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<div id="id_56a11dae537db7d75925994" class=""
style="display:inline">Please join us for the
first event of The List of 2016!<br>
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This month, we will be exploring the politics of
DIVESTMENT campaigns on campus, with organizers
from Fossil Fuel Divestment, BDS, and historic
campaigns for divestment from South Africa. <br>
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Gavin Smith is a long-time member of the
University of Toronto community. He has worked and
written on political struggles in South America
and Western Europe. Among other things he was
active in the Munk Out campaign and continues his
concerns with the practices of the university’s
administration, the working conditions of staff,
and the alienated experience of students. <br>
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Joe Curnow is a graduate student in Education and
instructor in Equity Studies. Her research loo<span
class="" style="display:inline">ks at the Fossil
Fuel Divestment campaign as a site of
politicization, focusing on learning about race,
gender, and colonialism. Before coming to U of
T, Joe worked as a student organizer on economic
justice issues and as a community organizer. <br>
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Chandni is a doctoral student at the Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). She
is a member of the Graduate Students Union
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) adhoc
committee and Students against Israeli Apartheid
(UofT)<br>
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Melissa Levin is a graduate student in Political
Science who also teaches a number of African
Studies and Politics courses at U of T. Melissa
was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa
where she worked for the ANC directing campaign
strategy and writing speeches (amongst others,
for Nelson Mandela). She also served as a
nationally elected official in the
organization's Youth League.<br>
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Thursday January 28, 7pm at the Tranzac Club,
292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto. <br>
Please join us and circulate the invitation
through your networks!</span></div>
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