[opirgyork] Weekly Digest - January 11th 2011
OPIRG York
opirg at yorku.ca
Tue Jan 11 14:34:19 PST 2011
Welcome back everyone!
Hope you all had a good break!
We have a lot of exciting and amazing events planned for this year!
Make sure to come and say hi at the office in the student centre - RM. 449C!
Also be sure to check out our website for updates on events, working
groups and other happenings!
Love,
OPIRG at York
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***UPCOMING EVENTS***
1) Dr. Chun Library Book swap
2) *Hassan Shire Sheikh* Executive Director of the *East and Horn of
Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
3) North American Anarchist Studies Conference
4) IRIS Speaker Series Presents… COP16 Debrief Panel
5) Issue 11 Launch - Upping the Anti
6) UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7) Report back from Cancun: Eyewitness Report and Discussion
8) "Global Slump" By David McNally - Book launch
9) REBEL Diaz in Toronto!
10) Solidarity through Resistance: A Social Justice Series
11) Xpressions Against Oppression: Cleve Jones
12) Forehead Creativity: Embodied decolonial art workshop
13) The Trans Inclusion Group hosts a FREE screening of: “SCREAMING QUEENS"
***OPPORTUNITIES/JOB POSTINGS/CALL OUTS!***
1) YORK UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT’S SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL OPEN FORUM FOR ALL
YORK COMMUNITY MEMBERS
2) COMMUNITY OPEN LETTER DENOUNCING THE JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE’S RALLY IN
SUPPORT
OF THE ENGLISH DEFENSE LEAGUE
3) YU Free Press call for submissions!
4) Job posting: Project Officer : Canadians for Choice
5) Web Designer & Curator / Social Network Manager: Canadian Harm
Reduction Network
6) Job Posting: Centre Coordinator, Centre for Feminist Research
7) CALL FOR YOUTH SERVICE PROVIDERS FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS YOUTH
ALLIANCE PROJECT
8) ONTARIO P.I.R.G. – Job Posting - Provincial Bookkeeper/Co-ordinator
9) Call for papers: SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE - March 25 & 26 2011
10) Call for Submissions AQSAzine Issue #4 Ancestors and Descendants due
Jan 15th
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1) Dr. Chun Library Book Swap:
Time: Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 from 3PM - 5:30PM.
Location:
Dr. Chun Resource Library, at The Centre for Women and Trans People UofT
563 Spadina Ave. Room 100, North Borden Building, Toronto, ON
We’re wheelchair accessible through Bancroft Ave. (at the rear of the
building)
Event description:
-(maybe) get the books you need for class for free!
-bring and take gently used books, magazines, articles, zines, videos,
DVDs, CDs, posters
-follows The Spice, a free community cooking program from 12-3PM!
About the Library: The Dr. Chun Resource Library is a resource centre
for alternative educative material for facilitating resistance to
oppression.
Attached are a PDF version and a PNG (Portable Network Graphics) version
of the event poster for your convenience.
Hope to see you there!
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2) *Hassan Shire Sheikh* Executive Director of the *East and Horn of
Africa Human Rights Defenders Project*
For a launch of*Campus Support for Human Rights Defenders in Africa*
Date: Thursday January 13th
Time: 10am – 11:30am
Location: York Lanes 280N
Human rights defenders in Africa face daily acts of rights violations
perpetrated against themselves and against the populations they seek to
protect. In the majority of instances rights violations remain invisible due
to conspiracies of silence, repressed domestic civil societies, and the
difficulty of receiving attention at an international level.
The *Campus Support Group for Human Rights Defenders in Africa* seeks to
reverse the status quo by connecting human rights defenders (HRDs) in Africa
with Canadian students who will work together to help produce Situation
Reports in a format suitable for proper and systematic international
reporting, thus increasing the feasibility and relevance of their work. This
could also become a distant yet vital protection accompaniment for HRDs at
risk particularly those working in situations of armed conflict, in divided
societies and in environments of political and legal repression.
We seek students with a desire to connect directly with the front line of
human rights work in a project to promote accountability and diminish
impunity. No previous experience required. Facility with Arabic, French,
Portuguese, Swahili, and other African languages is an asset.
Join us for a discussion on the challenges for human rights defenders in
Africa and to learn how to get involved. Two previous York International
interns at the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project will
be present.
The Campus Support Group will operate as a part of the* **East and Horn of
Africa Human Rights Defenders Project* and the* Pan-African Human Rights
Defenders Network*. It is co-sponsored at York University by the *Centre for
Refugee Studies* and* **York International*.
The *East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project* (EHAHRDP)
seeks to strengthen the work of human rights defenders throughout the region
by reducing their vulnerability to the risk of persecution and by enhancing
their capacity to effectively defend human rights. EHAHRDP focuses its work
on Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia (together
with Somaliland), Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. EHAHRDP is based
in Kampala, Uganda, and was formed out of needs assessment research hosted
by the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University
The *Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network* is an emerging initiative
mandated to build continental momentum for the protection and promotion of
HRDs in Africa by developing working relationships, knowledge sharing,
systematic reporting and joint advocacy amongst the five sub-regional human
rights defenders networks in Central, East and Horn, North, South, and West
Africa.
*Hassan Shire Sheikh* is Executive Director of the East and Horn of Africa
Human Rights Defenders Project. In this role he has actively participated in
shaping the structure and proceedings of the new UN Human Rights Council
based in Geneva and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) seeking to assess
the performance of member states in compliance with international human
rights standards. Mr. Shire has actively lobbied for human rights defenders
at the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights and the UN Human
Rights Council sessions.
Further Reading:
Visit the website for East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
(EHAHRDP):
http://www.defenddefenders.org
Read the YFile article on Mr Shire Sheikh and the launch of EHAHRDP:
http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=4720
For further information please contact neilblazevic at gmail.com
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3) In less than two weeks the second annual North American Anarchist Studies
Conference will be held in Toronto. The final touches are being put on the
organizing work, friends and comrades from across the continent are slowly
trickling into the city, and excitement is building for what is sure to be
a great weekend!
Find below an updated schedule (please note several changes), information
about the opening film night, and details of the Saturday night social
being held in conjunction with Upping the Anti’s Issue 11 Launch Party.
North American Anarchist Studies Conference: January,14-16th 2011
Friday, January 14th
Opening Film Night!
CINECYCLE- 129 Spadina Avenue (in the old coach house down the alley).
7pm-12am
Join us for a low-key evening of radical film screenings, discussion and
socializing to kick off the conference.
-Featuring-
“Tales From the G20”- Open Media Initiative w/ Justin Saunders.
Chet Singh dub poetry performance.
“Carne de Fieras” (1936) w/ Jesse Cohn introducing.
Short contributions from NAASN members and members from the Toronto
Alternative Media Centre.
Saturday, January 15th
STEEL WORKER’S HALL- 25 Cecil St.
Conference begins!
8-9am
Registration and coffee!
9-10:50am
Opening/plenary panel and group discussion!
‘The Past, Present and Potential Futures of Anarchism’ – Jaggi Singh,
Irina Ceric, Denis Rancourt, Lesley Wood.
Facilitator: Sharmeen Khan
11-12:20pm
Room #1:
Contemporary Anarchism and the Arts
Adrian Blackwell- Anarchist Urban Design
Sandra Jeppesen- Anarchist Literature
Luis Jacob- Groundless Aesthetics
Moderator: Allan Antliff
Room #2:
Anarchist Economics: History, Analysis and Vision
Deric Shannon- An Overview of Anarchist Economics
Chris Spannos- The History of Anarchist Economics as a Lens to See the
Future
Abbey Willis- Tools for Understanding Capitalism in the 2000s
Wayne Price- The Anarchist Post-Capitalist Vision
Moderator: Jasmin Mujanovic
12:30-1:30pm
Lunch!
