Action Idle No More - MONTREAL
Monday, October 7th at 6:00pm until Tuesday at 10:00am
Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
WHY : Our action will happen the day before the opening of the hearing of Enbridge by the National Energy Board at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.
HOW : Several activities are planned during the occupation, such as speeches, teach-ins, film screenings, handcraft workshops, storytelling, etc. We will end this occupation by a sunrise ceremony.
In the current context of relations between the government and First Nations, IDLE NO MORE calls for mass action on October 7, 2013, to all Native and non-Native supporters. This day marks the 250th Anniversary of the British Royal Proclamation, which lead to the founding of this country they call Canada - a country founded on indigenous lands.
Given the history of broken treaties and broken promises, IDLE NO MORE QUÉBEC will occupy the territory near the Palais des congrès de Montréal at sunset to remind the government's obligation to respect Aboriginal and treaty rights, as well as commit to conclude agreements with Indigenous peoples found in the non-treaty areas, as it is still currently the case for most First Nations in Quebec.
On November 29, 2012, Enbridge filed an application with the National Energy Board to get the approval of the reversal of Line 9 between North Westover, Ontario and Montréal, Québec, and to increase the capacity of the entire Line 9 from Sarnia, Ontario to Montréal, Québec, and a revision of the tariff rules and regulations on Line 9 to allow the transport of heavy crude oil. Enbridge has already granted permission to reverse the flow of the section of the pipeline that extends from Sarnia to North Westover, in Southwestern Ontario.
It is crucial that this project does not receive the approval of First Nations, the Government of Quebec, the Quebec citizens and anyone who will be affected by this project that will transport the dirtiest and most polluting oil the world. This oil is currently extracted and transported at the expense of the health and well-being of First Nations across Canada and endangers the land and the next seven generations that will occupy it.
ALL OF US GUINEA-PIGS NOW? - co-presentation with FNC
Monday, October 7th, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
DB Clarke Theatre, Concordia University
European scientists, farmers, and activists rally and resist Monsanto's chemical-fuelled GMO takeover of agriculture and our food systems in this essential doc. Presented in collaboration with Festival du nouveau cinéma.
From 2009 to 2011, under conditions of total secrecy, Professor Séralini and The *CRIIGEN lead an experience with unsuspected consequences. It’s the world’s longest-lasting experiment: the first independent study of a *GMO and the herbicide Roundup. The conclusions are appalling …
After the terrible accident at Chernobyl, the invisible radioactivity reappear en march 2011, with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. All over the world, 443 nuclear power plants are in activity.
GMO’s, NUCLEAR POWER: we use and accept those technologies without health or environmental independent tests. Are we all of us guinea-pigs now?
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
Projection: Le Nèg’
Monday, October 7th, 7:00pm
La Belle Époque, 1984 rue Wellington
(French with English subtitles)
Provocative film showing the face of "ordinary" racism fueled by ignorance
and rejection. The title created a "small" polemic in Québec. In France,
the black actors name disappeared from the credits and the title was
changed to Petits meurtres en Amérique(little murder in America).
Drumming as Spiritual Practice
Tuesday, October 8th, 2:00pm
Concordia Multi-faith Chaplaincy, 2090 Mackay
Energizing and calming at the same time, drumming is used in traditions around the world to inspire feelings of connection and joy. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of hand drumming and its uses as a tool for spiritual practice.
A unique opportunity to release stress and connect with yourself, and others.
Registration required.To register, please contact Laura Gallo: Laura.Gallo@concordia.ca
Divestment from Fossil Fuel: A Free Public Discussion
Tuesday, October 8th, 7:00pm
School of Community & Public Affairs Students' Association, 2149 Mackay Street
How is Concordia University investing the gifts and donations given to it by donors and alumni? The Concordia University Foundation, which invests gifts and donations given to the university, had over 9 million dollars invested in oil and gas in 2011.To be followed by a discussion period.
Divest Concordia member Anthony Garoufalis-Auger will be making a presentation. The group is currently organizing a campaign to have Concordia University disinvest from the fossil fuel industry.
Sponsored by Citizens in Action, the School of Community and Public Affairs Students' Association and Divest Concordia
Tar Sands Reality Check Tour: Montreal
Wednesday, October 9th, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
1455 De Masionneuve Blvd W., 7th floor
The Tar Sands Reality Check Tour is the rallying call for fossil fuel divestment and the climate justice movement! The collective struggle against tar sands, pipelines and power of the fossil fuel industry has erupted into a global movement. And in one short year, the fossil fuel divestment campaign has emerged as a new piece to seriously turn heads at Canadian institutions. As the National Energy Board conducts its hearings on the Line 9B pipeline, this tour will be a time to asses where the movement is now, build strategy, and kick off the next phase of organizing.
