[van-announce] Community Events Digest
SFPIRG
sfpirg at sfu.ca
Fri Jun 19 17:46:25 PDT 2009
Community Events Digest
==Social justice events happening in and around Vancouver==
June 19 - 26:
1. Aid not occupation! Fundraiser for Afghan women – June 19
2. Aboriginal Day Weekend Events in Vancouver – June 20 and 21
3. 17th Annual People's Voice Banquet – June 20
4. Sansad Forum - Struggles for Land, Livelihood and Life in India – June 21
5. Media Co-op Discussion: Vancouver & Burnaby – June 21, June 22, June 25, June 27
6. VIVO - Public meeting to Shape the next Media Democracy Day – June 23
7. Stand for the MAP Van - June 23
8. A People’s Health Series Workshop - Physical Activity for Back & Neck Pain – June 25
9. The Other Arars: Where The Exception Is The Rule – Adil Charkaoui – June 26
10. Point Youth Media Open Mic Night – June 26
June 27-July 3:
11. 2nd International Che Guevara Conference - June 26-28
12. Aboriginal Writer’s Collective hosts “Earth, Fire, Water and Air” – June 27th
13. Women's Writing Workshop: Sunday June 28th, 2009
General:
14. VSW Volunteer Call Out - Womyn’s Herstory Collage Art Project
15. Job Posting: SFPIRG Research and Education Coordinator – Deadline July 6
16. Volunteers needed for Pride in Art Festival, July 26-Aug 15
17. Job Posting - Polaris Institute – Deadline – June 26
18. Ancient Forest Trips – upcoming in July
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Aid not occupation! Fundraiser for Afghan women – June 19
A fundraiser in solidarity with Afghan women
Friday, June 19
Vancouver Unitarian Sanctuary, 949 W. 49th Ave (at Oak St.)
Doors: 7:00pm
Program: 7:30pm
Reception: 9:00pm, with refreshments and desserts
An evening of speeches, music and poetry dedicated to raising funds for the Afghan Women's Mission, which works closely with RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) to support health, educational, and other programs for Afghan women.
Featuring: Sonali Kolhatkar, co-director, Afghan Women's Mission, author of Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords and the Propaganda of Silence and host of Uprising Radio, an hour-long daily program on Pacifica Radio.
Organized by Vancouver StopWar Coalition
Co-sponsored by: Vancouver Unitarians Social Justice Committee (http://vancouver.unitarians.ca/cms/site/)
For more information on the Afghan Women's Mission: http://afghanwomensmission.org/index.php
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Aboriginal Day Weekend Events in Vancouver – June 20 and 21
Native Art Fair and Auction
Saturday, 20 June 2009
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre
1607 East Hastings Street, Vancouver
11:00-4:00 pm
The public is invited to the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre for an Aboriginal Day Native Art Fair and Auction, featuring silent and live art auctions, loonie toonie auction, Craft booths. Lots of fun! Items include: carvings, drums, jewelry, and many prints and paintings. Also try some soopallallie berry icecream, & frybread.
Works by: Bill Helin, Brad Starr, Lewis Evans, Mike Dangeli, Opie Oppenheimer, Jerry Whitehead, Ben Houstie, Don Peters, Rory Dawson, Paul White, Ken Loo, Cyrile Derrick, Stephanie Kewistep and more!
For info: (604) 682-3269 ext 7718 or email
katnorris at hotmail.com
NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY
June 21, 2009
Crab Park
11:00 am-3:00 pm
The Carnegie Centre and Oppenheimer Park invite you to Crab Park for National Aboriginal Day festivities! On from 11:00 to 3:00 pm, enjoy cultural and local performers, feast, teepees, canoes arrivals and a "Letting Go" ceremony for those wanting to move on from losses, trauma.
11:00 am: Opening Ceremony with Squamish Elder: Sam George.
11:30 am Collingwood Neighborhood House canoe arrives.
At noon, enjoy a lunch which will include buffalo meat!
2:30 pm- "Letting Go" Ceremony.
Supported by: Carnegie, Oppenheimer Park, Aboriginal Wellness Program, Portland Hotel Society, Aboriginal Front Door, Indian Residential School Survivors Society, Walk Bravely Forward Society, Downtown Eastside Neighborhood House, Collingwood Neighborhood House, Urban Native Youth Society, Native Courtworkers & Counselling Association of BC, Bean Around the World, I.A.M., BCLC, CUPE 15, Minister of Public Safety & Solicitor General Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch.
