LEAF arguments accepted by majority of Supreme Court of Canada
May 27, 2011, Toronto -- The Supreme Court of Canada rendered its decision today in the case of R. v. J.A., a case in which an accused charged with the sexual assault of his unconscious common-law spouse argued that the complainant had consented to the sex in advance. LEAF intervened in the appeal to argue that there can be no such thing as advance consent to unconscious sex. Consent must always be active, voluntary, ongoing and contemporaneous with the sexual act. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada agreed.
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No consent to sex when a woman is unconscious
Eroticizing safer sex
This two hour sex positive workshop covers how to make safer sex a little more fun (and therefore more likely to happen). Make sure that there's lots of safer sex barriers to show off before people get too excited. This workshop includes:
Sex positive definitions
What is consent
Creating safe space
Condom banana ice breaker
A full agenda
Sexy role play scripts for participants
The Voices and Faces Project
May 26 2010 - 7:00pm
May 26 2010 - 9:30pm
Location
The Spectator Auditorium
44 Frid Street Free parking
Hamilton L8P 4M3Canada
Phone:
905.525.4573 x231
Fax:
905.525.7085
43° 15' 34.8156" N, 79° 53' 32.7768" W
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The Voices and Faces Project
Contact name:
Erin Crickett
Contact email:
Media myths on Iran
Jan 27 2010 - 6:30pm
Jan 27 2010 - 8:30pm
Location
McMaster University, Chester New Hall Room 607
1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON Canada
Phone:
(905)-383-7693
43° 15' 28.7712" N, 79° 54' 50.6592" W
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Join author and activist Phil Wilayto for his special talk on “Media Myths on Iran.” Wilayto, who has lectured extensively in the United States on the topic of U.S.-Iran relations, and is a member of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran [CASMII], will present in Hamilton on pernicious myths promoted by the North American media about Iran—myths intended to build consent for an attack on Iran in the same vein as Iraq.
Contact name:
Jessica Whitehead
Contact email:
