CATALYST POPULAR EDUCATION WORKSHOPSWriting the Word, Writing the World
Sundays - 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. - March 13, March 27, April 10
Writing is a joy and a grief, a gift and a curse and more. And what it is for you depends a great deal on the context in which you are writing as well as with whom you are writing. The context for this writing group/workshop is struggles for social, environmental, economic and political justice. Whether you are writing poetry, fiction, a dissertation, letters, grant proposals or project reports, you are welcome to join in this popular education writing community. The sessions are open, though limited to 15 participants. Each session will include structured exercises, individual writing time and collective sharing and discussion time. (NOTE: Though only three sessions are scheduled at this time this is an ongoing series and additional dates will be added once the series is underway.)
Facilitated by chris cavanagh
Location: Bathurst & Bloor
Cost is Pay What You Can
(read about the Catalyst Centre fee here)
For more information or to reserve
your spot e-mail courses@catalystcentre.ca
or call the Catalyst Centre at 416-516-9546
Location: Bathurst & Bloor
Cost is Pay What You Can
(read about the Catalyst Centre fee here)
For more information or to reserve
your spot e-mail courses@catalystcentre.ca
or call the Catalyst Centre at 416-516-9546
Open-Art-House: A Popular Education Art Workshop
Saturdays – 1:00 – 4:00 - March 19, April 2
‘Zines, art trading cards, mail art, collective murals, community mapping, journal art, books of all kinds and more. These are open space sessions to practice and play with art. Each session will include a variety of options including opportunity to talk about using art in popular education and community development contexts.
Facilitated by J'net Cavanagh & chris cavanagh
Location: Bathurst & Bloor
Cost is Pay What You Can
(read about the Catalyst Centre fee here)
For more information or to reserve
your spot e-mail courses@catalystcentre.ca
or call the Catalyst Centre at 416-516-9546
Location: Bathurst & Bloor
Cost is Pay What You Can
(read about the Catalyst Centre fee here)
For more information or to reserve
your spot e-mail courses@catalystcentre.ca
or call the Catalyst Centre at 416-516-9546
Do You See What I Mean?
Friday, March 18 – 9:30 – 4:30
Popular education is a democratic practice of education rooted in social and economic justice struggle. It is philosophy, politics, pedagogy and a diverse and abundant set of tools and techniques. This workshop focuses on using visual techniques – drawing, community mapping, murals, ‘zines and more. We will discuss which techniques are best suited for sharing experience of resistance and oppression, for analyzing power, and collectively learning in the context of community organizing for social and economic justice.
Facilitated by chris cavanagh
Location: Bathurst & Bloor
Cost is Pay What You Can
(read about the Catalyst Centre fee here)
For more information or to reserve
your spot e-mail courses@catalystcentre.ca
or call the Catalyst Centre at 416-516-9546
Location: Bathurst & Bloor
Cost is Pay What You Can
(read about the Catalyst Centre fee here)
For more information or to reserve
your spot e-mail courses@catalystcentre.ca
or call the Catalyst Centre at 416-516-9546
Comeuppance – Storytelling & Tricksters: Speaking Truth to Power
Friday, April 8 - 9:30 – 4:30
Storytelling, as one of the oldest forms of learning, is an essential means of passing on the lessons of the past. But some traditions are ever in danger of being lost and forgotten. One such set of stories - found in all cultures - is that of the Trickster Tale. Thieves, fools, clowns, jesters, crazy holy men, clever wise girls, tricky animals of all kinds are each and every one a teacher. Trickster wisdom is an ancient and powerful stream of thinking and doing that holds within it important and largely forgotten means of resisting oppression, avoiding disastrous thinking as well as finding the road to compassion, connection and growth. This workshop will explore this trickster wisdom, practice trickster pedagogy. We will discuss and share stories as a form of popular education in struggles for social, political and economic justice.
Facilitated by chris cavanagh
Location: Bathurst & Bloor
Cost is Pay What You Can
(read about the Catalyst Centre fee here)
For more information or to reserve
your spot e-mail courses@catalystcentre.ca
or call the Catalyst Centre at 416-516-9546
Location: Bathurst & Bloor
Cost is Pay What You Can
(read about the Catalyst Centre fee here)
For more information or to reserve
your spot e-mail courses@catalystcentre.ca
or call the Catalyst Centre at 416-516-9546
