BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:106@sds.utoronto.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230513T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230513T173000 DTSTAMP:20230502T133413Z URL:https://sds.utoronto.ca/events/9343/ SUMMARY:Incorrigible: A Film About Velma Demerson\, film screening and pane l DESCRIPTION:\nTo commemorate Asian Heritage Month\, CCNC-SJ &\; Toronto Reel Asian International Festival Co-Present Incorrigible: A Film About V elma Demerson\, film screening and panel\n \nDate: May 13\, 2023\nTime: 3 :00 to 5:30 PM\nPlace: Innis Town Hall Theatre\, Innis College\, Universi ty of Toronto\n2 Sussex Ave\nToronto\, ON M5S 1J5\nPanelists: Karin Lee\, Lisa Mar\, and Rosel Kim\nModerator: Jan Wong\n \n"My whole body shook af ter watching Incorrigible. I was struck to my core with rage\, sorrow\, an d admiration of Velma Demerson’s resilience in the face of the squalid r acism of the day. She’s an inspiration.” — Simon Choa-Johnston\, au thor\, The House of Wives and House of Daughters\nJoin us for a free sc reening of Karin Lee’s Incorrigible: A Film About Velma Demerson on  May 13\, 2023\, at 3 PM located at Innis Hall\, University of Toronto's downtown campus. Following the screening will be a panel bringing together the illustrious voices of Karin Lee\, writer and director\; Lisa Mar\, associate professor for the Department of History at the University of Tor onto\; and Rosel Kim\, senior staff lawyer at the Women’s Legal Educati on and Action Fund (LEAF)\, with moderator Jan Wong\, Canadian academic\, journalist\, and writer.\n2023 marks the centenary of Canada’s 1923 Ch inese Exclusion Act\, which deemed people of Chinese descent “unsuitable for citizenship”\, and prevented people of Chinese heritage from enteri ng Canada for 24 years. This dark part of Canada’s history is shared wit h the signing of the Williams Treaties and the passing of the Female Re fugees Act in 1913 by the Ontario Legislature\, which created a unique in tersection of vulnerabilities for women. This Act granted judges the power to order the incarceration of women in Ontario and the placement of girls identified as uncontrollable or 'incorrigible' into reform facilities\, w here they were expected to work to support the institution.\nIn 1939 Velma Demerson was labelled as ‘incorrigible’ and jailed for falling in lov e with Harry Yip\, a Chinese man she would later marry. Demerson was only 18 years old at the time of her imprisonment at the Belmont Home and Merce r Reformatory for Women. Sixty years later\, Demerson successfully sued th e Ontario government for her wrongful incarceration\, arguing that the F emale Refugees Act was in fact disguised criminal law and is outside prov incial jurisdiction. After her legal battle in 2002\, Demerson received an official apology from Premier Ernie Eves and continued to advocate for wo men's and children’s rights until her passing on May 13\, 2019.\nCo-pre sented by Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival and CCNC-SJ\, this screening would not be possible without the collective support of our co-sponsors from the University of Toronto and The Metropolitan Lincoln A lexander School of Law. Reserve your tickets at reelasian.com.\nCo-Sponso red by\nTMU Lincoln Alexander School of Law\nU of T\, Asian Institute\, Mu nk School of Global Affairs &\; Public Policy\nU of T\, Dr. David Chu p rogram in Asia Pacific Studies\nUniversity College\, U of T Canadian Studi es Program\nU of T\, Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies\nU of T at Scarborough\, Department of Arts\, Culture and Media\nTMU Lincoln Alexand er School of Law\, Asian Pacific Law Students' Association (APLSA)\nU of T Women &\; Gender Studies Institute (WGSI)\nMedia contact: Jennifer Von g\, coordinator\, at national@ccncsj.ca\, or visit ccncsj.ca.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sds.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/CCNC- SJ_Incorrigible_Poster-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR