KWIC Events

UPDATE: This KWIC Conversation is now online!

Join us on Zoom Thursday, March 2nd from 12-1pm as we discuss the importance of wildlife conservation in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough and the Kawarthas with Griffyn and Olivia from SER-TU in honour of World Wildlife Day!

The Society for Ecological Restoration - Trent University (SER-TU) is a club at Trent University that aims to provide students with fun and engaging opportunities to gain experience and work on restoration projects.

KWIC is a charitable organization that connects global issues to local initiatives. We create opportunities that can change how people understand the world and foster equitable and sustainable communities. We make change happen in three areas: Community Education, Youth and In Schools and Umbrella Support for Small and Emerging Projects.

More information on World Wildlife Day: https://wildlifeday.org/en

Please register on Eventbrite. The Zoom link and conversation prompts will be sent to participants in advance.

What are KWIC Conversations?

KWIC Conversations are an opportunity for students and community members to come together for thoughtful and interactive conversations on timely topics and how we are experiencing what's happening in the world.

Questions? Send us an email at resources@kwic.info.

We hope to see you there!

Join us for a conversation between students and student leaders, as we head into Black History Month. The goal is to have mediated but open conversations about hard topics. This time we'll welcome a special guest, Chúk Odenigbo, a researcher and activist in climate justice and equity with a lens of anti-racism and ancestral accountability. 

Discussion topic: How do Trent leaders (students and staff) who are not Black best lift up and support Black student leaders in a month of intense event planning? What kind of help is the best kind of help? How can they continue to support Black students and community members on campus, beyond February?

NEW DATE: The KWIC E.Y.E: Centre for Education | Youth | Environment Winter Open House will be happening in person on Thursday,  February 9th from 11am to 2pm.

Drop by ESC B101 at TrentU for a cup of warm cider and conversation about world issues, social justice, climate change and Indigenous issues and to connect with our umbrella groups!

We hope to see you there!

An informal discussion with Chiapas-based Afrozoque activist Semblance Concepción Suárez Aguilar, answering the question: "What impact has the increased paramilitary violence in Chiapas had on Indigenous communities, especially women?"

Moderated by Executive Director Sam Rockbrune, we invite community members to join Kawartha World Issues Centre for "Defendiendo La Vida" a solidarity event amplifying the experiences of Indigenous activists.

Semblance Concepción Suárez Aguilar is an Afrozoque woman from Chiapas. Acting as the Coordinator of the Nantik Meche organization, Aguilar is an educator and popular communicator. Her political practice and social research work has focused on the construction of indigenous women's rights from their own cultures.

UPDATE: This event has been postponed to November 29th.

November is Women Abuse Awareness Month. Join us from 2-3pm on November 29th as we discuss structural and societal causes of sexual and gender-based violence (GBV), intersectionality and human trafficking locally with the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre (KSAC).

This event will be held online. A Zoom link will be sent out in advance.

Registration is required. Please register on Eventbrite.

What are KWIC Conversations?

KWIC Conversations are an opportunity for students and community members to come together for thoughtful and interactive conversations on timely topics and how we are experiencing what's happening in the world.

Questions? Send us an email at resources@kwic.info.

We hope to see you there!

Discuss how climate change and gender intersect; Learn about local and global initiatives that aim to address menstrual-related inequalities; Gain hand-sewing skills while making reusable pads. 

Email ev@kwic.info for the Zoom link, or to claim a sewing kit. 

Pay What you Can, with all participation fees being donated to a global grassroots organization. 

Join us from 2-3pm on November 1st as we discuss allyship, reconciliation, and how all can support equity-seeking groups with Gzowski College.

Gzowksi College partnered with BIPOC student leaders in 2021-2022 to talk about “uncomfortable” things and we’re here to continue that conversation! Everyone is welcome to attend.

Please note that this event will be presented in a hybrid format both online and in person. If you would like to attend in person you will be visiting the KWIC E.Y.E Centre in ESC B101 at Trent University. A Zoom link will also be sent out in advance.

Registration is required. Please register on Eventbrite.

What are KWIC Conversations?

KWIC Conversations are an opportunity for students and community members to come together for thoughtful and interactive conversations on timely topics and how we are experiencing what's happening in the world.

Questions? Send us an email at resources@kwic.info.

We hope to see you there!

Join us from 2-3pm on Zoom, as we observe World Food Day and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. 

Registration is required. Please register on Eventbrite.

What are KWIC Conversations?

KWIC Conversations are an opportunity for students and community members to come together for thoughtful and interactive conversations on timely topics and how we are experiencing what's happening in the world.

 

Questions? Send us an email at resources@kwic.info.

 

We hope to see you there!

Ecological restoration seems to be a very abstract concept when it's just talked about in class. Therefore, a real interest goes unnerved in hearing about how it really gets done. This KWIC Conversation will be a follow-up from a panel of people who actively restore local ecosystems and will delve deeper into what came up at the panel. The conversation will be facilitated by Kira Nixon and Nick Weissflog. Kira is the interim president of the Society for Ecological Restoration - Trent University (SER-TU). Nick, a SER-TU member, had been looking forward to arranging the speaker panel on this topic for a year and is very happy there is a second part!

Please note that this event will be presented in a hybrid format both online and in person. If you would like to attend in person you will be visiting the KWIC EYE Centre in ESC B101 at Trent University. A Zoom link will also be sent out in advance.

Register via Eventbrite.

Join us from 2-3pm on Zoom, as we welcome START and discuss what meaningful action around reconciliation can look like.