Ronit Yarosky: Experiences in Peace Education

Thursday, November 27^th,

10:30 a.m. – 13:00 p.m.

Experiences in Peace Education

A lecture given by

Ronit Yarosky

Ronit Yarosky was born in Canada and raised in Montreal and Israel, Ronit grew up in a ‘typical’ Jewish family. She served in the Israeli military during the first Palestinian uprising (Intifada), and returned to Israel in

2000; just prior to the outbreak of the second uprising, when she became active in the Israeli peace movement locally known as the ‘radical left’. Ronit has a B.A. in political science from Concordia University, an M.A. in political science with a focus on Middle Eastern studies from McGill University, and many years of experience

in programming, fundraising, and the non- profit world. In 2001 she co-founded Women in Black Montreal, and in 2003 she co-founded the Montreal Dialogue Group. She currently works as Fund Development

Officer for Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education.

Simone De Beauvoir Institute MU101

2170 Bishop

FREE

For More Information Contact:

Yasmine Amor

514-848-2424 #2373

y_amor@alcor.concordia.ca

The documentation center of Simone de Beauvoir Institute is selling – as part of a fundraising campaign – a beautiful reusable commemorative bag. Cost $15.00

The documentation center of Simone de Beauvoir Institute is selling – as part of a fundraising campaign – a beautiful reusable commemorative bag. Cost $15.00

Available exclusively at the 30^th Anniversary of the Institute on Nov 21, 2008.
All proceeds will go to the documentation center.

Why a financial campaign?

The documentation center, also called the Reading Room (RR), was created, as part of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute to complement Concordia University’s main libraries with unique documentation on women’s issues worldwide. Although it has suffered from various obstacles (lack of money and space, just to name a few), the Reading Room is still, after 30 years, a recognizable resource for documentation about women and feminism.

Women’s Studies faculty, as well as students from various programs, are avid users of the RR. They all benefit from a range of services and the help of our on-site librarian (Isabelle Lamoureux, MLIS.)

In the near future, it is the hope of the librarian and the Institute members to automate the RR,, which would make our collection user friendly, accessible to more students and, therefore, allow a more productive use of our services.

Thank you in advance for your generous participation.

Kaarina Kailo: Wo(men) and Bears: The gifts of nature, culture and gender revisited.

Loyola International College and the Simone de Beauvoir Institute in collaboration with Inanna Press, the Concordia University Bookstore, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Business and Professional Women of Montreal, and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture

WELCOME YOU

To the book launch of an ecomythological international anthology
Wo(men) and Bears: The gifts of nature, culture and gender revisited. Inanna Press and Education Inc. York University.

Edited by KAARINA KAILO

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

5:00 PM

Room AD-307, Loyola International College

Concordia University, Loyola campus

7141 Sherbrooke Street W., Montreal

There will be food, music and performances

Signing session

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

2:00-4:00 PM

Coop-Bookstore

Recitals by some of the contributors to the anthology and a brief talk by Dr. Kaarina Kailo, Oulu University, Finland, called “Ecomythologies in the service of a more ecologically and socially sustainable future” will precede the book launch. In her talk, Dr. Kailo will address the need for alternatives to the heroic and androcentric white mythologies given the pressures of the global climate change, the financial downturn and the serious species- and nature-related crises. Kaarina Kailo brings attention with her international anthology to the fact that we need to replace the master narratives with Indigenous and alternative narratives of regeneration, life-oriented values promoting an ethic of care and ecosocial responsibility. The narratives of women marrying bears are the shared ecospiritual mother tongue of numerous Native and non-Native peoples in the North for all their differences. They even suggest the existence of a Bear Religion preceding patriarchal religions and offer traces of a worldview that was relatively gender-balanced, even matricentric in parts of the world, and based on a greater interspecies interconnectedness than is the case with the neo-conservative epitomy of capitalist patriarchy.

