The fourth City Symposium event is Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Wolf Performance Hall, London Public Central Library (251 Dundas Street). Free. No registration required. Join us for free nachos at the after-party social event at the Fox & Fiddle (255 Wellington at King).
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This month you will meet…
Helene Berman was the lead researcher on two national studies concerning violence in the lives of girls and young women, with particular attention to the subtle and explicit forms of violence in their lives, and the intersections of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and ability. Most recently, Helene has received a large CIHR Team Grant for a 5-year national study called Promoting Health through Collaborative Engagement with Youth in Canada: Overcoming, Resisting, and Preventing Structural Violence. Her research findings have been used to influence programming and policy at the local, provincial, and federal levels. She is the author of In the Best Interests of the Girl Child, and lead editor of the forthcoming book, Gender and Beyond: An Intersectional Analysis of Violence in the Lives of Girls.
Ryan Craven has been organizing in the London community for over two years. After receiving his M.Sc. from Concordia University in Montreal, he returned to his hometown of London and started coordinating Cinema Politica, a monthly documentary film series at the London Public Library. He has worked in both the Planning and Environmental Programs divisions at the City of London, where he organized London’s first Car Free Sunday. After leaving his post at City Hall, Ryan and an extensive team of volunteers and partners coordinated 3 Car Free Days downtown as well as 5 community Car Free events in different neighbourhoods around the city. He is now working on developing Our Street London; a group that will organize Car Free Day as well as other projects promoting people based street design in London.
Kyra Harris is a young artist who believes in the blurring of genres and the exploration of intersections. Brought up as the daughter of a visual artist, Kyra began expressing herself visually at a young age. As a teenager, she traded her paint brush for a pen and began her journey into the world of spoken word. After working with children with autism, who communicate primarily with symbols, Kyra has come back to the image. Her most recent poetic works combine words and images to explore the relationships between various forms of communication. Inspirations for her most recent works include: sign language, x-rays of the human body, black and white images of her ancestors and the sound of her great grandmother’s voice for the first time on a 1980s tape-recorder.
Your host for the event will be…
Pasqualina Cardu is a proud Londoner and can be heard on London’s newest radio station as the co-host on the morning show on 98.1 Free Fm, every weekday. As a professional actress, she has enjoyed working in theatre in Mom’s The Word, in film and on television. Pasqualina has had the opportunity to interview international celebrities and athletes. Having a degree in Film from the University of Western Ontario she has a passion for cinema and is also passionate about health, along with the wellbeing and importance of mentoring our children since being a mother and being involved in community health initiatives. She sits on the Boys and Girls Club board of Directors. Pasqualina is happy to be a part of the community bringing people together to share ideas.