Un espace pour tricotter les liens entre le bien-être collectif, le care et le politique // A space to weave links between collective well being, self-care and politics.
Ce panel est organisé par le pôle Ideos de HEC Montréaldans le cadre de la semaine de l’innovation sociale, et Pascale Brunet la cofondatrice de Politics & Care est une des panélistes.
Horaire: Lundi 25 mars | 17h15 à 18h45 Lieu: Salle TATA Communications à HEC Montréal, Édifice Côte-Ste-Catherine
Le panel se propose d’explorer le care dans une perspective féministe : comment une perspective du care peut-elle être émancipatrice alors qu’elle repose essentiellement sur le travail gratuit et la domination des personnes les plus vulnérabilisées dans la société ? De quelles transformations sociales, politiques et économiques avons-nous besoin pour faire exister une véritable politique du care féministe ?
Panélistes:
Naïma Hamrouni : Titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en éthique féministe et professeure agrégée au département de philosophie de l’UQTR
As part of Vanier College’s International Women’s Week activities (poster below). LIMITED REGISTRATION. Please register at https://forms.office.com/r/KydN9L9taa Registration Deadline: 12 pm, Tuesday, March 5, 2024 (Location to be shared with registrants after registration deadline) This is a space to share how we’ve been feeling amidst the ongoing situation in Palestine and Israel. Based on feminist ethics of care and taking an anti-oppression approach, we will work together to create a respectful, enabling and equitable space, where we can share our feelings and strive to inculcate an empathetic ear to hear each other in this moment. Co-Facilitators: rushdia mehreen & noa
Many of us expressed the need to open up spaces where we can share how we’re doing and have a space to reflect on the care we need. What collective care looks like in times of crisis?
Organizing relentlessly may lead us feeling like « running like headless chickens », thus not being able to take enough time and space to reflect on how we’re doing.
In times such as these, we need to take specific moments to reflect on basic elements such as (self)empathy, how to inculcate care in our work as we go, so we can last longer and not burn from both ends.
As we stretch out in solidarity, let us come together to reflect on ways to sustain our efforts and ourselves so we can continue to fight for justice beyond ceasefire.
Accessibility : English – French translation masks accessible but not mandatory We recommend not wearing chemical perfumes Gender-neutral bathroom
Venue accessibility: There is an elevator to access the space on the 2nd floor. There are two entrances. The entrance at 2100 Guy has one flight of stairs. For step-free access, use the entrance at 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. Buzz #0205 to be let through the automatic doors, then take the elevator up to the second floor. The door to the space can be opened by an automated button and swings out. There is a paid parking lot beside the building; entrance on Guy st.
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Bien-être collectifs en temps de crise Lundi 27 novembre, 18h à 20h (porte ouvert à 17h30) QPIRG Concordia, 2100 Rue Guy #205. Metro Guy-Concordia
Beaucoup d’entre nous ont exprimé le besoin d’ouvrir des espaces où nous pourrions partager nos expériences et réfléchir aux soins dont nous avons besoin. À quoi ressemblent les soins collectifs en temps de crise ?
S’organiser sans relâche peut nous donner l’impression de « courir comme des poulets sans tête », et donc de ne pas pouvoir prendre suffisamment de temps et d’espace pour réfléchir à ce que nous faisons.
Dans de telles périodes, nous devons prendre des moments spécifiques pour réfléchir à des éléments de base tels que l'(auto)empathie, le soin de soi et des autres dans notre quotidien et travail, de sorte que nous puissions durer plus longtemps et ne pas brûler par les deux bouts.
Alors que nous nous étendons dans la solidarité, rassemblons-nous pour réfléchir aux moyens de soutenir nos efforts et de nous soutenir nous-mêmes afin que nous puissions continuer à lutter pour la justice au-delà du cessez-le-feu.
Accessibilité traduction anglais – français masques accessibles mais non obligatoires On recommande de ne pas porter de parfum chimique Salle de bain non genrée
Accessibilité du lieu : Un ascenseur permet d’accéder à l’espace situé au 2ème étage. Il y a deux entrées. L’entrée située au 2100 Guy comporte une volée de marches. Pour un accès sans marche, utilisez l’entrée située au 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. Buzz #0205 pour passer les portes automatiques, puis prendre l’ascenseur jusqu’au deuxième étage. La porte de l’espace s’ouvre à l’aide d’un bouton automatique et pivote vers l’extérieur. Il y a un parking payant à côté de l’immeuble ; l’entrée se fait par la rue Guy.
This workshop provides a space to discuss tools for navigating the fog of information / misinformation / disinformation. Without proper and enough information we are left to our own devices and the resulting knowledge gathered can be “biased, distorted, partial, uninformed or down-right prejudiced”*.
Based on principles of dialogue across differences, this session aims to unpack reception and processing of information, ultimately aiming to provide clarity and empowerment. We take an anti-racist, intersectional and indigenous perspectives to lay out a number of connected tools that allow for hands-on understanding of frameworks such as critical thinking and knowing-being-doing, all grounded in the vital aspect of empathy: perspective-taking.
Accessibility: The space is wheelchair accessible. There is one gender neutral bathroom. This event will take place in English however questions and discussion in French are welcome. Children are welcome at this event. Wearing of masks is highly encouraged in the gallery at all times.
The workshop is offered by Rushdia Mehreen (she/they) who teaches Humanities at Vanier College and is a part-time faculty at Concordia University. Rushdia taught courses on dialogue across differences with an anti-oppression perspective using decolonial. critical pedagogy in the tradition of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed which has been an inspiration for this workshop. She is trained conflict mediator (restorative practices) and a scholar of non-violent communication (on the way to certification). Rushdia is an organizer and activist, engaged in social movements in Tiohtiake (montreal) for over a decade.
Cet atelier vise à discuter des outils permettant de naviguer dans le brouillard d’information / informations erronées / désinformation. Sans informations appropriées et suffisantes, nous sommes livrés à nous-mêmes et les connaissances qui en résultent peuvent être « biaisées, déformées, partielles, mal informée ou carrément préjudiciables »*.
Basée sur les principes du dialogue au-delà des différences, cette session vise à analyser la réception et le traitement de l’information, dans le but ultime d’apporter clarté et empowerment. Nous adoptons une perspective antiraciste, intersectionnelle et perspective autochtone pour présenter un certain nombre d’outils connectés qui permettent une compréhension tels que la pensée critique et le savoir-être-faire, tous avec un arrière-plan de l’aspect vital de l’empathie : prendre en compte les perspectives.
Accessibilité de l’évènement : L’espace est accessible au fauteuil roulant. Il y a une salle de bain non-genrée. Cet événement se déroulera en anglais, mais les questions et les discussions en français sont les bienvenues. Les enfants sont les bienvenus à cet événement. Le port du masque est fortement encouragé dans la galerie en tout temps.
Cet atelier est offert par Rushdia Mehreen (elle/iel) qui enseigne les sciences humaines au Collège Vanier et qui fait partie du corps professoral à temps partiel de l’Université Concordia. Rushdia a donné des cours sur le dialogue à travers les différences dans une perspective anti-oppression en utilisant une pédagogie décoloniale et critique dans la tradition de la Pédagogie des opprimés de Paulo Freire, qui a été une source d’inspiration pour cet atelier. Elle est formé en médiation de conflit (pratique restorative) et de spécialiste de la communication non violente (se chemine vers la certification). Rushdia est une organisatrice et une activiste, engagée dans les mouvements sociaux à Tiohtiake (Montréal) depuis plus d’une décennie.
*Paul, Richard and Elder, Linda. (2006). The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking: Concepts and tools. The Foundation for Critical Thinking. www.criticalthinking.org
Community sharing circle for Social Change & Solidarity students
When: Friday, November 10 12:30-2:30pm
Where: Dawson College
This is a space to share how we’ve been feeling amidst the ongoing situation in Palestine and Israel. We will work together to create a respectful, enabling and equitable space, where we can share our feelings and strive to inculcate an empathetic ear to hear each other in this moment.
Facilitation:
rushdia (she/they) teaches Humanities at Vanier College, prior to which she was a facilitator at Dawson’s New School. She is a member of Politics & Care network and a long time social justice activist and organiser.
Co-facilitated.
This circle was for Social Change & Solidarity students at Dawson.
Third and final part of the book reading and reflection to come. Likely late October.
The timing can’t be more apt. Amidst forest fires up north, smog and tornado in Montreal among other signs of intensifying climate crises the big oil companies in Canada continue to enjoy government subsidies and Canada remains highest per-capita contributor to GHG emissions (#).
Reading and reflecting on just transition, bringing in immense amount of Indigenous wisdom, could provide one of the missing ingredients in conversations on the recent signs of global warming that have started to show up at our own door.
We invite you to come together to read and think about the recently-published book, The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-called Canada co-authored by Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël Laforest, Crystal Lameman and Bronwen Tucker. The book sheds light on the collective responsibility paving way for climate justice.
We would love for you to join us!!
Our first meet-up will be on Thursday, July 27 from 6pm-7:30pm at QPIRG Concordia, to talk about the book’s Intro and Chapters 1-2 (up to page 62). But don’t be shy to join if you’ve only read some of it! Let us know if you plan to join us by sending an email at politics.and.therapy.are.one@gmail.com by July 24th.
Looking forward to thinking/raging/wondering/visioning with you and this text!
* Hosted by Sara and Rushdia, in collaboration with QPIRG Concordia and Politics & Care.
More info:
Politics & Care weaves links between collective wellbeing, care and politics. Formed in Tiohtiake (Montreal) during the 2012 student strike, we look at care as a political and collective issue. We hold collective discussions and facilitate workshops for activist groups, community organisations and more; We open spaces we can reflect on « how » we organize while taking into consideration power dynamics and such; spaces where we share stories, ideas and practices to create accountable, sustainable and thriving communities. https://politicsandcare.wordpress.com
# Breach Media: Emma Poling. « While Canadians choke on toxins, Big Oil hides behind smoke and mirrors »: Scientists say the oil industry should be held responsible for wildfire-causing emissions—and for deceptive communications, too. https://breachmedia.ca/2023-wildfire-smoke-canadian-oil-giants-deception
The concept of intersectionality is being co-opted at various levels and this discussion aims to unpack the situation and highlight implications at grassroots level as well in community sector and in formal spaces like academia and public policy.
As Sirma Bilge puts it, we’re seeing « a set of power relations within contemporary feminist academic debates [and in the community] on intersectionality that work to “depoliticizing intersectionality,” neutralizing the critical potential of intersectionality for social justice-oriented change. » in the article « Intersectionality Undone: Saving Intersectionality from Feminist Intersectionality Studies. »*
This discussion will be a space to bring our reflections and also ask the questions around the who, where, why of this phenomena. And of course, it’d be an occasion to brainstorm on how we can work towards asserting the importance of taking into consideration different interaction and overlap of marginalization both at community level as well as policy. Last but not least, we would discuss implication at the level of interpersonal understanding and discourse as it connects with anti-racism and decolonial approaches.
Discussion facilitated by Genevieve and Rushdia.
Please fill out this form to confirm your presence. The room number at Concordia University will be emailed around noon the day of the event: https://forms.gle/EmZZhK9f6vGD5iy56
This event is organized as an optional part of the class on Anti-racism, Intersectionality and Indigenous perspectives, discourse at the School of Community and Public Affairs, Concordia University.
We are pleased to offer “part 2” of the discussion circles we began facilitating this semester, as a collaboration between Anuska Martins (RespectWorks Advisor), Rushdia Mehreen (Faculty/Politics & Care), Karina Leonard (Strategic Plan Advisor) and Krista Riley (Pedagogical Counsellor).
In this busy final stretch of the semester, we are inviting you to join us in cultivating time and space to connect with others about how we are doing, and how we are dealing with the challenges we face. This guided discussion will encourage us to collectively pause and check-in, with ourselves and each other, as well as to explore possibilities for exercising different forms of care in work or life contexts.
We aim to create an intentional and safer space that invites empathetic listening and considers the wide range of different experiences people will bring to it and allows for empowerment of everyone present.
When and Where:
Monday April 24th 2023 from 10am-11:30am (in-person)
Thursday April 27th 2023 from 3:00pm-4:30pm (online)
To register: To sign up, please complete the online registration form by no later than noon on Friday April 21st 2023. Please only register for one of the two sessions. To facilitate enough space for collective sharing, registration for each session is limited. We hope to cultivate more of these spaces from here.
For Whom: These discussion circles are organized for Vanier College community members
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In the hustle and bustle of our daily work/life responsibilities, folks often crave time and space to connect with others about how we are doing, as well as how we are dealing with the challenges we face (from work-related realities to systemic issues such as those associated with bill 96, the pandemic, upheaval in the world, and so on).
As such, we are inviting you to join us in cultivating a space for empathetic listening and exchange. This guided discussion will encourage us to collectively pause and check-in, with ourselves and each other, to prioritize care in our daily lives.
We thought it would be nice to start this new calendar year with an exploration of intentions on exercising different forms of care in work or life contexts, and resources we can access for support when facing challenges.
We aim to create an intentional and safer space that considers the wide range of different experiences people will bring to it and allows for empowerment of everyone present.
Where: In person and online
When: Wednesday February 1st 2023 from 12pm-1:30pm (in-person)
Thursday February 2nd 2023 from 12:00pm-1:30pm (online)
To register: To sign up, please complete the online registration form by no later than noon on Tuesday January 31st 2023. Please only register for one of the two sessions. To facilitate enough space for collective sharing, registration for each session is limited. We hope to cultivate more of these spaces in the months to follow.
For Whom: These discussion circles are organized for Vanier College community members.
The End of This World: Climate Justice in So-called Canada 
Politics & Care 