March 16th @ 7pm
Vagina Monologues
Location: Robertson Hall Folk Art Centre, 85 Church St.
               St. Catharines

The Vagina Monologues is a series of solo and group monologue performances by women that address a variety of women’s social issues such as rape, pregnancy, female genital mutilation, menstruation and much more.

Support women from the Brock University and wider Niagara …community as they celebration voice, strength, and public education on March 16th at Robertson Hall!

Proceeds: Niagara Region Sexual Assault Center & Mama Si Mama

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased here:
- Brock University OPIRG office. Tue-Fri from 10-4pm
-OPIRG InfoShop, 21 King St. Mon-Wed from 2-8pm

Upcoming art show at the OPIRG InfoShop
Reception 4pm @ 21 King St.

All are welcome!

come out to this great event!

Feb 28th @8pm
OPIRG InfoShop, 21 King St.

Join OPIRG for their regular Tuesday night documentary screening!
This week:Vintage Doc Night: Anarchism in America

From 1983, this overview of anarchism in America attempts to dispel popular misconceptions and trace the historical development of the movement. The film features rare archival footage and interviews with significant personalities in anarchist history including Murray Boochkin and Karl Hess, and also discusses the influence of Emma Goldman.
(Duration: 74 minutes)

Everyone is welcome. Documentary nights are FREE. Vegan donuts and pizza will be sold!

Reading Week Schedule

OPIRG staff are off during next weeks reading week which means some of our regular programming is going on hiatus as well.

STILL RUNNING:

Monday: Creative Music Making class is still running, come on out and make some noise in this collaborative creative adventure!
Class starts at 7pm
No experience necessary
If you have instruments or any sort of noise maker, feel free to bring it along!

Location: OPIRG InfoShop, 21 King St.

Documentary Night
Join us Tuesday at 8pm in the OPIRG InfoShop at 21 King St.

OFF:
Knitting Freeschool will be off this week. Join us  Feb 27th!

Nicole and Patrick knitting at OPIRG’s Knitting Freeskool
Mondays 5-7pm
OPIRG InfoShop, 21 King St.

Equity, Engagement, Teaching and Learning Conference,9am
Brock University,Pond Inlet

Equity, Engagement, Teaching and Learning Conference: Building Sustainable Networks
Developing equitable institutions is a complex endeavor and individuals doing this work face multiple challenges. This conference will provide opportunities for educators, students, and academics to engage in dialogues with leading researchers, practitioners and advocates about effective approaches to equity and engagement and how to build sustainable social justice


Keynote Speakers
Dr. Heidi Mirza - University of London, UK
Equity, engagement and education: The intersection of race, class and gender in Britain
9:00 am – 9:45 am

Dr. Gerardo Lopez - Loyola Institute for Quality and Equity in Education, US The politics of immigration in the US: Denying equity and engagement in a changing socioeconomic landscape
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm

Dr. Ali A. Abdi - University of Alberta, Canada Brock Faculty of Education Distinguished Speaker Social justice and educational equity: Canadian teachers engaging African immigrant and refugee students
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

For more information and/or registration, please email Associate Professor Denise Armstrong at: equityconference@brocku.ca

Wed Feb 15, Brock University

Great event at Brock tomorrow: “Personal Troubles, Public Issues: Rethinking the Personal-Work Connection” - A Talk by Dr. June Corman and Dr. Ann Duffy

Wednesday; February 15, 2012; 10 am - 12 pm
Room 427, Department of Sociology, Academic South 

 RSVP: As breakfast and brunch items will be provided, we’d greatly appreciate your RSVP. Please write to Lauren at lcorman@brocku.ca to confirm. Thank you!

InfoShop Sessions: A great night of collaborative music making at OPIRG’s Creative Music Making Freeskool class!

Latest drop from the InfoShop Sessions: Jaimie Godard

Monday Night OPIRG’s Creative Music Making class
7-9pm

No experience necessary , just bring yo’ self!

Confessions of an Undercover Cop
Feb 7th
8pm
OPIRG InfoShop, 21 King St.

The inside story of Mark Kennedy, the police officer who lived a remarkable double life deep undercover as an environmental campaigner.

Feb 24
2-8pm
OPIRG InfoShop, 21 King St.

Description

Do you have a pile of unwanted books at home?

Bring your gently used books to the InfoShop, pick up some new-to-you good reads, visit with other community members and attend a fun event – all in the convenience in your own neighborhood!

$2 donations will be accepted at the door for our ongoing “Support The InfoShop” campaign.

Occupy Brock Today, students and community members from Brock University St Catharines participated in the National Day of Action organized by the Canadian Federation of Students. Through marches, sit ins, flyer distribuitions and on social media, students all across Canada promoted the idea of Education being a Right!