CoDev E-Bulletin January 2016
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Greetings Friends and Supporters
Here is your January 2016 CoDev E-Bulletin.******** SPECIAL EVENT NOTICE This year's crop of films proves to be one of our best yet. We're looking forward to hosting you in a new venue this year, the Vancity Theatre! Come and enjoy the films, enlightening q&as with directors, the social justice bazaar and so much more. See you there!
February 11-13Vancity Theatre
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******* Hello CoDev supporters! Thanks to all who have responded to the member renewal notice. Remember all memberships expired at the end of December. New members who paid after June 2015 will not receive a renewal notice, and memberships for Monthly Donors will renew automatically! Renew Today! And as always, thanks for your incredible and generous support.
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News from Home
Political Activities Audit of Charities to Wind Down
On January 20, Minister Diane Lebouthillier announced the winding down of the review by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) of registered charities’ political activities. Great news for all of us. Read the announcement here.
***** The CCIC Publishes, "Transforming Our World: Canadian Perspectives on the Sustainable Development Goals"
The Canadian Council for International Cooperation produced a series of blog posts for the Huffington Post's Development Unplugged feature. It is a place "where practitioners, researchers, and academics can share commentary, reflections and lessons learned." The popularity of the blogs has led to the publication of a compilation. It is available for download here.
***** Around the Americas
COLOMBIA 16 FARC Rebels Freed
As part of the peace deal, Colombia released nine men and seven women, the first of a group of 20 to be pardoned. Get the details. Watch of a brief video here. MEXICO 342 Journalists Killed in Latin America Over the Last Decade
In this informative opinion piece, Andalusia Knoll (freelance journalist in Mexico City) examines the dangers of a journalist's life in Mexico. She has also produced the documentary, Journalists Under Attack in Mexico: Death in Veracruz. You can watch it here.
3 More Suspects Arrested in the Ayotzinapa Case
Mexican officials say they have arrested additional suspects in the the 2014 massacre that killed as many as 43 students at a teaching college in Iguala, Mexico. Read more here.
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February 11-13, 2016
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY DINNER
Celebrating Women: Women in Trades
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Doors open at 5:15
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