Women & Social Justice – Sixth Annual Rosemary Brown Memorial Symposium

Rosemary Brown worked tirelessly to address social justice issues in our society, and we are working to maintain her legacy.

About this Event

Annual Rosemary Brown Memorial Symposium was launched in 2014 as a means of bringing academics and students, service-providers, and the broader community together to speak on current issues of diversity, ongoing inequalities, and ways to create positive change.

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Keynote Speaker — Joy Johnson (Vice-President, Research and International, SFU)

“Better science with sex and gender – innovations in health research”

Joy Johnson leads Simon Fraser University’s strategic research initiatives and facilitates international opportunities that foster research collaborations and student exchange. Her work focuses on facilitating research excellence and helping the university respond to new opportunities.

Rosemary Brown Award for Women Recipient — Marion Buller (Former Chief Commissioner for the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls)

“Reclaiming Power and Place”

The Honourable Judge Marion Buller served as Chief Commissioner for the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and has served as the President of the Indigenous Bar Association

Presentation of the Annual Rosemary Award for Women and the Rosemary Brown Undergraduate Scholarship in Social Justice