Events and Conferences

On December 1, 2010 millions around the world will commemorate the 22nd anniversary of World AIDS Day. The first world AIDS Day was held in 1988. World AIDS Day is now internationally recognized as a day when individuals and organizations from around the world come together to bring attention to the global HIV/ AIDS pandemic and stand in solidarity with people living with HIV. It is also an important opportunity to take action and continue to advocate for universal treatment, care and support for the millions living with and affected by HIV around the world.
 
This World AIDS Day Nine Circles Community Health Centre in Winnipeg will mark the occasion with the theme of Human Rights, Dignity and Freedom.  Recognition of Human Rights are at the centre of the epidemic. They affect issues such as access to equitable services and resources, treatment and medications, stigma and discrimination. This World AIDS Day Nine Circles Community Health Centre and the Manitoba HIV program invite you to join the movement to build stronger communities that honour and celebrate Human Rights, Dignity and Freedom as part of the HIV/AIDS Movement!
 
Help Nine Circles make your voice heard on World AIDS Day 2010 and ensure that HIV/AIDS remains a priority in Manitoba! This year Nine Circles will host multiple events in the community; including a Rally and March beginning at the Manitoba Legislative building on December 1st at  11:00am, a community information and resource fair, a candlelight vigil and choir concert as well as  a film screening. Nine Circles will also support multiple events hosted by community partners including community dinners, workshops and benefit concerts.
 
You will find a poster highlighting the weeks events on Nine Circles’ website.

The Canadian National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is observed on December 6th each year. This day commemorates the lives of the 14 young women who were killed in the Montreal Massacre, and also represents an opportunity for Canadians to reflect on violence against women in our society.

Here are some of the December 6 events happening around the country:

BC

Reflecting on Women's Experiences in our Community
Monday, December 6th, 2010, 11:00am- 2:00pm
BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre, Vancouver BC (SHY Auditorium)
To RSVP: Please contact Alexxa at aajaoude@cw.bc.ca or 604-875-3717
Please include: name, position, organization, email address, and phone number and whether your organization will set up a display table.
This event is co-hosted by the BC Women's Building Bridges Committee.

Manitoba

The Manitoba Women’s Advisory Council (Manitoba Status of Women) invites you to a sunrise memorial.
Monday, December 6, 2010, 8 a.m.
Manitoba Legislative Building
Refreshments to follow
This year, they are collecting new, unwrapped toys for children at the Central Park Women’s Resource Centre. Contributions are welcome. Please RSVP by Friday, December 3 to 204-945-6281.

Many other December 6 events are taking place around the country. For some of them, see the following links:

Status of Women Canada

Canadian Labour Congress

Alberta Children and Youth Services

Wednesday November 24, 2010 @ 2pm EDT

Join Janet Dunbrack, author of Breast Cancer: Economic Impact and Labour Force Re-Entry, who will present the key findings of this ground-breaking report, which was launched in May 2010. This is an excellent opportunity to find out more about the research results of this survey, the recommendations, and how you can get involved to create positive change for breast cancer patients and survivors.

This 90 minute presentation will provide you with a brief overview of the report and allow for half an hour to interact and ask Janet questions about the findings.

You will learn:
-    What women surveyed said about the economic impact of having breast cancer
-    What can be done to assist with the transition of returning to work after breast cancer
-    What you can do to help create positive change
-    What the issues are around Employment Insurance sickness and other insurance benefits

Click here to register for this webinar.

To properly view this webinar you will need to have Windows Media Player or Real Player on your computer as well as speakers hooked up for audio.
 
Should you be unable to attend at this time, the webinar will be available online using the same link 24 hours after the live event takes place. For more info, contact Jenn McNeil jmcneil@cbcn.ca.

You are invited to the series "Prostitution and Law" organized in collaboration with the Human Rights Research and Education Centre and the Shirley Greenberg Chair of the University of Ottawa. This series includes a: Discussion on the recent ruling Bedford v. Canada - Nov. 9th @ 11:30am, Fauteux Hall, Room 550 - Please read the attached summary of the ruling before the discussion. Screening of "The Business of sex" and "Not for Sale" - Nov. 10th @ 5pm, Fauteux Hall, Room 550 Conference on "Solidarity: beyond the pro sex work and abolitionists' confrontation" with Angela Chaisson and Colette Parent - the details are coming See the attached poster for all the details.

Staff and faculty at the National Network on Environments and Women's Health would like to invite you to a public screening of the film, "Living Downstream", taking place on the campus of York University on:

Wednesday, November 10 at 4:15 pm
Location: Rm T1009, TEL Building, main floor

The film, by Chanda Chevannes, is a production of Toronto-based People's Picture Company Inc. and is based on the acclaimed book of the same name by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber. The documentary follows Sandra during one pivotal year as she travels across North America, working to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links. You can watch a trailer for the film on the website.

Following the film we will have a panel discussion touching on some of the issues raised in the film and inviting audience feedback.

