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SUMMARY:Social Justice Policy Clinic : Gender-based Violence and Policy
DESCRIPTION:Thank you for your interest in this policy clinic\, which will not only teach you about different kinds of policy analysis\, but also create recommendations for SFU GP44: Sexual Violence and Misconduct\, Prevention\, Education\, and Support which is being reviewed. If you are interested in this clinic\, please register here. \nThis policy clinic is being facilitated by SFPIRG Director of Engagement\, Chantelle Spicer\, who has seven years of experience in sexualized violence policy in post-secondary institutions. She served as the Co-Chair of Students for Consent Culture Canada from 2019-2022 and has been involved in the organisation for 4 years. She also was a part of the committee that wrote the policy for Vancouver Island University and serves as an advisory council member on a number of provincial and federal government committees related to policy\, legislation\, and gender-based violence.\n\nUnlike other SFPIRG opportunities\, much of this clinic is specifically for SFU students and community members given that it is contributing directly to SFU policy\, though all are welcome to join for session 1 where we will discuss gender-based policy analysis more broadly.\n\n\nAs a part of this clinic\, you are expected to read the existing policy before our session on Tuesday September 26\, which can be found here.\n\n\nAll attend: Session 1\, Tuesday September 19 1-3pm (online):\n– History of GP44 and SV policy in BC\n– Discussing different kinds of policy analysis for Gender-based Violence (GBV) work including GBA+ (commonly used by the provincial and federal governments)\, Indigenous GBV lens (new framework codeveloped by Indigenous women in BC\, and analysis created by Students for Consent Culture Canada\n\n\n\nPick one of the following: Session 2\, Tuesday September 26 1-:3:00pm (online) OR Thursday September 28 from 10-12pm (in person)\n– General discussion of GP44\, what stood out to us as beneficial? what stood out as a challenge or barrier?\n– Grading GP 44 through the criteria of Students for Consent Culture\n\nAll attend: Session 3\, Tuesday October 3 1-3pm (online)\n– making our recommendations for policy revisions\n\n\n\n\n Add to calendar
URL:https://sfpirg.ca/event/social-justice-policy-clinic-gender-based-violence-and-policy-4/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Radical Reads: We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies
DESCRIPTION:Join the SFPIRG Rotunda Library for this radical reads session where we will be discussing the magnificent novel “We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies” by Tsering Yangzom Lama.  We are excited to host this session that digs deep into colonisation\, displacement\, and identity. Register for the event here. \n\n\nDuring the course of this session our Rotunda Library work study students and staff will be leading participants through discussion questions. Do not feel like you have to read the entire book for this discussion to be impactful and relevant! Also\, if you cannot afford to buy a copy of the book\, please contact us at engagement@sfpirg.ca or visit us in the office and we can work on sourcing you a copy. We also encourage you to listen tothis interview with the author to learn more about the story and themes\, which will provide you a good base to join the discussion from if you don’t have time to read the book (or in addition to the book)! \n\n\n \nThis will be an in person discussion on October 26 from 2:30pm-4pm in the SGPIRG Lounge SUB 1410. This is a masked space with many types of seating for any body that might be there. We are not able to offer ASL for this event. If you have specific accessibility needs\, please let us know so we can work to meet them.
URL:https://sfpirg.ca/event/radical-reads-we-measure-the-earth-with-our-bodies/
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SUMMARY:Gender & Sexuality Learning Series : Rethinking Sex
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop series over the fall to unpack key languages that we use in our writing\, research\, and dialogues of academia on topics of gender and sexuality.  To register for this series (which you can join in full or by session)\, please fill out this form! \n\nThese events will take place bi-weekly online beginning on Thursday\, September 14 from 1-2:30pm  \n\nIn these workshop\, we’ll have the chance to explore the nuances of terms and deepen our understanding of them. We’ll also discover how language can both reflect and shape our attitudes towards sex\, gender\, and sexuality\, and explore ways to use more inclusive language in our lives. Topics include: critical vocabulary of sexuality and gender\, the question of agency\, rethinking sex\, portrayals of sex and sexuality on-screen\, and capitalism and sexuality. Please find the dates and sign up for the sessions you are interested in below.\n\nAbout your Facilitator:\nWe have these sessions run by our Co-Director of Research and Education\, Hannah\, who holds a Masters’ Degree in Gender\, Sexuality\, and Women’s Studies from SFU. She thrives on community work and on various ways in which she can support and care for the members of SFPIRG. Having been a teacher for over ten years\, Hannah loves to organize events and facilitate workshops for students in order to help them find calm in a chaotic world and resist the systems that actively oppress our bodies. She loves to find new ways to practice self-care and active rest both for herself and for practicing it with the community.\n\n\n\nThank you wanting to join us for this important discussion!
