Workshop Schedules
The Contested City conference will be taking place from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday April 13 at The Ryerson Student Centre (55 Gould St). Workshops will be taking place in two large rooms (the Tecumseh Lounge and Thomas Lounge), with tabling taking place in an adjoining hall (Thomas Court). This is a barrier-free space, with access ramps and multiple accessible washrooms. Anyone interested in making use of our free childcare, please email us at thecontestedcity@gmail.com to register.
The schedule for the day will be as follows:
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9:30 am — Coffee and Refreshments
10:00 am – 11:00 am:
Room 1: Occupy, Document, and Resist: How Poetry and Photography Shape Urban Dissent – Presented by Dale Smith
Room 2: The City is a Battleground – Presented by Iconoclast Media
11:00 am – 12:00 pm:
Room 1: Anarchist Interventions in Neighbourhood Organizing – Presented by Common Cause Toronto
Room 2: Fighting Gentrification in Toronto’s Downtown East: OCAP’s Campaign to Save the School House Shelter – Presented by OCAP
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm — Lunch!!
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm:
Room 1: Austerity, the 2012 Québec Student Strike and the State and Potential of the Assemblies Movement – Presented by Richard St-Pierre
Room 2: Engaging the Cityscape: Graffiti as an Anti-Gentrification Tactic – Presented by Douglas Grey
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Room 1: ¡El Barrio No Se Vende! ¡Se Ama y Se Defiende! / El Barrio is Not for Sale! It is to be Loved and Defended! – Presented by Movement for Justice in el Barrio
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Room 1: Film Screening: Encuentros – Presented by Movement for Justice in el Barrio
Room 2: Anti-capitalist Direct Action in Struggles Over Housing; The San Francisco Mission Yuppie Eradication Project – Presented by Kevin Keating (Skype)
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Room 1: Drug Users Not Welcome: How the targeting of drug users is an effective NIMBY strategy to push and expand gentrification – Presented by Zoë Dodd
Room 2: Guerrilla Gardening, Community Gardens & Urban Food Sovereignty – Presented by Occupy Gardens
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm — Clean-up