Consent Week 2021

York University

Consent Week<h3>Consent 101</h3>When: Monday, October 4 , 2021Time: noon to 1:15 p.m.Facilitator: Chantal Persad, Community Facilitator, Queer and Connected Youth ProgramConsent is one of the most important practices when navigating any kind of sexual encounter. Whether you’re hooking up, dating casually, celibate or in a long-term monogamous or poly relationships, consent has relevance to your life because chances are you’re likely going to be in situations where you need to communicate your boundaries around your body and your sexual preferences with others! In this workshop, we will go over the basics of consent - what consent can look like, how to communicate consent and how to make the distinction between when consent is given and when it is not given. We will also engage in group discussions, watch some video clips and practice with scenarios. Join for a lively conversation and workshop on consent and get some practical knowledge and skills for how to navigate the (fun and sexy) world of consent! <h3>Wen Do Virtual Workshop</h3>When: Monday, October 4, 2021 Time: 3 to 5 p.m. Facilitator: Leslie AllinWen-Do Women’s Self-Defence offers a training space for non-binary individuals and women, of all abilities, aged 10 and up. Wen-Do reinforces the idea that survivors are not responsible for the violence they experience and acknowledges the need for survivors to have spaces where they can feel empowered within their bodies.Wen-Do recognizes that most women will experience violence by someone they know and care about, and encourages participants to react within these situations, instead of expecting individuals to fight stranger-danger.<h3>Power in Pleasure</h3>When: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Time: noon to 1:30 p.m.Facilitator: Elene Lam and Mina DoThis workshop from Butterfly (Asian Migrant Sex Worker Support Network) is a trauma informed consent workshop that is centred around pleasure. In the workshop, you will discuss sex and consent at the intersection of race, status, labour and criminalization. and why a fear based "no means no" approach fails to recognize the greater agency and power we are capable of wielding. <h3>Human Trafficking in Canada: Hiding in Plain Sight</h3>Wednesday, October 6, 2021 Time: noon to 1:30 p.m.Facilitator: Claudia Leyds (Outreach and Support Worker), Daisy Pyman (Youth Counsellor and Support Worker), Women's Support Network of York Region Vulnerable victims, strong survivors! Learn how traffickers prey on vulnerabilities and what you can do to mitigate risk and prevalence.<h3>Informational Consent for Black and Racialized Bodies in Virtual and IRL Spheres</h3>Thursday, October 7, 2021Time: noon to 1:30 p.m.Facilitator: Sapphire WoodsIn this workshop, you'll explore the delightful range of informational consent for Black and racialized queer trans and shapeshifting bodies in virtual and real-life spheres.<h3>Trauma Recovery Yoga</h3>Thursday, October 7, 2021Time: 5:45 to 6:45 p.m.Facilitator: Nicole Brown FaulknorThis unique class is for anyone who is on a path to recovering from physical or emotional trauma. The class aims to give participants tools to understand how trauma affects the body and to let go of trauma stored in the body through movement. Trauma may seem like a loaded word, but it is something that affects many of us through major losses, accidents, violence, or other major life stresses. <h3>THE GUISE GUIDE: PODS AS PRAXIS</h3>Friday, October 8, 2021Time: noon to 1:30 p.m.Facilitator: Good Guise (Javier Davila and Mobólúwajídìde Joseph)The Good Guise is a creative collective of racialized men (Black, brown, latinx, cis, trans, queer) who are still in the process of defining who we are; however, we all agree we want to create loving alternatives to patriarchy and patriarchal masculinity. Over the past year, we have been engaged on a City of Toronto funded community art project titled "My Public Living Room" (MPLR) which seeks to explore "pods" as Radically Loving Alternatives to shame, disposability, punishment and lack of care. Pods are intentional small groups of friends that meet regularly for specific purposes: mutual aid, emotional support, intimacy, learning vulnerability etc. Pods were a tool queer communities of colour used to survive and find intimacy and love during the HIV and AIDS pandemic in the 1980s. The first half of the project focused on drop-in programming that involved curated activities, workshops, and discussions, while the second half will focus on activating exhibitions and performances in October in the Eglinton Glibert Parkette, and in November in Trinity Square.

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