[van-announce] Community Events Digest

Fri Nov 19 18:06:49 PST 2010

COMMUNITY EVENTS DIGEST 

== Social justice events happening on and off campus == 

*** Events at SFU Burnaby *** 
1) Growing Food in the City: Meet Your Maker (Nov 23) 
2) December 6th Memorial Event (Dec 6) 

***Events Off The Hill*** 

3) Howard Zinn's 'Marx in Soho' performed by Brian Jones (Nov 20) 
4) Transgender Day Of Remembrance (Nov 20) 
5) Protest The Afghanistan Troop Extension: Shame On The Conservatives And Liberals! (Nov 20) 
6) Weekly Noise Demos: Release Detained Tamil Refugees: Let Them Free, Let Them Stay! (Nov 21) 
7) EARTH ART: Participate in a public art exhibit large enough to be seen from space (Nov 21) 
8) Free Palestine, Free Afghanistan, Free Speech (Nov 22) 
9) Breaking The Silence: Abdelrazik On Western Canada Speaking Tour (Nov 23) 
10) A Story to Tell and a Place for the Telling (Nov 23) 
11) The SFU Visual Art Student Union Presents A Panel Discussion: Framing Cultural Capital (Nov 24) 
12) A Quiz Night for Subversive Types (Nov 25) 
13) Book Signing & Presentation with Gabor Gasztonyi (Nov 26) 
14) Ghana Girl Child Education Fundraiser: Empowering by Education (Nov 27) 
15) 3 Months Too Long: Free Detained Tamil Refugees! Let them Stay! Scrap Bill C49! (Nov 27) 
16) Interfaith Institute: For Justice, Peace and Social Movements, Giving…Giving Back (Nov 30) 
17) Film Screening: You Don't Like the Truth: 4 days inside Guantánamo (Nov 30) 
18) Writing Other Histories: A Book Launch of Radical Re-Readings in History, Culture and Media (Dec 2) 
19) thrilLITERATE (Dec 3) 
20) Crafts for a Cause: A Craft Fair to Support Social Justice Struggles (Dec 4) 
21) Herstory Café Book Club and Discussion Group (Dec 7) 
22) An Evening With Richard Wilkinson: The Age Of Unequals (Dec 13) 

***Other Announcements*** 

23) New Art/Media Contest: Web-based Materials on War Tax Resistance 
24) Interdisciplinary Student Designed Cohort: An Experiential Learning Pilot Project 
25) Earth Day Canada Launches Award and Recognition Programs 

***Job Postings*** 

26) Out On Screen is hiring 
27) Education Associate, Red Cross RespectED Progrm: Violence and Abuse Prevention 
28) National Initiative for Care for the Elderly Regional Coordinator- Vancouver 

**compiled by SFPIRG, SFU's student-based social justice resource centre. http://www.sfpirg.ca . To have your event included in the next digest, send a text-based email announcement to sfpirg (at) sfu.ca. ** 

*** Events at SFU Burnaby *** 

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GROWING FOOD IN THE CITY: MEET YOUR MAKER 

SFU Local Food Project presents 

A speaker series and dialogue with local leaders in urban agriculture 

Tuesday November 23, 6:00 - 9:00pm 

SFU Burnaby Campus | Blusson Hall Room 10011 

(Across from the upper bus loop) 

RSVP at: http://growingfoodinthecity.eventbrite.com/ 

Doors open at 6:00pm 

Join us on Nov 23rd and meet your maker! This speaker series and dialogue will showcase various community based projects and local leaders in the region that are working to build food security in the urban context. Come and meet local change makers, urban farmers and food activists, learn about some exciting initiatives happening in your backyard, and how you can get involved. 

Featuring a fantastic panel of local speakers: 

Doris Chow, SOLEFood Urban Farm 

Arzeena Hamir, Richmond Food Security Society 

Cyss Wyss, Urban Aboriginal Kitchen Garden Project 

Tegan Adams, UBC Orchard Garden Project 

Topics include: 

Urban agriculture and food security in the Downtown Eastside 

Reducing campus food miles and greenhouse gas emissions 

Building community food security in Richmond 

Indigenous food sovereignty 

Organic farming and fair labor 

Speaker bios www.sfulocalfood.ca 

Light refreshments and beverages will be served from Nature’s Garden Organic Deli. Bring your own mug to reduce waste! 

Seating is limited, so please reserve your space by registering now . We are expecting this event to fill up quickly, so please reserve early. 

Admission by donation. Donations will be accepted at the door to help us cover the costs of producing the event! Pay what you can sliding scale (suggested donation $5). No one turned away due to lack of funds. 

RSVP at: http://growingfoodinthecity.eventbrite.com/ 

The Growing Food in the City speaker series is part of the Urban Agricultural Skills Training Program, generously funded by Vancity. 

For more information, please visit us on the web at www.sfulocalfood.ca or contact us at info at sfulocalfood.ca . 

This is a wheelchair accessible venue. 

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DECEMBER 6TH MEMORIAL EVENT 

December 6 th , 1pm-2 pm 
Convocation Mall, SFU Burnaby 

There will be a Candlelight Vigil followed by tea in the Women’s Centre Lounge TC3013 

Join the SFU Women’s Centre on December 6th to not only remember the 14 women killed in Montreal on December 6th, 1989, but to also remember all women affected by violence. 
Join us in remembering and raising awareness about the issue of violence against women- a societal issue that affects women, men and children. 

Join us-all genders and allies welcome. 

Volunteers are needed to help with the following: 

*postering and handing out post cards advertising the vigil in the next couple of weeks 
* helping to design the memorial banner (as well as helping to repair the old one) 
* forwarding the attached poster to friends (guy friends too)and other students 
* attending the vigil and holding a candle for the duration of the vigil (only one hour) 
*helping with set up the day of the vigil 
*helping with the tea post vigil 
* as well as any other help necessary. 

For more information, and to volunteer/ support this event: email to: womenctr at sfss.ca telephone: 778.782.3670 

***Events Off The Hill*** 

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HOWARD ZINN'S 'MARX IN SOHO' PERFORMED BY BRIAN JONES 

Saturday, November 20, 7:00p.m 

Historic Theatre, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 1895 Venables Street (at Victoria Drive) 

Ticket Prices: $25 (general) / $20 (students & seniors) 

1 night only! Part of an evening in celebration of the life and work of Howard Zinn with remarks by special guest David Barsamian. 

All proceeds to benefit People's Co-op Bookstore, B.C.'s oldest independent bookstore, at 1391 Commercial Drive, celebrating its 65th anniversary this year! 

More Information: 

Brian Jones , an African American actor and activist, has been performing this engaging one-man show across the country since 1999. Marx in Soho is a brilliant introduction to Marx's life, his analysis of society, and his passion for radical change. 

David Barsamian is a radio broadcaster, writer and the founder and director of Alternatives Radio, a syndicated weekly talk program heard on some 125 radio stations in various countries. He also lectures widely on U.S. foreign policy, corporate control, the media and propaganda. His many published books include collections of interviews with Noam Chomsky, Edward Said and Howard Zinn. 

For tickets, call The Cultch Box Office 604-251-1363 or purchase online at http://tickets.thecultch.com 

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TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 

Saturday, November 20 th , 2010. 

Carnegie Community Center – 401 Main St. 5:30pm/6pm 

March at 6m to SFU Harbour Center Campus – 515 W. Hastings (Room 1800) 

This is a call out for those who may be interested in helping plan the 2010 Vancouver Transgender Day Of Remembrance. 

(Vancouver TDOR) 

See below for important networking locations 

Planning committee group 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Vantdor 

Facebook group 

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112582138799998 

Main Transgender DOR website (international locations, names & media info) 

http://www.transgenderdor.org/ 

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PROTEST THE AFGHANISTAN TROOP EXTENSION: SHAME ON THE CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS! 

Saturday, November 20, 1pm to 3pm 
Outside Liberal MP Hedy Fry's office at Denman Place Mall (Denman & Nelson St in the West End) 

Under the rhetorical cover of a 'training mission', the Canadian government as once again extended Canada's role in the military occupation of Afghanistan beyond 2011, announcing that close to 1,000 troops will remain until at least 2014. This despite the fact that all polls have shown a clear majority of Canadians against any further extensions of the war. The Liberal "opposition" led by Michael Ignatieff allowed this extension to go ahead without so much as a vote in Parliament. 

