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thought you might be interested in this canada.com story: "CJLO gives strong signal about its future" CJLO is Concordia University's volunteer-run non-profit radio station, broadcasting from near the center of the Loyola campus. It strives to offer a variety of musical styles and talk programming, and also hosts events throughout Montreal to help promote and support the community and local musicians. CJLO offers a wide variety of programming that truly encompasses the styles appreciated by all of Concordia's 40,000 students and by a wide range of other communities around Montreal CJLO also hosts events throughout the city to help promote and support the community and musicians. Notable achievements include winning Station of the Year at the 2010 CMJ College Day Awards along with awards for Best Use of Limited Resources, and Best Team Effort. CJLO was also voted the 6th best radio station by Montreal Mirror readers in the 2011 and 2010 Best of Montreal (BOM) Poll and 8th in 2009; and at previous CMJ College Day Awards, CJLO was the winner of? Best Student Run, Non-FM Radio Station in 2008 and the winner of Best Team Effort in both 2008 and 2009. Some other Music Directors are also well decorated, with Brian Joseph winning the award for Best Specialty Music Director at the 2009 CMJ College Day Awards and Omar Husain winning Music Director of the Year in 2006 and 2008. Also exciting is the recent ranking of CJLO by the Huffington Post as one of the best college radio stations in 2010! CJLO 1690 AM 7141 Sherbrooke Street West Suite CC-430 Montreal, QC H4B 1R6 Your friend
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English Eventswinter 2012.___________________________The COBP is launching it's new website section "Testimonies of police brutality"; February schedule at La Belle Epoque anarchist center; Occupons Montreal is smelly and uncultured; Cinemapolitica Concordia: the black power Mixtape 1967-1971; CJMPE Montreal new season kick off event; Two events by Haiti Action Montreal at Mc Gill; Lecture of Ben White at Concordia on his last book:; Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy; Stopping Genocide at the Faculty of Law of Mc Gill; Weekly Vigil to End the occcupation of the Palestine; Radical vulvas performance project; Panel on Plan nord: Perspectives, Challenges and Promise for Northern Indigenous Communities; Social Justice days week of QPIRG Mc Gill; 10 th Annual Homeless marathon of CKUT-FM; broadcast around Canada; ------------> ------------> new website section "Testimonies of police brutality"
The COBP (Collective Opposed to Police Brutality is launching it's new website section “Testimonies of police brutality”.
While anonymous denunciations spread, authorities are growing more and more anxious, and now victims and witnesses of police brutality can publish their testimony on our website. Our hope is that this space will become a resource for documentation that can be used as reference material in the struggle against police brutality.
A testimony can be in the form of a text and/or a picture and/or a video. To go directly to the testimony form, go to http://cobp.resist.ca/node/add/temoignage In solidarity, COBP * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Collectif Opposé à la Brutalité Policière Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (514) 395-9691 Montréal, Québec, Canada ------------> ------------> . February 5th, 7 pm Film Screening: If a Tree Falls In English Ever hated the city, with all of it’s smoke, smog and destruction? Well so does Daniel McGowan, whose convictions led him to environmental activism whose actions transitioned from civil disobedience to destuctive action against logging companies, horse farms and ski lodges which all threatened the well being of the natural world. His film follows Daniel afte he was arrested for his involvement with the Earth Liberation Front and offers an insightful look at one of the most significant militant groups of the past 20 years.
. February 10, 5 pm 5 à 7 CSA Discussion and planning for the Autonomous Social Centre.
. February 14, 7 pm Anarchist speed-dating Bilingual Spend the evening getting to know other anarchists. Francophones and anglophones will spending the evening 'speed-dating' members of the opposite language group in an effort to overcome typical language barriers We will also have Valentine's cards to send to prisoners, and sweet snacks.
. February 16, 7 pm Film Screening: La Haine In French with English sub-titles The film La Haine follows three youth from the suburbs the day after major rioting pitted youth against the police in response to a police shooting tha left one youth seriously injured.
. February 21th, 7pm The FLQ, a secret history to tell. Critical point of view from an anarchist In French with translation to English A presentation of the FLQ in its historical context. The armed underground movement for Quebec Liberation to took place in Montréal over a period of nearly a decade. Inspired by the ferment of the time (the Cuban Revolution the Algeria independence, May 68, the Black Liberation Army, etc.), its logic of operation, coordination and communication, whether more or less sophisticated, are worth considering with a watchful eye. We will try to dissect the different discourses of liberation, the concept of freedom, of social classes, nations vs. Self-determination, empowerment vs. identitarian crystallization.
What interests us at the highest point is to discuss the effect created by the actions of the FLQ within society. What were the responses of the police and how were these tensions felt?
. February 23th, 7 pm Proposals Night Bilingual Come out and propose events for March. More information available on our website.
. February 27th, 7 pm (De)-Colonization Reading Group Bilingual Text to discuss available on our website
. February 28th, 7 pm When CSIS Comes Knocking In Engli h with translation to French Presentation and discussion on CSIS's role in national security and how we can protect ourselves against CSIS offenses against our communities
. February 29th, 7 pm Dinner and Letter-writing in support of the G-20 prisoners Bilingual
. March 4th, 7 pm Workshop on the Question of Nationalism: Le Quebecois, colonized or colonizers In French with translation to English
In Quebec in the 1960's, the left and far-left movements saw independantism as a liberatory movement for the Québecois, a colonized people. Pierre Vallière went so far as to describe the Québecois as the "white Blacks of America". Many people still see this struggle as a revolutionary force.
However, from another point of view, the Québecois are descendants of th French empire in America, of New France. According to Kahentinetha Horn, author and editor for Mohawk Nation News, "the French should be considered the first invading race."
As Québec moves into a new phase of exploitation of land and northern communities, all evidence suggests that modern Québec is colonial and capitalist society in full-swing.
Underlying all of this is the question: from a revolutionary perspective, what relationship do we have with nationalist struggles of the Québecois and/or the people of Québec?
This workshop will consist of a multimedia presentation followed b a discussion. Some questions that will be addressed: Are the Québecois a colonized people? Is Québec a colonial entity within the Canadian colonial entity? Are the Québecois colonizers or colonized peoples Is the struggle for a Québec identity a liberatory struggle? To contact us: 1984 Wellington, metro Charlevoix
Directions + accessibility + more: . Open Hours Every Monday from 4 to 7 pm. ------------> ------------> occupons Montreal at the Museum of Beaux-Arts Occupons Montreal is smelly and uncultured. This Sunday, there will first be a pot luck brunch at the Happiness Hotel (951 St-Philippe) starting at 9am, then we'll take the metro over to the museum at 11:30. We'll meet in the main lobby of the south building at 12:00, and we'll probably stay at the museum for most of the afternoon.
We need to relax and have a little fun. We need to spend some time together and remember why it was that we all got involved in this crazy thing in the first place.
For the sake of improving ourselves, we each need to find the right painting, meditate on it, allow time to stop, allow the rest of the world to fade away, and simply appreciate another human's creation.
Most importantly, we need to remind ourselves of the beautiful things in his world that oblige us to struggle.
So get off your sofa next Sunday and come for a field trip with the family. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal 1380 Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal. ------------> ------------> THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE: 1967-1971 - w/ special guest David Austin* Monday, Febryary 6 at 7 pm
**To celebrate Black History Month, CP will present this unique record of the Black Power Movement featuring unseen archival footage from 30 years ago & interviews with contemporary African-American artists, activists, musicians and scholars. Montreal writer & community activist David Austin will introduce the screening. THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE: 1967-1971 Olsson, Göran Hugo / SE / 2011 / 92 min / English
The Black Power Mixtape is an archive- and music- driven documentary that examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the African-American community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975. Combining startlingly fresh and meaningful 16mm footage that had been lying undiscovered in the cellar of Swedish Television for the past 30 years, with contemporary audio interviews from leading African-American artists, activists, musicians and scholars, Mixtape looks at the people, society, culture and style that fuelled a change. Utilizing an innovative format that riffs on the popular 70s mixtape format, the Black Power Mixtape is a cinematic and musical journey into the ghettos of America.
At the end of the Sixties and into the early Seventies, Swedish interest in the US Civil Rights Movement and the US anti-war movement peaked. With a combination of commitment and naiveté, Swedish filmmakers traveled across the Atlantic to explore the Black Power Movement, which was being alternately ignored or portrayed in the US media as a violent, nascent terrorist movement. Despite the obstacles they were confronted with, both from the conservative white American power establishment and from radicalized Movement members themselves, the Swedish filmmakers did not cease their investigation and ultimately formed bonds with key figures in the BPM, based on their common objective of realizing equal rights for all.
Filmmaker Göran Hugo Olsson brings this newly discovered footage to light and introduces it to a new generation across the world in a penetrating examination – through the lens of Swedish filmmakers – of the Black Power Movement from 1967-1975, and its worldwide resonance. http://cinemapolitica.org/concordia Concordia University, Room H110 1455 de Maisonneuve West, Montreal, Quebec ------------> ------------> CJPME-Montreal 2012 Kick-Off (Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East)
When: tuesday, february 7th, 2012 7:30 pm to 9 pm
Join CJPME for a new and exciting year! On Tuesday, February 7, CJPME-Montreal will be holding its 2012 Kick-Off orientation and meet & greet session with local volunteers Our new VP Communications and Montreal coordinator, Megan Bénéat-Donald, will fill you in on the exciting set of activities CJPME is organizing for this Spring - two tours with high-profile speakers, a new art exhibit tour, the launc of a local Montreal speaker series, as well as several other advocacy and BDS campaigns!
Refreshments and a buffet will be served. ------------------------------ CJPME / CJPMO CJPME / CJPMO, 9880 Clark St., Suite 225, Montreal, QC H3L 2R3 ------------> ------------> two events organized by Haiti action Mtl at Mc Gill Feb. 7 & 8: Two events @ McGill w/ Haiti BC's
Two events at McGill University with Roger Annis, of the Canada-Haiti Action Network, who organized a fact-finding delegatio to Haiti in June 2011. 2012 We Are The World Conference Tuesday, February 7, 6-9:30pm, Leacock 232
Difficulties and Challenges Facing Reconstruction in Haiti Wednesday, February 8, 3-4:30pm, Peterson Hall , Room 116, 3460 rue McTavish == 2012 We Are The World conference McGill University With invited speaker Roger Annis, President of Haiti Solidarity BC. Date: The conference will take place on Tuesday the 7th of February 2012, from 6 - 9.30pm. Doors open at 5.30pm and will close 5 minute prior to the start of the conference. Location: Leacock Building Room 232 Cost: tickets will be $5 each if brought before the conference. Tickets will be $10 at the door. To buy tickets beforehand, please chec our Facebook event page for ticket selling times or register to reserve tickets by emailing attendees@wearetheworldmcgill.org.
For this online registration, please include your full name and the number o tickets you would like to purchase. Tickets must then be collected the week before the conference. Tickets not collected before Friday the 3rd of February will be forfeited. Space is limited, so purchase your ticket soon!
Roger Annis is President of Haiti Solidarity BC. The group was formed in 2004 as an advocate for sovereignty and social justice for Haiti. It is affiliated t the Canada Haiti Action Network (CHAN). Mr. Annis is a coordinator of CHAN and an editor of its website. Mr. Annis has traveled twice to Haiti–in August 200 and June 2011. He is a frequent speaker and writer on Haiti. Among his most recent articles are "Foreign Interests Mar Haiti's Recovery," published in The Mark on August 9, 2011, and a review of Dr. Paul Farmer's "Haiti After The Earthquake," published in the Globe and Mail on July 26, 2011. Mr. Annis resides in Vancouver. He is a retired aerospace mechanic.
Other speakers: http://www.wearetheworldmcgill.org/speakers.php We Are The World 2012 is a conference on Economic Development being organized by Borderless World Volunteers (McGill) to explore the various challenges that developing countries around the world will face over the next two decades.
Because the economic development of a country extends far beyond the overall GDP of the country, we aim to explore aspects of development such as microfinance, health, and sustainable agriculture. We believe that the problem of underdevelopment is too vast to be understood, explained and solved by academic theories, student outreach and activism, or development and aid organizations alone. The conference will thus see speakers from different backgrounds – academics and entrepreneurs - share their research, experiences, stories, ideas, and vision with the specific ai of stimulating conversation among the attendees about these challenges.
Structure of the Conference: The conference will be split into two sessions which will be interspersed a breaks where attendees will have a chance to interact with each other and speakers. They will be able to engage in meaningful discussions about the ideas being presented at the conference. Each speaker will presen for around 20 minutes. http://www.wearetheworldmcgill.org/ == Difficulties and Challenges Facing Reconstruction in Haiti Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 - 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM Peterson Hall , Room 116, McGill University 3460 rue McTavish, Montreal Roger Annis is a writer and social justice advocate with the Canada Haiti Action Network. He directed a ten-day fact-finding missio to Haiti in June 2011, his second visit to the country. à He edits the network's website, http://www.mcgill.ca/channels/events/item/?item_id=213624 ------------> ------------> lecture on Ben White at Concordia "PALESTINIANS IN ISRAEL: SEGREGATION, DISCRIMINATION AND DEMOCRACY" organized by Sphr Concordia, When Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7 pm to 10pm
BEN WHITE SPEAKS AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ---------------------------------------------------------- Lecture title: Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy Cost: FREE Where: D. B Clarke, Hall building, SGW campus W hen: 7PM, Wednesday February 8, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------- Ben White is a UK journalist and writer specializing in Palestine/Israel. White's work has been published in many publications including the Guardian and Al Jazeera English. He has also authored two books the first, Israeli Apartheid: a Beginner's Guide, has a foreword written by John Dugard, a former Special Rapporteur to the UN on Palestinian human rights.
Dugard writes "… this book highlights the key issues of the conflict in a short and highly readable study, in which brevity is not achieved at the expense of a serious analysis of Israeli law and practice or a proper treatment of the historic record".
Israeli Apartheid: a Beginner's Guide was praised and recommended by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Professor Ilan Pappe and Ali Abunimah.
Ben White will be speaking at Concordia on issues discussed in his lates book Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy, which has a foreword by Member of Knesset Haneen Zoabi.
As an experienced journalist and speaker, his talk will surely illuminate and make accessible those issues which many find to be complex and difficult to understand when it comes to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. --------------- Copies of Ben White's books will be available at the lecture. CANADA TOUR DATES: Ottawa: February 9 Toronto: February 10 Concordia University - Hall Building 1455 De Maisonneuve W., Montreal. ------------> ------------> by Musée commémoratif de l'Holocauste à Montréal When: Wednedday, February 8, 2012 from 6pm to 8 pm The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre's Human Rights Committee, in collaboration with its partners, invites you to a panel discussion on different approaches to mobilizing international intervention in order to prevent and stop mass atrocities.
- A discussion moderated by Prof. Payam Akhava - With Kyle Matthews, Senior Deputy Director, The Will to Intervene Project The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies - and Rebecca Hamilton author of Fighting for Darfur. Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) - Wednesday, February 8th at 6:00 pm - at Faculty of Law, McGill University, Moot court.
Stopping Genocide Throughout history, indifference and inaction have allowed genocide and mass atrocity crimes to be perpetrated withou interference or protest.
The Holocaust, the genocides in Rwanda and Darfur, to name only few, have seen the international community stand by while men, women and children were being massacred. The question of how such events could take place without rousing an effective intervention continues to haunt our world.
What can we learn from past failures and successes? Are there lessons to be learned from prior experiences, or does each instance of genocide pose a unique set of problems?
The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre Human Rights Committee organises this event in partnership with McGill's Human Rights Working Group and Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.
Moot Court - Faculty of Law - McGill University Montreal. ------------> ------------>
Weekly Vigil Noon to 1 PM End the occcupation ! Join PAJU and support the heroic resistance of the Palestinian People. Become part of the longest-running protest vigil in Canadian history, every Friday in front of in front of Indigo Books on the north-west corner of Ste-Catherine St. and Mcgill College. Friday, February 100, 2012 from noon to 1 PM
Silent vigil in protest against the occupation.
Venue: corner of Ste-Catherine St. and Mcgill College.