1:30-2:20pm
Workshops!
Room #1:
Alexis Shotwell- Practical Strategies for Anarchist Writing: A Workshop
Room #2:
Testament- Building Bridges and Working with Unlikely Allies
2:30-3:50pm
Room #1:
Movement Knowledge I: Movement Research
Aziz Choudry- Activist Research: Mapping the Practices of Knowledge
Production for Social Action
Chris Dixon- Accountability to whom? Ethics and Activism in Movement
Research
Gary Kinsman- Mapping Social Relations of Struggle: Producing Knowledge
for Social Transformation
Research Group on Collective Autonomy- Ethics and Accountability in
Prefigurative Participatory Antiauthoritarian Research
Moderator: Kalin Stacey
Room #2:
Transnational Anarchism in the Americas 1
Kenyon Zimmer- ‘Yiddish is My Homeland’: A Transatlantic History of
Jewish-American Anarchism, 1880s-1930s
Kirt Shaffer- Panama Reds: Anarchist Politics and Transregional Networks
in the Panama Canal Zone, 1904-1916
Steve Hirsch- Constructing a Working-Class Counterculture: Transnational
Anarchism and the Anarchist Press in Northern Peru, 1898-1922
Moderator: Nathan Jun
4-5:20pm
Room #1:
Anarchism, Gender and (Dis)ability: Expanding the Anarchist Critique
Mitchell Verter- Towards an Anarchafeminist Subversion of Politics
Anne Goldenberg- Feminist Takes on Organizing in Critical and
Technological Movements
Liat Ben-Moshe- Queercripping Anarchism
Timothy Luchies- Creative (Self-)Destruction: Critiquing White and Male
Supremacy in North American Anarchism
Moderator: Anthony J. Nocella II
Room #2:
Challenging Conformity: Anarchist Memory and Prospects
A.D Hoyt- The International Anarchist Archives: A Report on Conditions and
a Proposal for Action
Nathan Jun- Flowers for the Fallen: The Romantic Anarchism of Pietro Gori
Bryan Nelson- Orientation and Mappings: Anarchism, Marxism, Democracy:
Traditions in Theory
Ron Sakolsky- Theorizing Anarchism: Mutual Acquienscence
Moderator: Daniel Cairns
5:30-6:50pm
Room #1:
Greening Anarchy
Micheal Loadenthal- Militant Not Terrorists: How the Radical Animal and
Earth Liberation Movement Challenges the State and Capitalsim
Karl Hardy & Usman Mushtaq- Responses to Climate Change: Radical Critiques
and Utopian Alternatives
Andrea Palichuck- Alienation and Exclusion in Food Lifestyle Politics and
Anarchist Organizing
Michele Flippo Bolduc- Are Community Gardens Inherently Radical?
Moderator: Deric Shannon
Room #2:
Anarchist Readings of Nietzsche
Nick Day- Ubermensch, Overcoming and Direct Actor: Reconciling Nietzsche
with Liberatory Praxis
Laura Greenwood- Goldman’s Nietzschean Anarchism: A Griemasian Reading of
‘Minorities Versus Majorities’
Grant Yocom- The ‘Last Man’ in Detriot: Timely Revisions and New Targets
for the Arrows of Lomnging
Moderator: Rachel Melis
7-8:20pm
Room #1:
Riot 2011: Direct Action, Revolt and the Question of Violence
Kyla Bourne- Alterrepresentation and the Democratic Possibilities of
Direct Action
Edward Avery-Natale- ‘We’re Here, We’re Queer, We’re Anarchists’: The
Nature of Identification and Subjectivity Among Black Blocs
Andreas Reichelt- When the universities were burning (with activism) in…2009
Madison Trusolino- Human Emancipation, The Spectacle, Divine Violence
Moderator: Tammy Kovich
Room #2:
Perspectivas Anarquistas de America Latina
Jorella A. Melendez Badillo- El Anarquismo En Puerto Rico: Su Influencia
En La Cultura Proletaria En Las Primeras Dos Decades Del Siglo XX
Octavio Cabrera Serrano- El Antropologo Autogestivo
Milena Alveo- Cultura anarquista, reflexiones a cerca de la cotidianidad
Moderator: TBA
Saturday Night Social/ UPPING THE ANTI Issue 11 Launch Party!!!
TORONTO FREE GALLERY- 1277 Bloor Street West (at Lansdown).
Doors open at 8:30pm until late!
Join us for the NAASN Conference Saturday night social/ UPPING THE ANTI’s
Issue #11 Launch Party.
-Featuring-
Musical performances by LAL and Test Their Logik.
Kick ass sets by DJs Nik Red and B#.
Plus refreshments, raffle prizes and more.
Admission $10 with a copy of UPPING THE ANTI, $5 without, and free for
UPPING THE ANTI sustainers.
Sunday, January 16th
Steel Worker’s Hall- 25 Cecil St.
9-9:30am
Coffee!
9:30-10:50am
Room #1:
Postanarchism, The Specter of Primitivism and Song
Gregory Kalyniuk- Jurisprudence of the Damned; Deleuze’s Masochian Humor
and Anarchist Neo-Monadology
Daniel Murray- Social Tyranny of the State: Bakunin, Governmentality and
Resistance
Sandy Krolick- A Spector is Haunting America
Carrie Yvonne Mott- Music in the Anarchist Movement: Radical Politics and
Solidarity Through Song
Moderator: Ryan Mitchell
Room #2:
‘Anarchizing’ the Disciplines
Dennis Fox- Anarchism and Psychology
David Westling- Anarchism and Individual Psychology
Dana Williams and Jeff Shantz- Defining an Anarchist-Sociology (A
Long-Anticipated Marriage)
Shaista Patel- Inviting Settlers of Color in Nation Building Projects of
White-Settler Colonies
Moderator: Courtney Cecale
11-12:20pm
Room #1:
Movement Knowledge II: Trajectories of Contemporary Movements and
Possibilities for Change
Kate Milbery- History Will Teach Us Everything: Towards a Praxis of Social
Justice
Andrea Eiland- Breaking Down the Wall: Anarchism and Social Change in the
21st Century
Dawn Paley- Beyond Alternative Media: Building Space for Radical Journalism
Michael Trusello- The Trouble With Social Media
Moderator: Ryan Mitchell
Room #2:
Transnational Anarchism in the Americas II
Geoffroy de Laforcade- counter-Currents and Oppositional Trends Within a
Syndicalist Labor Tradition: Locating the Anarchist influence on the
Politics of Maritime Trade Unionism in Argentina, 1903-1950
Amparo Sanchez Cobos- The Island and Beyond: Spanish Anarchist Networks in
Cuba, 1900-1925
Travis Tomchuck- The Radical Culture of Italian Anarchists in North America
Davide Turcato- Biography, Anarchism and Transnationalism
Moderator: TBA
12:30-1:30 pm
Lunch!
1:30-2:20pm
Workshops!
