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 – 9:45  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 -  Breakfast Social


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