Brigette DePape in Vancouver: Thinking Outside the Ballot Box Pt. 1 of 2
recorded Saturday Oct. 22, 2011 at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver.

Brigette DePape was a page in the Canadian Senate in Ottawa in June 2011 during the Throne Speech marking the beginning of a Harper Conservative majority government. She got national attention by holding up a handwritten "Stop Harper" sign during the proceedings. She was escorted from the chamber and lost her position.

"2011 has been a real year of uprisings for social change — from the Arab Spring to the recent 'Occupy Wall Street' movement and the mass civil disobedience to the tar sands KeystoneXL pipeline.

Here in Canada, we are facing a majority Conservative government. How can we make change and build powerful movements for social justice?

One thing's for sure, young people will need to help lead the way. And that's exactly what happened back in June when a 21-year-old Senate page disrupted Harper's swearing in with a creative act of civil disobedience.

Brigette DePape will join us to tell us what motivated her action, and to discuss with others how we can build a powerful, inclusive, multi-generational movement for social change in this country."

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