Speakers Series and General Meeting at 12:30 on January 6, 2020.
NOTE TIME CHANGE - Come and join us for lunch & conversation Monday, January 6th at 11:45 before the Speakers’ Series /General Meeting at 12:30 pm.
Monday, January 6th @ 11:45 a.m.
Lunch orders for Monday are now closed, but for those who did order lunch ...
We look forward to seeing you at 11:45 a.m.
If you didn't register for lunch, one won't be ordered for you.
The cost of the lunch is $10.
The $10 is payable at the door on January 6th.
*If you have ordered lunch and then discover you can't come, we ask that you send a cheque to our Treasurer, Chris Narraway, (42 Esterlawn Private, Ottawa, ON, K2A 4B6) to cover the cost of the lunch that will be ordered for you.
12:30 pm - January 6th - Speakers’ Series
PLEASE NOTE - CHANGE OF SPEAKER
Almost two years ago, Toronto Star columnist Vicky Mochama called the treatment of women – and especially Indigenous women – in Canadian prisons “a human rights travesty.” She noted that women prisoners are routinely denied the basic human dignity, medical treatment, training opportunities and culturally appropriate spiritual support necessary to equip them for life beyond incarceration.
SPEAKER: Rev. Teresa Burnett Cole,
the Coordinating Minister at Glebe St. James Church
TOPIC: “Indigenous Women & Canada’s Prison System.”
Teresa earned a Bachelor of Arts (Canadian History and Religious Studies) degree from King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario, and a Master of Divinity degree from Emmanuel College, Toronto where she was the Sanford Fleming Gold Medalist. She is currently completing her Th.D. in liturgical studies at the Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto. Teresa has served congregations in the Maritimes, Saskatchewan, Toronto, and now Montreal and Ottawa Conferences. Teresa is an accomplished visual artist and musician.
Glebe St. James reaches out to the wider community through a number of initiatives, including direct involvement with Canada’s Indigenous Peoples. Teresa’s work in this area includes a study of the over-representation of Indigenous women in Canada’s prison system: how these women arrive in prison, what incarceration means for them and their families, and what can be done to help them heal.
Club Business Meeting follows the speaker.
