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Resistance Through Rituals

October 8, 2015by artedu3903 Leave a comment

On September 16, 2015 Wild Garden teamed with the Faith, Art and Activism Festival to podcast “Resistance Through Rituals” an open discussion on rituals, liturgy and political performance. Click below […]

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Revolutionary Women – Readings from the line

May 22, 2015by artedu3903 Leave a comment

Walking in circles on the lines left some space and time in which we could reflect alone or debate with friends. It also proved an interesting venue for book reading.  This project came about […]

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Activities/Experiences, Education, Stories

Community Organizing – Tips from the Field

May 18, 2015by artedu3903 1 Comment

Submitted by: Romanda Simpson During the winter semester I was in a graduate course titled “Community Organizing”, taught by Maggie Hutcheson, which I ultimately discovered was quite a suitable background […]

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Education, Stories

Voices from the Strike

May 13, 2015by artedu3903 1 Comment

As part of my work on Picket Parade Performance, I devised a ten-minute written script based on principles of Verbatim theatre. On the day of the re-enactment, it was recited […]

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Art, Stories

Monologue, Declaring a Win, and Striving for Justice

May 11, 2015by artedu3903 Leave a comment

A reflection on stories and the strike written for Pop. Ed. II.

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An Attempt at Political Activist Ethnography

May 11, 2015by artedu3903 Leave a comment

An attempt at Political Activist Ethnography written for a course, focusing on the March 18 SGMM at the Montecassino Hotel.

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Activities/Experiences

Reflection of a Student on Strike

May 8, 2015by artedu3903 Leave a comment

Thinking back to my first experience of being on strike was a time filled with emotion and confusion. The first afternoon I went to go strike was the second day […]

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Stories

Picket Parade Performance

April 23, 2015by artedu3903 Leave a comment

On April 28th, 2015,Bernadette Wycks, Carmen Ocampo and Andrew Winchur organized a re-enactment of the CUPE picket lines, as part of their final class performance for the FES Cultural Production […]

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Red Square on a Blackboard

April 17, 2015by artedu3903 Leave a comment

On Thursday, April 30th,  members of the FES “Popular Education for Social Change” course screened “Red Square on a Blackboard,” a feature-length documentary on the 2012 Quebec Strikes. For those […]

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Education

Global Solidarity, Common Future

April 5, 2015by artedu3903 Leave a comment

Join us on Tuesday, April 7th, at Steelworkers Hall (25 Cecil Street), for two panel discussions of current social movements resisting the neoliberal agenda. The programme will include a screening of Red Square […]

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