Join us in having a presence outside Liberal MP Hedy's Fry Constituency office. We will also be doing a mass leafleting to spread the word about the Monday, Nov. 22 forum featuring George Galloway ( http://georgegallowayinvancity.blogspot.com/ ). 

The Nov. 20 action in Vancouver is in solidarity with a protest outside Stephen Harper's office in Ottawa, as well as actions in Toronto and other cities. The Canadian Peace Alliance also is encouraging you to contact politicians from all parties over the next two days. See details below. 

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WEEKLY NOISE DEMOS: RELEASE DETAINED TAMIL REFUGEES: LET THEM FREE, LET THEM STAY! 

Sunday Nov 21 at 1:30pm 
Shuttles Leaving Edmonds station starting at 12:45 until 1:15 
LOCATION: 7900 Fraser Park Dr, Burnaby. Burnaby Youth Custody Services 
Centre where mothers and children who arrived aboard MV Sun Sea are being detained. 
If you can, please make a small donation so we can continue to rent the equipment needed to make this happen! 

http://noii-van.resist.ca/ 

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**************************************************************************** EARTH ART: Participate in a public art exhibit large enough to be seen from space 

Sunday, November 21, 2010, 9:30am - 11:30am 

Come and participate 

David Lam Park, Vancouver 

The Vancouver Public Space Network (VPSN), is partnering with 350.org to take public art to a whole new (atmospheric) level. For the first time in history Vancouver will be taking a place in a global art exhibit to show how climate change is affecting the planet and demonstrate public support for creative solutions to climate change. 

People in Cairo, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Reykjavik, Bejing, Mumbai and 14 other cities will gather to create massive public art installations on the eve of the United Nations climate meetings in Cancun, Mexico where delegates will be working to create an international climate treaty. Every site will create large, unique formations that will be captured on camera by air and by satellite. 

This event is free and open to all - to sign up please visit: http://www.vancouverpublicspace.ca . 

** Please plan to join us at David Lam Park promptly at 9:30am and plan to stay until 11:30am. Because we don't control the satellite, folks MUST show up on time and stay until 11am to ensure the image will be ready to be shot by the time the satellite passes overhead. 

3 THINGS YOU NEED TO HAVE FUN AT EARTH ART 

1. An umbrella! This is KEY to the art piece -- plus, it’s worth noting that it is November and it’s liable to be cool and wet. Please check the weather forecast before coming out and dress appropriately. 
2. Green! If your umbrella isn't already green, grab anything green (a jacket, a blanket, etc) that can be used to drape over your umbrella. 
3. Friends! The more the people, the bigger and brighter the image. 

More info and to sign up: vancouverpublicspace.ca 

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FREE PALESTINE, FREE AFGHANISTAN, FREE SPEECH 

Monday, November 22, 7:30p.m. (Doors at 6.30.m.) 

St Andrews Wesley United Church (Corner of Burrard & Nelson Street, Vancouver) 

Tickets: $15 / unwaged or low-income $10 

Tickets are available at: People's Coop Bookstore (1391 Commercial Dr.), UBC: at the Outpost in Student Union Building, Surrey: at the Al-Iman grocery story (10700 King Edward), New West: BC Market (930 12th St.) You can also reserve your ticket online at: http://georgegallowayinvancity.blogspot.com/ 

Organized locally by StopWar.ca Coalition. Co-sponsored by the Seriously Free Speech Committee and UBC-Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights. 

National tour sponsors: Canadian Peace Alliance, Canadian Boat to Gaza, Canadian Arab Federation, Independent Jewish Voices, Defend Free Speech Campaign. 

Background Information: 

Eighteen months ago, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney blocked then-British MP George Galloway from Canada, labeling him a terror supporter and a national security risk. At the time, Galloway was scheduled to appear in four Canadian cities on a speaking tour called “Resisting War: from Gaza to Afghanistan.” 

