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[coalalert] CTV VANCOUVER ISLAND VIDEO CLIP ON THE COMPLIANCE COAL LICENSE APPLICATION
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- Published on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 10:45
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[coalalert] West Coast Environmental Law blog on the Raven Coal Mine
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- Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 13:00
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[SJS] upcoming events - June 17th 2013
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- Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 12:00
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Dear Friends of SJS,
More details can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/458849730878723/466087116821651/?notif_t=plan_mall_activityI
strongly encourage you to stop by if you have the chance!
Also:
The Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society is hosting upcoming events in recognition of World Refugee Day on...
[SJS ]Upcoming Research Café on Homelessness
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- Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 11:45
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Dear Friends of SJS,
Bernadette Pauly (UVic, RN, PhD, Scientist for CARBC) and Trudy Norman (UVic, PhD (c) PMP, CARBC) will be speaking on social inclusion. The title of their talk is Meaningful Participation: Including People Who Experience Homelessness. Kym Hines from the Committee to End Homelessness will moderate. For more information, please see the attached poster.
Upcoming Research Café on Homelessness
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- Published on Monday, 17 June 2013 11:30
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Bernadette Pauly (UVic, RN, PhD, Scientist for CARBC) and Trudy Norman (UVic, PhD (c) PMP, CARBC) will be speaking on social inclusion. The title of their talk is Meaningful Participation: Including People Who Experience Homelessness. Kym Hines from the Committee to End Homelessness will moderate. For more information, please see the attached poster.
Social Justice Studies Program
[coalalert] Fwd: INDIEGOGO FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
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- Published on Saturday, 15 June 2013 05:45
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READING BY POETS with social, environmental & peace consciousness
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 14:15
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POETRY READING: Wednesday, June 26, 7 pm. Koffi coffeehouse 1441 Haultain St.
You are invited to meet and hear Carole Chambers read from her new book of poems, “She Draws the Rain.” Chambers is a graduate of the University of Victoria and has lived for many years on Hornby Island. She has published 5 books of poetry which express her passion for this region of the Salish Sea and her sensitivity to the world around her.
Books will be available for purchase & signing.
No admission charge but please plan to enjoy food & beverages at Koffi.
Contact Terry This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
New guide for activists on hacking global finance - can you help?
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 14:15
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Hi Occupy Victoria,
I've just released a book with radical UK publisher Pluto Press about hacking global finance. It's called The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance: Hacking the Future of Money. It's aimed at activists and it's been endorsed by Bill McKibben of 350.org and left-wing economist Ha-Joon Chang of Cambridge University.
I'm based in the UK, but I'm sure the broader Occupy community in Canada would find this handbook useful. Pluto Press is a small indy publisher so they don't have big marketing budgets, and we rely on help from grassroots groups. Please let me know if there is any way of promoting it via your network or a chance of putting short piece on the site. I'm @suitpossum on...
Read more: New guide for activists on hacking global finance - can you help?
[coalalert] CV Echo:" Comox Valley coal " the new gold rush."
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 07:30
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FUNDRAISER FOR THE PIPELINE ACTION CAMP
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- Published on Friday, 14 June 2013 03:43
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Watch the film trailer at onthelinemovie.com
Film screening of On The Line, an eco-adventure documentary that tracks two guys as they hike, bike and kayak the length of the proposed pipeline corridor.
- A fundraiser to strengthen numbers at the 4th annual Action Camp in the path of the pipelines, filling a bus with indigenous and non-indigenous people up to ground zero in BC: the Wet'suwet'en territory near Smithers.
If you are concerned about the devastation that could result from more pipelines and tankers through BC, and if you support BC's indigenous peoples' resistance to the pipelines proposed to run across their traditional territories, please consider supporting this fundraising event.
FILM: "Sing Your Song" - Harry Belafonte - Social Justice Film Night
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- Published on Thursday, 13 June 2013 12:15
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Social Justice Film Night presents: "Sing Your Song"
7:00pm Thurs. June 20 at 2994 Douglas (BCGEU Hall)
This documentary surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer, inspired by Paul Robeson, and his experiences touring a segregated country, to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte's groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement and impacted many other social justice movements.
Admission by donation. Social Justice Film Night is on the 3rd Thurs. of every month except for July & August. Sponsored by Victoria Friends of Cuba. More info at: http://victoriafriendsofcuba.wordpress.com/
[coalalert] Compliance files for coal license in Forbidden Plateau area ( Anderson Lake )
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- Published on Wednesday, 12 June 2013 03:15
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Hi all: I attended the CVRD Committee of the Whole meeting last evening ( June 11th) and observed the discussion around the agenda item regarding Compliance Coal Corporation's Coal License Application in the Forbidden Plateau area, which appears to be the same Anderson Lake coal deposit that CoalWatch and others had brought to public attention for the past several years. It appears that the Committe of the Whole voted to approve the staff report and this will come up again on June 25th at the regular CVRD meeting for a final vote before letters are sent to the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas. I've included a link to the CVRD staff report and other pertinent documents in the link below. I'll post more information when it becomes available. Cheers, John
Time to put the brakes on BC's gas industry
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- Published on Tuesday, 11 June 2013 14:15
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Time to put the brakes on BC's gas industry
Hi PAOV,
Lately British Columbians have been hearing a lot about the gas industry from leaders in the provincial government. Last week, BC Premier Christy Clark went so far as to announce a brand new provincial ministry dedicated to creating a thriving natural gas industry hinged on exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
But what does all this industrial development mean for the environment and for the people of BC?
