PowerPlay
Ideal audience: Youth aged 14+
Workshop summary
Through a game, a legal case analysis, and group discussion, PowerPlay encourages participants to think critically about the law, discrimination, and marginalization. The workshop introduces equality rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and compares two colonial legal understandings of equality (formal and substantive). It looks at the gap between what the law says and the reality we live in, and opens a discussion about strategies for challenging injustice.
This workshop was designed for Law 12 and Social Justice 12 classrooms but is suitable for other groups of youth.
Details
Our workshops are available for booking at least six weeks in advance of your desired date. Please email Suyu at youth@westcoastleaf.org to book.
80 minutes is the standard workshop run time. However, we may be able to customize a workshop for you if this length will not work. Please contact us to discuss if you are interested in this option.
Education specialists on West Coast LEAF’s team.
We take a flexible approach. We appreciate an honorarium if you have the budget for that. We are committed to making our education programs accessible and can sometimes offer this workshop for free or for a lower fee if that would be better for you.
This workshop is available on Zoom or in-person in Metro Vancouver. Capacity permitting, we can consider requests for in-person workshops in other areas of BC if you can fund facilitator travel.
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