Upcoming Event - Dec 4 -Practising Feminist Mothering Book Launch

Fiona Joy Green -- Book Launch
Sunday Dec 04 2011 12:30 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park in the Atrium


Launch of Practicing Feminist Mothering
Practicing Feminist Mothering explores the realities of feminist mothering for both mothers and their children. It scrutinizes the discourse of motherhood by examining the material spaces that feminist mothers create to struggle with patriarchy. Based on in-depth interviews with sixteen feminist mothers, and some with their now-adult children, this work provides a rich understanding of the tensions within feminism surrounding issues of mothering and the reproduction of feminism itself, and offers a powerful perspective on mothering as a central aspect of feminism.
Fiona Green is Chair of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg, where she has been teaching for two decades. She is a feminist mother and is co-editor of Maternal Pedagogies: In and Outside the Classroom, author of Feminist Mothering in Theory and Practice, 1985-1995 and many articles and book chapters on feminism and mothering.
This launch is presented in association with the Institute for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg.


Practicing Feminist Mothering explores the realities of feminist mothering for both mothers and their children. It scrutinizes the discourse of motherhood by examining the material space...

Upcoming Event - Book Launch Winnipeg Ladies from Hell

The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

NEWS RELEASE

September 28, 2010

WINNIPEG, Manitoba: One of Canada’s most celebrated military units, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada will commemorate its 100^th anniversary in the month of October.

The lead up to the Centennial activities will begin tomorrow evening, Wednesday September 29 at 7:00 P.M. as noted author and journalist Murray Burt launches his book, Winnipeg’s Ladies from Hell at the Minto Armoury, 969 St. Matthews Avenue (intersection of St. Mathews Avenue and Dominion Street).

All are welcome to attend and Members of the Regiment will welcome guests prior to the book launch with a demonstration of rappelling skills from the rafters of Minto Armoury and the Pipes and Drums of the Regiment will perform.

The book will be available for sale at the launch and author Murray Burt will be pleased to inscribe copies purchased.

The Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment, His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh writes in the Foreword to the Winnipeg’s Ladies from Hell, “ Military service, whether in peace or in war, makes great demands on all those who volunteer to give it, but while it is one thing to hear about their difficulties, challenges, triumphs and disasters through the media, there is nothing quite like getting it first hand from those who were there.” 

Attending the book launch will be the Provincial Governments Special Envoy for Military Affairs, Bonnie Korzenowski; The Commanding Officer of the Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Brett W. Takeuchi; and serving and retired members of the Regiment.

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For further information or to arrange interviews in advance of the event, please contact:

Brian Koshul - Telephone: (204) 770-3574

NOTE TO EDITORS: All in attendance will be available for interviews and all efforts will be made to accommodate the media.

Tales from the Underworld and Other Stories Thursday, November 12Grant Park in Prairie Ink RestaurantGather at 7:30 pmReading at 8:00 pm

This is a unique and fascinating collection of real life stories and anecdotes – some funny, some tragic, some bizarre. Included are chapters about a legendary judge and criminal lawyer, the mysterious murder of a Winnipeg heiress in Florida, and a fatal duel in a blizzard in Northern Manitoba – as well as anecdotes on the often humorous,and sometimes testy relationship betweenjudges and lawyers, and lawyers and their clients.

Roland Penner was Chairperson of Manitoba's new legal aid system, former Attorney-General and Minister for Constitutional Affairs. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba 1989 to 1994 , and for his accomplishments - was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2000. He is also the author of an award-winning memoir, A Glowing Dream (2007).

Norm Larsen practised law for 30 years in Winnipeg, starting with Zuken, Penner and Larsen, then with Legal Aid Manitoba as its first staff lawyer, and finally with Manitoba Justice as a legislative drafter. He retired in 2000.