FTAA Teach-In held last weekend at Concordia University. Highlights of Panel Discussions and some workshops.

Last weekend, from January 26 to 28, a motley crew of activists and inquiring minds descended upon the hollowed halls of Concordia University for a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) teach-in. The Globalisation in the Americas - Building for Quebec 2001, convened seasoned activists with those newer to the movement hoping to answer the question, "When I say that I'm against globalisation, I want to be able to really explain why." For those more familiar with the anti-FTAA movement, mobilizing against the April meeting of the Summit of the America, the weekend represented an opportunity to discuss divergent strategies and logistics in preparation for Quebec 2001.

The event opened Friday night with a panel presentation by three community activists: Debra Harry, a member of the indigenous people's council, Dolores Chew, a founding member of the south asian women's center in montreal, and Lorenzo Komboa Ervin, a community organizer and former Black Panther.

Others hoping to gain more specific instruction on various aspects related to globalisation and resistance turned to workshops held throughout the weekend in five teach-in themes including, The Privatization of Education, Aboriginal Sovereignty, Colours of Resistance, Art and Revolution, and Gender and Globalisation.

The Gender and Globalisation series, included workshops titled "The Third World in Montreal: the Reality of Immigrant Workers" as well as "The Live-In Caregiver (LCP) Program and Migrant Workers