Room #1:
Crimethinc- Fighting in the New Terrain: Anti-Capitalist Strategies in the
21st Century
Room #2:
Matt B- Know Your Enemy: Conspiracism, Right Wing populism and the
Anarchist Movement
2:30-3:50pm
Room #1:
TBA Activist Workshop
Room #2:
Militant Methodologies and the Question of Authority
Max Haiven and Alex Khasnabish- Radicalizing Methods: ‘Convoking’ the
Radical Imagination in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Paul McLaughlin- Methodologies Considerations on Anarchist Theory
Michael Gutierrez- Two Poles of Authority
Alden Wood- ‘On Bernadette Corporation’s Get Rid of Yourself’: An
Anarcho-Autonomist Critique of the Mimetic Representation of Revolt
Moderator: Michael Loadenthal
4-5:20pm
Room #1:
Anarchist Subjectivities: Discussions of the Self and Other
Cameron Ellis- The Loving Anarchist: An Inquiry into the Nature of the
Subject of Anarchy
Kalin Stacey- Innocence and Complicity in Anarchist Discourse
Joey Brooke Jacob- Why the ‘Stanger’ is Unequal: Towards a Manifesto for
Inclusion
Matthew Hayter- Understanding ‘Power’ as always both power-for and
power-over: What can this Perspective do for the sake of anarchist social
relations?
Moderator: Ed Avery-Natale and TBA Co-Moderator
Room #2:
Anarchism, Education and the Strange World of Academia
Paul Lemley- Navigating Respectability
Dan Webb- ‘The Left’s Wrong Turn and the Postmodern Disavowal of Anarchism’
Anthony Meza-Wilson- Educational Projects for Decolonization: Anarchist
Allyship and Resistance Education in the Americas
Joseph Todd Montclair- Triangulating Freedom, Power and Education:
Learning Webs, Subjectivity, and Resistance
Moderator:
5:30-7pm
Closing Discussion and Break Out Session!
Facilitator: David McNally
*Childcare will be provided on site for the duration of the weekend.
** The suggested conference fee is sliding scale $10-25 or PWYC (no one
will be turned away for lack funds), and all money raised at the door will
be donated to the Toronto G20 Legal Defence Fund.
Exhibitors at the Second Annual NAASN Conference:
AK Press
Arbeiter Ring
Autonomedia
Between the Lines
Black Cat Press
Brunswick Books
Common Cause
Community Solidarity Network
Empowerment Infoshop
Fernwood Publishing
Kersplebedeb
Little Black Cart
Pluto Press
PM Press
Rebel Film Board
Thought Crime Ink
Transformative Studies Institute
Upping the Anti
Zed Books
Sponsored by NAASN (www.naasn.org), OPIRG York (www.opirgyork.ca) and
OPIRG University of Toronto (www.opirgtoronto.org).
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4) Issue 11 Launch - Upping the Anti
in conjunction with the
North American Anarchist Studies Network invites you to Upping the
Anti's Issue 11 Launch
Saturday January 15, 8:30PM
TORONTO FREE GALLERY
(1277 Bloor Street West, at Lansdown)
Venue is Accessible
-[Featuring]-
• Musical Performances by LAL and Test Their Logik,
• Kick ass sets by DJs Nik Red and B#,
• Plus Refreshments, Raffle Prizes, and More.
-[Admission]-
• $10 (cover + Upping the Anti #11)
• $5 (cover)
• Free for UPPING THE ANTI Sustainers and Subscribers
-[UPPING THE ANTI #11 includes]-
• Interviews with Ladelle McWhorter, James Scott, and Raj Patel
• Articles by Lesley Wood on Toronto's G20 protests, John Clarke on
the tenth anniversary of OCAP's famous march on Queen’s Park, and
Stacy Douglas on anti-racism and queer organizing today
• Roundtables on the 20th Anniversary of the Oka Crisis and on No One
Is Illegal's Fight to build Sanctuary City
• Book reviews and much more....
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5) IRIS Speaker Series Presents… COP16 Debrief Panel
By Caitlin | January 7th, 2011 | Events
Where: York Student Centre Room 313
When: January 17th at 1 p.m.
The event will explore the findings from this year’s COP, while critically
analyzing the value of the annual conference.
York PhD candidate, Jacqueline Medalye, attended COP16 in Cancun,
Mexico, this
past December, and will provide firsthand insight into what went on at
the global
forum. The panel will also draw from other key researchers, including
Kaz Higuchi,
Brett Rhyno and Anders Sandberg. Open discussion, with contribution from
the audience, will be encouraged.
The event is free and open to everyone. Light refreshments will be
served. Hope to see you there!
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6) UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
WHAT: UT General Assembly
WHEN: January 19th, 5-8 pm
WHERE: Main Activity Hall, Multifaith Centre, University of Toronto
(569 Spadina Ave)
High tuition fees. No job security. Large class sizes. No time to talk
to your
professors / TAs / students. This is the University of Toronto that we know.
This is not the University that we want.
Feel like you can't change any of this? Where is this feeling of
disempowerment
coming from? Try this scenario: despite it being OUR university, OUR
work and
learning space, the governing bodies at this institution do not seem to have
our best interests in mind. In the past year alone, student, staff and
faculty
needs have been undermined by the Faculty of Arts & Science Academic Plan,
restrictions to campus space use, unwanted changes to graduate funding
packages, and the continued implementation of flat fees (higher tuition
fees...less job security...larger class sizes...less time). Even better:
when
we speak up against these decisions, we are shut out of meetings,
policed and
silenced.
But we can't give up – this is OUR university. We came to U of T to
reach our
potential; not to be reduced to a number. We came here to learn, and
maybe even
to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. Let's start by making our
University into somewhere that we want to be (and we're not alone. See:
students in the UK. California. France. Greece.) Over the past two months,
students and other campus community members have been meeting to
organize the
UT GENERAL ASSEMBLY – join us at the UTGA to turn our disillusionment into
action, and to take back our University.
WHEN: January 19th, 5-8 pm
WHERE: Main Activity Hall, Multifaith Centre, University of Toronto
(569 Spadina Ave)
WEBSITE: http://utgeneralassembly.wordpress.com/
E-MAIL: utgeneralassembly at gmail.com
By TTC:
1)Go to Spadina Subway Station on the Bloor-Danforth Line
2)Catch the streetcar from inside Spadina Station
3)Exit at Willcocks Street and exit onto the east side of Spadina
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7) Report back from Cancun: Eyewitness Report and Discussion
Thursday January 20th
7pm to 9pm
Steelworkers Hall (25 Cecil Street)
While world powers backtracked on global warming at the Cancún
conference in December, vigorous
protests inside and outside the conference spoke for the world's peoples
in our struggle for
climate justice. Over 190 countries met in December 2010 to come up with
an agreement to
respond to the world climate crisis. Come and listen to the reports of
Canadians who went there to witness the negotiations.
• Andrea Harden, Council of Canadians
• John Dillon, KAIROS
• Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu, JustEarth, Toronto Climate Campaign
• Statements by Bolivia's Ambassador, Pablo Solòn, and Gerry LeBlanc,
USW Injured Workers program
See video footage of Cancún protests
Co-organizers: Toronto Climate Campaign; Council of Canadians (Toronto
Chapter); Toronto Bolivia Solidarity
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8) "Global Slump" By David McNally - Book launch
Thursday January 20th
7pm to 10pm
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas Street West
Music, Community Speakers, Book Reading.
Doors and Socialist Register 2011 Launch: 7:00pm
Global Slump: 8:00pm
Global Slump analyzes the global financial meltdown as the first
systemic crisis of the
neoliberal stage of capitalism. It argues that – far from having ended –
the crisis has
ushered in a whole period of worldwide economic and political
turbulence. In developing
an account of the crisis as rooted in fundamental features o...f
capitalism, Global
Slump challenges the view that its source lies in financial deregulation.
The book locates the recent meltdown in the intense economic
restructuring that marked
the recessions of the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Through this lens, it
highlights the
emergence of new patterns of world inequality and new centers of
accumulation,
particularly in East Asia, and the profound economic instabilities these
produced.
Global Slump offers an original account of the “financialization” of the
world
economy during this period, and explores the intricate connections
between international
financial markets and new forms of debt and dispossession, particularly
in the Global South.
