Articles tagged with: Online Events

  • March 8, 2023 – Imagining Black and Indigenous Futurities

    Wednesday, March 08, 2023 | By

    Poster for online event Imagining Black and Indigenous Futurities on March 8, 2023

    Imagining Black and Indigenous Futurities

    Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day with Black & Indigenous scholars, activists, and artists. This virtual panel includes short presentations, a round-table discussion & Q&A.

    March 8, 2023, from 11:00am to 1:00pm EST
    This is an online event. Please register through EventBrite.

    Co-sponsored by the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Council for Research in the Social Sciences, Social Justice Research Institute, and President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights. Equity, and Decolonization (PACHRED).

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  • March 22, 2022 – A Virtual Conversation with Filmmaker Courtney Montour on her film “Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again”

    Tuesday, March 22, 2022 | By

    Poster for a Virtual Conversation with Courtney Montour on March 22, 2022

    A Virtual Conversation with Filmmaker Courtney Montour

    Courtney Montour (Kanien’kehá:ka [Mohawk]) works in documentary film and digital media exploring issues of Indigenous identity. Her work includes the documentaries Sex Spirit Strength (2016) and Flat Rocks (2017) and episodes of the documentary series Mohawk Ironworkers (2016) and Skindigenous (2021). She co-created and coordinated McGill University’s Indigenous Field Studies course, held in Kahnawake, for eight years.

    Montour will discuss her award-winning documentary film Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again (National Film Board of Canada, 2021, 34 min.). The film shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement.

    Tuesday, March 22, 2022, from 7:00pm to 8:00pm EST

    The film will include have American Sign Language interpretation and be made available to registrants in advance.
    This is an online event. Please register through EventBrite.

    Co-cosponsored by Brock University Faculty of Humanities Dean’s Discretionary Fund; Department of Communication, Popular Culture, and Film; Department of History; Centre for Canadian Studies; Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies; Indigenous Studies; Office of the Vice Provost, Indigenous Engagement. Special thanks to Donna Cowan of the National Film Board for her assistance.

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  • December 1, 2020 – Vivek Shraya in Conversation: What I’ve Learned in 10 Years

    Tuesday, December 01, 2020 | By

    Poster for online event Vivek Shraya in Conversation on December 1, 2020

    Vivek Shraya in Conversation: What I’ve Learning in 10 Years

    Join us as Vivek Shraya reflects on her journey and experience as a multidisciplinary trans, queer artist of colour since self-publishing her first book, God Loves Hair in 2010. Engage in a reading, discussion and Q&A!

    Tuesday, December 1, 2020, from 5:00pm to 6:30pm EST
    This in an online event. Please register though ExperienceBU

    Presented by the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Human Rights and Equity Office, and Brock University Student Union.

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  • November 5, 2020 – Neither, Nor: How To Circumnavigate the Gender Binary in Seven Thousand Easy Steps with Ivan Coyote

    Thursday, November 05, 2020 | By

    Poster for the event Neither Nor with Ivan Coyote on November 5, 2020

    Neither, Nor: How to Circumnavigate the Gender Binary in Seven Thousand Easy Steps

    All are invited to this free virtual event with Ivan Coyote.

    Thursday, November 5th, 2020, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm EST
    This is an online event. For more information, please visit FirstOntarioPAC.ca or QueerEvents.ca

    Presented by Creative Writing at Brock University, in partnership with the Brock University Faculty Association, Centre for Women and Gender Studies, Social Justice Research Institute, Human Rights and Equity Office, Women’s Campus Safety Grant, OutNiagara, and FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.

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

    Thursday, December 06, 2018 | By

    Poster for event Intersectional Approaches to Police Violence on December 6, 2018

    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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