Yoga Day for Human Rights

All Saints Anglican Church Sandy Hill, 317 Chapel St 

April 28, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm  

Amnesty International’s Yoga Day in Ottawa promises to be an uplifting and inspiring day, with yoga instructors from across Ottawa leading participants through a variety of yoga styles to help build a world in which everyone’s human rights are protected.   

The public is invited to register for classes of any duration during the marathon, as well as the kirtan and dinner with special guest and celebrity yogi, Wade Imre Morisette, joined by Ottawa's own Tara Porter and the Bhakti Connection.   

Postcard actions will also be available for signing and sent to the Iranian government following the event.   

Nationwide, communities will roll out yoga mats on April 28 to inspire change and ignite awareness for women worldwide.  Will you?   

$25 per class.  

$150 for all 9 classes.  

$175 for a whole day pass (9 classes, including dinner and kirtan).  

$45 for dinner and kirtan.   

For more information - check out our full schedule & register today!!

Each statistic tells a story - Aboriginal doll making

International Women’s Day

March 8, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Odawa Native Friendship Centre, 12 Stirling Avenue Ottawa, ON K1Y 1P8

The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) invites you to attend

“Each statistic tells a story” 

Aboriginal doll making workshop

open to the public

All workshop materials are provided.

Please register with Stephanie or call 613-722-3033, ext. 234 

Two workshops to choose from:

• 11:00-12 PM (lunch to follow) OR

• 5:30-6:30 PM (dinner to follow)

NWAC is also hosting a workshop on March 6 aimed specifically at secondary students.

This workshop was developed by artist Gloria Larocque, creator of the Aboriginal Angel Doll Project, a collection of one hundred faceless dolls highlighting society's neglect of Aboriginal women.

The dolls will be used to create a traveling art exhibit in memory of the more than 600 missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. 

We remember that a beautiful Aboriginal woman is represented by every number shared, that each statistic tells a story.

30 Days of Justice 2011

September 5 - October 4 

Organized by Families of Sisters in Spirit (FSIS) and our allies, ‘30 Days of Justice’ 

brings together families of missing and murdered Aboriginal women, grassroots Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women and men, and the wider Ottawa community.

We will raise critical awareness, support Aboriginal families affected by violence, and demand justice and accountability in the disappearances and murders of more than 

600 Aboriginal women and girls in Canada in recent decades.

Families of Sisters in Spirit is a volunteer, grassroots, non-profit organization led by families of missing and murdered Aboriginal women based in Ottawa, Ontario, unceded Algonquin territory.

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FAREWELL STREET PARTY -- WW 2011

Tabaret Lawn, University of Ottawa

550 Cumberland St

Ottawa, ON

Thursday, July 7 · 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Time to let loose! To close out our experience together at Women's Worlds 2011, join this celebration of global feminism with music, street performers, henna artists, body painters, and lots of dancing. 

Feed your body and soul with a delicious offering of refreshments and entertainment.

FREE! BRING FRIENDS.

Maja Bee will host this energizing line-up:

Eternia

DJ Ruby Jane

Ottawa Stilt Union

Luv2Groove

No Shit Shirleys

Ecstatic Dance with the Niyamah Collective

Indigenous Feminisms ROCK!

The Aboriginal Women's Leadership Circle at Women's Worlds 2011 is proud to present 

Indigenous Feminisms ROCK!

Monday, July 4 · 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Alumni Auditorium, University of Ottawa, Jock Turcot University Centre, Main Floor

85 University Private

Event is free, venue is wheelchair accessible.

Featuring art installations from the REDress Project, and selected pieces from 

Feminist Métis Erin Konsmo, the evening will also feature presentations from 

the grand prize winners of the Young Aboriginal Women's Creative Essay Contest. 

There will be an interactive talk with host Jessica Yee, Executive Director of 

the Native Youth Sexual Health Network with special guests:

Qwo-Li Driskill 

Andrea Smith 

Lee Maracle, Sto:lo - award-winning author, playwright, teacher, and artist

We will then end the evening with a musical performance from Alida Kinnie Starr, 

Mixed Blood Mohawk, who is a producer/rapper/poet/singer. 

She is inspired by genuine human contact, difficult conversations, rhythm, hip hop, 

and the tension between old school and new school ways of thinking.

Queer Indigenous Studies

Monday, July 4 · 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Venus Envy, 320 Lisgar Street, Ottawa, Ontario

Join us for the Ottawa launch of Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Chris Finley, Brian Joseph Gilley, and Scott Lauria Morgensen.

Co-sponsored by the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, all royalties from the sale of this book go to the Indigenous Women's Network and the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center. Proceeds from in-house sales also support Venus Envy. 

Venue is wheelchair accessible. 

Featuring a roundtable discussion with:

Andrea Smith, co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence

Qwo-Li Driskill, a Cherokee Two-Spirit and Queer activist, writer, and performer. 

S/he is the author of Walking with Ghosts: Poems, and the co-editor of Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature and the forthcoming anthology, Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature. 

Scott Morgensen is a white critic of racism and settler colonialism, and is committed to alliance work with queer Indigenous people and their nations. His book Spaces Between Us: Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization will appear in Fall 2011.