Staffer Training! October 2nd and 3rd!
Announcing Staffer Training at the Union For Gender Empowerment!!!
Sunday Oct 2nd 11-3 at QPIRG McGill
Monday Oct 3rd time tba at the UGE
The UGE is sorely in need of staffers to keep the space open during the day!
Looking for a way to get involved at the UGE but not sure where to start?
Looking for an excuse to hang out with sweet folks, read cool books, and sit on
comfy couches?
Look no forward! Become a staffer at the UGE!
Staffers keep the space open, help people check out books from the UGE library,
help people purchase things from the coop, and assist people in navigating
other resources the UGE offers. The UGE is open from 10am-4pm weekdays, and
staffers are expected to commit to at least 1 hour per week.
Sunday October 2rd 11am-3pm
-Anti-Oppression Workshop
-Trans Allyship 101
-Active Listening
@QPIRG McGill! 3647 University, at des Pins. NOT IN THE UGE!
Monday October 3rd for 1 hr or less, time tba!
-Learn the ropes at the UGE! – how to check books out, how to navigate the
coop, etc.
IN THE UGE! 3480 MacTavish, 4th floor, room 413.
In order to become a staffer, you must sit through all workshops. If you cannot
make it on Monday, let us know, and we can meet with you another time to show
you the ropes! There will be food both days!
Email us at unionforgenderempowerment@gmail.com if you’ve got questions.
Love,
The UGE
Summer Hours!
The UGE will be open regularly from now until September every Wednesday from 10am to 2pm. Come by and check out the coop, peruse the library, or just chill and chat! If your schedule doesn’t work with this time, you can email us at unionforgenderempowerment@gmail.com and we can make an appointment to meet you at the UGE! even on a weekend!
See you around!
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Workshop on Reproductive Justice!
Interested in talking about how anti-oppression and social justice relate to sex, sexuality and reproductive choice? Curious about “reproductive justice” and what it could mean for the Union for Gender Empowerment, other groups on campus, and your communities? On Tuesday March 29th, pop educator and activist, Ainsley Jenicek, will give some background on “reproductive justice” and facilitate an informal discussion on what this work might look like on and off mcgill campus. In this workshop, participants will be able to exchange information about what’s happening in canada both to threaten reproductive rights and to fight for reproductive justice.
Location: Student Society of McGill University building, 3480 McTavish Street (Metro Peel), room Lev Bukman, on the 2nd floor. Wheelchair accessible.
Time: Tuesday, March 29th, 6-8pm
+ Snacks will be provided!
Logo Callout and Workshop stipends!
Hi everyone! We have a few call outs for stipends for some really fabulous work! E-mail or visit us to apply or ask any more questions (see contact info at teh bottom)
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1) Logo Design
McGill’s Union for Gender Empowerment (the UGE) is looking to hire someone to design a logo for us!
Description: We are hiring someone to design a logo for the UGE to use on their promotional material, in their offices etc. The UGE is a student service at McGill University that provides resources, educational opportunities and a center for advocacy in a pro-woman and trans-positive environment, regardless of gender identity.
Task: Design logo in collaboration with the UGE collective.
Salary/Timeline: – The contract will go from April 4th to May 31st, 2011. We are budgeting $10 an hour for 10 hours of work, for a total of $100.
Requirements: Please send in samples of your work, a cover letter and a resume to unionforgenderempowerment@gmail.com by March 30th, 2011 at 5pm.
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2) Workshop Development – Trans 101
Description: We are hiring one or two people to revamp our Trans 101 workshop, created several years ago by the Trans Health Network. In its current format, the Trans 101 workshop is an introductory level workshop which explores the difference between “sex” and “gender”, defines different identity terms and pronouns, and begins to discuss realities and oppressions faced by trans folks, as well at the privileges experienced by cis-folks.
Tasks: – Develop a new 1-2 hour Trans 101 workshop: incorporating elements of the old workshop, create new activities and discussions, to make the new workshop more interactive, comprehensive and exciting!
-Create a document with the new workshop activities and include a section of extra “units” to allow flexibility for groups with more or less familiarity with the material.
