The Student Outreach Program
The Student Outreach Program was initiated in the fall of 2007 by the Human Rights Canada Film Festival Subcommittee as a way to create awareness around important human rights issues.
The subcommittee began working initially with professors and student volunteers from the University of Toronto, York University, and Humber College. In 2009, Ryerson University joined the list of participating institutions.
Student committees work with organizers of the Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival to increase student participation in the festival, primarily through the sale of reduced-rate tickets on campus.
Contact A Student Rep
Humber College — Amy Rynsoever, hrw.humbertickets@gmail.com
Ryerson University — Jasmine Holmes, humanrights@arts.ryerson.ca
University of Toronto — Jessika Berns, jessika.berns@utoronto.ca
York University — Emile Wickham, filmfestivalyork@hotmail.com
Join A Student Outreach Committee
We are looking for new members to join the Student Outreach Committees at Ryerson, Humber, York University, and U of T.
If you are interested in joining, please contact: Karin Lippert, Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival Committee, at karin.lippert76@gmail.com.
Where You Can Find Us
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Join your friends at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival…We are doing tabling to promote the Festival and sell Student $5 tickets at York, Ryerson, UofT and Humber next week. Student contacts – listed avobe – on the site. 10 amazing films…directors, experts,journalists, HRW researchers…exciting films and programs every night.Starts February 22nd! See you there!
Hi everyone – Click on the blog – there are videos for all of the films. Share with friends. Exciting News – Alberto Herskovitz – director of FAMILIA – will be coming to the festival, Feb.26th. Come here him talk about why he made this film!
Whoever spots the typo in my last comment will win a prize!
hear instead of here
We have a winner – Adeola Olowe, please email me at klippert26@aol.com. I would like to give you 2 tickets to the Opening Night Film – THE GREEN WAVE! Karin
The Ryersonian article on student involvement with the HRW Film Festival is online. One student’s story says it all – a film can change your view of the world and your life. “The Green Wave” and “You Don’t Like The Truth” are two of the films mentioned in the article. Our thanks to Alexandra MacAulay Abdelwahab for her excellent reporting.
http://www.ryersonian.ca/article/12403/
Thank you to Humber students and Sarah Horwath for her article in Et Cetera…
“Humber Students Raise Awareness at the Human Rights Film Festival,” March 2, 2011.