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**UPDATED WITH WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS BELOW**

Saturday 24 November 2012
7th floor of Concordia Hall Building
1455 de Maisonneuve W. (Guy-Concordia metro), Montreal

PAS DE FRONTIÈRE, PAS DE NATIONS! / NO BORDERS, NO NATIONS!
A presentation and discussion by Nandita Sharma, with members of No One Is Illegal & Solidarity Across Borders

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 6pm-9pm
at Café L’Artère, 7000 Avenue du Parc
(south of Jean-Talon, near métro Parc, Montréal)
– free (donations welcome)
– childcare available on request (please phone in advance)
– the Café is accessible to wheelchairs, but we regret that the bathrooms are not fully accessible (no large doors or bars)
– les présentations seront en anglais, avec une service de traduction chuchotée vers le français
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Join us for an uncompromising discussion that will oppose the idea and practice of borders and nation-states, and offer a critical perspective on anti-trafficking discourses. The speakers will articulate resistance to global apartheid rooted in community organizing.

Featured speaker: NANDITA SHARMA
Nandita is an activist scholar whose research is shaped by the social movements she is active in, including No Borders movements and those struggling for the commons. She is the author of “Home Economics: Nationalism and the Making of ‘Migrant Workers’ in Canada”, as well as the article “Anti-Trafficking Rhetoric in the Making of Global Apartheid.” She is a professor at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.

The panel will also include presentations by community organizers ROBYN MAYNARD & JAGGI SINGH. Robyn & Jaggi are co-hosts of No One Is Illegal Radio on CKUT Radio, and active with No One Is Illegal-Montreal, Solidarity Across Borders and the Justice for the Victims of Police Killings Coalition. Robyn is also active with Stella.

This event is co-presented by QPIRG Concordia, QPIRG McGill, No One Is Illegal-Montreal & Solidarity Across Borders.
INFO:
514-848-7585
www.qpirgconcordia.org
nooneisillegal@gmail.com

ART IN ACTION
Creative student and community contributions related to social and environmental justice
NOVEMBER 11-15, 2012

1455 de Maisonneuve West, 7th floor
(métro Guy-Concordia) MONTRÉAL
Viewing Hours:
Monday, November 12 to Thursday, November 15
10am to 8pm
wheelchair accessible / free / welcome to all!

Convergence is a community and undergraduate research journal, highlighting contributions to social justice research and art. Convergence features research from the Community-University Research Exchange (CURE), the Study In Action conference, as well as Art In Action. This year marks the publication of the third volume of Convergence. You can view the entire content of Convergence online at: www.convergencejournal.ca