[Viva] Another Int. Women's Day event!

[Penny Bradford]

Just passing this along.

On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Margarite Sanchez <
margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Angela Marie MacDougall [director at bwss.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 9:34 AM
> To: Angela Marie MacDougall
> Subject: Women Seeking Justice - International Women's Day 2015
>
> Dear Colleague,
>
> Please accept this invitation to attend what, we believe will be, a
> remarkable justice event commemorating International Women’s Day 2015.  For
> more information or to RSVP please email endingviolence at bwss.org<mailto:
> endingviolence at bwss.org>.
>
> International Women’s Day 2015
>
> Battered Women’s Support Services Legal Advocacy Program Presents:
> Women Seeking Justice
>
> Women Seeking Justice Forum convenes a former judge, researchers,
> academics, lawyers, legal advocates, and feminist thinkers to illuminate
> pressing legal issues for women in law practice and policy including
> Indigenous, international, immigration, refugee, criminal, family, and
> poverty.
>
> Confirmed Presenters
>
> MC Niki Sharma - BWSS Board Member and Lawyer
>
> Opening and Territorial Welcome - Audrey Siegl, Musqueam Nation
>
> Legal Advocacy and Violence Against Women
>
> Vicky Law, BWSS Legal Advocate
>
> Multiple Proceedings and Intimate Partner Violence: A Dangerous Disconnect
>
> Justice Donna Martinson
>
> Aboriginal Women and Girls on the International Agenda
>
> Sharon McIvor, Nlekepmux, from the Lower Nicola Indian Band, Activist,
> Lawyer, College Professor.
>
> Preliminary Findings from a BC Study of RCMP cases of Intimate Partner
> Violence:  Does Gender Symmetry Exist?
>
> Dr. Margaret Jackson, Professor Emerita, School of Criminology and,
> Director, the FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and
> Children at SFU
>
> Toward a Sanctuary City:  Reflections from Lucia Jimenez Coroner’s Inquest
>
> Rosa Elena Arteaga, Manager, Direct Services and Clinical Practice,
> Battered Women’s Support Services
>
> Conditional Permanent Residence: The Dangers of Making Immigration Status
> Conditional on Living with your Spouse
> Lobat Sadrehashemi, Staff Lawyer at BC Public Interest Advocacy Office
> Women and Homelessness: Challenging Apathy in Policy and Practice
> Angela Marie MacDougall, Executive Director, Battered Women’s Support
> Services
> Violence Against Women and the Family Law Act: Early Jurisprudence
>
> Susan Boyd, Professor of Law and Chair in Feminist Legal Studies,
> University of British Columbia
>
> When:              Friday, March 6, 2015
> 9 am to 1 pm
> Where:             SFU Harbour Centre
> #1700-Labatt Hall, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, Coast Salish
> Territory
> Refreshments will be provided
> Webcast will be available
> RSVP for the event or webcast by emailing endingviolence at bwss.org<mailto:
> endingviolence at bwss.org>
> Many thanks to our sponsors:
> Central City Foundation, The Law Foundation of BC and My Sister’s
> Closet-Social Enterprise of Battered Women’s Support Services
> Yours truly,
> Angela
>
>
> Increase your impact by joining our Circle of Strength Monthly Giving
> Program! <
> https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/bwss-battered-womens-support-services/
> >
>
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>
> Angela Marie MacDougall
> Executive Director     |     bwss.org<http://www.bwss.org/>
>
> P.O. Box 21503, 1424 Commercial Drive Vancouver BC V5L 5GH
> director at bwss.org<mailto:director at bwss.org>
>
> Direct Line:  604-687-1613
> Mobile:      604-808-0507
>
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> 1-855-687-1868
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