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Digital Privacy Rights for Youth
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- Published on Monday, 12 September 2022 07:58
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Dear Friend,
As students head back to school and concerns regarding youth safety grow, so too do the responsibilities of educators to oversee and prevent threats to the wellbeing of the student body. Given that students are now walking around with a wealth of personal information in their pockets, what implications does this have for student privacy and freedom of expression?
Introducing our new public legal education project Digital Privacy Rights for Youth!
The BCCLA is here to help protect your privacy rights. With more and more of our lives involving electronic devices, it’s easy to forget the volume of information you’re carrying with you. For many, it is an entire library – years of correspondence, personal conversations, photos, web surfing history, and reading habits – all stored on one device.
In our new educational resources and animated videos, we’re informing teachers, students, and...
Orangutans in danger
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- Published on Sunday, 11 September 2022 23:12
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Palm oil in your shampoo? Yes. Worse actually, forest destruction and climate chaos.
All thanks to Procter and Gamble’s repeated inaction and complicity in the worsening climate crisis. But P&G’s biggest meeting of the year is in a couple of weeks so if we up the pressure now, we can force change in the palm oil industry.
A,
Glossy hair and no dandruff comes at a steep cost: there’s a big chance that the palm oil in Procter & Gamble’s Head & Shoulders and Herbal Essences shampoo is grown on burned and bulldozed rainforest in the Leuser ecosystem – the orangutan capital of the world.
The latest report from our partners draws a clear picture: at least one rogue palm oil producer...
Doctor shortage in Canada
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- Published on Sunday, 11 September 2022 15:08
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PAOV — Ahmed is a family doctor who knows first-hand the detrimental effects the current physician shortage is having on Canadians. More than 5 million Canadians lack access to a primary care physician. Internationally trained doctors can help alleviate the backlog and Ahmed is calling on Canada to rapidly integrate more of them into the healthcare system so more Canadians can have access to a family doctor. If you think internationally trained doctors should be called on to help with Canada’s struggling healthcare system, sign now.
Rapidly Solve the Physician Shortage Crisis Canadians are facing
2,009 have signed Ahmed Alamelhuda’s...
Were going up against one of Wall Streets toughest law firms in a battle for pipeline documents
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- Published on Saturday, 10 September 2022 07:14
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For nearly two years, The Intercept has been fighting an expensive legal battle to obtain 60,000 pages of public documents about pipeline giant Energy Transfer and TigerSwan, the private security firm that surveilled Indigenous-led activists who were brutally attacked protesting against the Dakota Access pipeline in 2017.
The law is on our side. We’ve won key rulings at the North Dakota Supreme Court. These documents should already be public.
But Energy Transfer continues to oppose the release of all the documents, and it’s hired one of the most famously combative law firms in the country: Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP.
The firm’s founder, Marc Kasowitz, has been described as the “toughest lawyer on Wall Street,” an “uberlitigator,” and “the Donald Trump of lawyering.”
In fact, according to public reports,...
Dogwood News This Week: let's talk succession plan
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- Published on Saturday, 10 September 2022 06:02
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Canadians would be forgiven for having complicated feelings about the death of Queen Elizabeth this past week.
For some, the royals are a nostalgic presence — something that grounds Canadian history and culture in the heritage of settlers from Great Britain. The Queen especially has been described as an icon who handled herself with integrity and grace.
For others, the monarchy is an antiquated institution controlled by a family whose wealth and...
Read more: Dogwood News This Week: let's talk succession plan
September: The integral right to education
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- Published on Friday, 09 September 2022 15:06
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hope is on the line
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- Published on Friday, 09 September 2022 08:00
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PAOV,
Paige and Dinjot here – we’re Dogwood’s staff organizers in Vancouver and Surrey.
Over the last few weeks, our team of more than 100 callers reached thousands of Dogwood supporters to have powerful and honest conversations about the outsized opportunity to choose our next premier. The callers were made up of local volunteers, staff, friends and even activists from other provinces, all looking for a way to support. All looking for a bit of hope.
And...
How narwhals change the ecosystem
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- Published on Thursday, 08 September 2022 17:19
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Were running out of time to stop this unjust execution
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- Published on Thursday, 08 September 2022 14:14
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In just three months, the state of Oklahoma is scheduled to execute a man despite evidence that he is innocent.
Richard Glossip was sentenced to death for a murder that even prosecutors admit he wasn’t present for — based almost entirely on the testimony of the confessed killer. The Intercept’s team has revealed how police and prosecutors cut corners throughout the case, ignoring witnesses and evidence that supported Glossip’s innocence.
Oklahoma has already gone to great lengths to keep the truth about this case from getting out. So with Glossip’s execution looming, our team is racing to expose this miscarriage of justice in order to save Glossip’s life.
With the state...
Read more: Were running out of time to stop this unjust execution
A Project Veritas Employee Leaked Ashley Bidens Diary
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- Published on Thursday, 08 September 2022 05:32
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Solar-powered villages
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- Published on Thursday, 08 September 2022 01:19
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A,
Nearly 800 million people worldwide live without electricity. It’s a silent killer – the deadly fumes inhaled from kerosene lamps are equivalent to smoking 40 cigarettes a day.
