Activate T.O. Speaker Series

Spreading the word about a very interesting event coming up in Toronto!

Black Futures Now is hosting a Black and Indigenous Solidarity Workshop about Space, Place and Belonging. It's and exciting (and, unfortunately, rare) opportunity for Black and Indigenous city/community builders and emerging voices to connect and learn from each other on issues that mutually impact them and build mutually productive relationships.

Check it out September 23!

Hmmm, what a fantastic idea! ;)

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/03/02/commenters_don_t_read_articles_here_s_how_one_site_is_fighting_back.html

Norwegian Website Quizzes Trolls Before Allowing Them to Comment A Norwegian news site is now asking its readers to take a short reading comprehension quiz before allowing them to post comments below certain articles ...

The Moose Hide Campaign works with community towards ending violence against Aboriginal women and children, and it's happening on March 21, free of charge:

Moose Hide Campaign The Moose Hide Campaign works with community towards ending violence against Aboriginal women and children. It promotes gender equity, improved relationships, and holistic masculinities by speaking out against gender-based violence and sharing knowledge, stories and experience of violence in our com...

'Why does a photograph of Watson get to be “artistic” while Beyoncé’s visual album — a massive undertaking — is presumed to be “appealing to the male gaze”?'

Emma Watson Is Wrong to Dismiss Critics of Her Beyoncé Comments

What are you doing for tomorrow? Here are some events going on around Toronto:

https://nowtoronto.com/news/best-international-womens-day-2017-events-in-toronto/

The best International Women’s Day 2017 events in Toronto We need events that celebrate women and marginalized communities more than ever

Some words from the survivor of the latest r**e trial atrocity to go viral in Canada.

http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/i-am-not-a-drunk-female-passenger-in-cabbie-s*x-assault-case-responds-1.3310204

‘I am not a drunk’: Female passenger in cabbie s*x assault case responds The woman at the centre of the s*xual assault case that ended with the acquittal of a Halifax cab driver says she was filled with rage when she heard the judge’s comment that “a drunk can consent.”

Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out Toronto Life's list of new art galleries to visit, with a shoutout to former panel speakers Tangled Art + Disability!

http://torontolife.com/culture/art/new-art-galleries-toronto-winter-2017-gladstone/

Six dazzling new art galleries to check out this winter The Gladstone Art Hut, Tangled Art Gallery and more

Clearing out your closets and looking to do some good with your new or gently worn stuff? The Regent Park Community Food Centre is seeking winter coats and boots.

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=1879ed366ba54805188bdc3e7&id=608b0a444f&e=78321baacd

Winter Coats and Boots Needed!

Artist info for our panel tonight, 7:30 pm @ Toronto City Hall.

Haunts Collective (Kara Stone, Rekha Ramachadran, Julia Gingrich, and Kathleen McLeod; the latter three will be speaking).
Through their work, Haunts Collective aims to disrupt the common dichotomies of craft and technology, masculine and feminine, future and past, material and immaterial, and inspire others to blur the boundaries in between.

Artist info for our panel tonight, 7:30 pm @ Toronto City Hall

Janice Turner has worked in the arts since 1991. She has been writer, creator and performer as a storyteller, puppeteer, clown and more recently visual artist. Throughout Turner’s career the focus and underlying thread have been her feminist values, which informs the stories she tells in each of her chosen media. These ideals were instrumental in her creating “A Night in the Red Tent” that ran annually for seven years on International Women’s Day in Newmarket, Ontario. This was an evening of celebration by women, for women. It was an overwhelming success. Since 2010 Turner has been delving into the influence of her childhood religion and feminism. She is transforming discarded textiles, everyday found objects, human hair and barbed wire to create “The Motherhouse”.

We're so excited for our panel with Feminist Art Conference tonight at 7:30 pm, in Toronto City Hall!

Throughout the day we'll be sharing info about our speakers. First up, Michelle Gauthier.

Michelle Gauthier is an artist and graduate from OCAD University with a BFA in Criticism & Curatorial Practices. Inspired by feminism and reproductive rights, popular culture, and personal experience, she uses embroidery as a medium to create work that she hopes will facilitate conversations around societal norms on controversial subjects.