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Centre for the Arts’ Film Camp for Teens Offers Comprehensive Training for Toronto Youth

February 21, 2013 • Julia Horel

For one productive and inspiring week this March Break in Toronto, Centre for the Arts will offer teens the opportunity to gain a firsthand look into the world of professional filmmaking through the Film Camp for Teens. Young filmmakers will train with some of Canada’s most respected talent during this 5-day intensive. Teens will participate in all aspects of filmmaking as they conceptualize, write, direct, act, light, shoot and edit their own short films. This March, Film Camp for Teens is celebrating its 21st camp.

With the rise and development of Canada’s film industry, and the recognition of its international success, filmmaking has become an increasingly popular and enticing option for students when exploring future career paths, both in front of the camera and behind. The unfortunate reality is that often they are unable to cultivate their skills or foster their talent because of a lack of financial resources. The Film Camp for Teens offers a training opportunity to all youth, regardless of income, though their Pay-What-You-Can and Sponsorship Programs. The camp also welcomes all young aspiring filmmakers regardless of experience.

Throughout the week, accomplished film professionals lead daily workshops in the various disciplines of filmmaking. Over the years an assortment of Genie, Gemini, DGC, ACTRA, and TIFF Award Recipients have participated, including; Bruce McDonald (Hard Core Logo), Saul Rubinek (Frasier), Judith Thompson (Lost and Delirious), Joan Hutton (President, CSC), Nicholas Campbell (DaVinci’s Inquest), George Bloomfield (Due South), Bill While (3DCC, WFW), TW Peacock (Heartland), Eleanore Lindo (Degrassi), Cal Coons (Murdoch Mysteries), Jerry Ciccoritti (King), Sudz Sutherland (Guns), Michael Grassi (Degrassi), Maury Chaykin (Less Than Kind), Duana Taha (Degrassi), Chris Fisher (Warehouse 13), Aaron Ashmore (Smallville) and many more.

These workshops are immediately followed by film shoots where the teens put learned creative and technical ideas into practical use. This hands-on training builds towards the successful completion of the teens’ final short films. On Friday afternoon, the films are showcased during a celebration and screening with family and friends. Each teen will take home a DVD copy of their films.

Film Camp for Teens operates with the assistance of individuals and companies such as William F. White, Trew Audio, Panavision, Stephenson’s Rental, Grace Foods, Sick Kids, Ghost FX, Pendulum Entertainment, Lee Weston Photography and many more.

The camp is produced by Sarain Boylan, Ashleigh Rains and Troy Miller.

Film Camp for Teens runs Monday, March 11th – Friday, March 15th from 10:00am - 5:30 pm at 918 Bathurst: Culture, Arts, Media and Education Centre (918 Bathurst St.)

Centre for the Arts also offers an August Film Camp for Teens.

The camp fee is $425 + HST, with Pay-What-You-Can and Sponsorship Spots available.

For more information, including pictures and videos from previous camps, please visit http://centreforthearts.com/film-camp-for-teens/

To either enroll or sponsor a teen, please email: info@centreforthearts.com
Call for Volunteers: Dyke March Toronto 2013

February 20, 2013 • Julia Horel

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
TORONTO DYKE MARCH

The Toronto Dyke March is ramping up for 2013 and we need your help!

We are seeking a diversity of lesbian, bi and queer women as well as dyke-identified trans and 2-Spirit people who would like to help organise this year’s Dyke March and affiliated events, including parties, panels, political actions, and community art projects.

We need both experienced members and those seeking to develop new skills. We need help with event coordination, fundraising and budgeting, graphic and web design, social media, marketing, blogging, community outreach, volunteer coordination, and political action.

Join the team! DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 27, 2013
To apply, send us brief explanations of 1) why you would like to be involved, 2) your qualities and experience as well as 3) the skills you would like to develop and your overall areas of interest.

Feel free to submit your answers by filling out this form: Dyke March 2013 Application

Applicants may include a resume (optional). You are encouraged to self identity. Queer people of colour, Indigenous dykes and 2-Spirit people, and trans folks strongly encouraged to apply.

Questions? Email us or come by our VOLUNTEER INFO SESSION
Saturday, February 23, 2013
1:00-3:00pm - drop-in
The 519 - room 303

The 2013 Dyke March Team Leads

Email: dykemarchto@gmail.com
Facebook: DykeMarch Toronto
Twitter: @dykemarchTO
Feb 14 annual memorials and marches for Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

February 14, 2013 • Julia Horel

Over the years, the February 14th Women’s Memorial March has expanded to cities across these lands, as well as internationally. The March is an opportunity for all cities and communities to come together to grieve the loss of our beloved sisters and remember the women who are still missing. We encourage all women to journey and heal together by organizing memorials on this day because women face physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual violence on a daily basis. Violence against women is always unacceptable; every life is precious and we must continue to honour and work for justice for murdered and missing women. - Women’s Memorial March website

Check out the list of national memorials and marches here.
Toronto conference: Making Noise! Learn. Act. Heal.

