The Centre for Refugee Studies at York University presents:

"Refugees and Human Smuggling: The Case of Sri Lanka"

Speakers:

Sharry Aiken, Faculty of Law, Queen's University; Jennifer Hyndman, Centre for Refugee Studies & Social Science Dept., York University; Kubes Navaratnam, Canadian Tamil Congress; Craig Scott, Osgoode Hall Law School & Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice and Susan McGrath, Director, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University (moderator)

Registration will open at 1:30 p.m.

For campus map and transit directions, see:

http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/maps/keele.htm

For more information, contact Michelle Millard, Centre for Refugee Studies:

mmillard@yorku.ca

Juan “Accidentes” Dominguez is on his biggest case ever. On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers he is tackling Dole Food in a ground-breaking legal battle for their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility. Can he beat the giant, or will the corporation get away with it?

Remembering Inninimowin is a two-year long documentary film project on the personal journey of a Cree woman, Jules Arita Koostachin, the documentarist, as she starts to remember her first language, Inninimowin (Cree).

The body of work is a film-based documentary that follows the process of remembering in both an urban and rural context. The work addresses the impacts of genocide on the Inninuwak, who have been systematically severed from their ancient language, Inninimowin.

Presented by the Krittibas Literary Group of Toronto (Founder director: Asoke Chakravarty) as part of the Festival of Poetry of Resistance. The Krittibas Literary Group is also celebrating an anniversary year -- its fifth year of presenting in Toronto.

Rabindranath Tagore: 150th Anniversary Poetry, Songs, Music and Discussion Presenter: Bharati Chakravarty Tribal Insurgency and Anti-globalization Presenter: Rana Bose: Slide show and discussion on aboriginal / tribal resistance on different continents Open forum for discussion on resistance. Additional Poetry & Music Participants: Ehab Lotayef, Rana Bose, Susan Wolf, Rachel Mcabe, Gandhar, Daren, Soma Srivastava, Radhakanto Sarkar, Jose Gonzalez, Bharati Chakravarty, Lisa Foster, Asad Ismi, Allison Hedge Coke.