If you’re one of the many Canadians who have burning questions about the gas industry and its impacts, we’ve got a helpful new resource for you.
Our latest report, BC Gas: Boom or Bust?, connects the dots between the extraction process,...
[coalalert] Fwd: Global BC News 4 part series on coal mining in BC
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- Published on Monday, 10 June 2013 16:15
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[coalalert] Fwd: CV Record letter: "Math by coal mine critic doesn't add up"
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- Published on Monday, 10 June 2013 12:00
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World Refugee Day - June 20th 2013
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- Published on Monday, 10 June 2013 14:45
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https://www.facebook.com/events/148799741971790/
- June 20 is World Refugee Day. Join us in honoring refugees and celebrating their resiliency with events at different Greater Victoria Public Library branches on June 20, 21 and 22.
June 20: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm, Saanich Centennial Branch
June 21: 11:30 am-1:30 pm, Oak Bay Branch
June 23: 11:30 am-1:30 pm, Central Branch
These events will feature key speakers from the local community and documentaries highlighting the triumph of the human spirit, manifested in stories of refugees who survived severe challenges throughout their journey, including in their countries of first asylum and resettlement.World Refugee Day: Victoria is hosted by the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society, and organizing partners include the Greater Victoria Public Library, Victoria Coalition for Survivors of Torture, and UVic WUSC.
For more information, please contact Sharmarke Mohamed at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Twitter: @victoriawrd
From the Heart - Enter into the Journey of Reconciliation
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- Published on Monday, 10 June 2013 13:25
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From the Heart - Enter into the Journey of Reconciliation
A new 90-min. theatre production about the transformative stories that move non-indigenous people to see their relationships with their aboriginal neighbours in new ways. This won’t be anything like an ordinary play - it'll be an experience.
Opening on June 12th at a donated space in the Uptown mall, the audience will be invited to move through a vast, beautiful labyrinth made of thousands of metres of colourful fabric, hundreds of doors and windows, and lit with paper lantern lights. In the nooks and alcoves along the way, the audience will encounter 16 scenes, songs, shadow theatre performances and visual installations that were all created this past winter by an intercultural cast of 30 community members ranging in age from 18 to 79.
The script development co-facilitator was Kwakwaka'wakw performance artist/ poet Krystal Cook, with singing and movement coaching from Bisia Belina.
The 14,000 sq ft. labyrinth was co-designed by two internationally acclaimed designers: eco-architect Mark Lakeman and tensile fabric architect Mar Ricketts.
The project was inspired by Paulette Regan’s bestselling book, Unsettling the Settler Within.
To learn more about the project, watch the 5-min, video here:
Directions: come south along Blanshard from Ravine Way, turn into Uptown at the RBC sign and go UP the ramp, then to the right and park. The performance space is on the opposite end of the parking lot of the RBC branch.
The space is wheelchair accessible.
Read more: From the Heart - Enter into the Journey of Reconciliation
Alert: Stop senators and MPs fraud spending
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- Published on Monday, 10 June 2013 05:30
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It's not just a few senators, politicians across Canada are spending your money dishonestly, wastefully, and for themselves and their political parties!! But with your help NOW they can be stopped!
Senators are resisting a proposal to have the Auditor General audit their spending, as are MPs (don't be fooled by the weak measures proposed by the Trudeau Liberals -- all the federal parties are trying to keep the Auditor General away)!
Join the nation-wide call to stop fraud politician and government spending by sending your letter to key politicians across the country HERE.
Please share this campaign with everyone you know! The more Canadians...
Good News and Update about 'National Geographic Channel: Deportation is not entertainment! Cancel the reality show Border Security' on Change.org
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- Published on Monday, 10 June 2013 05:30
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Thank you for speaking out against the TV show Border Security. As a result of our collective mobilizing, the March 13 raid that Diana's husband and others were filmed for, will not be broadcast. Border Security has also announced two policy changes, one with respect to filming of the Inland Enforcement Team, and second with respect to consent at the border.
These are important victories, thanks to you!
As you might have heard on local and national media this past week, we are now launching the next hard-hitting strategy to get the unethical "Border Security" production off the air and to protect the privacy of millions of travelers and migrants crossing the border.
Tell Border Security TV Show: "I Do Not Consent"!
*** One easy step, right here ***
http://bccla.org/notfortv/refusal/
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Fwd: [lotayef] Gaza’s Ark is Different (article)
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- Published on Monday, 10 June 2013 05:15
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http://palestinechronicle.com/gazas-ark-is-different/
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Gaza’s Ark is Different
by Ehab Lotayef – Montreal
November 2011: Two boats sail out of Turkey quietly heading to Gaza: the Tahrir and the Saoirse. Once in international waters they announce their destination and their challenge to the...
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