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