Oral History Interview with Leela Acharya
Feminism, Activism, Film, Desh Pardesh, oral history, Toronto, festival, arts programming, Mike Harris
Acharya was an activist that was involved in the progressive feminist scene in Toronto prior to hearing about Desh Pardesh. She later went on to work in the programming committee for Desh Pardesh. In this interview, Acharya discusses how the programming committee selected items for the festival to be as inclusive as possible, while giving extra attention to especially marginalized voices. She also discusses the political climate of Desh and the Toronto area prior and post Harris government.
South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC)
(unknown)
Anna Malla
LGBTQ Oral History DIgital Collaboratory (Elspeth Brown, PI)
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
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English
Sound, Text
1990s Toronto
Students call for trans-education
transgender people
health
education
visibility
A newspaper article on the Trans-Action for Community Health forum and the invisibility of transgender students at Ryerson.
Alyssa Garrison
The Ryersonian
2011-03-09
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Newspaper clipping
English
Rye's first asexuality week
education
asexuality
A newspaper article on an Asexuality 101 workshop held during Ryerson's first asexuality week.
Jennifer Yoo
The Ryersonian
2014-11-05
Newspaper clipping
English
BGALOR no more
students' groups
coming out
A newspaper article announcing the name change of BGALOR to RyePRIDE to be more inclusive and affirming.
Cassandra A. Szklarski
The Ryersonian
1996-11-13
The Ryersonian holds the rights to this material
Newspaper clipping
English