[Org4j-announce] 'Critical Engagements' events from Octopus Books

[Organizing 4Justice]

Octopus Books is launching a new series called Critical Engagements at the
new Centretown location. It's a series of lunch-time talks and evening book
launches on the issues we all care about.
Join us!

*Here's the schedule for August & September 2012:*
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*Where: *251 Bank Street (at Cooper), 2nd Floor “Under One Roof” (unless
otherwise indicated)
*When*: Lunch events at 12 Noon, Book launches at 7:00 PM (unless otherwise
indicated)
*Note*: All events are free. Wheelchair accessible at 251 Bank Street. For
the lunch events, please bring your own lunch.

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*LUNCH ROUND TABLES*
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Wednesday, August 15 at 12 Noon   **
Workers fight austerity!*
With Mostafa Henaway, Immigrant Workers Centre <http://iwc-cti.ca/>
 (Montreal) -  Mostafa is a writer and community organizer at the Immigrant
Workers centre in Montreal. He is active in campaigns around placement
agency workers, temporary foreign workers and laid-off textile workers.
*http://www.facebook.com/events/144980348973124/*

*Wednesday, August 29 at 12 Noon    **
What does Harper have against refugees?*
With Peter Showler, Refugee
Forum<http://www.cdp-hrc.uottawa.ca/projects/refugee-forum/index.php>,
University of Ottawa.  Peter is the Director of the Refugee Forum at the
Human Rights Research & Education Centre, University of Ottawa. He is an
adjunct professor of law and teaches Advanced Refugee Law.

*Wednesday, September 12 at 12 Noon   **
Justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women*
With Bridget Tolley, Families of Sisters in
Spirit<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Families-of-Sisters-in-Spirit/169989823049052>
 (FSIS).  Bridget is Anishinabe:kwe (Algonquin woman) from the Kitigan Zibi
Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec. She works with families of missing and
murdered Indigenous women and girls and communities impacted by police
violence. She co-founded Families of Sisters in Spirit in 2010.
http://www.facebook.com/events/396233943774654/

*Wednesday, September 26 at 12 Noon   **
Health & Justice for Refugees*
With Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Health Justice
Collective<http://collectifjusticesante-campagne.tumblr.com/>
 (Montreal)  Samir Shaheen-Hussain is a pediatrician who has been involved
in radical grassroots social justice movements for over a decade. He was
active in the Montreal component of the June 18 National Day of Action
against cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program and is currently
involved in the "We refuse to cooperate!" campaign.


*BOOK LAUNCHES*

*Monday, August 13 at 6:00 PM
B**onita Lawrence, *Fractured Homeland: Federal Recognition and Algonquin
Identity in Ontario<http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/fractured-homeland-launch/>
[Note Different Location] Minwaashin Lodge, <http://minlodge.com/index.cfm> 424
Catherine St (2nd floor) Ottawa, Unceded Algonquin Territory. Sponsored by
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa (IPSMO)
http://www.facebook.com/events/271153659657669/

*Tuesday, September 18 at 7:00 PM    **
Aziz Choudry, *Organize! Building from the Local for Global
Justice<http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php?story=AzizChoudry>
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Friday, September 28 at 7:00 PM    **
Andrew Nikiforuk*, The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New
Servitude<http://andrewnikiforuk.com/>



www.octopusbooks.ca
613 233 2589 (Glebe)
613 688 0752 (Centertown)
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