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Dear Friends of SJS,
Today and the rest of this week should keep you busy: Please consider joining one of these events:
The Gustavson School of Business is hosting “Changing Landscapes: Communities and Extractive Industries Forum” on Monday, February 24 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Room A104, David Turpin Building.
This forum is being billed as a chance for open discussion about the challenges, issues, responsibilities and opportunities arising from extractive industry companies establishing (or intending to establish) operations in a community.
Dave Obee, Editor-in-Chief of the Times-Colonist will moderate the event.
The members of the panel are:
Dan Lewis, founding director of Clayoquot Action;
Art Mercer, CEO, Nisga'a Commercial Group;
Brent Bergeron, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Goldcorp Inc., and
Dr. Nathalie Ross, Senior Science Policy Advisor, Minerals, Metals and Materials, Policy Branch, Minerals and Metals Sector, Natural Resources Canada.
There will be a short panel discussion before a period of questions from... the audience to panel members.
The Challenge of AIDS in Africa: The Role of Faith and Tradition (see attached poster)
Monday, February 24, 2014 at 7:30pm Cadboro Bay United Church - 2625 Arbutus RdCAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE: An AIDS-free Generation: What will it take? Part 1: Eliminating Stigma & Discrimination
Join us as we engage in an evening of dialogue and debate focused on eliminating the stigma and discrimination fueling the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This event is free and requires RSVP. Space is limited. Light refreshments will be provided.
Hermann's Jazz Club, 753 View St
Monday, 24 February 2014 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (PST)
Featuring short presentations by:
Cathy Worthington, PhD Associate Professor, School of Public Health & Social Policy, University of Victoria
Charlotte Reading, PhD Director, Centre for Aboriginal Health Research & Associate Professor, School of Public Health & Social Policy, University of Victoria
Len Tooley, MPH Coordinator, Community Health Promotion, CATIE
This Cafe Scientifique series is co-presented by AIDS Vancouver Island, the Pacific AIDS Network , the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and CATIE.
Tomorrow:
Tuesday, Feb. 25th:
SJS Conversations with Activists Presents
You don't just get to choose to be an ally: Complexities of Intersectionality, Social Justice, and Solidarity
a conversation with Sabina Chatterjee.
Tues, Feb. 25, 7:00-8:15 pm, Cornett A120
Sabina is a racialized settler who is an activist, artist, and academic currently completing a graduate degree in Dispute Resolution at the University of Victoria. She has held leadership positions in service provision agencies focused on providing support for street-involved youth for 17 years and is the Director of *antidote: Multiracial and Indigenous Girls and Women's Network*. Social cohesion, intersectionality, social justice, and decolonization are themes that are deeply woven within Sabina's support provision, activist work and research.
On Wednesday:
The Asian Canadian Working Group and the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives presents "Shark Truth: Bridging the Worlds of Environmentalism and Culture" with Claudia Li, Founder of Shark Truth and Co-Founder of the Hua Foundation (see attached poster)
Wed. Feb. 26th, HHB 105
on Thursday:
SILENCE IS GOLD
(77 minutes)
French (subtitles) & English
7:00 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27
UVIC BOB WRIGHT CENTRE A104
Free admission + Door prize
What are the limits to
freedom of speech? Can we put a price on our spoken and written words?
Following the release of the book “Noir Canada,” author Alain Deneault, his
co-writers and his publisher grappled with these questions at great personal
expense after being sued for defamation in Quebec and Ontario courts by two
large Canadian mining companies. Deneault and his publisher fought back.
"Silence Is Gold" is a thriller of a documentary that tells their
story, set against the backdrop of the Canadian justice system.
Filmmaker
Julien Frechette's camera and his questions lead us through this
little-understood legal territory without judging or wading into the merits of
the cases. “Silence Is Gold” raises crucial questions about Canada’s role
and responsibilities in the global mining sector, the limits of free speech and
equitable access to the Canadian justice system. Watch the trailer: www.nfb.ca/film/silence_is_gold
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Margo Matwychuk Director
Social Justice Studies ProgramUniversity of Victoriaweb.uvic.ca/socialjustice/@UVicSJS on Twitter UVicSJS on FacebookUVicSJS on YouTube
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