The trip through Ontario and Quebec will emphasize the growing fossil fuel divestment movement as it explodes across Canadian campuses. Each stop will highlight the narratives of frontline communities and passionate activists going toe to toe with the industry through grassroots action.
Join us as we share stories, mark our targets, highlight victories and unite our struggle for a fossil free future!
The Tar Sands Reality Check Tour: http://on.fb.me/15RPq2b
NGOization: Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects - Book Launch & Discussion
Wednesday, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore, 2150 Bishop Street
Join us for the launch of "NGOization: Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects" (Zed Books, 2013) - with co-editor Aziz Choudry and contributor Tamara Vukov.
About the Book:
The growth and spread of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at local and international levels has attracted considerable interest and attention from policy-makers, development practitioners, academics and activists around the world. But how has this phenomenon impacted on struggles for social and environmental justice? How has it challenged– or reinforced–the forces of capitalism and colonialism? And what political, economic, social and cultural interests does this serve? NGOization–the professionalization and institutionalization of social action– has long been a hotly contested issue in grassroots social movements and communities of resistance. ‘NGO-ization’ pulls together for the first time unique perspectives of social struggles and critically-engaged scholars from wide range of geographical and political contexts, to offer a evidence-based insight into the tensions and challenges of the NGO model while considering the feasibility of alternatives. (http://brunswickbooks.ca/NGO-ization/)
Anti-oppressive Community Yoga!
Wednesday, October 9th, 8:15pm
Le Milieu, 1251 rue Robin
Good news everyone: I'm starting my anti-oppressive yoga classes!! As part of the GrassRoots Yoga Populaire collective, I will be offering pay-what-you-can, drop-in classes Wednesdays at 8:30pm at the lovely Coop Le Milieu!! These will be gentle yoga and relaxation classes in a non-judgmental and compassionate environment. For this month, each class will have a theme, with the first one being Pranayama: Breath and Energy. I'll update this event page each week with the new theme and some info :)
*Queer and Trans* friendly*
*Body positive*
*Welcome to people of all colours*
*Bilingual*
*Come 15 minutes early if you have any special concerns or just want to chat
*What to bring. Since these classes won't be happening in a yoga studio, please bring some things to replace the regular props:
- A yoga mat, or a large towel
- A blanket or bath towel
- A throw cushion or pillow
- Lots and lots of water. Le Milieu has a tap (obvs), but since we'll be doing a lot of detoxifying breath work, it's good to bring extra water to cleanse your body
- Some cash, if you can, to support the service and this fantastic co-op that offers a free community space for artists, kids and everyone in between!
Talking Circle: Is it possible to live in an urban forest?
Wednesday, October 10th, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve West
Come up to the Greenhouse for an interactive group discussion!
Is it possible to live in an urban forest?
Must we choose between the calm of nature and the convenience of the city?
Talking circle : A form of conversation inspired by aboriginal tradition. The circle creates a space for discussion and listening.
Although talking circles are simple, they must be experienced. One cannot get a sense of how it feels to be in a circle from hearing it described. Circles work like normal conversation except that we pass an object to show whose turn it is to speak. Whoever has the object can pass, wait, or speak, and everyone is to listen.
All ages.
Rhythm: From Not Racist to Anti-Racist
Thursday, October 10, 2:00pm until 5:00pm
Lev Bukhman room, 2nd floor of the SSMU Building (3480 McTavish, Metro Peel)
This workshop is part of Culture Shock! A co-presentation by the SSMU and QPIRG-McGill. For the full schedule, see qpirgmcgill.org/culture-shock.
Rhythm is a workshop developed to revision anti-racist learning as ceremony, ritual, and remembrance. Activists and learners of all levels of experience will be guided through storytelling, meditation, and theatrical exercises in order to explore the realities of racism, racist violence, and racial privilege. Designed to provide participants with tools for critical self-reflection, self-care, and anti-racist intervention, Rhythm provides frameworks for identifying our own privileges, oppressions, and developing appropriate strategies for uncovering and confronting racism in community work. Based in a philosophy of rigorous self-exploration and healing work, the workshop excavates the notions of white guilt, reverse racism, and “colour-blindness”, grounding participants in a remembrance of colonial legacies. As some exercises are emotionally intense and may be triggering, participants are advised to choose their own level of participation and consider emotional readiness before attending.
This workshop is wheelchair accessible, and whisper translation will be available. For childcare, please call 514 398 7432 24hours in advance .
