[van-announce] Community Events Digest
SFPIRG
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Thu Oct 1 16:51:06 PDT 2009
Community Events Digest
==Social justice events happening around town==
1) Protest 60 years of Chinese Government Oppression (Oct 1)
2) Paying More and Getting Less: the private clinics' threat to medicare (Oct 1)
3) Never Forget: Mexico, October 2, 1968 and the Social Movements of the 60s (Oct 2)
4) Rhizome's Third Anniversary Celebration (Oct 3)
5) Rally for Wild Salmon (OCt 3)
6) Finance, Crisis, Unemployment, and the Left Alternatives (Oct 4)
7) The Future Of Neoliberalism Symposium (SFU Burnaby, Oct 5)
8) SFU Sustainable Action Plan Dinner (SFU Burnaby, Oct 7)
9) Ancient Forest Slideshow (Abbotsford, Oct 8)
10) H2Oil: Film Premiere and Panel at VIFF (Oct 12)
11) JOB POSTING: Programming Coordinator, CJSF Radio (deadline Oct 13)
12) Chinese Railroad Workers Foundation: Seeking Interviewees
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Protest 60 years of Chinese Government Oppression
Date: Thurs Oct 1, 2009
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Location: Chinese Consulate, 3380 Granville Street (at 16^th Ave),
Vancouver
On October 1, Tibetans and Uyghurs worldwide will mourn and protest the
60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Oct 1, 1949 marks the tipping point after which Tibet and East Turkistan
(referred to by the PRC as Xinjiang) were invaded, religion suppressed, and
Chinese Government imposed processes aimed at cultural genocide began.
Throughout 2008 and 2009 Tibetans and Uyghurs within their countries
rose up in protest against the oppressive policies and practices of the Chinese
Government. The Chinese Government responded with brutality and violence.
Thousands were detained, hundreds killed, and many are still missing.
Uyghurs and Tibetans in Vancouver will gather at the Chinese Consulate to
protest the ongoing occupation and oppression of their countries by the
Chinese Government. They protest in solidarity with all people suffering
under the repressive rule of the Chinese Government, and with Uyghurs,
Tibetans, and other peace-loving people worldwide who will be making their
voices heard on October 1.
Please join to show your support and solidarity.
Uyghur Canadian Society: http://www.uyghurcanadiansociety.org
Canada Tibet Committee: http://www.tibet.ca
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Public Forum:
Paying More and Getting Less: the private clinics' threat to medicare
The BC Health Coalition is hosting a free public event with
special guests from the US-based Physicians for a National Health
Program, Canadian Doctors for Medicare, and the Canadian Health Coalition.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
6:30pm
Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia
Alice MacKay Room
Learn what the current lawsuit launched by private clinics in B.C. means for public health care, US health insurance companies, and Canada's single payer system - and how you can get involved to protect medicare for all of us!
For more information: 604-681-7945 or http://www.bchealthcoalition.ca
To view the Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127994652905
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Never Forget: Mexico, October 2, 1968 and the Social Movements of the 60s
Friday, October 2, 7:00pm
Free
Rhizome Café, 317 E Broadway (at Kingsway), Vancouver
Building Bridges and New Noise present an evening to remember the October 2, 1968 massacre in Tlatelolco, Mexico; the wave of social movements in 1960s; and to talk about current times.
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Rhizome's Third Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, October 3, 7:00pm to midnight
Rhizome Café, 317 E Broadway (at Kingsway), Vancouver
$1-$100 sliding scale, all helps Rhizome keep on going.
Join us for an evening of celebration including: tasty things to eat; Coast Salish welcome by Kat Norris; the world premiere performance of the Rhizome Café Bottle Orchestra; 60-second performances by Rhizome community members; presentation of the Third Annual Golden Root Awards; dancing to the tunes of DJ Su Comandante; bidding on our silent auction; an opportunity to socialize with friends, neighbours and co-conspirators; and more. Please come to our party so we can thank you! You've helped us create a community hub that supports social justice work and connects us all with each other.
http://www.rhizomecafe.ca
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Rally for Wild Salmon
The Wild Salmon Circle is a citizen action group recently formed to build a large-scale public movement to save wild salmon and remove salmon farms from Canadian waters. The rally will feature music, information, and speakers including Alexandra Morton, Chief Bob Chamberlin, and representatives of the wilderness tourism, commercial, and sports fisheries.
Saturday, Oct. 3 @ 1pm –
Vancouver Art Gallery (Georgia St. side between Howe and Hornby)
Bring your family, art, music, salmon stories, pots n’ pans. We’ll provide speakers with real solutions & entertainment for all ages!
Wild Salmon are in crisis. We need to get sea lice and disease breeding salmon farms out of ancient migratory routes and off our coast permanently.