Kaarina Kailo was a former principal and associate professor of Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University. She has a Doctorate from the University of Toronto in comparative literature and has held numerous positions in women’s studies. Kailo was the first professor of women’s studies and multiculturalism at Oulu University, Finland. She has published over 70 articles and has edited or co-edited numerous books on issues ranging from gendered violence, ecofeminism, spirituality, Indigenous women’s issues in North America and Finland, to the gift economy and globalization, feminist politics of peace and healing, green postcolonial theory and the literature of Northern women.

Please call to confirm your presence at: 514-848-2424 ext. 2125

Andrea O’Reilly’s Lecture: Rocking the Cradle: Feminism, Motherhood and the possibility of Empowered Mothering

Dr. Andrea O’Reilly from York University, Toronto is the author of the critically acclaimed books Toni Morrison and Motherhood: A Politics of the Heart and editor of Mother Outlaws: Theories and Practices of Empowered Mothering.

Her lecture “Rocking the Cradle: Feminism, Motherhood and the Possibility of Empowered Mothering” is based on her book published by Demeter Press. Dr. O’Reilly will talk about the oppressive and the empowering dimensions of maternity, as well as the complex relationship between the two, first identified by Adrienne Rich in Of Woman Born, has been the focus of feminist scholarship on motherhood over the last decades. How do we challenge patriarchal motherhood? How do we create feminist mothering? How are the two aims connected? Rocking the Cradle, composed of 12 essays, will explore these questions.

A Q & A will follow and Feminist Mothering and Rocking the Cradle: Feminism, Motherhood and the Possibility of Empowered Mothering will be available to purchase.

When: Tuesday, December 2nd

Time: 16 h 30 – 18 h 00

Where: Simone de Beauvoir Institute, MU101

2170, Rue Bishop

Free

Barbara’s Book Launch

Thank you all for comming, and thanks Arpi and Karin for the photos!

8 p.m. Film screening at the 2110 centre

Part of the 498Q seminar Transsexual and Transgender culture, The 30^th anniversary celebration events of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute and the series of film screenings organized by the 2110 Centre.

Thursday November 13^th,

8:00 p.m. – FREE!

WOUBI CHERI, (1998) 62 min. Directed by Laurent Bocahut & Philip Brooks

WOUBI CHERI is the first film to give African homosexuals a chance to describe their world in their own words.

IMPORTANT: POSTPONE

DATE TBA

ALLEY OF THE TRANNYBOYS, (1998) 50 min. Directed by Christopher Lee

ALLEY OF THE TRANNYBOYS

is a film about five Trans men star in six vignettes that celebrate sexuality and eroticism.

Theatre from the Future invites you to Play!

Theatre From The Future

invites women of Muslim origin, interested academics, and curious participants

to a round table discussion and script workshop for our show Play!

December 6th 2008

Time TBA

at the offices of the Quebec Drama Federation, 460 Ste. Catherine West, Suite 807

Theatre From The Future will be performing our third children’s show in early December and we would like to glean responses to the script from members of the Muslim community. Echoing the story of Azzy Mansour, a Nepean, ON girl who made headlines in 2007, Play! is the story of Kamilah, an eleven year old soccer player who is called off of the field for wearing a hijab. Play! tackles issues of friendship, family, diversity, and not to mention reasonable accomodation.

Participants will be provided with a copy of the script as well as support materials before the round table, and actors will be on hand to perform selections from the show. Our goals are to present our Muslim heroine in a most realistic light, to engage in discussion with members of the Muslim community, and to inform our process with the real experiences of Muslim women and girls.

This discussion will take place in both French and English, the text of the play and support materials, however, are in English.

Participants will receive tea and cookies at the round table, a thank you in the program, and complimentary tickets to the show. A report from the round table will be available early in 2009.

If you are interested in participating, or would like more information, please email theatrefromthefuture@gmail.com, or contact us by phone at (514) 481-2849. Deadline to sign up is Friday, November 14^th, 2008.  Space is limited.

