Hosted by VIUFA Status of Women Committee in honour of International Womenโ€™s Day

Sunday, March 7, 2021, 2 pm-3:30 pm

Registration: ย https://viu.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5IpdemhrTwsHdx2m9SZrGulBiu9T9_bFnb6

Gratitude: The VIUFA Status of Women Committee is grateful to live, work, and learn on the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, the traditional territories of the Snuneymuxw, Snaw-naw- as, Quwโ€™utsun (Cowichan), Kโ€™รณmoks and Tlaโ€™amin First Nations.

Photo credit: Dr. Imogene Lim. Image of protest of 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Speakers and Panelists:

Dr. Imogene Lim, VIUFA Chair for International Human Rights & Solidarity Committee

Aimee Chalifoux, Outreach Support Coordinator, Society for Equity, Inclusion and Advocacy

Hawa Y. Mire, Principal Consultant, HYMIRE Consulting

Jennifer Fowler, Executive Director, Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society

Michรจle Biss, Project Manager of the National Right to Housing Network

Ronell Bosman, Program Director for Island Crisis Care Societyโ€™s women’s services

Stacy Middlemass, Registered Psychiatric Nurse & Duncan City Councillor

Moderators: Dr. Melissa Stephens (she/her), VIUFA Chair for the Status of Women Committee & Hannah Crawford (she/her), MSW Candidate and Research Assistant, Wilfrid Laurier University; Case Aid, Kwโ€™umut Lelum Child and Family Services.