Invite your freinds. We hope to see you there. The Vigil Committe. ------------> ------------> radical vulvas performance project
Come to The Radical Vulvas Show this Februay 11th at 8:30 pm at Cafe L'Artère (7000 Avenue du Parc, Metro Parc) The Radical Vulvas is a multidisciplinary art and discussion forum, enablin further discourse about women's experiences and gender identities more broadly. As such there will be visual artists in numbers, a plethora of poets, wonderful art performances, musicians and even clowns ! Voluntary contribution $3-$8, no one turned away. The entry is wheelchair accessible, but not the bathrooms. An open mic will be on the stage for those who want to participat at the last minute! Everybody is welcomed! The show will be projected on line a www.livestream.com/rebellesmontreal for those who really can't come...
"The Radical Vulvas" originated in 2007 in Halifax, at the Dalhousie University Women's Centre. It is a community response to the Vagina Monologues” by Eve Ensler, a play that started a necessary dialogue that should absolutely not end there, or be limited only to a certain kind of woman or limit itself to women at all. The Radical Vulvas aims to be a multi-disciplinary art and discussion forum, enabling further discourse about women's experiences and feeding into broader discourses of gender identity.
As such, we are inviting anyone and everyone to express themselves, through any medium (song, monologue/dialogue, poetry, visual art, dance, performance, etc.) on the subject of women, or "femininity", or the very notion of women.
As a "write your own" production, the Radical Vulvas is whatever the community makes of it. Since its original performance in Halifax, it has been performed by diverse groups in Victoria BC, Ottawa, and a few times here in Montreal! We hope that this winter’s incarnation will be an empowering evening of respectful communication and a celebration of women everywhere.
The event itself will take place on February 11th 2012, at Café Artère 7000 Avenue du Parc, Metro Parc. If you would like to perform or participate, that's wonderful!
Performance submissions should be under ten minutes If you are interested in performing but are unable to meet the January 6th 2012 deadline, please contact us anyway, as soon as possible, so we can do our best to include you! Questions or comments can also be directed to us via email.
This project is possible in part due to financial support from the 2110 Centre of Concordia University vulves.radicales.de.montreal@gmail.com ------------> ------------> plan nord: Perspectives, Challenges and Promise for Northern Indigenous Communities When: Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 8:30 am to 2 pm PLAN NORD: The Aboriginal Law Students Association (ALSA), Environmental Law McGill (ELM) and the International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy (JSDLP) are pleased to welcome the public to attend a cross-disciplinary panel discussion bringing together indigenous leaders and community members, researchers, legal practitioners and representatives of civil society organizations to discuss some of the issues arising from th implementation of Plan Nord, from the perspective of indigenous communities.
Plan Nord, the Government of Quebec's ambitious development strategy covering some two thirds of the province' s territory north of the 49th parallel, contemplates the development of the energy, mining, forestry, biofood and transportation sectors across the area. The sought-after land is inhabited by some 33,000 members of the Cree, Inuit and Innu communities, most of which remain geographically isolated and have been historically marginalized. Advertised as a new model of sustainable development which will reconcile economic, environmental and social aspirations, Plan Nord promises to open an economic space for aboriginal participants and to build a partnership with Aboriginal communities based on respect of indigenous cultures an identities. Yet, many questions remain with regards to the measures which will be take to flesh out the government's commitments and achieve its stated goals.
Panelists will provide an analysis of the issues affecting Northern indigenous communities with regards to consultation processes and the eventual implementation of the Government of Quebec's commitments and constitutional obligations towards Aboriginal communities. The potential impacts of large-scale development projects on indigenous cultures, governance and livelihoods, the promises and pitfalls of sustainable development as a framework for the implementation of Plan Nord and issues of participation in decision-making, governance and self-determination will be addressed. PANELISTS: - Chief Ghislain Picard, Regional Chief of Quebec and Labrador, Assembly of First Nations - Me John Paul Murdoch, attorney - Ugo Lapointe, spokesperson for La Coalition Pour que le Québec ait Meilleure Mine! - Native Women of Quebec Inc. - Professor Colin Scott, Associate Professor, Faculty of Anthropology, McGill University - Professor Jaye Ellis, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and McGill School of Environment PLEASE REGISTER by emailing ( by February 6th, 2012) Faculty of Law / Faculté de Droit, New Chancellor-Day Hall Room 100 / Salle 100 3644 Peel, Montreal. ------------> ------------> social Justice Days featuring Doc Filah & Dean Spade From Monday February 13 to Friday February 17, 2012 Where: McGill campus and venues across Montreal
SOCIAL JUSTICE DAYS ARE FINALLY HERE! Join us from February 13th – February 17th, 2012 Intended to stimulate an alternative political culture in the McGill University community, Social Justice Days is about to mark its seventh year with a week of workshops, discussions, film screenings, and speakers engaging local and global issues. This year we have an international speaker and hip-hop artist from Haiti (Doc Filah), American activist, writer and legal rights advocate Dean Spade, and much more! Social Justice Days testifie to the diversity of critical political engagement on McGill campus, and offers students concrete opportunities to get active in their global community.
Social Justice Days is an annual event series co-organized by the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at McGill and the Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU). This year's co-sponsors include QPIRG McGill, SSMU, CKUT Radio, Solid'Ayiti, Queer McGill, RadLaw, and QPIRG Concordia.
All venues on campus are wheelchair accessible. The venue for the hip-hop show is accessible for non-electric wheelchairs only. The venue for the closing event is unfortunately not fully wheelchair accessible. If you have any other accessibility needs, please contact us.
For childcare or translation, please reserve 48 hours in advance at 514-398-7432 or Check our website for full schedule, updates and room changes: ***************************************************** KEYNOTE PANEL: Wednesday February 15th 6pm - 3480 McTavish - Rm. 203 (Lev Bukhman) Haiti: struggles for access to public health and education today With presentations by celebrated Haiti hip-hop artist Doc Filah and investigative journalist Isabel Macdonald Haitian born artist and activist Doc Filah and Montreal-based investigative journalist Isabel Macdonald will discuss issues of access to public institutions in Haiti, both prior to and since the earthquake in 2010. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussions around these issues, with the aim of further understanding both Canada's role in Haiti and the issues on the ground today. Bios: Doc Filah, born in 1976 as Pierre Harry Dumorney, is a Haitian Hip Hop artist with the celebrated Rap Kreyòl group Majik Click as well as a solo artist. Filah is a medical doctor who graduated from the University of Havana, Cuba and now works in Port-au-Prince.
Isabel Macdonald is a journalist and media scholar. Her investigative journalism covering foreign policy and migration issues has been published by the Nation magazine, the Guardian and El Diario, amongst other publications, and it has also been featured on ABC Good Morning America, MSNBC, CNN, Radio-Canada and Democracy Now!. She writes about issues of media and democracy, and is currently completing a PhD at Concordia University in Montreal.
