[Fdu] Upcoming campus events: When Will We be Free? | Politics of Bargaining | Precarious Status on Campus

[Cynthia Wright]

Dear friends and colleagues - please join us for these upcoming events:

*When Will We Be Free? *
The Pro Slavery Un-Conscious, Anti-Black Racism, and Institutional 
Discrimination in the Ivory Tower
*November 30, 2017, 6pm*
William Doo Auditorium, New College
45 Willcocks Street
https://www.facebook.com/events/139138163404636/

A conversation about race, racism, and higher education in Canada. With 
Professors George Elliot Clarke, Carl James, Melanie Newton, & Lisa A. 
Robinson. Moderated by D. Alissa Trotz. Spoken word with Chika Oriuwa, 
student in the Faculty of Medicine & co-leader of the Black Medical 
Students' Association at U of T.

Wheelchair Accessible
ASL provided

/Sponsored by WGSI, Caribbean Studies & New College at the University of 
Toronto  & A Different Booklist
/


*The Politics of Bargaining in Higher Education: *
Building Cultures of Solidarity

*December 7, 2017, 7-9pm*

The Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1688313157907269/


In the context of the recent OPSEU back-to-work order and with 
possibility of more campus strikes to come in the new year, this salon 
will explore the politics of bargaining in higher education. Join us for 
a discussion among active members of faculty, librarian, instructor, 
student, and teaching assistants' unions and associations from George 
Brown, York and U of T. We ask: What models of higher education are our 
institutions assembling today? How can we build solidarity across 
divided campuses and across institutions in the region? How can we build 
stronger solidarity with and among undergraduates? And how can campus 
labour movements build cultures and solidarities that centre racial and 
gender justice in their work?


Speakers include:

Natalie Wood, Professor, School of Social and Community Services, George 
Brown College

Pamela Arancibia, CUPE 3902 Chair

Nour Alideeb, Chairperson, Canadian Federation of Students - Ontario

Paul Downes, faculty member, department of English, U of T

Member of CUPE 3903


The evening will be kicked off with music by our very own Ken Kawashima 
- come join us for music and discussion, and celebrate the end of term!


Wheelchair Accessible and gender neutral washrooms on site.



*Creating Access to UT for Precarious Status Students:*

First Brainstorming Session

*December 8th, 4-6 p.m*

Location: Room 2007D, Wilson Hall, New College (40 Willcocks Street, at 
the corner of Willcocks and Spadina, just go straight up the stairs from 
the porters lodge and there is a narrow small corridor right at the 
other side of the stairs, the room is there).


Please join us and spread the word – we will be joined by Tanya Aberman, 
Research and Project Coordinator, FCJ Refugee Centre, who will share 
some insights from the initiative started a York University where some 
students are now successfully enrolled in degree programs.



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