5 Days of Action
is an opportunity for the community to come together in our shared commitment to create a more diverse, inclusive and equitable campus and community. Organized around five 鈥渃alls to action,鈥� this is a week for us to listen, reflect, dialogue, engage, and take action.听Working to address systemic forms of racism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, ableism, and religious intolerance, alongside other forms of oppression, can require vulnerability and difficult conversations. By centering care in all stages of planning and delivery, we strive to create opportunities for all campus community members to be part of Five Days of Action.
Dr. Shaheen Shariff, James 黑料不打烊 Professor and Director of iMPACTS, is participating in a panel, titled "Artful Action: Art for Addressing and Preventing Sexualized Violence."听The panel is also part of a participatory art exhibition at UVic鈥檚 A. Wilfrid Johns Gallery, entitled playing WITH 鈥� playing OUT. With this exhibition, Natasha S. Reid (Assistant Professor, Art Education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction) and Caroline Boileau (Multidisciplinary Artist, Curator, and Art Educator) are exploring how participatory artistic methods can situate a university gallery space as a creative laboratory for engaging with and encouraging consent-based culture. This panel will explore how art and art spaces can be effective sites for addressing and preventing sexualized violence.
In addition to Dr. Shariff, the panel will include听Caroline Boileau, Multidisciplinary Artist, Curator, and Art Educator;听Reem Girgrah, Sexualized Violence Prevention and Education Officer, UVic鈥檚 Office of Equity and Human Rights;听Niko Mumford, Education Coordinator, UVic鈥檚 Anti-Violence Project; and听Natasha S. Reid, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction.听
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