Another version of the schedule!

Friday November 23rd Where:  St. Mary’s University. McNally Building. 923 Robie Street

11:45- 12:30   Registration ME 108

12:30-1:00 Anti-oppressive welcome [Evan Coole]

1:30-3:00 [Discussion Panel] What is consent?  ME 108

Jackie Stevens, Avalon Sexual Assault Centre

Shannon Hardy, Adsum House

Rebecca Faria, Hollaback! Halifax

3:00- 3:30 Break

3:30-4:30 Keynote: Consent + sex work: how do external forces impact the rights of sex workers and exploring feminist debates about sex work. Rene Ross, Stepping Stone.  ME 108

4:30-5:30 [Workshops]

1. The Bad Bad Book  Club: Depictions of Consent in erotica.  ME 223

2. Avalon Sexual Assault Centre:  When is it Sex and When is it Sexualized Violence?  Exploring and Negotiating Consent. ME 108

5:30 Closing comments

Looking for something to do tonight? Stop by these community events (not associated with ConsentFEST)

6:30-9:00 p.m. Transgender Day of Remembrance. Universalist Unitarian Church of Halifax, 5500 Inglis Street.

8:00-11:00 pm ‘Drag your heels’: SMU Drag Show.  All Ages. The Gorsebrook Lounge.  922 Robie St. 

Saturday Nov 24thWhere: Dalhousie. Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building. 6100 University Avenue

9:15-10:00 Registration. Lobby

10:00-10:30 Anti-oppressive welcome [Evan Coole].  Rm 1020

10:30-12:00 [Discussion Panel] Broadening our understanding of consent: How do privilege and consent intersect?  Rm 1020

Phanuel Antwi, St. Mary’s University.

Katie Aubrecht, St. Mary’s University

Ellen Taylor.

12:00-1:00 Lunch break

1:00-4:00 [Workshops]  Rooms TBD

1:00-2:30 pm

Sex + Respect + Consent: exploring consent through art.

Project SING -- using gentle humour to deal with issues

2:30-4:00 p.m.

Zine making with the Anchor Archive Zine Library.

AltMedia/Media Accessibility/Technology Workshop

4:00-5:30 [Discussion Panel] Youth and consent: teaching and learning. Rm 1020

Paige Cameron And Ann Denny

Jane Gavin-Hebert, Avalon Sexual Assault Centre

Nolan Pike, The Youth Project 

Caroline MacRae, The Antigonish Women’s Centre

6:00-10:15 ConsentFEST mixer. The Grad House: 1252 LeMarchant Street.

6:00-7:00  Charlotte Wilson & Ana Vido. Light Refreshments.

7:00- 8:00 Keynote: Perfectionism is not Feminism: rethinking activism. Allison Sparling

8:15-9:15   Comedy Panel: Emma Cooper, Megan Mckay, Andie Bulman and Chery Hann

9:15-10:00 Anna Danova

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ConsentFest is Coming! Nov 23-24

Stay tuned for panel lists and a full schedule once everything is finalized and please share the page, the press release, let's make this an awesome year!

ConsentFEST 2012:

The South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre (formerly the Dalhousie

Women’s Centre) and the Saint Mary’s Women's Centre have joined forces to present

the second annual ConsentFEST conference.ConsentFEST is a 1.5 day conference

aimed at opening up discussion on everything to do with consent!

ConsentFEST strives to create spaces where everyone can gain a broader

understanding of how consent narratives, sex-positivity, and challenging rape culture

can come together to create a world based in consent. Our intention for this event is

to invite conversation, critical & creative thinking and to foster a new common

language surrounding consent.

The conference will be held on Friday November 23rd on the Saint Mary’s

campus and Saturday November 24th on the Dalhousie campus. ConsentFEST will

explore the theme of ‘Consent Culture’ broadly through academic and theory based

discussions, hands-on workshops, comedy, music and art. The South House and our

partner organizations would like to invite you to join us for a lecture, a workshop or

a panel discussion.

Details regarding programming & locations will be released shortly.

Follow us on Twitter @ConsentFEST or find us on Facebook ConsentFEST - Halifax.

For questions, concerns or media inquiries, please contact Christina Aubrecht or

Jean Ketterling at dwc@dal.ca or (902) 494 2432

ConsentFEST is coming!

Welcome to the ConsentFEST blog.  ConsentFEST is a 1.5 day conference put on by the that  invites conversation, critical & creative thinking and fosters in a new common language surrounding consent. 

The conference will be held on Friday November 23rd on the Saint Mary’s campus and Saturday November 24^th on the Dalhousie campus. ConsentFEST will explore the theme of ‘Consent Culture’  broadly through academic and theory based discussions, hands-on workshops, comedy, music and art. The South House and our partner organizations would like to invite you to join us for a lecture, a workshop or a panel discussion.

Details regarding the programming & locations will be released shortly, so check back often!

Want to blog for us?  Send your submissions to dwc@dal.ca. 

For questions, concerns or media inquiries, please contact Christina Aubrecht or Jean Ketterling at dwc@dal.ca or (902) 494 2432