Ageism Challenged: Building Inter-generational Communities
This coming Monday, April 29, 2013, PTS in Ottawa will be hosting a ground-breaking conference that will examine ageism as a multi-directional social behaviour. According to PTS organizers:.
- 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
“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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For event information, from registration and payment information, to a full conference schedule, please visit the Ageism Challenged Event Page at https://www.facebook.com/events/358707744246484 or email events@ptsottawa.org.
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What’s More…
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The Ageism Challenged conference is particularly significant for us at Queer Ontario because we will have a number of new and established Active Members taking part in this event.
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Active Members Dwayne Shaw and Robert Teixeira will be presenting on a panel discussion entitled Thinking through age-relations in a context of fear-based politics and homophobia / transphobia / biphobia / queerphobia, where they will offer “the combined fruits of their 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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Similarly, Active Member Denise Freedman will be co-hosting the conference and facilitating a number of the sessions at the event. According to Denise: “The norms through which youth and older adults interact are not always healthy, but are particularly harmful for queer youth and older adults. This is why I’ve supported this conference from the beginning, and even if only first steps, I anticipate its results with excitement.”
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For a feature on Dwayne and Robert’s panel discussion, please visit: http://queerontario.org/2013/04/24/dwayne-shaw-robert-teixeira
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For a feature on Denise Freedman’s work, please visit: http://queerontario.org/2013/04/24/denise-freedman
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We hope you can make it!
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Nick Mulé
Queer Ontario Chair
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