Analyzing the massive intervention of the world’s central banks to stave
off another Great
Depression, Global Slump shows that, while averting a complete meltdown,
this intervention
also laid the basis for recurring crises for poor and working class
people: job loss,
increased poverty and inequality, and deep cuts to social programs. The
book takes a global
view of these processes, exposing the damage inflicted on countries in
the Global South,
as well as the intensification of racism and attacks on migrant workers.
At the same time,
Global Slump also traces new patterns of social and political resistance
– from housing
activism and education struggles, to mass strikes and protests in
Martinique, Guadeloupe,
France and Puerto Rico – as indicators of the potential for building
anti-capitalist
opposition to the damage that neoliberal capitalism is inflicting on the
lives of millions.
Praise:
"In this book, McNally confirms – once again – his standing as one of
the world's
leading Marxist scholars of capitalism. For a scholarly, in depth
analysis of our
current crisis that never loses sight of its political implications (for
them and for us),
expressed in a language that leaves no reader behind, there is simply no
better place to go."
--Bertell Ollman, Professor, Department of Politics, NYU, and author of
Dance of the
Dialectic: Steps in Marx’s Method
“David McNally's tremendously timely book is packed with significant
theoretical and
practical insights, and offers actually-existing examples of what is to
be done. Global
Slump urgently details how changes in the capitalist space-economy over
the past 25 years,
especially in the forms that money takes, have expanded wide-scale
vulnerabilities for all
kinds of people, and how people fight back. In a word, the problem isn't
neo-liberalism -- it's capitalism.”
--Ruth Wilson Gilmore, University of Southern California and author,
Golden Gulag
“Standard accounts of the present crisis blame the excesses of the
financial sector,
promising that all will be well when the proper financial regulations
are in place.
McNally’s path breaking account goes far deeper. He documents in great
detail how the
roots of the crisis are found in the systematic failings of capitalism.
At this moment
in world history the case for a radical alternative to the capitalist
global order needs
to be made as forcefully as possible. No one has done this better than
McNally.”
--Tony Smith, Professor of Philosophy, Iowa State University and author of
Globalisation: A Systematic Marxian Account
“McNally has developed a powerful interpretation that sheds a mass of
new light… This is a superb book.”
--Robert Brenner, author of The Economics of Global Turbulence on
Political Economy and the Rise of Capitalism.
“By exposing the historical and theoretical roots of ‘market socialism’,
David McNally demonstrates
in a particularly lucid and powerful way the fundamental flaws and
contradictions in that concept.”
--Ellen Meiksins Wood, author of Empire of Capital on Against the
Market: Political Economy,
Market Socialism and the Marxist Critique.
About the Author:
David McNally is Professor of Political Science at York University,
Toronto. He is the author
of five previous books: Political Economy and the Rise of Capitalism
(1988); Against the
Market: Political Economy Market Socialism and the Marxist Critique
(2003); Bodies of
Meaning: Studies on Language, Labor and Liberation (2001); Another World
is Possible:
Globalization and Anti-Capitalism (2002; second revised edition 2006);
and Monsters of
the Market: Body Panics and Global Capitalism (2010). His articles have
appeared in many
journals, including Historical Materialism, Capital and Class, New
Politics, and Review of
Radical Political Economics. David McNally is also a long-time activist
in socialist,
anti-poverty and migrant justice movements.
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9) REBEL Diaz in Toronto!
Thursday January 20th
10pm to 3am
Lula Lounge
1585 Dundas Street West
with performances by:
Latin Urban Kings of the North Code Blue
(http://www.thirdworldentertainment.com/)
Chilean-born but T-dot-based mc, bass player, graffitti artist, dj etc
La Bomba (http://www.myspace.com/labombs)
Jamaican born, Canadian breed and New York livin’ reggae superstar
Melodic Yoza! (http://www.myspace.com/melodicvibe)
Multi-talented Vocalist Revolutionary Love
(http://www.myspace.com/makayafyah)
Poet and Lyricist Spin (http://www.myspace.com/revolution06)
with DJ eLman (Funkete, Dos Mundos Radio -
http://dosmundos.podomatic.com/) and DJ d boys
Get your advanced tickets for only $10! Available at the Toronto Women's
Bookstore (73 Harbord Street)
and online at http://barrionuevo.ticketleap.com/rebel-diaz-in-toronto/.
Media Sponsor: BASICS Community Newservice
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10) Solidarity through Resistance: A Social Justice Series
A Speaker Series: This is a free event; light snacks and refreshments
will be provided.
Each week will have a different theme. At the end of the speaker series
(on the last day), we will engage
in dialogue to speak about the issues presented through critical lenses.
The event will be 2.5 – 3 hours long (2:30PM – 5/5:30PM).
Week 1: Friday January 21, 2011
A n t i – P o v e r t y
Week 2: Friday January 28, 2011
M i g r a t i o n , X e n o p h o b i a and I m m i g r a t I o n
Week 3: Friday February 4, 2011
I n d i g e n o u s and E n v i r o n m e n t a l
Week 4: Friday February 11, 2011
L G B T
Week 5: Friday February 18, 2011
M e n t a l H e a l t h
Week 6: February March 4, 2011
W o m e n / W o m y n
::I n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y D i o l o g u e::
Spaces are Limited
RSVP to swsa.york at gmail.com
Please cite ‘Social Justice Series’ in Subject Line. Include full name
and preferred email address in the email. Location TBA via email
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11) Xpressions Against Oppression: Cleve Jones
Wednesday January 26th
6pm to 9pm
Price Family Cinema (102 Accolade East/Underground Restaurant)
THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. TICKETS CAN BE BOUGHT IN VARI HALL OR ROOM 106
OF THE STUDENT CENTRE. THEY ARE $2 FOR STUDENTS.
On January 26, 2010 the York Federation of Students would like to invite
you to our “Xpressions Against
Oppression” speaker series featuring Cleve Jones.
Cleve Jones is an American AIDS and LGBTQ activist. His career as an
activist began in San Francisco
during the turbulent 1970s when he was befriended by... pioneer gay
rights leader Harvey Milk. He
worked as a student intern in Milk’s office while studying political
science at San Francisco State
University. In 1978, Milk was assassinated along with San Francisco’s
Mayor George Moscone.
He conceived of the NAMES Project Memorial Quilt which has become, at 54
tons, the world's largest
piece of community folk art as of 2009. The idea for the AIDS Memorial
Quilt came to Jones at a
candlelight memorial for Harvey Milk in 1985. In 1987 he created the
first quilt panel in honor
of his friend Marvin Feldman. The AIDS Memorial Quilt memorializes the
lives of over 85,000 Americans killed by AIDS.
In 1983, at the onset of the AIDS Pandemic, Jones co-founded the San
Francisco AIDS Foundation
which has grown into one of the largest and most influential AIDS
advocacy organizations in the United States.
More recently, Jones has been working with UNITE HERE, the hotel,
restaurant, and garment workers
union on homophobia issues. He is a driving force behind the “Sleep with
the Right People” campaign,
which aims to convince LGBT tourists to stay only in hotels that respect
the rights of their workers.
Another part of Jones' work with UNITE HERE is making the labor movement
more open to LGBT members.
Cleve Jones will be speaking at York University on January 26, 2010 at 6
pm in the Price Family
Cinema which is in Accolade East. Doors will open at 5:30 pm. The talk
will be 1 hour followed by
30 minutes of Q and A. There will be a follow up “Meet and Greet” at the
Underground following the talk for 1 hour.
If you would like to come and hear Cleve Jones speak of his experiences
during the rise of Queer
activism, please pick up your ticket in the YFS’ Member Services Office
which is room 106 of the
Student Centre. Student tickets are $2 while tickets for members of the
public are $10. Please
be sure to pick up your tickets as soon as possible as they are limited.
