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“The Vagina Monologues”
Thursday, February 12th, 2009VDay McGill Presents “The Vagina Monologues”
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 13, 14 and 15
Location: Leacock 132, Leacock Building, McGill University, 855 Sherbrooke E.
Doors Open: 7:30 pm, Show Begins: 8:00 pm
Tickets are $13 for Students and $15 for non-students. Tickets are available for reservation by emailing: tickets.vdaymcgill@gmail.com or for purchase at AUS Snax in the Leacock building.
Proceeds go to Montreal charities helping to stop gender-based violence.
“The Vagina Monologues” is a testimonial of women’s experiences on their journey through sexual discovery. These women share their most intimate desires and fears in a backdrop of humor, heartbreak and sometimes violence. Monologues like “If your vagina could talk,” “Because he liked to look at it,” and “Vagina Workshop” among others, have touched the lives of many women as they embrace their sexuality - becoming an international feminist phenomenon since 1998.
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Closing the Gap: Global Health Equity and the Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Monday, January 19th, 2009affiche_anglais
A talk by Professor Sir Michael Marmot
Thursday February 5, Noon to 1:30 pm
Auditorium Le Plateau
3700 Calixa-Lavallée (access by Sherbrooke St.)
(in the Le Plateau School behind the Direction de santé publique (DSP) de Montréal in Parc Lafontaine)
There is no charge for attendance but registration in advance is mandatory.
To register, please send your name and institutional affiliation to: itherien@santepub-mtl.qc.ca
In developing strategies for tackling health inequalities we need to confront the social gradient in health not just the difference between the worst off and everybody else. There is clear evidence when we look across countries that national policies make a difference. But policies must not be confined to the health care system, they need to address the conditions in which people grow, live and work. The evidence shows that economic circumstances are important but are not the only drivers of health inequalities. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health has brought together evidence to show that policy action to improve the conditions in which people lead their lives is the route to health equity.
RAFAEL CAMPO What the Body Told: Poetry and HIV
Saturday, January 17th, 2009RAFAEL CAMPO
What the Body Told: Poetry and HIV
Thursday, January 22nd 2009
1455 de Maisonneuve W. H-110 6 pm
Rafael Campo is a Prizewinning Cuban-American poet and renowned physician from Boston. Dr. Campo’s poetry has won many awards such as the National Poetry Series Award, the Lambda Literary Award for poetry, the gold medal in poetry from ForeWord Magazine and has also appeared in many major anthologies. His work as a physician at Harvard Medical School, which serves mostly Latinos, gay/lesbian/bisexual/
transgendered people, and people with HIV infection, greatly influences his poetry. His lecture will highlight how his creative process as a writer brings together his medical vocation, his composite identities and the realities of the body. A recipient of an honorary doctorate from Amherst College, Dr. Campo’s poetry has appeared in magazines as diverse as The New York Times Magazine and Out.
Reponse by Dr. Stephen Snow, Chair Creative Arts Therapies Department, Faculty of Fine Arts.
Special greetings by Dr. Judith Woodsworth, President of Concordia University.
Visit http://www.rafaelcampo.com/ and aids.concordia.ca for more information.
These events are FREE and open to the general public.
