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10th Annual Consent Tea

The Consent Tea, an annual health promotion and wellness education event, was developed by TRU Senior Wellness Co-ordinator Chelsea Corsi in response to hundreds of conversations and observations about student struggles to navigate consent, relationships, sexual health, and healing from sexualized and other forms of violence. This year, we have two free events happening on Wednesday, January 29 featuring special guests. Students, faculty, and community members are all encouraged to join. See below for details.

*Please note that these events will include discussions about sexualized violence.

Please remember to take care of yourself.*

Honouring Resistance: Panel and Dialogue

Wed, Jan 29
House of Learning (HOL 190)
11:45 AM - 1:20 PM

Join us for a panel discussion to honour resistance with those who have been involved in anti-violence work. After the panel, there is an opportunity to dialogue about resistance in small groups with the panellists. The special guests joining us are: Viola Thomas, Meghan Gardiner, Alix Dolson, Monty Armstrong, and Sabreet Ghumman. If you'd like to learn more about the panellists, follow our social media @truwellnesscentre.

Special Keynote Actress Meghan Gardiner "The Power of Sharing Your Story"

Wed, Jan 29, 2025
Alumni Theatre,
Clocktower (CT200)
from 7:00 - 8:30 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM
Or watch the Livestream here: https://vimeo.com/event/4862350/75dad0d031

Join Meghan Gardiner as she recounts her thirteen-year journey of publicly sharing personal trauma on stages across North America. Hear how she overcame her initial struggles with success and grew to embrace the healing power of sharing her story. Through Meghan’s talk, become emboldened to intervene in dangerous situations and become inspired to tell your own story in your own way.

Meghan is an actor and writer who can be seen on stages and screens worldwide. In 2003 she premiered ‘Dissolve’, a one-woman show based on her experience of being drugged and sexually assaulted. After performing it nearly 850 times across the continent, she stopped touring the show in 2016 to start a family, but the show continues to tour to this day. Meghan has been honoured with a citation from the American Alliance for Theatre in Education, was a nominee for the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards and won the Sydney Risk Award for emerging playwright at the 2012 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. She was a keynote speaker at the Toronto Police Service’s International Conference on Sex Crimes and has subsequently written three more plays that raise awareness on gender based and sexualized violence.