If you have any questions about the event, please feel free to contact
Steven Broadley at vpoperations at yfs.ca or call him at 905-965-4222.
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12) Forehead Creativity: Embodied decolonial art workshop
Monday January 31st
1pm to 5pm
Student Centre York U - Rm. 313
Forehead Creativity: embodied decolonial art workshop
Presented by OPIRG York
facilitated by Louis Esme Cruz, BFA (Mi'kmaq/Acadian + Irish)
January 31st, 2011
1 - 5:00pm
Rm. 313, York University Student Centre
4700 Keele Street
Three Fires Territories
Toronto ON
To register, please contact Louis Cruz at: foreheadcreativity at gmail.com
or 647.234.2625 by January 28th, 2011
**event location is wheelchair accessible & scent-free. please refrain
from wearing perfumes and other scented products.
For accommodation requests, please contact Aruna Boodram:
aruna at opirgyork.ca or 416.736.5724
This workshop will engage participants in acts of decolonization through
collective processes
using artistic media such as Forum Theatre, Portraiture, and individual
writing exercises.
We will activate friendships between these separate yet connected matter
in ourselves to grow
communication and resilience between each other in our social movements.
No artistic skills needed though openness to creative process is useful.
Forehead Creativity is for everyone though information is primarily
directed towards all First
Nations, Metis, Inuit, Indigenous, Brown, Non‐white, Mixed‐race, ‐of
Colour, Two‐spirit, Trans,
Genderqueer, Queer, Women and People from these communities with
disAbilities.
If you are an ally, please come to witness and share support while
staying mindful of your role.
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13) The Trans Inclusion Group hosts a FREE screening of:
“SCREAMING QUEENS:
The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria”
Everyone welcome. Allies welcome.
► SCREAMING QUEENS: tells the little-known story of one of the first
acts of collective, violent
resistance to the social oppression of trans and queer people in the
United States. It’s the story
of the 1966 riot in San Francisco’s impoverished Tenderloin
neighbourhood, three years before the
famous Stonewall riots. Though not as large as Stonewall, this riot was
a turning point in a
decades-long process of trans community formation and political
mobilization; impacting changes in
medical practices, urban politics, neighbourhood geography and public
consciousness. The film focuses
on the experiences of the rioters themselves, connecting the riot’s
story to the anti-war, civil
rights and sexual liberation movement. Screaming Queens questions whose
leadership gets remembered
through history while possibly asking the audience: what tactics will
work today in the fight for trans human rights?
dirs.: Susan Stryker & Victor Silverman
rated: unrated (2005) <57 min>
language: English * regretfully the film is not available closed-captioned *
Date and Time:
Monday January 31, 2010
6pm-8pm
FREE
Location:
The Centre for Women and Trans People
563 Spadina Ave. rm.100
Open community discussion after.
*And participate in the visioning for Trans Film Night’s in 2011.*
Vegan & nut-free meal/snacks (ingredient list available)
For accessibility accommodations contact: tig.action.toronto at gmail.com
Limited seating.
CONTACT:
womenscentre.sa.utoronto.ca
womens.centre at utoronto.ca
416-978-8201
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OPPORTUNITIES/JOB POSTINGS/CALL OUTS!
1) YORK UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT’S SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL OPEN FORUM FOR ALL
YORK COMMUNITY MEMBERS
2) COMMUNITY OPEN LETTER DENOUNCING THE JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE’S RALLY IN
SUPPORT
OF THE ENGLISH DEFENSE LEAGUE
3) YU Free Press call for submissions!
4) Job posting: Project Officer : Canadians for Choice
5) Web Designer & Curator / Social Network Manager: Canadian Harm
Reduction Network
6) Job Posting: Centre Coordinator, Centre for Feminist Research
7) CALL FOR YOUTH SERVICE PROVIDERS FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS YOUTH
ALLIANCE PROJECT
8) ONTARIO P.I.R.G. – Job Posting - Provincial Bookkeeper/Co-ordinator
9) Call for papers: SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE - March 25 & 26 2011
10) Call for Submissions AQSAzine Issue #4 Ancestors and Descendants due
Jan 15th
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1) YORK UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT’S SUSTAINABILITY COUNCIL OPEN FORUM FOR ALL
YORK COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Are you interested in helping York become a leader in sustainability?
Concerned about the environment and social justice,and want to make a
difference?
If so, then we would like to hear from you.
On January 17th, the President’s Sustainability Council will be
consulting with members of the York community
on ways to make our University greener, more socially just and
economically robust.
The forum will take place from 12 to 1:30pm, in Ross South S205.
If you are interested in taking part, please visit us at
www.yorku.ca/susweb for more information. Can’t
make it in person? We welcome your ideas at:
http://www.yorku.ca/susweb/contact.html. You can also email
your comments directly to the Council Chair, Jennifer Foster, at
jfoster at yorku.ca .
Bring your lunch. Refreshments will be served.
When: 17 January 2011, noon-1:30
Where: Ross South S205
We look forward to hearing from you!
Dr. Jennifer Foster
Faculty of Environmental Studies
Coordinator, Urban Ecologies
York University
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2) COMMUNITY OPEN LETTER DENOUNCING THE JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE’S RALLY IN
SUPPORT
OF THE ENGLISH DEFENSE LEAGUE
On Tuesday, January 11, 2011, the Jewish Defense League of Canada (JDL)
will be
hosting a rally in support of the Islamophobic English Defense League
(EDL) in
Toronto. The JDL is hosting an online address from Tommy Robinson, the
leader
of the EDL. Both groups have a history of violence aimed at Arab and Muslim
people. We are community groups that work daily to fight racism. We have
come
together to condemn the Jewish Defense League for their Islamophobia and for
their support for the racist English Defense League.
WHO IS THE ENGLISH DEFENSE LEAGUE (EDL)?
The English Defense League is a far-right extremist organization that was
founded in 2009. Their organizing principles are to oppose the ‘spread of
Islam’ in the United Kingdom. The EDL has organized violent street marches
that target Arab and Muslim people. They operate in the UK, but have been
reaching out internationally to make links with extreme-right groups in
Sweden,
the United States, Canada and Israel. They are part of the alarming rise in
fascist, racist and neo-Nazi organizing in Europe over the last few years,
including attacks on Muslims, immigrants and Roma people.
WHO IS THE JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE (JDL)?
The JDL is a far-right, pro-Israel organization that was founded in the
1960s
by Meir Kahane, an extremist who advocated violence against, and even the
mass-murder of Palestinians and Arabs. The racist, violent ideology
advocated
by Kahane, and embraced by the JDL, has motivated hate crimes against
Palestinians and other Arab people. An FBI report has identified the JDL as
“a right-wing terrorist group” and Kach and Kahane Chai – two groups
associated with the Kahanist movement – were even banned in Israel for their
extremism.
In Canada, the JDL is allowed to operate with impunity. They have not been
condemned by the government and are often interviewed by the media as a
legitimate organization. They are led by Meir Weinstein – a longtime
follower
of Kahane, who was a spokesperson for the Kahanist movement and once
joined a
Facebook group called ‘Death to the Arabs’. This rally is part of their
escalating racist tactics – they have a history of bullying and intimidation
of Palestine-solidarity activists in this city.
WHO ARE WE?
We are community organizations that are alarmed by the rise of extremist
right-wing groups globally. These groups are exploiting the global economic
crisis, to stir up racist and anti-immigrant sentiment. We have seen the
consequences of extremist right-wing organizing too many times in
history. We
will fight any attempts to use racism and hatred to divide poor and working
people.
