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Provost's Advocacy and Activism Awards
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Dear Friends of SJS,
The University of Victoria presents the Provost’s Advocacy and Activism Award(s) in Equity and Diversity (nomination form attached)
DescriptionThe University of Victoria acknowledges the presence of dedicated advocates and activists within our community. These individuals address systemic or institutionalized barriers as champions for others. Recognition from others, including the provision of resources, is crucial to fostering an environment that supports and nurtures these individuals or groups and their activism. These awards provide unique opportunities for community engagement with both on- and off-campus groups.
These awards recognize the achievements of individuals or groups in the University community (current students, faculty, or staff, and alumni) who demonstrate dedication to the advancement of social equity through advocacy and activism. These skills may be expressed through strong leadership, community-based projects, or collective action. Successful nominees must enact positive social justice goals through outreach, education, and community building. These initiatives...
Other upcoming events
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Dear Friends of SJS,
There are many other exciting events and talks happening in our community over the next few weeks. Please see the list below for some of those events:
Oct. 16: UVIC African and Caribbean Students Association.
ACSA will be having a panel discussion about Violence and black masculinity on
October 16th (next Thursday) in Michele Pujol room. Topics to be
discussed include the effects of black male violence on women, homophobia
within the black community and the role the justice system plays in all of
this. This is a free for all event and refreshments will be served.
Victoria Friends of Cuba present Social Justice Film Night: A tribute to Che Guevara
7:00pm Thursday, October 162994 Douglas St. (BCGEU Hall) Victoria, BC
Admission by Donation
This month's film night will begin with a presentation in memory of Che, followed by the feature film: Going...
upcoming events
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Dear Friends of SJS (please delete the previous message from SJS immediately),
Please join us at two upcoming SJS events (posters attached):
Social Justice Studies Annual Lecture presents
Movements Undoing Border Imperialism
With Harsha Walia
October 27th, 2014 from 7 to 9 p.m.
BWC/SCI B150
Harsha Walia is a social justice activist, writer, and popular educator. She is a co-founder of the Vancouver chapter of No One Is Illegal and author of the book Undoing Border Imperialism. Her writings have appeared in over fifty journals, anthologies, and magazines. She has contributed essays to academic journals as well as chapters in the anthologies Power of Youth: Youth and community-led activism in Canada; Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution; and Organize! Building from the Local for Global Justice.
Naomi Klein says that “Walia has played a central role in building...
Upcoming SJS Events
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Dear Friends of SJS,
Please join us at two upcoming SJS events (posters attached):
Social Justice Studies Annual Lecture presents
Movements Undoing Border Imperialism
With Harsha Walia
October 27th, 2014 from 7 to 9 p.m.
BWC/SCI B150
Harsha Walia is a social justice activist, writer, and popular educator. She is a co-founder of the Vancouver chapter of No One Is Illegal and author of the book Undoing Border Imperialism. Her writings have appeared in over fifty journals, anthologies, and magazines. She has contributed essays to academic journals as well as chapters in the anthologies Power of Youth: Youth and community-led activism in Canada; Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution; and Organize! Building from the Local for Global Justice.
Naomi Klein says that “Walia has played a central role in building some of North America’s most innovative, diverse, and...
Sumoud Sa'adat on Palestinian Political Priso
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Sumoud Sa’adat on Palestinian Political Prisoners, including her father Ahmad Sa'adat currently denied family visits
This week Voice of Palestine talks with Sumoud Sa’adat from Addameer about the upcoming week of action Oct. 17-25 to free Ahmad Sa’adat, her father, and all Palestinian political prisoners. The week of activities also emphasizes on the denial of family visits and the struggle and conditions of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Sumoud also updates us on Addameer’s work and programs as a prisoner support association.
Click on this Link to access a download of the show.
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2015 Colors of Palestine Calendars
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They will be available for sale at the Oct. 16 Movie Night for $20 per calendar or 2 for $30.
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It's time to heat up the campaign to stop the Site C dam
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[coalalert] RAVEN COAL MINE ALERT
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The plan you made
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It’s finally here: OpenMedia’s positive vision for sharing and collaborating online. Over 300,000 people from around the world helped shape our plan for modernizing copyright laws for the 21st century.
