Articles tagged with: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

• December 6, 2018 – National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women: Intersectional Approaches to Police Violence

  Thursday, December 06, 2018 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Join us for this panel for National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on Intersectional Approaches to Police Violence.

  Anti-Black Racism, Policing, and the Negative Impact on the Black Community
  Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Visiting Professor at Ryerson, 2017-2018

  The McArthur Murders: Advocating Against Official Indifference to Institutional Change
  Haran Vijayanathan, Executive Director, Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention

  Overpoliced and Underprotected: Indigenous People and Colonial Policing
  Dr. Robyn Bourgeois, Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Brock University

  Moderated by Leela MadhavaRau, Director, Human Rights and Equity, Brock University

  Thursday, December 5, 2018, from 12:00pm to 2:00pm
  South Hall 203 at Brock University

  Co-sponsored by the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Human Rights and Equity Office, Tecumseh Centre for Indigenous Research and Education, Student Justice Centre, Ontario Public Interest Research Group, Brock University Student Union, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, Brock University Faculty Association, and Graduate Student Association.

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• December 6, 2017 – “December 6: Why This Day Matters So Much,” presented by Dr. Robyn Bourgeois

  Wednesday, December 06, 2017 | By cszczepanowski

  

  Join us on Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, established by Canadian parliament in 1991 in response to the murders of fourteen young women at L’École Polytechnique in Montréal on December 6th, 1989.

  Dr. Robyn Bourgeois (Laughing Otter Caring Woman) is a mixed-race Cree woman born and raised in Syilx and Splats’ in territories of British Columbia, and connected through marriage and her three children to the Six Nations of the Grand River. She is an assistant professor in the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies at Brock, where her scholarly work focuses on indigenous feminisms, violence against indigenous women and girls, and indigenous women’s political activism and leadership. In addition to being an academic, Robyn is also as activist, author, and artist.

  Wednesday, December 6, 2017, from 12:00pm to 1:30pm
  Academic South Room 216 at Brock University

  Refreshments will be served. Donations to Gillian’s Place would be appreciated.

  Hosted by the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies. Co-sponsored by the Brock University Faculty Association, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, CUPE 1295, Brock University Aboriginal Student Services, and the Human Rights and Equity Office.

  Tags: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, Presentations, Robyn Bourgeois, WGST Faculty
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• December 6, 2016 – Remembrance Service for National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

  Tuesday, December 06, 2016 | By cszczepanowski

  

  All are welcome to a remembrance service on Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, established by Canadian parliament in 1991 in response to the murders of fourteen young women at L’École Polytechnique in Montréal on December 6th, 1989

  Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at 12:00pm
  Isaac’s at Brock University

  Donations to Gillian’s Place would be appreciated. A sandwich buffet lunch with refreshments is available for $10. Reserve tickets through the Union offices.

  Co-sponsored by the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Brock University Faculty Association, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, and CUPE.

  Tags: Events, National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, Vigils
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