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From the fracking well to the LNG plant | WEBINAR
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- Published on Tuesday, 08 June 2021 15:59
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[Sjsall] History Department Reaches Out
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- Published on Monday, 07 June 2021 19:06
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Dear Friends of SJS,
Please consider providing whatever support you can to this request from John Lutz (History, UVic)
Regards, Margo
As you may know, the History Department and friends have been working to bring the neediest of refugee families to Canada, starting in 2015 when the Syrian crisis really hit headlines. Since then we have had the great privilege of welcoming the Tarrach family from Syria, Tedros’ family from Eritrea, and Alaa and his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew from Sudan. All three families are making a life for themselves and their children in Canada and the Tarrachs are already Canadian citizens.
While our new friends are safe in Canada, unfortunately their families are not, and they are very worried for their safety. So now we are beginning a new phase to bring the most urgent cases of their family members to Canada and we need your help.
We have committed to Alaa and his family to help bring his sister to Canada from her place of exile in Egypt. Like Alaa, she fled Sudan because...
Sign the pledge to support public health care!
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- Published on Monday, 07 June 2021 16:46
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Paov --
Last week, we held a public webinar to mobilize our community around the appeal for the Cambie case, set to be heard on June 14th at the BC Court of Appeal. To continue building momentum, we have launched a pledge campaign to defend public healthcare.
Will you take a moment to sign and share the pledge to support public health care?
Click here to sign the pledge!Paov, it remains as important as ever that we mobilize to keep wining on this case. Here's a reminder of the top 5 reasons why the victory last September was so important:
- An expansion of private pay healthcare would not reduce waits in the public system. In fact it could make them worse.
- Private pay healthcare undermines equitable access to care.
Fairy Creek Timeline - May 2021
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- Published on Friday, 04 June 2021 12:19
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May 31st
After a quiet weekend, the RCMP resumed arrests of blockaders near the Fairy Creek watershed just outside of Port Renfrew, B.C., on Monday. Over the weekend, protesters built out a series of blockades across forestry roads, designed to obstruct RCMP access to the Fairy Creek, Waterfall and Caycuse encampments, where arrests have been taking place over the past several weeks.The RCMP made arrests at a small blockade, Monday, made of a camper van parked horizontally across the road. The Narwhal witnessed three women, two who were chained to the van, undergo arrest as observers and fellow blockaders shouted messages of support from the surrounding trees. A total of six arrests were made Monday and four vehicles were towed. Since the RCMP began enforcing a court order to clear the injunction zone and allow logging in the watershed to resume, a total of 142 people have been arrested, including nine people who have been arrested more than once.Hundreds of supporters have come out to support what were originally small protest camps, signaling the high level of public concern for B.C.’s remaining old-growth as well as the safety of blockaders who are employing tactics to outfox the RCMP. Some 20 kilometres...
Join us tomorrow for our Cambie Campaign Launch!
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- Published on Tuesday, 01 June 2021 14:37
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Paov --
There's still time to register for tomorrow's webinar - "Defending public health care: the Cambie Trial". We'll be launching our public support campaign and building momentum leading up to the appeal hearings in the week of June 14. We need your help to show that support for public health care is strong and growing!
Join us tomorrow June 2nd at 10am PT. We will get you caught up on how you can do your part in the movement to defend Medicare.
Click here to register for the webinarWe encourage you to register even if you are not available for the webinar time. We will send a link to the webinar recording to everyone who registers.
You can help make this event a success by spreading the...
Are my houseplants a climate menace?
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- Published on Friday, 04 June 2021 12:34
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Are my houseplants a climate menace? r1 ...
Let’s talk about peat
Hi Paov,
We’ve all spent more time in our homes than we would’ve liked this last year. If you’re anything like me, having a house full of lush green leaves has made it a little more bearable.
So I was upset to find out my potting soil is actually pretty awful for the climate.
That’s because almost any soil you buy at hardware stores and garden centres contains peat moss, strip-mined from the boreal forest in northern Canada. Peat mining involves draining a wetland and scooping up the vegetation inside. But the moment it dries out, it starts releasing all the carbon it has stored for ten thousand years.
Peat mining has flown under the radar because nobody accounts for its full climate impacts. Can you help change that by signing our petition to the federal minister of environment and climate change?
