[Indigsol] Four more ISW events, plus two others

[ipsmo at riseup.net]

We'd like to start by offering a welcome to all the new people on the list
who signed up at one of the three inspiring Indigenous Sovereignty Week
events so far

Much thanks to all elders, speakers, facilitators, drummers, singers,
participants and organizers/volunteers who have helped make these events
so special.


And we wanted to let you know that there's still four more ISW event
coming up (Also at the end of this message are two events this week that
are not part of ISW, but still worth checking out)

Full info on ISW is at http://www.bit.ly/iswottawa
Here is the remaining schedule (with links for full details of each event):


Tuesday Nov 2, 5:30pm
Undermining Indigenous Rights: Conflicts with Mining Companies in Canada
and Guatemala
with Ramsey Hart of MiningWatch

 University Centre room 378,  Carleton University
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/nov2-undermining-indigenous-rights/


Wednesday Nov 3, 11:30am-2:00pm
The Oka Crisis – 20 Years Later: Is Reconciliation Possible?
featuring speakers: (note this is a bilingual event)
* Ellen Gabriel, Présidente, Femmes autochtones du Québec
* Francine Lemay, Traductrice agréée, “À l’orée des bois” | “At the Wood’s
Edge”
* Pierre Trudel, Chercheur, Peuples autochtones et gouvernance, CRDP
Université de Montréal\CEGEP Vieux-Montréal
* Jessica Yee, Chair, National Aboriginal Youth Council, Canadian
Aboriginal AIDS Network

 at Desmarais Building room 3120, University of Ottawa
presented by Forum for Aboriginal Studies and Research at University of
Ottawa
http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/eng/fera_3nov2010.asp


Wednesday Nov 3, 7:00pm
Film - Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian
English with French subtitles
Followed by discussion with filmmaker Neil Diamond

 at Canadian Museum of Civilization, 100 Laurier Street, Gatineau
presented by the National Film Board in collaboration with Canadian Museum
of Civilization
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/whats-on/event-detail&eventId=969


Thursday Nov 4, 7:00pm
Film - A Windigo Tale (Ottawa premiere)
Followed by discussion with filmmaker Armand Garnet Ruffo in attendance

 at National Library and Archives auditorium, 395 Wellington St
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/nov4-a-windigo-tale/


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ALSO COMING UP:

Mon Nov1 - Bodies of Dissent a panel discussion on building radical
support for our sexual justice movements

Fri Nov5 - Wabano: Dr. Brokenleg workshop "Creating a Place of Belonging
in our Communities"


...here are details, listed in reverse chronological order:


FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5:

Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health welcomes:

Dr. Martin Brokenleg

*For a special workshop on:*
*Creating a Place of Belonging in our Communities*

Date: Friday, November 5, 2010
Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Place: Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre, 300 Avenue des Peres-Blancs

Contact
Carlie Chase, Director of Initiatives
Phone: 613.748.0657 ext 220
Fax: 613.748.9364
E-mail: cchase at wabano.com

Be part of the Wabano Mamawi Capital Campaign - New Beginnings. Together.
Visit www.wabano.com today


.......


MONDAY NOVEMBER 1:

The Pro-Choice Coalition of Ottawa / Coalition pro-choix d'Ottawa
invites you to a pro-choice, sex-positive event

Bodies of dissent: a panel discussion on building radical support for our
sexual justice movements

Monday, Nov1st, 6:00-9:00pm
Alumni Auditorium in the University Center, University of Ottawa campus

a fundraiser for an abortion emergency access fund, in response to the
anti-choice harassment campaign sanctioned by the City of Ottawa, and
currently happening on Bank street.

Tania Dopler, a member of the Ottawa Aboriginal community and an outreach
worker with the Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy, will be there to
offer a smudge.

Feminist support workers from the Carleton Sexual Assault Support Line
will be present to offer support on site.

SHAG, a youth advisory group from the Youth Services Bureau that is
dedicated to educating, advocating and acting as a resource on sexual
heath and wellness for our peers in Ottawa, will be selling us some sexy
baked goods.

Panelists:

* Rayna Farr-Dutchin has been alive since December 1994, she is an Ottawa
native with a penchant for music and poutine. She became involved with RJ
at a very early age but never really thought she'd be doing anything like
this in the future since she's a bit of a goof-ball. Rayna's favorite
colour is rainbow and her favorite word is a swear so it can't be written
here (note from organizers: fuck ya it can!). Since the age of 13 Rayna
has watched the slow but steady sexual progression of her peers with
interest, disgust, and horror. At the same time she has been blessed to
experience a Catholic High Schools Sex-Ed curriculum. After attending a
Young Women's Leadership Institute in New York City this summer Rayna
realized that there was a need in society to hear from a teen when it came
to sex. Instead of some adult who thinks they're "with-it" enough to be
able to speculate how a 16 year olds mind works.

