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Liquefied Fracked Gas: Town Hall Sat. Mar. 1
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Liquefied Fracked Gas: Town Hall Meeting this Saturday
Here are the details:
Saturday, March 1, 2014
3:00 p.m.
Mary Winspear Centre
2243 Beacon Avenue,
Sidney, Central Saanich
[Facebook event]
Chances are, you’ve heard all about the BC government’s big dreams for the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Unfortunately, provincial policy-makers tend to leave out the facts about the enormous environmental consequences.
Most of the gas that would feed BC’s fledgling LNG industry would come from fracking, and it’s anything but natural.
Your Restore funding for Domestic ESL at public post secondary institutions in British Columbia signature at iPetitions
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I wanted to draw your attention to this important petition:
"Restore funding for Domestic ESL at public post secondary institutions in British Columbia"
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/restore-funding-for-domestic-esl-at-public-post
I really think this is an important cause, and I'd like to encourage you to add your signature, too. It's free and takes just a few seconds of your time.
Thanks!
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p.s. If you would like to start your own free petition, you can do so at http://www.ipetitions.com/start-petition
Oops, we messed up!
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Dear PAOV,From February 27th to March 9th volunteers in the Leadnow.ca community are hosting over 70 events all across Canada to launch our people-powered campaign for the next federal election and beyond.
Unfortunately due to a technical problem with our systems, none of the RSVPs were recorded.
Oops indeed. We’re really sorry about this. We try to make our websites look great, and work well. (This time I guess we only got it half right.)
If you’re planning to attend a Connect get-together, we need you to please RSVP again.
Here are the details of the event nearest you:
Connect Event: Sub Upper Lounge (Victoria)
When: Thursday, March 6th, 2014 at 7:00 PM
Where: Student Union Building, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC (Approximately 5km from you.)
http://www.leadnow.ca/connect/events/sub-upper-lounge-victoria-bc/
This looks like your nearest event, but if this one isn't convenient, you can click here to find another event or sign up to host your own.
Click here for more details and to RSVP for this Connect event in Victoria.
[coalalert] PBQ NEWS: Ocean acidification blamed for Island Scallops loss
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[Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of Feb 24th
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NEWS
Campus consultations on the renewal of the UVic Sustainability Action Plan for Campus Operations begin THIS week. Please consider attending one of the following events and let us know what you think the sustainability priorities for university operations should be for the next five years and beyond:
Campus Open House – Everyone welcome! Tues, Feb 25th, 11:30 to 1:30, Michele Pujol Room, SUB. Refreshments served.
Student Consultation Workshop – Tues, Feb 25th, 4 to 6 PM, Upper Lounge, SUB (with pizza!)
Staff Consultation Workshop – Fri, Feb 28th, 11:30 to 1:20, Cornett, A121 (light lunch included, please RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
UVic’s Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions has released a new study on the potential use of a renewable fuel known as biochar could be used to replace coal and some natural gas. See UVic media release for more details.
Upcoming events
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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...
Our Community Newsletter
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Newsletter ~ February 19th 2014
Workshops and Events Free Facials Sunday Afternoons, 2pm to 3:30pm
Book your free mini-facial with Karen. Experience the vibrant energy of the beauty bar products first hand.
Contact Karen at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Chakra Dance
Thursday February 27th, 6pm to 7:30pm We will be hosting a dance event here on a regular basis. The first Chakra dance is coming up soon. Come, dance and open yourself to a new way of being.
Chakra Dance FB website
Organic Saturday Brunch Ingredients Style Poutine w/rst yams and yukon gold potatoes topped with House Kale Salad, Organic cheese (or daiya for vegan) and our world famous Caramelized Onion Miso Gravy! $10 Jack it up? add Free Range organic eggs or roasted peppers (V) $14 Organic Sunday Brunch Ingredients Style Eggs Benny! Roasted Peppers, Poached Eggs, Steamed Spinach and Kale, Dijon Hollandaise - Ohlala - organic Benny!
Served on a Sprouted English Muffin (contains wheat) or Roasted Yam Medallions (GF) Vegan? Sub Avo and Cashew Hollandaise! $15 Thank you to everyone who came in for our anniversary on Valentines day. We will be contacting the winners of our draw this week. Thanks again, and let's have another awesome year!
[coalalert] Comox Valley Record: " Baynes Sound is worth protecting"
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One week to go: Last chance to protect Fish Lake!
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Read more: One week to go: Last chance to protect Fish Lake!
Who's paying Rex Murphy? Classroom controversy and more
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upcoming SJS events
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Dear Friends of SJS,
attached are the posters for the upcoming SJS events on Feb. 25th, Feb. 27, and March 4th.
Margo
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Social Justice Studies ProgramUniversity of Victoriaweb.uvic.ca/socialjustice/ @UVicSJS on TwitterUVicSJS on FacebookUVicSJS on YouTube
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Upcoming SJS Events
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Dear Friends of SJS,
SJS is sponsoring or co-sponsoring a couple of exciting events:
Please join us next Tuesday evening, Feb. 25th, for our Conversations with Activists. at 7-8:15 pm in Cornett A120:
You don't just get to choose to be an ally: Complexities of Intersectionality, Social Justice, and Solidarity
a conversation with Sabina Chatterjee.
