>> Announcing ... STUDY IN ACTION: Other Inconvenient Truths (March 12-14, Concordia, Montreal)
Monday, February 15, 2010 - 10:52 PM
MARCH 12-14, 2010
Concordia University, MONTREAL
The Study In Action conference is free. Welcome to all! FRIDAY, March 12, 6:30pmde Sève Cinema, 1400 de Maisonneuve West(métro Guy-Concordia)
Speakers include:
-> Gord Hill: Indigenous (Kwakwaka'wakw) artist and organizer, author of "500 Years of Indigenous Resistance," member of the Olympics Resistance Network-> Sharmeen Khan:environmental justice and anti-racist activist, writer and researcher-> Poya Saffari: farmer and activist active with le Coop jardins de la résistance & Solidarity Across Borders-> Catherine St-Arnaud-Babin: queer feminist activist and ex-squatter, member of the eco-radical collective Liberterre
More detailed info below or http://www.qpirgconcodia.org/studyinaction
Keynote panel followed by a reception at QPIRG-Concordia (1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, #204).
SATURDAY, March 13 (10am-6pm) & SUNDAY, March 14 (10:30am-6pm)
PANELS, DISCUSSIONS, WORKSHOPS & ART EXHIBIT AND FOOD
7th Floor, Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve West THEME: "Social and Environmental Justice"Topics include: Radical Environmentalism; Racism in Canada; Food Security and Urban Agriculture; Urban Renewal and Public Space; Greenwashing NGOs; Indigenous Land Issues and Development; Impacts of Canadian Mining; “Greening” Prisons; and more
DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF PANELS & WORKSHOPS: http://qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction/schedule.html
-> The Study In Action conference is free. Welcome to all!-> Breakfast, lunch and beverages are provided free during the conference.-> Wheelchair accessible.-> Childcare available on-site (please phone 48 hours in advance)-> Whisper translation available for all panels and workshops in English and French.
Please pre-register by e-mail at studyinaction@gmail.com (students: please indicate your name, school and field of study; community members: let us know who you are) or visit the website.
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Opening Panel: OTHER INCONVENIENT TRUTHS: Beyond "sustainability", towards environmental justice FRIDAY, March 12, 6:30pmde Sève Cinema, 1400 de Maisonneuve West
Speakers:
GORD HILL (Kwakwaka'wakw) is an indigenous artist and organizer who has been active with the Native Youth Movement and other groups. He is a main contributor to www.no2010.com as well as Warrior Publications, and is active with the Olympic Resistance Network of the Coast Salish Territories. Gord has been repeatedly targeted by the Vancouver Integrated Security Unit (VISU) in relation to his unrepentant advocacy for direct action in defense of the land and anti-Olympics organizing on the theme: "No Olympics on Stolen Native Land". He is the author/artist of the graphic novel: "500 Years of Indigenous Resistance".
SHARMEEN KHAN works at OPIRG-York in Toronto and is on the Advisory Board of Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action. She has been active in media activism, environmental justice and anti-racism for many years and has organized with the Bus Riders Union in Vancouver and currently programs for CHRY 105.5FM in Toronto.
POYA SAFFARI is an Iranian-born farmer and activist based both in Montreal and Ormstown. He is a member of Coop jardins de la résistance an ecological farming project that grows a diversity of vegetables and fruits according to ecological practices, while also striving to develop meaningful links with communities in Montreal. During the past several years Poya has also been active with migrant justice struggles with groups like No one Is Illegal and Solidarity Across Borders.
CATHERINE ST-ARNAUD-BABIN was a member of the former eco-radical collective Liberterre, as well as the former Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC), and has been active in transcontinental movements against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). She is a radical queer feminist and ex-squatter who is currently a community worker with immigrant families. She is also a member of the Collectif de recherche sur l'autonomie collective (CRAC). Through these different struggles and experiences, Catherine proposes a reflection on the environment, and the different relationships within the notion of space and time, that show the various intersections of oppressions from an anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian point of view.
For more information:studyinaction@gmail.com tel: 514-848-7585 www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction
STUDY IN ACTION is a project of the Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG) at Concordia.Community - Research - Resistance
