Join academics, activists and advocates to explore addressing sexual violence targeted at East and Southeast Asian campus community members.

Southeast and East Asian people are exoticized, fetishized and desexualized while the perceived submissiveness of some of our cultures is erotized. All of this reduces us to inaccurate and detrimental stereotypes and creates staggering rates of violence including but not limited to sexual violence. This session will be an opportunity to explore the impacts of misogyny, sexual violence and white supremacy against Southeast and East Asian people in higher ed and what actions need to be taken to systematically address them.

Moderator: Kristyn Wong-Tam – Toronto City Councillor for Ward 13
Panelists:
Elene Lam – Executive Director of Butterfly
Joy Masuhara, MD, CCFP – Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; Co-Chair Women Transforming Cities International Society
Jesmen Mendoza – Registered Psychologist, Ryerson University
Jiaqing Wilson-Yang – Sexual Violence Specialist, X University

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