For those in Montreal who are interested in radio, public radio, feminist radio and campus radio, here is an upcoming event that could be really cool. There will be keynote speakers, workshops, and even field trips. I wish I could be there!
The Women in Radio Conference
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
ALL DAY - 9h00-18h30
Hosted by CKUT Radio, part of the annual National Campus-Community
Radio Conference happening June 7-13th.
** Voices from the Underground: Women’s voices, women’s power **
Women in Radio Keynote Presentation by Audrey Redman
Ballroom, Shatner Building (3480 McTavish, McGill University)
Thursday, June 11 – 17:00-18:30
Audrey Redman, Host of Honour the Earth a First Nation’s news and
music program (formerly aired on CKLN community radio at Ryerson
University in Toronto). This lecture is co-presented with
Media@McGill, online at http://media.mcgill.ca.
The Women in Radio Conference (WIR) is a one-day conference held
during the week-long National Community Radio Conference (NCRC). This
year’s NCRC and the WIR conference is being hosted by CKUT Radio in
Montreal. During the WIR, feminist broadcasters and allies come
together to create spaces for greater participation by women through
skill-sharing, visioning and consciousness raising. By prioritizing
the voices of marginalized women, the conference addresses
institutional oppression and discrimination in the campus-community
radio sector. The conference also showcases the accomplishments of
women broadcasters in the sector and holds women-only trainings in
technical broadcasting. For more information and to read some of the
work by women in the sector, please go to http://ncra.ca/women.
WIR takes place in the Shatner Building (3480 McTavish, McGill
University) from 9h00-18h30. This conference is wheelchair accessible
and child care will be provided.
** WIR 2009 Schedule **
9h00-10h00 … Breakfast
9h15-10h15 … Caucuses: Funding Coordinators / !Earshot / Feminist / GroundWire
10h30-11h45 … Workshops: Recruiting Women Music Programmers / Feminist
Ethics / Trans Inclusion / Interview Skills 4 Women
12h00-13h15 … Workshops: Making Sound Art / Older Women in Radio /
Unlearning Patriarchy / Circuit-Bending 4 Women
13h15-14h15 … Lunch
14h30-18h30 … Field Trip: Montreal Street Art Tour & Hands On:
GroundWire Scriptwriting
14h30-15h45 … Workshops: Sexism, Misogyny & Homophobia in Music /
Trans Programming / Who’s in a Name: WIR? / DJ Skills 4 Women
16h00-17h00 … Workshops: Feminist Music Programming / Building a
Feminist Media Network / Station Accessibility for Kids / Documentary
Production 4 Women
17h15-18h30 … WIR Keynote: Audrey Redman
20h00-22h00 … Tara-Michelle Ziniuk Book Launch at Cagibi
To find out more about this year’s NCRC taking place at McGill
University in Montreal from June 7-13th, visit http://ckut.ca/ncrc.php.
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Keep an eye out for workshops given by my co-hosts, co-programmers, and co-conspirators on the Venus radio show!
Posted by Anna
May 27, 2009, 11:09 AM
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