Demonstrations Against the Hearings of the National Energy Board
Thursday, October 10, 3:30pm
Square Victoria
From October 8 to 11, the National Energy Board will be holding hearings at the Palais des congrès in downtown Montréal so that it can "listen" to the concerns of the public about the reversal Line 9, a 38-year-old pipeline that Enbridge, a major pipeline transport company based out of Calgary, wants to use to pump oil from the Athabasca tar sands to the refineries in Montréal-Est.
From Sarnia, Ontario, to its eastern terminus on the Island, Line 9 passes within 50 km of an estimated 9.1 million people. The aging pipeline currently pumps oil from other continents inland, but Enbridge plans to move oil in the opposite direction, transporting Athabasca heavy crude eastward to New England and markets overseas. The total volume of oil moved through the pipeline each day will increase, too. Line 9 wasn't built to handle such a quantity of heavy crude. It's not a matter of if it will rupture, but when. We intend to fight the reversal of Line 9, to protect the land we live on and the water we drink.
In the context of Canada's ongoing genocide of indigenous people in Alberta, as well as catastrophic climate change that will see millions of people starve, settler Québécois need to go further than narrow self-interest and proactively contribute to the struggle to shut down the Athabasca tar sands megaproject.
The National Energy Board hearings at the Palais des congrès will serve to legitimate the decision that political elites have, in fact, already made. These hearings should be confronted and disrupted!
***Neighborhood contingents***
East: Préfontaine metro, 2:00pm, Southwest: Parc George-Étienne-Cartier, 2:00pm, North: details TBA
Jam Session in the Greenhouse!
Thursday, October 10, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia Greenhouse - 1455 de Maisonneuve West.
From 5 to 7 pm we are opening the atrium for everyone to come play their instruments together.
Come liven up the greenhouse with some music!
Bring your instruments, friends and tunes!
You can look forward to making some music alongside the talented Kate Killoran, who’s haunting voice and folk rhythm are sure to get you inspired!
Canada Behind Bars: a Panel Discussion On the Incarceration of Indigenous Communities
Thursday, October 10, 6:30pm until 8:30pm
2515 Rue Deslisle (CEDA)
Canada Behind Bars: a Panel Discussion On the Incarceration of Indigenous Communities With Jessica Danforth, Patricia Eshkibok, and Sheri Pranteau
This panel brings forth a conversation about the forms of violence faced by Indigenous communities (especially Indigenous women) in the face of incarceration. Those forms of violence are structural just as much as they seep in the quotidian life of First Nations peoples who may or may not find themselves behind bars. Looking at the prison as a state apparatus, “Canada Behind Bars: On the Incarceration of Indigenous Communities,” will engage in perspectives from women who experience incarceration from different perspectives: Patricia Eshkibok, who has been a native courtworker for the last 25 years; Sheri Pranteau, who has been serving out a life sentence for the past 15 years; and Jessica Danforth, as a sexual and reproductive justice activist struggling for communities that are free of state violence. The talk will be followed by a Q&A with the speakers.
This venue is wheelchair accessible, and childcare and whisper translation between English and French will be available.
This panel is put on by QPIRG-McGill, with the support of the First People's House at McGill University and Kanata McGill, as part of Culture Shock 2013.http://qpirgmcgill.org/culture-shock/
Mother Hubbard's Cupboard
Thursday, October 10, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia Multi-faith Chaplaincy,2090 Mackay
A weekly vegan meal for $2!
Dr. Cécile Tremblay:Is There a Place for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Prevention of HIV/AIDS?
Thursday, October 10, 7:00pm
Concordia University - Atrium, édifice Samuel Bronfman, 1590 Doctor Penfield Avenue
The Concordia University HIV/AIDS Project is happy to announce the first lecture of the 21st year of its HIV/AIDS Community Lecture Series.
Dr. Cécile Tremblay comes to us with a wealth of experience in virology and immunology as both the director of the Immunology Laboratory at the Quebec Public Health Laboratory and a Professor of Immunology and Virology at the University of Montreal. Currently the Principal Investigator of the ANRS-IPERGAY Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Trials in Montreal her research situates her at the crux of questions surrounding the future of treatment and prevention strategies in Montreal.
“HIV Prevention: Is There a Place for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis?” will explore the role of treatment as prevention within the broader context of prevention strategies in Montreal. This lecture will be an opportunity to explain the project to the community and to encourage discussion in an open forum. Dr. Tremblay’s lecture will be a unique chance to converse with a scientist whose research is of major interest to the HIV/AIDS community in Montréal and globally.
The presentation will be in French and will be accompanied by an English PowerPoint presentation.
Indigenous Feminisms and Decolonizing Indigenous Queer Identity
Friday, October 11,
Held in Lev Bukhman Room, 2nd floor of the SSMU Building.
