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DisOrientation 2011 at York University
WORKSHOPS | ACTIONS | FILM SCREENINGS | ELECTRIC POW WOW

ALL WELCOME | ALL EVENTS FREE/PWYC & WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE

September 22nd - October 1st, 2011 at York University

DisOrientation is a radically different, politically progressive, series
of events that will offer all students access and insight into the
exciting political and social justice spheres that exist at York
University.
By bringing together a wide range of campus groups and services, we are
trying to draw the links between the many different kinds of political,
environmental and social justice based activism that exists on campus.

Check out the full schedule for details on all the workshops, panel 
discussions,
film screenings and other critically engaging events that we have lined 
up for you!

To end of this years festivities, we have teamed up with the Aboriginal
Student Association at York U to bring you "A TRIBE CALLED TWO TOES"
featuring Indigenous Comedian Ryan McMahon, Indigenous DJ crew A
Tribe Called Red, Toronto based Lal and rap duo Indagenius.

Guaranteed to be an incredible show of energy, laughter, great
music and non-stop dancing, join us as we end off this years
DisOrientation with a bang!

A TRIBE CALLED TWO TOES - TORONTO
Friday September 30, 2011
Toronto, ON
The Orange Room (The Guvernment)
132 Queens Quay East
DOOR 8PM
SHOW 9PM
TIX Pay what you can *suggest $10
With Special Guests: Sho Sho Esquiro, LAL & Indagenious.

Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183414051726800 
<https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183414051726800>

Check out www.opirgyork.ca/node/151 <http://www.opirgyork.ca/node/151> 
for full schedule and details

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*Monday September 26th*

“Bathroom Politics”
12:30-2:30pm
Student Centre RM 307
Facilitated workshop/discussion/direct action by DAMN

Public Washrooms are spaces where many assumptions of “normalcy” are 
played out. Typically, public washrooms are designed with cis-gendered, 
gender-conforming, non-disabled persons in mind. In this event we will 
discuss who is included and excluded from using public washrooms and 
then lead an art-activism exercise to challenge the assumptions that are 
made about washroom space. Finally, our art creations will be placed in 
and around washrooms on campus in order to provoke thought and dialogue 
to the broader campus community.

“Media Advancing Movements”
2:30pm -5:30pm
Student Centre RM 307
Facilitated by: CHRY FM

Understanding how media creates and promotes systems of oppression is 
key to also understanding how it can also be used to embody and promote 
the values of liberation. This workshop encourages participants to 
consider various impacts that media has had on them personally as well 
as on social movements in the 20th century. This workshop is interactive 
and hands-on!

“Movement, poetry, soundscape workshop”
6pm – 8pm
Student Centre RM. 307
Facilitated by: R3 Artists collective

R3 artists collective with collaborator Murr from the band lal, will 
present a 2.5 hour workshop that centres around the theme of 
decolonization and ancestry. This will be a soundscape, spoken-word and 
poetry workshop where the participants will create and record a 
collective piece of poetry / spoken word , layered over an instrumental 
song that will be created and recorded collectively. There will be an 
introduction to movement through various warmup exercises that will also 
add to the energy of the piece created. The hope is to conduct several 
workshops throughout the year around sound, poetry, movement and mural 
making at York University so that each workshop will create pieces that 
will work together to create one multi-arts piece, that then can be 
presented at the end of the workshops and / or documented.

*Tuesday September 27th*

“Fabric of Violence: Fabricating Change”
12pm – 2:30pm
Student Centre RM 322
Facilitated by THRIVE: Multicultural women against violence and oppression

**THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR WOMEN AND TRANS IDENTIFIED PEOPLE ONLY**

Fabric of Violence: Fabricating Change, uses fabric to create and engage 
in discussions around issues of violence, freedom through women and 
trans people’s lived experiences. The workshop will include both a 
section for discussion and art making. In addition, participants will be 
able to choose if they would like their artwork that they created to be 
displayed at a gallery in Toronto on the first day of the days of 
activism on November 25th 2011. Wheelchair accessible, TTC tokens and 
Snacks provided.

“The Struggle for Genuine Women’s Liberation in Canada”
2:30pm – 4:30pm
Student Centre RM 313
Facilitated by: Ugnayan ng Kabaatang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino 
Canadian Youth Alliance-Ontario

This event will expose the anti-woman, anti-worker and racist Live-in 
Caregiver Program (LCP), a federal government program being used as the 
de-facto national childcare program of Canada. It will feature two 
documentary films, ‘The Nanny Business’ and ‘The Call to Scrap the LCP’. 
The first film will show the plight of women who toil under this 
modern-day slavery program. The second film will present the analysis of 
progressive Filipino Canadian women on the need to scrap the LCP towards 
genuine women’s liberation.

