RESISTING THE CARCERAL STATE:
THE FIFTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PENAL ABOLITION
(ICOPA 15)
JUNE 13 – 15, 2014
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
ALGONQUIN TERRITORY / OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA
Prisoners on Prisons Voices from the Inside
Prison Justice Solidarity Work Inside and Outside the Walls
Victims Still Away from Punishment to Meet Human Needs Jails, Prisons and Penitentiaries The New Residential Schools Races to Incarcerate Legacies of Colonialism
Criminalizing Women Patriarchy and Gendering Punishment Reproducing Heteronormativity The Repression of Queers and Trans
Mental Health Behind Bars Asylums Today
A Plague of Prisons Human Warehousing and Public Health
Prohibition Failure Ending the ‘War on Drugs’
Protecting Sex Workers Towards Safety, Rights and Options
The Prison Industrial Complex Exposing Profiteers of Cannibalism
Another Brick in the Wall The School to Prison Pipeline
No One is Illegal Contesting Migrant Detention and Deportation
(In)security Detention and Killings Guilty Until Proven Dead
Policing and Criminalization of Dissent The G20 in Toronto and Beyond
Eyes Everywhere Privacy and the Surveillance Society
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded Moving Beyond the Non-profit Model
Alternatives to Violence Safety through Community Building
Abolition Democracy Working Towards Social Justice
TRAVEL SUPPORT APPLICATION FORM
With the support of the Friends for a Prisonless Society, a fund setup by ICOPA founder Ruth Morris, the local organizing committee for ICOPA 15 will review travel support applications. The support will be distributed based on availability of funds, as well as the financial need and nature of the participation of the applicant.
Deadline: November 1, 2013
Notice of support:December 1, 2013
CONTACT INFORMATION
Name:
Organization / institution / employer (if applicable):
Mailing address:
Email address:
NATURE OF PARTICIPATION
In a few sentences, please describe the nature of your participation at ICOPA 15 (e.g. session organizer, presenter, delegate), as well as what you hope to gain and share from attending the conference:
FINANCIAL NEED AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES
In a few sentences, please describe the financial need for travel support from the Friends for a Prisonless Society and what other funding sources you have approached to attend ICOPA 15:
Please send your completed travel support application form via email to or by mail to:
ICOPA 15
c/o Justin Piché
Department of Criminology
University of Ottawa
120 University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1N 6N5
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE
VISIT WWW.ACTIONICOPA.ORG