Come explore FAT POLITICS in all its intersectional glory! Join us for an exciting and transformative week of workshops, and learn about resisting fat oppression and integrating fat politics into your life and your activism!
Come to one workshop, or come to as many as you’d like! We know it’s a long week, and not everyone will be able to attend every workshop. We do ask that all participants attend all day on August 8th for the welcome session and the Fat Politics 101 workshop. (Exceptions can be made for participants who have attended a fat politics workshop before and who have a basic understanding of intersectional anti-oppression theory. Please indicate during registration if you will not be attending the Fat Politics 101 workshop and let us know about your experience with fat politics and intersectional anti-oppression)
Most events will be held at SFU Burnaby, on unceded Coast Salish Territories. Based on our current knowledge, this includes the territories of the Musqueam, Skxwú7mesh, Stó:lo & Tsleil-Waututh nations. Locations of any other events will be announced as the locations are confirmed.
Workshop topics include: Healthism; Colonialism; Racialization; Classism; Ableism; Sexism; Sexuality; Self-Care; Food Justice; and More! See below for the workshop schedule.
Each workshop is admission by donation, with a suggested sliding scale donation of $0-$20 (cash or cheques made out to “SFPIRG” are accepted). No one is turned away due to lack of funds. Donations go directly towards accessibility expenses (i.e. dependent care and transportation subsidies) and honoraria for workshop presenters. If you have the resources and capacity, please consider donating to help ensure that Fat Camp is more accessible for everyone! If you are able and would like to donate more, that’s okay, too!
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Workshop and Event Schedule
Saturday August 8th – 10am – 5pm
– Morning – Welcome and Intros
– Afternoon – Fat Politics 101
Sunday August 9th
– 10am-1pm – Health/Healthism/Medicalization and Health Myths *** Including “Navigating Healthcare Systems like a Boss” with Shilo George! ***
– 2pm-5pm – Understanding Fat Science
Monday August 10th
– 10am – 5pm – Fatness in a Context of Colonialism and Racialization *** Including “Body Sovereignty: Embodying the Intersections of Fatness, Queerness, and Indigeneity” with Shilo George! ***
– 6pm – 10pm – Mad Fat Diary Viewing Extravaganza
Tuesday August 11th
– 10am – 3:30pm – Fatness in a Context of Capitalism and Classism
– 4pm – 9pm – Games and social time, including a Fat Camp Swim Party!
Wednesday August 12th
– 10am-1pm – Fatness and Ableism
– 2pm-5pm – Fat Law and Public Policy
Thursday August 13th
– 10am-1pm – Fatness in a context of Cisism, Heterosexism and Sexism
– 2pm-5pm – Sexuality and Relationships
Friday August 14th
– 10am-1pm – Food Politics, Food Justice, Fatness and Eating
– 2pm-5pm – Caring for Our Bodies/Practical Body Love
Saturday August 15th
– 10am-1pm – Allyship as Resistance
– 10pm-2am – DANCE PARTY! More info to come
Sunday August 16th – 10am – 5pm
– 10am-1pm – Shame and Healing
– 2pm-5pm – Closing
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Accessibility Info
SFPIRG and our community partners and organizers are committed to creating accessible programming and events, including every workshop and event in Fat Camp!
All events will be held in wheelchair/scooter accessible venues with access to accessible washrooms nearby. Gender-neutral washrooms are also available within 1 to 5 minute distance from each venue. We are also aiming to have a variety of seating options available at each event.
In order to enable people to attend without experiencing hardship, bus tickets and money for dependent care (this can include childcare, eldercare, etc.) are available upon request. Please indicate during registration if you will require either subsidy.
While we cannot ensure a fully scent-free event in this setting, we’re aiming to create a scent-reduced environment by not bringing additional scents into the space. Exposure to laundry products, colognes, hairspray, and many other scented products can trigger serious health reactions in individuals with asthma, allergies, migraines, and/or chemical sensitivities. We ask that you not wear/ apply/ or bring any scented products into this space. If you do so, we may need to ask you to leave so others can safely stay in the space. If you find yourself being impacted by someone’s use of scented products during the conference, speak with any one of the organizers. We know that this can be a big step for many people. As Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha says in Fragrance Free Femme of Colour Realness, “Cutting out scents may seem like a pain in the ass, but it means that awesome, ass-kicking community members you love can attend events you’re at and make out with you without having seizures, throwing up or otherwise getting really sick.” Please, bring your amazing self, and keep the scents at home!
(More info here: http://thinkbeforeyoustink.com/howtogofragrancefree.html,http://www.brownstargirl.org/blog/fragrance-free-femme-of-colour-realness-draft-15, http://eastbaymeditation.org/accessibility/scentfree.html)
All workshops and events are nut-free and peanut-free. Absolutely no nuts or peanuts will be permitted within the event spaces in order to create an allergen-free environment for all participants. This includes (but is not limited to) products like coconut oil, coconut milk, and peanut butter.
If you have any other allergies or sensitivities that we need to know about so that you can participate fully and safely, please let us know during registration.
ASL interpretation has been booked for all of the Fat Camp workshops! Deadline for ASL registration is July 22nd. Any workshops that do not require ASL will have the ASL interpretation cancelled. A team of 4 ASL interpreters have been booked to cover all of the workshops: Sara MacFayden, Lisa McCarron, Laine Le Vecque and Amanda Noiles.
Some folks are sensitive and/or get sick from electromagnetic frequency radiation (EMF). This can include radiation from cell phones, Wi-Fi, fluorescent lights, and more. SFU Burnaby has Wi-Fi set up throughout its campus, including in Fat Camp workshop spaces. In order to reduce EMF exposure, we will strive to minimize fluorescent light usage and utilize natural lighting whenever possible. We will also have a designated area in each workshop space for folks with EMF sensitivities and folks who are willing to turn off their cellphones during the workshops. Folks who need to keep cellphones on (for work, for emergency contacts, etc.) will be asked not to sit in the EMF-reduced area.
If there is any other way we can make Fat Camp more accessible for you, please let us know during registration!
