85 Queen: International Women's Day with Sally Armstrong

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Event Details

This is a free event. Registration opens February 18th at 9am.  CLICK HERE for tickets


In conversation with Eva Salinas, journalism instructor and former managing editor of OpenCanada.org


Join us for a compelling conversation with Sally Armstrong, journalist, activist, author, 2019 Massey Lecturer

An award winning author, journalist and human rights activist she’s a three-time winner of the Amnesty International Canada media award; she holds ten honorary degrees and is a member of the Order of Canada. Armstrong was the first journalist to bring the story of the women of Afghanistan to the world and is relentless when it comes to exposing the abuse of women whether on an American university campus or a village in a war zone.

Michele Landsberg, author of Writing the Revolution describes her this way:  “Striding into Taliban-held Afghanistan with a chador over her six-foot frame, playing high-fives with a traumatized child rape survivor in the Congolese jungle, marching with the defiant grandmothers in Swaziland, she explores the darkest reaches of women’s experience and brings back astonishing news of hope, challenge and change. From Tahrir Square to LA, Armstrong discovers that the sisters are doing it for themselves—and revolutionizing the world.” 


Eva Salinas is an editor and journalism instructor at Mohawk College. She was previously the managing editor of foreign affairs site, OpenCanada.org, the editor of The Santiago Times in Chile, a trainer for Journalists for Human Rights in Ghana and has written for the Globe and Mail, The Times of London, the Financial Post, and others. She has a Bachelor of Journalism from Ryerson University and an MA with McMaster University's Institute on Globalization and is also the author of Latin Americans Thought of It, an educational book for children.


Copies of Sally's books will be available for sale. Book signing to following theatre event.

***Limit two tickets per person. As events are free, it is our policy to overbook. In case of a full program, your reservation may not guarantee admission. Unclaimed reservations will be released to standby customers ten minutes prior to the start of the program. We recommend that you arrive early.***

Event Type(s): 85 Queen
Age Group(s): Adults