ACTION SUPPORT ADVOCACY
– since 1981 –
email: gec@lusu.ca phone: 807.343.8879 fax: 807.343.8598
MONDAY – FRIDAY
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
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MISSION
The Gender Equity Centre is a centre for all Lakehead University students.
We initiate and support positive Feminist-Womanist action concerning gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity, religion, culture, family life, sexual orientation, gender identity and difference in physical or mental abilities.
Working from an anti-oppressive and feminist framework, this is a safe and inclusive place to meet new people, access resources, and get involved. We encourage communication, action, awareness, self-reflection and compassion.
SERVICES
- Peer Support
- Babysitting Co-Op
- Parent Locator Program
- Condoms, Dental Dams, Pads
- Accompaniment
- Resource Library
- Workshop and Discussion Groups
- Referral
More about our services:
Accompaniment: GEC staff is willing to accompany students to court proceedings, rental housing tribunals and Social Work appointments for emotional support. Transportation is not provided by GEC.
Referral Program: The GEC will work with other social services groups, institution and community groups towards the prevention of male violence against women. We will maintain our relationships with other rape crisis centre, transition house and women’s groups, and we will continue to develop and build new relationships to forward women’s equality.
Resource Library: Our collection has over 170 videos and 1500 books that address a variety of subjects including: Art, Abuse, Disability, Ecology, Education, First Nations, Gender, Health, Feminism, History, Language, Law, Literature, Politics, Psychology, Rape, Recovery, Sociology, Spirituality, Violence and more.
Peer Support: – by students, for students – Connect with a Peer to talk about daily stresses. A Peer Support is confidential and here to listen, and will make a referral to another organization that is best positioned to assist a student. The Coordinator welcomes drop-ins and if you’d like to create your own Peer Support group, please get in touch.
GET INVOLVED
- Job and Volunteer Opportunities
- Group Discussions
- Campaigns
- Workshops
The Gender Equity Centre is…
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- A study space with computers, and wi-fi
- A lounge area & lunch room
- A place to watch movies
- A place to donate gently used clothes and other items
- A resource centre – borrow books and DVDs
- A child-friendly space
- A place to get DIVA cups, pads, tampons & condoms
- A place you can do breastfeeding
The name of the centre comes from Feminist epistemological perspective that our gender roles impact our lived experiences.
The Gender Equity Centre is Lakehead University Student Union’s oldest on-site advocacy and action centre. It supports all Lakehead students through consciousness-raising caravans, educational workshops, discussion groups and panels, and events with Keynote Addresses by nationally acclaimed activists, movers and shakers and other hell-raisers for 20 years.
Over the years, the GEC has provided support services to students and continues to work to be an educational force for progressive changes in attitudes, laws and institutional procedure.
