PROTEST AND GENDER ACTIVISM The Sir George Williams Affair: Legacies, Pedagogies, Future
Featuring:
Brenda Dash, Student leader and protester, arrested and Jailed (1969)
Michelle, Serano
Arrested Student protester (1969)
Yvonne Greer
Activist, Former Managing Editor UHURU,
Brenda Paris
Student Organizer, Activist
Océane Jasor
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Stéphane Martelly
Professor, Coordinator, Center of Oral History and Digital
Storytelling
Christiana Abraham
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
This round table serves as a discussion and pedagogical tool that explores relatively “absent” narratives of gender and the student movement related to protests of 1969. Speakers will share stories of their participation, offer anecdotes and lessons learned from their perspectives.
This discussion will include responses from two feminist academics who will link contemporary perspectives and legacies.
Key themes: Feminist activism and protests; Black Canadian Standpoint Feminisms; Grassroots feminist challenges and intervention(s)