Atwater Library and Computer Centre
1200 Atwater Avenue at Ste-Catherine (métro Atwater)
May 17, 2014
9:30 – 10:00 Registration & Coffee, fruit & bagels
10:00 – 10:05 Welcome
10:05 – 11:00 Half Girl /Half Face – Theatrical workshop and performance with a Q and A
11:00 – 11:40 Panel “Re-envisioning the world through Activism and Art and Bringing art and activism to your everyday life” – Moderator Julia Weber
11:40 – 11:45 Rana – Performance of her poem called “Woman”
11:45 – 12:30 Panel: Entrepreneurial Women – Moderator Despina Sourias
12:30 – 1:00 Lunch with Art & photo voice vernissage
1:00 – 1:15 “Teenzone singers” – Girls from the Pointe St-Charles YMCA’s Teenzone’s Girls Group
1:15– 2:00 Community groups fostering economic empowerment Moderator Cassie Jones
- Naike Ledan – Breast Cancer Action Montreal
- Melissa Proietti – Pointe St-Charles YMCA’s Teenzone’s Girls Group/ Under Pressure Festival
- Despina Sourias – Entrepreneurship Awareness and Promotion Officer at CJE NDG
2:00 – 2:45 Keynote Mélanie Joly – “Dare to be Yourself”
2:45 – 3:20 Panel “Women in Technology” – Moderator Carolyn Jong
- Tanya Short
- Rebecca Cohen-Palacios
- Stephanie Bouchard
3:20 – 3:55 Women in alternative or non-traditional careers – Moderator Robin Kelley
- Nancy Crevier – Electrician
- Veronica Post – Woodworker and Illustrator
3:55 – 4:00 Closing remarks
4:00 – 5:00 Networking event/party time