Galloway and his supporters protested, saying the move was a crass political attempt to silence criticism of Canadian foreign policy on Afghanistan and Palestine. Weeks before the ban, Galloway had led a humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza as part of an international campaign to break Israel’s illegal blockade. This October, Galloway and the Viva Palestina movement once again successful delivered aid to Gaza in defiance of Israel’s siege. 

Galloway and his supporters were vindicated Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley issued his 60-page decision on the matter. (Read more here: http://www.rabble.ca/news/2010/09/what-galloway-court-decision-means-free-speech-canada ). 

For more information, contact stopwar at resist.ca or call 604.737.1299. 

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BREAKING THE SILENCE (Part Two): ABDELRAZIK ON WESTERN CANADA SPEAKING TOUR 

Tuesday, 23 November, 6pm 

Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph Street, Vancouver 

(South of Powell Street, west of Victoria Drive; Bus #20, 10 or 16) 

Sponsored by: BC Federation of Labour; Canadian Labour Congress (Pacific Region); RAGA Center for Race Autobiography Gender and Age (UBC); Interfaith Summer Institute for Justice, Peace and Social Movements (SFU); No One Is Illegal-Vancouver; Vancouver District Labour Council (VDLC). 

More info: noii-van at resist.ca 

It is now over sixteen months since Mr. Abdelrazik returned to Canada after six years of exile - which included two years of arbitrary and abusive detention and a further year trapped within the Canadian consulate in Khartoum. As Federal Court judge Russell Zinn concluded, Mr. Abdelrazik's initial detention probably took place at the request of CSIS, Canada's spy agency. 

Mr. Abdelrazik's life remains in limbo. Not only have Canadian officials failed to take responsibility for the central role they played in his wrongful imprisonment, torture and exile in Sudan, they have failed to take steps within their power to free him from the sanctions imposed on him when his name was arbitrarily placed on the UN Security Council’s notoriously unjust "1267 list". Under these sanctions, Mr. Abdelrazik has been subject to the harsh effects of a travel ban and complete asset freeze for more than four years now. This means that in Canada it is illegal for anyone to provide him with any financial aid - including a gift, a loan, or a salary. 

Project Fly Home is embarking on a new speaking tour with Mr. Abdelrazik, which will bring him to five western cities, including Stephen Harper's home town of Calgary. On this speaking tour, Project Fly Home will be seeking the support of others to put pressure on the government to immediately lift the sanctions on Mr. Abdelrazik, to ask all security 

council members to support delisting Mr. Abdelrazik, and to withdraw from the unjust and unconstitutional 1267 sanctions regime. 

Come out to the event in your city to hear Mr. Abdelrazik's account first-hand and to learn more about the "1267 list" and why you should be concerned. 

For more information: www.peoplescommission.org/en/abdelrazik or 

projectflyhome at gmail.com 

The tour is organized by Project Fly Home and is sponsored by: 

Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) 

Candian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Saskatchewan 

Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) 

Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) 

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A STORY TO TELL AND A PLACE FOR THE TELLING 

Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 7pm to 9pm 
The Downtown branch of the Vancouver Public Library (Alice MacKay Room) 
Free public event 

A Story to Tell and a Place for the Telling is a speaker series organized by the Canadian Red Cross and hosted by the Vancouver Public Library. Since 2003, this series has given voice to refugees and migrants, tacking subjects such as racism, human trafficking and protections. 
Under the umbrella of contemporary refugee issues, this year we are excited to focus our introductory event on LGBT refugees and we welcome those within the community (refugees) to share their personal stories and insight, as well as academics, and people of expertise working within the refugee or LGBT community. Through events such as this, the Humanitarian Issues Program aims to help the general public better understand global humanitarian issues and the different realities faced by people throughout the world. 

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THE SFU VISUAL ART STUDENT UNION PRESENTS A PANEL DISCUSSION: FRAMING CULTURAL CAPITAL 

An informative dialogue on the corporate university and the ethics of community engagement 

Wednesday November 24, 7pm 
World Art Studio, Room 2555, SFU Woodward's 
149 W Hastings St, Vancouver 

The Canadian mining corporation Goldcorp recently announced a donation of $10 million to SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts at its new Woodward’s location. According to the university’s press release, $5million will go towards the capital costs of the facilities, while the 
other $5 million will be placed in an endowment to support programs aimed at community engagement in the Downtown Eastside. Furthermore, in acknowledgment of the gift, the university’s new arts complex at Woodward’s has been renamed the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. 

