Ann Hansen at Ryerson

Ann Hansen comes to Ryerson University November 6, 2018 at the School of Image Arts Building Theatre in room IMA 307 on the third floor from 6:30pm to 9:30pm for the Toronto launch of her prison memoir Taking the Rap.

In January 1983, Ann Hansen was arrested along with four fellow members of urban guerrilla organization Direct Action, which had orchestrated a bombing campaign the previous year. (The group is better known these days as the Squamish Five, following their arrest on the Sea-to-Sky Highway by police disguised as a road crew.)

Hansen served seven years of a life sentence in federal prisons, saying her experiences strengthened her resolve to fight the system that jails women for minor offences often related to poverty, abuse and mental health issues.

Join us for this free public discussion about Ann’s life and Canada’s prison-industrial complex.