SEPTEMBER 19-23 HIGHLIGHTS: – Keynote Panel: “Don’t Let School Get in the Way of Your Education” with Matt Hern, Ellen Gabriel & Marty Fink – Campus / Community Tabling Fair + BBQ Lunch – Bethune Block Party: A teach-in and…
TUESDAY: Theatre for Change Workshop with Ponni Arasu
QPIRG Concordia presents: THEATRE FOR CHANGE, with Indian organizer Ponni Arasu.
Part of QPIRG Concordia’s DISORIENTATION: a different side of student life.
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TUESDAY: HARPER MUTINY! A People’s Assembly
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 5pm-7pm
FRIDAY: BETHUNE BLOCK PARTY!
A teach-in and demonstration to reclaim campus & community space
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
NOON-6pm
AT NORMAN BETHUNE SQUARE
TODAY: “Don’t Let School Get in the Way of Your Education”
Panel: “Don’t Let School Get in the Way of Your Education” with speakers: Matt Hern, Ellen Gabriel, & Marty Fink
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 6:30pm
7th Floor CSU lounge – 1455 de Maisonneuve W.
Wheelchair accessible. Free. Welcome to all!
Wheelchair accessible. Free. Welcome to all!
This engaging panel will address alternative forms of teaching, rethinking the academy, and radical approaches to education. The discussion will include a variety of perspectives on learning both within and outside of the university context. Come to learn more about critical perspectives on school, schooling and education.
About the speakers:
– Matt Hern is co-director of the Purple Thistle Centre in Vancouver, and author of numerous books & articles including “Everywhere, All the Time” & “DeSchooling Our Lives.”
– Ellen Gabriel is a member of the Longhouse at Kanehsatà:ke, artist & former president of the Quebec Native Women’s Association
– Marty Fink is a part-time faculty member of Concordia’s Simone de Beauvoir Institute & the Department of English, working to represent queer and transgender culture through the teaching and creation of comics and zines.
About the speakers:
– Matt Hern is co-director of the Purple Thistle Centre in Vancouver, and author of numerous books & articles including “Everywhere, All the Time” & “DeSchooling Our Lives.”
– Ellen Gabriel is a member of the Longhouse at Kanehsatà:ke, artist & former president of the Quebec Native Women’s Association
– Marty Fink is a part-time faculty member of Concordia’s Simone de Beauvoir Institute & the Department of English, working to represent queer and transgender culture through the teaching and creation of comics and zines.
Childcare and whisper translation (to French) is available on request. Please get in touch with QPIRG C 48 hours before the event at 514-848-7585.
Part of QPIRG Concordia’s DISORIENTATION: a different side of student life.
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