Panel Discussion: Work, Wear, and What Remains: Women’s Labour and its Afterlives

Moderator: Deborah Thompson 

Panelists: Susan Andrews Grace, Laura Carter 

Join Laura Carter and Susan Andrews Grace in a discussion around women’s labour and its afterlives_._ How is it that women’s work is pushed out of sight; and how can women’s work, both in and out of the home be less invisible? What forces work against the recognition of women’s work? How are women faring under capitalism? How are women artists affected?

Laura Carter has nearly 40 years of experience in the international labour movement, working with trade unions representing workers in manufacturing, energy, and mining. Her work has taken her to more than 70 countries, supporting efforts to defend workers’ rights, build union power and hold corporations accountable. She has worked extensively alongside women workers around the world to fight discrimination in both workplaces and trade unions, addressing persistent inequalities in pay and opportunity, the unequal burden of care, and gender-based violence as a central concern for workers’ rights. She lives in Nelson, British Columbia.

Susan Andrews Grace is a visual artist and poet of Irish settler ancestry, maintaining her practice in Ky̓ʕamlúp (Nelson, British Columbia) on Sn̓ʕay̓ckstx (Sinixt) territory. Her visual art practice searches for the metaphysical in the ordinary, finding the poetic in the material; it includes textile installation, mixed media, and sculpture. Andrews Grace has received grants for her writing and visual art from BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Saskatchewan Arts Board, and Columbia Kootenay Culture Alliance. Her work has been exhibited in public galleries in Canada over the last thirty-five years. Her seventh book, The Waiting Bench, will be released by Gapereau Press, 2027. She was one of the founding faculty of Oxygen Art Centre in Nelson; she holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a BA in Philosophy.

FREE EVENT—Langham Theatre