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Queer Ontario at Toronto Pride – Call for Volunteers

June 24th, 2013 Comments off

 

Just like last year, Queer Ontario is planning on participating in a number of Pride-affiliated events in Toronto, plus the second annual unaffiliated Night March. Below is a list of the Toronto events we are planning to attend, with details on how we will be participating.
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If you are interested in joining us for any of them, by all means let us know! You can email A.J. Lowik at info@queerontario.org to let us know which actions you are interested in. Otherwise, you are welcome to scout us out and say hello!
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We look forward to hearing back from many of you!
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A.J. Lowik
On behalf of the Queer Ontario Steering Committee

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1. The unaffiliated Night March on Monday, June 24th

For information about the Night March, click here.
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Event details: March begins at 9:00 pm from Cawthra Square park
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How we will participate: We will have a marching contingent, which will march behind the Queer Ontario banner.

What we will need: Individuals to make up this marching contingent.
— We will meet at Cawthra Square Park at 8:45 pm.
— Estimated time requirement is one hour (waiting time plus marching time).
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2. The Trans March on Friday, June 28th
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Event details: 6:30-7:30 pm Rally at Norman Jewison Park at Yonge and Isabella /  March begins at 8:00 pm at George Hislop Park at Yonge and Charles
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How we will participate: We will be marching in the Trans March, which will march behind the Queer Ontario banner, with signs.  Look for the QO banner and come join us. All are welcome and encouraged to march in solidarity with the trans community.
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What we will need: Individuals to make up this marching contingent.

— We will meet in George Hislop Park at 7:30 p.m.
— Estimated time requirement is one hour (waiting time plus marching time).
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3. The Dyke March on Saturday, June 29th
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Event details: 1:00 PM Line-Up at Church and Hayden Streets /March at 2:00 pm /Rally in Allen Gardens at 3:00 PM.
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How we will be participate: We will gather a group of supporters to cheer from the sidelines, with our banner, at the north-west corner of Yonge and Wellesley.

What we will need: Individuals to make up this cheering contingent.
— We will meet at the north-west corner of Yonge and Wellesley at 1:45 pm.
— Estimated time requirement is one hour (waiting time plus cheering time).
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4. The Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30th
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Event details: Parade begins at 2:00 pm
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How we will participate: We will have a marching contingent, which will march behind the Queer Ontario banner with signs, just like we did last year.
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What we will need: Individuals to make up this marching contingent.
— We will meet in our designated spot at 2:30 pm (staging section N 13, at Bloor Street and Ted Rogers Way)
— Estimated time requirement is three hours (waiting time plus marching time).
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———— COMMUNITY FAIR ————

We will also be participating in The Community Fair on Saturday, June 29th and Sunday, June 30th
 ( From 12:00 AM to  6:00 PM)
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We’ll be stationed with our trusty table, meeting and greeting new people and organizations from Toronto and beyond. We are particularly interested in getting to know what life is like for you and your significant others in your hometowns, and the issues you feel need to be addressed most urgently. So do stop by and say hi!
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What we will need:
Individuals to help set-up each morning at 11:00.
Individuals to take two-hour shifts throughout the day to staff the table.
Individuals to provide short-term relief, allowing others to take breaks, use the facilities, march, etc.
Individuals to help take-down after the fair ends each day at around 6:00 p.m.

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Queer Ontario Salon: Poverty In Ontario – A Challenge to Our Community

April 25th, 2013 Comments off

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Click here to view the image in full size online: http://queerontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Queer-Ontario-Salon2-Ad.jpg

Click here to download the full-sized poster version: http://queerontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Queer-Ontario-Salon-Ad-2013-May-Printing.jpg
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Ageism Challenged: Building Inter-generational Communities

April 24th, 2013 Comments off
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:
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“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

“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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