SIGN NOW 
Peat is so carbon-rich that three per cent of the Earth's surface stores 30 per cent of carbon on land! Peat bogs are a really big deal! Provinces with peat mining don’t have the environmental laws necessary to properly assess their carbon pollution. But all the research suggests an enormous impact on the global climate. We need the federal government to step up and review the climate impacts of all proposals for new peat mines.
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson has the power to order the Impact Assessment Agency to review any project with adverse effects and public concern. Let’s show him we want him to take charge on peat.
Houseplants can live without peat but our climate can’t. For the climate, 
Peter McCartney
Climate Campaigner
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[evoz] 7pm Tonight: Cafe Simpatico on Zoom - Climate Change Solidarity: Helping Ometepe Coffee Cooperatives Weather the Storm
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- Published on Friday, 28 May 2021 17:36
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Café Simpatico by Zoom: 7 ...
The world you want to see
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- Published on Thursday, 27 May 2021 13:31
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You and the Cambie trial appeal
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- Published on Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:13
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Paov --
Over the years we have been involved with the Cambie case, we have seen that the battle in the court of public opinion is just as crucial as the one in the courtroom. We need your help to build public support.
Join us next Tuesday, June 2nd at 10am PT for the official launch of our public support campaign as we head back to court for the appeal. We will get you caught up on how you can do your part in the movement to defend Medicare.
Click here to register for the webinarWe encourage you to register even if you are not available for the webinar time. We will send a link to the webinar recording to everyone who registers.
Please note that due to...
State of BC Health - May
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- Published on Wednesday, 26 May 2021 12:31
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Your monthly update from the BC Health Coalition
UPDATE BCHC continues advocacy on Pharmacare and paid sick days
BC Health Coalition members participated in the Canadian Health Coalition's Pharmacare lobby days. Big Pharma pays professionals to argue their side. We show up for our families, friends, colleagues and communities. People who lost their jobs or benefits due to COVID-19 need Pharmacare now more than ever. No coverage means avoidable suffering and pressure on our ERs.
The BC Health Coalition has also been supporting the BC Federation of Labour's calls for a made-in-BC plan for paid sick days for all workers. Read the full response to the BC Government's commitment of permanent, paid sick leave here.
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[Sjsall] Rally for Palestine and Socialist Studies Conference Programme
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- Published on Tuesday, 25 May 2021 21:55
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Dear Friends of SJS,
Rally for Palestine, Saturday, May 29, Noon, at the Legislative Assembly, Belleville St.
May 29-June 4:
Socialist Studies Conference Programme
Attached please find the programme for the May 29-June 4 free, open-access events: 2021 Society for Socialist Studies Conference Programme: Socialist Solidarities in Times of Crisis
Free, open-access "zoom" events from Saturday May 29-June 4th on:
-fossil capitalism
-Indigenous resurgence in the academy in a time of Trump and the pandemic
-climate justice
-corporate power
-engaging China from the left
Where registration is required, the event will be listed as beginning 30 minutes before the speaking time; those not participating as panellists will be held in a waiting room until the event begins.
Please note that as indicated, all times are Mountain Time -- be sure to convert to your own local time so as not to miss events.
These events participate in alternative-Congress, supporting the Black Canadian Studies Association boycott of Congress this year.
Read more: [Sjsall] Rally for Palestine and Socialist Studies Conference Programme
[evoz] Cafe on Zoom reminder
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- Published on Tuesday, 25 May 2021 12:01
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Café Simpatico by Zoom: 7 pm PDT Friday May 28
Climate Change Solidarity: How 30 Years of North-South Partnership is Helping Ometepe Coffee Cooperatives Weather the Storm
With Nedjo
Rogers: Nedjo was an active
member of CASC until he moved to Saltspring. He has lived and worked in several
Latin American countries, including Nicaragua. Now he is active on Saltspring
and involved in our cooperative coffee work.
Hear how coffee
cooperatives on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua, are weathering the combined effects
of the climate change-driven coffee rust, hurricanes, economic crises, and the
pandemic on the strength of 30 year old north-south solidarity
partnerships.
Since the 1980s, coffee cooperatives on Ometepe Island in
Lake Nicaragua have worked in partnership with three organizations in the
Pacific Northwest: Bosia on Bainbridge Island, WA; OGIFA on the Gulf Islands;
and CASC in Victoria. The northern partners import the delicious organically
cultivated and shade grown coffee, paying fair trade prices, and use the
proceeds to fund solidarity projects on Ometepe and...
