Critically acclaimed author and therapist, Farzana Doctor, is visiting Peterborough on Wednesday February 13th, 2008. Farzana will be conducting two workshops and doing a public reading from her recently published novel, Stealing Nasreen.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008:
12:30 to 2:00 PM: Hobbs Library, Sadleir House, 751 George St. N., Peterborough
FREE WORKSHOP: Writing Workshop for People from Marginalized Communities.
This experiential, relaxed workshop will cover issues such as barriers and the ways we can nourish our writing practice, as well as the complexities of writing about our own marginalized communities. Open to women, people of colour, queer and trans people, Indigenous peoples, differently abled people, working class people, etc.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
3:00 to 4:30 PM: Hobbs Library, Sadleir House, 751 George St. N., Peterborough
FREE WORKSHOP: Self Care for Queer and Trans Communities in the Context of Oppression - Talking about How We Cope and Resist
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
5:30 to 7:00 PM: Senior Common Room, Scott House, Traill College, 310 London St., Peterborough
BOOK RELEASE AND PUBLIC READING: Stealing Nasreen
-copies of Stealing Nasreen will be available for purchase-
Farzana Doctor, MSW, RSW, is a consultant and trainer specializing in diversity issues and clinical issues relating to working with marginalized populations. She is also psychotherapist in private practice, specializing in working with individuals and couples from an anti-oppression perspective. She has co-authored books, book chapters and articles on working with LGBT people with substance use and depression concerns, and counseling lesbian and bisexual women of colour. She has been an instructor at the University of Toronto and Ryerson Faculties of Social Work. She co-produced a documentary video for South Asian LGBT families, and authored a novel, Stealing Nasreen (Inanna Publications, 2007). An activist since she was a girl, she has participated in many campaigns against poverty, homelessness, war, and violence against women. She received her Master in Social Work at Carlton University in 1993.
Presented and supported by the TQC, PARN, Canadian Studies Program, Community and Race Relations Committee of Peterborough, the New Canadians Centre, the Trent Women's Centre, OPIRG-Peterborough.
For more info, contact Anu at aradhaverma@gmail.com