[van-announce] Olympic Critics Speaking at Green College UBC (Sept. 14 - Dec. 7)

[alissa w]

Van-announce - is it possible to replace the just sent earlier version of the call-out with this one?  if so, thanks much (just don't include this part).  ;) 
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"THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN MYTH AND REALITY"
 
FREE speakers series of Olympic critics and organisers ongoing most Mondays, 5pm, from Sept. 14 - Dec. 7. Hosted by UBC's Green College.  * First speaker (Monday Sept. 14, 5pm) is Prof. Helen Lenskyj, researcher and author of many books on the Olympics industry and popular resistance.

The speakers begin at 5pm with time for questions (FREE, open to all, no reservations). Optional dinner with speaker at Green College starts at 6:30pm ($12 for students and $16 for non-students; reserve a spot by noon Sundays at 604-822-0912).  Located in the Green College Coach House at 6201 Cecil Green Park Road (north of NW Marine Drive).   MAP at www.maps.ubc.ca/?412

1. Monday, Sept. 14: 
"Challenging Olympic industry power and propaganda.” Prof. Helen Lenskjy (Univ. of Toronto). Prof. Lenskyj is an expert on the Olympics and the author of three books on the impact of the Olympic Games.

2. Monday, Sept. 28:
“The IOC, Olympic dreams, and the media.” Laura Robinson. Robinson is a freelance journalist and writer working out of Toronto.

3. Monday, Oct. 5:
"The hidden 4th pillar of the Olympic Games: privatized profit, socialized debt.” Prof. Chris Shaw (UBC). Prof. Shaw is the author of ‘Five Ring Circus: Myths and Realities of the Olympic Games,' a long time Games critic, and a member of the Olympic Resistance Network.

4. Monday, Oct. 19:
“Olympics on unceded Indigenous land.”  Speakers to be confirmed.

5. Monday, Oct.26:
"How the Olympics impact the poor and homeless." Laura Track. Track is a lawyer with Pivot Legal Society specializing in housing issues.

6. Monday, Nov. 2: 
"Olympic security and civil liberties: A lasting legacy." David Eby. Eby is the Acting Executive Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association.

7. Monday, Nov. 16:
"The myth of the Green Games."  Harjap Grewal and Dustin Johnson.  Grewal is a member of No One is Illegal, the Olympic Resistance Network, and the Council of Canadians.  Johnson is an Indigenous activist.

8. Monday, Nov. 30:
"Understanding the Olympics as part of corporate culture.” Garth Mullins. Mullins is a Vancouver-based social justice activist and member of the Olympic Resistance Network.

9. Dec. 7:
“IOC Corruption: Would you take these people home to meet your loved ones?" Andrew Jennings. Mr. Jennings is the author of three books on the IOC.

 
contact:  alissawt(at)shaw.ca
www.greencollege.ubc.ca 
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