As community organizations that work daily to fight racism, we have come
together to denounce this racist and fascist rally in our city. As long as
groups like the JDL and EDL are spreading their hatred and violence, we
will be
here to oppose them.
RACISTS ARE NOT WELCOME IN OUR CITY!
SIGNED (in alphabetical order):
Anti-Racist Action (ARA) – Kitchener-Waterloo
Barrio Nuevo
BASICS Community News Service
Canadian Arab Federation
Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA)
Common Cause – Toronto Branch
CUPE Local 1281
Educators for Peace and Justice (EPJ)
Faculty 4 Palestine
First Nations Solidarity Working Group
Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly
Guelph Sense Of Security
Independent Jewish Voices Toronto
International Jewish Anti-Zionish Network (IJAN), Toronto
KW Spot Collective
Labour for Palestine
No One is Illegal – Toronto (NOII)
Not in Our Name (NION): Jewish Voices Opposing Zionism
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP)
Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG-Toronto)
Palestine House Community Centre
Socialist Project
Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA-UT)
Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA)
Toronto Coalition to Stop the War
Toronto New Socialists
Women in Solidarity with Palestine (WSP)
(For the updated list visit www.caiaweb.org)
We invite groups to sign on to this Community Open Letter Denouncing the
Jewish
Defense League’s Rally in Support of the English Defense League. To sign on,
please email endapartheid at riseup.net
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3) YU Free Press call for submissions!
Dear readers/contributors/allies,
The YU Free Press is now accepting submissions for our second issue
of the 2010-2011 academic year, "Indigenous Sovereignty". For this issue,
we are seeking submissions that will examine the effects of colonialism
in all its forms, as well as the communities of resistance that have
been (and continue
to be) fighting against it.
The deadline for submissions is January 10, 2011.
Critical perspectives on Indigenous issues can include:
- Caledonia
- Critical book review: Christie Blatchford, Helpless
- Environmental racism
- The Indian Act
- Self-determination
- Indigenous Sovereignty Week
- Disappearance of Indigenous women
- Indigenous struggles across the globe
- Comparing Canadian and Australian Indigenous struggles
- Substance abuse & health
- Historical focus on colonialism
- Indigenous art, culture, & traditions
- Expository articles done on approaches to Indigenous issues
- Activism around Indigenous rights
- George Galloway: Palestine, Afghanistan and Indigenous resistance
- Indigenous movements in Latin America
Submissions will be accepted until **January 10, 2011**. You are also
welcome to write on any social justice issue that is outside our theme. Here
are some possible topic ideas that we'd like to cover:
- Rising Islamophobia in both Europe and North America
- Iraq, Afghanistan and ongoing military conflicts
- Austerity measures and the crisis of capitalism
- Campus unions - CUPE 3903, YUSA, YUFA, CUPE 1356
- Sexual assaults on campus
- Tuition fees and accessible education
- Health and safety on campus
- Campus spacing issues - Vari Hall construction
- Free speech on campus
- LGBT/TBLGAY issues on campus
- Accessibility at York University
- Music, book, and movie reviews
- Anything else you’d like to write on!
You can also send us letters to the editor(s), campus & community
events, photos (w/ proper credit), and drawings or designs. Please
submit all articles, photos, community event notices, and art to
**info at yufreepress.org.** All general inquiries and submissions can be
sent to: **info at yufreepress.org.**
Suggested word counts: News: 50 to 750 words; Features: max 2000
words; Comments: max 1200 words; Arts: max 1500 words.
If you have not submitted to the YU Free Press before, but would like
to, this is your chance. The YU Free Press has experienced tremendous
success since its inception, and it is due to the support and
dedication of our writers, volunteers, allies, and readers. For that,
we sincerely thank you for making us what we are today! Please email
us at **info at yufreepress.org** if you have any further questions!
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4) Job posting: Project Officer : Canadians for Choice
Canadians for Choice is currently recruiting for a Project Officer.
Under the
supervision of the Acting Executive Director, the CFC Project Officer will
be responsible for supporting the organization in achieving its
programming and
fundraising goals. The officer will be responsible for: liaising with
individual donors as well as managing the individual donor database;
managing the
unplanned pregnancies options and referral line; as well as conducting
outreach and education by delivering presentations and developing
resources to
communicate about different aspects of sexual and reproductive health.
The Project Officer will be working 4 days per week. The salary is
$39,000 per
year pro-rated to 4 days per week (so $31,200). This is a one year contract.
CFC is an equity employer and welcomes applications from historically
disadvantaged groups.
Self-identification by candidates is completely voluntary.
Canadians for Choice Project Officer
Statement of Qualifications
Education
* University degree in a field related to the duties of the position,
including Public Health, Women’s Studies, Psychology, Social Work, or
equivalent (Essential);
Experience
* At least two years of paid or volunteer experience working in Sexual
and Reproductive Health and Rights (Essential);
* Experience working in the non-profit sector (Essential);
* Experience working with young people (Asset);
* Experience using new social media technologies such as blogging,
Twitter, Facebook (Asset), and
* Experience in fundraising for women’s rights, sexual and reproductive
health, including through grants and individual donor relations (Asset).
Essential Skills
* Strong understanding of and demonstrated commitment to reproductive
choice;
* Understanding of women’s human rights, gender equality, and
anti-oppression;
* Very flexible and adaptive; able to respond quickly and effectively to
changing circumstances;
* Strong ability to work independently and as part of a team;
* Ability to prioritize and organize work effectively and under pressure;
* Demonstrated proficiency in maintaining websites and /or new
technology applications;
* Demonstrated proficiency in maintaining websites and /or new
technology applications;
* Excellent oral and written communications skills in English and
knowledge of French;
* Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with colleagues
and partners both internal and external;
* Demonstrated ability to celebrate diversity;
* Demonstrated strong organizational skills, and ability to maintain
effective administrative systems;
* Ability to write in plain/accessible language ;
* Experience in public speaking and event coordination;
* Strong familiarity and effective utilization of a variety of computer
software applications including
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and database software;
* Knowledge of fundraising computerized database programs; and
* Willing and able to travel throughout Canada and to work outside of
normal business hours when necessary.
Citizenship
* Canadian citizen or permanent resident (eligible to work in Canada).
Job Description
Donor Relations and Data Base Management: (35%)
* Day to day communication with donors, as required;
* Maintenance of donor records;
* Donation processing, including handling monthly electronic donation
process;
* Tax receipt preparation and distribution;
* Track donations; and
* Create mailing lists for donor campaigns.
Coordination of the 24/7 Unplanned Pregnancy Options Information and
Referral Line (15%)
* Responding to daytime inquiries relating to sexual health and
unplanned pregnancies;
* Coordinating CFC’s Emergency Travel Fund;
* Organizing debriefing and training meetings with volunteers;
* Responsible for scheduling volunteers;
* Tracking donations and keeping statistics on calls;
* Advertising and promoting the line; and
* Maintaining and updating directory of resources.
Sexual and Reproductive Health Outreach and Resource Coordination (35%)
* Developing and implementing a communications plan to improve CFC’s use
of new Social Media, including Facebook, Twittter, blogs, website, etc;
* Researching, drafting, writing and editing resources related to the work
of Canadians for Choice and/or reproductive health issues;
* Preparing and facilitating online courses for young people in Canada;
* Preparing and presenting on the work of Canadians for Choice at
conferences and to other organizations, groups, and schools;
* Developing partnerships with like-minded organizations to initiate
other projects as required, including youth organizations; and
* Event coordination as required.
Other (15%)
* Supporting the Acting ED with grant writing and individual donor
fundraising needs;
* Supervising volunteers and placement students;
* Other administrative tasks as required;
* Participating actively in staff and board activities; and
* Perform other duties as required.
