Monday, March 11th, 1:15pm until 5:15pm
Concordia University - Hall Building, 1455 De Maisonneuve W.
Sexual Representation in Cinema presents: A Bruce LaBruce Special Presentation
Screening of: GIVE PIECE OF ASS A CHANCE (2007) & THE RASPBERRY REICH (2004)
Followed by a presentation and Q&A with BRUCE LaBRUCE
Introduction by Prof. Tom Waugh
ROADMAP TO APARTHEID - in collaboration with IAW-Montreal
Monday, March 11th, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Concordia University, Room H110
This Montreal premiere is presented in collaboration with Israeli Apartheid Week Montreal, and will feature special guest speakers in attendance.
ROADMAP TO APARTHEID
In this award-winning documentary, the first-time directors take a detailed look at the apartheid analogy commonly used to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Narrated by Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple), Roadmap to Apartheid is as much a historical document of the rise and fall of apartheid in South Africa, as it is a film about why many Palestinians feel they are living in an apartheid system today, and why an increasing number of people around the world agree with them.
While not perfect, the apartheid analogy is a useful framework by which to educate people on the complex issues facing Israelis and Palestinians. Our film delves into those issues, comparing the many similar laws and tools used by both Israel and apartheid-era South Africa. The audience will see what life is like for Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and inside Israel while gaining a deeper understanding of the conflict with the help of respected analysts on the subject. Combined with archival material and anecdotes from South Africans, the film forms a complete picture as to why the analogy is being used with increasing frequency and potency.
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
http://montreal.apartheidweek.org/
Film Forum : Family Motel
Monday, March 11th, 7:00pm until 9:00pm
Em Cafe, 5718 Du Parc Ave
In FAMILY MOTEL a Somali refugee and her teenage daughters, confront the unexpected when they are evicted from their apartment for arrears in rent. The film follows their subsequent move to a beaten down motel for the homeless on the “other side” of town. A discussion will follow the screening with the participation of Christine Paré, co-president of the Commission des communautés culturelles of NDP Quebec Section and member of the Fédération des Femmes du Québec (FFQ) and the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID. )
Free admission, but contributions accepted.
Cinema Politica McGill in Association with Canadian Roots Exchange presents: Reel Injun
Tuesday, March 12th, 5:00pm
Leacock 15 855 Sherbrooke West
I hope you've all had a good relaxing break somewhere warm, but welcome back to McGill Cinema Politica! This Tuesday, in association the Canadian Roots Exchange, we'll be screening Reel Injun. The film, by director Neil Diamond follows the myth of the 'Injun' and its creation in Hollywood films which have influenced perceptions of indigenous populations since the era of silent film.
Trailer and Info can be found here: http://www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/mcgill/reel-injun-0
Interested in getting involved next year in Cinema Politica McGill? We're looking to fill our executive committee next year with new Director, VP Finance, VP Publicity, VP Programming and Secretary . Send us an email, or come drop by they screening Tuesday (Only McGill Students are eligible)
Le Frigo Vert Workshop Series - Fermentation!
Tuesday, March 12th, 6:30pm
People's Potato Kitchen, 1455 Boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest H-733
Part of Le Frigo Vert's workshop series, this workshop will give a brief overview of the history and practice of fermenting vegetables (e.g. sauerkraut, kim chi) and give you the tools to go home and start fermenting your own veggies! Rather than strictly following recipes, fermentation is an art that involves working together with nature to preserve food, render it more digestible, and make it tassssssty. Workshop facilitators will provide everything from jars to veggies, so you can kick-start your own project to take home with you.
The workshop will finish with a small tasting of various fermented foods. Just bring yourself and an appetite!
Cost: Free, People's Potato is an accessible space!
Please contact skylargoldman@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns.
Conversation: Sowing Seeds for a Different Climate
Tuesday, March 12th, 7:00pm until 9:00pm
Café l'Artère, 7000 avenue du Parc
Sowing Seeds for a Different Climate: How can we plan for an uncertain future?
The twenty-first century promises rising temperatures, oil prices and economic uncertainty. We’ve heard the numbers and experienced the phenomena. How are these crises affecting not just our attitudes towards the future but also our long-term decisions such as having children, going to school, or saving for retirement? As we re-evaluate our current lifestyles and our long-term preparations, how can we take care of ourselves and our community? Are there ways to meaningfully plan for a tomorrow we can’t predict? In this public conversation, we will seek to move beyond guilt, blind optimism, and doomsday gloom to create a compassionate space in which we can share stories of changes made and challenges encountered, and reflect upon our vulnerability and our resilience in the face of transition.
