As if midterm exams and assignments weren’t enough to keep Brescia’s student population busy, there were a number of really cool events going on this past week:

-On Tuesday, Oct 18, there was a screening of the documentary Miss Representation to celebrate the anniversary of Person’s Day. I wasn’t able to see the film as I was in class, but according to the description “the film explores how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in influential positions in America and challenges the media’s limiting and often disparaging portrayals of women, which make it difficult for the average girl to see herself as powerful”…I may have to get Netflix just to watch this!

-On Wednesday, Oct 19, Rita Gardiner, M.Phil., Ph.D. Candidate (Department of Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, UWO) spoke on “Leading Authentically: Why Does Gender Matter?” in October’s iWIL talk

- On Thursday, Oct 20, the 10th Annual Breakfast for Bursaries raised over $80,000! The keynote speaker was Nazanin Afshin-Jam, human rights activist and founder of Stop Child Executions. I wasn’t able to attend Breakfast for Bursaries as I was in class again but I did bump into Nazanin (literally) in front of the Starbucks Kiosk in the St. James Building. Even though our interaction consisted of no more than a few words, I could tell I was in the presence of someone who is truly passionate and caring- and it was really neat to bump into Nazanin after watching her TED talk online!

As you can tell, Brescia has had quite the eventful week! Even though my class schedule interfered with my actual attendance to these events, other students have told me that they were fantastic!

Here’s hoping I can survive midterms so I can actually attend the next BOLD events on Brescia’s calendar!

Christine