Decolonizing History and Personal Memory: a View From the Global South Remembering and Forgetting; R

Schedule

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

31 Wellesley St E, Toronto, ON M4Y 1G7, Canada | Toronto, ON

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ACLA is proud to host an insightful and timely presentation by Jojo Geronimo Dr. Gyal Lo, Elizabeth Ha and Winnie Ng, who will share their experiences and realizations stemming from their engagement with their homelands, their adopted country and Indigenous peoples.
Jojo Geronimo is a longtime labour and community activist, a social justice educator and the former Executive Director of Labour Education Centre. He started his activism in 1970 when he joined the fight against martial law in the Philippines, his homeland.
Dr. Gyal Lo is a Tibetan activist, educational sociologist, and a leading expert on China’s assimilation and education policies in Tibet.
Winnie Ng is a longtime labour and community activist and is the former Gindin Chair in Social Justice & democracy at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Elizabeth Ha is a longtime OPSEU activist and past Vice-President of the Ontario Federation of Labour’s (OFL) Workers of Colour Committee. She has recently returned from the March to Gaza where thousands of human rights activists from around the world demanded the lifting of the blockade. Alongside over 500 activists, Elizabeth was detained and deported from Cairo, Egypt.
This special presentation is presented by the Asian Canadian Labour Alliance (ACLA) • www.AsianLabour.ca
Refreshments will be served
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31 Wellesley St E, Toronto, ON M4Y 1G7, Canada

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