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Reminder to Register! Resilient Streets Kick-off Workshops
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DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER! Resilient Streets Spring Kick-Off Workshops
Want to build more community on your street or in your building?Join us for an evening of ideas, stories, refreshments and inspiration on fun ways to build community amongst immediate neighbours. Meet some neighbours, learn about micro-grants, community resources, tools & tips for getting started on a small projects or gatherings to strengthen connections on your block or in your multi-family building.
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Poll of 15,000 shows strong majority want Liberal MPs to uphold the promise of proportional representation for 2019
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For Immediate Release
An upcoming vote in the House of Commons is giving MPs a chance to stand up for their constituents and put their promise of electoral reform back on the table for 2019. Will they vote with their constituents or their Party?
Social Justice Film Night
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Filmmaker Asraf Mashhrawi examines the political, social and economic history of the split, analysing major events such as the Oslo Accords, the Fatah-Hamas conflict, the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the attacks of recent years - with interviews from Israeli experts like Haaretz journalist Amira Hass and lawyer Sari Bashi.
The film includes the story of Mohammed Hajran who comes from Jericho but lives in the Gaza Strip. His case shows how Palestinians continue to suffer from the territorial divide and Israel's increasing control on their personal movement.
Mohammed's family has been split with his brothers in different territories, his wife with the wrong Israeli ID, and his son born in one place but registered in another.
"Gaza and the West Bank are only three hours travel apart", he...
Showcase Your Sustainable Project at Green Energy Doors Open
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BCSEA is a non-profit society that relies on memberships to advance the low-carbon economy. Will you please join us?
Green Energy Doors Open is back for another weekend of inspiring tours and events on September 22nd, 23rd and 24th, creating a wonderful opportunity to showcase sustainable energy and green building projects around BC
BCSEA is seeking residents, businesses and community groups and members of the public sector willing to hold events, give tours of sustainable energy projects, share stories of success, and inspire British Columbians to adopt a sustainable way of living. Both hosting an event and participating as a guest is free of charge!
We've...
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June 4: PROTEST the JNF "celebration" of the illegal annexation of Jerusalem
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June 4, 4:30 pm
Four Seasons Hotel (W. Georgia & Howe), Vancouver
This year, the Jewish National Fund JNF gala dinner in Vancouver is shamelessly celebrating “the 50th anniversary of the reunification of…Jerusalem”. That means celebrating 50 years of illegal Israeli annexation and WAR CRIMES. And also celebrating the JNF’s long history of complicity in over 100 years of Zionist settler colonialism and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people!
2017 marks 50 years of Israel’s brutal military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and 69 years of continuing Nakba and dispossession. 2017 also marks the 100th anniversary of the infamous Balfour Declaration.
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Nakba Day blog about the govt.
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After the B.C. election
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Dear Paov --
Last week you made incredible things happen.
For years, the BC Health Coalition community has pushed for action to strengthen public health care - to shorten wait times, end MSP fees, improve care for seniors and increase access to primary care. This election, thanks to people like you, those issues were front and centre.
Through the work of tireless volunteers, thousands of people pledged to vote for health care. All three major B.C. political parties were pushed to include health care solutions in their platforms, and last Tuesday, the majority of people in B.C. voted for parties with strong public health care platforms.
We’re not sure what will happen next...
Social Justice Film Night
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Enough! Week of Action June 5–10
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This Thursday is the Social Justice Movie Night on Palestine at 7 pm at the BCGEU.
Also note the Week of Action announced below. CAIA will try to plan an action.
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A new era for BC? Let's keep it oil spill free
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[evoz] Cafe Simpatico over for season, But we have coffee!
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We have our wonderful Cafe Simpatico coffee, organic & fair trade as ever from Nicaragua. Still only $13/ lob/ 454 grams. Allen is bagging a ...
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Next Week! Peace and Disarmament Summit!
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PEACE & DISARMAMENT SUMMIT
VANCOUVER ISLAND PEACE & DISARMAMENT NETWORK
Register at http://www.vipdn.org for our inaugural Provincial Peace and Disarmament Summit! Don’t miss it!
Social Justice Movie Night May 18
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Upcoming events and calls for support
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Good afternoon,
On behalf of the Coalition to Preserve Truth, which represents survivors and intergenerational survivors of residential schools, please find a press release detailing our fight to save 38,000 first hand accounts of the residential school system. These documents, the IAP records, represent the largest collection of residential school records. They are presently due to be destroyed.