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17th Annual People's Voice Banquet – June 20
Continuing the tradition of the working class press in Canada since 1922!
17th Annual People's Voice Banquet
Saturday, June 20, doors open 6 pm, dinner at 7 pm.
Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver
(2 blocks south of Hastings)
More than 20 door prizes, cabaret-type
entertainment, live music, food of the world, and
the best company in the Lower Mainland.
Guest Speaker: Sam Hammond, BC Provincial Organizer, Communist Party of Canada
Tickets $10-$20 sliding scale (children under 12
free), available at the door, or from People's
Voice, 706 Clark Drive.
For info, call PV Editorial Office, 604-255-2041, or CPC-BC, 604-254-9836.
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Sansad Forum - Struggles for Land, Livelihood and Life in India – June 2
Struggles for Land, Livelihood and Life in India:
A View of Imperialism and Neo-liberalism from Orissa
Sunday, June 21, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Room A. 136 A, Langara College
100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
Aided by the wholesome adoption of the Neo-liberal agenda by the Indian state, the many-pronged penetration of Imperialism is now present in every sector of Indian econmy, every aspect of society and polity, and also in the defence-military establishment.
The focus of this Forum is however on only one aspect of this phenomenon: the large scale acquisition of hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land; either for building mega projects, or for setting up Special Economic Zones - to serve the local and/or multinational big capital. Large scale resistance of peasants and tribal people are breaking up all over India, often met with severe state repression.
The Forum will attempt to examine these by paying a close attention to one region, the resource rich State of Orissa. Very many national and multinational corporations are waiting in the wings. It is also in Orissa where the Hindutwa forces of VHP, RSS, and Bajranga Dal carried out the genocidal attacks last year against the Christian community. Thousands of affected families are still on run, unable to return to their homes and hearth.
Panelists
** Dr. Hari Sharma, Imperialism and India, an Update and a Brief Overview
** Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty, People's Movement Against Neo-Liberalism
and Imperialism: A View from Orissa
** Dr. Bidyut Mohanty, Right to Livelihood from a Gender Perspective
** Mr. David Pugh, Peasant Displacements in India: Encountering State
Power in Orissa
Speakers:
Dr. Hari Sharma, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, SFU, and President,
South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD)
Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty, Retired Head, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. Presently, Visiting Professor, Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Bidyut Mohanty, Head, Women's Studies Department, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, Presently, Visiting Professor, Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
As a husband-wife team Drs. Manoranjan and Bidyut Mohanty are orginally from Orissa, and have been very actively involved there with the people's resistance movements.
Mr. David Pugh, a School Teacher, San Fracisco, California. On behalf of International League of People's Struggles, Mr. Pugh travelled to> India to investigate the phenonomenon of massive displacements of peasants from their land and livelihood, and had an unforgetable encounter with the Orissa police.
Additional Forum
Monday, June 22, 2009
2:00 p.m.
F125 - Centre for Indo Canadian Studies, University House
University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford BC
Organized by
South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD)
Endorsed and Supported by
Department of Sociology, Langara College, Vancouver; Centre for theIndo-Canadian Studies, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University, Institute for the Humanities, SFU; School for International Studies, SFU; and Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG)
for further information, contact
Chin Banerjee, 604-421-6752; Harjap Grewal, 778-552-2099; HariSharma, 604-420-2972
For the Program in Abbotsford: Dr. Satwinder Bains, 1-604-854-4547
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Media Co-op Discussion: Vancouver & Burnaby – June 21, June 22, June 25, June 27
Join Dominion Editors Dru Oja Jay and Maya Rolbin-Ghanie for a presentation about the possibilities that the Vancouver Media Cooperative opens up for grassroots journalism in BC, and a discussion about the kinds of coverage of the 2010 Olympics that people hope to see.
Vancouver
3:00pm
Sunday June 21 2009
Venue: Carnegie Centre, 3rd Floor Classroom
Address: 401 Main Street
Cost: Free
North Burnaby
7:00pm
Monday June 22 2009
Venue: McGill Branch of the Burnaby Public Library
Address: 4595 Albert St., Burnaby, B.C. V5C 2G6 (1 block North of Hastings St. near Willingdon Ave; parking available. Buses: 35, 135 stop nearby on Hastings; 23, 123, 130, 137, 150 stop on Willingdon)
Cost: free
Coquitlam
Thursday June 25 2009, 6:00pm
Venue: Coquitlam Public Library
Address: 3001 Burlington Drive
Cost: Free
North & West Vancouver
Saturday June 27 2009, 3:00pm
Venue: West Vancouver Memorial Library
Address: 1950 Marine Drive
Cost: Free
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VIVO - Public meeting to Shape the next Media Democracy Day – June 23
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You are invited to a
*Public Meeting*
about Media!
