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Windsor - Book launch for Shifting Gears

November 8, 2024 4:00 PM
Sandwich Brewing Company, 3232 Sandwich Street, Windsor, ON
Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage in conversation with Luke Savage ...more

St. Catharines - Book launch for Shifting Gears

October 11, 2024 7:00 PM
Niagara Artists Centre, 354 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON
Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage in conversation with Luke Savage ...more

Hamilton - Book launch for Shifting Gears

October 7, 2024 7:00 PM
Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, 51 Stuart Street, Hamilton, ON
Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage in conversation with Luke Savage ...more

Diane Morrisseau: One Second at a Time

September 24, 2024 7:00 PM
VPL Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.
In her new memoir, One Second at A Time, Diane Morrisseau shares her harrowing story of domestic abuse and how she found the strength to escape her abuser. It’s a courageous story of how an Ojibway-Anishinabe woman rescued herself and her children from a life of brutal beatings, sexual servitude, and almost unimaginable hardship. ...more

Toronto - Book launch for Shifting Gears

September 20, 2024 7:00 PM
Workers' Action Centre, 720 Spadina Ave. 2nd floor, Suite 223, Toronto, ON
Stephanie Ross and Larry Savage in conversation with Luke Savage. ...more

ONE SECOND AT A TIME - Diane Morrisseau & Elisabeth Brannigan

September 19, 2024 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncevalles Ave., Toronto
Join us for the launch of One Second at a Time: My Story of Pain and Reclamation (UBC Press) by Diane Morrisseau, with Elisabeth Brannigan, in conversation with Nancy Cooper. ...more

Geographies of the Heart - Book Launch Celebration

September 18, 2024 6:00 PM
Open Space, 33765 Essendene Ave, Abbotsford BC
Join us to celebrate the release of Geographies of the Heart: Stories of Newcomers to Canada, edited by Raymonde Tickner, Amea Wilbur, Zahida Rahemtulla, and Kerry Johnson. ...more

Christopher Cheung: Under the White Gaze

September 18, 2024 7:00 PM
VPL Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.
Journalist Christopher Cheung’s new book, Under the White Gaze, is a candid investigation into the state of race in Canadian media today, and a call for newsrooms to think critically about representation in all areas of coverage. ...more

Mandi Gray Montreal Launch: Suing for Silence

June 19, 2024 4:00 PM
Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore, 2220 Avenue McGill College Montréal, QC H3A 3P9
June 19! Join author Dr. Mandi Gray and moderator Amanda Lynn Hardman for a vitally important talk about “Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation Law.” 4:00 PM at Paragraphe Books in Montréal. ...more

Diane Morrisseau & Elisabeth Brannigan Book Launch

June 5, 2024 7:00 PM
McNally Robinson, Grant Park in the Atrium, Streaming on YouTube, Winnipeg
Join Diane Morrisseau and Elisabeth Brannigan for the launch of One Second at a Time: My Story of Pain and Reclamation (UBC Press / Purich Books). Featuring a conversation hosted by Darren Courchene. ...more

Swipe North for Sex! A Book Launch

May 30, 2024 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncevalles Ave., Toronto
Join us for an evening of sex talk featuring writers Tina Fetner and Treena Orchard, moderated by author of Halal Sex Sheima Benembarek. ...more

Sex and Swiping: A Dual Book Launch

May 16, 2024 6:00 PM
Upstart & Crow, 1387 Railspur Alley, Vancouver
Join us for an evening of frank talk on sex, love, and dating in Canada, with authors Tina Fetner and Treena Orchard. Moderated by Mandy Len Catron. ...more

Workshop: Publishing as Knowledge Sharing in the Digital Age

May 14, 2024 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
University of Manitoba
Join us for this workshop that pursues those questions and introduces RavenSpace, a new model of scholarly publishing designed for Indigenous studies in a digital age. ...more

Rethinking the Housing Crisis: Beyond Supply-Demand Dogma

May 7, 2024
Online
Join the City Club of New York for a webinar, "Rethinking the Housing Crisis: Beyond Supply-Demand Dogma" ...more

A Night of Strange & Shocking Murders!

May 6, 2024 5:00 PM
Online, via Zoom
Part of the Festival of Bizarre Toronto History, author Carolyn Whitzman ("Clara at the Door with a Revolver") is joining Nate Hendley and Adam Selzer to discuss shocking crimes from Toronto's history! ...more

Book Launch: Suing for Silence by Mandi Gray

April 11, 2024 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave., Ottawa
The arrival of the #MeToo movement was long overdue, putting sexual violence in the spotlight and opening up public discussion of the problem. It also sparked a global anti-feminist backlash. Suing for Silence is a groundbreaking examination of how abusive men use defamation lawsuits as a weapon against anyone who attempts to hold them accountable. ...more

Sex in Canada by Tina Fetner

April 4, 2024 6:30 PM
The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore, 1131 Wellington St. W., Ottawa
Let's talk about sex! Movies and the internet seem saturated in sex, but it’s difficult to separate fact from fiction. Join author Tina Fetner for a real talk about the real sex lives of Canadians. ...more

Mandi Gray: Suing for Silence

March 27, 2024 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Vancouver Central Library, 350 Georgia St., Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level
In her new book Suing for Silence, professor Mandi Gray looks at how defamation lawsuits are used against women who are trying to speak out against sexual violence and to protect the powerful men who wield them. ...more

Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation Law

March 22, 2024 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC, Indigenous Classroom, Room 123 and Virtually
This talk provides an overview of Professor Gray’s recent book, focusing on how defamation suits are leveraged against sexual violence survivors to block criminal and civil accountability. ...more

Mandi Gray: Suing for Silence

March 21, 2024 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
North Vancouver City Library, Third floor program room, 120 14th St W, North Vancouver
Shortly after its release on March 1, Mandi Gray will speak about her new book Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation Law. The book is a ground-breaking examination that exposes the phenomenon of defamation lawsuits whose purpose is to silence those who disclose sexual violence. ...more
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