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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nThursday, April 20, 2023 3:00 pm to 5:00 
 pm \n JHB100 \n Jackman Humanities Building \n 170 St. George Street, 1st
  floor \n\nSpeakers \nRhiannon Carruthers Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat Carly
 n Zwarenstein \n\nDescription: \nPanel discussion with Rhiannon Carruthers
 , Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat, Carlyn Zwarenstein, moderated by Erica Ca
 rdwell.Attendees are asked to wear face masks at this event.In this panel 
 discussion, local contributors will discuss the impacts of the toxic drug
  supply, criminalization, and stigma across varied contexts in the GTHA:
  Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat of Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction describes
  her experience working in parks and shelters; Rhiannon Carruthers shares
  their expertise working on safer drug use and partying with students and 
 youth; and Carlyn Zwarenstein discusses the personal and political stakes
  of the overdose crisis and its connections to the proliferation of prescr
 iption opioids. Moderated by writer and educator Erica Cardwell.Snacks and
  refreshments will be provided at 5pm.Accessibility: Jackman Humanities Bu
 ilding is a physically accessible venue. Accessible single-gender washroom
 s are available.Part of Here, Better, Now, a four-part program that det
 ails forms of solidarity, art, activism, and policy change emerging fro
 m the overdose crisis. See additional details about this event on the Blac
 kwood website.------------------------------------------------------------
 -------Here, Better, NowOpening: April 19, virtual panel discussion wit
 h livestream on UTM campusHere, Better, Now: April 20, University of To
 ronto St. George campusRegister to attend all events on Eventbrite.Here, 
 Better, Now is a four-part program that details forms of solidarity, art
 , activism, and policy change emerging from the overdose crisis.Over two
  days on University of Toronto campuses in Mississauga and Toronto, Here\
 , Better, Now serves as a concluding chapter of WISH YOU WERE HERE, WISH
  HERE WAS BETTER, a mobile program held by the Blackwood in October 2022.
  Through a screening, keynote speaker and panel discussions, contributor
 s to Here, Better, Now share wide-ranging perspectives on the overdose c
 risis, informed by its differential effects across local sites and their 
 histories.Here, Better, Now also serves to launch ORGANIZING OUR GRIEF: 
 A Collaboration in Response to the Overdose Crisis. This publication, par
 t of the Blackwood’s Working with Concepts series, circulates strategies\
 , reflections, and organizing principles that emerged from WISH YOU WERE 
 HERE, WISH HERE WAS BETTER.Free copies of ORGANIZING OUR GRIEF will be av
 ailable at all events.Contributors: Erica Cardwell, Rhiannon Carruthers,
  Theodore (ted) Kerr, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat
 , Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Darien Taylor, Jarrett Zigon, Carlyn Zwaren
 stein  Programmed by Fraser McCallumWISH YOU WERE HERE, WISH HERE WAS BET
 TER was organized by Zoë Dodd, Theodore (ted) Kerr, and Ellyn WalkerCont
 ributing Artists: Les Harper, Dionne Brand, Cedar-Eve, Abdi OsmanCommun
 ity Partners: Moyo Health & Community Services, Peel Drug Users Network,
  Regeneration Brampton \n\nContact Information: \n Blackwood Gallery black
 wood.gallery@utoronto.ca Blackwood Gallery \n\nSponsors \nBlackwood Galler
 y, Jackman Humanities Institute \n170 St. George Street, 1st floor \n\nC
 ategories \n Discussion PanelJHI Event \n\nAudiences \n All
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T170000
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LOCATION:170 St. George Street, 1st floor
SUMMARY:Here, Better, Now Collection - Better: What We Need to Be Well
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.humanities.utoronto.ca/events/here-better-now-coll
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