[Sjsall] new email, requests, and upcoming events
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Dear Friends of SJS,
We are deactivating the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it."> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. account. Please send all correspondence with Social Justice Studies to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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REQUESTS:
Support the urban Indigenous led fight against colonialism and homelessness at Saanich tent city
Canada’s housing crisis exposes and carries on colonial legacies by disproportionately impacting Indigenous people in Canada. In rural settings and urban centres, Indigenous people experience overcrowding and illness from poorly constructed homes, and racism and discrimination when seeking and maintaining housing. Over half of the population of Indigenous people in Canada live in urban centres, and in the nation’s major cities, Indigenous people make up between 30-50% of the homeless population. In the sixth major tent city to pop up in BC in under 3 years, Chrissy Brett, a Nuxalk woman and camp founder, leads a political fight against colonial dispossession and capitalist... displacement. Read the full article here
How you can support:
Choo-Choo!!! GET ON THE MEAL TRAIN!
A Meal Train was started to support tent city residents and show that the community cares about access to housing and the rights of unhoused people to self-organized. You can create an account (1 minute) then sign up to bring a meal to the camp. We are looking to provide 1 good meal per day at dinner time.
In addition to home cooked meals, we need:
Water
Juice
Coffee
Healthy snacks - Granola and breakfast bars
Fruits (bananas is a good and cheap option)
Bread / bagels with cream cheese, peanut butter or jam
Pizza
Sandwiches (bring ziploc or paper bags as well)
Other donations to consider:
Tampons and sanitary pads
Tables and chairs
Pots and pans
Ice packs
Coolers
Plastic containers
Shelving
Tide pods
Pair of jumper cables
If you are interested in making a financial donation in lieu of food or other donations, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Our first meal train supporter! Thanks Meaghan!
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Upcoming Events:
Wendy Holm, author of Damming the Peace, in Victoria - Tuesday, July 10th
The Victoria Chapter, Council of Canadians and The Social Justice Studies at UVic will host long-time agrologist Wendy Holm, author of Damming the Peace: The Hidden Costs of the Site C Dam, in a book tour and public discussion on:
Tuesday, July 10th at 7 pm at The Legacy Gallery, 630 Yates St.
Since the 1970s, B.C. Hydro and successive governments have touted the Site C Dam in North-eastern British Columbia’s Peace River Valley as necessary to meet the province's increasing energy needs. With its enormous $10 billion price tag, the dam would be the largest public works project in BC history. It would be the third dam on the Peace River, and destroy traditional unceeded territory belonging to Treaty 8 First Nations.
In December 2017 the BC government announced that construction of the Site C Dam would continue despite the opposition of many citizens, cost overrun, dubious economic viability, geological conditions and ongoing legal challenges from landowners and First Nations.
Wendy Holm brings another perspective to the case against Site C, that of the production of crops. “We import more than 60 percent of vegetables that we could grow here,” she says. “With its alluvial soils and class one climate for agriculture, the Peace River Valley has the cropping capability of the Fraser Valley, but with higher yields, because of the longer days throughout the summer. Instead we are dependent on drought stricken California for produce.
“Site C is an economic white elephant. We do not need the Site C Dam. It is time to close it down,” says Holm, who has received two Queen’s Medals for contributions to community.
“I guess I’m just a girl who can’t take no for an answer.”
Prominent water activist and chair of the Council of Canadians Maude Barlow says. “The fight to stop Site C is not over. Damming the Peace is our roadmap.”
Wendy Holm will sign copies of her book before and after the event. Doors open at 6:30. For further information, call 250-220-5355, or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Public Health Association of BC Summer School
Without further ado, we are delighted to release our agenda for the upcoming summer school 2018, The Public Health Approach: Building Safe & Inclusive Communities, happening at university campuses across BC from July 5th to 6th, 2018. Registration is on now, don't miss your chance to attend one of BC's only continuing education courses for public health.
This year our summer school will benefit from partnerships with the Saskatchewan Public Health Association, Red Cross Canada, Frontier College, BC Healthy Communities and PosAbilities to delve into the theme of building safe and inclusive communities through a variety of topics including:
• Health Equity in Practice
• Building Healthy, Safe & Inclusive Environments
• Healthy Relationships for Children & Youth
• Emergency Response
• Community Inclusion & Literacy
Speakers will include Ann Pederson, Director of Population Health Promotion at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, Richard Harvey, regional director of BC, Alberta & Yukon at Frontier College, Dr. Bernie Pauly, associate professor of the School of Nursing at the University of Victoria, Indiana Best, board member of Student Wellness Initiative Towards Community Health (SWITCH), Dr. Ian Pike, director at BC Children's Hospital’s Injury Research and Prevention Unit, Steve Woolrich, principal of Rethink Urban, Dr. Gord Miller, President of the Public Health Association of BC, Judi Fairholm, director of Respect Education program at Red Cross Canada, Sarah Burke, Senior Manager of Community Integrated Development & Emergency Management at Red Cross Canada, and more speakers to be announced!
This two-day workshop is designed to help you identify public health approaches to building safe and inclusive communities, understand how physical and social environments influence community safety, inclusion and health, assess barriers to safety & inclusion in their own communities, and to examine innovative and collaborative methods of promoting community safety and inclusion. Don’t miss your chance to learn how you can help to create safe and inclusive communities while networking with like-minded individuals across the province and beyond!
Locations for the summer school include the University of Victoria, University of British Columbia, University of Northern British Columbia and the University of British Columbia: Okanagan. A videoconferencing connection will allow all four main sites to actively participate in the full summer school experience. A further connection to our partners at the Saskatchewan Public Health Association will open our summer school up to members of SPHA and help facilitate inter-provincial collaboration.
To view the preliminary agenda, click here or check out our events page for the most up to date information. We hope to see many of you this summer; together we can create fair and healthy British Columbia for all.
We are still in need of volunteers at our UVic and UNBC sites in Victoria and Prince George, respectively. For any students interested in volunteering at the Summer School or for more information about volunteering, please email Kate at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Thank you for your support. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have, or to request removal from our contact list.
Best,
Kate Hiscock, BSc, MPH(c)
Summer School Coordinator,
Public Health Association of BC
#210-1027 Pandora Avenue
Victoria, BC || V8N 3P6
Margo L. Matwychuk, PhD
Director, Social Justice Studies
c/o Dept of Anthropology
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700, STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2
Office: Cornett B210
PH: (250) 721-6283
FAX: (250) 721-6215
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