Social Inc is hosting a Wednesday Film Recommendation.
All Mohawk College students can access this film for free through YouTube.
This week:
"Sexual Assault Awareness Month"
"Content warning: This video includes discussions around gender-based violence and its intersections with oppression, colonization, homophobia and transphobia. Viewers are encouraged to practice discretion and self care.
EDI Talks is a monthly series of informal discussions aimed at raising awareness about equity-deserving topics. This is an open, informal, safe space for folks to share their stories within the framework of creating a more inclusive space within the Fanshawe community.
May is recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. In this episode of EDI Talks, Troy Townsend (she/her), Fanshawe's anti-racism and inclusion specialist, welcomes Leah Marshall, Fanshawe's sexual violence prevention advisor and Chris Hannah, Indigenous strategic learning guide in Fanshawe's Institute of Indigenous Learning to discuss gender-based violence."
Sensitive Content Warning: This film has content that may be sensitive and triggering. Viewer discretion advised.
Watch "Sexual Assault Awareness Month" here.
Featured Book
"The Sun and her Flowers" by Rupi Kaur
"From Rupi Kaur, author of milk and honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. A vibrant and transcendent journey about growth and healing. Ancestry and honoring one's roots. Expatriation and rising up to find a home within yourself. Divided into five chapters and illustrated by Kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms. rupi kaur is the author and illustrator of two collections of poetry. She started drawing at the age of five when her mother handed her a paintbrush and said - draw your heart out. rupi views her life as an exploration of that artistic journey. After completing her degree in rhetoric studies she published her first collection of poems. She continues to explore a variety of themes ranging from love. loss. trauma. healing. femininity. migration. revolution.”
Available through the Library catalogue.