Students Organize Forum to Probe Treatment of Native Women in Canada, and Challenge Gender Oppression, During the Global '16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence"
When: Thursday Nov. 30th 6 to 9 pm
Where: International Students Center 33 St. George Street Main floor, Baldwin room. (At College and St. George, one building north of college, east side)
Guest Speakers: Sylvia Maracle, Lee Maracle, Amber O'Hara
"Canada's New Minority Government continues to attack First Nations!"
Come out and Join Us for a
National Day of Protest
"To Save Our Legacy"
Canada cuts 160 million in language funding.
The gap between the social and economic status of First Nation communities and non-First Nations communities continues to expand.
Canada cannot continue to ignore this reality!
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
at 11:30 a.m.
Parliament Hill
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information contact Chiefs of Ontario: 1-877-517-6527
Christine Welsh's film about some of the "missing & murdered" aboriginal women in Canada
Re-Envisioning Relationships Conference: </P>
<P>Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Alliances and Coalitions for Indigenous Rights, Social and Environmental Justice </P>
<P>Trent University -- Department of Indigenous Studies Peterborough, Ontario, Canada November 2, 3, 4, and 5th, 2006 </P>
<P>This conference aims to explore relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples who have formed alliances or coalitions to fight for Indigenous rights, social and/or environmental justice. Alliances and coalitions have become more common in the past decades, yet little research has been done to understand these working relationships, particularly what works well and what challenges are faced in forming relationships. </P>
<P>This conference aims to attract both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal activists, leaders and academics. To further our understanding of relationships, the conference program combines both formal presentations and opportunities for discussions. Conference planners hope to create a forum where experiences can be shared in a safe environment, where new understandings can emerge and where new contacts can be made. It is a time to reflect on how relationships have evolved and where they need to go in the future. Both practitioners and academics will contribute to the richness of exchange in this conference. </P>
<P><A href="http://www.trentu.ca/nativestudies/alliances/conference_hm.html">http://www.trentu.ca/nativestudies/alliances/conference_hm.html</A></P>
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The Canadian Forces Leadership Institute is pleased to celebrate
National Aboriginal Day 2006 by hosting the first conference on
Aboriginal contributions to the Canadian military experience. This
event aims to celebrate, raise visibility and increase awareness of
Aboriginal contributions to the Canadian Forces. It also endeavours to build bridges between these communities and develop ideas that will help strengthen Aboriginal-military relations in the future. The conference is open to all, and there is no conference fee.
I'm working as a publicist for Toronto's Inside Out Festival and wanted to let you know about this year's great line-up. </P>
<P>The Inside Out Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival has come a long way since its first screening at the Euclid theatre in 1991 playing to a crowd of 3,000 people. When it kicks off its 15th year on May 19 it is expected to draw 30,000 people - staking its claim as Canada's largest same-sex film festival and the second largest Toronto film festival overall (next to Toronto International Film Festival). Ticket sales that totaled $24,000 back in its inception, will likely see numbers well into the $125,000 mark this year. </P>
<P>There is also a curated POW WOW program presented in partnership with the Trinity Square Video on May 26 featuring commissioned works from local aboriginal video-makers including - Jason ryle, Wanda Nanibush, and James Diamond. </P>
<P>Here are some more details about some of these aboriginal short films (many more in our program) which i'm happy to send for review/and set up interviews with the aboriginal artists: </P>
<P>Program Description: Curated by Adam Garnet Jones. In this program that features new commissioned works from local videomakers, queer Aboriginal artists merge sex, politics, poetry and culture to illuminate lives and experiences lived behind the curtain of mainstream media. Presented in partnership with Trinity Square Video. </P>
<P>Thorn Grass A poetic tribute to the life of a Two-Spirited youth who was killed in Cortez, Colorado in 2001. Language: English </P>
<P>Deconstructing Crack Ho Nobody wants to hear about a Crack Ho...especially not a 12-year-old one. Language: English </P>
<P>The Gift We often miss knowing the ones with whom we are closest. Language: English </P>
<P>Helpless Maiden Makes an `I` Statement A heroine in chains delivers a dungeon monologue as she struggles to negotiate a complex S/M relationship. Language: English </P>
<P>COWBOY PICTURES Light is the connection and an Indian is the rift between man-flesh, image and the silvery cloud of Manifest Destiny . Language: English </P>
<P>Head Case Love at first sight is all in your head. Language: English </P>
<P>The Man From Venus When everything about your identity is mixed, how can you decode the messages, bypass what everyone else sees and figure out who you are? Language: English </P>
<P>Memory in Bones I am a puzzle. Ever-changing...I am urban...I am rural...I am modern...I am traditional...I am a strong Aboriginal woman who walks with her ancestors in her bones. Language: English </P>
<P>Little Indians What is a real Indian? A Metis woman is reunited with her long-lost brother. Language: English </P>
<P>Painted Positive Painted Positive opens a window on the feelings and personal experiences of a gay Aboriginal man living with HIV. Language: English </P>
<P>Trauma Queens A woman's grandmother helps her come to terms with her sexual identity. Language: English </P>
<P>We also have great art/pictures available for media use. For more information, please see <A href="http://www.insideout.ca">www.insideout.ca</A> </P>
<P> Thanks, Anila Sunnak </P>
Indian Residential School Survivors Society National Survivors Support Line </P>
<P>1-866-925-4419 (Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) </P>
<P>Free, Confidential </P>
<P>Are you a survivor of Residential Schools? Are you an intergenerational survivor? Do you need to talk? </P>
<P>The Survivors Support Line is available to all Aboriginal people affected by their residential school experience or the experience of others. We are survivors of residential schools too. We understand the issues and we have information that might help. Just saying hello is a good place to start. Give it a try. You can take your time. We care and we promise to listen. Indian Residential School Survivor Society General Info. Line 1-800-721-0066 <A href="http://www.irsss.ca">www.irsss.ca</A> </P>
