Decolonizing 101

Tools for Change is a project of our community partners, including OPIRG Toronto, OPIRG York, The Community Action Centre of the Student Association at George Brown College, OCAD Student Union, Greenpeace Canada and No One Is Illegal (NOII). We help you develop skills to champion social, economic, and environmental justice. We host approximately 20 skillbuilding workshops a year. Workshops are offered on a sliding scale with scholarships available. Staff and active volunteers of our community partners can attend for free or by donation. This includes students from University of Toronto, York University, George Brown College and OCAD.Interested in Tools for Change delivering a speaking engagement, capacity building program, or workshop tailored to your organization's needs? Contact us attools.change@gmail.comRegister for our Certificate in Social Change programJoin our email listto receive workshop announcements and useful resources.Become a Tools for Change community partnerand have your members attend workshops for free.

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Understanding our own identities is essential and ongoing work for any of us who seek to do good in the world. Join us for an interactive inquiry into the past that will help you contextualize your relationship to these lands, as settlers and as visitors. It is our hope that you will leave equipped with language and knowledge to support further learning & gain tools to help you engage with a broader community of others who are also unlearning the colonial legacy that bombards 'main-steam' education. Together we will look at Indigenous resistance and honour that it continues today and has been happening since the very start of European colonization. Date: Monday September 26th Time: 4-7pm Location: York University Student Centre, Room 430  Accessibility: This is a barrier free space. Subway tokens available to attendees by request. Trainer's Bio: Arabi Rajeswaran, a daughter of the Tamil diaspora, was born on Dish with One Spoon Treaty Territory aka Toronto and has ancestry rooted in Sri Lanka. She is a passionate youth culture worker who aims to create dialogues among and within young people from various backgrounds and experiences. Raised in Toronto’s west-end neighbourhood of Rexdale with many years of experience as a facilitator, mentor and youth leader to her peers and community, Arabi has collaborated with many organizations across Turtle Island and beyond. Arabi is passionate about photography, yogic medicine, traditional knowledge and yummy food. She is also a student at York University pursuing Indigenous Studies with a focus on Human Rights and Equity. Her belief in solidarity and her feelings of compassion continue to motivate her in her journey. For more information: write to naila.opirgyork@gmail.com

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