February 12, 2013 • Julia Horel

The UARR would like to invite you to the Making Noise! Learn. Act. Heal. Community Conference on Gender-based Violence on March 1st and 2nd.

Media, Art & Performances!
Supports & Resources.
Self-care Body Work.
Interactive Workshops.
Strategies for addressing gender-based violence.

Making Noise! Learn. Act. Heal. Community Conference on Gender-based Violence is a gathering aimed at providing a space to explore interactive, practical, artistic and healing ways to address and prevent gender-based violence. The conference wraps up the three-year Making Noise! Initiative which has engaged over 500 diverse youth and people who work with youth across the GTA.

Making Noise!
LEARN.ACT.HEAL.
Community Conference on Gender-based Violence

Date:
Friday, March 1st 5:30pm - 8:30pm &
Saturday, March 2nd 10am - 6pm

Location:
Ryerson University, Oakham House
63 Gould Street (@ Church)

*Register now for FREE lunch, TTC tokens & snacks. All are welcome. Please contact us to let us know how we can accommodate you.
*For more info or to register email: info@urbanalliance.ca or call 416-703-6607 x 3
Eventbrite Registration: http://makingnoiseconference.eventbrite.ca/
*Please visit www.urbanalliance.ca/conference for Conference Workshops, schedule, keynote and performers.
- Body Politics
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Queer from the Heart: Letters I Never Sent Showcase

February 4, 2013 • Julia Horel

consensual. anti-racist. unapologetic. not your average burlesque.

Start off your Valentines day week with consensual queer love that doesn’t fit into a box and an unapologetic showcase!

Hosted by Dainty Box and Deb Singh!

**Featuring:
Franny
annu saini
Maria Mete
Scorpio Rising
Genie Emerald
Aemilius (Milo)
Black Eyed Floozy
Joy
Sidra Mahmood
Ebonee Darling
Red Mango
Zaid Ade
Jynx
SPARKLE

* shout outs to Jenny for an AMAZING poster!

(http://unapologeticburlesque.weebly.com/upcoming-shows.html)

more performer announcements coming soon…

Monday February 11th
Gladstone Ballroom
Doors: 7pm
Showcase: 8 – 10pm
All Ages
$5-15, PWYC No one turned away!
Proceeds go towards supporting folks in our communities that are performers, artists, mentors, space providers, etc!

** Venue Accessibility: Ramp out front leads into Melody Bar, 2 single stall gender neutral washrooms. One in lobby, the other in between the Melody Bar & Art Bar.

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Have you ever had a secret, a wish, an emotion, an invaluable piece of knowledge that you might not have had the space or words to share, but that you can no longer keep silent?

Letters we’ve never sent can range from confessing being in love with a best friend, to having conversations with ancestors, to speaking to the parts of ourselves that we don’t always acknowledge to anything in between.

Sometimes our letters exist in tucked away notebooks, e-mail drafts and lost in memories. Join us as we unapologetically send our letters out into the world.

**if anyone has the means and would like to donate any funds to the show beforehand, please let us know! any funds received before the event, as well as the door sales, will first go toward paying a sound technician to make sure the show can happen and then toward performers and volunteers. no pressure, but any money we can secure before the event will go a long way.

Email Shaunga (shaunga.tagore@gmail.com) or Kumari (kumari.giles@gmail.com) to get in touch about donating, performing, volunteering or any thoughts/questions/concerns!

**Re-defining Burlesque:
This is a show where the performers can tell their own stories, not ones that are dictated by what audiences and larger society want to hear, but stories that are unique to them and that no one else can tell. To us burlesque is; storytelling, playing with gender, can incorporate spoken word, singing, acting, dancing and any other talents you have! To us burlesque is consensual: you get to choose who gets to see what, where and when, who looks where and when, what you wear, choose to take off, what to put on, and what stays on the whole time.

This show gives performance space to emerging, first-time, and seasoned performers who are people of colour, Indigenous, queer, genderqueer, trans*, people of varying body sizes, people of all abilities, people from varying class backgrounds. We acknowledge that even within queer people of colour performing spaces there are barriers of accessibility and still certain bodies and genders don’t get as much space as others. We hope that broadening accessibility and representation will be an ongoing dialogue.

Looking forward to seeing you there!
- Body Politics
Eating Disorders Awareness Week

February 4, 2013 • Julia Horel

Eating Disorder Awareness Week:
Celebrating Our Natural Sizes
February 3 - 9, 2013

The National Eating Disorder Information Centre (whose excellent motto is “It’s not our bodies that need changing. It’s our attitudes”) has some information and event listings on their website.

They also have a great FAQ about getting help for yourself or loved ones, and a toll-free help line: 1-866-633-4220.
- Decolonizing
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Toronto event: Idle No More Solidarity Action

January 30, 2013 • Julia Horel

A space for allies to learn and unlearn in solidarity with the efforts of the Idle No More Movement

Date: February 4th, 2013

Time: 4pm to 6pm

Where: Ryerson University at Gould and Victoria Street

Featuring:

Chief Johnny Yellowhead
Nibinamik First Nation

Hon. Landon Pearson
(Former Senator); Resource Centre for the study of Childhood and Children’s Rights, Carlton University

Elijah (Chief Bear) Sugarbear
Youth Leader and Student
Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen
Employment and Training Services

Devon Meekis
Creator of www.idlenomore.ca;
Meekis Designs & 1/2 of HIP HOP Group F.A.M

Alice Sabourin
Community Arts Facilitator and Educator, Lakehead University

Cyndy Baskin
Associate Professor
School of Social Work, Ryerson University

More speakers and performers are planned!

