[opirgyork] Community Events + Job postings!

[OPIRG York]

Hello Everyone!

Again happy reading week! Here is a list of some community events + some
job posting! Be sure to check them all out!
Also please check out the email/call/fax President Shoukri campaign to
demand a safer campus, and be sure to send him your letter or email
requesting this!

As always, you contact us at OPIRG York any time about ways to get
involved, and help out, or if you are interested in other issues that we
can help connect you too. Feel free to stop by the OPIRG York office at
449C Student Centre anytime during regular office hours (Mon-Thurs. 10-5pm)
to chat!

-OPIRG York
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www.opirgyork.ca
416-736-5724
opirg at yorku.ca



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*OPIRG YORK NEWS*
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*(1) Jan 25: Environmental Justice Organizing Meeting @ York - Stop Line 9!
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*(2) ONGOING: **Call/Email/Fax York's President Shoukri- Demand a Safer
Campus!*
*(3) Feb 28-Mar 2: Graduation nation: Celebrating Indigeneity & Academia,
formerly known as Aboriginal Awareness and Pow Wow*

*COMMUNITY NEWS*

*(1) **Feb 22: OCAP FUNDRAISING PARTY- 2013: Bring it On*
*(2) Feb 23: **Rally for Palestinian Political Prisoners!*
*(3) Feb 25: **Trans*Informing Peel Conference*
*(4) Feb 25: **Trans Film Screening Series: Housing Edition*
(*5) Call Out: **Can you vote for TTCriders each and every day until Mar. 3?
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*(6) Feb 27: **NATO and the Drive to War*
*(7) **ONGOING: **Tools for Change winter workshop series*
*(8) March 1: The Ninth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week*

*JOBS!*

*(1) **The Public Studio is Hiring a Bookkeeper!*
*(2) ONGOING- Due Mar. 4h: WPIRG Job Posting: **Outreach & Resource Centre
Coordinator*
*(3) **Job: Editor/Publisher, Briarpatch Magazine*


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*Environmental Justice Organizing Meeting @ York - Stop Line 9!*

*Date*: Mon. Feb. 25th
*Time*: 1-2:30pm
*Location*: 311B Student Centre, York University
*On facebook: *https://www.facebook.com/events/128802613963711
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Join us to discuss community canvassing against the Line 9 pipeline and tar
sands, plan on-campus awareness actions and envision other plans for the
Environmental Justice Working Group. New members are always welcome!

If you want to get involved, please email ecojusticeyork at gmail.com.



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*Call/Email/Fax York's President Shoukri- Demand a Safer Campus!*

Last week Thurs, Feb 7, 2013. A People’s Forum was held in Vari Hall. Cops
off Campus Coalition, students, staff and community members at York were
able to have their concerns about Cops on campus heard at this forum.
These were some of the demands:

COPS OFF CAMPUS!!
· Over $10 million invested in ineffective and reactive 'band-aid' solutions
· Police on campus, security personnel newly armed, 24/7 surveillance
systems perpetuate fear mongering
· Safety Bulletin Protocols promote racial profiling and use victim-blaming
discourse
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· Recently, Black youth and community members have been “carded” by Police
on campus. A common practice of racial profiling by Police
· 3 years ago at Osgoode Hall Law School, a Toronto police officer made a
comment that in order to stop rape, women should avoid dressing like “sluts”
· In 2005, at a peaceful protest in Vari Hall against York's links to war
and occupation, five students were detained and beaten by police.

The Feb 14th followup to the above involves President Shoukri hearing the
concerns of students, staff and community members.

Please join us all week in calling and/or emailing President Shoukri to
talk about your concerns with cops on campus, racial profiling and gender
based violence.

Office of the President
1050 York Research Tower
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario
M3J 1P3
Phone: 416-736-5200
Fax: 416-736-5641
Email: president at yorku.ca


Below is a template where you can use as well as add your concerns:

‘York students are increasingly concerned about safety on campus. This is
not a new phenomenon to York University. In 2008, METRAC completed a safety
audit of York’s campus. It seems that instead of investing in education and
initiating systemic change, the York administration has only been
interpreting the METRAC's recommendations superficially and implementing PR
moves such as inviting more police onto campus and arming security.