Guest: Danny Polifroni is a mechanical engineer working in the renewable energy industry and a student in the Community Economic Development graduate diploma at Concordia University. He is an active member of the Villeray en Transition citizens committee; a part of the global network of transition initiatives, and also ran as a candidate for the Green Party of Canada and Quebec.
Moderator: At the age of 29, David Summerhays is slightly hurt he's never been asked to write a bio before right now. A recovering know-it-all, in 2010, David discovered the beauty of listening from the heart during a series of talking circles. For the past two years, he's been facilitating public conversations about the well-being of our communities, including for l'Éco-quartier St-Jacques, le Milieu, and Journées de la Culture. He teaches piano and is currently conducting a multi-year experiment in winter biking.
Inequalities: First Nations Children with Dr. Cindy Blackstock
Wednesday, March 13th, 9:00am until 11:00am
Room 232, Leacock Building, McGill University
Cindy Blackstock is Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta.
A member of the Gitksan Nation, she has worked in the field of child and family services for over 20 years. An author of over 50 publications, her key interests include exploring, and addressing, the causes of disadvantage for Aboriginal children and families by promoting equitable and culturally based interventions.
Current professional interests include holding fellowships with the Ashoka Foundation, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and the Trudeau Foundation.
PART OF SEDE'S INDIGENOUS EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
Since colonial contact an occupation, there have been dramatic changes to the identity, culture, and society of Indigenous peoples of Canada.
In today’s Canadian landscape, what issues do Indigenous people face? How has colonialism impacted their traditions and everyday life, societies, and economy? What have been the successes and breakthroughs? What is the outlook for the future?
The Social Equity and Diversity Education (SEDE) Office’s Indigenous Education Series aims to raise awareness and initiate an exchange of ideas on First Nations, Métis and Inuit topics within the McGill community. The series provides opportunities to explore and examine a variety of issues and promote greater knowledge and understanding about the Indigenous peoples of Canada.
SEDE provides information, education and training to all areas of the University in order to cultivate a respectful, diverse and supportive campus.
Herbal Gynecology Workshop
Wednesday, March 13th, 6:00pm until 8:00pm
Hall Building 7th floor. (People's Potato Eating Area) 1455 de Maisonneuve
Plants in your pants!
This event is wheelchair accessible.
Childcare can be available if requested in advance.
Please don't hesitate to contact us with other accessibility needs.
Let's Talk About Sex
Wednesday, March 13th, 6:00pm until 7:00pm
372 Saint Catherine St West Suite #127 (Belgo Building)
Join Claire for a workshop on sexual communication: learn how to ask for what you want, talk to your partner, and be honest with yourself about what you REALLY want. The workshop will be fun, informative, and focused on practicing open and honest communication. As Dan Savage says, it's a plus to be good, giving, and game in bed...so what does that mean and how can you talk about it?
Pre-registration for this class is a MUST -- it will not go forward unless we have a minimum number of people pre-registered with the ALCC. PLEASE call them at 514-214-9046 or email info@thealcc.org to say you will be attending! The workshop will be by donation.
Defending the land - From Turtle Island to Palestine
Wednesday, March 13th, 7:00pm until 9:00pm
Moot Court, New Chancellor Day Hall, McGill University 3644 Peel
This closing panel will highlight Indigenous land struggles and resistance on Turtle Island and will make links with the Palestinian struggle of defending the land and resisting Israeli occupation. Land defense as a way of resisting ongoing occupation and colonialism is integral to Indigenous decolonizing movements both in Turtle Island and Palestine.
Speakers: Arthur Manel: Art is a spokesperson for the Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade and Defenders of the Land network. Former chairperson of the Interior Alliance of BC First Nations, Manuel has been a leading voice of opposition to the Canadian government’s agenda to “extinguish” Aboriginal and Treaty rights and assimilate Indigenous peoples into the Canadian body politic. Active locally in Secwepemc land struggles, and at the national level, he has also taken the struggle international at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, following in the path of his father, the late George Manuel, President of the National Indian Brotherhood and founder of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples.
Monira Kitmitto is a Palestinian activist, a member of the coordinating committee of Coalition Against Israel Apartheid, she is also a board member of Palestine House in Toronto. She was a former international anti-apartheid activist— supported the ANC and the people of South Africa in their fight for liberation. she has worked in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and was an active member in Palestinian Women movement.
