TRUST WOMEN: CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Thursday January 28th
Courtside Lounge, The Tower,
920 Tower Road, Halifax
Saint Mary’s University
9:00 – 9:25 Welcome
Jane Kirby, Camaro West
Saint Mary’s University Women’s Centre
Opening Ceremonies – Catherine Martin
9:25 – 10:10
Reproductive Justice
Jessica Yee, Native Youth Sexual Heath Network
Akwesasne First Nation
10:10 – 10:40
Abortion Access in Atlantic Canada
Allison Brewer, Former Staff Morgentaler Clinic
New Brunswick
10:40 – 10:55 Break
10:55 – 12:20
Film Screening and Discussion
Angie Young,The Coat Hanger Project
Washington D.C.
12:20 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:50
Abortion and Human Rights Claims in Ireland and Northern Ireland: Accessing the European Court of Human Rights
Dr. Katherine Side, Head, Department of Women Studies
Memorial University of Newfoundland
1:50 – 2:45
Examining Access, Analyzing Experiences and Deconstructing Myths Around Abortion in Canada
Jessica Shaw, Canadians for Choice
Ottawa, ON
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:00
Reproductive Justice, Human Rights, and Abortion
Loretta Ross, SisterSong Women of Colour Reproductive Healthcare Collective,
Atlanta, Georgia
4:00 – 4:45
Much More than Abortion: The Big Tent of Reproductive Justice
Joyce Arthur, Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
Vancouver, B.C.
4:45 – 5:00 Closing
5:15 – 6:15 Dinner
7:00 – 9:45Â Free Evening Event McNally Theatre, SMU
Opening Ceremonies – Catherine Martin, El Jones
Keynote Speakers – Jessica Yee, Joyce Arthur, Loretta Ross
10:00 – 11:30 – Choice Monologues, Film Screening and Discussion
Jessica Shaw, Canadians for Choice
Friday January 29th
9:30AM – 11:30PM -Â Breakfast Social
