FEMINISMS AT THE LAKEHEAD 2025

Event Date: 
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 - 8:30am to 4:15pm EDT
Event Location: 
Faculty Lounge Lakehead University (Thunder Bay campus) / UC 1029G / directly under the Residence Cafeteria
Event Contact Name: 
Rosemary Kimani-Dupuis
Event Contact E-mail: 
rkimani@lakeheadu.ca

The Department of Gender and Women's Studies in collaboration with Lakehead University's Gender Equity Centre presents the annual Feminisms at the Lakehead!

 

Keynote Speakers

Visiting Speaker: Suman Mondal
Queer activist at McMaster University whose work revolves around the social, political, and legal implications of LGBTQIA+ Indians in progressive regions of India. Recipient of the Lambda Scholarship Foundation Award & the prestigious Hooker Fellowship.

Regional/Local Speaker: Dr. Eleanor Gittens
Professor, human rights activist, & Co-editor of the Canadian Framework for Collaborative Police Response on Sexual Violence

National Speaker: Dr. El Jones
Poet, journalist, author, and abolitionist activist; Author of Live from the Afrikan Resistance!, and Abolitionist Intimacies; Co-host of the radio show Black Power Hour.

  • Drumming, Dance & Craftivisms
  • Doors open at 8:30 a.m. for Coffee, Tea and Muffins
  • Presentations from 9 a.m. — 4:15 p.m.
  • Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian food options will be available
  • All are welcome! We’ll send you a Zoom link upon registration

 

Registration Required

To register or if you have questions
Email: rkimani@lakeheadu.ca

For the Pdf poster, please click here.

 

 


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