On November 29, 2012, York University’s President Mamdouh Shoukri, in
partnership with the Toronto Police Services, held a community forum to
discuss improvements to campus safety. During this forum, racialized
students and many others brought fourth serious concerns about racial
profiling and other safety issues on York Campus, and these concerns were
dismissed and the voices of York students were silenced.

In order to challenge violence on campus, we must address the systemic
causes of violence – including misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, racism,
poverty, war, and ongoing settler-colonialism on First Nations land.
Increasing police presence is at best a “band-aid” solution to a broader
social problem.

Increased police presence on campus has actually led to many students
feeling unsafe at York University. Police are not the answer to addressing
the serious concerns of gender-based violence. Racial profiling has been a
common practice by police in low-income and racialized communities,
prompting the ‘carding’ of many black male students and community members
at York University.

I would like York to no longer employ police to patrol the university
campus. York University should be addressing safety concerns of students
that in ways that address the systemic causes of violence as listed above.

Sincerely,

Your Name

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*Graduation nation: Celebrating Indigeneity & Academia, formerly known as
Aboriginal Awareness and Pow Wow.*

Our event is now in its 11th year!

Graduation Nation: Celebrating Indigeneity & Academia
Social, market place, conference, POW WOW, Gala and More.
*Thursday, February 28th-Saturday, March 2nd *

Thursday 10am-4pm- The Bear Pit Social and Market with performances by
members of the Metis Fiddler Quartet and First Nation drummers and dancers
from the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto. The marketplace will consist of
24 Indigenous vendors.

Friday 10am-5pm - 2nd annual 'Knowledge in Sharing Stories' Conference
highlighting the voices of Indigenous students, teaching faculty and
allies, discussing our journeys to, and beyond, post-secondary training.
With special guests. Lee Maracle and Cherie Dimaline discussing the
importance of Indigenous Storytelling and responsibility.

Saturday 12pm-6pm - 11th annual Pow Wow with host drum, the Chippewa
Travellers joined by The Smoke Trail Singers and Eagle Heart Drummers. MC
Beedashiga Elliott and head dancers Steve Teekens and Stephanie Pangowish.

-There is a $20 honourarium for dancers 12 and under and a $40 honourarium
for dancers 13 and up.
-We will hosting a recruitment and career fair during the pow wow.
-There will be a children's room full of arts & crafts and snacks.

Saturday Evening 7pm-10pm - Community Feast and Gala. Performances include
The Metis Fiddler Quartet, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, and Traditional Inuit
Throat Singers, Jennifer and Raigelee Alorut .

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE, all are welcome.

This event is brought to you by the Aboriginal Students' Association at
York (ASAY) and the Centre for Aboriginal Student Services (CASS) and our
sponsors; the York Federation of Students (YFS), Seneca, The Centre for
Human Rights and the York University Graduate Students' Association (YUGSA).

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*VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:*

Our largest, annual event is next week and we could use your help. Formerly
known as Pow Wow and Aboriginal Awareness, our rebranded event; Graduation
Nation: Celebrating Indigeneity & Academia, takes place from February 28th
- March 2nd.

Please email Megan Bertasson to sign up at powwowvolunteeryork at gmail.com.

We will be supplying t-shirts and appreciation certificates.



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*OCAP FUNDRAISING PARTY- 2013: Bring it On*
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FRIDAY FEB 22nd
OCAP Fundraising PARTY - 2013: Bring It On!

6.00 to 8.00 Meal and celebration
*Kids games, chant-off, photo booth and more

8.00PM: Bar opens, Music by DJ's AntiCapitalista, DLT, and a performance
by the amazing LAL and members of r3 Collective!
*Cheap drinks, raffle, dance party

Admission: Pay-What-You-Can

Space is wheelchair accessible (with a lift off the front entrance)

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/483539615017209/?ref=ts&fref=ts

More on LAL: The music of LAL is made by poet, lyricist, activist, singer
and Bengali-rooted tough-guy Rosina Kazi and her life partner, producer,
sound designer, philosopher, aphorismist and Barbados-born king of chill,
Nicholas Murray - They are the flowering fruit of a complex network of
microscopic filaments, connected to other firms and organizations;
incisive and relentless activists, ethical community based businesses and
performance companies. They are a huge,
justice-hungry organism.

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2012 was a landmark year for OCAP's work. We fought and prevented the
definitive closing of the School House Shelter and continue to fight for
increased harm reduction, homeless services and housing.

The Raise the Rates Campaign for a decent social assistance income grows
stronger every day. As a result of a powerful and determined mobilization
across the province, the Ontario Liberal party was forced to restore $42
million in funding it had intended to cut as part of the elimination of
Community Start Up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB). And we aren't slowing
down anytime soon! This partial but significant victory has shown us what
communities can achieve and it will propel us forward as we continue the
fight to fully restore the CSUMB and Raise the Rates by 55%.

To make 2013 truly revolutionary we need the involvement and support of
everyone that can. Come out on February 22nd to help us celebrate the past
year and prepare for the year ahead!

Want to become an OCAP sustainer? Here’s how: http://update.ocap.ca/node/756

Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
www.ocap.ca
416-925-6939
@OCAPtoronto

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*Rally for Palestinian Political Prisoners!*


*When*: Saturday, February 23, 2013, at 2:00pm
*Where*: In front of the Israeli Consulate - 180 Bloor Street West

Palestinian political prisoners Samer Issawi, Jafar Ezzedine, Tareq
Qa’adan and Ayman Sharawna have been on hunger strike to protest the
Israeli system of administrative detention for the last several months.
Due to Israel’s use of administrative detention and the lack of due
process afforded to Palestinians in the military court system, a hunger
strike represents one of the only non-violent means available to
administrative detainees and political prisoners to fight for their basic
human rights. Over the course of their hunger strikes, each of the
prisoners in question has been placed in isolation as a punitive measure,
been subjected to regular beatings, almost-daily cell and body searches
and shackling to hospital beds. And, in violation of international law,
the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) has prohibited the hunger strikers from
receiving family visits as well as denying them access to lawyers and
independent physicians.

Despite these grave conditions and the declining health of all four
prisoners, their hunger strike has been largely ignored by the Canadian
government and mainstream media.

Palestine House and the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid are joining in
a global call to action to take action and show solidarity with Samer,
Jafar, Tareq and Ayman. In the absence of any formal charges against these
hunger-strikers and administrative detainees in general, and knowing very
well that the Israeli court system does not offer a fair and transparent
judicial process for Palestinians, we demand an immediate release of all
four prisoners, as well as other administrative detainees. Join us this
Saturday to show your support and stand in solidarity with Palestinian
political prisoners!

Organized by: Palestine House and the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid
(CAIA).
Bring Palestinian flags, banners and your voices!

For more information, please contact info at palestinehouse.com or
endapartheid at riseup.net.


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*Trans*Informing Peel Conference*

TRANS* INFORMING PEEL CONFERENCE - February 25, 2013, 12-5 pm
Sheridan College Davis Campus
*includes trans, gender variant, gender non-conforming and genderqueer
communities

Service providers and community members are invited to a FREE conference
focused on trans* inclusion in Peel! This conference will include speakers,
workshops, community mapping and more - all with the intention to
facilitate dialogue on how to build and develop trans* inclusion.

Agenda
Registration, 11:45 pm
Welcome, 12:00 pm
Speaker: Lucas Silveira from The Cliks: 12:15 pm
Panel Presentation: What could trans* inclusion look like? 1:00 pm
Concurrent breakout sessions: 2:00 pm
Break & Community Mapping Activity: 3:30 pm
Closing: 4:00 pm

Trans* Informing Peel will be held at Sheridan College Davis Campus
7899 McLaughlin Road, Brampton
Centre for Healthy Communities (H Wing)

FREE event
Refreshments provided
Wheelchair accessible location
Gender neutral washrooms
Bus accessible
Parking is available on site in Lots 5 and 6, in front of H Building ($10
charge)

For complete agenda and to register
http://transinformingpeel.eventbrite.com
Lisa Cooper, cooplisa at sheridancollege.ca or Nicole Johnson,
nicole.johnson4 at sheridancollege.ca
905 459 7533 x 5333
**please register by February 21, 2013**
Presented by
Associated Youth Services of Peel (AYSP)
East Mississauga Community Health Centre (EMCHC)
For the Love of Womyn Association (FLW), Sheridan
Peel HIV/AIDS Network (PHAN)
Peel Transitions
Sheridan College Social Service Worker Program


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*Trans Film Screening Series: Housing Edition*

==>Trans Film Night: HOUSING EDITION
==>Free Film! Free Snacks! Free Talk!

The Trans Film Screening Series hosts a FREE screening of:
"LOST IN THE CROWD" "CHANGING HOUSE" & "TRANS JANUARY"

DATE & TIME: Monday February 25, 2013
6pm – food / 6:30pm – film
LOCATION: William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks st.

Everyone welcome. Allies welcome.

► LOST IN THE CROWD: Daily survival is a constant struggle. This
documentary takes up that reality by following a group of trans & queer
youth living on the streets of New York, many whom are HIV+, involved in
sex work, and survivors of rape, abuse - and family rejection. Individual
voices combine to expose how youth face neglect from the societal
structures that surround them. These youth speak to their fight to survive
in a world hostile to their very existence and to the dreams and desires
that keep them going. An emotional look at the pursuit of self re-invention
and the hurt of homelessness.
dir.: Susi Graf 2010 <75min>

► CHANGING HOUSE: Trans lesbian couple, Rusty and Chelsea devoted 15 years
to making their Brooklyn home a communal living space for trans women in
need. The film traces "Transy House's" roots, growth and unfortunate
unsustainability in this intimate look back at its rich activist history.
dir.: Z.A. Martohardjono 2009 <18min>

► TRANS JANUARY: Through digital storytelling this Toronto-based film talks
back to the shelter system and thinks through solidarity. It complicates
the cold, coping, community, and care.
dir.: Andii Bykes 2011 <2:27min>

For info and accessibility contact: transfilmseries at gmail.com

|| ASL-English Interpretation || captions || gender-neutral washrooms* ||
wheelchair accessible ||
|| trans-positive space || food – vegan & nut-free with gluten-free,
legume-free options || TTC tokens available || FREE ||


@TRANSfilmseries
www.facebook.com/events/358566104250339
*in association with the Equity Studies Student Union*


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Can you vote for TTCriders each and every day until Mar. 3? Hi folks,

TTCriders is in the running for the Livegreen Toronto Awards.

We have a great shot of winning this competition as improving public
transit is a fantastic way to tackle climate change and smog emissions.  We
also have a massive list of 16,000 subscribers and a group of dedicated and
passionate people and members who are supportive of our cause. As of
today's count we're already in the lead in the 'group' category.

We need your help.

*VOTE FOR TTCRIDERS TODAY AND EVERY DAY UNTIL MAR. 3.*
http://awards.livegreentoronto.ca/entry/9997045-Want-great-public-transit%3F-Vot?offset=0&sort=upload%20DESC,id%20ASC&channel=22315
*Yep, you can vote every day!*
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*WHY VOTE FOR US?*
TTCriders.ca <http://ttcriders.ca/> is an all-volunteer membership-based
group of passionate transit users. We want a great public transit system
and affordable fares for all Torontonians.

Climate change is our greatest environmental threat. We must reverse the
surge of killer hurricanes, drought, floods, and heat waves. But how?

Reduce car use.   Cars and light duty trucks account for 28% of Toronto's
total output of climate-causing greenhouse gas emissions.  Torontonians
will reduce their car-use if there’s a alternative.  That alternative is a
reliable, affordable, fast, and expansive public transit system.  TTCriders
is committed to engaging the thousands of people who ride the TTC and
working with them to champion the green and sensible public transit
solution.

TTCriders has a track record of success. Since our founding in 2010,
TTCriders has reached over to over 50,000 people and successfully
campaigned for the approval of more light rail rapid transit lines which
includes the construction of new light rail lines to Scarborough and Finch,
as well as the buildout of the underground Eglinton crosstown light rail
transit line.  According to TTC reports, once these lines are built,
roughly 53 million annual car trips will be avoided.

But we must build on that success.

TTCriders is tackling our toughest environmental issue in the most
strategic way. And we’re solving gridlock, keeping fares affordable,
reducing smog emissions, and engaging Torontonians while we’re at it.  Vote
for us.

*BECOME A TTCRIDERS MEMBER*
Sign up here: http://www.jotform.ca/form/22977908944270
Yearly membership rates range from $100 to a ‘pay what you can’
option.  All membership fees go towards helping TTCriders organize and
implement campaigns, undertake ward and neighbourhood level advocacy and
engage with key decision makers at Toronto City Hall, Queens Park and
the Toronto Transit Commission.

Become a Lifetime Member of TTCriders because we need people like you to
help kick-start the organization and support our advocacy work for more and
better public transit in Toronto. As a Lifetime Member, you will receive
special recognition on our website and be entitled to both current
and future membership benefits. Act soon, because this one-in-a-lifetime
opportunity ends on February 15.


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*NATO and the Drive to War*

On Wednesday, February 27 Dave McKee of the Canadian Peace Congress will be
speaking at a public meeting on NATO and Canada.  This event is the Toronto
stop of a cross-Canada tour, and is part of the Canadian Peace Congress
"Drive for Peace" Campaign.  Dave will discuss the impact
that NATO membership has on Canada's foreign and domestic policies.  He
will present the case that Canada needs to withdraw from NATO in order to
pursue an independent foreign policy based on peace, international
cooperation and solidarity.

Please come out to this important event!

*When*: Wednesday, February 27 at 7 PM
*Where*: CUPE Local 4400 Building, 1482 Bathurst Street (at St. Clair
West subway), 4th Floor
*Why*: Because Peace is Everybody's Business!

For more information, contact Toronto Association for Peace and
Solidarity: 416-535-6586 or TAP at canadianpeacecongress.ca

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*Tools for Change winter workshop series*

A project of OPIRG-Toronto, Earthroots and Greenpeace, Tools for Change
helps you develop skills to advocate for social, economic and environmental
justice by hosting workshops throughout the year.

Payment is based on a sliding scale. Scholarships are available. Community
sponsors (No One is Illegal-Toronto, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty),
University of Toronto students, OPIRG-Toronto volunteers, Greenpeace and
Earthroots members can choose to attend the workshop on a free/donation
only basis.
Almost all workshops are held in accessible classrooms on the University of
Toronto, St. George Campus.

*Self-Defense: Politics and Practice*
Saturday March 2, 2013 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Register: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/4669483551
Our experiences of violence impacts our lives and our activism. To
challenge patriarchy, colonialism and capitalism, we need to be able to
defend ourselves and our communities. Join us for a physical self-defence
workshop and a discussion about gender norms and the right to anger, to
healthy aggression and the pathologizing of women who fight back.
Location: Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Gym, 388 Carlaw Avenue, Unit #108
( Located just south of Gerrard Street, on the main floor of the building).
Trainer: Jen Danch is an activist, amateur boxer and survivor of
gender-based violence. She is currently the Coordinator of Shape Your Life,
a free recreational boxing project for women and trans survivors of
violence.
www.torontonewgirls.com/shapeyourlife

*Building Inclusive and Accessible Movements*
Sunday March 3, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Register: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/5301083684
This workshop will talk about both the political and practical aspects of
accessibility in political organizing. This workshop will focus on the
political importance of building inclusive movements, the strength that
including diverse groups of disabled people bring to organizations and
movements and what some of the things are that we should be putting into
place to make events and organizations more accessible.
Trainer: A.J Withers is a long time radical disability and anti-poverty
activist. They are also the author of Disability Politics and Theory
(Fernwood) and the If I can't dance is it still my revolution zine series
and blog (still.my.revolution.tao.ca). As a disabled and trans organizer,
A.J thinks a lot about access, barriers and privilege and how to transform
social movements to be inclusive.

*Avoiding Activist Burnout*
Tuesday March 5, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Register: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/465233972
This workshop aims to break down the stigma surrounding activist burnout,
offer some constructive solutions for how to get back from the brink of
burnout, and tips on how to prevent it in yourself and members of your
group.
Trainer: Angela Bichoff is the Outreach Director for the Ontario Clean Air
Alliance.

*Navigating Conflict*
Saturday March 30, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Register: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/4729785917
The purpose of this workshop is to provide techniques for resolving
conflict within our groups, as well as long-term strategies to build a
climate of equity, constructive debate and internal cooperation. This
workshops will provide participants with apse to discuss and practice
de-escalation and conflict strategies.
Trainer: Brook Thorndycraft has taught Interpersonal Communication and
Restorative Justice at George Brown College, and has been involved in
resolving conflicts in a number of community, personal and work settings.
She see conflict as an important part of communication, and enjoys figuring
out how to make it constructive, rather than destructive.

*Grassroots Fundraising*
Sunday April 7, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Register: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/4668223783
This workshop will help you prepare to develop a strategic fundraising plan
for your grassroots social or ecological justice group. This workshop will
focus on identifying the strengths and weaknesses of common grassroots
fundraising methods including events, membership donations, small grants,
contributions from NGOs and unions, online, etc, with an eye to assessing
what will be most effective and appropriate for your group. We will also
offer tips on best practices, including case studies of effective
fundraising efforts.
Trainer: Paul Tucker is and educator and organizer based in Toronto. He has
fundraised for grassroots groups as well as professionally for registered
non-profits.

*Direct Action 101*
Sunday April 14, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Register: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/4652465650
Learn the skills necessary for organizing and participating in a direct
action. The workshop will cover basic action strategy and planning, group
decision-making, roles and responsibilities, execution and post-action
follow up.
Trainers: Natalie Caine has been involved in direct action led campaigning
in Europe and Canada for nearly a decade. She has worked on issues ranging
from anti-war, environment, migration and the eradication of racism and
xenophobia. Currently she's the Volunteer Program Coordinator at Greenpeace
Canada.
David Sone has organized a broad range of direct actions in support of
environmental justice and indigenous sovereignty for over a decade. He
currently works as a campaigner at Earthroots and supports Grassy Narrows
and Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Indigenous Nations.

*Get on the Mic! Public Speaking Workshop*
Tuesday April 18, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Register: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/4658876826
Public Speaking can be intimidating and difficult, especially when you're
talking about social change and inspiring people to action. Learn some tips
that will help you build your confidence and get out on that mic or
megaphone!
Trainer: Sarah Vance is an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against
Poverty.



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*The Ninth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week
March 1 - 10, 2013
www.apartheidweek.org
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Mark your calendars for Toronto’s Ninth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week,
coming
up March 1st - 10th!

First launched in Toronto in 2005, IAW has grown to become one of the most
important global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. Last year’s
IAW was incredibly successful with 216 cities participating. The Israeli
Ministry of Public Diplomacy even dispatched “envoys” around the world in
an attempt to undermine the week.

This year Palestinians have endured another massacre on Gaza, the
enlargement of settlements, and daily growing brutality by Israel. Hence
our role in the international community to support the Boycott, Divestment,
and Sanctions (BDS) movement is more important than ever. This year IAW
will highlight many faces involved in the Palestinian struggle, from the
periphery and the centre, from the diaspora to diplomats, Indigenous groups
in solidarity to Palestinian professors, highlighting the many levels of
resistance to apartheid.

IAW 2013 will also take special care to voice the narrative of the changing
regional context. Around the world, people are standing in solidarity with
each other in struggles for democracy, equity, human rights and economic
justice. The resolve of Palestinians as they continue their 64 year
struggle against colonization, occupation and apartheid has provided
inspiration for movements struggling for freedom, justice and equality
around the world. Palestine, too, will be free.

*Confirmed speakers in Toronto include:*
- *Crystal Lameman:* Beaver Lake Cree First Nation activist and the Peace
River tar sands campaigner for the Indigenous Environmental Network in
Alberta
- *Razan Ghazzawi: *Frontline Syrian blogger and activist
- And a screening of *Roadmap to Apartheid* with Cinema Politica at the
Bloor Cinema!

Full program available soon at http://toronto.apartheidweek.org/

For other cities visit http://apartheidweek.org

Join our facebook
group<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Israeli-Apartheid-Week-Toronto/46324309566>
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Follow us on Twitter: @ApartheidWeekTO
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*The Public Studio is Hiring a Bookkeeper!*
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Join our (rad) team!
Are you meticulous, organized, and passionate about bookkeeping? The Public
is looking for a bookkeeper to keep us on track!

Company Description

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the world. We help organizations create social justice and public education
campaigns that are appropriate to the communities they work within and that
inspire meaningful change.

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Manage all bookeeping operations
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Eye for detail
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 Anti-oppression analysis
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of race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, or ability.

Please send questions, CVs and cover letters to work at thepublicstudio.ca.
Deadline for applications is noon on February 27, 2013. Interviews will
take place on March 1st, and we are looking for someone to start on March
4th.

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*WPIRG Job Posting - **Outreach & Resource Centre Coordinator*
*Submission Deadline: March 4th 2013, 9am *

WPIRG is seeking a dynamic, personable, and creative individual with a
demonstrated commitment to social and environmental justice to fill the
full-time permanent position of ‘Outreach & Resource Centre Coordinator’.

*The Organization*

The Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) is a student funded and
directed organization that provides support for students and community
members to research, educate, and take action on social and environmental
justice issues. WPIRG is a non-hierarchical organization that uses
consensus decision-making processes, and strives to create an
anti-oppressive working environment by proactively opposing all forms of
oppression such as those based on gender, race, class, sexuality, age,
cultural heritage/ethnicity, religion, and ability.

WPIRG has a high turnover in volunteers and the three permanent staff
provide continuity and stability in this ever-changing organization. Staff
carry out critical support work that maintains the integrity of the
organization, assist volunteers, and provide connection to other activists,
community groups, and organizations. They have an awareness of and interest
in issues relating to racism, sexism, queer and trans* phobia, class
exploitation, imperialism, environmental degradation, indigenous
sovereignty and decolonization, and ableism. WPIRG is a small office
environment, so staff work collaboratively, support each other, and share
some responsibilities.


*The Position*

The primary function of the ‘Outreach & Resource Centre Coordinator’ is to
develop and implement a WPIRG outreach strategy; build awareness of the
organization – its mandate, services, programming etc. on the University of
Waterloo campus; increase the public profile of the organization in the
broader Kitchener-Waterloo community; and maintain the WPIRG Resource
Centre.

*Campus Outreach:* Raise awareness of the organization on the University of
Waterloo campus through a variety of means –  class talks, traveling
displays, posters, ads, information meetings etc. Connect and network with
other campus groups, societies and clubs, as well as sympathetic faculty
and departments.

*Community Relations: *Build and maintain relationships with allied
organizations in the broader Kitchener-Waterloo community. Seek out and
actively create opportunities for collaboration between WPIRG and other
community groups/projects.

*Website & Social Media:* Develop and implement a social media strategy.
Maintain and regularly update the WPIRG website, Facebook page/group and
Twitter account. Create WPIRG outreach materials (both electronic and hard
copies).

*Resource Centre: *Maintain the functionality of the library – ensure that
the centre has up to date materials (renew magazine and journal
subscriptions, acquire new books and DVDs as required), track materials and
maintain/update the Delicious Electronic Library System, assist library
users (in-office, calls, email correspondence) in finding information, and
stock the WPIRG zine distro.

*Research:* Envision and develop WPIRG research projects. Supervise and
assist with volunteer research initiatives – helping to define and refine
projects, developing research strategies and providing feedback.

In addition, the ‘Outreach & Resource Centre Coordinator’ will assist other
permanent staff in the following areas: policy development, grant
applications and strategic planning.

*Qualifications*

·     Demonstrated interest and experience in social and environmental
justice organizing, and familiarity with related contemporary issues
·     Knowledge of social movement/activist oriented resources (i.e.
publications, books, journals, zines, documentaries etc.)
·     Familiarity with activist research methodologies
·     Knowledge of anti-oppression analysis and proficiency in applying
this throughout your work
·     Experience in promotion of workshops, events, campaigns and/or actions
·     Experience in development and implementation of outreach strategies
·     Self-direction and ability to take initiative in a dynamic work
environment
·     Ability to create outreach materials (i.e. posters, pamphlets, flyers
etc.)
·     Proficiency with social media and basic web development skills
·     Experience with not-for-profit organizations
·     Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
·     Familiarity with a university/college environment


*Employment Terms*

The ‘Outreach & Resource Centre Coordinator’ is a permanent full-time
position with a 6-month probationary period. It is a 30 hours per week
position at a rate of $20.63 per hour, with extended health care benefits
and four weeks paid vacation per year. Permanent staff are members of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1281. The anticipated start
date is March 25th.

Because WPIRG is located on a university campus it follows the cycles of
university life – four-month terms (the busiest terms being Sep-Dec and
Jan-Apr and the slowest term being May-Aug).  Within each term, another
cycle exists, with the beginning of term being the most active and the end
of term quieter. Work time allocated to the various areas of responsibility
will vary greatly depending on the time of term. Evening and some weekend
work is expected.

