TRACX 2017 – What’s Left? Confronting the Alt Right
This year’s symposium is titled “What’s Left? Coalition-Building and Countering the Alt-Right” and will be co-hosted by the Toronto Research and Action Community Exchange collective along with Opirg Toronto and SBA Centre. The symposium portion is organized to showcase research with a community organizing focus from students, non-students and community groups. We want to problematize and challenge perspectives on research, and build networks between socially-conscious students and grassroots community organizations to develop research proposals led by the community group’s needs and priorities. We hope you can join us in helping facilitate this process as we focus on how we resist fascism, racism and oppression in our relationships, in our workplaces, and in the institutions and systems that govern our daily lives.
ACCESSIBILITY
ASL, TTC Tokens, childminding lunch provided and gender neutral accessible washrooms available
Schedule and Location:
Sept 30 Day 1: OISE Library
11am – 1pm
Lspirg Waterloo: Fascism and the Rise of the Alt-Right; Organizing Tactics with LSPIRG
https://www.facebook.com/events/482135165497955/
1pm – 2pm Lunch + Social
2:15pm – 3:45pm Feminist Perspectives on Resisting Infiltration: Building a Strong Security Culture by Building Strong Relationships MISN: Mining Injustice Solidarity Network
https://www.facebook.com/events/557362997988343/
15min Break
4pm – 6pm Countering Transphobia at the University of Toronto
https://www.facebook.com/events/1961287477421614/
Oct 1 Day 2: 11am – 3pm OISE Library – 3pm – 7pm OISE Room 2214
11am – 12:30pm “Migrant Justice, Canadian Liberalism, and the Rise of Fascism” hosted by No One Is Illegal | Personne n’est illégal | Nadie es ilegal / No One Is Illegal – Toronto
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch + Social
1:30pm – 3pm Tkaronto Organizing Committee: “Bearing Witness” – Inside the Detention Review, A TOC intervention
3pm – 5pm The Anti-fascists – Film Launch and Panel
(Please note that this session will be held in OISE 2214)
https://www.facebook.com/events/367656610336080/
5pm – 6pm Closing Social
Saturday and Sunday OISE Room 2205 Quiet Space and Community Fair
Hashtags: #tracx2017 #whatsleft
For inquiries around accessibility, schedules, how to propose a session and how to get involved (volunteer or join the organizing committee) email TorontoResearchActionCommunityeXchange(at)outlook.com
Sponsored / Endorsed by:
APUS – Association of Part-Time Undergraduate Students
Arts and Science Students’ Union
CUPE 3903
CUPE Local 3907
OISE Graduate Students’ Association
Opirg Toronto
Opirg York
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)
PM Press
SBA Centre
York University Faculty Association
Students for Barrier-Free Access 