Join us for an extra special night of Storytelling on Monday, Feb. 7th at 7PM (PST) / 10PM (EST) / 5AM (CAT). Hosted by Deena Watson and Bertha Mukonda, enjoy an evening of Indigenous storytellers and artists. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like to attend!

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8th

What is Quality Education?

Social media posts to get you thinking! We’re analyzing education - what quality education REALLY means and how it is used to gatekeep the International Development sector. Watch VIDEA social media channels around 10AM PST, 1PM EST, 8PM CAT on Tuesday, February 8th.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 9TH

VIDEA’S Climate Team Presents: The Land Talks Back Listening Party

Working Together as One's first episode of The Land Talks Back will be debuting on February 9th at 11AM PST, 2PM EST, 9PM CAT for International Development Week! In the first episode, they will be discussing SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, and how their communities have been working towards sustainability long before the SDGs and will continue to long after. Come celebrate the Climate Justice Team Podcast launch and listening party! There will be games and door prizes!

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10TH

Colonial AF:

A frank discussion on the persisting problems in our sector from the perspective of powerful youth in the field on Thursday, February 10th at 12PM PST, 3PM EST, 10PM CAT. This panel will explore conversation on the critique, deconstruction, and reimagination of what development is and can become through a decolonial lens. The event will feature the voices of powerful youth who have direct experience working in the sector of International Development. Panelists will discuss their own experiences, stories, and perspectives working in the sector to address the ongoing problems in development that prevent sustainable global change.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11TH

Decolonize the SDG’s

Keep your eyes peeled on our social media! Decolonize the SDGs video drops on Friday, February 11th at 10AM PST, 1PM EST, 8PM CAT. The VIDEA team invites you to approach the SDGs with a critical eye. How can the SDGs be applied to International Development when they were created without input from the people they will actually affect? Decolonizing the SDGs is the only way forward. We challenge you to unpack, relearn, and be inspired!

Kate Haworth

she/her

Program Coordinator

VIDEA

http://www.videa.ca

416.455.7369

VIDEA would like to acknowledge the ancestral, traditional and unceded Indigenous territories of the WS'ANEC' (Saanich), Tsartlip and Tsawout (central Saanich), Lekwungen (Songhees), Wyomilth (Esquimalt) and T'Sou-ke (Sooke) Coast Salish Peoples, on whose territory we work, live and play.

The Mining Justice Action Committee (MJAC) and KAIROS-Victoria have partnered to hold a public screening of Bright Green Lies on Monday February 21 at 7 pm via Zoom.

We have been advocating for vastly improved mining practices here and abroad that uphold Indigenous and human rights and sustain environmental integrity.

With the climate crisis upon us, mining efforts are set to expand rapidly to supply minerals necessary for a transition away from fossil fuels and towards alternative technologies.

Canadian mining corporations make up the majority of mining companies in the world today and suffer little accountability for their abysmal behaviour. So, it falls to Canadians to make a difference.

We have been asking ourselves whether we can mine our way out of the climate crisis and if so, at what costs to human rights, biodiversity and other elements of the natural world.

These inquiries brought us to the film Bright Green Lies.

The film argues that solar, wind and other “green” technologies are not all what they are made out to be. It may be that population control and reduced consumption are as important to our survival. The film’s trailer is here: brightgreenlies.com [1]

A trailer for the film can be found here: http://brightgreenlies.com [2]

The film did not answer our questions but we thought it worth sharing to begin a conversation on what is to be done in the face of the crises we are facing.

Our plan is to screen the 70-minute film and follow this with a brief discussion centered on learning if others would be interested in future events exploring further the questions raised here and in the film.

Please request a link to join the meeting at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and share this email with others.

There is also a Facebook event page to share found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/661664438352290/

Links:

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[1] http://brightgreenlies.com

[2] http://brightgreenlies.com/

Intake deadline extended to February 28, 2022 for the Indigenous Education 2022 Master’s of Indigenous Language Revitalization Program.

The Department of Indigenous Education at the University of Victoria is pleased to be offering the 2022 Master’s of Indigenous Language Revitalization Program. The next intake deadline has been extended to February 28, 2022.

For more information on how to apply and to see the MILR flyer please go to our website:https://www.uvic.ca/education/indigenous/graduate/program/index.php

Margo L. Matwychuk, PhD

Director, Social Justice Studies

University of Victoria

Territories of the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSANEC Peoples

PO Box 1700 STN CSC

Victoria BC V8W 2Y2

Office: Cornett B210

PH: (250) 721-6283

FAX: (250) 721-6215

We acknowledge and respect the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples on whose unceded territory the university stands and whose relationships with the land continue to this day.

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