This will be an online Zoom meeting. Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link. See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions
Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm but you can join in to the meeting starting at 10:45 am. Volunteers please join by 10:30 am.
In 2007, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected Sochi to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. LGBTQ communities in Russia had long been under threat, culminating in 2013 legislation that criminalized same-sex activities. The IOC and Putin’s Russia continue to exercise their power in similar ways: undemocratic governance, fraudulent voting processes, hypocrisy and absence of accountability.
Our featured speaker on this topic this Sunday, will be Helen Lenskyj, author of the 2014 book: Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics: No More Rainbows (https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137399755).
Helen Jefferson Lenskyj is Professor Emerita, University of Toronto, where she taught sociology. Her work as a researcher and activist on gender and sport issues began in the 1980s, and her critique of the Olympic industry include: Inside the Olympic Industry; Olympic Industry Resistance; Gender, Athletes Rights, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport; and released earlier this year, her most recent book The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach.
Helen grew up in Australia and has lived in Toronto since 1966. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1983, and was a professor from 1986 until retiring in 2007. As well as writing books, she enjoys swimming and kayaking. Her website is www.helenlenskyj.ca; TWITTER: https://twitter.com/helenje63185798
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Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!
This meeting was recorded at the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hhMz7qP2bymGpaWfvTp2DPLh3AQnOnf4/view?usp=sharing