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Date:
March 20, 2023
Start:
4:00pm
End:
6:00pm
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Location:
TNH 2.111 (Sheffield-Massey Room)
Event type:
Panel Discussion / Speaker Series
For more info:
carolinehahn@austin.utexas.edu
On the web:
https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/sacred-fires-homeless-encampments-and-planning-toronto-parks/

In their talk "Sacred Fires, Homeless Encampments, and Planning Toronto Parks," Indigenous scholar and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Dr. Heather Dorries will discuss the conflicting and contradictory nature of park management in Toronto, focusing on the ways park management has become part of the City of Toronto’s Reconciliation Action Plan and the ways the City has violently cleared parks of homeless encampments.

Specific audiences:
  • Texas Law students
  • Prospective students
  • Texas Law alumni
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • General public
Sponsored by:
  • Bernard & Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.