Wednesday Night Discussion Group
Queer Discussion Group Held at uWaterloo
Tonight: Our First Community Building Through Circle Dialogue Event!
7 months ago
This week we will be debuting our new Community Building Through Circle Dialogue format! The discussion group will take place “in circle” – an approach to community dialogue that is used in many cultures to discuss difficult topics, improve relationships and resolve differences. The circle approach focusses on providing a safe environment, promote active discussion and utilizes the concept of a “talking piece” to help emphasize that all participants have an equal value and voice in the discussion.
We will specifically be applying the circle format to discussing the Role of Religion in the Queer Community.
Hope you can make the discussion!
This Week: Questions from a Hat
This week will be our monthly Questions from a Hat discussion, so come prepared with your questions!
Looking forward to seeing you there.
March at Toronto Pride (Especially uWaterloo Staff, Alumni & Faculty)
7 months ago
by Jeremy
in Events of Interest
The uWaterloo Federation of Students is hosting a trip to the Toronto Pride Parade on Sunday July 3rd! This should be a very exciting year to march, as GLOW is celebrating their 40th Anniversary this year! For more details and to sign-up to be part of the contingent, visit the following link:
http://feds.ca/content/uwaterloo-2011-toronto-pride-parade
In addition, there is a big push to have more uWaterloo alumni, faculty and staff march with the students this year! If you are a uWaterloo alumna/alumnus, faculty or staff feel free to use the above link to sign-up to march and contact Jeremy Steffler to let him know (check out the Staying in Touch section for contact info)! Jeremy is trying to coordinate the alumni/faculty/staff contingent in the hopes that they will have a visible presence this year!
4-Month Club this week! (in lieu of regular discussion)
Just a reminder that the 4-Month Club event is this week! Instead of our regular discussion, we will be meeting from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Health Services Building on the main University of Waterloo campus. As always, Health Services has an exciting evening planned so hopefully you can join us!
Note that this is very much a drop-in type of event, so feel free to stop in as your schedule allows to show your support for this event.
Details of the 4-Month Club Event Now Available (Special Time!)
8 months ago
by Jeremy
in Events of Interest
The 4-Month Club event will be held on Wednesday June 15th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the Health Services Building on the University of Waterloo Campus. More details can be found by visiting:
http://wndg.ca/events/4-month-club/
You can also RSVP via Facebook by clicking here.
Note that this event is being sponsored by UW Health Services. It would be great if everyone could spread the word and try to attend the event to show appreciation and support of their efforts. If there is not a lot of interest in the 4-Month Club events, it might not be feasible to arrange d future events.
This Week: The Queer Gazette!
This week is our monthly Queer Gazette! As always, be sure to bring any articles, blog entries, political cartoons or other print media that you think might be of interest to other participants!
Hope to see you there!
This Week: Travel and the Queer Community
With the warm weather finally here, our discussion will turn to vacations and travel - with a queer twist!
Hope to see you there!
(Almost) Final schedule for the term posted!
8 months ago
by Jeremy
in Administrative
The WNDG schedule for the Spring Term has been updated! This should reflect the final schedule for the term, with the following exceptions:
Details of the 4-Month Club Event, sponsored by uWaterloo Health Services still need to be finalized;
More details about the new Community Building through Circle Dialogue format for discussion will be posted closer to the first session; and
This Week: Questions from a Hat
This week we will be hosting our monthly Questions from a Hat discussion! Be sure to come prepared with a question to toss into the hat to help form the basis for the evening’s discussion.
As always, hope to see you there!
This week: Addictions!
This week, we will be returning to our regular monthly schedule and having a set topic for discussion.
WNDG participants were invited to complete a survey to help select topics for the term and ALL topics for this term were selected by an overwhelming majority of survey respondents! This week’s topic is Addictions!
Hope you can join us 