About Play!

Kamilah is eleven and soccer is her only passion. She tries out for and makes the soccer team, and is having the time of her life until the pressures of the media, her strict Muslim father, and her feelings of alienation start to crowd in on her elation. She and her team are headed for the championship game when Kamilah gets called off the field for wearing a hijab! With everyone going on about who’s right and who’s wrong, the kids wonder if the grownups will ever understand that they just want to play soccer.

About From The Future

Theatre From The Future is Montreal’s premier emerging geek theatre, focusing on smart shows for kids and their parents. Veterans of the Centaur Theatre Saturday Morning Children’s Series, From The Future has presented Dice, Yellow, and Play! (the puppet edition), at the series since 2007. Founded by Concordia University Theatre Department graduates, and now Artistic Co-Producers Nanette Soucy and Katharine Childs, >From The Future aims to develop a love of theatre in people of all ages, to root for the underdog, and to tell amazing, fantastic, and epic stories.

Theatre From The Future

invite les femmes musulmane, universitaires intéressé(e)s, et autres participants intrigué(e)s

à contribuer à une conférence en table ronde au sujet de la pièce de theatre, Play!

December 6th 2008

Time TBA

aux bureau de la Fédération Québécoise du Théâtre, 460 Ste. Catherine Ouest, Suite 807

Theatre From The Future présentera notre troisième pièce pour enfants au début de Décembre et nous voulons invités les membres de la communauté musulmane à répondre au texte de la pièce.  Inspiré par l’histoire d’Azzy Mansour, une fille de Nepean, Ontario qui a fameusement participé à un tournoi de soccer à Laval en 2007, Play! raconte l’histoire de Kamilah, une fille de onze ans qui se trouve hors du jeu à cause de son hijab.

Tous les participants recevront un exemplaire du texte et des matériaux pertinent en avance de la table ronde.  Nos comédiennes seront présentes pour nous offrir une prestation de quelques scènes.  Nos buts sont de représenter le personnage de Kamilah et sa famille de façon réaliste, d’écouter aux histoires des femmes musulmanes, et de nous informer sur la vie et l’expérience musulmane féminine au Québec, et au Canada.

Cette conférence sera bilingue (anglais/français); le texte de la pièce est désormais anglais.

Les participants recevront du thé et des biscuits à la table ronde, un remerciement dans notre programme, et des billets complémentaires pour venir voir la pièce.  Un rapport de la discussion sera disponible au début de 2009.

Pour plus d’informations, ou pour participer,  s’il-vous-plait envoyer un courriel à theatrefromthefuture@gmail.com, ou contactez-nous par téléphone au (514) 481-2849.  La date limite pour s’inscrire est le vendredi, 14 novembre, 2008.  Les places sont limités.

À propos de Play!

Kamilah est une fille de onze ans passionnée du soccer. Elle s’amuse bien parmi son équipe, mais les pressions de l’école, les médias, et de son père, commencent à la stresser. Son équipe participe dans le Grand tournoi, mais l’arbitre arrête le match final! Les règles ne permettent pas qu’elle porte son hijab!  Lorsque les adultes partent en peur avec leur réactions, les joueurs se demandent s’ils comprendrons un jour que dans le font, c’est vraiment un jeu d’enfant.

À propos de From The Future

Theatre From The Future de Montréal est le premier théâtre “geek.” Notre troupe tien à la création de théâtre intelligent pour les enfants et leur parents.  Depuis 2007, Nous avons presente trois pièces faisant parti du “Saturday Morning Children’s Series” au Théâtre Centaur, soit Dice, Yellow, et Play! (version marionette).  Fondé par deux diplômés du département de théatre à l’Université Concordia,  Nanette Soucy et Katharine Childs, les co-productrices-artistique de From The Future visent à encourager une passion pour le théâtre dans les gens de toutes générations, et de raconter des histoires fantastique, étonnantes, et épiques.