* A proud Two Spirit youth, Jessica Yee is the founder and Executive
Director of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, the first and only
organization of its kind in North America by and for Indigenous youth
working within the full spectrum of sexual and reproductive health
throughout the continent. Jessica is currently serving as the first Chair
of the National Aboriginal Youth Council at the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS
Network, the International Indigenous HIV/AIDS Working Group, and is the
co-chair of the North American region for the Global Indigenous Youth
Caucus at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. She is
a strong believer in the power of the youth voice and agency, and you can
see her writing on sites like Racialicious, or pick up her recently
released book "Sex Ed and Youth: Colonization, Communities of Colour, and
Sexuality" and look for her upcoming book in Winter 2011 "Deconstructing
the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism: Feminist Education Now -
Youth, Activism, and Intersectionality". She is the 2009 recipient of the
YWCA Young Woman of Distinction award, named one of 20 International
Women's Health Heroes by Our Bodies/Our Blog and was recently awarded the
Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Youth Entrepreneur Award for her founding of the
Native Youth Sexual Health Network.

* POWER is a non-profit, voluntary organization founded on February 17th,
2008. Membership is open to individuals of all genders who self-identify
as former or current sex workers, regardless of the industry sector in
which they work(ed) (i.e. dancers, street level workers, in and out call
workers, phone sex etc). POWER envision a society in which sex workers are
able to practice their professions free of legal and social
discrimination, victimization, harassment and violence and in which sex
work is valued as legitimate and fulfilling work making an important
contribution to society.

* Tomee Sojourner is an Organizational & Community Development Consultant,
Social Entrepreneur, Diversity and Social Inclusion Expert, Social
Commentator, Artist, and Motivational Speaker. For over 15 years, she has
situated her activism, professional, and personal work on developing
socially transformative courses/workshops/resource s covering various
topics including, anti-racism, oppresshun awareness, intersectional
diversity, health care, sexual and mental health, and
organizational/community development. Tomee has as M.A. in Social Justice
and Equity Studies. She has been a College Professor and guest lecturer
for high school, graduate and undergraduate students.Tomee’s professional
work is informed by her intersectional diversity, and her lived
experiences as a Black, masculine-identified queer woman, educator, and
social entrepreneur thriving with a learning disability.

tickets are sliding scale
5$-unlimited
35$ at the door
(no one will be turned away)

Advanced tickets are really appreciated and help with the organizers
anxiety levels.

Tickets sold at Venus Envy- 320 Lisgar St
Ottawa University Women's Resource Center- UCU 220
Ahora Mexican Restaurant - 307, Dalhousie St
or with your friendly neighborhood activist.

ASL interpretation available. Please contact us for further accessibility
needs. Please register for free childcare before oct 25th at
prochoiceottawa at gmail.com

Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119747421414616


More about why we are fundraising for an abortion access fund:

Note: The Pro-Choice Coalition of Ottawa believes that people have the
right to bodily integrity and privacy and don't need anyone elses approval
before choosing an abortion. Enough with this bullshit hierarchy of "good
reasons" why its ok to control. My body, my mind, my life, my choice. The
following are glimpses into much more complicated stories.

* Tia: Tia is a 14 year old young woman who recently landed in Canada as
an asylum seeker after a terrible gang rape in her home country. She was
21 weeks pregnant. She had no health coverage for an abortion, no money to
pay for the abortion itself nor for the bus ticket and accommodation
required to travel to the doctor who is able to terminate her pregnancy.
She did not speak English. Tia’s aunt called Canadians for Choice’s
Information and Referral Line last month to ask for help. Tia was sure she
did not want to continue her pregnancy but she did not know where to go or
how to get there. We were able to help her and her aunt navigate
throughout the process of obtaining a safe abortion. We were able to
support them by funding their travel expenses and accommodation in Toronto
and by joining forces with other groups and the abortion provider to
ensure she was able to afford the cost of the procedure.

* Cathy: Cathy is a young woman from Kamloops, British Columbia. When she
phoned her local hospital to ask about an abortion, the person on the
phone blatantly lied to her saying that abortions were not offered. Cathy
called the Canadians for Choice information and referral line one week
later in desperate need of support. With two young children under 3 years
old, she could not bear to continue her pregnancy. When she reached CFC,
she had just passed the gestational age where abortions are performed in
Kamloops. Cathy now had to travel to Vancouver to obtain an abortion, but
she could not afford the cost of a bus ticket. The Canadians for Choice
Emergency Travel Fund helped her get to Vancouver where she was finally
able to obtain the service she so urgently needed

* Lacey: Lacey lives in a First Nations Community in Northern
Saskatchewan. She needed to travel to Regina in order to terminate her
pregnancy. She had to get someone to drive her to the nearest bus station
which is 3 hours away, then needed to travel 5 hours to Regina. She could
not afford the $115 bus ticket. CFC bought the ticket for her.