We have until May 12th, 2017 to raise $50,000 that we need to appear in the Supreme Court of Canada. We hope that you’ll support us in bringing this to the attention of all Canadians, as each and every one of us have a responsibility to remember, honor and protect the truth of the residential school system.
The following video links are worth a few minutes of your time.
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Resilient Streets Kick-off Workshops, Toolkit & More!
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REGISTER NOW! Resilient Streets Spring Kick-Off Workshops
Want to build more community on your street or in your building? Join us for an evening of ideas, stories, refreshments and inspiration on fun ways to build community amongst immediate neighbours. Meet some neighbours, learn about micro-grants, community resources, tools & tips for getting started on a small projects or gatherings to strengthen connections on your block or in your multi-family building.
These workshops are open to people from any neighbourhood to attend. Bring a friend, a spouse or a neighbour! Invite your landlord or your tenant!
Vic West: Wednesday, May 17th, 7:00PM – 9:00 PM. To register: www.vicwestrsworkshop.eventbrite.com
Esquimalt: Thursday, June 1st, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. To register: www.esquimaltrsworkshop.eventbrite.com
Fairfield- Gonzales: Sunday, June 4th, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
To register: www.fairfieldgonzalezrsworkshop.eventbrite.com
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I voted, have you?
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Before you vote...
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- Published on Friday, 05 May 2017 09:45
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The provincial election is on Tuesday, May 9th. This election is a crucial one for public health care:
- 700,000 people in B.C. still can’t find a family doctor.
- We’re still the only province in the country with a flat health care tax (MSP fees).
- Many hospitals are overcrowded because public seniors’ care services have taken a big drop.
- B.C.’s wait times for some surgeries are among the longest in the country.
We pulled together a comparison guide of the 3 major party's positions on these and other health care issues. You can see the full election guide on our website at www.votepublichealthbc.ca/platform_evaluation
Here is the guide at-a-glance:
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PLEASE READ - torture ship arriving in Canadian waters
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Friends: if anyone has contact in eastern Canada please forward this message, it will be much appreciated.
The Chilean Navy ‘schooner “Esmeralda” will be in Canada at the end of June and July: Halifax, Sept-Iles, Charlottetown, Quebec.
This vessel was used as a floating torture chamber during the US sponsored Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Aboard this ship – among many others - father Michael Woodward was tortured and his body made “disappeared” to an unknown location.
The Chilean navy has never admitted to their crimes and has refused to disclose what they did with father Woodward’s body.
In 2011 the Esmeralda visited Victoria and Vancouver, where they received the rebuke of elected officials and the general public, among them, those who were tortured in the vessel.
http://www.esmeralda.cl/esmeralda/buque-escuela-esmeralda/itinerario-2017/2014-10-23/123221.html
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2017 AGM Registration is OPEN! June 3rd / La p
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Where do we go from here?
A look at the Electoral Landscape in Canada and abroad.
Join us for Fair Vote Canada's 2017 AGM!
Registration is Now Open!
Saturday, June 3rd, 2017
Concordia University - Loyola Campus
7141 Sherbrooke St W
Richard J. Renaud Science Complex — SP S110
Doors open at 8:45am
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-fair-vote-canada-agm-aga-et-congres-2017-tickets-33986098335
Please promote far & wide! Inaugural BC Peace & Disarmament Summit on May 12 & May 13
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Two weeks away! Please help spread the word, share the Facebook events and put up a poster!
Register now for our inaugural PROVINCIAL PEACE AND DISARMAMENT SUMMIT on May 12 and May 13: www.vipdn.org Don’t miss it!
PREMIERE SCREENING OF THE AWARD-WINNING FILM “A BOLD PEACE”
Friday, May 12 from 7:00-9:00 pm
David Strong Building, C118, University of Victoria
An inspiring documentary about Costa Rica’s path of demilitarization. The screening will be followed by a discussion led by representatives of the Canadian Department of Peace Initiative and Nonviolence International. Free. All welcome.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1669377776701265/
SUMMIT CONFERENCE: SPEAKERS, PANELS AND WORKSHOPS
Saturday, May 13 from 10:00am-5:30 pm
David Strong Building, C118, University of Victoria
This provincial summit aims to inspire action for a culture of peace and nonviolence and policies for disarmament. Themes: Canadian foreign policy and defence policy, nuclear disarmament, gender and militarism, peace education, art and activism!
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