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This is flagrantly unfair. Can you step up for Beaver Lake Cree?
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- Published on Friday, 18 September 2020 12:00
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Indigenous People’s most hard-fought Constitutional protection could lose its meaning.
Indigenous People’s most hard-fought Constitutional protection could lose its meaning.
On the west coast of North America, massive wildfires have blocked the sun. Amidst floods on the Gulf Coast and record breaking temperatures in the Arctic, the pressures of a changing climate are being felt across Turtle Island.
Today, a courageous Indigenous Nation is facing down that climate calamity with determined action. The Beaver Lake Cree are heading back to court, fighting to hold on to their advance costs award so they can pursue their groundbreaking case, the Tar Sands Trial.
The Nation needs $40,000 to pursue this appeal: if you are in a position to give, now is the time.
Last fall, the RAVEN community empowered Beaver Lake Cree Nation with the resources to pursue — and win — a partial advance costs award for a case that was ruled to be of national importance.
Outrageously, Canada and Alberta appealed, and in June the award decision was overturned by the Alberta Court of Appeal. The Court ruled that the Beaver Lake Cree government must exhaust all available resources before they can qualify for any amount of advance costs. Essentially: the BLCN government must bankrupt itself in order to defend its treaty and constitutional rights.
Read more: This is flagrantly unfair. Can you step up for Beaver Lake Cree?
Green recovery
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- Published on Friday, 18 September 2020 11:24
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Join the national day of action
In just two weeks, we’ll find out what the federal government plans to do with its multi-billion dollar COVID-19 recovery plan: invest in a green and just recovery, or keep bankrolling Big Oil?
We know that our pressure’s been working: The Liberals said on record last month that a green and just recovery will be its number one priority when Parliament resumes this fall. But the powerful fossil fuel industry and conservative provincial leaders are already lobbying hard to keep money going towards business as usual. The future of a green recovery is on shaky ground: until real commitments are made, promises just aren’t enough.
One more big push is needed to convince Trudeau and his new finance minister to commit to investing in a green and just recovery in their upcoming Throne Speech. That’s why we’ve joined forces with dozens of other environmental groups to host a nationwide, online day of action.
TAKE ACTION
[evoz] Cafe Simpatico - Sept 25, 7:30 PM PDT
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 September 2020 18:11
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Please join us via Zoom!
Cafe SimpaticoFriday, September 25, 2020 7:30 PM PDT
Kay Gimbel presents:
Nicaragua: Cooperatives, campesinos and the coup In search of the truth about this much maligned country.
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Co-sponsored by: Central America Support Committee Mining Justice Action Committee
A wave of momentum in difficult times
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 September 2020 17:20
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There's no conservation without justice
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 September 2020 16:59
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Stop Trump
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 September 2020 08:00
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Protect the Arctic Refuge’s big sister
Just west of the Arctic Refuge lies its big sister: 23 million acres of public lands (4 million acres more than the Refuge, an already vast reserve!) in the Western Arctic. The area is composed of wild lands hosting the vast Western Arctic caribou herd, the protected waterfowl nesting areas of Teshekpuk Lake, denning polar bears, and coastal lagoons where beluga whales rear their calves. For generations, communities have practiced traditional ways of life and subsistence on this breathtaking landscape in Northern Alaska.
Now Trump wants to open up almost all of this area to drilling in order to supply Big Oil’s refineries in California and Washington. We can’t let that happen.
PROTECT THE WESTERN ARCTIC
Join our birthday celebration, Supa
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- Published on Monday, 14 September 2020 11:13
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The Leap turns five!
Tuesday, September 15th marks the five-year anniversary of the launch of The Leap Manifesto. On that day in Toronto, representatives from Canada’s Indigenous rights, environmental, social and food justice groups, faith-based and labour movements came together to call for a just transition in Canada based on a simple principle: care for the earth and one another. The idea that we could build a different kind of economy in a country like Canada -- not in 2050, but starting now -- was considered radical, utopian and a bit dangerous at the time. Today, it just feels commonsense.
On behalf of the whole team at The Leap, I want to thank you Supa, for being part of this journey with us over the years. As The Leap’s new Communications Manager, it’s been a lot of fun digging through the archives to prepare for our birthday celebration -- and I’m pretty excited about what we have to share.
So here’s my ask: for our birthday, will you follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and our NEW TikTok account so you can join the celebration?
[evoz] Cafe Simpatico - Sept 25, 7:30 PM PDT
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- Published on Sunday, 13 September 2020 14:44
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Please join us via Zoom!
Cafe SimpaticoFriday, September 25, 2020 7:30 PM PDT
Kay Gimbel presents:
Nicaragua: Cooperatives, campesinos and the coup In search of the truth about this much maligned country.
To participate send e-mail to:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Co-sponsored by: Central America Support Committee Mining Justice Action Committee
350k hectares of wilderness areas deferred from logging!