-Present the new revamped workshop to members of the UGE collective as well as community members to gather feedback
Requirements: -Experience in workshop development and facilitation
-Good understanding of trans and queer issues, as well as principles of anti-oppression
-Familiarity with the Union for Gender Empowerment, and with the current Trans 101 workshop, is an asset
Salary/timeline: – The contract will go from March 28th to May31st, 2011.
-The salary is $10/hour for a total of 50 hours, for a total of $500 for one person, or $250 for each person in the case where we hire two people (or you can split it however you see fit).
Deadline to Apply: Send us a cover letter and your resume at unionforgenderempowerment@gmail.com by March 24th, 2011 at 5pm. If applying as a pair, please send us a joint letter, and both of your resumes.
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3) Workshop Development – Anti-Oppression 101
Description: We are hiring one or two people to revamp our Anti-Oppression 101 workshop. In its current format, the Anti-Oppression 101 workshop is an introductory level workshop which explores ideas of “power”, “oppression”, and “privilege”, as well as different “systems of oppression”, and how these intersect.
Tasks: – Develop a new 1-2 hour Anti-Oppression 101 workshop: incorporating elements of the old workshop, create new activities and discussions, to make the new workshop more interactive, comprehensive and exciting!
-Present the new revamped workshop to members of the UGE collective as well as community members to gather feedback
-Create a document with the new workshop activities and include a section of extra “units” to allow flexibility for groups with more or less familiarity with the material.
Requirements: -Experience in workshop development and facilitation
-Good understanding of principles of anti-oppression
-Familiarity with the Union for Gender Empowerment, and with the Anti-Oppression 101 workshop, is an asset
Salary/timeline: – The contract will go from March 28th to May31st, 2011.
-The salary is $10/hour for a total of 50 hours, for a total of $500 for one person, or $250 for each person in the case where we hire two people (or you can split it however you see fit).
Deadline to Apply: Send us a cover letter and your resume at unionforgenderempowerment@gmail.com by March 24th, 2011 at 5pm. If applying as a pair, please send us a joint letter of interest, and both of your resumes.
Thanks!
Union for Gender Empowerment
514 398 2569
3480 rue McTavish, rm. 413
Fall/Spring hours: 10am-4pm Monday – Friday
Summer hours: 2pm-5pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
UGE Staffer (re)Training (Sept. 29th)
To those interested in staffing the UGE:
The UGE will be holding the first part of our staffer (re)training on Wednesday, September 29th at 17:00. We estimate the training to run until about 19:00.
There will be food! Please let us know if you have requests/requirements/preferences as to what you can or cannot eat. For sure we will have vegan options.
We will be covering an intro to our space from a staffers perspective, including library check-out/check-in, co-op operations, discussion on the UGE as a safe(r) space, resource updating processes, zine photocopying, S.I.D. Project, phone message checking, and any thing else that is pertinent to staffing our space.
Some things have changed over the past year or two, so we would like to request previous staffers to attend this training as well.
Mandatory Trans 101 and Anti-Oppression 101 workshops will be held at a later date for new staffers. We’ll figure out a date for this at the end of the (re) training meeting. Both of these additional workshops together will take 2-3 hours (including food, also).
Thanks!
The UGE Collective
Office Hours August 30-September 3
We will not be holding regular office hours next week since many of our staffers and collective members will be taking time to prepare for classes.
We will however be open by appointment.
Send an e-mail to unionforgenderempowerment@gmail.com if you would like to purchase any items from our Co-op, access our resources, have any questions, or would like to hang out in our space.
Office Hours This week
Tuesday July 28: 9:30am-11:30am
Wednesday July 29: 2pm-5pm
Thursday July 30: 2pm-5pm
Love!!
Binders are in!
Hello darlings!
We just got a new shipment of binders in, woot!
We sell the short ones for $33 Pay What You Can and the long ones for $38, also PWYC.
Come by and visit, we have A/C…..
xo
Office hours today are from 1:30pm-4pm!
That’s right…office hours today are from 1:30 pm to 4pm. We return to our regular schedule next week!
xo
