TRANSIT and CHILDCARE subsidies available.
International Women’s Day 2010.
With the intention to create a space for dialogue around access to education, International Women’s Day is being celebrated at York University for 2010. How do systems of power, such as racism, colonialism, poverty, etc. create barriers to education? How can alternative learning through methods or content be healing and a challenge to the mainstream? Accessible workshops, geared especially at young women and girls, will be held throughout the day.
Join us at the York University Student Centre on Monday, March 8, 2010 for speakers, amazing workshops, performances and free food!
ALL are welcome – community members, YorkU students, staff and faculty. We are particularly excited about having high school girls from the North York community attend the day’s events!
Workshop topics include: alternative media, Wen Do, Indigenous solidarity, gender and race through the art of plays, anti-oppression, a men's discussion group, popular theater, digital story telling and more! All workshops will be focused on celebrating women and girls, and promise to be fun! Panel featuring Jessica Yee, Carl James and No One Is Illegal!
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Room 430 |
Room 307 |
Room 322 |
The Underground |
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9:30-10:00 |
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Registrations |
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10:00-10:15 |
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Opening Remarks |
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10:20-11:50 |
Anti-Oppression Training With D- Lishus
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Gender and Race Through the Art of Plays With Janice Goveas |
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Images of Freedom With Nomanzland |
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12:00-1:30 |
Indigenous solidarity With Shaista Patel and Kate Milley |
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Men’s Role in Preventing Sexual Assault With Benjamin de Graaf |
"Ignite and fight: Spark some Sass and Kick some Ass!" Wen-Do Women's Self-Defence Workshop with Denise Handlarski |
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1:30-2:30 |
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Lunch |
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2:40-4:10 |
Digital Story Telling With Laura Hartley |
Alternative Media With Sharmeen Khan |
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4:20-5:50 |
Building Bridges: Access to Education With Carl James, Jessica Yee and Renée Nadeau |
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6:00-7:30 |
Dinner will be in the Grad Café, escorts available from the final panel in room 430 |
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Organizers are the Centre for Women and Trans People (CWTP), the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG), the Graduate Student Association (GSA), the Sexual Assault Survivor Support Line (SASSL), the South Asian Youth Advisory Committee (SAYAC) and United South Asians at York (USAY).
Transit and childcare subsidies are available. Please get in touch.
PLEASE RSVP!!!
For more info and to RSVP please contact Katherine Bateman or Naz Yirgalem at the Centre for Women and Trans People, York University, cwtpyork@gmail.com, (416) 736-2100 ext: 33484
