Disability, Racism, and Work in Canada: Black and Filipina women's experiences of exploitation and resistance

Disability, Racism, and Work in Canada: Black and Filipina women's experiences of exploitation and resistance
Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location

Vari Hall, Room 1156, York University Toronto, ON
Canada
Phone: 416-978-8201
43° 39' 11.6136" N, 79° 22' 59.4624" W

 

 

Transnational Narratives of Disability Speaker Series presents:

 

Disability, Racism, and Work in Canada: 

Black and Filipina women’s experiences of exploitation and resistance

 

Wednesday, July 25, 5-7 pm

Vari Hall, Room 1156

York University

 

Featuring

 

Joy Sioson, Chairperson, Philippine Women’s Centre of Ontario

Roberta Timothy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Rachel Gorman, Assistant Professor, York U. Critical Disability Studies

 

Please join us for a panel presentation and discussion of:

Anti-Black racism and disability

Migrant labour programs and exploitation

Disablement in caregiving and shelter work

Exclusion of disabled children by CIC

 

For more information contact Rachel Gorman:

gorman @ yorku dot ca

 

Graduate Program in Critical Disability Studies, York University

In partnership with

Philippine Women's Centre of Ontario

The Centre for Women and Trans People at the University of Toronto

 

Transit directions and campus map available at:

http://www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/map/keele_map.html

 

This event is wheelchair accessible.