[Fdu] U of T and Politics of Divestment, Jan. 28

[Cynthia Wright]

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Please join us for the first event of The List of 2016!

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.

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.

Joe Curnow is a graduate student in Education and instructor in Equity 
Studies. Her research looks 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.

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)

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.

Thursday January 28, 7pm at the Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, 
Toronto.
Please join us and circulate the invitation through your networks!


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