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*When: Tuesday, June 23, 6:45-9:00 pm*
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Where: VIVO Media Arts Centre
1965 Main Street (near 3rd Avenue)
Close to Main Street/Science World Skytrain station
and Main Street #3 bus (see Map)
*Snacks and bus tickets provided*
*Free childcare available onsite with advance request*
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Suggested donation $7-$10
*no one will be turned away for lack of funds*
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*Please R.S.V.P. by net, phone, or email to save your spot! (see details
below)*
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We’ll start the session with a brief presentation about the current state of
media in Canada and then move into facilitated discussion and visioning.
Co-Presenters:
*Maya Rolbin-Ghanie* is an independent journalist and Indigenous solidarity
activist living in Montreal.
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*Kat Norris* is Coast Salish/Nez Perce, has lived, worked, danced and
advocated in Vancouver community since 1976 when she became educated on
Indigenous issues by joining the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. She
contributes to the BC Native Newspaper Kahtou, her work is published in the
St’at’imc Runner newspaper, and she blogs for the Indigenous Action
Movement. She was honoured in the Georgia Straight’s Bright Lights of
Vancouver as a “local hero” and in the Province as a “newsmaker of the
year.”
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Steve Anderson* is the Coordinator of Campaign for Democratic Media, and an
organizer of Media Democracy Day
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The visioning process will be facilitated by *Reilly Yeo *from the SFU
Centre for Dialogue
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Stand for the MAP Van - June 23
Stand in protest for the loss of the MAP van June 23rd
We need your support Tuesday, June 23rd, between 9:30 pm and 10:30 pm
when we will stand together for the MAP van.
Come out along the MAP van route and light a candle.
Rallying Points:
Hastings and Gore
Dunlevy and Cordova
Hastings and Jackson
Hastings and Hawks
Hasting and Campbell
Franklin and Raymur
Franklin at Commercial Drive
Victoria and Triumph
Clark at East Georgia
Grandview Park on Commercial Drive
Commercial at 7th (meet on the bridge)
Kingsway and Nanaimo
Kingsway and Joyce
Please mark your calendars: Tuesday, June 23rd, 9:30 pm
Show the Premier and the Provincial Government that women on our
streets are at terrible risk without the MAP van.
Give the new Solicitor General, Kash Heed, a battle to win for
survival sex workers
· MAP(Mobile Access Project) is an essential overnight service
providing women sex workers with options for health and safety
· MAP is operated through a partnership with WISH and PACE
· We can never forget the 67 women who went missing from the
same streets where the MAP van works every night.
· What is the social cost of taking the MAP van off the road?
· Show the government that they can make the difference between
life and death
· 95% of all "Bad Date" reports are made to the MAP van staff,
providing the only and immediate warning for sex workers against
violent predators
To find out more about WISH: www.wish-vancouver.net
To find out more about PACE: www.pace-society.ca
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A People’s Health Series Workshop - Physical Activity for Back & Neck Pain – June 25
Thursday June 25th
6:30-8:30 pm
Organizing Centre for Social and Economic Justice
672 East Broadway (at Fraser)
Do you suffer from back and neck pain as a result of work or other injuries?
Share your stories about work injuries or difficulties in accessing the right services.
Learn strengthening and stretching techniques to manage back and neck pain.
Presentation by David Hendry
Practicing Kinesiologist
This workshop is free.
Dinner is served promptly at 6:30.
For free childcare registration is suggested.
Seating might be limited, so registration is a good idea!
Bus tickets available after the workshop.
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Alliance for People's Health
allianceforpeopleshealth at gmail.com
604-215-2775
672 E Broadway
Vancouver, BC
V5T 1X6
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The Other Arars: Where The Exception Is The Rule – Adil Charkaoui – June 26
*ADIL CHARKAOUI* speaks in Vancouver on Security Certificates and Secret
Trials.
Friday June 26th @ 6:30 PM, Rooms 1420-1430
SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings
Limited seating, please arrive early to guarantee seating.