URL:https://sfpirg.ca/event/gender-sexuality-learning-series-rethinking-sex/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:What to do about wellness checks : The trouble with Police in “Wellness Checks”
DESCRIPTION:Join SFPIRG for a workshop series that will explore the violent reality of police “wellness checks” and our current social responses to people experiencing mental health crises. Through this series\, we will build an understanding of police violence when responding to people in crisis\, proposed psychiatric responses as alternatives to police\, and also start to explore possible alternatives. \nThese online sessions are free and open to anyone. Feel free to attend any or all three offerings. \nThe trouble with Police in “Wellness Checks” Saturday October 14\, 2-5:30 (break included) \nOur first session will let us dig into the idea and role of wellness checks in mental health crises\,  the role of police locating wellness checks and other mental health issues\, as well as locating this issue within broader concerns about the nature of policing. \nRegister here. \n 
URL:https://sfpirg.ca/event/what-to-do-about-wellness-checks-the-trouble-with-police-in-wellness-checks/
LOCATION:online – Zoom\, 8888 University Drive\, Burnaby\, BC\, V5A 1S6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Gender & Sexuality Learning Series : Sex on Screen
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a workshop series over the fall to unpack key languages that we use in our writing\, research\, and dialogues of academia on topics of gender and sexuality.  To register for this series (which you can join in full or by session)\, please fill out this form! \nThese events will take place bi-weekly online beginning on Thursday\, September 14 from 1-2:30pm  \n\nIn these workshop\, we’ll have the chance to explore the nuances of terms and deepen our understanding of them. We’ll also discover how language can both reflect and shape our attitudes towards sex\, gender\, and sexuality\, and explore ways to use more inclusive language in our lives. Topics include: critical vocabulary of sexuality and gender\, the question of agency\, rethinking sex\, portrayals of sex and sexuality on-screen\, and capitalism and sexuality. Please find the dates and sign up for the sessions you are interested in below.\n\nAbout your Facilitator:\nWe have these sessions run by our Co-Director of Research and Education\, Hannah\, who holds a Masters’ Degree in Gender\, Sexuality\, and Women’s Studies from SFU. She thrives on community work and on various ways in which she can support and care for the members of SFPIRG. Having been a teacher for over ten years\, Hannah loves to organize events and facilitate workshops for students in order to help them find calm in a chaotic world and resist the systems that actively oppress our bodies. She loves to find new ways to practice self-care and active rest both for herself and for practicing it with the community.\n\n\n\nThank you wanting to join us for this important discussion!
URL:https://sfpirg.ca/event/gender-sexuality-learning-series-sex-on-screen/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231028T143000
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UID:3920-1698503400-1698514200@sfpirg.ca
SUMMARY:What to do about wellness checks : Are Mental Health Professionals the Best Alternative to Police “Wellness Checks”?
DESCRIPTION:Join SFPIRG for a workshop series that will explore the violent reality of police “wellness checks” and our current social responses to people experiencing mental health crises. Through this series\, we will build an understanding of police violence when responding to people in crisis\, proposed psychiatric responses as alternatives to police\, and also start to explore possible alternatives. \nThese online sessions are free and open to anyone. Feel free to attend any or all three offerings. \nMany of us are aware that when the police conduct “wellness checks” or otherwise engage with people experiencing mental health crisis\, all too often they end up killing or violently assaulting the person in need of care. A commonly proposed and practiced solution is that mental health professionals\, with or without an accompanying police officer\, should replace an exclusive reliance on the police\, and that psychiatric care is what is needed. Let’s explore these proposed solutions\, and consider whether there might in fact be a better option if our goal is to promote safety\, healing and mental wellbeing for all. \nRegister for this session here.
URL:https://sfpirg.ca/event/what-to-do-about-wellness-checks-are-mental-health-professionals-the-best-alternative-to-police-wellness-checks/
LOCATION:online – Zoom\, 8888 University Drive\, Burnaby\, BC\, V5A 1S6\, Canada
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