October Newsletter

Alternative Lifestyles On-Air – Oct 5

We co-host an alternative lifestyles radio show the first Wednesday of every month on the Dr Laurie Betito Show “Passions” CJAD 800 AM. Tune-in!!! This month Contessa Alura will be discussing Asexuality with special guest Warren. Check out our media section to listen to past programs.

Changes to our Sept Schedule

Our Wednesday workshops were omitted from our September newsletter so please make note of the following workshops happening at the ALCC and check our schedule for details:
Wed Sept. 21
7–8:30pm Rope Bondage 201
9–10:30pm Advanced Flogging

Wed Sept. 28
7– 8pm Asexuality 101
8:30–10pm Vacuum Bed

Professional Lifestyle Counsellor, Pierre Black

We are so very fortunate to have such a skilled and loving counsellor like Pierre to offer care and advice to those in need. Pierre Black is available for professional counselling by appointment and understands the diverse needs and lifestyles of our communities. He charges $70p/hour but offers discounts, exchange basis sessions and works to accomodate your specific situation so don’t feel uncomfortable to contact him and explain your needs.

Pierre Black has been in the kink community for more than 15 years. He is a trained Herbalist, Certified Nutritional Consultant, Certified Personal Fitness Trainer, and has diplomas in Counseling and Sports Nutrition. Please take a moment to visit Pierre’s freshly updated site for more infomormation www.pierreblack.com.

As if that wasn’t enough, Pierre will be offering a workshop at the ALCC that you don’t want to miss:
Relationship manifesting;
Actualizing your most compatible (kinky) relationship
Wed Oct. 5 7– 8:30pm
Sun Oct. 9 1–2:30pm
Cost: $15 per person
Welcome to the team!

We would like to welcome Marie-lynn as our new Website Adminstrator. We are so very happy to have her on the team. Check our website regularly for changes and updates as they appear!

Become a Peer Advisor

Are you a good listener? Do you like to help people? Become a Peer Support Advisor (PSA) at the ALCC. The 2110 Gender Advocacy Centre of Concordia University will be holding the following workshops for traning to become a peer advisor. The ALCC requires you to take ALL of the mentioned classes in order to elibible to be a qualified ALCC PSA. There is no cost for these classes. Please send an email to info@thealcc.org for information or to sign up.

Sat Oct. 1 9am – 5pm Active listening
Mon Oct. 3 6 – 7:30pm Harm reduction

Thu Oct. 6 6 – 7:30pm     Self-care
Thu Oct. 13 6 – 7:30pm     Oppression and marginalization
Mon Oct. 17 6 – 7:30pm   Communities and Sexual health
Thu Oct. 20 6 – 7:30pm    Trans’ 101Salicious Zine Launch & ALCC Fundraiser – TBAWe are proud to announce the Salicious Magazine Launch and ALCC fundraising event. Salicious is a Queer, Feminist, sex magazine. We will have Pervy calendars available for sale and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the ALCC. We are currently scheduled for Oct 22nd at the Pheonix Bar but this is TENTATIVE as we are hoping to get a loft space nearby so please stay posted!

SAKA – McGill Club!

We are happy to announce a wonderful new student club starting at McGill University. SAKA (Sexuality and Kink Advocacy) holds social events, meetings, workshops, talks, dicsussion groups, and more for like-mided students. For more information contact sakamcgill@gmail.com.