A grassroots community research conference / workshops, panels and art at Concordia, McGill & UQÀM
MARCH 20-23, 2014
- A grassroots undergraduate and community research conference
- Featuring contributions to social and environmental justice research by students, community organizers, and artists
- Workshops, Panels and Art at Concordia, McGill and UQÀM
- Free & welcome to all!
Topics include: * Struggles of Self-Determination * Responses and resistance by Muslim women to the Charter * Theory and Practice of Social Ecology * Art & Resistance * Indigenous Feminist Resistance * Migration Struggles * Environmental Justice * Gentrification & Security * Community Building * Mining, Extraction and Fossil Fuels * Race & Intersectionality * Indigenous Resistance & Decolonization * Accessibility, Mobility and Bodily Self-Determination … and more!STUDY IN ACTION is co-organized by the Quebec Public Interest Research Groups (QPIRGs) at Concordia, McGill and UQÀM.
Info: www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction
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* Thursday, March 20, 6:30pm at UQÀM
OPENING PANEL: Struggles of Self-Determination
(information tables and snacks from 5:30pm)
Room SH-3420, Pavillon Sherbrooke
200, rue Sherbrooke Ouest (at Jeanne-Mance)
métro Place-des-Arts
map: http://goo.gl/maps/BCmMk
Confirmed panelists:
- Denise Jourdain & Elyse Vollant (Uashat-Maliotenam), on Indigenous resistance to Plan Nord and the defence of traditional lands;
- Émilie Laliberté (Stella), on the self-organizing efforts of sex workers;
- Laurence Parent (RAPLIQ) – on disability organizing and self-determination;
- Gabrielle Bouchard (Centre for Gender Advocacy) – on gender self-determination;
- Christina Xydous (QPIRG Concordia) – on anti-racist feminist opposition to Bill 60 (Charter of Quebec Values).
This opening panel, in French (with whisper translation into English), will explore diverse struggles of self-determination against oppression, making links between our collective organizing for justice and the interconnectedness of our struggles.
About the panelists:
Denise Jourdain and Elyse Vollant are from the Innu community of Uashat-Maliotenam on the Côte Nord; they are activists in opposition to Plan Nord and in defence of their ancestral lands and culture. Émilie Laliberté is part of Stella, a Montreal-organization founded in 1995 by and for sex workers. Laurence Parent organizes with the Regroupement d’activistes pour l’inclusion au Québec (RAPLIQ) for the defense of the rights of people with handicaps. Gabrielle Bouchard coordinates the Peer Support and Trans Advocacy Program at the Center for Gender Advocacy. Christina Xydous works at QPIRG Concordia and is an intersectional, anti-racist feminist and Montreal-based activist and organizer.
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* Friday, March 21, 2pm-4pm at McGill
WORKSHOP: Responses and resistance by Muslim women to the proposed Quebec Charter of Values
Madeleine Parent, room 203, SSMU Building
3480, rue McTavish (north of Sherbrooke, south of Pine)
métro Peel
map: http://goo.gl/maps/CkI5u
[more details forthcoming]
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* Friday, March 21, 4pm at UQÀM
PANEL: The Theory and Practice of Social Ecology
with Bruno Massé , Marcel Sévigny, Lucia Kowaluk and Denise Jourdain
Room SH-2420, Pavillon Sherbrooke
200, rue Sherbrooke Ouest (at Jeanne-Mance)
métro Place-des-Arts
map: http://goo.gl/maps/BCmMk
[more details forthcoming]
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* Friday, March 21, 6pm, on the streets
DEMONSTRATION & MARCH: Against colonialism, racism and the proposed Quebec “Charter of Values” (Bill 60)
Rendez-vous: exit of métro Mt-Royal
(Mt-Royal East, between Berri and Rivard)
Part of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa.
Organized by Ensemble contre la Charte xenophobe. Supported by QPIRG Concordia, Solidarity Across Borders, No One Is Illegal, Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) at Concordia, Study In Action (UQÀM, Concordia & McGill) and others. To endorse this demonstration, please contact contrelachartexenophobe@gmail.com.
The basis of unity of this demonstration is the following Community Statement: www.qpirgconcordia.org/?p=4687
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* Friday, March 21, 8:30pm at UQÀM
FILMS by Médi@s Libres
Room SH-R810, Pavillon Sherbrooke
200, rue Sherbrooke Ouest (at Jeanne-Mance)
métro Place-des-Arts
map: http://goo.gl/maps/BCmMk
An evening of engaged and critical documentaries presented by the Médi@s Libres collective. [more details forthcoming]
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* March 20-23 at Concordia
ART IN ACTION exhibition
7th floor, Hall Building
1455 de Maisonneuve West (between Bishop and Mackay)
métro Guy-Concordia
map: http://goo.gl/maps/be1oD
Art In Action highlights creative expression on social and environmental justice issues through diverse mediums including: drawing, painting, photography, performance, film & video, installation, spoken word, zine, collage, watercolour, poster, and print. This year’s Art In Action will include submissions to “Art Against Their Charter”. [more details forthcoming]
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* Saturday & Sunday, March 22-23, 10am-5pm at Concordia
STUDY IN ACTION: 9 panels & 3 workshops
Grassroots-based social justice research by undergraduate students and community organizers
7th floor, Hall Building
1455 de Maisonneuve West (between Bishop and Mackay)
métro Guy-Concordia
map: http://goo.gl/maps/be1oD
Panels:
* Indigenous Feminist Resistance (Lael Kim, Alisha Mascarenhas, Molly Swain)
* Migration Struggles (Marwa AbuSara, Annie Preston, Camila Rivas-Garrido, Dignidad Migrante)
* Environmental Justice (Jordan de Bellescize, Cameron Butler, Robin Reid-Fraser)
* Gentrification & Security (Kyle McLoughlin, Brooke Nancekivell, Mike Selmani, Aaron Vansintjan)
* Community Building (Cynthia Albertin, Allison Jones, Caroline Mallette)
* Mining, Extraction and Fossil Fuels (Aaron Barcant, Tyler Michaels, Sean Phipps)
* Race & Intersectionality (Francis Dolan, Caroline Huang, Délice Mugabo, Laudan Vaezmir)
* Indigenous Resistance & Decolonization (Tyler Lawson, Alexandra Olshefsky, Victoria Watson)
* Closing Panel: Accessibility, Mobility and Bodily Self-Determination (Accessibilize Montreal; Chelsea Barnett; Louis Donelle, Sophie Dorion & Marilou Favreau-Léger; AJ Withers)
Workshops:
* Your Radio is a Bomb – The explosive power and potential of independent media (CKUT Community News Collective)
* Canadian Mining in Latin America & Congo (MICLA, & STAND)
* How to find out what they don’t want you to know: An introduction to access to information laws and procedures
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For all events:
- Free & welcome to all!
- Wheelchair accessible.
- Please get in touch about any accessibility needs.
- Free childcare on-site during all events (except Art In Action and the March 21 March & Demonstration)
- Whisper translation in English and French will be available for all events.
- Vegan lunch served on Saturday and Sunday.
- Attend one panel, workshop or event, or attend them all!
STUDY IN ACTION is co-organized by the Quebec Public Interest Research Groups (QPIRGs) at Concordia, McGill and UQÀM.
Info: www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction