2020 Equality Breakfast
Event Information
Description
The best event this side of noon!
This year, we invite you to start your International Women's Day week off by helping us kick off our 35th birthday celebrations and raise much needed funds for our ongoing work. We have some special birthday programming in store!
**Doors open at 6:30 a.m.**
Keynote speaker: Sandy Hudson
A woman of boundless energy, Sandy Hudson is the founder of Black Lives Matter in Canada, sits on the Black Lives Matter Global Network Strategy Table, is Vice-Chair of the Black Legal Action Centre, is co-host of the Sandy and Nora Talk Politics podcast, is the Editor-in-Residence of Kalamazoo College’s Praxis Center for Social Justice, and regularly contributes to several major newspapers in the United States and Canada.
Sandy holds a Master of Arts degree in Social Justice Education from the University of Toronto, and is currently pursuing a degree in law at UCLA. An award-winning community organizer, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education has awarded her with the Emerging Leader award for 2019, and she received the Lincoln M. Alexander Award from Osgoode Law at York University in 2018. In 2016 she was named one of Toronto Life’s Most Influential People of Toronto and one of Post City Magazine’s Most Inspiring Women.
Sandy is a published author who has contributed to two volumes, Race and Racialization, and New Framings in Anti-Racism. Sandy is also serving on the editorial team for a forthcoming anthology about Black life in Canada scheduled for release in February 2020.
Presented by
with Media Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Health Sciences Association of BC
Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation
Bronze Sponsors
Canadian Bar Association - BC Branch
Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC
Guild Yule LLP
Harper Grey LLP
JFK Law Corporation
Juristes Power | Power Law
Lawson Lundell LLP
Mandell Pinder LLP
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Miller Titerle + Company
Public Service Alliance of Canada - BC Region
Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP
Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia
Faculty of Law, University of Victoria
ZSA Legal Recruitment
Sponsor the 2020 Equality Breakfast
Sponsoring the Equality Breakfast is a highly visible way to demonstrate that you value gender diversity in leadership, are committed to social responsibility, support access to justice for all, and want to see a more equal BC! To learn about the impact and benefits of sponsorship, call 604-684-8772 ext. 114 or email development@westcoastleaf.org.
Questions?
For event logistics, accessibility, and questions about your tax receipt, visit our FAQ page. For additional program information, visit our website.
We respectfully acknowledge that this event is taking place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded homelands of xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations—where many of us are uninvited. As we gather to together, we ask you to join us in recognizing the work of Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people in resisting ongoing colonial and misogynistic violence and injustice.