Nipissing University News Release ************************** Nipissing University is celebrating International Women's Week by inspiring positive change on campus and in communities everywhere, and the university is bringing in Elizabeth May, leader
Nipissing University
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Nipissing University is celebrating International Women's Week by inspiring positive change on campus and in communities everywhere, and the university is bringing in Elizabeth May, leader of the federal Green Party, to help.
The theme for this year's International Women's Week (IWW) is Activist Bootcamp and the week is chock full of events organized around skill building toward affecting positive change. The week is organized by Nipissing's Department of Gender Equality and Social Justice.
May is the Gender Equality Lecture Series Speaker this year. She will deliver her lecture, Women and Politics: How We Can Change the World, in the Nipissing University Theatre (F213), on Thursday, March 5, at 7:00 p.m. Admission is free of charge, and space is limited.
IWW events get underway on Monday, March 2, with Call to Action: Zine launch and Jam for Justice at Veritasse Café on Main St. W. from 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. Hosted by the Nipissing University Women's Centre, it features live music and poetry in the spirit of social change. Attendees can also pick up a copy of Our Voice, a zine published by the Women’s Centre.
On Tuesday, March 3, the university will host a screening of A Sense of Wonder, the new documentary about pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson, at 6:30 p.m. in room H105. This event is sponsored by Nipissing's Canada Research Chair in Environmental History and will include an introduction and post-film discussion moderated by Nipissing professors Dr. Dean Bavington and Dr. James Murton. For more information about the film, please visit www.asenseofwonderfilm.com.
Activism 101: Tips from Greenpeace, the Miss G Project, and Northern Pride is on tap on Wednesday, March 4, from 7 – 9 p.m. at Monastery Hall. The event features Christy Ferguson of Greenpeace, Laurel Mitchell of the Miss G Project, and Jessica St. Peter of Northern Pride discussing topics like long-term strategic planning, international / transnational organizing;, grassroots organizing, provincial and federal government lobbying, branding, local community organizing, developing community resources, and activist burnout.
Music is the order of the day on Thursday, March 5, at 9 p.m., with Rock the Talk, at 100 Georges (246 First Ave. W) featuring Dig Newton on the main floor and DJ Mic Pro upstairs. The cost is $2 and all proceeds go to support the Nipissing University Women's Centre.
On Friday, March 6, from 1 - 4 p.m. filmmaker and Near North Mobile Media Lab technical co-ordinator Lieann Koivukoski will host How to be a Video Activist at the Capitol Centre (150 Main St E). To register for this event, contact
[email protected]. This event is sponsored by the Nipissing University Cultural Affairs Committee.
Nipissing University Fine Arts professor and printmaker Laura Peturson hosts Press for Change: Printmaking and Bookbinding Workshop, on Saturday, March 7, from 1 – 5 p.m. at Nipissing's Monastery House. To register for this event, contact
[email protected]. This event is sponsored by the Nipissing University Cultural Affairs Committee.
IWW events wrap up on Sunday, March 8, with EVE-olution 2, a free concert presented by Amelia Rising at West Ferris High School (60 Marshall Park Dr.), Doors open at 7 p.m.
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