A public forum will follow after the film screening.

“Students in the labour movement, a pivotal moment”
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Student Centre RM 313

With overbearing costs of education downloaded onto students, alongside 
austerity measures that continue to attack quality jobs, it is 
imperative for students and workers to connect their struggles. Many 
students also experience forms of mistreatment as workers themselves, 
while workers on campus are fragmented and face substandard conditions. 
This workshop will explore coalition strategies between students and 
workers and ways of mobilizing around issues that affect both groups.

“Take it over: The ballot box, the streets and beyond”
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Student Centre RM 307
Facilitated by: York Federation of Students

Whether its slash-and-burn politics at city hall or the skyrocketing 
costs of attending college and university, it is becoming more and more 
evident that communities must take action to ignite change. Whether it’s 
government and public institutions who are willfully ignorant to the 
social, economic and political ills that face us all, our collective 
mobilization by and for our communities. This workshop starts from the 
assumption that communities must organize to take back what is 
rightfully theirs: from the October 6 provincial elections, to deep cuts 
at city hall, to the February 1 National Day of Action to Drop Fees, 
participants will discuss why communities must begin to “Take It Over” 
and how we can do it!

*Wednesday September 28th*

“Sex work decrim: get the facts”
12:30pm-2:30pm
Student Centre RM 313

In this workshop we will explore the difference between the legalization 
and decriminalization of sex work. Looking at current by laws and 
licensing structures that exist in other sectors of the sex trade we 
will develop an understanding of what decriminalization could look like 
in Toronto, it’s impact on diverse groups of sex workers, and ways we 
can support groups lead by sex workers who wish to take the lead on 
policy development. We will also provide an understanding of decrim 
models that currently exist in other countries and give an update on the 
outcome of the Bedford appeal hearing that happened throughout the week 
of June 13th.

“CHRY Community Radio tour”
2:30 – 3pm
Student Centre RM 449C
Facilitated by: CHRY 105.5FM

Did you know CHRY 105.5FM Community Radio is based at York U’s Student 
Centre?
Did you know you can be a part of it? CHRY offers the sounds, voices, 
music and stories left out of commercial or public radio, and offers 
hands-on-training to all volunteers. Come to see the CHRY studios for 
yourself and meet the programmers and staff that make up north Toronto’s 
only campus-based community radio station.

“No one is illegal: The truth and lies about Canadian immigration”
3pm – 5pm
Student Centre RM 313
Facilitated by: No One Is Illegal (NOII)

Some believe that the Canadian immigration system is fair and generous. 
It isn’t. And Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Immigration Minister 
Jason Kenney are swiftly making it even worse. Come find the truth about 
undocumented people living in Canada, and how Canada is responsible for 
displacing people around the world. Learn how a grassroots group of 
migrant justice organizers are fighting against deportations, and for 
justice, freedom and dignity for all. With special guests and videos. 
http://on.fb.me/NOIIToronto <http://on.fb.me/NOIIToronto>

“Indigenous Resistances and anti-colonial solidarity: Examining race of 
the Left in Occupied Canada”
6pm-8pm
Student Centre RM 313
Facilitated by: First Nations Solidarity Working Group

This panel will host Indigenous activists from Toronto and the Grand 
River Territory, along with Indigenous solidarity activists of color. 
Addressing issues of ongoing colonial/racial violence(s), the panel will 
work to underline the need for all movements of the Left to begin with 
an understanding of Canada as an occupied land. Speakers will discus 
Canada's practices of colonial and racial violence against Indigenous 
peoples, and will highlight Indigenous struggles against colonialism and 
for self determination/sovereignty. We will also hear from settler 
allies who will describe their involvement in Indigenous solidarity work 
and anti-colonial struggles. Reflecting on the current state of 
Indigenous solidarity organizing, issues of colonialism, 
(hetero)patriarchy and racism within the movement will be explored. 
Presentations by speakers will be followed by a moderated discussion, 
and members of CUPE 3903 FNSWG will discuss their own organizing work.

*Thursday September 29th*

“Wen-do Women’s Self Defense”
1pm – 2pm
Student Centre RM 313
Facilitated by: Wen-Do Women’s Self Defense and CWTP at York

We recognize that women and girls already have a wealth of experience in 
protecting their own safety. We believe that women and trans people can 
use their bodies effectively, as they are -- older or younger, athletic 
or not, disabled or non-disabled -- to resist or defuse violent 
situations. We aim to build on participants' prior knowledge and 
increase their self-confidence by teaching a variety of awareness, 
avoidance and verbal self- defense strategies, and simple, practical 
physical techniques that are designed to be effective even against a 
larger and stronger attacker. The space is wheelchair accessible and TTC 
tokens will be provided.

