McMaster Students: Wen-Do

extracurricular | January 9, 2024
Submitted by Bani Rafeh for PhD

Wen-Do is Canada’s oldest women’s self-defence organization. This program is being offered for women and nonbinary students. Techniques are designed for all ages, sizes, and abilities. A combination of discussion with practical physical skills results in an integration of mental and physical preparedness.

Details:

  • Friday, February 2
  • Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
  • Location: Fitzhenry Studio (David Braley Athletic Centre), McMaster Main Campus

Reserve your spot here.

This event is for women and nonbinary students at McMaster.

About the Facilitator:

Shailagh (Shaiden) Keaney (xe/xem/xyr) fosters empowerment through passionate, engaging and seriously fun self-defence classes, and has been doing so since 2015. Participants in Shaiden’s classes get practical self-defence techniques combined with skilled explorations of the realities of gendered violence. Shaiden believes in choice, survival, and the power of healing through ferocity.

This event is being organized by the Equity and Inclusion Office (EIO) at McMaster University.

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