[Fdu] VENUE CHANGE - U of T International Women’s Day Lecture – “Islands of Decolonial Love: Exploring Love on Occ upied Land” – Leanne Simpson

[Cynthia Wright]

*FYI. C*

*VENUE CHANGE - Due to the overwhelming interest in attending Leanne's 
talk and our wish not to turn anyone away, we are moving the location to 
the OISE Auditorium, Ground Floor, Accessible Space, 252 Bloor Street 
West (St. George and Bloor). ASL will be provided.*

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*We would appreciate your assistance in spreading the word that the 
venue has been changed and encourage attendance given we have changed 
the location to accommodate more people.*

Public Event – International Women’s Day Lecture – “Islands of 
Decolonial Love: Exploring Love on Occupied Land” – Leanne Simpson

March 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is “a gifted writer who brings passion and 
commitment to her storytelling and who has demonstrated an uncommon 
ability to manage an impressive range of genres from traditional 
storytelling to critical analysis, from poetry to the spoken word, from 
literary and social activism.” In 2014, Leanne was named the inaugural 
RBC Charles Taylor Emerging writer by Thomas King, and she was also 
nominated for a National Magazine Award for her short story “Treaties” 
published in Geist 90. In 2012, she won Briarpatch Magazine’s Writing 
 From the Margins prize for short fiction. Leanne is the author of three 
books; Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back, The Gift Is in the Making and 
Islands of Decolonial Love, and the editor of Lighting the Eighth Fire, 
This Is An Honour Song (with Kiera Ladner) and The Winter We Danced: 
Voice from the Past, the Future and the Idle No More Movement 
(Kino-nda-niimi collective). Leanne holds a PhD from the University of 
Manitoba and has lectured at universities across Canada. She is of Michi 
Saagiig Nishnaabeg ancestry and a member of Alderville First Nation.

This event is open to the public.

Sponsors: Women & Gender Studies Institute; WGSSU; Principal’s 
Initiative Fund, New College; Adult Education and Community Development 
Program; Indigenous Education Network; Transformative Learning Centre.

Jo Saliba de Chery

Office Assistant

Women & Gender Studies Institute (WGSI)
40 Willcocks Street

Wilson Hall, New College

University of Toronto

Toronto, ON M5S 1C6

T. 416-946-5800 <tel:416-946-5800>

F. 416-946-5561 <tel:416-946-5561>
http://www.wgsi.utoronto.ca <http://www.wgsi.utoronto.ca/>



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