Annual General Meeting (AGM) - April 1

March 23, 2010 on 4:41 pm | In MFA Website, Events | No Comments

We will be having our 2009/10 Annual General Meeting to wrap up the year. Details of the meeting are below:

Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010
Time: 5:00 pm
Place: Room 250 (Lounge), Student Centre

This meeting will include: A review of this years events, financial review, plans for next year, and voting in of new executive members!

We are looking for bright, outgoing, organized, and enthusiastic people to continue running the Mississauga Freethought Association. The following executive positions are available for the 2010/11 year:
- President
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Publicity and Media Relations
- Community Relations

If you are interested in running for an executive position, send us an email with your name, year of study at UTM, position you’re interested in, and a brief (3-5 sentences) statement on why you would be the best person for the job.

Some reasons to consider being part of the MFA executive:

- Great way to get involved in Campus Life!
- Great way to meet new people!
- Looks great on a resume!
- Ability to bring important issues to the student body!
- Encourage critical thinking!
- Promote science!
- All the cool kids are doing it!

We hope to see you there!

Tom Ulanowski,
President

Killing Us Softly 3

March 3, 2010 on 1:03 am | In Uncategorized | No Comments

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Killing Us Softly 3
In Partnership with the UTM Women’s Centre

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Jean Kilbourne continues her groundbreaking analysis of advertising’s depiction of women in this most recent update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series. In fascinating detail, Kilbourne decodes an array of print and television advertisements to reveal a pattern of disturbing and destructive gender stereotypes. Her analysis challenges us to consider the relationship between advertising and broader issues of culture, identity, sexism, and gender violence.

Questions addressed are: Does the beauty ideal still tyrannize women?
| Does advertising still objectify women’s bodies? | Are the twin
themes of liberation and weight control still linked? | Is sexuality still presented as women’s main concern? | Are young girls still sexualized? | Are grown women infantilized? | Are images of male violence against women still used to sell products?

We look forward to viewing the video and then having an informal discussion on the information presented..

This is a free event.

Brought to you by the Mississauga Freethought Association (www.freethoughtcanada.ca) and the UTM women’s Centre (http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3women/uwomhis.html)