Member Feature: Dwayne Shaw and Robert Teixeira
April 24th, 2013
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Active Queer Ontario members Dwayne Shaw and Robert Teixeira are speaking on a panel in Ottawa for the PTS Conference Ageism Challenged in the Morning Session #2.
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(For a conference schedule, please see the write-up on the Ageism Challenged Event Page at https://www.facebook.com/events/358707744246484)
.Active Queer Ontario members Dwayne Shaw and Robert Teixeira are speaking on a panel in Ottawa for the PTS Conference Ageism Challenged in the Morning Session #2.
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(For a conference schedule, please see the write-up on the Ageism Challenged Event Page at https://www.facebook.com/events/358707744246484)
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About the Panel Discussion:
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Thinking through age-relations in a context of fear-based politics and homophobia/transphobia/biphobia/queerphobia
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As co-presenters we offer the combined fruits of our various engagements with the issue of ageism in the LGBTTQ communities, considering both practical, community-based perspectives as well as offering insight based on academic research in an area that continues to be neglected as an important vector of critical analysis and practicable community engagement.
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Dwayne has extensive experience working with “at-risk” queer and trans youth and has developed insight and knowledge about the multiple barriers youth face within communities that separate them based on their age, as well as the multiple forms of discrimination and inequalities such as class, immigration status, gender presentation, race, dis/abilities, and educational accomplishment. My talk will attempt to show how ageism in the queer community works on an everyday level and how I have took practical steps to try to develop intergenerational contexts for exploring aspects of LGBTTQ histories of activism, as well as current political and social events.
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Rob’s workshop would draw from his research into the socio-legal regulation of young people in the context of recent legal changes that target sexualities within a framework of risk as reflected in the move to change Canada’s age of consent laws. I critically examine the discourses and practices that inform the call to increase the age of consent in Canada in the early years of the Harper Conservative administration, pointing to how expert and popular knowledge about young people are constructed at an official site of governance and policy-making. My intent is to outline how forms of knowledge about the young are constituted within bodies of law as a social process, which often involve not only the exclusion of young people’s voices and participation, but also how normative and oppressive notions of family, nation, sexuality and gender are reflected in this process.
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About the Conference:
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AGEISM CHALLENGED: Building Inter-generational Communities
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Ageism is a social attitude that stereotypes people based on their age. Historically speaking, ageism has been examined as a phenomenon that affects seniors. However, all of us — those at the ends of the age spectrum and those of us in the middle — experience and perpetuate ageism.
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Through this ground-breaking conference we will examine ageism as a multi-directional social behaviour. We aim for an atmosphere of community-wide learning that will help us challenge our assumptions and grow our understanding of each other by:
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About the Panel Discussion:
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Thinking through age-relations in a context of fear-based politics and homophobia/transphobia/biphobia/queerphobia
.
As co-presenters we offer the combined fruits of our various engagements with the issue of ageism in the LGBTTQ communities, considering both practical, community-based perspectives as well as offering insight based on academic research in an area that continues to be neglected as an important vector of critical analysis and practicable community engagement.
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Dwayne has extensive experience working with “at-risk” queer and trans youth and has developed insight and knowledge about the multiple barriers youth face within communities that separate them based on their age, as well as the multiple forms of discrimination and inequalities such as class, immigration status, gender presentation, race, dis/abilities, and educational accomplishment. My talk will attempt to show how ageism in the queer community works on an everyday level and how I have took practical steps to try to develop intergenerational contexts for exploring aspects of LGBTTQ histories of activism, as well as current political and social events.
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Rob’s workshop would draw from his research into the socio-legal regulation of young people in the context of recent legal changes that target sexualities within a framework of risk as reflected in the move to change Canada’s age of consent laws. I critically examine the discourses and practices that inform the call to increase the age of consent in Canada in the early years of the Harper Conservative administration, pointing to how expert and popular knowledge about young people are constructed at an official site of governance and policy-making. My intent is to outline how forms of knowledge about the young are constituted within bodies of law as a social process, which often involve not only the exclusion of young people’s voices and participation, but also how normative and oppressive notions of family, nation, sexuality and gender are reflected in this process.
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About the Conference:
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AGEISM CHALLENGED: Building Inter-generational Communities
.
Ageism is a social attitude that stereotypes people based on their age. Historically speaking, ageism has been examined as a phenomenon that affects seniors. However, all of us — those at the ends of the age spectrum and those of us in the middle — experience and perpetuate ageism.
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Through this ground-breaking conference we will examine ageism as a multi-directional social behaviour. We aim for an atmosphere of community-wide learning that will help us challenge our assumptions and grow our understanding of each other by:
- Learning language and theories to discuss ageism as a community
- Sharing our personal experiences with ageism using a restorative justice model
- Synthesizing our discussion to uncover actions for building towards a healthy inter-generational community.
When: Monday, April 29 from 8:00am–5pm
Where: Dominion-Chalmers Church, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa
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This is an all-ages event!
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Cost: Recommended minimum donation of $25 for individuals. $130 for organization representatives. If money is a barrier, please contact the organizers at events@ptsottawa.org to find out about our subsidized attendance opportunities.
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Limited registration. Contact Veronica at events@ptsottawa.org to reserve your spot. Payment accepted online through EventBrite or PayPal. If you would like to pay by cheque please make payable to:
Where: Dominion-Chalmers Church, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa
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This is an all-ages event!
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Cost: Recommended minimum donation of $25 for individuals. $130 for organization representatives. If money is a barrier, please contact the organizers at events@ptsottawa.org to find out about our subsidized attendance opportunities.
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Limited registration. Contact Veronica at events@ptsottawa.org to reserve your spot. Payment accepted online through EventBrite or PayPal. If you would like to pay by cheque please make payable to:
PTS
331 Cooper St, Suite 200,
Ottawa, ON, K2P 0G5.
331 Cooper St, Suite 200,
Ottawa, ON, K2P 0G5.
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If you would like to drop by to register, please call ahead to confirm someone will be there to receive you. We can be reached at 613-563-4818.
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Lunch will be provided. If you have any allergies or food restrictions, please contact the organizers at events@ptsottawa.org to discuss your needs.
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This event is sponsored by Venus Envy and Hartman’s
If you would like to drop by to register, please call ahead to confirm someone will be there to receive you. We can be reached at 613-563-4818.
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Lunch will be provided. If you have any allergies or food restrictions, please contact the organizers at events@ptsottawa.org to discuss your needs.
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This event is sponsored by Venus Envy and Hartman’s
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