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8th September 2015, 22:36
FORUM ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS
DATE: Wednesday September 30
PLACE: Library Building, room 072, 350 Victoria street (Ryerson University)
INFO: www.acto.ca / righttohousing.wordpress.com
*Part of a National week of Action! #votehousing4all
Speakers:
Leilani Farha - United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing
Alex Neve - amnesty International Canada
Christa Big Canoe - Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto
Cheyanne Ratnam - What's the Map: Mobilizing Newcomer Homeless youth
Mike Creek - Working for Change
This event will be broadcast live online
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RYERSON SOCIAL JUSTICE WEEK 2015
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY: ARTS, ACTIVISM AND THE ACADEMY
MONDAY OCTOBER 5th
‘Campus Dialogue on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call for Action’
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Location: Thomas Lounge
ASL
‘Opening Rally’
Location: Gould Street
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm
ASL
‘Aboriginal Circle Workshop’
With Banakonda Kennedy-Kish Bell
(Aboriginal Students Only)
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: SLC 508, Student Learning Centre
Art Tools Workshop
‘Walking Together, Learning Together’
With Ryerson Aboriginal Student Services and the Woodland Cultural Centre
Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Location: Amphitheater, Student Learning Centre
Art Reception
Time: 5:00pm-6:00pm
Location: Amphitheater, Student Learning Centre
‘Truths, Reconciliation and Resistance: Making it Real’
Opening by Joanne Dallaire
Speaker:
Dr. Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, Associate Professor, University of Alberta and Director of FNCARES
“In Spirit” performance by Article 11
Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm
Location: TRS 1-067
ASL
TUESDAY OCTOBER 6th
‘Inhabiting Critical Spaces’
Panel discussion on teaching and learning from the margins at Ryerson University
Speakers:
Dr. Amina Jamal, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Dr. Doreen Fumia, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Dr. Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
Location: 7th floor of Heaslip House
ASL
Lunch and Learn
‘Whose Security? Politics, Big Brother and Bill C-51’
Speakers:
Amar Wala, Documentary Filmmaker
Dr. Tariq Amin-Khan, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Dr. Pam Palmater, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Clayton Thomas-Muller, Organizer, anti-Tar sand Coalition
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Location: 7th floor of Heaslip House
ASL
Social Justice Walk
‘Uncovering/Discovering the Ryerson Community’
With Cathy Crowe, Street Nurse, educator and social activist
Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Begin at Ryerson Statue
Art Tools Workshop
‘Cartoons for Social Change’
With Kwentong Bayan
Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Location: 7th floor of Heaslip House
‘Towards Dignity: Migrant Workers Rising’
Moderated by Dr. Sedef Arat-Koc, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Speakers:
Elizabeth Tang, General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers Federatio
Xyza Cruz Bacani, Filipina Street photographer and former live-in caregiver in Hong Kong.
Migrant Workers Alliance for Change
Justicia for Migrant Workers
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: LIB072, Library Building
ASL
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7th
‘Precarity in the Post-Secondary Sector’
Moderated by Alan Sears
Speakers:
Schenella Pinto, Canadian Intern Association
Part-time faculty member
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Location: SCC115, Ryerson Student Centre
Lunch and Learn
‘Ethics of Decent Work’
Moderated by Dr. Gerald Hunt, Director, Centre for Labour Management Relations
Speakers:
Dr. Rafael Gomez, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Deena Ladd, Coordinator, Workers' Action Centre
Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Michael Lavergne, Sustainable Supply Chain Consultant and Author
Location: Cara Common, TRSM Building
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
ASL
‘Anti-colonial Sovereignty Across the Borders of Time, Place and Sentiment’
Part of the Sociology Department Speaker Series’
Speaker:
Dr. Audra Simpson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Location: SCC115, Ryerson Student Centre
ASL
Art Tools Workshop
‘Digital Story Telling’
Eliza Chandler, Tangled Arts Festival
Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Location: SCC115, Ryerson Student Centre
‘Intergenerational Dialogue on Arts, Activism and the Academy’
Annual Mandela EDI Lecture
Moderated by Denise O’Neal Green, Associate Vice Provost/Vice President, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Ryerson University
Speakers:
-Lee Maracle, First Nations author, poet, educator and performing
-Zanana Akande, First black woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and first black woman to serve as a cabinet minister in Canada
-Himani Bannerji, Writer, poet and Professor Emeritus of Sociology, York University
-Joy Kogawa, Japanese Canadian poet, author and peace activist
+ responses from young activists from the Black Lives Matter Toronto and Idle No More
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: TRS 1-067, TRSM Building
ASL
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8TH
‘Anti-Black Racism: Why Does it Matter to me and My Profession?’