-Join the Wild Salmon Circle – citizens concerned with the state of wild salmon -www.wildsalmoncircle.com
-Don’t Buy Farmed Salmon – tell your shops & restaurants to stop carrying it or you will not purchase their goods.
-Sign the petition – 18,000 people already signed it at: http://www.adopt-a-fry.org
-Write Prime Minister Harper – 80 Wellington St., Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A2;pm at pm.gc.ca; fax: 613-941-6900.
-Also, write Fisheries Minister Shea – Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Parliament Buildings, Wellington St., Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6; Min at dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Presented by the Wild Salmon Circle
http://www.wildsalmoncircle.com
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The End of Neoliberalism? Finance, Crisis, Unemployment, and the Left Alternatives
with Alfredo Saad-Filho
Sunday Oct. 4, 3.00 pm.
SFU Harbour Centre, 550 W. Hastings, Vancouver.
Alfredo Saad Filho is Professor of Political Economy and Head of
Department of Development Studies at SOAS, University of London. He
has published widely on Marxian political economy, neoliberalism,
industrial policy and the political economy of Latin America. His
recent books include:
-Marx's Capital (with Ben Fine, 5th edition)
-Anti-Capitalism: A Marxist Introduction
-Neoliberalism: A Critical Introduction
-The Value of Marx: Political Economy for Contemporary Capitalism
Sponsored by Vancouver Socialist Forum. For info: [604-255-5957],
http://vansocialist.wordpress.com/
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The Future Of Neoliberalism Symposium
Monday October 5th
Room 126 of the Halpern Centre,
SFU Burnaby.
Symposium presented by The Centre for Global Political Economy and the
Centre for Labour Studies
The program includes:
10.30am - 12.30pm:
Prof. Jamie Peck (Geography/UBC)
'Postneoliberalism and its Malcontents'
12.30pm - 1.30pm: Coffee
1.30pm - 3.30pm:
Prof. Alfredo Saad-Filho (SOAS/University of London)
'The End of Neoliberalism? Finance, Crisis,
Unemployment, and the Left Alternatives'.
The symposium is free and open to all but spaces
are limited. Pre-registration is recommended.
Please contact Dr Alison Ayers (ajayers at sfu.ca) to register.
Thanks to the Departments of Geography, Political Science and Sociology and Anthropology, as well as the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, for
generous financial support for this event.
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Sustainable Action Plan Dinner
Where: Graduate Student’s Society Common room (in MBC)
When: Wednesday, October 7 at 5:30 pm
Sustainable SFU would like to invite students/ student groups to help shape a Sustainable Action Plan for SFU. There is action being made to help create a more sustainable atmosphere for SFU campuses. If we work to make strong partnerships between interested parties, we can become more effective and hopefully make sure that our actions each semester are carried into the next. Actions that we will be discussing are composting, a water bottleless campus and student and cross-group engagement. Please join us for food and good company, as always, your ideas on actions are more than welcome.
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Ancient Forest Slideshow
Save BC’s South Coast Old-Growth Forests and Forestry Jobs
Thursday, October 8, 2009
7:00-8:30 pm
Building F (University House), University of the Fraser Valley, 33844 King Rd., Abbotsford, BC
By donation
Join Wilderness Committee campaigner (and long-time Abbotsford resident) Tara Sawatsky for a spectacular slideshow about the ecology and politics of our coastal forests, featuring new images of the wildlife and old-growth forests on Vancouver Island, and what citizens can do to protect the last South Coast old-growth forests and forestry jobs in BC.
More info contact the Wilderness Committee at 250-388-9292 or wc2vic at island.net
Websites: http://www.wcwcvictoria.org or http://www.viforest.org
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H2Oil: Film Premiere and Panel at VIFF
Water and Oil Don’t Mix!
Monday, October 12th 1:15pm
(Panel to begin after the film)
Vancity Theatre
1181 Seymour St
H2Oil, a challenge to the unregulated development of Alberta’s oil sands, will have its West Coast premiere on Sunday, October 11th and Monday October 12th as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival’s The Way of Nature section.
THE FILM:
Thanks to Alberta’s Athabasca oil sands, Canada is now the biggest oil supplier to the United States. A controversial billion-dollar industry is heavily invested in extracting crude from the tar sands through a process so toxic it has become an international cause for concern. Four barrels of glacier-fed spring water are used to process each barrel of oil. The water is then dumped, laden with carcinogens, into leaky tailings ponds so huge they can be seen from space. Downstream, the people of Fort Chipewyan are already paying the price for what will be one of the largest industrial projects in history. When a local doctor raises the alarm about clusters of rare cancers, evidence mounts for industry and government cover-ups. In a time when wars are fought over oil and a crisis looms over access to clean fresh water, which resource is more precious? And what price are we willing to pay?