Sliding scale $0-20 (pay what you can)
The Canadian state's complicity in the torture of Maher Arar is viewed as
exceptional in Canada. Unfortunately it isn't.
" What is a security certificate?
A security certificate,
It's the right to be treated outside the law
It's two-speed justice
It's precedent for secret trials...
It's contact visits with no contact
It's the glass that separates you from loved ones,
It's deadlock, solitude; it's breathing corruption...
It's the guilt of being born elsewhere...
It's human folly clothed as wisdom.
It's me today, maybe you tomorrow! "
- Excerpt of poem by Adil Charkaoui, translated from French
Adil Charkaoui is a Morocco-born permanent resident of Canada who was
arrested by the Canadian government under a security certificate in May
2003 in Montreal. Along with four other Muslim men, he constitutes the
“Secret Trial Five” held under a measure of the Immigration and Refugee
Protection Act that allows for the preventive arrest and detention of
non-citizens, without charge, under secret evidence that can lead to
indefinite detention and possible deportation to torture.
>From the beginning of his ordeal, Charkaoui challenged the legitimacy of
the entire security certificate regime. In 2007, after years of grassroots
campaigning at the national and international level and condemnations of
Canada from Amnesty International and two United Nations Committees, the
Supreme Court of Canada finally ruled that the security certificate
process is unconstitutional. However, rather than abolishing security
certificates, the government legislated a new "special advocate" model in
2008 which simply provides a veneer of legality to a fundamentally unjust
process that allows for state secrecy in matters of "national security"
that disproportionately affects racialized non-citizens.
Come hear directly from Adil Charkaoui about his struggle against this
regime of secrecy, injustice, racism, abuse of civil liberties, and
expanding state control.
Hosted by No One Is Illegal-Vancouver, BC Civil Liberties Association,
Canadian Muslim Union, Council of Canadians - BC / Yukon Region, Canadian
Islamic Congress, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
For information, contact 604 630 9754 or 778 552 2099 or info at bccla.org
Justice for Adil Charkaoui Campaign: http://www.adilinfo.org
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Point Youth Media Open Mic Night – June 26
Point Youth Media and Leave Out Violence BC are hosting Open Mic Night! This is a fundraiser for our 20 Days Behind the Eyes of 20 Ugandan Children program and it’s also a great opportunity to learn more about us and our initiatives. So, come out and discover all the talent Vancouver has to offer!
Show up, Sign up, and Play! All talents welcome. If you’ve got it, we want to hear it: poetry, hip hop, spoken word, music, rap, stand- up comedy, freestyle, improv, monologue, or just strum that guitar; anything goes.
Don’t forget come early to sign up and grab some delicious Rhizome fare. To pre register call: Benny @ 604.537.6573 or pointyouthmedia at gmail.com
We will also be hosting a SILENT AUCTION including: signed Canucks memorabilia, private salsa lessons and more!
FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2009
Rhizome Cafe
317 East Broadway, Vancouver
SING UP - 7.00PM
OPEN MIC - 7.30 PM
DOOR $5-10
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Point Youth Media
http://pointyouthmedia.wordpress.com
http://twentyscenes.wordpress.com
pointyouthmedia at gmail.com
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2nd International Che Guevara Conference - June 26-28
2ND INTERNATIONAL CHE GUEVARA CONFERENCE
Vancouver, Canada
26-28 June 2009
Theme:
~ Fifty Years of Dynamism of the Cuban Revolution ~
FRIDAY JUNE 26
Opening Night
Featuring conference keynote speaker:
ISAAC SANEY
Author of the highly acclaimed book "Cuba: A
Revolution in Motion" & professor at Dalhousie
University in Halifax.
Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood House
800 E. Broadway St. (1 block east of Fraser St.)
7:00pm
SATURDAY & SUNDAY JUNE 27 & 28
Ukrainian Cultural Centre
805 E. Pender St (at Hawks, 1 block south of Hastings)
9:00am-9:00pm
The 2nd International Che Guevara Conference is
on the move! With speakers coming from across
Canada, the United States and Cuba, we have a
program to inform and inspire solidarity with the
great 50 years of dynamism of the Cuban
Revolution.
The topics will cover a range of issues
concerning revolutionary politics in Cuba, as
well as building revolutionary movements around
the world, such as: Cuba a revolution in motion;
the early years of the Cuban Revolution; the
Cuban Revolution and the question of leadership;
the Cuban Revolution and its challenges after the
collapse of the Soviet Union; the Cuban
Revolution and the US blockade; human rights,
women's liberation and homosexual rights in Cuba;
Cuba and democracy; Cuba and the concept of
internationalism; and Cuba and Latin America.
Entrance to the conference is free! The
conference program will also include documentary
film showings, multimedia presentations and slide
shows related to the topics. Low cost food and
beverages will be served throughout the
conference.
Keep watching the blog, the full conference program will be arriving soon!
http://vancouverint ernationalchecon ference.blogspot .com
For more information:
http://www.vancubas olidarity. com
cubacommunities@ yahoo.ca
778.882.5223
Endorsed by Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC)
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2do CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL DE CHE GUEVARA
Vancouver, Canadá
26-28 de junio de 2009
Tema:
~ Cincuenta Años de Dinamismo de la Revolución Cubana ~
Viernes 26 de junio
Noche de Apertura
Con conferencia orador principal:
ISAAC SANEY
Autor del libro aclamado "Cuba: Una Revolución en Movimiento"
Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood House
800 E. Broadway St.. (1 cuadra al este de Fraser St.)
7:00 pm
Sábado y Domingo 27 de junio y 28
Ukrainian Cultural Centre
805 E. Pender St. (al Hawks St., 1 cuadra al sur de Hastings)
9:00 am-9: 00pm
La 2 ª Conferencia Internacional del Che Guevara
está en movimiento! Con invitados procedente de
todo el Canadá, los Estados Unidos y Cuba.
Tenemos un programa para informar e inspirar a la
solidaridad con los 50 años de gran dinamismo de
la Revolución Cubana.
Los temas de los cuales se hablaran, serán una
serie de cuestiones relativas a la política
revolucionaria en cuba, así como la creación de
movimientos revolucionarios en todo el mundo,
tales como: Cuba, una revolución en movimiento,
los primeros años de la Revolución Cubana, la
Revolución Cubana y la cuestión de liderazgo; la
Revolución Cubana y sus desafíos después el
colapso de la Unión Soviética, la Revolución
Cubana y el bloqueo de los EE.UU., los derechos
humanos, la liberación de las mujeres y los
derechos homosexuales en Cuba, Cuba y la
democracia, Cuba y el concepto de
internacionalismo, y Cuba y América Latina.
¡Entrada Gratis! El programa de la conferencia
también incluirá proyecciones de películas
documentales, presentaciones multimedia y
presentaciones de diapositivas relacionadas con
los temas. Alimentos y bebidas de bajo costo, se
venderán durante la conferencia.
Seguir viendo el blog, el programa completo de la
conferencia será llegar pronto
http://vancouverint ernationalchecon ference.blogspot .com
Para más información:
http://www.vancubas olidarity. com
cubacommunities@ yahoo.ca
778.882.5223
Endorsado por: Canadian Network on Cuba (CNC)
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Aboriginal Writer’s Collective hosts “Earth, Fire, Water and Air” – June 27th
Earth, Fire, Water and Air
Rhizome Cafe
Saturday, June 27, 8:00pm
The Aboriginal Writers' Collective hosts an evening of the Four Elements through music, art and poetry with a dynamic lineup featuring Hiromi Goto, Joanne Arnott, Afuwa Granger, Fiona Lam, Janet Rogers, Kasp, and Russell Wallace, just to name a few....
$5-20 Sliding Scale, no one turned away. Proceeds will benefit Leave Out Violence (LOVE) program for youth.
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Women's Writing Workshop: Sunday June 28th, 2009
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Building on the success of last month's productive inaugural writing
workshop, we are meeting again to keep the radical women's words flowing.
Children are welcome; please RSVP and let us know the number and ages of
children who are coming with you (older kids are encouraged to participate
too!).
Grassroots Women
1115B E. Hastings (entrance on Glen)
Vancouver, BC V6A 1S3
web: www3.telus.net/grassrootswomen
email: grassrootswomen at telus.net
phone: 604-682-4451 (fax same #, please call first)
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VSW Volunteer Call Out - Womyn’s Herstory Collage Art Project
Vancouver Status of Women Volunteer Call Out
Womyn’s Herstory Collage Art Project
VSW is looking for volunteers to collaboratively create a large multi-media collage that honours the Women’s Herstory Movement with a particular emphasis on the experience of Indigenous/First Nations womyn and womyn of colour.
This is a unique opportunity for womyn interested in learning and sharing creative art/collage skills, Knowledge of important events affecting racialized womyn, and connecting with other womyn in a creative feminist space.
This volunteer project is open to all self-identified womyn. We especially encourage Indigenous/First Nations womyn, womyn of colour, and trans, two-spirited, and queer-identified womyn to join us.
Bus tickets and refreshments will be provided. VSW is a wheelchair accessible place.
For more information and to set up a volunteer interview please call 604-255-6554
Email: womencentre at vsw.ca or gorgeousmabel at hotmail.com
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Job Posting: SFPIRG Research and Education Coordinator – Deadline July 6
(Part-time, permanent position)
Wage rate: $23.66/hr with benefits
Hours: 25-28 hours/week
The Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group [SFPIRG] is a student-based social justice resource centre located at Simon Fraser University [SFU] in Burnaby, BC. SFPIRG is focused on providing skills training, learning opportunities and resources to students on a wide range of social and environmental justice issues. The Action Research eXchange [ARX] is a program of SFPIRG that facilitates connections between community organizations that need research but have limited resources and SFU students who take on that research for course credit.
This position is responsible for managing the ARX program, coordinating board development as well as working in conjunction with the staff collective and board of directors to manage the organization. The position involves extensive work with volunteers, temporary staff and students. Applicants must be able to work efficiently in a chaotic environment and provide a strong leadership role in mentoring, organizing and running the ARX program and SFPIRG as a whole. An emphasis on process is key, meaning that applicants must value collective work within an anti-oppression framework.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Action Research eXchange Program:
*Facilitate research partnerships between students and community organizations: set up and facilitate initial meeting between student researchers and community groups; set research parameters; provide support throughout the research process; ensure project and evaluations are completed.
*Manage the process of accepting new community research proposals: community outreach, proposal development and evaluation.
*Develop strategies for effective program management and long-term planning.
*Ensure ARX legal and policy framework is up-to-date and appropriate including research ethics, research publication standards, and criteria for accepting community proposals.
*Recruit, train, supervise and appreciate volunteers and temporary student staff involved with ARX.
*Develop campus and community outreach strategies in conjunction with the Media & Programming Coordinator.
*Network with faculty, SFU departments, and other SFU groups to promote ARX and build partnerships to support the program, including maintaining a faculty advisory committee.
*Manage the online ARX project database and project files.
*When possible, provide resources and training for students on progressive research methodology.
Organizational and Collective Duties:
*Work with the other staff to manage SFPIRG: staff and maintain the office; respond to requests from students and the public; participate in SFPIRG events organizational work, initiatives and events.
*Plan, develop and implement orientation and ongoing training of the student volunteer board of directors.
*Contribute to ongoing organizational development of SFPIRG including strategic planning and staff collective development.
*Work with the staff collective to determine and prioritise the goals for each semester and to delegate the day-to-day management of the organization.
*Ongoing and rotating committee work to implement the organizational goals.
Skills and Experience Required:
*Program management experience in progressive non-profit organization: ability to translate vision into action, understand budget/finances, carry out policy work, and prioritize and delegate tasks.
*Experience and interest in working collaboratively in a collective setting.
*Experience and interest in working in a mentorship capacity with young adults.
*An understanding of the academic process and experience with the structure and requirements of university courses.
*An understanding of the theory, ethics and practice of progressive research methodologies, particularly community-based and Participatory Action Research, within an anti-oppression framework.
*Commitment to social and environmental justice and progressive social change, with a strong anti-oppression analysis and practice.
*Excellent communication skills: clear written and verbal communication, networking, conflict resolution, facilitation, collaborative working style, ability to dialogue with diverse parties, ability to openly give and accept feedback.
*Experience coordinating volunteers including recruitment, training, delegation and appreciation.
*Ability to work efficiently in busy, people-filled, self-directed environment.
*Extremely organized with excellent time-management skills.
*Solid computer skills (word processing, email, internet, database).
*A sense of humour.
Application Procedure:
SFPIRG is an affirmative action employer. In order to increase the range and diversity of skills, perspectives and experience presently existing within SFPIRG, hiring preference shall be given to qualified applicants from groups who face systemic barriers to employment. Applicants who wish to be considered for affirmative action are encouraged to discuss this in their cover letter. We also encourage applicants to include other skills and experiences in addition to those outlined above. SFPIRG is committed to accommodating people with mental and physical disabilities, including, for example, obtaining necessary adaptive technologies.
Please submit cover letter and resume to: (email, snail mail and fax are all welcome)
SFPIRG, Attn: Research & Education Coordinator Hiring Committee
For email submissions: Please include cover letter and resume in ONE attached document, with your name as the title of the file.
This is a unionized position with CUPE.
Deadline for application is Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 10:00 am.
Interviews will be the week of July 12-17th.
Starting date: Week of Aug 3, 2009
Posted: June 10, 2009.
No phone or email inquiries, please. Late applications will not be accepted.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
SFPIRG
TC 326, SFU, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6. Coast Salish Territories.
Tel. 778.782.4360 - Fax. 778.782.5338
hiring_arx at sfpirg.ca - www.sfpirg.ca
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Volunteers needed for Pride in Art Festival, July 26-Aug 15
Who: Pride in Art Festival
What: Volunteers needed
Where: Vancouver, Roundhouse Community Centre
When: July 26th-August 15th
Why: because we have a great lineup of LGBTQ-made visual and
performance art shows...and need help to make it all run smoothly!
How: Fill out the volunteer form at http://prideinart.ca/volunteers.htm
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We are gearing up for the Pride in Art Festival: "FAERIE TALES" July
28 - August 14 and need your help!
You are what makes this festival happen. Come help out and contribute
to the LGBTQ community! Volunteering is a great way to meet people and
make artist connections.
You can volunteer for work specific to the Festival, and/or towards
ongoing work of the Pride in Art Society.
Benefits:
-prizes
-a pass to a show for every 4 hours of volunteering
-contributing to the artistic life of the LGBTQ community
-recognition
-networking
-volunteer hours and written recognition if requested
go to www.prideinart.ca for more info on specific opportunities and to
fill in the volunteer form. Allies welcome.
Thanks for your support, I look forward to hearing from you!
Mary Anne Wong
Volunteer Coordinator
Pride in Art Society
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Job Posting - Polaris Institute – Deadline – June 26
Job Posting - Polaris Institute – Deadline – June 26
Assistant Water and Energy Campaigner
Reporting to the Executive Director, and working with the Campaigns Coordinator, Research Coordinator and Water & Energy Campaigner, the successful applicant will join the Water and Energy campaign teams.
As the Assistant Campaigner for both campaign teams the successful applicant will:
· Work as a member of the Inside the Bottle campaign team;
· Work as a member of the Tar Sands Watch campaign team;
· Support the Campus Bottle Water Free Zones campaign;
· Coordinate the logistics for a series of high-school workshops on bottled water;
· Establish working relationships with affiliated organizations and groups;
· Deliver presentations at high-schools and other community events;
· Assist with the development of campaign materials;
· Conduct research on energy and water topics
· Other duties as assigned.
The successful applicant should have the following:
· Strong interpersonal skills;
· Experience organizing special events, conferences, workshops or related activities;
· Experience organizing and working with youth and university students;
· Previous work experience with environmental and social justice campaigns;
· Willingness to speak publically;
· Ability to travel;
· Excellent written and oral communication skills;
· Excellent research skills;
· Knowledge of water justice and energy issues;
· Bilingual Speaker (French and English);
· Basic website management skills.
Position: Full Time – 40 hours/week
Starting date: July/August 2009
Salary: To be negotiated
Length of Contract: 1 year
Location: Ottawa
Deadline for applications is 5:00pm (EST), Friday June 26, 2009.
Send resume and cover letter to:
Joe Cressy
joecressy at polarisinstitute.org
www.polarisinstitute.org
www.insidethebottle.org
www.tarsandswatch.org
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Ancient Forest Trips – upcoming in July
Join the SFU, UBC and UVic Ancient Forest groups and Wilderness Committee members for two overnight hikes on Vancouver Island. These trips are open to any students interested in being involved in the Ancient Forests Campaign.
The trip dates are:
July 17-19 (2 nights)- Flores Island Wildside Trail in Clayoquot Sound
July 25-26 (1 night): Upper Walbran Valley
Please email ancientforests at sfpirg.ca if interested in attending (more details to come for those who sign up). Space is limited, especially for the Flores Island trip due to the water taxi needed to get to the island.
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Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG)
~For a just, sustainable, and meaningful world~
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http://www.sfpirg.ca (778) 782-4360
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