Facebook: Idlenomore Solidarityaction

Twitter: @RyersonINM

Tumblr: http://ryerson-idlenomore.tumblr.com

Accessible Venue

ASL Translation Provided

If you require additional accommodations for your participation, please contact Shoshana Erlich at shoshana.erlich@ryerson.ca
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Workshop series: Family Matters

January 30, 2013 • Julia Horel

Between 16 and 29 years old?

2SLGBTQQ (two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, or questioning)?

Interested in talking and making art about families?

LET’S SHARE OUR STORIES AND OUR STRENGTH!

Apply to be a part of FAMILY MATTERS – a FREE arts-based workshop series for 2SLGBTQQ youth!

FAMILY MATTERS is a 12-week workshop series for 2SLGBTQQ youth where we will explore the families we have, the families we want, and the families we are building. Some of the reflections, ideas, questions, and art pieces we produce will be turned into community resources and used for ongoing community dialogue!

We will do this work through skill-building, arts-based workshops in creative writing, photography, digital storytelling, video production, poetry, and spoken word.

Through this process we will all learn more about communication, creating safer spaces, community building, self-care, violence prevention, and healing.

This program includes:

Honorarium
TTC tokens
Lunch before every workshop
Money for child care (if needed)
Attendant Care
ASL interpretation

When?

The program will run from 1-5pm on either Saturday or Sunday afternoons, starting on the weekend of March 2nd. Let us know in your application which day works best for you!

Where?

Springtide Resources – 215 Spadina Ave, Suite 220 – wheelchair accessible building and washrooms.

How do I apply? APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MONDAY FEBRUARY 25th by 3pm!

If you identify as 2SLGBTQQ and are between the ages of 16 and 29, we would love to hear from you! Email abrittain@springtideresources.org for an application form, or if you have any questions.

NOTE: We are looking for 8 participants of different experiences and backgrounds. We will prioritize people who can attend all of the workshops and who are unemployed or underemployed (not making enough money to cover all their expenses).

FAMILY MATTERS is a project of the Youth and Young Women’s Program at Springtide Resources.
www.springtideresources.org
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DECOLONIZING OUR MINDS 2013: PRACTICING DECOLONIAL LOVE

January 28, 2013 • Julia Horel

THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO EQUITY STUDIES STUDENT UNION PRESENTS:
DECOLONIZING OUR MINDS 2013: PRACTICING DECOLONIAL LOVE

http://www.uoftessu.com/dom2013/

Over the last five years, ESSU’s annual Decolonizing Our Minds conferences have attempted to address the different ways groups practice resistance.

This year, we want to focus on the affective and emotional narratives and journeys of decolonization by looking at the ways in which individuals and communities practice love. Junot Diaz once said, “The actual standard of decolonial love, how little discussed, how little understood, and yet in many ways is a great test of who we are and of our praxis and our communal praxis.”

For our event, we hope to interrogate what “self-love” and “community” means in order to learn more about the conflicts and tensions that groups and individuals, involved in social organizing, encounter. More importantly, we hope to understand how groups show love to one another and how individuals can care for themselves in response to structural oppression and colonial domination.

Saturday February 9, 2013
William Doo Auditorium (45 Willcocks Street)
10:30AM - 5PM

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
*There are halal, vegan and gluten free options available*

Building is Accessible.
*For any accessibility concerns or questions please feel free to email uoft.essu@gmail.com*

Gender-neutral washrooms available. ASL interpreting provided. Child-minding provided.
[HIGHLY] Recommended listening: Jessica Danforth on Jaclyn Friedman’s FWF

January 22, 2013 • Julia Horel

I’m late to the party on listening to Jaclyn Friedman’s awesome podcast, Fucking While Feminist. I first listened last week when I saw her tweet that she had interviewed most excellent fat and sexuality activist Hanne Blank, and after listening to that interview (also great), I checked the archives and downloaded a few other podcasts I wanted to listen to.

While on a slow, freezing, snowy commute to work this morning, I listened to Jaclyn’s interview with Jessica Danforth, founder and executive director of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network. I’ve known Jess for almost 5 years, and I learn something from her every time she speaks. I say this because I want to emphasize that I am familiar with Jess’s work — and yet, this interview was so mind-blowing to me that I felt like it was the first time I’d heard her speak. This interview includes discussion of sexual health and reproductive justice, colonialism, environment violence, and more.

In other words: LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST.

I regret to say there is no transcription for the podcast. If any readers wish to transcribe it or any of her podcasts, I am sure Jaclyn would welcome the offer if you get in touch with her.