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.
Next Thursday, Feb. 27th, please join us for:
SILENCE IS GOLD (77 minutes)
French
(subtitles) & English
7:00 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27
UVIC BOB...
We Hope You'll Join Us!
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We Hope You'll Join Us!
Two great BCCLA events are coming up right away. Join us for:
- Continuing Legal Education: Constitutional Issues in the Criminal Law
- #SpyingTownHall- an online social media town hall TOMORROW
Social Justice Film Night
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THE PEOPLE SPEAK
7pm Thursday, Feb. 20
2994 Douglas (BCGEU Hall), Victoria
Co-directed by Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove, and Howard Zinn
A beautiful and moving film inspired by Howard Zinn’s books “A People’s History of the United States” first published in 1980 and one of the bestselling history books in the United States and “Voices of a People’s History History of the United States”, the primary-source companion to “A People’s of the United States”,...
[evoz] Social Justice Film Night
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THE PEOPLE SPEAK
7pm Thursday, Feb. 20
2994 Douglas (BCGEU Hall), Victoria
Co-directed by Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove, and Howard Zinn
A beautiful and moving film inspired by Howard Zinn’s books “A People’s History of the United States” first published in 1980 and one of the bestselling history books in the United States and “Voices of a People’s History History of the United States”, the primary-source companion to “A People’s of the United States”,...
Cures for the Common Protest
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action for climate
and social justice. With workshops from the theory and history of
creative action to story-telling and spoken word to how to create and
share powerful symbols and giant props for action, ArtShift is going
to be an amazing gathering. Check
out the whole program and don't forget to
RSVP Here or on
Facebook so we know you're coming! Artshift will also feature an amazing Cultural Resistance panel featuring talks from Sean Devlin, Neelam Khare and Jerliyn Webster on the role of culture in art and organizing, and we'll close with a mix of performances including spoken word and music from Corrina Keeling and Jesse LeBourdais!
See you on March 1st!
Vancouver Aquarium: Don't add more cetaceans
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IntegrityBC launches Reimagine B.C. consultation
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- Published on Monday, 17 February 2014 21:20
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IntegrityBC has launched an online consultation on electoral and democratic reform. It's the first in a series of consultations that the organization plans as part of its Reimagine B.C. campaign.
Reimagine B.C. is a chance for British Columbians to work online with other residents in developing new policy initiatives for the provincial and local governments to consider.
“At a time when more and more people are tuning out of public life, governments – and organizations like IntegrityBC – must do more to show that public opinion does count,” said IntegrityBC executive director Dermod Travis.
The organization has chosen Vancouver-based PlaceSpeak (www.placespeak.com) to conduct its consultations.
PlaceSpeak is at the forefront of protecting personal privacy and does not sell or share personal data. Consultations are available for anyone to follow and participate in, unlike many online government consultations that don't allow participants to also share and discuss ideas among themselves.
Its consultative features will help IntegrityBC as it pushes for legislative reforms by showing decision makers not just province-wide support for policy initiatives, but regional numbers as well.
In launching its consultations, IntegrityBC is under no illusions as to the challenge of re-engaging citizens in the province's political life. Last fall's consultation by the B.C. government on local government election reform elicited all of 49 responses.
“British Columbians don't want to sit on the sidelines,” said Travis. “But they also want to know that their opinions count and too often they're left to feel as though government consultations pay little more than lip service to public input.”
He pointed to recent forums on service reductions at B.C. Ferries as a classic case of what many felt was consultation just for the sake of appearances.
“The B.C. government needs to dispel the growing sentiment that public opinion doesn't matter, especially on those occasions when they actually pay attention to it,” said Travis who noted that the flip side of the B.C. Ferries consultations is the government's slow retreat from its proposed referendum on TransLink funding for this fall.
Google Hangouts and Twitter Town Halls will be incorporated into the Reimagine B.C. campaign in the weeks and months to come.
[Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of Feb 17th
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Deadline is this Friday for nominations for the 2014 UVic Student and Staff Sustainability Champion Awards. If you know a student or staff member who has done an outstanding job over the past year promoting sustainability on campus, consider nominating them for this fabulous opportunity to be recognized for their efforts. Nominations will be accepted until Friday, Feb 21st at 4:30 PM, with an awards ceremony planned for March 17th. Find out more and get the applications on the Awards tab here.
Campus consultations on the renewal of the UVic Sustainability Action Plan for Campus Operations (2009-2014) begin next week. Please consider attending one of the following events and let us know what you think the sustainability priorities for university operations should be for the next five years and beyond:
Campus Open House – Tues, Feb 25th, 11:30 to 1:30, Michele Pujol Room,...
Read more: [Uvic-sustainability] News and Events for week of Feb 17th
Our Community Newsletter
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Newsletter ~ February 11th 2014
Valentines is Our 2 Year Anniversary!
Friday February 14th In honour of our stores anniversary, we will be having live music all day in store. There will also be a special dinner for 2, so come bring a friend or lover and share an organic meal together.
We Love you Anniversary Deals
Bulk DealFriday, Saturday and Sunday Bring in your own container for bulk and receive 10% off.
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