[opirgyork] OPIRG Job Posting + YU Free Press call for Submissions

[Aruna]

***PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY***

1) Resource Centre and Archival Assistant Job Posting
2) YU Free Press call for submissions: DisOrientation edition!


Temporary Position at OPIRG York

*Resource Centre and Archival Assistant*

OPIRG York is hiring for a part-time, temporary position for a three 
month period. This position is to assist the Coordinator of 
Administration and Information with archiving historical OPIRG materials 
in the resource centre and assisting the restructuring of the resource 
centre. OPIRG York is reorganizing the resource centre to become the 
/OPIRG York Alternative Resource Centre/ with alternative and radical 
materials for York students and community. We hope to update our 
centre’s resources and update our lending system in order to have an 
official launch this September 2011.

*Applicants DO NOT have to be students to apply for this position. This 
position is open to everyone. *

*Duties:*

· Organizing past OPIRG documents and archiving appropriate materials

· Assisting with the re-organization and updating of the resource 
centre. This includes: updating the resource library, ordering new 
materials and creating a lending system

· Attending OPIRG York Alternative Resource Centre committee meetings

· Update the lending system for OPIRG York (preferably as an online system)

· Assist with creating promotional materials fo resource centre 
including creating content for website, pamphlets and posters

· Update lender database

· Liaise with independent bookstores and publishers to build resource 
centre materials

*Skill requirements:*

· Diverse knowledge of alternative and independent publishers and 
publications

· Good organizing and coordination skills

· Able to work independently

· Knowledge of computer database systems a plus

· Knowledge of anti-oppression concepts

· Knowledge of consensus decision-making

*Renumeration: *$15.00/hour at 20 hours a week

*How to Apply:*

· Applicants must provide a resume and a one-page cover letter. Please 
explain in the cover letter why you are interested in working with 
OPIRG-York and your understanding of social justice organizing from an 
anti-oppressive lens.

Applications are due Thursday July 7 at 6pm. Please email applications 
to sharmeen at opirgyork.ca <mailto:sharmeen at opirgyork.ca>. Please include 
“*Resource Centre and Archival Assistant*” in the subject of the email

OPIRG welcomes the contributions that individuals from marginalized 
communities bring to our organization, and invites aboriginal people, 
people of colour, women, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, queer-oriented 
people, transgendered people transsexual people, intersexed people, 
working class people, single parents, members of ethnic minorities, 
immigrants and people with disabilities to apply.

We encourage applicants to describe the contributions and experience 
they, as individuals who identify with marginalized communities, would 
bring to the OPIRG organization in their cover letter.

*This position is unionized with CUPE 1281
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2) Dear readers/contributors/allies,

The /YU Free Press/ is now accepting submissions for our first issue of 
the 2011-2012 academic year, "*Dis/orientation*". Each year /Ontario 
Public Interest Research Group/ (OPIRG-York) in collaboration with other 
radical groups on campus creates * Dis/orientation* - a 
multidisciplinary politicizing alternative to frosh week in which York 
students, new and old, can discuss issues of social justice, 
anti-oppression, anti-colonialism, gender, racism and accessibility. As 
a participant group of *Dis/orientation*, we are excited to explore in 
this issue themes of student mobilization and community accountability 
at York around:

-History of the land York occupies
-Gender-based violence on campus
-Tuition fees and accessible education
-Health and safety on campus
-Vari Hall (student activism vs. administration oppression)
-Free speech on campus
-LGBT/TBLGAY issues on campus
-Accessibility at York University
-Working conditions of the food service and sanitary workers on campus
-Issues facing international students (status, health insurance, 
housing, etc)
-Campus unions - CUPE3903, YUSA, YUFA, CUPE 1356
-Campus groups - Aboriginal Students Association at York, (ASAY) Centre 
for Women and Trans People (CWTP), CHRY Community Radio, Feminist 
Action, Filipino Student Association at York (FSAY), South Asian 
Alliance (SAA), Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA), Students for 
Free Tibet (SFT), Trans Bisexual Lesbian Gay (TBLGay), Undergraduate 
Sexuality Studies Association, York United Black Students' Alliance 
(YUBSA) (or any others we may have missed!)

These are just some of the themes we would like to cover for this issue, 
but we welcome submissions on a variety of topics concerned with any 
other social justice matter on campus. The submission deadline will be 
***August 5***. In addition to written submissions, we also invite you 
to send in photos, artwork, and poetry as well.

Please submit all articles, photos, community event notices, and art to 
*/info at yufreepress.org/*
All general inquiries and submissions can be sent to: 
*/info at yufreepress.org/*

Suggested word counts: *News: 50 to 750 words * Features: max 2000 words 
* Comments: max 1200 words * Arts: max 1500 words

If you have not submitted to the YU Free Press before, but would like 
to, this is your chance. The YU Free Press has experienced tremendous 
success since its inception, and it is due to the support and dedication 
of our writers, volunteers, allies, and readers. For that, we sincerely 
thank you for making us what we are today! Please email us at/ 
info at yufreepress.org/ if you have any further questions!

/*YU Free Press Editorial Collective*/
www.yufreepress.org
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