[Wamvan] FW: TODAY: Miss Representation screening, 6-8:30pm, IK Barber Room 182

[women.students at ubc.ca]

Hi WAMVAN,

Just a reminder that today (Thurs, Jan 31st) is our free screening of Miss Representation, as the final event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month at UBC!  This event is free and open to the public.  See below for full details about this event and its following discussion panel.

Thanks,
Zavi Swain

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Women Students Program Assistant
Access & Diversity, UBC
Email: women.students at ubc.ca
Tel: 604-822-8298


Film screening: Miss Representation

When: Thursday, January 31, 6-8:30pm
Where: I.K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 182 – 1961 East Mall, UBC Vancouver campus


Miss Representation film screening

Access & Diversity<http://www.students.ubc.ca/access/index.cfm> at the University of British Columbia is partnering with YWCA Metro Vancouver<http://www.ywcavan.org/> to offer a FREE screening of Miss Representation<http://www.missrepresentation.org> as part of  Sexual Assault Awareness Month<http://blogs.ubc.ca/saam/> this January. This award-winning documentary film exposes how mainstream media contributes to the under representation of women in positions of power and influence and how the degradation of women through the media leads to the sexualization of women and girls. The film challenges the media’s limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman or girl to feel powerful herself. To watch a trailer of this film, please visit here<http://www.missrepresentation.org/the-film/>.


This free event will be held on Thursday, January 31st from 6-8:30pm at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 182 on the UBC Vancouver campus.  The film screening will be followed by an interactive panel discussion about issues of sexualization, violence, and gender inequality.



Confirmed Panelists:



Chantelle Krish

Manager of Advocacy and Public Relations

YWCA Metro Vancouver<http://www.ywcavan.org/>

With a passion for social justice and a strong background in public relations, Krish understands the important connection between public opinion and public policy. As manager of advocacy and public relations with YWCA Metro Vancouver, Krish raises awareness on issues affecting some of Canada’s most vulnerable populations. Working with multiple stakeholders, Krish develops programming and campaigns that educate youth on the importance of media literacy when deconstructing the complex ideas relating to hypersexualization, hypermasculinity and online identity formation.




Angela Marie MacDougall

Executive Director

Battered Women's Support Services<http://www.bwss.org/>

Angela Marie MacDougall has been working to end violence against girls and women for the past 23 years as an advocate, front-line worker, activist, trainer and administrator.  Angela’s impact includes curricula development and facilitation of core training programs covering direct service responses to women survivors for peer and professional front-line workers.  While in collaboration, she developed empowerment and advocacy-based service delivery models grounded in strong theoretical frameworks, decolonizing, intersectionality that connect feminism, substance use, mental health, violence and women’s leadership.  She is committed to continued adapting to the strengths of and applying new media and related communications for social change.




Amanda Reaume

Associate Director of Advancement

Simon Fraser University

Reaume is the Founder and volunteer Executive Director of The Antigone Foundation, an organization that encourages young women to learn more about feminism and to seek out leadership roles in politics, business, union activism and the non-profit sector. She did an M.A. in English at UBC that focused on Canadian women's political autobiographies and has been involved in a number of initiatives to get more women involved in politics. In her professional life, she is an Associate Director of Advancement at SFU where she raises money for Science education and research.




Seating is limited, so we encourage you to pre-register for the free event tickets here<http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/5211098536/eorgf>.  Free tickets will be available at the door, if space remains.

All events are free and everyone is welcome! For more information or to find out how to get involved, please email the Women Students Program Assistant at women.students at ubc.ca<mailto:women.students at ubc.ca>.



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