This event is being presented as part of the annual Israeli Apartheid Week which is taking place in Montreal from March 5-14th! http://on.fb.me/13mcLIq
*Accessibility
- All speaking events and workshops will have whisper translation from English to French and French to English
- Entry to the events is by donation (pay what you can) unless otherwise noted
- All events are wheelchair accessible unless otherwise noted
- Childcare is available for most events. Please email us 48 hours in advance at iaw-mtl@riseup.net
http://www.iawmontreal.org/
Double book launch with James Gendron and Amy Lawless
Wednesday, March 13th, 7:00pm
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard Ouest
Join us for a double book-release party for Amy Lawless's My Dead and James Gendron's Sexual Boat (Sex Boats), from Octopus Books.
The evening will feature readings and book signings by the authors.
The See book launch
Wednesday, March 13th, 7:00pm until 9:00pm
Articule, 262 Fairmount W
Where landscapes disintegrate and bodies fragment, where the surface is shinier, a distressed narrator struggles to form a sense of self. If i were a dog... but i'm a fish. MacCormack's surreal, lush imagery and fragmented text reflect a harrowing account of trauma. He lives in the Dream of a Fantasy and breaks off pieces for us. As terror and alienation wash up on every shore, the child’s desire for belonging and human connection is undone by her critical eye, and an inability to accept that her perception of reality is unsound. All these awakenings are only small gasps of air sucked into the lungs. Then we go back under. Before the child drowns, the body transforms into creatures of the sea, while the Missing Ones still can’t be found anywhere. When we have long ago fallen off the places that might have made sense, where there are many fish, many directions, we are led to ask what it might have looked like if anyone was looking.The author reveals a heart-wrenching portrayal of survival.
Jessica MacCormack's interdisciplinary practice engages with the intersection of institutional violence and the socio-political reality of personal trauma. Her recent works integrate animation, video, painting and collage in social interventions and community productions that explore issues of criminalization, HIV/AIDS, racism, transphobia, sexual assault and mental health. Working with communities and individuals affected by stigma and oppression, MacCormack uses cultural platforms and distribution networks to facilitate collaborations which position art as a tool to engender personal and political agency. She has an MFA in Public Art and New Artistic Strategies from the Bauhaus University (2008). Currently she is an Assistant Professor at Concordia University and lives in Montréal, Québec.
Guerrilla Midwife
Wednesday, March 13th, 7:00pm
Loyola Chapel Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West
Montreal Birth Companions are proud to welcome Ibu Robin at the screening of her film Guerrilla Midwife.
Robin Lim (“Mother Robin,” or Ibu Robin) is a midwife and founder of Yayasan Bumi Sehat (Healthy Mother Earth Foundation) health clinics, which offer free prenatal care, birthing services and medical aid to anyone who needs it. She and her team have been working since 2003 to combat Indonesia’s high maternal and infant mortality rates. She was awarded the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year for helping thousands of low-income women in Indonesia with healthy pregnancy and birth services.
After the film, Ibu Robin will be available for questions, and she will be speaking about the clinic. Please come and meet Ibu Robin, and support gentle birth around the world.
Montreal Birth Companions provides free doula services to underserved women in Montreal. Our client are refugees, non-status women, recent immigrants, and other marginalized women who find themselves pregnant in Montreal.
Tickets will also be available at the door but seating is limited.
http://guestli.st/149916
MASSES & MÉDIAS 2013
Wednesday, March 13th, 8:30pm until 2:00am
La Société des Arts Technologiques, 1201, Boul. St-Laurent
Célébration des médias autonomes et médias activistes autour du Cultural Jamming.
Moults performances, installations, DJs, tables d'informations, etc.
* ÉTHIQUE EN PLASTIQUE de vj olilouya
* DJ Sweptaway
* Slam de Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
* DJ aroMatik
* fabrication de cagoule tricotées avec Maille à Part
* Imagerie d'un printemps érable
* Submedia's sabotage
* DJ Nimrod
* Projections de Nous sommes tous art
* Création de capes&pompoms avec le P!nk Bloc
* VJ Guerre nucléaire
* Fanfare l'Ensemble Insurrection Chaotique
* Échangeur Tricot des Ville-Laines
...et autres méfaits...
Événement organisé en partenariat avec Koumbit, 99%Média, Coop média de Montréal, le Couac, le journal Ensemble, Médi@s Libres, CUTV, ARTUNG, CKUT, Artivistic, la Société des Arts Technologiques...
www.13mars2013.wordpress.com
Lancement officiel du nouveau guide resto végétarien de Montréal!
Thursday, March 14, 5:30pm
Chuch Bistro, 4094 Rue Saint-Denis
L’AVM vous invite au lancement de sa nouvelle édition du guide resto végétarien de Montréal. Venez célébrer notre dernière création au fabuleux bistro Chuch dans le cadre d’un chic 6 à 9 animé. Musique, nouvelle rencontre et retrouvaille seront aux rendez-vous. Entrée libre et copies du guide resto gratuit pour tous.
NB : Les 40 premiers membres en règle (voir le lien ci-dessous) arrivés sur place recevrons en plus un coupon pour une consommation et 3 bouchées gratuites. Tous les nouveaux membres et renouvellements inscrit pendant la soirée auront aussi le même privilège. Une occasion à ne pas manquer!
Pour devenir membre : http://bit.ly/15g7rVx
Indigenous Uprising: DECOLONIZING CANADA
Thursday, March 14, 6:30pm until 9:30pm
2515, rue Delisle
Opening Panel of Study In Action
Confirmed speakers:
JOHN CREE (Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, Bear Clan) – a traditionalist faithkeeper from Kanehsatà:ke, involved in the resistance during the 1990 “Oka” Crisis.
ELLEN GABRIEL (Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, Turtle Clan) – Indigenous human rights activist, former head of the Quebec Native Women’s Association, chosen by the People of the Longhouse and her community of Kanehsatà:ke to be spokesperson during the 1990 “Oka” Crisis.
MÉLISSA MOLLEN DUPUIS (Innu from Ekuanitshit) -- involved with Idle No More efforts in Montreal and Québec, storyteller and multidisciplinary artist, exploring contemporary interpretations of Indigenous culture.
CLIFTON NICHOLAS (Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, Bear Clan) – filmmaker, member of the Kanehsatà:ke Mohawk Community who was involved in the resistance during the 1990 “Oka” Crisis.
KHELSILEM RIVERS (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw) -- involved with Idle No More efforts on the Coast Salish Territories (“British Columbia”), active with Indigenous language revitalization efforts, organizing within the framework of decolonization and the restoration of Indigenous land-based culture.
As part of Study In Action, there will be a Day of Workshops Against Police and State Repression taking place at McGill University on March 15 (details forthcoming) as well as the ART IN ACTION Exhibition (March 11-17 at Concordia University).
Free. Wheelchair accessible. Whisper translation for English and French. Childcare on-site. Bring your kids!
This event will be live-streamed on CUTV (www.cutvmontreal.ca)
www.qpirgconcordia.org/studyinaction.
Punks Against Apartheid
Thursday, March 14, 8:00pm until 3:00am
COOP KATACOMBES,1635 St Laurent blvd
An evening to celebrate and build punk rock solidarity with Palestine
$6-10 (sliding scale)
www.apartheidweek.org
* Autosuficiencia, Paralisis Permanente covers
* LOUDbag, http://loudbag.bandcamp.com/
* Silent Bones, http://silentbones.bandcamp.com/
* MayDay http://maydaymtl.bandcamp.com/
DJs// 23h30, Aaron Maiden + invités
For more background information, and to sign your support, check out: www.punksagainstapartheid.com
http://punksagainstapartheid.com/pointsofunity/
'What I LOVE about being QUEER,' Vivek Shraya's Film Screening
Friday, March 15, 4:00pm until 7:00pm
McConnell Engineering Building room 304
PIRG and Queer McGill are hosting Vivek Shraya who will be showing his new short film "What I LOVE about being QUEER," on Friday March 15th at 4:00pm. This film features 34 Queers tackling the complex question about what they love about being queer.
The film will be followed by a Q&A and an interactive component, where audience members who identified as queer could have a polaroid taken and write down what they love about being queer, which will get scanned and hosted on: http://whatiloveaboutbeingqueer.tumblr.com/, as a part of a digital archive.
This event is accessible. It will be hosted in English.
Food and drinks will be provided!:)
Queers à l'UPop : La multiplication des identités
Friday, March 15, 6:30pm until 8:30pm
Café l'Artère, 7000 avenue du Parc
Premier atelier de la série : « Politiques queer : dans le lit et dans la rue »
L'atelier tentera une définition du queer et jonglera avec les notions de sexe, de genre et de préférence sexuelle. Nous aborderons aussi plusieurs questions : Que faire avec ces notions ? Que faire avec nos étiquettes identitaires ? En conserver la binarité ? Les reconsidérer comme des continuums ? Multiplier les catégories ? Les éliminer ? Bref, c'est une invitation à tout revirer, dans une pluie de glitter.
Apportez vos paillettes !
Plus d'infos sur la série d'ateliers : http://www.upopmontreal.com/politiques-queer/session