Events

Join the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) for a very special Film Festival that brings the work and impact of Canadian global health efforts to life on screen. Following the CanWaCH Annual General Meeting, join us for an evening of casual dining and networking featuring compelling video shorts that showcase Canadian leadership

What is the difference between working in development and working in solidarity? Are they compatible? What can we learn from a long-term engagement with such questions? In Dr. Lori Hanson’s personal, professional and political trajectory of solidarity with Nicaragua she has worked in multilateral, governmental and non-governmental projects, in academic and community driven spaces, and

The 2018 Baptista Lecture commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean with a talk by performance studies scholar Diana Taylor. The lecture will be preceded by a panel highlighting CERLAC’s record in supporting activism in the region over the past 40 years, with a particular focus on

To celebrate Cities for Life Amnesty International University of Toronto chapter and Amnesty International Toronto Film Team invite you to the screening of THE PENALTY. Where: Imagine Cinemas – Carlton Cinemas, Toronto When: Friday, November 30, 2018 at 7pm (doors open 6:30pm) Cost: This is a free event! Q&A after the screening with Human Rights

Join us for a book launch, reading and discussion, with Matt Hern and Shiri Pasternak. Matt Hern is a community organizer, independent scholar, writer and activist based in East Vancouver, British Columbia, who is known for his work in radical urbanism, community development, ecology, and alternative forms of education. Shiri Pasternak is Assistant Professor in

Over five years, acclaimed filmmaker Andrea Dorfman follows the heartbreaking yet uplifting story of the girls of Meru and their brave steps toward meaningful equality for girls worldwide. In Kenya, one in three girls will experience sexual violence before age 18, yet police investigations are the exception. In The Girls of Meru, a multinational team

Come show your support for courageous human rights defenders from Colombia! In May 2017, community leaders organized a city-wide strike in the Colombian port of Buenaventura, after unsuccessful efforts to press authorities to address an acute social and human rights crisis. Dozens were wounded by security forces during the strike and since then paramilitary forces

We invite you to a thought provoking event with Amnesty International’s Craig Benjamin, Sara Mainville, partner at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP and Sarah Cox, author of Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand Against Big Hydro. Presented by: Amnesty International Book Club and University of British Columbia Press WHEN: Monday, November