"People's Journalism, building an alternative to capitalist media"
2:30pm to 4:30pm
Student Centre RM 313
Facilitated by: BASICS Free Community Newsletter

We know what capitalist media isn't focusing on internationally. But we 
sometimes forget what's happening right here in Toronto, in working 
class and racialized communities: Police brutality, the struggles of 
immigrants -- and the struggles they leave back at home, class war 
against working people through cuts, women's struggles, racialized 
workers being super-exploited in low paying jobs, the ongoing 
colonization of indigenous peoples, and so on. But how do we cover all 
that? How do we try to build an alternative to capitalist media in the 
absence of funds? Get a brief introduction to people's journalism and 
learn about the different ways you can get involved with BASICS.

“York Divest from Israeli Apartheid NOW!”
5pm-7pm
Student Centre RM 313
Facilitated: Students Against Israeli Apartheid at York

Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) presents a workshop 
introducing SAIA and the global Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) 
movement in solidarity with Palestine. Attendees will be provided with 
context of the Palestinian struggle for self-determination and the 
history that led Palestinians to call for BDS. We will focus on the 
divestment campaign that was launched this past March. This interactive 
workshop will introduce the divestment campaign and how York is 
violating international law with their investments in the targeted 
companies. Learn the truth about Palestine, BDS and find out how to join 
the growing movement.

*Friday September 30th*

“A Tribe Called Two Toes/Electric Pow Wow feat LAL and Sho Sho Esquiro 
Fashion Show”
8pm – 3am
The Orange Room - 132 Queens Quay East
19+ Event
Pay What You Can!

A Tribe Called Two Toes: is a collaborative touring effort featuring one 
of the most exciting music crews in Indian Country – A Tribe Called Red 
& the fastest rising Native Comedian working in North America today – 
Ryan McMahon (Clarence Two Toes). Together, they’ve formed a new 
collective called, “A Tribe Called Two Toes”.
Bursting forth from Canada’s capital, native DJ crew A Tribe Called Red 
is making an impact on the global electronic scene with a truly unique 
sound. Made up of three members – two-time Canadian DMC Champion DJ 
Shub, DJ NDN and Bear Witness – the group has created a signature style 
called Pow Wow Step, a mix of traditional Pow Wow vocals and drumming 
with cutting-edge electronic music. They’re known for creating and 
running the Electric Pow Wow events in Ottawa which showcased native DJ 
talent and urban aboriginal culture, alongside a wild party. These 
events, in a sense, are a direct continuation of the ideas surrounding 
Pow Wow culture, bringing people together to celebrate good music, 
dance, and most of all to have a good time.

LAL: Vocalist and poet Rosina Kazi and producer Murr, began 
collaborating on music as LAL in 1998, mucking about with tones of gear 
and wild poetics. In the early 00’s, they created two politically 
charged critically-acclaimed albums, Corners (2002) and Warm Belly, High 
Power (2004). the latter earning them the distinction of ‘2004’s Best 
Soul Album’ by Canadian music bible Exclaiim! Magazine. They have had 
extensive radio play on CBC, campus radio and many of their songs appear 
in Indie media, films and documentaries, including radio show and online 
site, Democracy Now.
Their newest recording self-titled LAL (to be released Fall 2011), is 
inspired by the projections of their hopes and their fears into the 
future. Their fears being that if we as a society keep going along the 
road we are currently on, we will end up in a very scary place. But 
their hopes keep their fears in check, and their faith is rock solid in 
the ability of the human spirit to keep creating midst of struggle. 
Their dynamic live show is a testament to the glorious exploration of 
the depths of humanism - building community while ripping apart words, 
notes, and rhythms, eyes open to the injustice that burrows deep into 
the fabric of society, and hearts burning with the fire of justice for all.

sho sho esquire: is an Aboriginal fashion designer, artist, and youth 
worker whose passion is for self-expression through art and fashion. Her 
clothing has innovative style that blends Native American culture with 
urban life. Her use of vibrant colors and strong passion for hip hop 
make her work one of a kind. sho sho incorporates recycled fabrics, 
leathers, furs and every piece is original. Her custom clothing has been 
worn by various hip hop artist's from Immortal Technique to Indian 
rights activist and singer song writer Buffy Sainte Marie. sho shos been 
featured in fashion shows and fashion exhibits across north america.

////////////////DISORIENTATION 2011\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Is brought to you by: OPIRG at York, The Aboriginal Student Association 
at York University., The Centre for Women and Trans People at York 
University and The York Federation of Students

All Welcome! All events are free/pwyc and wheelchair accessible.

For childcare and Accessibility inquiries please email aruna at opirgyork.ca
For more information about OPIRG and DisOrientation: www.opirgyork.ca 
<http://www.opirgyork.ca>