[Indigsol] Upcoming events, & FB page!

[ipsmo at riseup.net]

Greetings,

there's a whole bunch of events coming up, all listed below


BUT FIRST: ... do you use Facebook?

if you haven't already, please 'like' IPSMO's FB page:
http://facebook.com/ipsmo
... and you will start to receive links, events, etc in your news feed
- if you already 'like' us on FB, please suggest to some friends
- if you aren't on FB, you can still view our FB page to check out the
most recent posts


...and now...


EVENTS:
*also can be found online at http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/upcoming-events


Shannen's Dream
7:30pm, Wednesday March 2
at Centretown United Church, 507 Bank St
>> Charlie Angus (MP Timmins-James Bay) will speak about Aboriginal
education inspired by the legacy of Shannen Koostachin.
http://centretownunited.org/events.htm
http://centretownunited.org/Shannon_s_Dream_poster.pdf
More info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikrjU8GoK1g
http://www.fncaringsociety.com/shannensdream


Les Algonquins du Lac Barrière : Des siècles de lutte pour le respect et
la coexistence
11h30, Jeudi 3 mars
Pavillon Vanier Hall, salle/room 2095, l’Université d’Ottawa
>> avec Michel Thusky, Ancien directeur général des Algonquins du Lac
Barrière
(presentation in French with whisper translation)
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/3mars-algonquins-du-lac-barriere/


Toronto: Aboriginal Missing & Murdered Women Awareness Conference
9am, Thursday, March 3 - 4pm, March 4
Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, 16 Spadina Rd
Info/reg'n: 416-964-9087 X315 or bonnie.matthews at ncct.on.ca
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170285013017071


Peterborough: Indigenous Women’s Symposium
March 4-6
Trent University, Peterborough
http://www.trentu.ca/academic/nativestudies/womenssymposium.htm


Aboriginal Economic Bridging Event
Connecting Choice Employers with Aboriginal Job Seekers
8:00am-4:00pm, Saturday March 5
at the RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Dr
>> In addition to the employer exhibitors, it includes some dynamic
Aboriginal speakers and workshop presenters, from youth, educators,
storytellers, entrepreneurs, elders, and artists coming from across
Canada.
Presented by Minwaashin Lodge, http://www.minlodge.com
Info/reg'n: Cindy Gaudet 613-601-1647 cindy.gaudet at gmail.com
http://www.minlodge.com/admin/library/BridgingEventPosterMarch2011.pdf
http://www.minlodge.com/admin/library/BridgingEventProgram.pdf
http://www.minlodge.com/admin/library/BridgingEventBiosworkshopAbstractsFeb23.pdf
** Please note: IPSMO does not necessarily support all the employers who
will be in attendance **


Film: A Windigo Tale
2pm, Sunday March 6
Bell Theatre, Minto Centre, Carleton University
Free admission
http://www2.carleton.ca/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2739
film website: http://www.awindigotalemovie.com/


Ottawa Israeli Apartheid Week
March 7 - 11
http://ottawa.apartheidweek.org


March 7th, 9:30am-4:30pm, and March 8th, 9:30am-12pm
Tribunal Appeal: APTN at Canadian Human Rights Tribunal on First Nations
child and family services
East Room of the Supreme Court Building, 301 Wellington St
Open to the public
http://www.fncfcs.com/news/march-7-8-am-2011-federal-court-hear-aptn-appeal-canadian-human-rights-tribunal-chair-chotalias


Rally for Awareness! Arts, Eats & Critical Information
12:00-7:00pm, Wednesday March 9
Unicenter Atrium, Carleton Univeristy
>> Our goal is to shine a little light on Canada's darkside & make a
Youtube video to educate & create awareness about this perpetual
injustice inherent in Canadian society. Since roughly 1980, between 583
and 3000 Indigenous women have gone missing or been murdered in Canada.
FULL DETAILS AT END OF THIS EMAIL
or: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133218030079132


Film: Life On The Reserve
6:15pm, Wednesday March 9
at Mayfair Theatre (1074 Bank St)
>> A documentary by Graham Shonfield about what life on a Canadian First
Nation reserve is really like. Filmed in Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek
(Gull Bay)
$10 admission (proceeds go to funding an after-school program in Gull Bay)
http://www.lifeonthereserve.ca



Demonstration against Police Violence
6:00-9:00pm, Tuesday March 15
Human Rights Monument, Elgin and Lisgar
>> This march is part of a series of events that also includes the Forum
on Police Violence, Incarceration and Alternatives and the
International Day Against Police Brutality.
This is a family-friendly demonstration.
Contact: opirgrc at gmail.com, 613-230-3076
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198203326874426


Vigil for missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada
2:00pm, Friday, March 18th
Parliament Hill
>> Free Transportation for students and faculty from Montreal to Ottawa
and back! Organized by McGill University Human Rights Working Group
Contact: tiffany.boisvert at mail.mcgill.ca
More info coming soon...


Forum on Police Violence, Incarceration and Alternatives
7:00pm Friday March 18 - 11:30pm Saturday March 19
University of Ottawa
>> Friday 7pm: Opening panel
at Morriset Building Room 205, University of Ottawa
featuring: Ashanti Alston - Bridget Tolley - Julie Matson - Jaggi Singh
>> Saturday:  full day of workshops and presentations
including speakers form: Coalition Opposée à la Brutalité Policière -
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty - P.O.W.E.R. (Prostitutes of Ottawa -
Work Educate Resist) - Anarchist Black Cross - Ottawa Movement Defense -
Convergence Des Luttes Anticapitalistes - No One Is Illegal - and many
many more
>> More details TBA
Contact: opirgrc at gmail.com or 613-230-3076
http://www.opirg-gripo.ca
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110054145735732
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128854827187121



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Rally for Awareness! Arts, Eats & Critical Information
12:00-7pm, Wednesday March 9
Unicenter Atrium, Carleton Univeristy

Our goal is to shine a little light on Canada's darkside & make a Youtube
video to educate & create awareness about this perpetual injustice
inherent in Canadian society.

Since roughly 1980, between 583 and 3000 Indigenous women have gone
missing or been murdered in Canada.

The day is about debunking native stereotypes and asking critical questions.

Where do we get our information?

There is a need for understanding that the media, our newspapers and our
governments are lying to us. If not blatently lying, then purposely
repressing crucial information.

Mass media and print culture are extremely limited and controlled sources
of information. This censorship renders it biased... making it a seriously
feeble source of 'trusted' information.

Clearly our governments don't agree that Native Rights are Human Rights as
these 583 women are not on the political agenda....

But the Tar Sands can stand to have production raised over 100% since the
initial creation of Sisters in Spirit Campaign?

This is an atrocious number of missing and murdered women in
Canada....just our government... Prioritizing accordingly.

When Harper boasted at the G20 Summit that there is "no history of
colonialism in Canada" our Indigneous nations were, once again, met by a
man that has no capacity for empathy.

We are campaining for a more critical awareness of the world around us.

Come Rally for Indigenous Awareness on Wednesday March 9th in the Carleton
Uni-Center Atrium

12-5: Arts, Eats & Info sessions
5-6: A few words of Awareness & Thanks
6-7: Candlelit Vigil on Canal/Debriefing & Reflections for the Youtube
Awareness video

No pressure to camp out.. but it is definately welcomed! Just pop by, say
hi and show some support :) Try to bus or make use of that O-train,
parking can be tricky/pricey..( I'll see if i cant get something sorted
out there though!)

Peace & love guys! Contact me anytime if you are interested in helping out :)

Andrea Carisse
613 889 8040
andreacarisse at hotmail.com

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133218030079132