Join us and over 40 cities around the world this year in marking the 6th
annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). IAW is a week of lectures, workshops,
film screenings and cultural events to educate about Israel/Palestine and
also to give momentum to the growing campaign of Boycotts, Divestments,
and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid. Events in Montreal will take
place at UQAM, Concordia, McGill, and other locations around the city.

**FULL EVENT SCHEDULE**

* Thursday March 4
* “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions: Celebrating the successes and
overcoming the challenges of the BDS Movement against Israeli Apartheid”
* Mcgill University 3480 University Street McConnel Engineering Rm 204
* 6:30pm
* Featured speakers: Kate Raphael (Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism,
San Francisco), Shadi Rohana (Alternative Information Centre, Jerusalem),
Dave Bleakney (Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Ottawa), introduced by
Nina Amrov (SPHR)

* Friday, March 5
* “Exposing Israeli Apartheid: Lessons From South Africa to Palestine”
* Mcgill University, McConnell engineering building, 3480 University Street,
room 204
* 6:30pm
* Featured Speakers: Noura Erakat (US Campaign to end the Occupation),
Na’eem Jeenah (South African anti-apartheid activist),introduced by
Tala Al-Jabri (SPHR-McGill)

* Sunday, March 7
* “Resisting Apartheid from Turtle Island to Palestine: Indigenous youth speak out!”
* UQAM, 400 Ste-Catherine east, AM-050
* 3:00pm
* Featured Speakers: Melissa Franklin, Marei Spaola, Jodi Voice
(7th Generation Indigenous Visionaries, Kansas)

* Monday, March 8
* International Women’s Day march – Palestine solidarity contingent
* 5:30pm, Cabot Square (corner of Atwater and Ste-Catherine)

* Monday, March 8
* Cinema Politica Film Screening
* “Checkpoint Rock: Songs from Palestine” and “Up Front: Three Palestinian Women”
* Concordia, 1455 de Maisonneuve west, H110
* 7:30pm
* For more info, see www.cinemapolitica.org/concordia

* Tuesday, March 9
* “What is Israeli Apartheid? The Role of Canada in perpetuating Israeli apartheid”
* UQAM, 320 Ste-Catherine east, DS M280
* 6:00pm
* Featured Speakers: Vincent Romani (Professor of political science, UQAM),
Lorraine Guay (Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine)

* Wednesday, March 10
* “Between Oppression and Empowerment: Palestinian citzens of Israel under apartheid”
* Concordia, D.B. Clarke Theatre, 1455 de Maisonneuve Ouest (basement)
* 7:00pm
* Featured Speakers: Jamal Zahalka (Palestinian-Israeli member of the Knesset),
introduced by Kawtare Bihya (CJP-UQAM) and Jihad El-Salah (SPHR-Concordia)

* Thursday, March 11
* “Speak Up for Palestine!” Cultural event
* Club Lambi, 4465 St-Laurent blvd.
* 8pm, $10-15 (Venue not wheelchair accessible)
* Featured performers: Abeer (Hip-hop, Palestine!), Rami Kanazi (spoken word, New York City),
Rich Siegel (jazz piano, New York City), Ghada Chehade (spoken word), Moody Mo (Hip-hop),
Sikh Knowledge (Hip-hop)

* Thursday, March 11
*Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid
*2030 Mackay
*5:30PM-7:30PM
*Join SPHR Concordia for a talk with Yves Engler about his new book “Canada and Israel: building apartheid” at the Concordia Graduate Students Association lounge. Refreshments will be served

Note on accessibility: All event venues are wheelchair accessible unless otherwise noted. All events will have whisper translation available between French and English. Childcare will be provided at some events – please contact us at iaw-mtl@riseup.net for more details.

–>If you would like to VOLUNTEER with IAW, make a DONATION, or ENDORSE IAW, please get in touch with us at iaw-mtl@riseup.net

IAW Montreal 2010 is endorsed by the following organizations:
Al-Hidaya Association * Association facultaire de sciences humaines UQAM (AFESH-UQAM) * Arab Law Students Association Mcgill * Centre for Philippine Concerns * Centre 2110 * CKUT Radio * Coalition pour la Justice en Palestine UQAM (CJP-UQAM) * Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine (CJPP) * Collectif de recherche sur l’autonomie collective (CRAC) * College and University Workers United (CUWU) * Concordia Sikh Student Association * Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW-STTP) * D’abord Solidaires * Independent Jewish Voices Montreal * Muslim Students Association Mcgill * No One Is Illegal Montreal * Not In Our Name Concordia * Presence Musulmane * Quebec Public Interest Research Group (QPIRG-Concordia) * QPIRG-McGill * Q-Team * Solidarity Across Borders * Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR-Concordia) * SPHR-McGill * Tadamon * Women of Diverse Origins

We look forward to seeing you at Israeli Apartheid Week 2010 in Montreal
Free Palestine!

