Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: : Student Union Building (SUB)
Join UFV and the FSA to celebrate the achievements of women and take action to accelerate gender parity.
Tues, Mar 8
4–6 pm
Student Union Building, Abbotsford campus
The Opening Space event is a celebration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday March 8 from 4:00-6:00pm in the Great Hall, Student Union Building (Building S) .
Everyone from within and outside the UFV community is welcome to attend this event and to share their personal experiences in relation to gender justice and equity. The event will offer a melange of interactive exhibits, art and experiential pieces, sharing stories through song, dance, poetry and the spoken word.
We encourage everyone to wear purple on Tuesday, March 8 as a sign of solidarity with women around the world, as it is the colour associated with advocacy campaigns to end violence against women.
(Note that some parts of the schedule, including the order of speakers, are still tentative.)
The event will start at 4:00 pm with workshops and interactive displays, including:
- Oxfam sculpture workshop
- UFV Latin American Club Tree Thoughts
- Various interactive art exhibits and video displays
At 5:00 pm, we will begin formal presentations. Each presenter will have 5 minutes to share their talk, poem, story, dance, or song. The order of presenters is:
- Elder Theresa Neel – Welcome from the Stó:lō Nation
- Chancellor Gwen Point
- Prabhjot Parmar
- Miriam Palacios – OXFAM
- Mehak Makkar
- Lucy Lee
- Rebekah Brackett
- Kusum Soni
- Kyle Stamm
- Satwinder Bains
- Teresa Piper – FSA/MOLA
Partners in and coordinators of the event include:
- FSA – Status of Women Representative
- UFV International
- Stó:lō Nation
- Centre for Indo Canadian Studies
- UFV Oxfam
- Global Development Studies Club
- UFV Latin Club
- Friends Without Borders (FWB)
- UFV Feminist Initiative
- MOLA
- UFV Library
- Fashion Design department
- FPSE
Event Location : Student Union Building (SUB)
International Women’s Day
Date(s): Tuesday, March 8Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Event Categories
- *_UFV Events
- Centre for Indo Canadian Studies
- Faculty and Staff Association FSA
- Fine Arts
- Indigenous Student Centre
- International
- Library
- Modern Languages
- Theatre