This event is co-organized with Solid'Ayiti, an initiative of artists and activists in Montreal working to build long-term solidarity between people in Montreal and movements for social justice in Haiti. Solid'Ayiti works to promote self-sufficiency, independence, social justice and peace in Haiti. For more information, see ************************************************ FULL SCHEDULE: Monday February 13th 1pm-3pm - 3480 McTavish - Rm. 203 (Lev Bukhman) Workshop: Building a people of colour centred student movement What would the student movement at McGill look like if our analysis and actions centred the experiences of students of colour? This workshop aims to explore the ways in which varying forms of racism are embedded within student movements in Montreal. By drawing from key principles of community-based anti-racist activism and organizing, this workshop aims to develop strategies for racialized students and allies to buil a more inclusive student movement at McGill and in the broader Montreal community. Bio: Edward Ou Jin Lee is presently a doctoral student at McGill and is on the coordination team for GCARE (Graduate Students Against Racism and for Equity). His research interests include exploring the relationship between migration and sexuality, especially with respect to queer/trans migrants. Ed is involved in a number of community-based initiatives, including Ethnoculture (an annual event to raise awareness about LGBTQ racialized communities and AGIR (an LGBTQ newcomer support and advocacy organisation). ************************************** Tuesday February 14th 1pm-3pm - 3480 McTavish - Rm. 203 (Lev Bukhman) Dignidad Migrante presents: Como se llama la obra? A film screening and discussion Como se llama la obra? explores the trajectory of Dignidad Migrante as an activist collective dedicated to community organizing among Spanish- speaking immigrant workers. It also chronicles the individual experiences of members of Dignidad Migrante, focusing specifically on peoples' experiences in the “informal” job sector, namely working for recruitment agencies. The documentary situates these problems in a larger context of Canada's immigration system. Members of Dignidad Migrante will facilitate a discussion following the screening. The documentary is in Spanish with English subtitles. About Dignidad Migrante: Dignidad Migrante is a group of Spanish-speaking immigrant workers and their allies. Our goals are to: 1) bring together people of this community in Montreal who face injustice and exploitation in their workplaces and beyond, whether they have working papers or not; 2) create a space where people of this community feel safe to express their anger, frustration, or any feelings at all about their situation; and 3) work together to think of ways to fight the exploitation and injustice faced by many immigrant workers, both in the workplace and in society at large, while making sure that everyone in the group feels safe and comfortable with the actions we take. Dignidad Migrante is also a Working Group at QPIRG McGill. ************************************* Wednesday February 15th 1pm-3pm - 3480 McTavish - Rm. 203 (Lev Bukhman) Spittin' Mad – A Workshop on art and resistance An explosive performance art medium with historic roots in communities of colour and resistance, spoken word is the rebel love child of the page and the stage. Spanning such diverse forms as rap, slam, monologue, and choreopoem, spoken word is poetry that sings across barriers, seeks connection between people, and tells truths that are too often ignored. This workshop examines the revolutionary work of poets and writers such as Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Eve Ensler, and Ntozake Shange and provides participants with writing and performance exercises designed to increase self-knowledge, confidence, and writing technique. We will explore issues of accessibility, representation, and safety onstage. Active participation is encouraged - attendees are encouraged to bring their writing, experiment, and push their comfort zones, but personal limits will always be respected. Bio: Ryan Kai Cheng Thom is a Chinese Canadian, queer femme facilitator, writer and spoken word artist. He has been published in The Tyee, What If? Magazine, ditch: the poetry that matters, and Intersections Journal. He has also performed and featured in various Montreal venues, and at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word 2011 in Toronto. ************************************* KEYNOTE PANEL: Wednesday February 15th 6pm - 3480 McTavish - Rm. 203 (Lev Bukhman) (SEE DETAILS ABOVE) ********************************** Thursday, February 16th - 1pm-3pm – 3480 McTavish – Rm. 203 (Lev Bukhman Workshop: Situating the Filipino-Canadian community within the global economy Presented by the Filipino Solidarity Collective, a Working Group at QPIRG McGill Processes of neo-liberalism and globalization have dramatically altered the ways in which migration and labour are structured. This new arrangement, which valorizes global capital, has profound implications for the transnational Filipino community in Canada. Our migration is now structured by labour brokerage between the Philippine and Canadian government – where recent Filipino im/migrants come in as lone temporary, ‘low-skilled' workers despite having families and professional degrees in the Philippines. This workshop examines the role of Filipino Canadian workers as it relates to globalization and neoliberalism.
