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 Feminist arts-informed community-based action research!  Candace Wilkins  is our arts informed research resident at WIAprojects this coming year April 2016-17. She has posted a gofundme campaign to raise funds for an arts informed community based  initiative focused in  Belleville, updates and information on her project are below. We look forward to her continuing work with us this coming year!   Candace's Project:  NEXTDOOR is an inclusive arts-based group in  downtown  Belleville,  Ontario  that promotes   c reativity,  poetry,  the p ractice  of  loving  kindness  meditation,  non-­judgment  and  compassion . The goal of NEXTDOOR is to support  mental health by creating a safe space where individuals can come together on a weekly basis.  This program is accessible with no cost to the participants. This  group  is  for  those  aged  18+ NEXTDOOR ART + GROUP + YOU Monday  Nights  6:00-­‐7:30pm For  more  information  and  to  register  please  e

May 02 – July 1st, 2016 Opening: May 02, 5.30 - 6.30pm Informal Discussion with Artist: 6pm CWSE Hallway Gallery 2nd Floor, OISE 252 Bloor Street West (Bloor & St George) Images by Joanna Black Winnipeg artist/researcher Joanna Black explores prejudice in academia in   Sex/ism: ECHoes & ‘ReVERBS’  @  Ivory Towers .  The abundance of articles and reports about longstanding persistent sexist problems in our universities informed the content of this work. For this exhibition in particular, attention has been given to the University of Toronto (U of T). Sexism at U of T was established in the university’s founding year, 1850. Its illustrious professor and president John McCaul firmly exclaimed at the time that the university doors would never be open to women in his day! (Canadian Encyclopedia, 2016). Even though the doors have been opened – and indeed during his day no less! – today’s glass ceiling remains intact: existent sexist attitudes are prevale