Herstory Cafe
March 9-10, 2013
Join us for two events marking E. Pauline Johnson/Tekahionwake's 100th anniversary of her death in Vancouver in 1913, Pauline Johnson's birthday and International Women's Day/Week 2013.
Event #1 - the Inspiration of Pauline Johnson
Saturday March 9th at 7:00pm
Rhizome Cafe at 317 E Broadway
Free admission, open to the public, space is limited.
Event #2 - Poetry in the Park for Pauline
Sunday March 10th at 1:00pm (Daylight Savings Time)
Stanley Park, at Johnson's memorial monument at Ferguson Point
Free admission, open to the public, space is limited.
For more information, click here
or contact Jolene Cumming at 604 873 1866 or jolene@herstorycafe.ca
Co sponsors: Stanley Park Ecology Society, Department of Gender, Sexuality & women's Studies (SFU), and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice (UBC).
October 11, 2012
Herstory Cafe is back at City Hall with a special Women’s History Month event!
“Women and Co-Operatives: A Vancouver Historical Perspective”
Join the Herstory Cafe, Councillor Andrea Reimer, the Women’s Advisory Committee and special guest speakers to celebrate Women’s History Month and the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives.
Where: Vancouver City Hall
3rd Floor, Council Chambers (enter on 12th Ave)
453 West 12th Ave (at Cambie St.)
When:
Women’s History Month
Thursday October 11, 2012
7:00pm-9:00pm
The event is free and open to the public
Light refreshments & seating is limited
www.herstorycafe.ca
Who:
Guest speakers include:
Vancouver Co-Op Radio: speaker Nicole Deagan, Director of Member Services at Vancouver Co-op Radio.
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF): speaker Ellen Woodsworth, former City Councillor and an activist for social justice, economic equality and environmental sustainability. Her great uncle J.S. Woodsworth was a founder and first leader of the CCF.
CCEC Credit Union: speaker Melanie Conn is a feminist activist who has been involved in co-ops and community economic development for many years in Vancouver. She currently assists new co-ops in their development through Devco and is also the marketing manager for Common Thread.
Vancouver Women’s Health Collective: speaker Jesi Lamb, VWHC member and a third-year UBC biology student, whose goal is to enter medical school and someday serve women and families as a physician.
SFU Co-operative Family: speaker Pat Frouws is the Executive Director of SFU Childcare Society located at the SFU Burnaby Campus.
Women and Housing: speaker Christine O'Fallon is currently a researcher on a national project analysing homelessness policy. Her MA research is on women living in poverty in Vancouver. She is a co-op housing resident and advocate for housing co-ops.
September 20, 2012
Bella Bell-Irving and Social Power
in an Upper Class Vancouver Family
An illustrated talk by
Robert A.J. McDonald, Department of History, UBC
This illustrated talk will explore the role that class and gender played in shaping social power in an upper class family in Vancouver, British Columbia, from the 1880s to the 1930s.
Guest Speaker: Robert McDonald has taught British Columbia history at UBC since 1978 and is currently writing a book on British Columbia's political culture for the first century after BC entered Confederation. He has published a book on the social history of early Vancouver called Making Vancouver and served as editor of the journal BC Studies for seven years.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
7:00pm - 8:30pm.
Free admission. Drop in only. Limited seating.
City of Vancouver Archives
at 1150 Chestnut Street (Vanier Park)
604.736.8561