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- Published on Friday, 11 September 2020 15:58
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WE WON! Public Healthcare on Trial
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- Published on Friday, 11 September 2020 14:10
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Dear Paov,
We’re still pinching ourselves, but it’s true. Yesterday, BC Supreme Court Justice Steeves dealt a strong blow to the efforts of Dr. Brian Day to undermine our publicly-funded health care system.
They took public health care to court. We stood up to defend it. And we won.
It is a historic victory against an attack that could have ushered in US-style profit-driven health care. Time and time again, the evidence has clearly shown that public solutions are the most effective way to decrease wait times and ensure quality patient care. The courts have made it clear that this case was never about wait times - it was about profit. To read our press release, click here.
The decade-long legal attack launched by one of the largest for-profit surgical centres in Canada sought to invalidate key sections of the BC Medicare Protection Act (MPA). The sections of the MPA that the plaintiffs sought to strike down are in place to preserve a public health care system in which access to necessary medical care...
Our last best chance to stop Woodfibre LNG
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- Published on Thursday, 10 September 2020 16:59
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TODAY: Day of Action for a Green and Just Recovery
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- Published on Wednesday, 09 September 2020 08:01
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The Struggle Continues - Join the Work Camp
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- Published on Friday, 04 September 2020 12:28
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Take a stand. Make your voice heard. Stand with others in any way that you can.•
Not everyone is able to, or has the capacity, to put themselves on the frontlines... to those who can - do so. If you want change, or want to stand for the rights of others, remember that you can’t rely on those who are fighting oppression daily, to always take the lead... If you want change, stand up and make change happen.
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Will you put your comfort aside to stand with those who have no choice but to fight?
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Will you utilize your voice to be heard as a collective - for the greater good... or will you only use your voice when it’s safe, and/or you’re publicly acknowledged for it (social media, etc)?
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If you see the human rights infringements occurring today, and acknowledge they’re wrong... If you see our future being systematically destroyed... If you see corporations & Industry profiting while people struggle... Will you take a stand and be heard??
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#1492landbacklane watch @realpeoplesmedia for updates #IndigenousSolidarity #WetsuwetenStrong
[Webinar] Sustainable Energy Funding & Innovation
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- Published on Friday, 04 September 2020 08:03
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[Sjsall] Request from Friends of Canadian Musicians
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- Published on Thursday, 03 September 2020 17:33
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Dear Friends of SJS,
Please see the request below for support for a petition in support of Canadian musicians.
Regards, Margo
Margo L. Matwychuk, PhD
Director, Social Justice Studies
University of Victoria
Territories of the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSANEC Peoples
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Victoria BC V8W 2Y2
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Hello friends,
A group of us have formed Friends of Canadian Musicians, to advocate for strong government support for performing musicians during the covid-19 pandemic.
We have just submitted a petition to Parliament, which I hope you will read and sign. It i
Is it time to fight climate change like a war?
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- Published on Wednesday, 02 September 2020 16:59
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The Struggle Continues - Join the Work Camp
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- Published on Wednesday, 02 September 2020 08:40
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'Passed the Point of No Return'
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- Published on Tuesday, 01 September 2020 16:14
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Sciencehttps://www.ecowatch.com/greenland-ice-sheet-melting-2647005347.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200813123550.htm
https://www.livescience.com/greenland-melt-point-of-no-return.html
https://www.sciencealert.com/greenland-s-melting-ice-sheet-has-passed-the-point-of-no-return-scientists-say
Mainstream News
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/08/25/the-greenland-ice-sheet-has-melted-past-the-point-of-no-return
https://people.com/human-interest/greenland-ice-sheet-melted-past-point-of-return-study-says/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/greenland-s-ice-sheet-has-melted-to-a-point-of-no-return-according-to-new-study-1.5065393
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/weather/greenland-ice-sheet/index.html
https://www.foxnews.com/science/greenland-ice-sheet-reached-point-of-no-return
Business Newshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/scottsnowden/2020/08/14/greenlands-melting-ice-sheets/
https://www.businessinsider.com/greenland-melting-ice-sheet-past-tipping-point-2020-8
CBC notably buries the leadhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/greenland-ice-sheet-melting-1.5687998
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/greenland-ice-loss-1.5693549
[Webinar] Sustainable Energy Funding & Innovation
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- Published on Tuesday, 01 September 2020 11:50
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Sustainable energy innovation is critical to meeting todays challenges of economic security, emission reduction targets, environmental impact and climate change. This webinar will focus on Industrial innovation and sustainability, the future of cleantech in Canada and sustainable energy financing – how policies and business models are moving the dial.
Please join the BC Sustainable Energy Association, along with our speakers Jeanette
Jackson, CEO of Foresight and Bernard Tan, CEO of RE Royalties on Tuesday September 8th, 2020 at 11:00am PT.
Jeanette Jackson is the CEO of Foresight, a cleantech ecosystem accelerator that is empowering entrepreneurs and energizing a world-class cleantech industry across Canada.
Read more: [Webinar] Sustainable Energy Funding & Innovation
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