In 1734, a Black Portuguese-born woman Marie-Joseph Angélique was publicly executed in Montréal for setting a fire to escape enslavement. This drag-burlesque performance by local queer artists, developed by Kyra Philbert, re-imagines the historical figure as a contemporary registered nurse to explore Blackness in Canadian nursing.
About the Talk Dr. Meera Dhebar will review traditional cis-heteronormative colonialist assumptions embedded within the discourses and professional practice of mental health systems. She will discuss the centering of queer of colour cultural knowledge, queer theory, and queer of colour critiques to move beyond the current models of LGBT competencies and affirming therapy to a […]
The Faculty of Medicine Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion invites you to join us for a conversation with James Andrew, a member of Lil’wat Nation’s Mount Currie Band and the Associate Director of Indigenous Initiatives at the Faculty of Medicine. In this this Indigenous Speakers Series session we will learn about the […]
Join us for a celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia at a free, public screening of the TELUS original film The Empress of Vancouver.
Join us in learning from four individuals and activists who are working for their communities in mindful and intersectional ways through cultural food justice. Register early as space is limited. Light refreshments will be served. Masks, while not mandatory, are recommended. Hosted by the Museum of Vancouver, in partnership with Heritage Vancouver Society and the […]
Dr. Shannon Leddy will guide participants through the process of phenomenological art inquiry, in which a dialogic approach to spending time with the work of Indigenous artists can reveal to viewers the ways in which their understandings of Indigenous peoples have been informed. Part of the Ethics of Trauma-Informed Research Webinar Mini-Series co-hosted by the […]
