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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00

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Dear Friends of SJS,

Here is an excellent community facebook group if you are looking for contacts, info, resources, support, opportunities to help out, and more during this difficult time:

COVID-19 Coming Together (Victoria/Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ Lands) https://www.facebook.com/groups/MutualAidVictoria/

Please share with anyone you think could use a free, healthy meal this weekend.

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Would you like to receive a free, healthy Easter / Passover / non-denominational meal this weekend?

The Red Cedar Café is a 100% volunteer-driven, not-for-profit food delivery and take-out service, providing healthy meals free of charge to seniors, people in self-isolation and other people in need in Lekwungen territory (Victoria, BC).

Sign up today for an Easter / Passover / non-denominational meal, delivered frozen to your home or picked up frozen at our take-out window at 537 Johnson Street on Sunday April 12 between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm.

The Red Cedar... Café welcomes the donation of volunteer labour, raw ingredients and funds to expand the reach of our free meal service to as many community members in need as possible.

Order Your Free, Healthy Meal Here

The Red Cedar Café

537 Johnson Street, Victoria

Phone: 250-727-9163 Website: facebook.com/redcedarcafe

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April 13:

Community Storytelling and Song #4 (Hosted by VIDEA):

See facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/224771292066544/ and zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/713526643

April 15:

Join Dr. Jean-Paul Restoule and Dr. Angela Nardozi and a community of educators from across Canada for the next installment of the Kikinoo'amaadawin webinar series on April 15th at 4pm PST and 7pm EST.

We will be joined by Dhakāle or Hayle Gallup, who is a member of the Tahltan First Nation. She is an Indigenous Support Teacher within School District 61 in BC. In this webinar Hayle will share her stories about STEM and Indigenous ways of knowing, using real life examples, images, resources, and video clips. She will also give examples of bringing Place Based Learning to students in a meaningful way. Tickets are free and available to both attend live and receive the link to the recording afterwards. Click here to reserve your spot now. ( https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/100321117162)

Thank you,

Pam Bevan

Assistant to the Chair

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Department of Indigenous Education

April 22:

From MJAC:

On Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020, join us for our upcoming teach-in:

“Finding Common Ground: community self-determination in the face of resource extraction in Guatemala and Canada”

Brief Description:

On April 22 from 1-2:30pm PST / 4-5:30pm EST / 5-6:30pm AST Allied organizations and collectives from Canada, the U.S. and beyond will convene an online teach-in about the peaceful resistance to the Escobal silver mine in southeastern Guatemala owned by Pan American Silver (formerly by Tahoe Resources). We will have guests from the Xinka Parliament of Guatemala, as well as a representative from the Tsilhqot’in National Government in British Columbia who recently traveled to Guatemala as part of a solidarity delegation. We will also share details about how you can participate in a digital campaign in solidarity with the peaceful resistance to the Escobal project in the lead up to Pan American Silver´s annual general shareholder meeting on May 6th.

Please sign-up and receive sign-in details for the meeting here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-common-ground-community-self-determination-canada-guatemala-tickets-102203802324

This teach-in is endorsed by: Amnesty Canada | Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network | B.C Casa/Cafe Justicia | CDHAL | CIEL | Common Frontiers | CUPE | Earthworks | EJ ATLAS | FNWARM | IPS -Global Economy Program | Inter Pares | KAIROS Canada | Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network| MIGRANTE B.C. | Mining Injustice Solidarity Network | MiningWatch Canada | Mining Justice Alliance | Mining Justice Action Committee | NISGUA | Oxfam Canada | Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights | Projet de Acompagnement Quebec- Guatemala | PSAC Social Justice Fund | PSAC B.C Region | Rights Action | SFU Institute for Humanities | Stop the Institute | Students for Mining Justice (UBC) | United Steel Workers | Victoria Central America Support Committee

Contact us at Mining Justice Action Committee at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

www.mjacvictoria.ca www.facebook.com/MiningJusticeActionCommittee

Wishing you health and well-being,

Margo

Margo L. Matwychuk, PhD

Director, Social Justice Studies

University of Victoria

Territories of the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSANEC Peoples

PO Box 1700 STN CSC

Victoria BC V8W 2Y2

Office: Cornett B210

PH: (250) 721-6283

FAX: (250) 721-6215

We acknowledge and respect the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples on whose unceded territory the university stands and whose relationships with the land continue to this day.

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