"The Fruit Machine" Film Panel
December 1, 2020Speaking Engagement
This event explores the history of Canada’s systemic firing of LGBT civil servants, RCMP and military members, the impact of the LGBT Purge on Canadian citizens, and steps we can take to remember and honour this history.
This event panel featured:
- Élisabeth Brousseau, Partner, Litigation, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
- Michelle Douglas, human rights activist and Executive Director of the LGBT Purge Fund
- Douglas Elliott, Lead Counsel in the LGBT Purge class action
- Sarah Fodey, producer and writer and director of The Fruit Machine
- Nikki Gershbain, Chief Inclusion Officer, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
- Martine Roy, Regional Manager, LGBTQ2+ Business Development Quebec Eastern Canada- Toronto-Dominion Bank
View Fruit Machine Documentary here
