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Black and trans voices frustrated by lack of inclusion in Vancouver Women's March

Trans activist and B.C. NDP candidate Morgane Oger

Controversy over the lack of Black and trans voices at the Vancouver Women's March on Washington has opened up a conversation about how to move forward with inclusive feminist organizing.

Organized by a group of five core volunteers, the Vancouver event labelled itself an inclusive march for all groups. The B.C. Government Employees Union estimates that as many as 15,000 people attended. However, on the night before the march, Black Lives Matter-Vancouver released a statement saying it had not received an invitation to participate and the chapter would not attend.

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A toolkit to strengthen inclusion and diversity initiatives

Toolkit

The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion has been putting together a series of toolkits to help organizations and communities make diversity and inclusion a priority in their workplace.  In this third toolkit, they provide practical suggestions and strategies for the challenge of dealing with fear and resistance to diversity and inclusion initiatives.  

 

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SlutWalk, three years later. Where has the movement taken us?

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December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 2, 2013 |
It is a day to reflect on what has been achieved and what must still be done to bring full equality and inclusion for community members living with a disability.
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Consensus Training

a group makes decisions through consensus

Now that you've taken the rabble guide to consensus decision making to heart, you're ready to lead a workshop on it!

The Network for Climate Change has an excellent outline for a workshop for ten to twenty people. It covers:

A proposed agenda

How to create a group agreement

The basics of consensus

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The myth of Gen Y homogeneity
By
J. Maureen Henderson
| May 5, 2010

An interesting question was raised in the comments section of my recent Model Behavior column on the Bitch Magazine website and it's one that I'm no stranger to contemplating: Where is all of the research on and dialogue around the non-white, non-middle class Gen Y experience? Why do we only ever hear about student debt load and the plight of college grads who are moving back to the safe haven of Mom and Dad's suburban oasis? What about those who never made it to college in the first place?

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Canadian Association for Supported Employment Conference

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 (All day)

Location

Delta Winnipeg Hotel Winnipeg, MB
Canada
49° 53' 59.1144" N, 97° 8' 14.9784" W
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Winnipeg will be host to the annual national CASE (Canadian Association for Supported Employment) conference this coming June.  It is expected that over 250 delegates will attend the conference at the Delta Winnipeg Hotel to discuss strategies and successes of supporting persons with disabilities to work. The conference will bring together service providers, advocates and educators to share tools, resources and innovative practices in supported employment. CASE is a national network of service providers and citizens who are concerned about the full participation of persons with disabilities in the Canadian labour force.

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The 3rd Annual Accessibility Conference

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 (All day) - Wednesday, June 1, 2011 (All day)

Location

Office of Open Learning
160 Johnston Hall University of Guelph
Guelph
Canada
43° 31' 58.7784" N, 80° 13' 42.654" W
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This year’s conference programming will move attendees beyond a theoretical and technical understanding of accessibility by providing a practical framework for action.

In addition to information and communication accessibility, the conference is seeking presentations from individuals who have successfully moved accessibility forward within their institutions through such strategies as community building, networking or "making the case" for inclusion.

Share your first-hand experience with disability issues as well as academic or evidence-based research in the field of disability.

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Trans film event: "The Cockettes"

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 6:00pm

Location

The Centre for Women and Trans People at University of Toronto
563 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON M6R 1B1
Canada
Phone: 416-978-8201
Fax: 416-978-1078
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==>Trans Film Night!
==>Free Film, Free Snacks, Free Talk!

The trans-inclusion group continues its growing and great free screening series . . .
Join us to watch "The Cockettes"

The Cockettes: A documentary about the psychedelic 1970s San Francisco drag queen troupe of the same name, who decked themselves out in gender-bending drag and tons of glitter for a series of legendary midnight musicals at the Palace Theater in North Beach. Admired by Truman Capote, The Cockettes performed all-singing, all-dancing extravaganzas featuring elaborate costumes, rebellious sexuality, and exuberant chaos.

In English
Dir. by: Bill Weber, David Weissman
Rated: R
(Film Running Time 100 min)

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Trans Inclusion Policy Party - The Centre for Women and Trans People at UofT hosts GRANNY BOOTS

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Location

The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen st. W.
Toronto, ON M6J 1J6
Canada
Phone: 416-531-4635
Fax: 416-539-0953
43° 38' 33.2376" N, 79° 25' 36.6384" W
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*** The Centre for Women and Trans People at UofT presents . . .
"A Trans Inclusion Policy Party" ***

What is a "Policy Party"? Come find out what it is and/or could be when The Centre and its Trans Inclusion Group hosts GRANNY BOOTS!

The Centre for Women and Trans People at the University of Toronto is hosting a community party to celebrate The Centre's work, mandate, and mission broadly - and to celebrate the adoption of its Trans Inclusion Policy specifically. The party is a celebration of hard work and commitment to inclusion.

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