News & Events

• November 19, 2024 – ‘Israelism’ Film Screening, Q&A, and Palestinian Buffet

  Friday, October 25, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Join us for an in-person screening of the award-winning documentary film Israelism and a Palestinian buffet, followed by a virtual Q&A with co-director Sam Eilertsen.

  Tuesday, November 19, 2024, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
  Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
  15 Artists’ Common, St. Catharines, ON

  Admission is free. Register through ExperinceBU, Kinema, or at the door. Visit Kinema for information about public parking.

  For more information, contact: IsraelismNiagara@gmail.com.

  Download a PDF of this poster to share here.

  Co-sponsored/endorsed by Independent Jewish Voices Hamilton; Jewish Faculty Network; Niagara Movement for Justice in Palestine-Israel; Silver Spire United Church; Brock University: Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies; Faculty for Palestine; Indigenous Educational Studies; President’s Advisory Committee for Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization; Social Justice and Equity Studies MA Program; Social Justice Research Institute.

  Visit Israelism Film for full film details, or learn more about the film and Sam Eilertsen below:
  

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  Tags: Events, Films
  Categories: Film Screenings, News and Events

• November 14, 2024 – “Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds: Selling Cold War Culture in the US and the USSR,” presented by Dr. Diana Cucuz

  Thursday, October 24, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Join us for a talk as part of the Department of History Speaker Series, “Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds: Selling Cold War Culture in the US and the USSR,” presented by Dr. Diana Cucuz of Toronto Metropolitan University and Brock University.

  Thursday, November 14, 2024, 11:00am to 12:30pm
  Sankey Chamber at Brock University

  Register on ExperineceBU. For more information, visit ExperienceBU or contact Melissa Vanatte at mvanatte@brocku.ca.

  Light refreshments will be served, and a discount code for ordering books will be available.

  Co-sponsored by Department of Communication, Popular Culture, and Film; Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies; Ph.D. Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities.

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• October 31, 2024 – “The Art of Health Justice,” presented by Dr. Nisha Sanjnani for the Yosif Al-Hasnawi Memorial Lecture Series: Promoting Racial Justice in Health Care

  Friday, October 04, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  “The Art of Health Justice,” presented by Dr. Nisha Sanjnani.

  The Yosif Al-Hasnawi Memorial Lecture Series: Promoting Racial Justice in Health Care is named in memory of a first-year Medical Sciences student who died in the service of another in 2017. Yosif Al-Hasnawi had dreams of becoming a doctor and hoped to one day make a difference in the world.

  Thursday, October 31, 2024, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
  Goodman Atrium at Brock University

  Sponsored by the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, the President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization (PACHRED), Social Justice and Equity Studies MA (SJES), and the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST) at Brock University.

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  Tags: Events, Presentations, Yosif Al-Hasnawi Memorial Lecture Series
  Categories: News and Events

• October 28, 2024 – Disrupting Racialized-Gendered Normative Identification in a Feminist Classroom

  Thursday, October 03, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Join us for the second talk of the Work-in-Progress Series in the the PhD Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities, “Disrupting Racialized-Gendered Normative Identification in a Feminist Classroom,” presented by Alia Wazzan.

  Alia Wazzan is a teaching assistant in the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies and a PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Humanities program, specializing in postcolonial feminism. As a postcolonial feminist educator, Alia will demonstrate how implicit and normalized racialized-gendered discourses of Othering infiltrate classroom discussions and how teaching assistants/instructors can subvert them. The presentation contributes to the often fraught debates on achieving safe and inclusive classroom environments for students from diverse backgrounds.

  Monday, October 28, 2024, from 1:00pm to 2:00pm
  International Centre Building Room 111 at Brock University

  This presentation will also be available virtually through Teams. For more information, see Interdisciplinary Humanities.

• September 16, 2024 – Using Theatre to Stop Anti Indigenous Discrimination in the Health System: A Response to Call to Action 24

  Monday, September 16, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Using Theatre to Stop Anti Indigenous Discrimination in the Health System: A Response to Call to Action 24

  24. We call upon medical and nursing schools in Canada to require all students to take a course dealing with Aboriginal health issues, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, and Indigenous teachings and practices. This will require skills-based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.

  This event is a tangible response to the Truth Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action 24 and is presented in the spirit of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We will be talking specifically about anti-Indigenous racism in Canadian health system delivery. This may trigger difficult emotions in some participants. Extra support will be available. Be prepared to engage in an applied theatre activity led by Mirror Theatre (no acting is required).

  Monday, September 16, 2024, from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
  Pond Inlet at Brock University

  Registration required. Please register on ExperienceBU. Lunch will be provided for registered participants (maximum of 80).

  Sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Indigenous Educational Studies Program and a New Frontiers in Research Fund grant, Special Call for COVID 19 Response Research NFRFR-2022-00200. A door prize has been donated by the Hadiyaˀdagénhahs First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Centre.

