BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251016T135850EDT-8159HPGIRk@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251016T175850Z DESCRIPTION:Education Library & Curriculum Resources Centre | Education Bui lding\, 1stfloor\, 3700 McTavish St.\n\nDr. Jackie Kirk (1968-2008) had re cently been appointed Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education when s he was killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday\, August 13th\, 2008\,w hile working on girls’ education for the New York-based International Resc ue Committee. Dr.Kirkwas one of four people shotin an ambush for which the Taliban claimed responsibility.\n\nOn September 27\, the Faculty of Educa tion will honour the legacy of Jackie Kirk at ºÚÁÏÉç through a special eve nt to be held in the first floor foyer\, 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM. The event will include a panel of speakers who worked with or who have been inspired by Jackie\, and the opening of an art exhibition ‘Speaking Back: Youth-led Pe rspectives on Combating Sexual Violence’. The exhibition was created using participatory arts-based methods by young people from 6 countries\, inclu ding Indigenous youth in Canada and South Africa\, along with work produce d in Ethiopia\, Kenya\, Sweden and Russia. To RSVP or for  further informa tion about this event please contact Leann Brown (info in Contact field at bottom of page).\n\nThis year\, on the tenth anniversary of her death\, h er memory will be honoured with a series of initiatives. Please visit Ten Years Later: Honouring the Memory of Jackie Kirk for more information.\n\n \n Welcome:Welcoming words from Dilson Rassier\, Dean of the Faculty of Edu cation & opening comments from Andy Kirk\n International Panel:Members of t he Honouring the Legacy of Jackie Kirk Panel will include Marni Sommer of the Mailman School of Public Health\, Columbia University\; Lilia Goldfarb \, Y Des Femmes Montreal\; Anuradha Dugal\, Canadian Women’s Foundation\; Stephanie Garrow\, Independent Non-Profit Organization Management Professi onal\n Art Exhibition: Speaking Back: Youth-led Perspectives on Combating S exual Violence\n Reception:light refreshments will be served\n\n\nPlease RS VP by September 13\, 2018 to CONTACT listed below\n DTSTART:20180927T210000Z DTEND:20180927T233000Z SUMMARY:ºÚÁÏÉç Honours the Legacy of Jackie Kirk URL:/dise/channels/event/mcgill-honours-legacy-jackie- kirk-289497 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR