[van-announce] Necessary Voices Events October - Murray Dobbin, Valerie Raoul

[Thomas Christopher Hicks]

Here are the Necessary Voices Events for October. Please feel free 
to forward them to anyone you think might be interested.

More information can be found at necessaryvoices.org

There are 3 categories:
A. Necessary Voices Lecture Series at the VPL
B. Philosophers' Cafe at the Grind and Gallery on Main
C. Rachel's Song radio programme on CiTR Wed. 5-6:30PM

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A. Necessary Voices Lecture Series - Fall 2002 Schedule

All Events, except the Oct 9 talk this month - see below )are held 
in the Alice MacKay Room of the Central Branch of the Vancouver 
Public Library from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. Admission is free. 

October 8, 2002 (NOT OCTOBER 2)  Murray Dobbin  Globalization
s assault on democracy Alice MacKay Room

Corporate globalization is presented to citizens everywhere as not 
only necessary but actually inevitable and even a natural evolution 
of the civilized world. But in fact no human activity is inevitable; 
no model of society is "natural." Indeed, globalization threatens 
the continued existence of civilization and reduces thousands of 
years of progress down to simplistic and simple-minded notions of 
economic efficiency. It asks us to trade community and human rights 
for the market place and property rights. There is a better way. 

Murray Dobbin has been a freelance journalist, broadcaster and author 
for over thirty years. He is also a leading activist, strategist, 
and analyst in the anti-globalization movement, and has written 
extensively on various trade agreements and their impact on democracy. 
He has been a columnist for the Financial Post and currently writes 
a column for the Winnipeg Free Press. He is a research associate 
and board member with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 
and a past executive board member of the Council of Canadians. His 
most recent book, the Myth of the Good Corporate Citizen, has been 
described as a citizens guide to globalization.

October 9, 2002 A Talk & Slide Presentation by Paul Jones on the Marbled Murrelet

PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION FOR THIS TALK IS THE PETER KAYE ROOM IN 
THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE CENTRAL BRANCH OF THE VPL 

The Marbled Murrelet is a threatened species which has disappeared 
from most Southern B.C. waters, especially around Vancouver and 
Victoria where it was once plentiful. Paul Jones is the author of 
The Marbled Murrelets of the Caren Range and Middlepoint Bight, 
a book that chronicles the discovery of Canadas first active marbled 
murrelet nest in the Caren Range of the Sechelt Peninsula. The book 
also describes the campaign that resulted in setting aside part 
of the Carens ancient forests as a provincial park. 

Paul Jones is a member of Pender Harbour & District Wildlife Society, 
Sunshine Coast Natural History Society and Vancouver Natural History 
Society as well as chair of Friends of Caren. 

October 29, 2002 Valerie Raoul  Women's Diaries as Life Savings Alice MacKay Room.

Diary writing has been associated with women ever since the private 
journal became popular in Europe in the early 19th century. Why 
do more women than men still keep a diary? And what becomes of the 
diary when the author dies? Using examples mainly from France, from 
the past and present, this talk will look at diaries that save a 
person's life in terms of recording and preserving it, and others 
that save someone's life by providing a reason to live - especially 
if that person is suffering from a serious illness. 

Valerie Raoul is a Professor of French and Women's Studies at UBC, 
where she has also coordinated an interdisciplinary research project 
on "Narratives of Disease, Disability, and Trauma" for the last 
3 years. Her published work includes two books on fiction in diary 
form in France and one on the diary novel in Quebec. She is currently 
working on a study of 19th century posthumously published diaries 
by women who were ill, and recently helped to edit the journal of 
a family member who died of breast cancer.

B. Philsophers' Cafe at the Grind and Gallery at 4124 Main Street 
in Vancouver. Cost is $5.00. Time: 7-9 PM.

October 18 Thomas Hicks - What does is mean to be Modern?

Bruno Latour's book 'We Have Never Been Modern' inspired this cafe. 
Ideas to be explored include: Who are the anthropologists of Modern society?; 
What role does the passage of time have on the concept of Modern?; 
Does democracy have to be extended to things?; and what difference does the 
scientific method make.

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C. Rachel's Song radio programme Wed 5-6:30pm on CiTR 101.9 FM

October 2
5 to 6:30 PM Arches National Monument, Craters of the Moon and The 
Geography of Childhood : Why Children Need Wild Places  
October 9
5 to 6:30 PM Just Say No! An exploration of a citizen's responsibility 
to say no. Featuring excerpts from talks by John Ralston Saul, William Thomas 
and the movie My Dinner with Andre. 
October 16
5 to 6:30 PM Remembering Helga Hicks - My Mother - Part 1 - Travel 
through Germany by bike in the late 40's, experience Alzheimers 
Disease and work for the Mental Health industry. 
October 23
5 to 6:30 PM Remembering Helga Hicks - My Mother - Part 2 - Travel 
through Germany by bike in the late 40's, experience Alzheimers 
Disease and work for the Mental Health industry. 
October 30
5 to 6:30 PM Kevin Annett - Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust 
- An exploration of the residential schools in BC. 

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Enjoy!

Thomas


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Thomas Christopher Hicks
Necessary Voices Society/Rachel's Song, CiTR 101.9 FM 
www.necessaryvoices.org




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