—-
IAW Montreal Organizing Committee
iaw-mtl@riseup.net
www.apartheidweek.org
514-848-7583

Please note: the 2110 will be closed during Concordia’s reading week from Monday February 22 to Friday February 26th. The centre will reopen on Monday March 1st.
Looking for a Resource-
Free meals/repas gratuits + dépannage alimentaire/ food banks
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Tous les jours dîner/souper
Free lunch and dinner everyday
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Repas gratuits/free meals : call for schedule
514-523-5288

-La Maison des amis du Plateau:
Dîner gratuit après 13h30 tous les jours sauf le dimanche
Free lunch everyday except Sunday
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-Maison du Partage d’Youville
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Service téléphonique pour trouver ressources
Disponible de 8h15 à 16h30: 514-527-1375
Resource referral services Line is open
from 8:15 am to 4 :30 pm : 514-527-1375

-Gai-écoute/ Gay-line (8am-3pm) : 514-866-0103; 1-888-505-1010
-Tel-Jeunes( Lines are open 24/24, 7/7) : 1-800-263-2266
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-Suicide Action Montréal (Lines are open 24/24, 7/7): 514-723-4000
-Project 10/Project 10 514.989.0001

Sexual Assault
-Sexual Assault Centre of McGill (SACOMSS): 514-398-8500
-Montreal Sexual Assault Centre: 514-934-4504
-STELLA (by and for sexworkers): 514-285-8889

Legal information

-COCo ( The Cente for Community organizations) : 514-849-5599
-Head and Hands legal clinic: 514-481-0277
-STELLA (by and for sexworkers): -514-285-8889

**Française ci-dessous**

JUSTICE FOR MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN:

MEMORIAL MARCH

Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010
Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Location: Parc Emilie-Gamelin (Square Berri) Montreal

The 1st Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
in Montreal will take place on Sunday February 14th at 1:30pm/ 13h30
at Parc Emilie- Gamelin, Montreal- corner of St. Hubert and Berri St. We
will then walk north on Hubert St., west on Ontario St. and north on St.
Laurent to Parc des Ameriques (Rachel and St. Laurent)

We would like to invite all those who have lost loved ones, sisters, mothers,
cousins, best friends and other close relatives, to lead Montreal’s First
Annual Commemorative March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous
Women. This is an optional, open invitation meant to honor the families
and loved ones who experience daily the tragedy of their loss, and to honor
their lead in the struggle to heal and bring justice to the lives and memories
of loved ones.

The Memorial March for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women first began
in 1991 after the murder of a woman, whose name is not spoken today out of
respect for her family’s wishes, on Powell St., Vancouver. Out of frustration
and desperation, the people of the Vancouver community organized an
annual march on Valentine’s Day to express compassion, community, and
caring to all women in Vancouver.

Since 1991, the Memorial March has spread across Canada, this year with
groups in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, London, Sudbury, Toronto, and
now for the first time Montreal. The march honors and commemorates
Indigenous women in particular who face physical, mental, emotional, and
spiritual violence on a daily basis.

Indigenous women living in Canada are five times more at risk of dying a
violent death than other women, according to a Canadian government
statistic. A study by the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
concluded that 510 indigenous girls and women have gone missing or
been murdered since 1980, and calls for an emergency strategy. Some
activists believe the number of missing to be much higher, as many
cases go unreported, often due to distrust between First Nations
communities and police.

Amnesty International issued a comprehensive report in 2004 entitled
“Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to discrimination and violence
against Indigenous women in Canada,” and the UN recently called on the
Canadian government to investigate why hundreds of deaths and
disappearances of Indigenous women remain unsolved.

The report is asking Ottawa to report back in a year on the status of more
than 500 cases that “have neither been fully investigated nor attracted
priority attention, with the perpetrators remaining unpunished.”

Jacobs points out that “if there were 510 missing and murdered aboriginal
women in Canada that would equal 18,000 women among Canada’s white
population.”

“If there were 18,000 white women missing and murdered, it would be headlines,”
she says. “There would be something done immediately.”

We invite you to come together with us on February 14th to mourn and remember
our sisters and their stories by taking over the streets and demanding justice.

The Annual March is being organized by Missing Justice which is a
grassroots solidarity collective based in Montreal that works to eliminate
violence and discrimination against Indigenous women living in Quebec.
The collective seeks to consult and collaborate with Indigenous communities
and organizations to foster understanding and dispel harmful stereotypes commonly
held in regards to Indigenous women who are targets of violence.