Given Goldcorp’s controversial mining operations in several Latin American countries, the donation has triggered significant concern among students and the Downtown Eastside community. Acknowledging our responsibilities as cultural producers and our dialectical relationship with the physical and social contexts in which we work and study, the SFU Visual Art Student Union has organized a panel discussion addressing the corporatization of universities, the ongoing gentrification pressures in the Downtown Eastside, and the ethics of artistic practices involving community engagement. 

Speakers: 
Participants: Ian Angus (SFU Department of Humanities) 
Jeff Derksen (SFU Department of English) 
Alexandra Henao (SFU Against Goldcorp and Gentrification) 
Cecily Nicholson (Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre) 
Irwin Oostindie (W2 Community Media Arts Society) 
Jayce Salloum (Vancouver-based visual artist). 

For more information visit www.611forum.com or contact the SFU Visual 
Art Student Union at vasu.sfu at gmail.com . 

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A QUIZ NIGHT FOR SUBVERSIVE TYPES 

Thursday, November 25, 7:00pm 

Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver 

$5-25 suggested donation, but no one turned away for lack of funds 

Grab your friends and show off your team’s razor sharp intellect and knowledge of radical politics and culture (or ability to store trivial, useless information.) Win prizes! This is a fundraiser for the musical play Yippies in Love , about a key moment in Vancouver's counter-culture history, written by Bob Sarti and produced by Theatre In The Raw. 

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BOOK SIGNING & PRESENTATION WITH GABOR GASZTONYI 

Friday, November 26, 2010 , 7:30 pm 
People’s Co-op Bookstore, 1391 Commercial Drive, Ample free parking in the area 

Anvil Press is pleased to invite you to a discussion and slide presentation for the book “A Room In the City”, the photographs of Gabor Gasztonyi. A Room In the City features over 150 intimate photographs of the residents of five Downtown Eastside Vancouver hotels, with an introduction by Gabor Maté. 

A room in the city 160 pages • 11 x 7 Hardcover • $40. 
Copies also available online www.anvilpress.com 

For more Information: info at anvilpress.com 

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GHANA GIRL CHILD EDUCATION FUNDRAISER: EMPOWERING BY EDUCATION 

Saturday, November 27, 2010 

The Centre for Integration of African Immigrants, 811 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster, B.C. 

Doors Open – 5:30 pm 
Dinner – 6:00 pm till 7:00 pm 
Speakers, Entertainment & Silent Auction – 7:00 pm till 10:00 pm 

Ticket price: Individual $65 Pair - $100 

Keynote Speaker: Senator Mobina Jaffer 

Born in Uganda, Senator Jaffer was educated in both England and Canada. She is a very active member of the community and supporter of a vast array of community-based organizations such as those concerned with Human Rights. 

Master of Ceremonies: Jacky Essombe 

A true ambassador of the African culture. Her passion for her culture inspired her to become a professional dancer, dance teacher, storyteller, trainer and speaker and a TV and radio show host. 

Guest Speaker: Dr. Clement Apaak 

The Founder of the Direct Assistance Network, a non-profit organization. Dr. Apaak has been an active supporter of many organizations during his years studying in Canada. He then felt an obligation to help improve and provide educational opportunities for girls in rural Ghana, Africa and thus the Girl Child Education Fund was created. 

Entertainment: Music & Song by Warren Dean 

He turns heads and melt’s hearts with his own brand of millennium soul. 

Percussionist Extrordinair: Yoro Noukoussi 

Yoro is a multi-instrumentalist, Singer Songwriter and Sound Engineer. He offers Music Education classes, recording, and talent coaching for the emerging music artist. 

Poet: Kevan Cameron (Scruffmouth) 

A renowned spoken-word poet using a foundation of hip-hop & reggae, he is tuff & serious, but also cute & cuddly like a black panther with an Afro. 