THE PANEL:
The film will be followed by a panel discussion where the audience will hear from people directly involved in community level resistance to tar sands projects as well as learn what the public can do to support these communities and hold governments and the industry responsible. We are honored to have two speakers from downstream communities (Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations) as well as from Wet’suwet’en territories in northern BC along a tar sands pipeline route. Local organizers will also be highlighting the links between the Olympics and tar sands industries.
Shannon Walsh the director of documentary H2Oil.
The event is organized, supported and endorsed by the Council of Canadians, Indigenous Environmental Network, Loaded Pictures, No One Is Illegal - Vancouver, OilSandsTruth.org, Rainforest Action Network, Western Canada Wilderness Committee, W2 Community Media Arts.
For more information please email: hgrewal at canadians.org or call: 604 340 2455
OTHER SCREENING TIME:
H2Oil is also screening on October 11th followed by a short Q&A.
Sunday, October 11th 6:30pm Empire Granville 7
Please visit http://www.viff.org for more details.
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JOB POSTING:
Programming Coordinator
CJSF 90.1FM Radio
Location: SFU, Burnaby, BC
Description:
CJSF is a campus/community radio station broadcasting on 90.1 FM and located at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC. CJSF is volunteer-run, non-profit station that provides music, public affairs, informational and cultural programming on issues and viewpoints which are under-represented in mainstream media. CJSF serves both the SFU campus and the surrounding off-campus community. The station broadcasts on 90.1 FM and on 93.9 cable FM to the Greater Vancouver area and on the internet from our website at www.cjsf.ca.
The Programming Coordinator is responsible for all aspects of on-air programming. S/He works closely with other staff and volunteers and the Programming Committee to fulfill this objective. The Programming Coordinator acts as a resource for volunteers by offering training and support in producing content along with related departmental activities. The coordinator facilitates station goals and ensures access to the necessary tools to accomplish these goals. The Programming Coordinator is one of four paid staff, and is a member of the executive committee, which meets bi-weekly, to coordinate the day-to-day operations of the station.
Programming at CJSF covers various under-represented issues and communities, including but not limited to: under-represented and misrepresented musical genres/cultures, independent music, arts and culture, environmental, Queer, First Nations, local and global human rights and social justice, ethnic and third language programming. The format includes non-DJ mixing, DJ mixing, news, interviews, panels, documentaries, readings, live performances, outdoor broadcasts and other creative initiatives.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Recruit, coordinate and motivate volunteers interested and/or involved in on-air programming
- Coordinate the Programming Committee, which includes reviewing new program proposals, allocation of timeslots, current program reviews and long term programming visioning
- Discuss programming concerns with programmers
- In conjunction with the programming committee, ensure CJSF's programming adheres to the station's mandate and CRTC regulations
- Monitor programs and Program Logs
- Provide formal and informal training and support to volunteers including: technical, interview techniques, research, producing a show, how to write for radio, etc.
- Coordinate work study employees and other temporary positions involved in the department
- Devise and execute recruitment strategies to ensure diverse representation in programming, including the regular advertising of CJSF's programming needs
- Maintain resources for programmers, information boxes, magazines, info boards, etc
- Create and maintain relationships with other on- and off-campus organizations
- Support and plan special programming events in conjunction with the programming committee and the Spoken Word Coordinator
- Coordinate and assist with other station activities and events as needed in conjunction with the executive committee and various sub-committees
Qualifications:
- Commitment to non-commercial, independent media
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and motivational skills
- Well organized with a collaborative working style
- Ability to work well in a busy, volunteer atmosphere
- Self motivated, flexible
- Listening skills, tact, conflict resolution skills,
- Computer and basic radio/audio production skills
- Experience with community organizations and independent media, especially campus/community radio
- Proven ability to share acquired knowledge and skills to a diverse range of people
- Experience coordinating volunteers
Hours: 28 hours/week
Wage: $1875/month plus benefits
Please send resume with cover letter to:
Hiring Committee
CJSF Radio, TC 216, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Fax: 778-782.3695
Email: cjsfmgr at sfu.ca - Attn: Programming Coordinator Hiring
Deadline to receive applications: Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 4pm
Late applications will not be accepted.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
CJSF is an equal opportunity employer. CJSF encourages applications from individuals from traditionally disadvantaged groups including, but not limited to First Nations, women, queer people, persons of colour, and people with disabilities.
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Chinese Railroad Workers Foundation: Seeking Interviewees
The Chinese Railroad Workers Foundation (CRWF) is engaged in a project that involves interviewing either actual surviving railroad workers, or their descendants who heard stories from them about their railroad days and more.
If you are interested in participating in the interviews or recommending a family member for interview, please email Karen Sun, Executive Director of the Chinese Canadian National Council's Toronto Chapter. Karen is helping the CRWF to locate interview subjects across Canada. Karen can be reached at karen at ccnctoronto.ca
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