In honour of the Girls Action Foundation National Day of Action, Antidote in collaboration with the Students of Colour Collective would like to invite all self-identified Indigenous girls and women/womyn of colour, to explore the use of art in resistance narratives. Conversation Panel on Resistance in Art Medias with: Janet Rogers, Chandra Melting Tallow, Sindy…
Antidote is hosting an Intergenerational Theatre Workshop: Part 2 with director, actor and theatre teacher Lina de Guevara! Born in Chile, Lina already had a full theatrical career in 1976 when she moved to Canada. Her personal experience with exile and immigration made her see theatre with new eyes, as an essential instrument for social…
We are having an Intergenerational Event focusing on Theatre with our facilitator and antidote board member Lina de Guevara. Where: Victoria West Community Centre, 521 Craigflower Road When: Saturday January 12, 2012 from 2 to 5PM Cost: $5 at the door Who: Everyone! This is an invitation to try out the many wonderful and varied…
Photos from Word to the Mutha are up! (But you already knew that if you like us on Facebook, right? https://www.facebook.com/antidotenetwork) Thank you to everyone who made it such an amazing event! Audrey YapAudrey is a logician, feminist, martial artist, knitter, and rock climber (in no particular order) happily living on a large Canadian island…
Antidote is hosting our first ever Spoken Word and Hip Hop feminist showcase at the Solstice Café on Thursday, December 6th, 2012. Doors open at 7:30pm and the event will run from 8-10pm. You can find it on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/136131139872123/ This event is inspired and co-organized by our Girls Leadership Team. We are bringing together a crew of…
a continuation of Part 1 and Part 2. Why should people care? There is too much at risk for people not to care about these silences and erasures. When racism and sexism might be salient to deaths and violence against women and girls, we need to know. This crucial information helps us make sense of…
a continuation of Part 1. When I learned that Amanda was mixed race and was harassed because of her “difference” from peers, I was transported back to Reena Virk’s death some fifteen years earlier. Then too, Reena’s racial and ethnic background was barely noted in the media despite her obvious South Asian ethnic background, and…
By Jo-Anne Lee, in collaboration with Sabina Chatterjee. Dear antidote members and friends, By now, you have probably heard about Amanda Todd’s suicide. On behalf of antidote, I wish to offer our deepest sympathy to her family and friends. The premature death of a child is something that no parent or family should ever experience. Amanda Todd was a beautiful girl who…
Date & Time: Sunday, Nov 25th from 5-6pm Place: Victoria West Community Centre – 521 Craigflower Road Everyone is welcome! Amanda Todd … Reena Virk … Kimberly Proctor … Marnie Frey … Georgina Pepin Hundreds of Indigenous Women Missing and Murdered in Downtown East Side and on the Highway of Tears and throughout Canada. Sharing will take…
Take Home TCM: Diet Therapy 101 Facilitator: Christina Chan Date: Saturday November 3rd, 2012 Time: 2:30-4pm Location: Victoria West Community Centre Coffee is hot and bitter in nature, while green tea is cold and bitter in nature. Learn about the inherent nature of the food you eat and how to eat for your unique constitution….
Antidote Board of Directors welcomes Sabina Chatterjee, Organizational Coordinator! We are pleased to introduce antidote’s newest staff member, Sabina Chatterjee, social justice activist, and community development organizer. Sabina has a strong commitment to building communities that are compassionate and caring and believes that supporting and nurturing multiracial and Indigenous girls and women is a key…
What: Intergenerational Theatre Workshop. When: Date has been postponed and TBA Location: Victoria West Community Centre Facilitator: Lina DeGuevera http://linadeguevara.ca/works/plays/as-director/ This is an invitation to try out the many wonderful and varied aspects of theatre: games, body work, non-verbal communication, voice, story telling, creation of images, dialogue, movement, use of props and costumes, masks, and more! Everyone is welcome. This will be a…