The crisis is especially acute in Northern Uganda, where 99% of the population can’t access the national grid and more children die from respiratory illness than anything else.
But there’s a proven, simple solution: solar lights.
An amazing organisation called Solar Links works with community-led groups to install solar lighting in rural households in Uganda – and they’re racing to get these lights in more than 500 homes before skyrocketing food and kerosene costs drive them further into darkness.
They won’t start installing until there are enough funds to light every home in the village so no one is left out – and together we can make it happen quickly, with no red tape.
Each light costs just $20 – can you chip in so that together we can empower an entire village...
Cell phone fees
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 September 2022 16:05
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PAOV — Canadians pay some of the highest internet and phone service fees in the world, and telecom companies regularly report hundreds of millions of dollars in profit. Despite this, Telus has submitted an application with the CRTC to charge a 1.5% credit card processing fee on all customer bill payments. Petition starter Nicole is urging the CRTC to take immediate and strong action to bring more competition into Canada’s internet and phone markets so Canadians are better protected from skyrocketing fees. You can help by signing the petition now.
CRTC Open Up Canada to Competition for Bell & Rogers
Join CUPE and Act Now for Universal Pharmacare webinar
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 September 2022 09:00
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Take two minutes to strengthen climate policy
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 September 2022 06:11
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Paov,
One of Trudeau’s big climate promises last election was to put a cap on how much pollution the oil and gas sector can emit. Almost a year later, the federal government is asking for public feedback on the emissions cap.
Canada’s fossil fuel CEOs have been quick to call the Liberals’ proposal "overly ambitious" but we know in reality it doesn’t go nearly far enough. Scientists have been clear that we have to keep most known oil, gas and coal reserves in the ground to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.1 That means capping fossil fuel production, not just emissions, and investing in a Just Transition that supports workers as we race to build a clean energy future.
It’s been another summer of dangerous heat and extreme weather. But while communities suffer and Big Oil billionaires rake in record profits, Trudeau’s Environment Minister is openly considering a two-year deadline extension for the oil and gas sector to...
Nestlé
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- Published on Wednesday, 07 September 2022 06:04
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A,
Plastic pollution is one of the greatest threats we’ll be facing in the next century.
As we move towards cleaner forms of transportation, plastic is the next opportunity for oil giants like Exxon, Gazprom and Saudi Aramco to continue destroying our planet. Plastic also continues to pollute our oceans and cause the death of millions of sea and land animals. Plastic is also being blamed by a growing body of scientists for causing cancer and serious infertility problems.
When we campaigned against the world's biggest plastic polluters, like Nestlé and Pepsi, you answered our call. Now, because the climate crisis and its link to the plastics industry has never been more obvious, we're asking you to kick it into high gear.
SumOfUs is joining the global Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) coalition, a worldwide movement of more than 2,600 organizations working for a future without plastic pollution.
Our first contribution to the BFFP coalition will depend on you and your participation in a new brand audit.
Brand audits are a collaborative science-based initiative that collects data on plastic waste to help identify companies that...
Free Salma - next steps
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 September 2022 14:31
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Hi A,
Thanks again for urging speakers of Saudi's AI summit to boycott the event and stand with Salma.
We’ve tracked down the Twitter handles for key speakers, and if they each receive tweets from people around the world, it could persuade them to join our call.
Tweeting will take just one minute and could have tremendous impact - could you help?
Feel free to personalize the tweet if you'd like, and let me know if you run into any issues or if you get a response.
Thanks for all that you do,
Rewan and the SumOfUs team
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BC farming
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- Published on Monday, 05 September 2022 15:10
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PAOV — A crucial parcel of farmland in Surrey is at risk of being sold and developed into industrial parks, putting the province’s access to BC-grown vegetables in jeopardy. The 300-acre site produces 30-50 million servings of vegetables like potatoes, carrots, and cabbage every year. It’s owned by the federal government, and not protected by BC’s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). At a time when food insecurity is increasing for many people in BC, petition starter Tristin is urging the federal government to continue leasing the land to local farmers and include it in the ALR to protect this resource. You can show your support in this critical moment by signing the petition now.
Protect Early Farmland in BC
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Donald Trumps “Better Call Saul” Performance Isnt Going Well
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- Published on Sunday, 04 September 2022 17:12
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Battling Bayer in court
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- Published on Sunday, 04 September 2022 00:46
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A,
Our beekeeper friends are fighting Bayer in court to defend our right to protest its toxic pesticides.
Their case has made it all the way to the highest court: they're one step away from finally defeating Bayer. But they’re also running out of money fast.
They’re asking for our help – and the stakes couldn’t be higher. If Bayer wins, it could call the police and shut down peaceful protests any time we try to publicly speak out at its shareholder meetings. Other corporations could follow suit and also shut us down.
But it's not over yet – and with your help, Bayer could still lose.
If you chip in $92, or what you can, we can help these beekeepers fight to defeat Bayer in court. A, can we count on you to help?
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