Join us for events celebrating Brock LGBTQ+ Pride Week – Monday, March 4 to Friday, March 15 #BrockUPride
Calendar of Events
Brock LGBTQ+ Pride Week Launch
11:30am – 1:00 pm
Market Hall, Thistle Complex
Join us for cake and conversation as we kick off a week of celebration and activism. Learn about exciting updates on the All-Gender Washrooms and Trans-Inclusion Project as well as the launch of a LGBTQ+ Residence Living and Learning Community. All are welcome.
Free
Sponsored by Human Rights & Equity Office
Karen B. K. Chan
Live the Future Now: Consent Culture is Our Revolution
1:00 – 3:00pm
Thistle Building, room 244
True consent culture isn’t a series of permission-seeking questions; it is a reality where everyone matters. It fully humanizes people and that naturally brings about not only safety and wellness, but also pleasure, fun, and good times. In order to get there, we have to re-humanize people that have systemically been diminished – including ourselves. We have to heal the divides and actually talk to each other. Join us in this interactive workshop, for skills to do all that, and to amplify that hopeful vision.
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Free
Sponsored by Sociology, Women’s and Gender Studies and the Women’s Campus Safety Grant
Meet and Greet Social hosted by the President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity and Decolonization LGBTQ+ Affinity Group
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Skybar Lounge
All Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ students, staff faculty and their allies are welcome to this social… let’s meet each other! Snacks and refreshments provided with remarks from Dr. Tamara El-Hoss, group convenor. Social is followed by optional meeting 1pm – 2pm.
Free
Sponsored by PACHRED LGBTQ+ Affinity Group
The History of Pride: Riots and Revolutions
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Student Justice Centre, Thistle room 252
Nona and Tegh will lead a discussion on the history of pride to commemorate Marsha P. Johnson & other LGBTQ2S activists that are washed away in the corporate rainbows and glitters. All welcome to attend.
Free
Sponsored by OPIRG Brock
Brock Pride (BUSU Club) Meeting
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Welsh Hall, room 327
Brock Pride is the official Brock University club devoted to creating a safe, social environment for students of diverse gender and sexual identities. The theme of this meeting is intersectionality.
Free
Sponsored by Brock Pride BUSU Student Club
Pride Ga[y]mes Night
10:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Thistle 256, 257 and 258
Join Residence Dons for a fun evening of bingo, family feud and forum theatre all focused around LGBTQ+ awareness, facts, etc.
Free
Sponsored by Residence Education Dons
Trans 101 Training
12 pm – 1 pm
Student Justice Centre, Thistle room 252
This workshop is an introduction to some basic concepts and etiquette when relating with members of transgender communities in Canada. All are welcome to learn about trans identities in a safe space. Trans people often feel unwelcome in academic settings, so providing knowledge is key to creating equal opportunities.
Free
Sponsored by Student Justice Centre
Two Spirit Panel
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Sankey Chambers, Mackenzie Chown A Block
The Indigenous Solidarity Coalition at Brock presents a Two Spirit Celebration. There will be guest speakers and refreshments. Everyone is welcome.
Free
Sponsored by Indigenous Solidarity Coalition, CUPE 4207, CUPE 4207 Equity Committee
Vivek Shraya and Queer Songbook Orchestra
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Recital Hall – FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
250 St. Paul Street, downtown St. Catharines
All welcome to celebrate International Women’s Day and Brock Pride Week and with an exclusive performance by Polaris Music Prize nominee Vivek Shraya with a 12-piece chamber pop ensemble the Queer Songbook Orchestra.
Regular Admission $20 / Student Admission $13
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Cost should not be a barrier – free tickets are available contact Michelle Poirier at mpoirier@brocku.ca
Sponsored by Women’s and Gender Studies, Human Rights and Equity Office and Women’s Campus Safety Grant
Brock Pride Presents a Drag Show
Doors open 7:30 pm
Isaacs Bar & Grill
Join Brock Pride as we host our annual drag show. This is an all ages event. We have great performers this is not something you want to miss out on. We hope you all will join us!
Admission $5
Sponsored by Brock Pride BUSU Student Club
Are you part of the LGBTQ2S+ community? Are you a university student in Ontario?
Please participate in a survey open February 1 – April 30. Over 100 prizes to be won.
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Sponsored by BUSU and Human Rights and Equity Office in partnership with Laurier and McGill.
For more information on these events or for accommodation requests please contact 905-688-5550 x 6859 or humanrights@brocku.ca.
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Brock University acknowledges the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples, many of whom continue to live and work here today. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and is within the land protected by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum agreement. Today this gathering place is home to many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples and acknowledging reminds us that our great standard of living is directly related to the resources and friendship of Indigenous people.
Brock Aboriginal Education Council, 2018