Moderator:
Prof. Sonia Lawrence, Director, Inst. for Feminist Legal Studies/Osgoode Hall Law School, York U
Panelists:
Ellen Sweeney, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York U
Anna Tilman, International Institute of Concern for Public Health

A downloadable version of a publicity poster for the event (by York Design student, Sally Fung) is attached in pdf format. Please feel free to circulate this information to appropriate listservs and other interested individuals.

We hope you will join us on the 10th.

Anne Rochon Ford and Dayna N. Scott, Co-Directors
National Network on Environments and Women's Health
York University

Register early – Seating is limited

The Pharmaceutical Policy Research Collaboration at the University of British Columbia together with researchers from an international study on Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives and Patient Safety are pleased to announce:

To Do No Harm: Regulation of pharmaceutical promotion and protection of patient health, a full-day international symposium to be held on Monday, November 29, 2010 at the Four Seasons Hotel, 21 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario. 

Speakers include experts on the regulation of pharmaceutical promotion from Canada, France and the United States. The event will provide policy-makers and researchers an opportunity to explore drug promotion regulation in terms of quality of information and impacts on patient safety. Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Lunch will be provided.

Registration Fees:
Private Industry Delegate $395
Public-sector and Non-profit Delegate $195
Student $50 (only a small number of spaces for students)

Registration is limited to 75 participants and will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

To register, click here.
Venue information - Four Seasons Toronto.

Book launch at:

Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West
Sunday, November 7th, 2010
FREE

To launch Sheila Cavanagh's groundbreaking new study, Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality and the Hygenic Imagination, The University of Toronto Press and Sexuality Studies Program in the School of Women's Studies and the Centre for Feminist Research at York University presents a pinata of queer culture: featuring a tour of local bathrooms guided by Shawn Micallef, Live DJ Sets by Nik Red, a Photo Exhibit by Andie Shabbar, a dramatic reading of Queering Bathrooms and Cavanagh in conversation with Susan Stryker, co-editor of The Transgender Studies Reader.

Intinerary: Queering Bathrooms Launch:
5:00pm- Foucauldian Walking Tour of local Washrooms, Starts and Ends at the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, Hosted by Shawn Micallef
6:30pm- Cocktail Reception, featuring a Live DJ Set by Nik Red and a Photo Exhibit by Andie Shabbar
7:30pm- The Queer Bathroom Monologues, a staged reading of the interviews in Cavanagh's new book, Queering Bathrooms.
8:00pm- Sheila Cavanagh in conversation with Susan Stryker
8:30pm- Book Signing, featuring a Live DJ Set by Nik Red

Sheila L. Cavanagh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Sexuality Studies Coordinator at York University.

For more information, contact Chriss Reed, Publicist at creed@utpress.utoronto.ca

Or call: (416) 978-2239 ext 248

Dr. Rebecca Jordan-Young, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Barnard College

Lecture and book launch
Monday, November 1st
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre, Segal Rooms 1400-1410
515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver

Professor Jordan-Young’s book talk will take place from 7:00-8:00p.m, followed by a reception and book signing from 8:00–9:00p.m.

Presented by:
SFU Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health
CIHR Institute of Gender and Health
UBC Critical Studies in Sexuality
UBC Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education
 
Female and male brains are different, thanks to hormones coursing through the brain before birth. That's taught as fact in psychology textbooks, academic journals, and bestselling books. And these hardwired differences explain everything from sexual orientation to gender identity, to why there aren't more women physicists or more stay-at-home dads.
 
In her book, Rebecca Jordan-Young takes on the evidence that sex differences are hardwired into the brain. Analyzing virtually all published research that supports the claims of "human brain organization theory," Jordan-Young reveals how often these studies fail the standards of science. Even if careful researchers point out the limits of their own studies, other researchers and journalists can easily ignore them because brain organization theory just sounds so right. But if a series of methodological weaknesses, questionable assumptions, inconsistent definitions, and enormous gaps between ambiguous findings and grand conclusions have accumulated through the years, then science isn't scientific at all.

Early Exposure to Cochrane: Accessible, Credible, Practical

February 16-17 2011

Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver BC

Visit their conference website for details.

The Call for Abstracts has been launched and submissions are due at 11:59 p.m. EST on 15 November 2010.

October 29 to 31, Toronto, Hilton Hotel

The Canadian Breast Cancer Network and co-presenter Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation bring together 400 young women with breast cancer to educate and inspire them in all aspects of their cancer journey.  Participants can network with others who understand their situation, learn about the latest research from some of Canada’s leading medical professionals, and participate in themed workshops.

This year’s Conference includes two gala dinners: “Rock Your Cancer” with Canadian rocker and breast cancer survivor Bif Naked, who will share experiences from her two-year battle with breast cancer; and “Breast Fest” where Rethink Breast Cancer will roll out the pink carpet to premiere the film “Jonna’s Body, Please Hold”.

A new addition to the Conference is Yvonne Jones, Leader of the Official Opposition (Liberal) in Newfoundland.  Ms. Jones , 42, has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and will start treatment this month.  At the October 30th breakfast, she will speak to her experiences as a newly-diagnosed patient and the important role of government in management and treatment. 

Other activities include author book signings, writing and creative arts sessions, a breast cancer art show, and an exhibitor showcase that will feature fashions, breast cancer resources and information from community support groups.