October 11 at 6–8pm
Open to: Everyone ages 18+
Free + in-person program
This workshop aims to be a collective reflection on breakups and relationship hardships. Through discussion and a writing exercise, participants will explore ways of practicing harm reduction through communication when they are directly or indirectly involved in a sticky interpersonal situation, and when intense waves of emotion might impact their abilities.
This workshop takes an Indigenized, intersectional, non-monogamous, queer and trans-affirming approach to navigating relationships of all kinds (sexual, platonic, romantic, friendship, etc.).
Demystify and debunk colonial and cisheteronormative ways of thinking about breakups and relationship hardships
Explore the role of communication in reducing harm in breakups and relationship hardships
Get more comfortable in openly talking about breakups and relationship hardships through conversation and writing, both in community and in privacy
Zakary-Georges “Twisted Wind” Gagné is a transfeminine, non-binary, francophone, and Cree individual. As an artist, organizer, volunteer, and educator, she aims to create conversations about the wellbeing and realities of gender, sexual, and culturally diverse people in hope of building and supporting resilient communities.
She's been able to do this work on a national scene through public speaking, curriculum development, photography, illustrations, and collaging, while bringing forward topics she most cares about, including indigenization, gender disruption, and interconnectivity.
Union Gallery thanks the Inclusive Community Fund through Office of the Vice-Principal (Culture, Equity and Inclusion) at Queen's University for supporting the Breaking Up/Open program.
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