[van-announce] FW: Notice: Gender, Race, Islam and the 'War on Terror' Public Panels

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PLEASE POST & FORWARD:


The Department of Women's Studies invites all staff, students and faculty
members to attend two panel presentations on:




Gender, Race, Islam and the War on Terror



May 11th & May 13th


A community dialogue on Muslims in Canada and the world for promotion of
peace, democracy, human rights for all people.





Put on by SFU Department of Womens Studies (Woodward Chair)& Researchers
and Academics of Colour for Equality/Equity (RACE)

With invited guests:

Asma Barlas (Ithaca College)
Amina Jamal (Concordia University)
Nighat Said Khan (University of Lahore)
Rosalie Gould (BAOBAB Nigeria)
Zool Suleman (Vancouver)
Sunera Thobani (UBC)


May 11th, 2006 - 5:00-9:00pm
Speakers and Reception to follow
Heritage Hall
3102 Main Street
Vancouver


May 13th, 2006 - 5:00-7:00pm
Speakers
Vancouver Public Library
350 West Georgia Street
Vancouver



Free and open to the public. There is no registration required.

For further information, please contact Amanda Shaw,
<mailto:rwwchair at sfu.ca>rwwchair at sfu.ca.

Amanda Shaw
Ruth Wynn Woodward Program Assistant
Simon Fraser University
Phone: 604-291-4023
Fax: 604-291-5518
rwwchair at sfu.ca