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Adrienne Smith joins Am Johal and Melissa Roach in conversation for episode 12 of Below the Radar.
Author: Smith, Adrienne, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Roach, Melissa
Date created: 2019-03-11
This episode of Below the Radar features feminist Madeleine Shaw in conversation with Melissa Roach and Maria Cecilia Saba.
Author: Shaw, Madeleine, Author: Roach, Melissa, Author: Saba, Maria Cecilia
Date created: 2019-04-22
Episode 16 features Libby Davies, an activist and former Member of Parliament for Vancouver East. Libby spent the past four decades advocating for the Downtown Eastside community as a grassroots organizer, and an elected representative at the municipal and federal levels. She was also the first publicly out woman to be elected to parliament in Canada. SFU’s Melissa Roach and Jamie-Leigh Gonzales interview Libby about her newly released memoir, “Outside In”, covering her early days of community organizing, her experiences as a woman in politics, and representing her community’s concerns in Ottawa.
Author: Davies, Libby , Author: Roach, Melissa, Author: Gonzales, Jamie-Leigh
Date created: 2019-05-06
Sunera Thobani spoke on the issues around race and gender, varied global locations provided contextual support.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1998-03-26
Habiba Zaman spoke on feminism in Bangladesh.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1996-03-22
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1996-05-10
Viewing of Jacqueline Levitin's film "Eva: Guerrillera". Film based on fictional story of a young female guerrilla fighter in war-torn El Salvador. Interviews with Canadian journalist, reconstructs Eva's active role in the struggle.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2002-11-13
Andrea Lebowitz led a discussion on how to bring feminism into the classroom, and how students learn feminist teachings.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1993-11-10
Margaret Little spoke on the Canadian regulation of single mothers on social assistance, and how gender impacts this economic policy and resource.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1993-10-18
Margaret Little spoke on the Ontario Welfare structure for assisting single mothers. She looked at the impact of government's lack of understanding between the public and private.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1993-10-18
Margaret Little spoke on the comparison of BC and Ontario welfare policies concerning poor single mothers. The discussion was entitled "No Car, No Radio, No Liquor Permit: The History of Single Mothers on Welfare".
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1993-11-04
Marg Malone asked what were the challenges that lie ahead for families in the process of change as we work together to shape a future that is more open, equal, safe and humane?
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1993-10-13
Marg Malone asked what were the challenges that lie ahead for families in the process of change as we work together to shape a future that is more open, equal, safe and humane?
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1993-10-13
Marg Malone spoke on how health is an issue of central concern for women. She looked into how in many different communities, the women are often assigned the responsibility for the health of others in their families and communities.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1993-10-12
Marg Malone examined how women are generally taught 'to be nice' and are not supposed to display anger. Complex issues surrounding gender and anger were discussed, and so was the historical perspective and contemporary challenges and assumptions. She concluded by generating creative and health ways to outlet anger.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1993-10-12
Lynne Hissey discussed the numerous and diverse ways women are portrayed in media, and how this impacts women in general. She looked at the relationship between gender and media; its influence, impact and consequences.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1994-03-18
Main purpose and outline of the Women's Studies Travelling Speakers Bureau.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1992
Summary of 1991/1992 Travelling Speakers' Bureau speakers, topics and locations.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1992
Cathy Nesmith spoke on the relationship between gender and the environment, and the impacts on global development.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1992-02-25
Lynne Hissey discussed women in the media; the impacts, influences and consequences of this relationship.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1991-11-22