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We got invited to a book signing and discussion panel where one of the speakers was my brother-in-law-in-law (my SIL's brother)
"The World of Islam" discussion panel. Photographed at the Folklorica venue during the Woodford Folk Festival 2011-12. Near Woodford, Queensland, Australia.
Audience member Kasha discussing the importance of the internet, which enabled her to connect with ideas and people when she was in Uganda. Audience Q&A, Queer Peers, a Human Rights Panel Discussion on International Transgender Politics,
An evening of Queer Expressions, Photos © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com and Pride Toronto 2009, Tuesday June 23, 2009,
Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
Moderator: Fred Kuhr
Panelists:
(L-R) Victor Mukasa, Susan Gapka, Erika Ayala, Evana Ortigoza , Notisha Massaquoi, Christine Decelles, N. Nicole Nussbaum
Global Trans Rights Activist Victor Mukasa from Uganda has been chosen as Pride Toronto's 2009 International Grand Marshal. Join us as we pay tribute to the brave queer activists fighting for their rights in Africa and specifically in Uganda. Come and hear Victor speak. As the 2009 International Grand Marshal, he proudly leads Toronto's Pride Parade on Sunday, June 28 at 2:00PM.
Victor Mukasa, Chairperson of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), 2009 Pride Toronto's International Grand Marshal: is the Chairperson of SMUG and a human rights defender for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender liberation in his home country of Uganda and across Africa. As a global trans rights activist, he strives to protect and defend the space to exit freely without harassment, threat, or violence and to change this world' traditional gender categories so that people are no longer punished for simply being who they are.
Victor Juliet Mukasa is a Ugandan transgender activist who has gained international recognition for bringing light to human rights issues globally. He is a TransLesbian working with the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) as Research and Policy Associate for East, Central and Horn of Africa. Victor is a founding member of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), served as SMUG’s Chairperson from March 2004 to October 2007 and is now serving on the organizations Advisory Board. He’s also the Grand Marshall for Pride Toronto 2009.
N. Nicole Nussbaum, Barrister & Solicitor is an Employment and Human Rights Lawyer working with the Fred Victor Trans Employment Support Program. She represents both employees and employers on employment agreements, wrongful dismissal litigation, human rights complaints, employment and human rights trainings, corporate employment policy review and drafting, and other related services. Nicole transitioned from male to female in 2006.
Susan Gapka is committed to the empowerment of the marginalized community of transgender and transexual people through her dedication to social justice and her activism. She has been vocal in her lobbying the government for the rights of transpeople. Susan has won several awards for her work, worked on several committees, and facilitated many workshops and training sessions.
Notisha Massaquoi is originally from Sierra Leone and is the Executive Director of Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre (WHCHC). Her most recent publication is the edited anthology Theorizing Empowerment: Canadian Perspectives on Black Feminist Thought. She is the winner of the 2008 IRN-Africa Audre Lorde award for outstanding writing and she is currently working on a second collection of writing with Selly Thiam entitled, None on Record: Stories of Queer Africa. Her most recent work has been implementing transgender programming into the WHCHC.
Christine Decelles is a volunteer with PWA Speakers Bureau, and an active participant and advocate in the gay community and HIV/AIDS movement who has been living with HIV for 21 years. She has done volunteer work for 10 years at PASAN, working with people who are positive within the prison system. She is the chair of Ritten House, an agency dealing with transformative justice, and also a member of Voices of Positive Women. Christine is working hard to break down the stigma and discrimination around HIV, AIDS, transsexual and transgendered people.
Erika Ayala was born in Mexico City, and has been living as a female since she was 15 years old. She first immigrated to the United States where she lived for 10 years, before moving to Canada five years ago. Erika recounts her claim for refugee status, applying as a trans-person and experiencing trans-phobia. The Queer Refugee Experience in Canada
Evana Ortigoza is a Trans Sex Outreach Worker with TransPULSE and 519 Community Centre. She was born in Venezuela, immigrated to Canada in 1994, and danced with the National Ballet of Canada for 4 years. She also coordinates the weekly Meal Trans Drop-In for low income trans-people.
with Stacey Danckert and Jamie Burton
Politics in the Cellar at Solé Restaurant and Wine Bar
Fair Vote Canada Waterloo Region Chapter
meet-the-candidate event during the 2014 Ontario Election
A large fire broke out on the morning of 13th July 2025 on the former Wigsley airfield, consuming a pile of haybales. The inferno was visible for miles, resulting in a detour to record the event on my way home.
13-07-2025
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her Cabinet are in Aberdeen today to hold a public discussion with members of the local community.
Some discussion between talks: in this case, just after David Heinemeier Hansson's talk about the greatness of Ruby on Rails.
I was a guest at the Three Brazils event on the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway to celebrate the return to service of Premier and the withdrawal of Leader.
Both locomotive were built by Kerr Stuart & Co. in 10905.
Premier is works number 886 and Leader works number 926
In conjunction with the commemoration of the National Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Month, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the National OSH Council (DK3N) is conducting an interactive discussion title “Hazards at the Workplace, the Importance of OSH” on Wednesday, 31 January 2018, at Morrissey Hotel, Jakarta, from 14.00-17.00 WIB. The event is also part of the efforts to raise the awareness regarding the importance of OSH at the workplace as a response to recent national OSH incidents.
Copyright: ILO/G. Lingga
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ZURB Wired 2014: Meet Sacred Heart Community Services, a bay area non-profit organization that is celebrating 50 years of helping end poverty. We’re working alongside their team to help them with their holiday campaign and celebrating their 50th anniversary! We'll work on brand strategy and design for their campaign, including a website, brochures, posters and other goodies.
The ZURB Wired 24-hour marathon is where our team and the team from one lucky local nonprofit get together to do something great in 24 hours. We spend the day helping the nonprofit solve a big challenge; whether it be marketing for an upcoming event, or completely overhauling their brand; and we get it all done in 24 hours.
ZURB is a close-knit team of product designers that help companies design better. (www.zurb.com
A gathering of players at the net can, and does, get heated if the opposing player gets too close to the goalie. Here the linesman, without the orange sleeve, William Hancock (17) steps between Erik Condra (22) and William Pelletier (16) during one of the "discussions"
Volunteer Sarah Scholten with Bene, student at the Volta School for the Mentally Challenged in Gbi-Kledjo, Volta Region, Ghana. Bene has Down syndrome.