Access & Diversity

Summary of Events

Film Night – Dissolve: A Film about Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault (2009)

Wedsenday, January 13, 2010
6pm with speakers: Tracy Porteous, Helen Griffiths, and Anoushka Ratnarajah
Rm. 182, I.K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC
Refreshments provided

Theatrical Performance - Dissolve
Thursday, January 21, 2010
7pm with Q&A to follow with Meghan Gardiner, creator and performer
Dorothy Somerset Studio, 6361 University Boulevard, UBC
Cost: $5.00 deposit, to be returned at performance
Tickets: SASC, Access & Diversity and Main Booth in the SUB during Arts Week

Allies Unite! – Community Rally and March
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
4pm to 6pm
SUB, 6138 Student Union Boulevard, UBC
Gather for a rally and march around campus, followed with refreshments.

Tough Guys: Sexual Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity
Public Lecture by Jackson Katz, PhD.
Thursday, January 28, 2010, at 6pm
Hebb Theatre, Hebb Building, 2045 East Mall, UBC

Student Workshop with Jackson Katz, PhD.
Taking It Personally: Why Gender Violence is an Issue for Men
Date: Friday, January 29, 2010
Time: 10am to Noon
Location: Rm 100, Neville Scarfe 2125 Main Mall, UBC

For more information about these events email: saam.ubc@gmail.com

If you have a disability or medical condition that may affect your participation at this event, please email: access.diversity@ubc.ca to arrange for accommodation(s).

Volunteers will welcome visitors to UBC and provide information that will enhance the visitor’s experience on campus. The position offers volunteers, who enjoy public speaking and meeting new people, a wonderful opportunity to be ambassadors of our beautiful campus.

As an Access & Diversity University Ambassador you will be providing visitors with Accessibility information and assistance. Volunteers will greet visitors at various drop-off locations on campus and will also assist visitors with disabilities to and from venues and buses/shuttles.

For more information visit us online or contact Dickson Ng at dickson.ng@ubc.ca.

How does the UBC campus matter to you?

• Do you self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit or queer (LGBTTQ)?
• Are you an upper level (3rd, 4th, or 5th year), full-time undergraduate student at UBC?
• Are you working towards a 3 or 4 year degree?

If so, you’re invited to participate in an interview about your experiences at UBC.

Contact: Rachael Sullivan, Ph.D. Candidate

Email: queerspaces.ubc@gmail.com

Tel: 778.320.3556

To Staff & Faculty Members

 Access & Diversity is organizing a Seasonal Hamper Program for this coming holiday season and we are wondering if you, your department or faculty would be interested in preparing a hamper for a UBC student who is a single parent and is struggling financially. If staff in your area, or if you as an individual, wish to participate or would like more details, please contact CJ Rowe (22415, cj.rowe@ubc.ca). You will be provided with a decorated box for your hamper items and suggestions to assist you with preparing the boxes will be provided. You will receive family details in the first week of December and hampers will need to be completed by December 21^st. This program will serve students who have celebrations other than Christmas at this time of year and we welcome identification of such students in need.

 To Single Student Parents at UBC

Access & Diversity is preparing seasonal hampers for UBC students who are single parents who are struggling financially this holiday season. If you celebrate a seasonal event and are interested in receiving a hamper, that would provide you with food products and gifts for your child(ren), please contact CJ Rowe (22415, cj.rowe@ubc.ca). This will be totally confidential with Access & Diversity matching families to hampers.

If you are interested, please tell me:

1)      The ages and genders of your children;

2)      If there are any special dietary requirements in your house?

3)      Provide a short list of what your child(ren) might like to receive as a gift?

4)      What size clothing they wear and what their favourite colours are?

5)      Which supermarket is closest to your home?

The hampers will likely be ready for pick up or delivery on December 21^st, 2009. Will you be requiring delivery? The hampers can be quite large and heavy, so you may need a car ride to take it home, if you don’t want delivery.

In recognition and remembrance of the 20^th Anniversary of the National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women (December 6, 1989) we would like to invite you to the following campus events.

T-SHIRT SILKSCREENING WORKSHOP

November 24, 2009, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm

Place Vanier Residence, Shrum Lounge

Silkscreen a T-shirt and talk about issues related to violence against women.

WHITE RIBBON PANCAKE BREAKFAST

November 26, 2009, from 8:00 am to 12 pm

SUB, Partyroom

Come out and enjoy a pancake breakfast hosted by AlliesUBC. The proceeds of the event go to help support services for women experiencing gender-based violence.

SILENT WITNESS PROJECT

December 3, 2009

Various locations across campus

Look for gatherings of 14 silhouettes around campus.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

December 3, 2009, at 12:15 pm

Outside the Frank Forward Building at 6350 Stores Road

Attend this memorial for the 14 women who lost their lives at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal, as well as the countless women who have been victims of gender-based violence. Come out and show your support.  A reception will follow, Kaiser 2020/2030.

All events are free and everyone is welcome! For more information, email CJ Rowe, Diversity Advisor – Women, at cj.rowe@ubc.ca or visit www.students.ubc.ca/access/women.cfm

On December 6, 1989, an armed man walked into an engineering class at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. After forcing the men to leave, he stated that he hated feminists. He started shooting the women in the class, then beyond it. At the end of his killing rampage, he shot himself. As a result of these acts of violence, and the link women made between these acts and everyday sexism, Canada established December 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The day marks not only the anniversary of the massacre, but also reminds us of acts of gender-based violence against women in Canada and around the world. As a day of action, it prompts us to take steps to end violence against women.