   

  Tags: Activities, Events, Truth and Reconciliation
  

• April 6, 2024 – YWCA Annual Niagara Leadership Summit For Women

  Friday, April 05, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Join for an exciting all-day event of speakers and workshops at the YWCA’s 10th Annual Niagara Leadership Summit For Women!

  The Niagara Leadership Summit For Women presents an inclusive environment to encourage and celebrate women leaders in our community and opens the conversation surrounding women’s issues in Niagara. The event is hosted by the YWCA Niagara Region.

  Everyone, regardless of gender, should have the courage and confidence to be the leader they are and want to be. Leadership is not about being ‘at the top’—there are leaders all around us who make a difference every day. This event offers many valuable opportunities for women leaders and allies to connect, share common goals and evaluate common challenges, and network with like-minded community leaders.

  This year’s theme of Bold and Unapologetic encourages women leaders to be authentic, assert their worth, and unapologetically pursue their goals and aspirations. It’s about fostering a culture where women feel empowered to lead without constantly apologizing for their success or feeling the need to downplay their achievements. The goal is to redefine leadership norms, challenge biases, and create a more inclusive and equitable environment for women in leadership positions.

  Saturday, April 6, 2024, from 9:00am to 4:00pm
  Thistle Hallway at Brock University, with speakers in the Sean O’Sullivan Theatre
  Tickets are $30 per person and will include lunch and free childcare.

  For more information on ticket purchasing, the program, speakers, workshops, and frequently asked questions, visit the YWCA Niagara Region’s event page.

  Tags: Conferences, Events, Presentations, Workshops
  Categories: News and Events

• April 2, 2024 – “Trans Joy Through Art” with Vivek Shraya and Rabia Choudhary

  Monday, March 18, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Art, Archives and Affinities presents Trans Joy Through Art. In context where QTBIPOC are under attack, this event refuses the victim narrative. Vivek Shraya and Rabia Choudhary talk about making trans joy through art and cultural practice.

  Vivek Shraya is a Canadian Screen Award winner and an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, TV, film, and fashion.

  Rabia Choudhary is a multidisciplinary artist, activist, educator, and student whose worked addresses gender/sexual violence prevention, and racial and disability justice.

  April 2, 2024, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
  Thistle Complex Room 255 at Brock University

  Sponsored by the Social Justice Research Institute, Presidents Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Decolonization, and Equity (PACHRED), Student Justice Centre, and Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies.

  Tags: Events, Presentations, Pride Week, Transgender Day of Visibility, Vivek Shraya
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• March 27, 2024 – “The Future is Noir: Alienation, Resentment, and Cyclicality in Indigenous Futurism on Film” with Dr. Tyson Steward

  Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  The Future is Noir: Alienation, Resentment, and Cyclicality in Indigenous Futurism on Film

  Blending cultural analysis and socio-political critique, Dr. Tyson Stewart explores the themes of biskaabiiyang and criminality in Indigenous futurism on film and draws connections between expressions of alienation and resentment in classic film noir and contemporary Indigenous filmmaking.

  Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm
  Thistle Complex Room 147 at Brock University

  Cosponsored by the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization (PACHRED), Social Justice Research Institute, and Indigenous Educational Studies.

  Tags: Events, Films, Presentations
  Categories: News and Events

• March 26, 2024 – “You Know, Sex” with Cory Silverberg

  Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Join us for a discussion with Cory Silverberg, the author of You Know, Sex (2022),  about what’s missing from our sex education, and what sex education we deserve looks like.

  March 26, 2024, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
  Rankin Family Pavilion 215 at Brock University

  Learn more about the Cory Silverberg and You Know, Sex  on the author’s website and at AK Press.

  Sponsored by the Student Justice Centre, Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Presidents Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Decolonization, and Equity (PACHRED), and Social Justice Research Institute.

  Tags: Discussions, Events, Pride Week
  Categories: News and Events

• March 20, 2024 – Indigenous De/Criminalization Symposium

  Monday, March 11, 2024 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Join us at the Indigenous De/Criminalization Symposium!

  “The Decolonization Working Group of Brock’s President’s Advisory Committee for Human Rights, Equity and Decolonization (PACHRED) will host a symposium entitled Indigenous De/Criminalization Symposium. We feel it is necessary to address not only how criminalization impacts our communities but also why, when, and the ripple effects (victimization, mis/non/representation). We feel it is also necessary to bring in the richness, strength of spirit, and joy of our nations into the symposium and will weave artists/performers throughout the day.”

  Wednesday, March 20, 2024, from 10:00am to 4:00pm
  Pond Inlet at Brock University

  To see a full schedule of the day’s events and all special guests, speakers, performers, and artists, view or download the Indigenous De/Criminalization Symposium Schedule.

  This is a free event. Please register on EventBrite.

  Sponsored by the President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization (PACHRED), Decolonization Working Group, 2S&LGBTQ Working Group, Employment Equity Working Group, Faculty of Social Sciences, Indigenous Education Department, and Student Justice Centre.

  Tags: Events, Lyn Trudeau, Robyn Bourgeois, Symposiums, WGST Faculty
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