In Conversation
Sunday, October 31
2:00 pm ET
Featuring Samra Zafar &
Dr. Lynn Gehl (live from Peterborough)
with host Lucy van Oldenbarneveld
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Empowering stories from women who fought and won.
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SAMRA ZAFAR will leave you feeling empowered with her story of escaping abuse and becoming a best-selling author and advocate for women. Her memoir has been described as "a modern-day fairy tale where the heroine saves her own life." DR. LYNN GEHL, Algonquin Anishinaabe Kwe, has been an advocate for Indigenous women's rights for nearly half a century. She has dedicated her life to ensuring hundreds of thousands of Indigenous mothers are able to pass their status on to their children. Her decades-long struggle and victory is the embodiment of Indigenous wisdom and courage.
Samra Zafar and Dr. Lynn Gehl, along with host Lucy van Oldenbarneveld, will be In Conversation at our final event. Born in Pakistan to a Muslim family, Zafar—an award-winning international speaker, author, scholar, and social entrepreneur—engages audiences around the world on authentic leadership, resilience, human rights, and youth empowerment. Dr. Gehl is an author, advocate, public speaker and artist whose work encompasses anti-colonial issues and the celebration of Indigenous knowledge.
These two bold, transformative women are examples of strong female leaders and activists who have emerged from adversity. They will share thoughtful and provocative observations about life experiences and their impact, and how they hope to influence women and girls for a better future.
These two bold, transformative women are examples of strong female leaders and activists who have emerged from adversity. They will share thoughtful and provocative observations about life experiences and their impact, and how they hope to influence women and girls for a better future.
SAMRA ZAFAR will leave you feeling empowered with her story of escaping abuse and becoming a best-selling author and advocate for women. Her memoir has been described as "a modern-day fairy tale where the heroine saves her own life."
“Whether you are trying to escape a life you never chose or the one you did, Samra’s resolve and ingenuity will inspire you to honor every flicker of longing for freedom.” -- Shauna Singh Baldwin, author of The Tiger Claw and The Selector of Soul. For more information visit https://www.samrazafar.com/. Photo credit: Alia Youssef
“Whether you are trying to escape a life you never chose or the one you did, Samra’s resolve and ingenuity will inspire you to honor every flicker of longing for freedom.” -- Shauna Singh Baldwin, author of The Tiger Claw and The Selector of Soul. For more information visit https://www.samrazafar.com/. Photo credit: Alia Youssef
In the Anishinaabe tradition, people express times of bereavement through the practice of Mkadengwe, which translates to Black Face. This tradition involved painting one’s face with black ash or paint to signify one’s state of being. L.Gehl
LYNN GEHL is an author, advocate, public speaker, and artist. Her work encompasses both anti-colonial work and the celebration of Indigenous knowledge. She challenges Canada’s practices, policies, and laws of colonial genocide such as the land claims and self-government process, sex-discrimination in the Indian Act, the continued destruction of Akikpautik / Chaudière Falls–an Anishinaabeg sacred place, and Canada’s lack of policy addressing Indigenous women and girls with disabilities who are bigger targets of sexual violence.
She weaves wampum belts, builds petro-forms, and paints. She has three books, The Truth that Wampum Tells: My Debwewin on the Algonquin Land Claims Process; Claiming Anishinaabe: Decolonizing the Human Spirit; and most recently Gehl v Canada: Challenging Sex Discrimination in the Indian Act. She has several academic contributions in journals and chapters in books, and has contributed to numerous magazines, websites, news papers, and op-eds; as well as personal blogs. Lynn is frequently called upon as an expert by various media outlets to offer commentary on Indigenous issues. For more information visit: https://www.lynngehl.com/
LYNN GEHL is an author, advocate, public speaker, and artist. Her work encompasses both anti-colonial work and the celebration of Indigenous knowledge. She challenges Canada’s practices, policies, and laws of colonial genocide such as the land claims and self-government process, sex-discrimination in the Indian Act, the continued destruction of Akikpautik / Chaudière Falls–an Anishinaabeg sacred place, and Canada’s lack of policy addressing Indigenous women and girls with disabilities who are bigger targets of sexual violence.
She weaves wampum belts, builds petro-forms, and paints. She has three books, The Truth that Wampum Tells: My Debwewin on the Algonquin Land Claims Process; Claiming Anishinaabe: Decolonizing the Human Spirit; and most recently Gehl v Canada: Challenging Sex Discrimination in the Indian Act. She has several academic contributions in journals and chapters in books, and has contributed to numerous magazines, websites, news papers, and op-eds; as well as personal blogs. Lynn is frequently called upon as an expert by various media outlets to offer commentary on Indigenous issues. For more information visit: https://www.lynngehl.com/
LUCY VAN OLDENBARNEVELD is an actress and director, and former host of CBC Ottawa News at 6.