Apply by email before February 4th, 2011 at info at canadiansforchoice.ca.
Your interest
in this opportunity is appreciated. However, only those applicants
selected for an interview will be contacted.
Please note that interviews will be held before or during the week of
February 21st, 2011. No phone inquiries, please.
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5) POSITION OPEN:
Web Designer & Curator / Social Network Manager
Canadian Harm Reduction Network
Location - Toronto
The Web Designer & Curator / Social Network Manager will (1) guide the
Canadian
Harm Reduction Network in upgrading our website and (2) develop and
initiate a
social networking strategy to build and mobilise community.
Note: this position could be shared by two people.
The purpose of the Website upgrade is to improve its functionality and
increase
accessibility and relevance - to make it the go-to place for information
about
harm reduction, especially in Canada - a place which will:
facilitate informed conversation and networking about harm reduction as an
effective and just means of addressing drug use and drug policy
enhance the public knowledge of harm reduction
keep people informed about community events, activities, jobs, etc.
provide personal and program support for harm reductionists
undertake community mobilisation, when needed
The social networking strategy will focus on community building and
knowledge
transfer through YouTube, Twitter, Blogs Facebook Fanpages, etc.
Responsibilities - Website:
To address and correct functional errors in the current Website and
assist in
updating current information on web pages (IMMEDIATE)
To design and build a new Website for the Canadian Harm Reduction
Network in
consultation with the Network's Director and to ensure that it is visually
effective, easy to use, and logical, with consistency from page to page
To advise the Director on the categories and information needed to
construct the site
To design draft pages for Director’s approval or modification
To build the Website using the appropriate technologies that conform to
international
standards, testing it on different systems to make sure it is
universally accessible
To upload the Website onto the Internet and ensure that it is operating
without problems
To provide instruction to the Director/staff on how to maintain the
Website and to
prepare an operational manual so that the Director can keep information
on the Website up to date
To advise and recommend on directions to pursue in employing new
technologies
To provide ongoing support/consultation on the maintenance of the Website
Responsibilities - Social Networking:
To work with the Director to develop and implement a social networking
strategy
To advise on web hosting, mail server, mailing programs, etc.
Responsibilities - Ongoing:
To train current staff to update material on the website as required,
for 12 months.
To provide technical support on an ongoing basis, and upgrading as
required, for 12 months.
Requirements:
In-depth knowledge of current web-design trends and techniques
Proven skill in designing and creating effective websites in a
combination of codes such as hypertext mark-up language (HTML)
Strong knowledge of JavaScript, Flash, etc., and other programs
necessary for the design of an up-to-date website
Advanced knowledge of digital imaging and illustration with Adobe
Photoshop and Illustrator
Knowledge of different web browsers, web standards, and cross-platform
design issues
Experience with PHP scripting
In-depth knowledge of and proven experience in social networking and
Internet
communication technology for building and mobilising community
Ability to work with volunteers and to train others
A flexible attitude and proven experience of working in a small team and
with a restricted budget
Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
Ideally, the candidate for this position will be aware of and supportive
of harm
reduction, have some knowledge about drug policy and be committed to
positive change in this area.
Compensation:
This is a paid position, but funding is limited.
Please send your résumé, references and links to samples of your work to:
Walter Cavalieri
Director
The Canadian Harm Reduction Network
walter at canadianharmreduction.com
Competition closes 19 January 2010
Please do not phone
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6) Job Posting: Centre Coordinator, Centre for Feminist Research
Job Type: Contract
Location: Toronto, ON, CANADA;
Industry: Education
Company URL: http://www.yorku.ca
Date Posted: January 5, 2011
JOB TITLE: Centre Coordinator, Centre for Feminist Research
TYPE OF POSITION: Contract – 1 year contract with a possibility of renewal
SALARY: $18 - $22 per hour
HOURS: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM from Monday to Thursday (22 hours per week);
the Centre is closed each year during the month of August
CLOSING DATE FOR POSITION: January 12, 2011
JOB PURPOSE:
As a member of the Centre for Feminist Research Office (CFR) staff, the
Centre Coordinator will support the
Director in planning and coordinating feminist-related activities,
promoting feminist research at the Centre
and on campus. The Coordinator will be specifically responsible for
providing administrative and secretarial
support to the Centre Director and Projects.
FUNCTIONS/DUTIES:
A. Office Administration
(a) Responds to phone, mail and email enquiries.
(b) Arranges meeting and takes minutes.
(c) Manages office supplies.
(d) Prepares newsletters.
(e) Maintains Website.
B. Financial
(a) Works with the Director on budget planning; prepares short-term and
long-term budget plans.
(b) Monitors budget expenditures on project and Centre accounts.
(c) Acts as liaison with finance departments at York and external
funding/accounting departments.
(c) Ensures that budget submissions conform to specific guidelines and
requirements of York and external funding agencies.
(d) Prepares financial forms (journal transfers, reimbursement claims,
cheque requisitions, payroll time sheets etc.).
C. Programmatic
(a) Coordinates conferences and other events, ensuring that appropriate
arrangements (booking rooms,
catering, accommodation, travel, etc.) are made.
(b) Manages conference and other event financing, including the
receiving and depositing of payments,
overseeing budgetary details and payment of conference expenses and any
reports to granting agencies as required.
D. Research Coordination
(a) Monitors calls for proposals and other opportunities for the Centre
and its members to maintain
and increase research intensity and effectiveness, especially with
regard to opportunities for outside funding.
(b) Prepares, under the guidance of the Director, research project and
conference proposals, including budgets.
(c) Prepares, under the guidance of the Director, interim and final
reports on research projects.
E. Supervisory
(a) Coordinates the work for graduate assistants and work/study students.
G. Other responsibilities as delegated by the Director
(a) Carries out other responsibilities as assigned by the Director.
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
University degree or equivalent.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
1-2 years of recent related experience, preferably in an academic
environment. Preference will be
given to person who has familiarity with academic settings and feminist
research.
SKILLS (Specialized knowledge):
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Ability to
produce clear and concise documentation
and reports. Ability to participate in planning and monitoring budgets.
Demonstrated management and
supervisory skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities from many
different sources and work
effectively under pressure. Ability to work independently and
effectively as a member of a team.
Ability to maintain confidentiality. Intermediate skills in MS-Office
(Word, EXCEL) are required.
Experience working with graphic design and various computer applications
(i.e. Word, Power Point,
FrontPage, Quark Xpress, etc.) to develop pamphlets, flyers, web sites,
etc. is also desired.
Please respond with a cover letter and résumé no later than Wednesday,
January 12, 2011 by mail, e-mail or fax ONLY to:
CFR Centre Coordinator Hiring Committee
Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation
5th Floor York Research Tower
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario
M3J 1P3
Email: rsrchjbs at yorku.ca
Fax: (416) 650-8197
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7) CALL FOR YOUTH SERVICE PROVIDERS FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS YOUTH
ALLIANCE PROJECT
The Youth Alliance Project (YAP) is a group of diverse young women who
would like to hear what you think
about how the police handle sexual assault, physical assault and
stalking cases when young women decide
to report such crimes to the police. YAP has had the unique opportunity
to examine police policies and
procedures first-hand and would like to share with you what we have
discovered about the process young
women face when reporting sexual based offenses. The information
gathered at focus groups will help to
guide YAP's recommendations to Toronto Police Services and inform the
arts-based report/publication YAP
will be distributing to community members, young women and youth serving
group and coalitions.
