This session is a one-hour discussion between three people who are involved in various aspects of the movement against colonial, gender-based, and sexual violence in Canada and beyond. They are excited to share with others about how the work of centering care is integral to all forms of social and environmental justice as care is the antithesis of colonialism and capitalism. Rather than a panel or presentation, this is an opportunity for these experienced activists and organisers to talk about the ways that they engage in anti-violence movements in survivor- and healing-cenetered ways that enliven the communities of care we are trying to build. After discussion, all participants will engage in reflective activities and discussion to better understand how we can all grow care in our work.

Connor Spencer: is a white organizer interested in building and participating in communities, and solidarities between anti-violence, anti-capitalist, and justice movements across Turtle Island. Chair of Students for Consent Culture Canada (SFCC) from 2018 to 2020, and having gone through the experience that was a BA at McGill, she is intensely interested in holding institutions accountable for the violence and power structures that they perpetuate and uphold, and building spaces to dream and create new worlds. She currently lives, or ganizes, and works as a national strike and mobilization officer in the national labour movement and as a SFCC Board of Directors member on unceded Algonquin territory.

Chantelle Spicer (she/they) has a master’s degree from Simon Fraser University and is the current Co-Chair of Students for Consent Culture Canada. As a person of Mizrahi Jewish and Mi’kmaq ancestry on the stolen lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Səl̓ílwətaʔ, Skwxwú7mesh nations, their commitments in activism lie in accountability, care in and between social movements, and Indigenous sovereignties and futures.

Tiara Cash (she/her) Tiara Cash (she/her) is a Queer Black American woman with Indigenous heritage in the Chahta nation. She is a graduate student at Simon Fraser University and certified Koru Mindfulness Instructor with a 20 year personal practice of mindfulness and meditation. As a practitioner for the last six years, she has worked in various settings including higher education, athletics, and the non-profit sector. Her research and career focuses include delving into the intersections of mindfulness in marginalized and unrepresented populations, and life transitions.

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