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*How to Apply*

WPIRG welcomes the contributions that individuals from marginalized
communities bring to our organization, and encourages aboriginal people,
people of colour, women, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, queer-oriented people,
single parents, members of ethnic minorities, immigrants and people with
disabilities to apply. We encourage applicants to describe in their cover
letter the contributions and experiences they, as individuals who identify
with marginalized communities, would bring to WPIRG.

Also in their cover letter, *all applicants* are asked to provide a brief
statement on their views of power and oppression.

*Applicants must provide* *a resume with 3 references, a cover letter, and
a response, no longer than 750 words, to one of the following questions:*

1) How would you envision your role in fostering a radical campus
environment and supporting students working towards social change?

2) How do you integrate an anti-oppression framework into your activism,
and what are some of the challenges?

*Deadline for Submissions is Monday March 4th 2013 at 9am.*

Deliver submissions to The Hiring Committee, WPIRG, Student Life Centre
room 2139, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1; or email
applications to *tammy at wpirg.org.*

Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.


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*Job: Editor/Publisher, Briarpatch Magazine*

Are you passionate about independent media and social change? Are you a
talented communicator with an entrepreneurial spirit, ready to take the
reins of a respected Canadian magazine?

Briarpatch <http://briarpatchmagazine.com/> seeks a crackerjack
Editor/Publisher<http://briarpatchmagazine.com/announcements/view/job-posting-editor-publisher1>
to
jointly oversee all aspects of producing a bi-monthly magazine. As one of
two full-time* staff in a horizontal, unionized workplace, the successful
candidate and the current Editor/Publisher will be jointly responsible for
dividing core editorial, organizational, and administrative tasks, and will
report directly to a volunteer board of directors. How these tasks are
divided will depend on the skills, experience, and interests of the
successful candidate.

The successful candidate will have the following:

   - a firm grasp of anti-capitalist and anti-colonial politics and of
   social movement organizing;
   - a knowledge of and affinity with the publication and its mandate;
   - strong leadership skills and the ability to envision and undertake
   long-term organizational development, such as building the magazine’s
   readership, maintaining long-term financial viability, or proactively
   developing editorial content;
   - an ability to work independently and the initiative to problem solve
   in a self-directed manner;
   - masterful organization and time-management skills, including the
   ability to prioritize and tackle a wide array of tasks varying in urgency
   and importance;
   - exceptional communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively;
   - a willingness to learn.

Though no single candidate is expected to have all of the following, the
two full-time staff, working as a team, must collectively have the
following skill set and competencies:

   - an expert command of the English language, with extensive experience
   in editing, journalism, and/or creative/political writing;
   - experience in administering a non-profit organization and/or
   periodical;
   - computer savviness and a familiarity with Microsoft Office (Word,
   Excel) and Adobe Creative Suite, as well as experience with web content
   management;
   - proficiency in graphic design;
   - a socially minded entrepreneurial spirit and a head for finance,
   numbers, and small business management.

This position requires that the successful applicant be willing to relocate
to Regina, Saskatchewan, which is a great place to live. (We can provide
references to that effect.)

Briarpatch encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds and members of
equity-seeking groups.

Your application should include the following:

   1. Resume
   2. Cover letter
   3. Writing sample

Please email applications to givemeajob at briarpatchmagazine.com by *February
25*. Only those candidates short-listed for an interview will be contacted.

For more information, please see briarpatchmagazine.com

**We will also consider two part-time positions in place of one full-time
position. Please state your availability in your application form*.
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www.opirgyork.ca
416-736-5724
opirg at yorku.ca


*There are many ways to get involved at OPIRG. We currently have 8 OPIRG
York working groups:*
Art For Justice, Justice is Not Colour Blind, Students for a Free Tibet, YU
Free Press, Environmental Justice York, Progressive Filipino Canadians for
Community Empowerment and Development (PFCCED), Students Against Israeli
Apartheid, and the Vanier Prison Support Line working group. You can contact
Victoria Barnett, our volunteer coordinator, about ways to get involved in
these working groups: victoria at opirgyork.ca.

*We also have three different collectives: *PrOPIRGanda Radio, Radical
Reading Room and PrOPIRGanda Zine- see the callouts below. You can contact
us about ways to get involved in these collectives: opirg at yorku.ca.
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