WHO:
Youth service providers working in Toronto
(Preferably those involved in programs serving diverse young women
and/or involving youth in policy
change and/or groups concerned with youth / police relations)
MAX 12 participants
WHEN:
Friday, January 28, 10am-12 noon (all participants must be available for
the entire 2 hours)
NOTE: for those able to stay from 12-1pm, a light lunch will be provided
to give an informal
opportunity for us to connect about our different projects and programs
and continue discussion
Participants will be compensated for participation by receiving:
Refreshments
$20.00 cash
TTC tickets
WHERE:
158 Spadina Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 2T8
Dupont Subway station, at Spadina Road and Dupont Street (major
intersection)
We apologize but this space is not wheelchair accessible (there is a set
of 6 stairs to access the building)
CONTACT : Karen at yap at metrac.org to sign-up and participate, there are
only 12 spots available
Thank you!
Karen Darricades
Coordinator, Youth Alliance Project II
METRAC (the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and
Children)
158 Spadina Road, Toronto ON, M5R 2T8
Tel: 416.393.6360
Email: yap at metrac.org
Web: www.metrac.org
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8) ONTARIO P.I.R.G. – Job Posting
Provincial Bookkeeper/Co-ordinator
The provincial network of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group
provides the opportunity for the members of the individual PIRGs and
OPIRG Organizing Committees to meet, exchange ideas, and work together
in starting new PIRGs and providing training opportunities for all active
members.
Responsibilities: Working with the Board of Directors and other staff, and
with a small supervisory committee for input and support, the Provincial
Bookkeeper will:
• Manage the financial affairs of the Provincial organization including
but not limited to:
▪ bookkeeping (e.g. banking, receivables, payables, invoicing,
inventory control);
▪ financial record keeping (filing and archives), reporting
(financial statements, audit);
• input into financial planning (budget and funding formula
development), and
• maintenance of the Long Term Disability plan, Health Plan
and charitable status.
• Facilitate inter- PIRG communication
• Ensure all staff members are familiar with the Collective Agreement
and the Provincial Policies and Procedures
• Act as liaison to staff, offering new staff orientation to the Provincial
Network
• Insure that local chapters perform their Portfolio duties including:
▪ organization of Provincial staff and board training and;
▪ organization of Provincial meetings
• Assist with PIRG Awareness campaigns
Job Specifics:
This is a part-time, an average of 40 hours a month for a total of 240
hours,
causal renewable contract for six (6) months. The rate of pay will be
between $20 and $25 an hour depending on experience. A small budget for
expenses associated with the work including office supplies and
transportation is also provided.
Qualifications:
Experience with Ontario Public Interest Research Group is an asset.
Experience in bookkeeping and anti-oppression work is required.
Must be able to do banking in Guelph. *The Ontario PIRG bank account
and corporate documents are kept in Guelph, therefore, it is necessary
for the
successful candidate to retrieve mail and do banking in Guelph.
Application:
Interested applicants should email their application to opirg at uwindsor.ca by
January 14, 2010. Please submit applications only as RTF (Rich Test
Format) or PDF (Adobe) documents. Please include resume and cover letter
stating your qualifications.
Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
No phone calls please.
OPIRG welcomes the contributions that individuals from marginalized
communities bring to our organization, and invites aboriginal people, people
of colour, women, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenderd people,
transsexuals,
intersexed people, working class people, single parents, members of
ethnic minorities, immigrants, and people with disabilities to apply. We
encourage applicants to describe the contributions and experiences, they, as
individuals who identify with marginalized communities, would bring to the
OPIRG organization in their cover letter.
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9) Call for papers: SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE
March 25 & 26 2011
4 Annual Decolonizing Conference:
Land, Citizenship, belonging, and the Place of the Spirit
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education-University of Toronto
Call for Papers
Since European contact and the subsequent historization of the myth of
the discovery story of the “Americas,” Turtle Island has not been the
same. In essence, the “discovery” story ushered in an age of
colonialism, imperialism, and the enslavement of Indigenous
populations across the globe.
This conference Land, Citizenship, Belonging and the Place of the
Spirit aims at creating dialogue relating to the role of spirituality
as a liberating discourse that Indigenous peoples of the world have
and continue to tap into as a source of empowerment and resistance
against colonial violence. Indigenous spiritualities are the
foundation of a collective spiritual awareness, and visions helps make
sense of the contemporary challenges facing Indigenous communities but
also keep a gaze on their intergenerational anti-colonial struggles.
The conference will discuss a broad range of issues such as
citizenship, identity, and belonging from various spiritual domains,
and thoughts about the social, political, and cultural implications of
claiming Indigenous spirituality.
We welcome panels, posters and discussions that will engage in and
around Spirituality, and share the stories of our Indigenous
ancestral knowledges and the impact of colonization to address the
political, practical, and the pedagogical implications for Indigenous
peoples. For more information about the conference and to submit an
abstract please email decolonizingconference at gmail.com.
Subtopic (theme- land, citizenship, and belonging)
Indigenous Diasporric Spirituality Land and Belonging
Spirituality and Identity
Spirit and Research
Indigenous Orality
Sacred spaces for Spirituality
Land and Identity
Intergenerational Spirituality
Citizenship and identity
Land as Teacher
Trauma and Healing (recovering)
Collective memories, Land memoires, and Blood memories
Spirituality and Schooling
Vision and Decolonization
Singing sacred Songs
Revisioning and reclaiming spirituality
Spirituality and Food
Sexuality and Spirituality
Displacement and Relocation
Land and Sovereignty
Call for Papers Deadline: January 15, 2011
Please submit abstract of 200 words, include your name, contact
information, paper title and brief bio (50 words). Please be advised
that all abstracts are subject to peer review.
All submissions should be sent to decolonizingconference at gmail.com.
Please indicate if you require technology.
This conference is organized by the Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education at the University of Toronto: Centre for Integrative
Anti-Racism Studies.
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10) Call for Submissions AQSAzine Issue #4 Ancestors and Descendants due
Jan 15th
Dear family, sisters, brothers, allies and revolutionaries,
Submit and spread the word about AQSAzine Issue #4 Ancestors and
Descendants "Where'd
you come from/Where are you going?"
Submit because you cannot but know what your roots are, where you came
from and how you
came to be. Because you cannot be present here without knowing about
"back there".
Because you have yet to learn who your ancestors are and what were their
journeys.
Because you want to carry forward the stories of your great
grandparents. Because
you want to share your origins with your children. Because sometimes its
too painful
to know and other times its all that you know.
Because your history has been submerged, erased, disjointed or cut off you.
Because you want to understand how your present came to be. Because
underneath
all the silence is a rich history of lessons learnt that would be
helpful in
guiding you. Because you are proud of your lineage. Because the question
of where
you are from is complicated and a simple answer boxes you in. Because
your history
is multidimensional just like your identity. Because you fear that you
are losing
your connection to home through language, memories, stories. Because your
descendants might have all your struggles in common.
Types of Submissions:
· Stories (fiction or non fiction);
· Poetry;
· Artwork;
· Graphic arts;
· Photography;
· Visuals;
· Media reviews;
· Interviews
· Any other form of personal art or writing under 1,500 words
Confidentiality: Submissions will not be reprinted without the author's
permission.
You can use your first and/or last name, a pen name, or even remain
completely anonymous.
We want you to feel safer in making a contribution.
Send us your submissions with short bio along with questions, resources,
information
to aqsazine at gmail.com by January 15th. You can also submit online at
www.aqsazine.com.
AQSAzine is a grassroots zine open to 16-35 year people who
self-identify as Muslim.
It is a creative avenue for us to express ourselves, share our
experiences, and connect with others.
We strive to work from a feminist, anti-oppressive, pro-choice, queer
and trans positive framework.
Peace, love and hugs
AQSAzine Team
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