We do this through education initiatives, media outreach,
coalition-building, case work, poster awareness campaigns, research projects,
information sharing, publishing and broadcasting, political demonstrations, and
direct action.

Below is a list of some of the women who have been victims to these injustices:

Partial List: Update us:

Quebec Women:
Shannon Alexander – missing since September 6, 2008
Maisy Odjick- missing since September 6, 2008
Tiffany Morrison- missing since June 18, 2006
Sandra Gaudet- March 9, 1990
Kelly Morriseau- December 2006
Gladys Tolley Killed 2001

Victims from the rest of Canada:

Alberta Williams
Marie Laliberte
Morenda Isaac
Helen Lessard
Sarah De Vries
Lillian Jean O’Dare – September 1978.
Wendy Louise Allen – March 1979.
Rebecca Guno – June 1983
Sherry Rail – January 1984.
Yvonne Marlene Abigosis – January 1984.
Linda Louise Grant – October 1984.
Sheryl Donahue – May 1985
Leigh Miner – December 1993.
Laura Mah – August 1985.
Teressa Williams – July 1988.
Ingrid Soet – August 1989.
Nancy Clark – August 1991.
Mary Lands – 1991.
Kathleen Wattley – June 1992.
Elsie Sebastien – October 1992.
Gloria Fedyshyn – January 1993.
Sherry Baker – 1993
Teresa Louis Triff – April 1993.
Angela Arseneault – August 1994.
Catherine Gonzalez – March 1995.
Catherine Knight – April 1995.
Dorothy Spence – August 1995.
Diana Melnick – December 1995.
Tanya Holyk – October 1996. ( Pickton charged with 1st-degree murder) Olivia Williams – December 1996.
Frances Young – April 1996.
Stephanie Lane – January 1997.
Sharon Ward – February 1997.
Cara Ellis – 1997.
Maria Laura Laliberte – January 1997.
“Kellie” (Richard) Little – April 1997.
Helen Hallmark – August 1997. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder)
Janet Henry – June 1997.
Marnie Frey – August 1997.
Jacqueline Murdock – August 1997.
Cindy Beck – September 1997.
Andrea Borhaven – sometime in 1997.
Sherry Irving – April 1997. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder) Cindy Feliks – November 1997.
Kerry Koski – January 1998.
Inga Hall – February 1998. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder) Sarah deVries – April 1998.
Elaine Dumba – Apri 1998.
Sheila Egan – July 1998.
Julie Young – October 1998.
Angela Jardine – November 1998.
Marcella Creison – December 1998.
Michelle Gurney – December 1998.
Ruby Anne Hardy – 1998.
Tania Petersen – 1998.
Tammy Fairbairn – 1998.
Jacqueline McDonell – January 1999. (Robert Pickton charged with
first-degree murder)
Georgina Papin – March 1999. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder)
Brenda Wolfe – February 1999. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder)
Wendy Crawford – November 1999.
Jennifer Furminger – December 1999. (Robert Pickton charged with
first-degree murder)
Tiffany Louise Drew – December 1999.
Dawn Crey – November 2000.
Debra Jones – December 2000.
Sharon Abraham – 2000.
Patricia Johnson – March 2001. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder)
Yvonne Marie Boen – March 2001.
Heather Bottomley – April 2001. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder)
Heather Chinnock – April 2001. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder)
Angela Josebury – June 2001. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder)
Sereena Abotsway – August 2001. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder)
Diane Rock – October 2001. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder) Mona Wilson – November 2001. (Robert Pickton charged with first-degree murder).
Delphine Nika
Ramona Wilson

** PLEASE SEND ANY NAMES THAT MAY BE MISSING FROM THIS LIST ALSO FEEL FREE TO ADD INFO TO PHOTOS, MUCH APPRECIATED..Kat

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VERSION FRANCAISE

La Première Marche Commémorative en Mémoire des Femmes Autochtones Assassinées et Disparues aura lieu le dimanche 14 février 2010 a 13h30 au parc Emilie Gamelin, angle St-Hubert et Berri, à Montréal. Nous prendrons ensuite nord sur St-Hubert, ouest sur Ontario et nord sur St-Laurent vers le Parc des Amériques (Rachel et St-Laurent)

Nous aimerions inviter toutes celles et ceux qui ont perdu un être cher, une sœur, une mère, une cousine, une meilleure amie, à conduire la première Marche Commémorative en mémoire des Femmes Autochtones
Assassinées et Disparues à Montréal. Cette invitation a été pensée afin de rendre hommage aux familles et aux proches qui ressentent quotidiennement ces pertes tragiques, et d’honorer leur lutte pour que justice soit rendue à ces disparues.

La Marche Commémorative en Mémoire des Femmes Autochtones Assassinées et Disparues débuta en 1991 après le meurtre d’une jeune femme sur la rue Powell, à Vancouver. C’est pour exprimer sa frustration et son désespoir que la communauté de Vancouver a ainsi pris l’habitude d’organiser une marche annuelle le jour de la Saint Valentin, et ce afin de faire partager compassion et empathie à toutes les femmes de Vancouver.

Depuis 1991, la marche commémorative s’est répandue au Canada, avec cette année des manifestations à Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, London, Sudbury, Toronto, et pour la première fois, à Montréal. Cette marche rend honneur et commémore les femmes Autochtones, en particulier celles qui doivent faire face à des violence quotidiennes, qu’elles soient physiques, psychologiques, émotionnelles ou spirituelles.

Rassemblons-nous afin de nous souvenir de toutes les femmes Autochtones disparues ou assassinées ici même au Canada.
Venez nombreux afin de marcher aux cotés et en soutien de toutes ces femmes, ces familles et ces communautés qui ont été touchées de plein fouet par ces tragédies. Ci-jointe une liste non-exhaustive de femmes qui ont été brutalement tuées, ou qui restent introuvables.

Liste non-exhaustive (Contactez-nous pour des mises à jour)
Alberta Williams
Marie Laliberte
Morenda Isaac
Helen Lessard
Sarah De Vries
Lillian Jean O’Dare – Septembre 1978.
Wendy Louise Allen – Mars1979.
Rebecca Guno – Juin 1983
Sherry Rail – Janvier 1984.
Yvonne Marlene Abigosis – Janvier 1984.
Linda Louise Grant – Octobre 1984.
Sheryl Donahue – Mai 1985
Leigh Miner – Decembre 1993.
Laura Mah – Aout 1985.
Teressa Williams – Juillet 1988.
Ingrid Soet – Aout 1989.
Nancy Clark – Aout 1991.
Mary Lands – 1991.
Kathleen Wattley – Juin 1992.
Elsie Sebastien – Octobre 1992.
Gloria Fedyshyn – Janvier1993.
Sherry Baker – En 1993
Teresa Louis Triff – Avril 1993.
Angela Arseneault – Aout 1994.
Catherine Gonzalez – Mars 1995.
Catherine Knight – Avril 1995.
Dorothy Spence – Aout 1995.
Diana Melnick – Decembre 1995.
Tanya Holyk – Octobre 1996. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Olivia Williams – Decembre 1996.
Frances Young – Avril 1996.
Stephanie Lane – Janvier 1997.
Sharon Ward – Fevrier 1997.
Cara Ellis – En 1997.
Maria Laura Laliberte – Janvier1997.
“Kellie” (Richard) Little – Avril 1997.
Helen Hallmark – Aout 1997. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Janet Henry – Juin 1997.
Marnie Frey – Aout 1997.
Jacqueline Murdock – Aout 1997.
Cindy Beck – Septembre 1997.
Andrea Borhaven – En 1997.
Sherry Irving – Avril 1997. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Cindy Feliks – Novembre 1997.
Kerry Koski – Janvier 1998.
Inga Hall – Fevrier 1998. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Sarah deVries – Avril 1998.
Elaine Dumba – Avril 1998.
Sheila Egan – Juillet 1998.
Julie Young – Octobre 1998.
Angela Jardine – Novembre 1998.
Marcella Creison – Decembre 1998.
Michelle Gurney – Decembre 1998.
Ruby Anne Hardy – En 1998.
Tania Petersen – En 1998.
Tammy Fairbairn – En 1998.
Jacqueline McDonell – Janvier 1999. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Georgina Papin – Mars 1999. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Brenda Wolfe – Fevrier 1999. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Wendy Crawford – Novembre 1999.
Jennifer Furminger – Decembre 1999. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Tiffany Louise Drew – Decembre 1999.
Dawn Crey – Novembre 2000.
Debra Jones – Decembre 2000.
Sharon Abraham – En 2000.
Patricia Johnson – Mars 2001. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Yvonne Marie Boen – Mars 2001.
Heather Bottomley – Avril 2001. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Heather Chinnock – Avril 2001. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Angela Josebury – Juin 2001. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Sereena Abotsway – Aout 2001. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Diane Rock – Octobre 2001. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)
Mona Wilson – Novembre 2001. (Robert Pickton inculpé de meurtre au premier degré)

** S’IL VOUS PLAÎT, CONTACTEZ-NOUS AFIN DE NOUS FOURNIR TOUS LES NOMS MANQUANTS A CETTE LISTE. NOUS APPRÉCIERIONS ÉGALEMENT TOUTES INFORMATIONS, PHOTOS ETC … MERCI.Kat

JUSTICE FOR MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN

Panel Discussion
February 11th, 6PM
255 Ontario St. East

Missing Justice would like to invite you to a Panel Discussion on
February 11th, 2010 at 6pm at the Exode in Cegep du Vieux Montreal,
255 Ontario St. East. The panel will feature Jessica Yee, Janie Jamieson,
and Rachel Alouki Labbe as we continue to educate and become
aware of the injustices being committed to the Indigenous Women of
Canada.

Jessica Yee is a woman of Chinese-Mohawk decent and was named the
YMCA Young Woman of Distinction of 2009 for her activism and writing
about Indigenous youth. She is the founder of Native Youth Sexual
Health Network which works for healthy sexuality, cultural competency,
youth empowerment, and reproductive justice for and by Indigenous
youth. Presently, Jessica is working with the Sexual Health Education
and Pleasure Project and is a youth coordinator for the Highway of
Tears Initiative. Jessica will join us on February 11th to speak about
her education efforts and work within First Nations communities.

Janie Jamieson is a Mohawk Six Nations Activist who has been very
engaged and outspoken about Indigenous Land Rights. She is also
the niece of Cythia Jamieson, one of the murdered/missing women.
Janie will join us to share her personal experience of losing a loved
one to these injustices and to share her thoughts about wisdom and
her activism.

Rachel Alouki Labbe is an Abenki woman who grew up in a Kanesatake
Mohawk community. Rachel is a film producer and director; she says
that in her films, she strives to overcome prejudices and to convey
the strength and beauty of First Peoples. With her interests stemming
from the First Nation communities here in Quebec, she now does work
with Indigenous people throughout the world. Rachel is the founder
of Alouki Films and was the recipient of the prize for Telediversity in
2008. She recently released a documentary called ‘Desert de Croix’ which
explores femicide in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Rachel will join us to show
and speak about her recent documentary as well as to address some of
the issues affecting First Nations in Quebec.

**Whisper translation will be available**
***Please get in touch 48 hours in advance if you need childcare or
have other accessibility needs: outreach@centre2110.org***

This Panel Discussion is being organized by Missing Justice, a grassroots
solidarity collective based in Montreal that works to eliminate violence and
discrimination against Indigenous women in Quebec. The collective seeks
to consult and collaborate with Indigenous communities andorganizations
to foster understanding and dispel harmful stereotypes commonly held in
regards to Indigenous women who are targets of violence.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear two powerful women speak about
important issues affecting Indigenous peoples. For more information
do not hesitate to contact Missing Justice by email at justiceformissing@gmail.com
or visit our website at missingjustice.ca.

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Missing Justice vous invite à participer à une discussion portant sur la violence faite aux femmes autochtones, le jeudi 11 février 2010 à 18 heures au Cégep du Vieux-Montréal. La discussion débutera par les
témoignages de Jessica Yee, Janie Jamieson, et Rachel Alouki-Labbé.

Jessica Yee est une femme d’origine Sino-Mohawk et la fondatrice du Réseau des Jeunes autochtones pour la Santé sexuelle. Le réseau est maintenu par et pour des jeunes autochtones et lutte pour la santé sexuelle,
l’empowerment des jeunes, la justice concernant les droits de reproduction et la reconnaissance culturelle des autochtones. Jessica Yee est également récipiendaire du prix 2009 de la Jeune Femme de mérite du YMCA pour son engagement auprès des jeunes autochtones du Canada. Lors de cette soirée, elle nous parlera entre autre de ses implications au niveau de l’éducation populaire au sein des Premières Nations du Canada.

Janie Jamieson est une militante Mohawk très engagée dans la lutte pour le droit des Autochtones à leur terre . Elle est également la nièce de Cynthia Jamieson, assassinée. Janie nous parlera de la douleur de perdre un être cher à ces injustices, et nous fera part de ses vues sur la sagesse, et sur l’activisme.

Rachel Alouki Labbé est une femme Abénaki qui a grandi dans la communauté Mohawk de Kanehsatake. Elle produit et dirige des documentaires qui ont pour objectif de déconstruire les préjugés tout en mettant en valeur la force et la beauté des peuples autochtones d’ici et d’ailleurs. Rachel Alouki est la fondatrice de la maison de production Alouki film et a été récipiendaire du prix de Télédiversité en 2008. Elle a récemment réalisé le documentaire Désert de Croix qui vise à dénoncer le féminicide qui a présentement cours à Ciudad Juarez, ville frontalière au Mexique. Rachel nous parlera durant cette discussion autant de ses réalisations portant sur les communautés autochtones au Québec que de son plus récent
documentaire Désert de Croix.

La discussion est organisée par Missing Justice, un groupe de solidarité basé à Montréal qui lutte contre la violence et la discrimination faite aux femmes autochtones du Québec.

Par la tenue de consultations et la mise en place de collaborations avec les communautés et les organismes autochtones, le collectif souhaite favoriser l’ouverture et combattre les stéréotypes préjudiciables
communément associés aux femmes autochtones victimes de violence.

Ne manquez pas l’occasion d’entendre les voix de femmes autochtones sur des problématiques contemporaines et importantes qui affectent l’ensemble des communautés autochtones. Pour plus d’informations, n’hésitez pas à contacter Missing Justice par courriel au justiceformissing@gmail.com , ou à consulter notre site internet au missingjustice.ca

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outreach@centre2110.org***

Bellow is an downloadable copy of the Conflict Resolution and Complaints Committee’s public report.

CLICK HERE to download the 2110 CR/CC report. Jan 2010.

check out the newest edition of the community
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This bi-monthly web magazine is free and for everyone interested
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- News from here and abroad

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- Trans archives project

or download it at this web site : www.tranzmag.com

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Changements importants dans la manière d’accéder aux chirurgie de réassignation sexuelle au Québec
Bulletin du Réseau Santé Trans du Québec – Janvier 2010
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Il est venu à notre attention que le gouvernement du Québec a récemment fait apporté des changements aux façons dont les personnes transsexuelles et transgenres peuvent accéder aux chirurgie de réassignation sexuelle. Dans le passé, les personnes trans désireuses d’avoir leur interventions chirurgicales défrayées par la RAMQ (régime d’assurance santé public du Québec) devaient obtenir l’approbation de l’Unité de sexualité humaine de l’Hôpital général de Montréal. Depuis le 20 septembre 2009, la RAMQ n’est plus responsable d’administrer ces opération. Elles sont maintenant la responsabilité du Dr. Pierre Brassard à sa clinique privée et du Centre Métropolitain de Chirurgie Plastique à Montréal, à travers une entente avec le Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, le Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) et l’Agence de la Santé et des Services Sociaux (ASSS).

Le CHUM est présentement en charge des services administratifs entourant l’accès aux opérations et développera une clinique de services de santé trans qui est supposée ouvrir ses portes en juin 2010. Aucun détail quant à l’étendue de leurs services n’a été révélé jusqu’à présent. Jusqu’à ce que cette clinique verra le jour, les personnes trans désirant des opérations peuvent se présenter directement à la clinique du Dr. Brassard après avoir obtenu un rendez-vous de consultation. Le Dr. Brassard et son équipe accompagneront les patient-e-s tout au long de leurs démarches d’obtention d’interventions chirurgicales.

Ce processus comprend la prise de rendez-vous pour consultation, qui peut prendre au moins 6 mois, la présentation de lettres d’évaluations (décrites ci-dessous), l’approbation du Dr. Brassard d’avoir l’opération et prévoir une date pour cette dernière. Actuellement, les seules opérations couvertes sont la phalloplastie, la vaginoplastie, la reconstruction du torse et la métoidioplastie.

Les pré-requis nécessaires pour ces opérations sont que le ou la patient-e présente des lettres d’évaluation de la part de deux différent-e-s psychiatres, psychothérapeutes, et/ou sexologues; une lettre d’un-e docteur-e (un-e endocrinologue ou médecin de famille) qui effectue la prescription d’hormones (les hormones ne sont pas nécessaires pour la reconstruction du torse); ainsi qu’une lettre d’un-e médecin de famille qui indique que le ou la patient-e est apte à l’opération. Ces opérations sont entièrement couvertes seulement pour les résident-e-s du Québec (la résidence pour les résident-e-s permanent-e-s du Canada peut être établie après avoir habité au Québec pour une période de trois mois). Cependant, il est présentement impossible d’obtenir un remboursement pour toute opération effectuée avant septembre 2009 ainsi que celles effectuées à d’autres cliniques.

En ce moment nous n’avons pas plus d’information sur ces changements, mais nous vous encourageons à contacter l’une des organisations partenaires du Réseau de santé trans mentionnées ci-dessous si vous avez des informations additionnelles, des questions, des inquiétudes ou si vous avez besoin de soutien additionnel. Nous allons continuer à nous tenir au courant de tout changements futurs et de vous garder informé-e-s autant que possible.

POUR PLUS D’INFORMATIONS SUR LA CLINIQUE DU DR. BRASSARD
http://srsmontreal.ca

POUR PLUS D’INFORMATIONS ET RESSOURCES
Le Centre 2110 514-848-2424 x 7431
Project 10 514-989-4585
ASTT(e)Q 514-847-0067 x207
ATQ 514-254-9038
Stella 514-285-8889

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Important Changes to Access to Sex Reassignment Surgeries in Quebec
Québec Trans Health Network News Bulletin – January 2010
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It has come to our attention that the Quebec government has made some recent changes to how transsexual and transgender people can access sex reassignment surgeries (SRS). Previously, trans people desiring surgeries paid by the RAMQ (public health insurance of Quebec) were required to obtain approval for surgery through the Montreal General Hospital`s Human Sexuality Unit. As of September 20th, 2009, RAMQ no longer has responsibility for administering for these surgeries, and they are now being handled by Dr. Pierre Brassard at his private clinic, the Centre Métropolitain de Chirurgie Plastique in Montreal, through an agreement with the Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux, the Centre hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal (CHUM) and the Agence de la Santé et des Services Sociaux (ASSS).

The CHUM is currently responsible for administrative services related to surgery access, and will develop trans health clinical services scheduled to be opened in June 2010. Details of the extent of their services have not yet been disclosed. Until this clinical component is established, trans patients seeking surgery can present themselves directly to Dr. Brassard`s clinic upon scheduling an appointment for consultation. Dr. Brassard and his staff will accompany patients through the process of getting access to the surgery.

This process entails making an appointment for consultation, which may take at least 6 months, presenting letters of evaluation (described below), getting approval from Dr. Brassard to receive the surgery, and setting a date for the procedure. Currently the surgeries covered are Phalloplasty, Vaginoplasty, Chest reconstruction surgery, and Metoidioplasty.

The requirements for these surgeries are as follows: letters of evaluation from 2 different psychiatrists, psychologists, and/or sexologists; one letter from a doctor (an endocrinologist or family doctor) who is prescribing hormones; and one letter from a family doctor indicating good health of the patient. Hormones are not a required step for chest reconstruction surgery. These procedures are fully covered for Quebec residents only (residency for permanent residents and citizens of Canada can be established after living in Quebec for a period of 3 months). As it stands now, however, one cannot be reimbursed for surgeries done before September 2009, nor for surgeries done at other clinics.

At this time, we do not have any more information on these changes, but we encourage you to contact any one of the Trans Health Network partner organizations listed below if you have any additional information, questions, concerns or need additional support. We will continue to work to stay abreast of any upcoming changes, and will do our best to keep you informed.

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM DR. BRASSARD`S CLINIC
http://srsmontreal.ca

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES:
Le Centre 2110 514-848-2424 x 7431
Project 10 514-989-4585
ASTT(e)Q 514-847-0067 x207
ATQ 514-254-9038
Stella 514-285-8889

Hey you! Rad Montreal activists! 

Do you wish you could make more of your group’s events physically
accessible? 

In the process of planning an event, does your group end up
compromising physical accessibility in favour of keeping costs
down?

Do you wish you could provide more detailed information about
accessibility on event promo? 

Making our events accessible to people with physical disabilities
is just as important as making them affordable/free, queer and
trans-positive, and anti-racist. As Montreal activists, we can pool
our resources to come up with information on accessible venues.

In response to the general dearth of collective information on
accessible venues in Montreal, The 2110 Centre and the Union For
Gender Empowerment are teaming up to put together an info-sheet about
planning accessible events. 

There are two ways to get involved:

The first is: Planning meetings!
The first purpose of this call-out is to gather a group of folks from
different orgs who are into attending a couple of planning meetings
during which we will solidify the info-sheet outline, as well as come up
with an action plan to coordinate venue excursions to gather detailed specs -
measurements, transportation info, ramps, chairs, etc. It would be lovely
if you could distribute this call-out out far and wide, and to anyone else
you know who is interested in helping make activism more accessible in
Montreal. This is a community-wide project – it would be so incredibly
awesome to see involvement from variety of orgs working on different
struggles!

The first meeting will be the week of February 1st, in about two weeks. If
you’re excited about helping organize, please fill out this doodle**, so we
can pick convenient meeting time: http://www.doodle.com/tpwsahtvq98eapzi.
To fill it out, click on the link, fill in your name, and check the boxes
corresponding to the time slots during which you are available to meet. 

The first meeting will either be in the 2110 Centre (2110 Rue Mackay) or
Union For Gender Empowerment (4th Floor of the SSMU building at McGill,
Room 431 – 3480 Rue McTavish) Details TBA!
(**The Doodle website doesn’t always work well with audio electronic text
or screen reader technology. Please contact me if you would like to
participate but your reading software isn’t compatible.)

2. Venue Visits!
 If you don’t think you’re up for helping organize, you can still help gather
information by signing up to visit venues! The majority of the work of the
project is contained in these sessions. We’ll help you set up the appointment
with the venue, and provide the questionnaire/outline of information to gather.
You can either sign up as a group or as individuals. You can sign up for just
one, a few, or many visits. Each excursion should take about an hour,
depending on the venue. 

Venue visit sign up will be coming to inboxes in the next few weeks!
The purpose of this project is to provide rad groups witheasy-to-access
info about the venues in which they hold their events, so they can put it
on event promo, and generally be more informed about venues and accessibility
in Montreal. Please email accessibilityproject@gmail.com
if you have any questions,
comments, concerns, love, etc!

In solidarity,
Zoe Page
The 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy
The Union For Gender Empowerment

PS Here’s the doodle link again: http://www.doodle.com/tpwsahtvq98eapzi 

Calling all young pro-choice Canadians!
Apply for Choice 101!

“Choice 101” will bring together 15 pro-choice Canadians from coast to coast
to participate in a free interactive 8-week course about pro-choice issues.
The course will link you with other individuals who want to learn, share and
contribute to the movement for sexual and reproductive rights in Canada.

You don’t have to be an expert to participate; just interested in learning
more about pro-choice issues and sharing your ideas, experiences and
questions with other people who are under 35.

We will be using conference calls to meet each week and we will create a
networking site for people to post their thoughts, videos, drawings, web
links, etc. to deepen our collective pro-choice knowledge. It’s a great way
to broaden your pro-choice horizons and to strengthen the young pro-choice
network across Canada.

Topics:

• The History of Abortion Politics in Canada

• Current Access Issues in Canada

• Healthy Sexuality

• Identity and Reproductive Rights

• Violence against Women and Choice

• First Nation, Inuit and Métis Women and Choice

• Pro-Choice Activism and Research

Presenters:

*        Gemma Bonham-Carter, Community Education Coordinator, Planned
Parenthood Ottawa (PPO), offers education, counselling and referral services
to assist and support people in making informed sexual and reproductive
health choices. PPO is a non-judgmental, pro-choice, confidential,
supportive, GLBTTQ positive, youth positive organization. Visit:
http://www.ppottawa.ca/

      •Jessica Yee, founder and Executive Director of the Native Youth
Sexual Health Network, a CanAmerica wide organization by youth and     for
youth. Learn more at: http://www.nativeyouthsexualhealth.com/index.html

*        Erin Williams, Executive Director of the Ottawa Coalition to End
Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW) is a coalition of organizations and
individuals dedicated to ending violence against women and, through
leadership, education, advocacy and political action, to promoting a
coordinated response to

women and their children who have experienced abuse. Visit:

http://www.octevaw-cocvff.ca/node/1  

*        And more! Stay tuned as more presenters are confirmed…

Details:

The course will be held from February 2 - March 23, 2010 once a week on
Tuesdays for two hours at: 14:00 (British Columbia); 15:00 (Alberta /
Saskatchewan / Northwest); 16:00 (Manitoba); 17:00 (Quebec / Ontario /
Nunavut);  18:00 (Atlantic); and 18:30 (Newfoundland).

Apply online now at: www.canadiansforchoice.ca
<http://www.canadiansforchoice.ca/>  

Please complete our online application and consent form. The consent form
must be signed, scanned and emailed; or sent by postal mail.

Participant selection will take into consideration representation of
provincial and regional diversity and diverse identities.

The deadline to apply is 

January 25, 2010 at 17:00 EST!!

--

Agathe Gramet-Kedzior

Project Officer/Chargée de Projet

Canadians for Choice

Association canadienne pour la liberté du choix

 <mailto:info@canadiansforchoice.ca> info@canadiansforchoice.ca

613-789-9958 ext. 226

fax-613-789-9960

--
Jessica Yee
Executive Director, The Native Youth Sexual Health Network
Chair, National Aboriginal Youth Council, Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
jessica.j.yee@gmail.com
jyee@nativeyouthsexualhealth.com

www.nativeyouthsexualhealth.com

Do you have basic sign language? Want to learn more,

brush up, or have the opportunity to practice?
ASL 102 registration is now open. Classes will

begin this Tuesday, January
12th in the lounge of the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy,

from 5h45-8h45pm. We will accept new students until

Tuesday January 19th. We ask for a donation of 30-130$

Sliding scale pay-what-you-can for the
ten week session.

For more information please email psa@centre2110.org