This workshop is part of Culture Shock! A co-presentation by the SSMU and QPIRG-McGill. For the full schedule, see qpirgmcgill.org/culture-shock.
This workshop is wheelchair accessible, and whisper translation will be available. For childcare, please call 514 398 7432 24hours in advance.
Does this bother you? Well. It bother us...
Vernissage : Friday October 11th, 7pm
Talk with the artists and representative of LGBTQ organizations : October 15th, 7pm
Exhibition until October 26th
RATS 9, 372, Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Suite 530
In March of 2013 the provincial government of Quebec launched a $7.1 million dollar campaign to fight homophobia. Despite whatever good intentions the government may have had in creating this advertising campaign, the campaign relies on portraying lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) people as nonsexual subjects whose lives mimic those of heteronormative people. This dubious portrayal and erasure of queer difference suggests that the worth of our lives, as LGBT people, is based on our ability to appear and pass as straight heteronormative people. Quietly, a small cadre of fed up queers got together to spoof the campaign to point out its problematic nature. The group designed a set of six posters emulating the language and design of the governments anti-homophobia website (luttehomophobie.gouv.qc.ca), but with an added twist. “Gay respectability? We don’t give a fuck! Does this bother you?”
This exhibition will include sets of the original posters for the taking, enlargements of the original posters, documentation of our original street intervention, an exhibition catalogue, a small scale photo studio where visitors on the night of the vernissage can participate in our project by making their own posters with our templates. A talk with the artists and representatives from a few LGBTQ community organizations is also schedule.
Invitation for Project Participation: As part of the collaborative process, we invite you to become an active participant in the project. On the night of the vernissage, the exhibition space will include a small private photo studio and professional photographer where participants can create and print their own poster image with our template. We will provide a limited amount of props and other various 'accoutrements', but you are more than welcome to bring some of your own. It's time for silly, sassy, sexy, self representation, the way you want it
www.facebook.com/events/1383676178532809/
Natural Plant Dyes
Saturday, October 12, 1:00pm
Le Milieu 1251 rue Robin (Beaudry Metro)
A natural dying workshop, learn to use the plants throughout the city and in your own backyard to make beautiful dyes! Bring a light colored or white fabric you want to dye, shirts, socks, anything! We can transform them into multicolored beauties! Discussions about saving plants for dyes, preparing dyes and saving and reusing these dyes. We will also talk about other applications for the plants we use.
For more info on other workshops in the CFS Free Workshop series, please visit our website: https://concordialoyolacityfarm.wordpress.com/free-workshops/
Tar Sands / Divestment Action Training
Saturday, October 12, 1:00pm until 5:00pm
Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) 3480 Rue McTavish
A special workshop, as part of the Tar Sands Reality Check Tour: http://on.fb.me/15RPq2b
In the span of one year, over three hundred fossil fuel divestment campaigns have exploded throughout North America. Dozens of campaigns have already approached their administrations to demand action toward climate justice. As we enter into a new phase of organizing, it is increasingly important to know how to turn up the heat and continue building power on our campuses.
Join us for an intensive workshop on escalation and non-violent direct action (NVDA), specifically geared for the fossil fuel divestment movement. Canadian Youth Climate Coalition (CYCC) director Cam Fenton will lead a discussion on creating strategy, mapping opportunities, and making victories count. Come for skills-building, inspiration, and an opportunity to talk to fellow climate activists about building momentum in the fossil free movement!
Global March Against Monsanto - Marche Mondiale Contre Monsanto
Saturday, October 12, 2:00pm until 5:00pm
Square Dorchester, 3480 Rue McTavish
Peaceful march protesting GMOs etc. Marche en protestation pacifique contre les OGM
Costume Swap
Saturday, October 12, 2:00pm until 5:00pm
Galerie 1507 @ 1507 Docteur Penfield
Mens, Womens, kids costumes, large and small! Bring it all.
It's National Costume Swap Day!
BYO-Halloween themed costumes, jewellery, accessories, shoes, bags & just about anything else that you no longer wear (clean and in good condition of course). Clothing will be sorted, folded, & hung so people can claim whatever they'd like. Anything remaining by the end of the evening will be donated to a local charity.
Tea, coffee & cookies will be served for your enjoyment while you browse.
https://www.facebook.com/CostumeSwapDay
Yoga + jardins = karma
Sunday, October 13, 11:00am until 12:30pm
Centre Luna Yoga, 231 St-Paul West Suite 200
The beautiful Marie-claire Gagnier is giving a yoga class and all proceeds will be given to Gardens without borders! Love your body and contribute to the creation of gardens without borders!
it`s 20$ well spent :)
Monday, October 7th at 6:00pm until Tuesday at 10:00am
Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle
WHY : Our action will happen the day before the opening of the hearing of Enbridge by the National Energy Board at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.
HOW : Several activities are planned during the occupation, such as speeches, teach-ins, film screenings, handcraft workshops, storytelling, etc. We will end this occupation by a sunrise ceremony.
In the current context of relations between the government and First Nations, IDLE NO MORE calls for mass action on October 7, 2013, to all Native and non-Native supporters. This day marks the 250th Anniversary of the British Royal Proclamation, which lead to the founding of this country they call Canada - a country founded on indigenous lands.
Given the history of broken treaties and broken promises, IDLE NO MORE QUÉBEC will occupy the territory near the Palais des congrès de Montréal at sunset to remind the government's obligation to respect Aboriginal and treaty rights, as well as commit to conclude agreements with Indigenous peoples found in the non-treaty areas, as it is still currently the case for most First Nations in Quebec.
On November 29, 2012, Enbridge filed an application with the National Energy Board to get the approval of the reversal of Line 9 between North Westover, Ontario and Montréal, Québec, and to increase the capacity of the entire Line 9 from Sarnia, Ontario to Montréal, Québec, and a revision of the tariff rules and regulations on Line 9 to allow the transport of heavy crude oil. Enbridge has already granted permission to reverse the flow of the section of the pipeline that extends from Sarnia to North Westover, in Southwestern Ontario.
It is crucial that this project does not receive the approval of First Nations, the Government of Quebec, the Quebec citizens and anyone who will be affected by this project that will transport the dirtiest and most polluting oil the world. This oil is currently extracted and transported at the expense of the health and well-being of First Nations across Canada and endangers the land and the next seven generations that will occupy it.
ALL OF US GUINEA-PIGS NOW? - co-presentation with FNC
Monday, October 7th, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
DB Clarke Theatre, Concordia University
European scientists, farmers, and activists rally and resist Monsanto's chemical-fuelled GMO takeover of agriculture and our food systems in this essential doc. Presented in collaboration with Festival du nouveau cinéma.
From 2009 to 2011, under conditions of total secrecy, Professor Séralini and The *CRIIGEN lead an experience with unsuspected consequences. It’s the world’s longest-lasting experiment: the first independent study of a *GMO and the herbicide Roundup. The conclusions are appalling …
After the terrible accident at Chernobyl, the invisible radioactivity reappear en march 2011, with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. All over the world, 443 nuclear power plants are in activity.
GMO’s, NUCLEAR POWER: we use and accept those technologies without health or environmental independent tests. Are we all of us guinea-pigs now?
cinemapolitica.org/concordia
Projection: Le Nèg’
Monday, October 7th, 7:00pm
La Belle Époque, 1984 rue Wellington
(French with English subtitles)
Provocative film showing the face of "ordinary" racism fueled by ignorance
and rejection. The title created a "small" polemic in Québec. In France,
the black actors name disappeared from the credits and the title was
changed to Petits meurtres en Amérique(little murder in America).
Drumming as Spiritual Practice
Tuesday, October 8th, 2:00pm
Concordia Multi-faith Chaplaincy, 2090 Mackay
Energizing and calming at the same time, drumming is used in traditions around the world to inspire feelings of connection and joy. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of hand drumming and its uses as a tool for spiritual practice.
A unique opportunity to release stress and connect with yourself, and others.
Registration required.To register, please contact Laura Gallo: Laura.Gallo@concordia.ca
Divestment from Fossil Fuel: A Free Public Discussion
Tuesday, October 8th, 7:00pm
School of Community & Public Affairs Students' Association, 2149 Mackay Street
How is Concordia University investing the gifts and donations given to it by donors and alumni? The Concordia University Foundation, which invests gifts and donations given to the university, had over 9 million dollars invested in oil and gas in 2011.To be followed by a discussion period.
Divest Concordia member Anthony Garoufalis-Auger will be making a presentation. The group is currently organizing a campaign to have Concordia University disinvest from the fossil fuel industry.
Sponsored by Citizens in Action, the School of Community and Public Affairs Students' Association and Divest Concordia
Tar Sands Reality Check Tour: Montreal
Wednesday, October 9th, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
1455 De Masionneuve Blvd W., 7th floor
The Tar Sands Reality Check Tour is the rallying call for fossil fuel divestment and the climate justice movement! The collective struggle against tar sands, pipelines and power of the fossil fuel industry has erupted into a global movement. And in one short year, the fossil fuel divestment campaign has emerged as a new piece to seriously turn heads at Canadian institutions. As the National Energy Board conducts its hearings on the Line 9B pipeline, this tour will be a time to asses where the movement is now, build strategy, and kick off the next phase of organizing.