Live Actor Simulation and Panel Discussion
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: Upper Gym, KHE
Lunch and Learn
‘Black Lives Matter’
Moderated by Dr. Gerald Hunt, Director, Centre for Labour Management Relations
-Spoken Word Performance by D'bi Young
Speakers:
Sandy Hudson, Black Lives Matter Toronto
Angela Robertson
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Location: Upper Gym, KHE
ASL
‘Meet the Author’
Showcasing critical research and writing by Ryerson faculty and community
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Location: Upper Gym, KHE
Art Tools Workshop
D'bi Young
Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Location: Upper Gym, KHE
‘Cinema Politica Launch’
Film Screening of “Call Me Kuchu” (2012)
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: LIB072, Library Building
ASL
FRIDAY OCTOBER 9th
Lunch and Learn
‘Crossing Borders/Crossing Boundaries
Personal Narratives by ISS Students
Closing by Joanna Dallaire
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Location: SCC115, Ryerson Student Centre
ASL
DATE: Wednesday September 30
PLACE: Library Building, room 072, 350 Victoria street (Ryerson University)
INFO: www.acto.ca / righttohousing.wordpress.com
*Part of a National week of Action! #votehousing4all
Speakers:
Leilani Farha - United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing
Alex Neve - amnesty International Canada
Christa Big Canoe - Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto
Cheyanne Ratnam - What's the Map: Mobilizing Newcomer Homeless youth
Mike Creek - Working for Change
This event will be broadcast live online
----------------------------------------
RYERSON SOCIAL JUSTICE WEEK 2015
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY: ARTS, ACTIVISM AND THE ACADEMY
MONDAY OCTOBER 5th
‘Campus Dialogue on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call for Action’
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Location: Thomas Lounge
ASL
‘Opening Rally’
Location: Gould Street
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm
ASL
‘Aboriginal Circle Workshop’
With Banakonda Kennedy-Kish Bell
(Aboriginal Students Only)
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: SLC 508, Student Learning Centre
Art Tools Workshop
‘Walking Together, Learning Together’
With Ryerson Aboriginal Student Services and the Woodland Cultural Centre
Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Location: Amphitheater, Student Learning Centre
Art Reception
Time: 5:00pm-6:00pm
Location: Amphitheater, Student Learning Centre
‘Truths, Reconciliation and Resistance: Making it Real’
Opening by Joanne Dallaire
Speaker:
Dr. Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, Associate Professor, University of Alberta and Director of FNCARES
“In Spirit” performance by Article 11
Time: 6:30pm-9:00pm
Location: TRS 1-067
ASL
TUESDAY OCTOBER 6th
‘Inhabiting Critical Spaces’
Panel discussion on teaching and learning from the margins at Ryerson University
Speakers:
Dr. Amina Jamal, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Dr. Doreen Fumia, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Dr. Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
Location: 7th floor of Heaslip House
ASL
Lunch and Learn
‘Whose Security? Politics, Big Brother and Bill C-51’
Speakers:
Amar Wala, Documentary Filmmaker
Dr. Tariq Amin-Khan, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Dr. Pam Palmater, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Clayton Thomas-Muller, Organizer, anti-Tar sand Coalition
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Location: 7th floor of Heaslip House
ASL
Social Justice Walk
‘Uncovering/Discovering the Ryerson Community’
With Cathy Crowe, Street Nurse, educator and social activist
Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Begin at Ryerson Statue
Art Tools Workshop
‘Cartoons for Social Change’
With Kwentong Bayan
Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Location: 7th floor of Heaslip House
‘Towards Dignity: Migrant Workers Rising’
Moderated by Dr. Sedef Arat-Koc, Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Speakers:
Elizabeth Tang, General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers Federatio
Xyza Cruz Bacani, Filipina Street photographer and former live-in caregiver in Hong Kong.
Migrant Workers Alliance for Change
Justicia for Migrant Workers
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: LIB072, Library Building
ASL
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7th
‘Precarity in the Post-Secondary Sector’
Moderated by Alan Sears
Speakers:
Schenella Pinto, Canadian Intern Association
Part-time faculty member
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Location: SCC115, Ryerson Student Centre
Lunch and Learn
‘Ethics of Decent Work’
Moderated by Dr. Gerald Hunt, Director, Centre for Labour Management Relations
Speakers:
Dr. Rafael Gomez, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Deena Ladd, Coordinator, Workers' Action Centre
Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Michael Lavergne, Sustainable Supply Chain Consultant and Author
Location: Cara Common, TRSM Building
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
ASL
‘Anti-colonial Sovereignty Across the Borders of Time, Place and Sentiment’
Part of the Sociology Department Speaker Series’
Speaker:
Dr. Audra Simpson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Location: SCC115, Ryerson Student Centre
ASL
Art Tools Workshop
‘Digital Story Telling’
Eliza Chandler, Tangled Arts Festival
Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Location: SCC115, Ryerson Student Centre
‘Intergenerational Dialogue on Arts, Activism and the Academy’
Annual Mandela EDI Lecture
Moderated by Denise O’Neal Green, Associate Vice Provost/Vice President, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Ryerson University
Speakers:
-Lee Maracle, First Nations author, poet, educator and performing
-Zanana Akande, First black woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and first black woman to serve as a cabinet minister in Canada
-Himani Bannerji, Writer, poet and Professor Emeritus of Sociology, York University
-Joy Kogawa, Japanese Canadian poet, author and peace activist
+ responses from young activists from the Black Lives Matter Toronto and Idle No More
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: TRS 1-067, TRSM Building
ASL
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8TH
‘Anti-Black Racism: Why Does it Matter to me and My Profession?’
Live Actor Simulation and Panel Discussion
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: Upper Gym, KHE
Lunch and Learn
‘Black Lives Matter’
Moderated by Dr. Gerald Hunt, Director, Centre for Labour Management Relations
-Spoken Word Performance by D'bi Young
Speakers:
Sandy Hudson, Black Lives Matter Toronto
Angela Robertson
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Location: Upper Gym, KHE
ASL
‘Meet the Author’
Showcasing critical research and writing by Ryerson faculty and community
Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Location: Upper Gym, KHE
Art Tools Workshop
D'bi Young
Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Location: Upper Gym, KHE
‘Cinema Politica Launch’
Film Screening of “Call Me Kuchu” (2012)
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: LIB072, Library Building
ASL
FRIDAY OCTOBER 9th
Lunch and Learn
‘Crossing Borders/Crossing Boundaries
Personal Narratives by ISS Students
Closing by Joanna Dallaire
Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm
Location: SCC115, Ryerson Student Centre
ASL