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A funeral march transforms into a circus parade. This is a graduation film for Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario.

In Our Memory

A funeral march transforms into a circus parade.

The cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge have public art programs with many installed works to explore, but how often do we really experience them? We see illicit visual art all around our city streets, but what do we know about it? Do we really need art? Should public funds be invested this way? Does street/graffiti art even have a place in our cities? StreetSauce makes a strong case for the importance of public art by shining a light on current works in progress, characters, storylines and artists in Waterloo Region. What does the future hold for our, sometimes controversial, public art scene?

StreetSauce! Public Art in Waterloo Region?

Does street art have a place in our cities? StreetSauce follows works-in-progress, artists and controversies to make a strong case for the importance of public art.

Female musical artist, lemin., explores the struggles of balancing the ever clashing world of art and capitalism. lemin. shares her experiences with social media, being a female artist and rediscovering herself in a high pressure industry.SWO Connection: The filmmakers were enrolled at Fanshawe College Advanced Filmmaking when they made this.

Face Value

Female musical artist, lemin., explores the struggles of balancing the ever clashing world of art and capitalism. lemin. shares her experiences with social media, being a female artist and rediscovering herself in a high pressure industry.

When May Cohen entered medical school in Toronto in the 1950s, practising medicine was a male preserve. Very few women thought of becoming doctors; fewer still imagined both having a career and also having children. Now, more than half the medical students in Canada are women. (But this gender change has by no means yet reached all echelons of the medical profession.) May’s parents were Jewish émigrés to Canada from Eastern Europe in the 1920s. Her social consciousness arose in large part from their intense progressive political engagement and activism, and she soon stood out as an extraordinarily accomplished and influential family physician with broad Canadian and international impact. In the 1970’s, May became a passionate campaigner for the pro-choice and women’s rights movements. She and her husband Gerry were pioneers in teaching medical students and family physicians about healthy sexual practices and eliminating sexual taboos and gender stereotyping. She established and led the renowned McMaster University Women’s Health Office and spearheaded broad acceptance of the notion that gender is a key determinant of individual and societal health. May advocated powerfully for the meaningful inclusion of women’s health in medical school curricula, LGBT rights, and for the equitable involvement of women doctors throughout the health sector. Even now in her eighties she is still sought after as a distinguished speaker at medical events. May and Gerry raised three children. They also welcomed literally thousands of medical students and young physicians into their home over the years, as an unusual act of fellowship, inspiration and role-modelling. Dr. May Cohen’s impacts as a physician, women’s health advocate, agent of social change, citizen and mother simply cannot be overstated. Dr. May Cohen has demonstrated that it is possible for women to balance professional, family and personal interests — and change the world. SWO Connection: Dr. Lent is a Professor Emerita at Western University in London, Ontario and was Associate Dean of Gender and Equity in the medical school. Dr. Levitt is a Professor at McMaster University. Dr. Cohen was inducted into the prestigious Canadian Medical Hall of Fame which is based in London Ontario in 2016. Cinematographer, Zoe Dirse has taught at Sheridan College, Oakville, since 2000.

The Gender Lady: The Fabulous Dr. May Cohen

This is the story of Dr. May Cohen’s impacts as a physician, women’s health advocate, agent of social change, citizen. and mother.

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The Gender Lady | StreetSauce! | Face Value | In Our Memory | Prog #11

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