The trip through Ontario and Quebec will emphasize the growing fossil fuel divestment movement as it explodes across Canadian campuses. Each stop will highlight the narratives of frontline communities and passionate activists going toe to toe with the industry through grassroots action.
Join us as we share stories, mark our targets, highlight victories and unite our struggle for a fossil free future!
The Tar Sands Reality Check Tour: http://on.fb.me/15RPq2b
NGOization: Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects - Book Launch & Discussion
Wednesday, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Concordia Community Solidarity Co-op Bookstore, 2150 Bishop Street
Join us for the launch of "NGOization: Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects" (Zed Books, 2013) - with co-editor Aziz Choudry and contributor Tamara Vukov.
About the Book:
The growth and spread of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at local and international levels has attracted considerable interest and attention from policy-makers, development practitioners, academics and activists around the world. But how has this phenomenon impacted on struggles for social and environmental justice? How has it challenged– or reinforced–the forces of capitalism and colonialism? And what political, economic, social and cultural interests does this serve? NGOization–the professionalization and institutionalization of social action– has long been a hotly contested issue in grassroots social movements and communities of resistance. ‘NGO-ization’ pulls together for the first time unique perspectives of social struggles and critically-engaged scholars from wide range of geographical and political contexts, to offer a evidence-based insight into the tensions and challenges of the NGO model while considering the feasibility of alternatives. (http://brunswickbooks.ca/NGO-ization/)
Anti-oppressive Community Yoga!
Wednesday, October 9th, 8:15pm
Le Milieu, 1251 rue Robin
Good news everyone: I'm starting my anti-oppressive yoga classes!! As part of the GrassRoots Yoga Populaire collective, I will be offering pay-what-you-can, drop-in classes Wednesdays at 8:30pm at the lovely Coop Le Milieu!! These will be gentle yoga and relaxation classes in a non-judgmental and compassionate environment. For this month, each class will have a theme, with the first one being Pranayama: Breath and Energy. I'll update this event page each week with the new theme and some info :)
*Queer and Trans* friendly*
*Body positive*
*Welcome to people of all colours*
*Bilingual*
*Come 15 minutes early if you have any special concerns or just want to chat
*What to bring. Since these classes won't be happening in a yoga studio, please bring some things to replace the regular props:
- A yoga mat, or a large towel
- A blanket or bath towel
- A throw cushion or pillow
- Lots and lots of water. Le Milieu has a tap (obvs), but since we'll be doing a lot of detoxifying breath work, it's good to bring extra water to cleanse your body
- Some cash, if you can, to support the service and this fantastic co-op that offers a free community space for artists, kids and everyone in between!
Talking Circle: Is it possible to live in an urban forest?
Wednesday, October 10th, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia Greenhouse, 1455 de Maisonneuve West
Come up to the Greenhouse for an interactive group discussion!
Is it possible to live in an urban forest?
Must we choose between the calm of nature and the convenience of the city?
Talking circle : A form of conversation inspired by aboriginal tradition. The circle creates a space for discussion and listening.
Although talking circles are simple, they must be experienced. One cannot get a sense of how it feels to be in a circle from hearing it described. Circles work like normal conversation except that we pass an object to show whose turn it is to speak. Whoever has the object can pass, wait, or speak, and everyone is to listen.
All ages.
Rhythm: From Not Racist to Anti-Racist
Thursday, October 10, 2:00pm until 5:00pm
Lev Bukhman room, 2nd floor of the SSMU Building (3480 McTavish, Metro Peel)
This workshop is part of Culture Shock! A co-presentation by the SSMU and QPIRG-McGill. For the full schedule, see qpirgmcgill.org/culture-shock.
Rhythm is a workshop developed to revision anti-racist learning as ceremony, ritual, and remembrance. Activists and learners of all levels of experience will be guided through storytelling, meditation, and theatrical exercises in order to explore the realities of racism, racist violence, and racial privilege. Designed to provide participants with tools for critical self-reflection, self-care, and anti-racist intervention, Rhythm provides frameworks for identifying our own privileges, oppressions, and developing appropriate strategies for uncovering and confronting racism in community work. Based in a philosophy of rigorous self-exploration and healing work, the workshop excavates the notions of white guilt, reverse racism, and “colour-blindness”, grounding participants in a remembrance of colonial legacies. As some exercises are emotionally intense and may be triggering, participants are advised to choose their own level of participation and consider emotional readiness before attending.
This workshop is wheelchair accessible, and whisper translation will be available. For childcare, please call 514 398 7432 24hours in advance .
Demonstrations Against the Hearings of the National Energy Board
Thursday, October 10, 3:30pm
Square Victoria
From October 8 to 11, the National Energy Board will be holding hearings at the Palais des congrès in downtown Montréal so that it can "listen" to the concerns of the public about the reversal Line 9, a 38-year-old pipeline that Enbridge, a major pipeline transport company based out of Calgary, wants to use to pump oil from the Athabasca tar sands to the refineries in Montréal-Est.
From Sarnia, Ontario, to its eastern terminus on the Island, Line 9 passes within 50 km of an estimated 9.1 million people. The aging pipeline currently pumps oil from other continents inland, but Enbridge plans to move oil in the opposite direction, transporting Athabasca heavy crude eastward to New England and markets overseas. The total volume of oil moved through the pipeline each day will increase, too. Line 9 wasn't built to handle such a quantity of heavy crude. It's not a matter of if it will rupture, but when. We intend to fight the reversal of Line 9, to protect the land we live on and the water we drink.
In the context of Canada's ongoing genocide of indigenous people in Alberta, as well as catastrophic climate change that will see millions of people starve, settler Québécois need to go further than narrow self-interest and proactively contribute to the struggle to shut down the Athabasca tar sands megaproject.
The National Energy Board hearings at the Palais des congrès will serve to legitimate the decision that political elites have, in fact, already made. These hearings should be confronted and disrupted!
***Neighborhood contingents***
East: Préfontaine metro, 2:00pm, Southwest: Parc George-Étienne-Cartier, 2:00pm, North: details TBA
Jam Session in the Greenhouse!
Thursday, October 10, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia Greenhouse - 1455 de Maisonneuve West.
From 5 to 7 pm we are opening the atrium for everyone to come play their instruments together.
Come liven up the greenhouse with some music!
Bring your instruments, friends and tunes!
You can look forward to making some music alongside the talented Kate Killoran, who’s haunting voice and folk rhythm are sure to get you inspired!
Canada Behind Bars: a Panel Discussion On the Incarceration of Indigenous Communities
Thursday, October 10, 6:30pm until 8:30pm
2515 Rue Deslisle (CEDA)
Canada Behind Bars: a Panel Discussion On the Incarceration of Indigenous Communities With Jessica Danforth, Patricia Eshkibok, and Sheri Pranteau
This panel brings forth a conversation about the forms of violence faced by Indigenous communities (especially Indigenous women) in the face of incarceration. Those forms of violence are structural just as much as they seep in the quotidian life of First Nations peoples who may or may not find themselves behind bars. Looking at the prison as a state apparatus, “Canada Behind Bars: On the Incarceration of Indigenous Communities,” will engage in perspectives from women who experience incarceration from different perspectives: Patricia Eshkibok, who has been a native courtworker for the last 25 years; Sheri Pranteau, who has been serving out a life sentence for the past 15 years; and Jessica Danforth, as a sexual and reproductive justice activist struggling for communities that are free of state violence. The talk will be followed by a Q&A with the speakers.
This venue is wheelchair accessible, and childcare and whisper translation between English and French will be available.
This panel is put on by QPIRG-McGill, with the support of the First People's House at McGill University and Kanata McGill, as part of Culture Shock 2013.http://qpirgmcgill.org/culture-shock/
Mother Hubbard's Cupboard
Thursday, October 10, 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Concordia Multi-faith Chaplaincy,2090 Mackay
A weekly vegan meal for $2!
Dr. Cécile Tremblay:Is There a Place for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Prevention of HIV/AIDS?
Thursday, October 10, 7:00pm
Concordia University - Atrium, édifice Samuel Bronfman, 1590 Doctor Penfield Avenue
The Concordia University HIV/AIDS Project is happy to announce the first lecture of the 21st year of its HIV/AIDS Community Lecture Series.
Dr. Cécile Tremblay comes to us with a wealth of experience in virology and immunology as both the director of the Immunology Laboratory at the Quebec Public Health Laboratory and a Professor of Immunology and Virology at the University of Montreal. Currently the Principal Investigator of the ANRS-IPERGAY Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Trials in Montreal her research situates her at the crux of questions surrounding the future of treatment and prevention strategies in Montreal.
“HIV Prevention: Is There a Place for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis?” will explore the role of treatment as prevention within the broader context of prevention strategies in Montreal. This lecture will be an opportunity to explain the project to the community and to encourage discussion in an open forum. Dr. Tremblay’s lecture will be a unique chance to converse with a scientist whose research is of major interest to the HIV/AIDS community in Montréal and globally.
The presentation will be in French and will be accompanied by an English PowerPoint presentation.
Indigenous Feminisms and Decolonizing Indigenous Queer Identity
Friday, October 11,
Held in Lev Bukhman Room, 2nd floor of the SSMU Building.
This workshop is part of Culture Shock! A co-presentation by the SSMU and QPIRG-McGill. For the full schedule, see qpirgmcgill.org/culture-shock.
This workshop is wheelchair accessible, and whisper translation will be available. For childcare, please call 514 398 7432 24hours in advance.
Does this bother you? Well. It bother us...
Vernissage : Friday October 11th, 7pm
Talk with the artists and representative of LGBTQ organizations : October 15th, 7pm
Exhibition until October 26th
RATS 9, 372, Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Suite 530
In March of 2013 the provincial government of Quebec launched a $7.1 million dollar campaign to fight homophobia. Despite whatever good intentions the government may have had in creating this advertising campaign, the campaign relies on portraying lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) people as nonsexual subjects whose lives mimic those of heteronormative people. This dubious portrayal and erasure of queer difference suggests that the worth of our lives, as LGBT people, is based on our ability to appear and pass as straight heteronormative people. Quietly, a small cadre of fed up queers got together to spoof the campaign to point out its problematic nature. The group designed a set of six posters emulating the language and design of the governments anti-homophobia website (luttehomophobie.gouv.qc.ca), but with an added twist. “Gay respectability? We don’t give a fuck! Does this bother you?”
This exhibition will include sets of the original posters for the taking, enlargements of the original posters, documentation of our original street intervention, an exhibition catalogue, a small scale photo studio where visitors on the night of the vernissage can participate in our project by making their own posters with our templates. A talk with the artists and representatives from a few LGBTQ community organizations is also schedule.
Invitation for Project Participation: As part of the collaborative process, we invite you to become an active participant in the project. On the night of the vernissage, the exhibition space will include a small private photo studio and professional photographer where participants can create and print their own poster image with our template. We will provide a limited amount of props and other various 'accoutrements', but you are more than welcome to bring some of your own. It's time for silly, sassy, sexy, self representation, the way you want it
www.facebook.com/events/1383676178532809/
Natural Plant Dyes
Saturday, October 12, 1:00pm
Le Milieu 1251 rue Robin (Beaudry Metro)
A natural dying workshop, learn to use the plants throughout the city and in your own backyard to make beautiful dyes! Bring a light colored or white fabric you want to dye, shirts, socks, anything! We can transform them into multicolored beauties! Discussions about saving plants for dyes, preparing dyes and saving and reusing these dyes. We will also talk about other applications for the plants we use.
For more info on other workshops in the CFS Free Workshop series, please visit our website: https://concordialoyolacityfarm.wordpress.com/free-workshops/
Tar Sands / Divestment Action Training
Saturday, October 12, 1:00pm until 5:00pm
Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU) 3480 Rue McTavish
A special workshop, as part of the Tar Sands Reality Check Tour: http://on.fb.me/15RPq2b
In the span of one year, over three hundred fossil fuel divestment campaigns have exploded throughout North America. Dozens of campaigns have already approached their administrations to demand action toward climate justice. As we enter into a new phase of organizing, it is increasingly important to know how to turn up the heat and continue building power on our campuses.
Join us for an intensive workshop on escalation and non-violent direct action (NVDA), specifically geared for the fossil fuel divestment movement. Canadian Youth Climate Coalition (CYCC) director Cam Fenton will lead a discussion on creating strategy, mapping opportunities, and making victories count. Come for skills-building, inspiration, and an opportunity to talk to fellow climate activists about building momentum in the fossil free movement!
Global March Against Monsanto - Marche Mondiale Contre Monsanto
Saturday, October 12, 2:00pm until 5:00pm
Square Dorchester, 3480 Rue McTavish
Peaceful march protesting GMOs etc. Marche en protestation pacifique contre les OGM
Costume Swap
Saturday, October 12, 2:00pm until 5:00pm
Galerie 1507 @ 1507 Docteur Penfield
Mens, Womens, kids costumes, large and small! Bring it all.
It's National Costume Swap Day!
BYO-Halloween themed costumes, jewellery, accessories, shoes, bags & just about anything else that you no longer wear (clean and in good condition of course). Clothing will be sorted, folded, & hung so people can claim whatever they'd like. Anything remaining by the end of the evening will be donated to a local charity.
Tea, coffee & cookies will be served for your enjoyment while you browse.
https://www.facebook.com/CostumeSwapDay
Yoga + jardins = karma
Sunday, October 13, 11:00am until 12:30pm
Centre Luna Yoga, 231 St-Paul West Suite 200
The beautiful Marie-claire Gagnier is giving a yoga class and all proceeds will be given to Gardens without borders! Love your body and contribute to the creation of gardens without borders!
it`s 20$ well spent :)