Update: Whoops, I made a mistake! The Ryerson fair starts at 1:30 pm, not 3 pm.
This weekend is International Women’s Day (IWD), huzzah! According to Wikipedia, International Women’s Day in some countries has been slightly depoliticised and turned into a day for men to show their love for women (free cuddles everyone!). But in Canada its primary purpose is still as “a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women.” Damn right! Though I guess we can still cuddle.
There are a gazillion events going on later on this week and into the weekend. This page here has events for Canada, you can visit the page for IWD Toronto here, and after the jump you can view all sorts of Toronto events. If ya got any, please (please please!) post info about any IWD events you know of, happening anywhere, in the comments section!
(Btw thanks to Nicole for compiling the Toronto events for us!)
IWD RALLY AND MARCH, MARCH 8
TIME: 11 a.m. (March leaves at 1 p.m.)
PLACE: OISE, 252 Bloor Street West
INFO: http://www.iwdtoronto.com/march.htm
Theme: The Rising of the Women is the Rising of us All! This year, IWD Toronto will be marking the 100th anniversary of the 1908 demonstration by immigrant women garment workers in New York City, where over 15,000 women marched through downtown New York demanding higher pay, shorter work hours, women’s voting rights and the end to child labour. This was during a time that women had little rights and marked an ongoing protest of a lack of gender equity across the globe.
Don’t forget to bring your banners and signs for the march! We’ll be
marching to…
IWD FAIR (END OF MARCH ROUTE), MARCH 8
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
PLACE: Ryerson University Student Centre, 55 Gould Street
INFO: http://www.iwdtoronto.com/fair.htm
COST: Free
The IWD Rally and March concludes with the IWD 2008 Fair hosted by Ryerson University’s Student Centre, featuring 50 exhibitors. Thousands are expected to attend the free Fair and workshops in this new student space, cafe and pub. (See link for list of Fair exhibitors and workshops.)
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