Le néo-liberalisme et globalisation altèrent gravement les structures de migration et de travail. Ces nouveaux arrangements valorisant le capital globale, ont des profonds influences sur la communauté Philippine au Canada. Notre migration est maintenant structurée de "labor brokerage" entre les gouvernements Philippine et Canadien où les immigrants ou migrants Philippine voyagent au Canada pour travailler mêmes s'ils ont des familles et des diplômes au Philippines. Cet atelier explique le rôle des travailleurs Philippin-Canadien (à travers des polices d'immigration) et leurs travails temporaire en relation avec la globalisation et néo-liberalisme. ********************************************** Thursday, February 16th, Doors 9pm, Les Bobards, 4328 boul. St. Laurent (corner Marie-Anne) Artists for Haiti III: live show featuring performances by Doc Filah direct from Haiti and Paul Cargnello/Karma Atchykah duo Tickets $8 at the door (no advance tickets) Organized by Solid'Ayiti, co-sponsored by QPIRG McGill, CKUT and the SSMU This venue is wheelchair accessible for non-electric wheelchairs For more information, please contact This event is co-organized by Solid'Ayiti. Doc Filah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fqk7yLHd6w ************************************* Friday, February 17th 1pm-3pm - 3480 McTavish – Rm. 203 (Lev Bukhman) Midnight Kitche film screening of If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Following The Midnight Kitchen's daily food serving starting at noon, the film If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front will be screened. This documentary explores the history of the radical environmental group, ELF, and the massive FBI operation to track down and arrest their members. Events covered include tree sitting and blockades in Oregon, the WTO protests in Seattle, as well as the various acts of sabotage carried out by the group. The screening will be followed by a discussion, facilitated by members of The Midnight Kitchen. This will provide an opportunity to consider the complex issues raised in the film, especially the escalation of police repression and its relationship to protest tactics. ************************************ Friday, February 17th, 6:30pm @ Cafe Artère: 7000 avenue du Parc (Metro Parc or #80 bus) Closing event: Dean Spade launches Normal Life Co-presented with QPIRG Concordia To mark the launch of his highly anticipated full-length book debut, writer, educator and activist Dean Spade will join QPIRG McGill and QPIRG Concordia for the launch of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law.
Bio: Dean Spade is an Assistant Professor at Seattle University School of Law. He teaches Administrative Law, Poverty Law, Law and Social Movements and Critical Perspectives on Transgender Law. Prior to joining the faculty of Seattle University, Dean was a Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellow at UCLA Law School and Harvard Law School, teaching classes related to sexual orientation and gender identity law and law and social movements.
In 2002, Dean founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a non-profit law collective that provides free legal services to transgender, intersex and gender non- conforming people who are low-income and/or people of color. SRLP also engages in litigation, policy reform and public education on issues affecting these communities and operates on a collective governance model, prioritizing the governance and leadership of trans, intersex, and gender non-conforming people of color. While working at SRLP, Dean taught classes focusing on sexual orientation, gender identity and law at Columbi and Harvard Law Schools.
This event is a co-presentation between QPIRG Concordia and QPIRG McGill, and is also co-sponsored by RadLaw and Queer McGill.
*Please note that this venue is not fully wheelchair accessible. Contact us for more details
See the Dean Spade Book Launch Facebook event at: http://www.facebook.com/events/101879073271899/ ------------> ------------> CKUT radio presents: The 10th annual Homelessness Marathon 14 hours of live radio programming on justice, not charity Tune in and participate! //// February 22-23, 2012 \\\\ //// 5pm-7am \\\\ TUNE IN all night long on CKUT, 90.3 FM, or online at
CALL in to our toll-free number from anywhere in Canada to participate and speak your mind: 1-866-594-7729.
Come down to the Native Friendship Centre (2001 St-Laurent, corner of Ontario) to participate - free food and coffee all night long! ** What is the Homelessness Marathon? Every year, the Homeless Marathon serves up 14 hours of people-powered radio, broadcasted on nearly 40 radio stations across Canada. With the goal of being a consciousness-raising event, the Marathon will provide an opportunity for homeless people and their allies to take to the airwaves, and allow a nationwide discussion on homelessness issues and possible solutions.
35 stations carrying the marathon from coast to coast to coast! To find the station nearest you broadcasting the marathon, visit: http://ckut.ca/homeless/?page_id=93 Some highlights for this year include: ** Open mic hour from midnight-1am (call in with your questions, comments, and rants, or bring an instrument down to the centre and play a song) - 1-866-594-7729.
** Other hourly topics and panels on gender and access to housing, police repression and the law, art in the streets, migration and housing, and more!
** Segments of the marathon also being hosted live from the streets of Halifax by CKDU radio, and the streets of Vancouver by CJSF radio!
For the complete schedule, and for more info, visit: www.ckut.ca/homeless Get involved! We need help putting up posters, getting the word out, and also on the airwaves. Get in touch with or call 514-448-4041 x.6788 Homelessness Marathon coordinator Coordonnateur du Marathon des sans-abri Radio CKUT Montreal 514.448.4041. x.6788 ------------> ads to calendar:
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