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Act now to protect Grace Islet burial ground
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- Published on Friday, 08 August 2014 12:40
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I am writing to ask that you take a few minutes to take a stand with First Nations and Salt Spring Island residents who are concerned about the desecration of an indigenous burial ground at a place called Grace Islet in Ganges Harbour.
Construction is underway on a private residence, authorized by a provincial Site Alteration Permit and a CRD building permit, but elders, chiefs and grassroots members of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Hul'qumi'num Nations have demanded that work stop and that the site be protected.
I have served notice of motion to the Capital Regional District Board, calling for the CRD to legally expropriate Grace Islet for the public purpose of protecting the burial ground, with fair-market compensation provided to the registered owner under the provisions of the Expropriation Act.
It will take substantial pressure on CRD directors to move forward with acquisition of this property when the motion is considered at the Board's next meeting on August 13. Please Sign this Petition and share this message with your contacts.
This issue has become a flash point in indigenous-non-indigenous relations, and we can be part of the solution. Please let me know if there are other ways you can help support First Nations and Salt Spring residents in their stand for Grace Islet.
To learn more about Grace Islet, listen to this CBC radio interview, then sign and share the petition.
In solidarity,
Ben
More Summer Fun with PeerNetBC
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BCRAD and PeerNetBC present: Reimagining Accessibility
PeerNetBC & BCRAD(British Columbia Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf) are pleased to present -
Reimagining Accessibility: What can contemporary understandings of disability teach us about access?
While theories of disability have been rapidly advancing over the past few decades, implementation of these ideas as accessibility practices has largely not kept pace. As a result, standard accessibility practices do not entirely provide community organizers and healthcare providers with the resources to become inclusive of ability. This workshop looks at current models of disability, the history of accessibility, and the ways disabled people define identity in order to determine sociocultural barriers surrounding people with disabilities. Participants will be presented with a purview of current ideas and issues around accessibility, and asked to contribute ideas in a subsequent discussion around making accessibility more inclusive.
Co-facilitated by Alex Lu & vanessa bui
Cost: $0 - $50 sliding scale (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Location: Room 1530, Canadian Pacific Lecture Room, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC
Date: Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Registration: Eventbrite
Accessibility:
- ASL interpretation is secured for this event.
- The building entrance, workshop space, and washrooms are wheelchair accessible.
- PeerNetBC strives to be scent-free; Please refrain from wearing scents such as perfume, cologne, essential oils, etc. For some information regarding Multiple Chemical Sensitivities please read: http://dualpowerproductions.com/2011/03/14/multiple-chemical-sensitivities-mcs-accessibility-basics/
For any questions or accessibility requests please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Youth Summer Workshop Series
We are still accepting registrations for our Youth focused summer series!
The workshops are free and for youth 24 years old and under. Please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have questions or are interested in registering. PeerNetBC strives to make our workshops barrier free, please let us know if you have any particular needs for attending. Space for this workshop is very limited. We strongly encourage attendance to all workshops to get full experience and learning.
August 5th, 11am - 4pm Understanding Internalized Oppression
The upcoming protest is August 9
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- Published on Friday, 08 August 2014 10:20
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We do hope you can attend this coming Saturday August 9 and support the BDS Campaign! And thank you if you came to the August 2 Protest!
FOR GAZA PROTEST
B.C. Legislature
Saturday, August 9
Noon
The struggle is not over until the Gaza blockade is lifted and Israeli Apartheid ends!
Bring your posters, flags, and voices. We will be holding banners, speaking out against the murder of Gaza civilians trapped in the blockaded Gaza Prison, and listening to speakers telling of the latest developments in Gaza.
Support the
Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions campaign!
Read more: The upcoming protest is August 9
An important web site and organization to visit
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Not In My Name: Tell your elected officials
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[coalalert] THE TYEE: " Who pays for Catastrophes? Mining firms enjoying double standards."
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- Published on Friday, 08 August 2014 08:00
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Saturday protest
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- Published on Thursday, 07 August 2014 16:20
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FOR GAZA PROTEST
B.C. Legislature
Saturday, August 2
Noon
The struggle is not over until the Gaza blockade is lifted and Israeli Apartheid ends!
Bring your posters, flags, and voices. We will be holding banners, speaking out against the murder of Gaza civilians trapped in the blockaded Gaza Prison, and listening to speakers telling of the latest developments in Gaza.
Support the
Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions campaign!
Sponsored by CAIA Victoria www.caiavictoria.ca
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[evoz] SATURDAY NOON FOR GAZA PROTEST
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Gaza conflict: 360-degree panorama of flattened town of Khuza'a, Gaza
AND DO NOT FORGET THE SATURDAY NOON FOR GAZA PROTEST AT THE BC LEGISLATURE.
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Survival reveals 'five faces of genocide' for UN Indigenous Day - News from Survival
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Survival reveals 'five faces of genocide' for UN Indigenous Day
Aché woman shortly after she was captured and brought out of the forest in 1972, Paraguay.© A. Kohmann/Survival
To mark UN Indigenous Day on August 9, Survival International, the global movement for tribal peoples’ rights, reveals five tribal peoples who have been victims of genocide during the 20th century – and warns of a potential genocide in the 21st.
Tribal peoples subjected to genocidal violence include*:
- The Aché, Paraguay: in a landmark case launched in April 2014, the Aché tribe took Paraguay’s government to court over the genocide they suffered. The Aché were decimated after colonists launched killing raids, captured tribespeople and sold them as slaves during the 1950s and 60s.
- The Akuntsu, Brazil: in 1985, government investigators uncovered an entire communal house which had been bulldozed – evidence of a brutal massacre by gunmen that killed most of the Akuntsu tribe. The five survivors are the last witnesses of this silent genocide.
Five Akuntsu are the last survivors of a silent genocide in Brazil.© Fiona Watson/Survival
- The Jummas, Bangladesh: the Bangladesh military and a wave of settlers carried out a genocidal campaign of murder, rape, torture and the torching of Jumma villages. A peace deal in 1997 put an end to the worst atrocities, but killings, the burning of Jumma villages, the theft of their land and arrests remain rampant.
The Jummas have suffered a genocidal campaign at the hands of settlers and the military, Bangladesh.© Mark McEvoy/Survival
- The Yanomami, on the border of Brazil and Venezuela: in 1993, goldminers launched a brutal attack on the Yanomami village of Haximú, killing 16 Yanomami, including the elderly, women and children. In an unprecendented ruling, four of the culprits were subsequently convicted of genocide.
Survivors of the Haximu massacre, in which goldminers killed 16 Yanomami Indians, hold urns containing the ashes of their relatives.
© C Zacquini/Survival
Read more: Survival reveals 'five faces of genocide' for UN Indigenous Day - News from Survival
A depressing panorama
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THIS MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED.
Gaza conflict: 360-degree panorama of flattened town of Khuza'a, Gaza
AND DO NOT FORGET THE SATURDAY NOON FOR GAZA PROTEST AT THE BC LEGISLATURE.
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Wildfire Bakery Quadra between Pandora and Cormorant
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- Published on Thursday, 07 August 2014 10:40
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The wall by the Wildfire Bakery is impressive and up on the web.
However the Bakery says they are not responsible for it.
Congratulations to the artists though!
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What you've done = amazing
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- Published on Thursday, 07 August 2014 05:20
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We need your brains--but not in a zombie way. To continue to succeed we need you to help guide our strategic priorities going forward. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us about how we’re doing and where we’re going together. Take part in our supporter input tool today!
Salish Sea Summer Gathering this Sunday at Cates Park
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 August 2014 17:20
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Read more: Salish Sea Summer Gathering this Sunday at Cates Park
[coalalert] Stephen Hume: "Blame the provincial government for toxic mine spill"
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 August 2014 10:00
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NOTE: Excellent article by Stephen Hume on the Polly Mine spill. The connections to the proposed Raven Coal Mine are obvious. If the Raven Mine Project was approved, what guarantees would be in place to ensure the sediment/tailings ponds would be adequately monitored to prevent a spill into the Cowie Creek watershed and Baynes Sound?
http://www.vancouversun.com/Stephen+Hume+Blame+provincial+government+toxic+mine+spill/10092385/story.html
[Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of Aug 5th
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- Published on Wednesday, 13 August 2014 15:40
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NEWS
UVic’s AVP of Finance Kristi Simpson was interviewed regarding the recent grant UVic received from the province for a geothermal heating and cooling system for the new CARSA building. The funding is part of a new program where post-secondary institutions can apply to receive some money back from carbon offset payments made as part of the government’s Carbon Neutral Government program. See The Tyee.
A tailings pond located near Mount Polley in Central BC ruptured on Monday, spilling five million cubic metres of tailing pond wastewater which includes arsenic, mercury and sulphur, from the gold and copper mine located nearby. The spill directly affects local waterways, and residents have been...
Read more: [Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of Aug 5th
Saturday Aug. 9 - For Gaza Protest
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 August 2014 10:20
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see the caiavictoria.ca web page or the attached.
August 9 at the BC Legislature at noon
SPREAD THE WORD
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[coalalert] ANOTHER MINE CONTAINMENT POND BREACH
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- Published on Monday, 04 August 2014 15:20
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Reporter removed from Gaza for truth
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- Published on Monday, 04 August 2014 11:00
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The Active Committee of CAIA Victoria has a meeting tonight - Monday. We will post on our web site activities planned in the near future. www.caiavictoria.ca
We thank all those who have supported us in the recent protests and hope you will join us in our future endeavors to obtain Justice and Peace for all in the region.
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Reminder SCNCC Monthly Call
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- Published on Sunday, 03 August 2014 22:40
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[evoz] August 7
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- Published on Sunday, 03 August 2014 12:00
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Dear friends of peace in Victoria,
You are invited to Victoria Women in Black silent vigil on Thursday, August 7, noon- 1pm; in remembrance of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki we call for nuclear disarmament.
PLEASE JOIN OUR VIGIL FOR AL OR PART OF THE ONE HOUR – we are seen by hundreds of locals and tourists and we pass out our information leaflet. FOR THIS VIGIL WE GATHER BELOW THE TOURIST OFFICE ON GOVERNMENT –across from the Empress Hotel. Supportive men are welcome. Lots of benches to rest on.
Nine nations today have 19,000 nuclear weapons. Three of these nations are involved in conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine.
Some of the weapons contain uranium mined and exported...
Tell @WhiteHouse & @JohnKerry: End Gaza War and Lift Blockade
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- Published on Saturday, 02 August 2014 09:40
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I signed a petition to The United States House of Representatives, The United States Senate, and President Barack Obama which says:
"The Obama Administration and Congress should use all means at their disposal to end the war and lift the economic blockade in Gaza. The U.S., Israel, and Egypt should trade a permanent end to rockets and other attacks from Gaza for a permanent end to Israeli and Egyptian restrictions on Gaza’s economy and on the movement of Palestinians into and out of Gaza. "
Will you sign this petition? Click here:
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/tell-whitehouse-johnkerry?source=s.icn.em.mt&r_by=8843222
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“War is the greatest destroyer of human life, the greatest polluter, the greatest creator of refugees, the greatest cause of starvation and illness. We all have to
care – not just for our own little circle, but for the universe.” Muriel Duckworth(1908-2009)
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