[evoz] coffee
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- Published on Friday, 21 May 2021 18:35
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Freshly roasted, fragrant Nicaragua coffee is available at $15 per one pound bag.
Phone Allen at 250 384-0477 to arrange purchase and pick up.
Register for our Cambie Case Appeal webinar
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- Published on Friday, 21 May 2021 14:15
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Paov --
We're writing to provide you with an update on the appeal in the Cambie case, set to be heard at the BC Court of Appeal the week of June 14th, and also invite you to a public event launching our public campaign in support of public health care.
We are pleased to announce we have been granted intervenor status and will continue to defend public health care in court. Please click here to read the full update on our website.
While we remain confident in the strength of the verdict at the BC Supreme Court, we must continue to defend public health care through the appeal. Over the years, we have seen that the battle in the court of public opinion is just as crucial as the one in the courtroom, and we need your help to build public support. Read more: Register for our Cambie Case Appeal webinar
Speak up for a bold Canadian climate law
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:30
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The fight to protect old-growth has hit a flashpoint
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:03
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[Sjsall] more upcoming events
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- Published on Monday, 17 May 2021 17:05
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Dear Friends of SJS,
THURS, MAY 20TH AT 5PM, At the Legislature: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY PROTEST
Allies and Palestinian people are holding space on the field of the BC Parliament Building (501 Belleville St. Victoria, BC) on the unceded traditional Lekwungen territory to raise awareness, show solidarity and protest Canada's military exports to Israel. Masks and Social Distancing are REQUIRED.
This is not a Palestinian "problem", this is a global humans rights issue consisting of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, illegal occupation and settler colonialism.
BRING ANYTHING YOU NEED TO SUPPORT PALESTINE!!! (or just yourself☺️❤️) Flags, Posters, Etc.
We recommend wearing Green, White, Red, or Black as a show of solidarity
PLEASE SHARE THIS EVENT!!!! THE MORE PEOPLE THE BETTER!
#yyjpalestine
#FreePalestine
#SaveSheikhJarrah
#EndtheOccupation
#PEACE
#FREEPALESTINE
This event takes place on ancestral unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən People. We stand in united solidarity against colonial occupation of Indigenous land on Turtle Island and Palestine
Pacific Peoples' Partnership Launches Inaugural Paddle4Pacific Campaign
[Sjsall] upcoming events and news
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- Published on Friday, 14 May 2021 15:30
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Dear Friends of SJS,
Upcoming event May 21: Reuniting with Our Lands and Waters featuring Clint Carroll & Michelle Daigle
Please share the attached poster and invitation below with your networks. Gilakas’la!
Join us online for “Reuniting with Our Lands and Waters: Indigenous Access and Political Ecology in Settler States” with keynote speaker Clint Carroll in conversation with Michelle Daigle.
Friday, May 21, 2021
2-3:30pm PST
Registration & event info here: https://uvic.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rK2-UdHoRc-sMHuCpkPVIQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Speaker bios:
Clint Carroll is an Associate Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, he works at the intersections of Indigenous studies, anthropology, and political ecology, with an emphasis on Cherokee environmental governance and land-based resurgence. Currently, he is working with Cherokee students and elders on an integrated education and research project that investigates Cherokee access to wild plants in northeastern Oklahoma...
[evoz] Cafe May 28
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- Published on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 14:22
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Café Simpatico by Zoom: 7 pm PDT Friday May 28
Climate Change Solidarity: How 30 Years of North-South Partnership is Helping Ometepe Coffee Cooperatives Weather the Storm
With
Nedjo Rogers:
Nedjo was an active member of CASC until he moved to Saltspring. He has lived
and worked in several Latin American countries, including Nicaragua. Now he is
active on Saltspring and involved in our cooperative coffee
work.
Hear how coffee cooperatives on Ometepe Island,
Nicaragua, are weathering the combined effects of the climate change-driven
coffee rust, hurricanes, economic crises, and the pandemic on the strength of 30
year old north-south solidarity partnerships.
Read more: [evoz] Cafe May 28
Anti-Indigenous Violence at Walbran Camp by Industry Workers
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- Published on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 14:00
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Read more: Anti-Indigenous Violence at Walbran Camp by Industry Workers
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