...[evoz] Social Justice Film Night
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A tribute to Che GuevaraThis month's film night will began with a short presentation in memory of Che
Followed by our feature film:
7:00pm Thursday, October 162994 Douglas St. (BCGEU Hall) Victoria, BC
Admission by Donation
This Al Jazeera World Report, “Going Against the Grain,” follows Levy on one of his assignments in Hebron, and meets some of the ordinary Palestinians whose lives he has described in his regular column for Haaretz.
He has made weekly visits, over the past three decades, to the occupied Palestinian territories, describing what he sees...
[evoz] peace hero- please forward to your networks
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[Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of Oct 14th
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NEWS
Students from the group Divest UVic staged an action in the Administrative Services Building last week to call attention to the university’s pension and endowment investments in fossil fuel companies. President Jamie Cassels met briefly with the group and indicated the university is taking the issue seriously. See Facebook page for photos and video.
The finalists in the Sustainability Photo Contest are now posted on the Martlet website. Students and employees are encouraged to vote for one favorite in each of the three categories: Wonders, Challenges and Solutions, by Thursday, Oct 16th. The winners will be announced next week in this newsletter.
Celebrations as part of Bike to Campus Day last week were covered by local media including a photo of our own “Captain Courtesy” with UVic President (and regular cycling commuter) Jamie Cassels. See Saanich News.
UVic Geography researchers...
Read more: [Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of Oct 14th
Social Justice Film Night
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A tribute to Che GuevaraThis month's film night will began with a presentation in memory of Che
Followed by our feature film:
7:00pm Thursday, October 162994 Douglas St. (BCGEU Hall) Victoria, BC
Admission by Donation
This Al Jazeera World Report, “Going Against the Grain,” follows Levy on one of his assignments in Hebron, and meets some of the ordinary Palestinians whose lives he has described in his regular column for Haaretz.
He has made weekly visits, over the past three decades, to the occupied Palestinian territories, describing what he sees –...
October 16 Movie Night on Palestine
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System Change Phone Meeting on Monday
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Climate Praxis
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- Published on Saturday, 11 October 2014 09:40
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Cruel research on baby monkeys
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Baby monkeys will be torn from their mothers and used for psychiatric experiments at University of Wisconsin. Sign my petition to stop these cruel animal tests.
Sign Ruth’s petition
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin plan to torture defenseless baby monkeys for cruel psychiatric experimentation. Newborn rhesus macaque monkeys will be traumatically torn away from their mothers and then sent into solitary confinement without nurturing. There, the isolated monkeys will be subjected to various threatening maneuvers and stimuli including live large king snakes all intended to terrorize the infants. The baby monkeys are killed by the age of two and their brains dissected.
Decades ago, similar experiments at the same institution drew widespread criticism and condemnation from the medical community because the baby monkeys subjected to such trauma went into shock, huddling in the corners of their cages, clutching themselves, rocking and self-mutilating. The research was deemed unethical by all prevailing standards.
As an alumna of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, I was horrified to learn that my alma mater plans to conduct these highly controversial and cruel experiments and relentlessly torture and kill baby monkeys. The mental anguish experienced by the baby monkey’s mother is also unimaginable given the intelligent and socially advanced nature of the primates.
Less Than 51 Hours To Kickstart Canadian Independent Journalism
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October 27 presentation
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Victoria Premiere!
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
With Lia Tarachansky - Jaffa based filmmaker and the Israel/Palestine correspondent for The Real News Network (TRNN)
| Israel/Palestine| Hebrew & Arabic| 83 min|2013 83 minutes and discussion
University of Victoria, Hickman Bldg. Auditorium, Rm 105
October 27, Monday
7 PM
Admission by donation
Former West Bank settler Lia
Tarachansky looks at Israelis’ collective amnesia of the fateful events of
1948 when the state of Israel was born and most of the Palestinians became
refugees.
She follows the
transformation of Israeli...
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Come and join us, showing your interest in and support for Palestinian justice and peace.
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