For tickets contact: Dr. Clement Apaak: 778-895-9242 or Sharon: 778-918-0130 

Sponsored by: Direct Assistance Network and the Charitable Tax Receipts can be issued. Multifaith action Society 

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3 MONTHS TOO LONG: FREE DETAINED TAMIL REFUGEES! LET THEM STAY! SCRAP BILL C49! 

Saturday November 27 th , 1:00 pm 

Vancouver Public Library (Corner of Georgia and Homer) 

Surviving a dangerous journey, 492 Tamil refugees, including women and children, arrived in BC after fleeing war and persecution in Sri Lanka. Three months later, the vast majority of the refugees remain in jails, facing endless hearings that have revealed the clear incompetency, deliberate negligence, and racism of the system. 

Join No One is Illegal in a rally and march to call for the immediate release of detained Tamil asylum seekers, and an end to racist and restrictive refugee policies, including the recently tabled Bill C-49. 

Canadian government officials and media outlets continue to perpetuate false and dehumanizing stereotypes of ‘illegals’, ‘terrorists’, and so-called queue-jumpers. This fear-mongering is just another tactic used to disguise the racist policies that define Canada’s immigration and refugee system. 

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Minister of Censorship and Deportation Jason Kenney, have recently introduced Bill C49 under the banner of combating “human smuggling” and deterring the arrival of future boats. 

Bill C49 would give the Minister the power to single out for special punishment refugees who are suspected of having fled their country by means of smugglers. These punishments are harsh and inhumane. Asylum seekers suspected of using a smuggler will be subject to mandatory detention for the first year after arrival, with no chance of review, including for children. They also will not have the right to appeal a negative refugee decision. In addition, they will be prohibited from obtaining permanent residency for a period of five years after obtaining refugee status. This means these refugees will be held in limbo, not be allowed to leave the country nor sponsor their family members, effectively separating them from their families for a period of time well beyond those five years. 

This is a shameful piece of legislation. Refugees are forced from their homes in emergency situations due to human rights abuses committed during wars, military occupations, or persecution against a minority group. We cannot expect refugees to wait for Canada to select them from overseas. We must understand that they undertake long and dangerous journeys to protect their lives and the lives of their families. According to the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees, to which Canada is a party, there are no penalties on refugees who arrive without pre-authorization and irregularly. 

No One is Illegal-Vancouver asserts the basic human right to safety, mobility, and protection. It is well known that Tamils in Sri Lanka are fleeing military atrocities and mass displacement. The only crime the migrants have committed is transgressing this imposed settler-colonial border. We encourage you to join us in rejecting repressive, racist, and exclusionary ideologies and policies, and instead encourage compassion, solidarity, respect for life, and justice for all refugees. 

Release Detained Asylum-Seekers! 

Justice, Freedom, and Status for All! 

Right to Stay, Freedom to Move, Right to Return! 

www.nooneisillegal.org 

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INTERFAITH INSTITUTE: FOR JUSTICE, PEACE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 

GIVING…GIVING BACK 

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010, 7 to 9 PM 

Sunset Community Centre, 6810 Main Street, Vancouver 

Free and No preregistration required 

An interfaith event to explore and share the meaning of gift and giving in different faith traditions. 

With panelists: 

· Hanane Korchi, Muslim 

· Rachel Lewis, Buddhist 

· Sister Victoria Marie, Christian 

· Rabbi David Mivasair, Jewish 

· Priti Shah, Hindu 

· Patricia Vickers, Ts’ymsen Nation 

The goal of this public forum is to provide an opportunity for interfaith exploration and analysis of gift and giving among those working for progressive social change. The panel will be followed by small group discussions and a report-back. 

Panelists have been invited not as “religious experts,” but because they are progressive people of faith whose traditions inform their work for social change. Panelists will respond to two questions on the subject of Gift and Giving: 

1. How are gift and giving understood in your tradition? (What is best and most life-giving in your tradition? What is problematic, difficult or contradictory in your tradition?) 

2. How does your tradition inform your own giving and your work for change/justice? 

Their offerings will be an example and a catalyst for conversation for the rest of us. Join us in this exciting evening of passion, commitment and analysis as we grapple with: 

gift economies, critique of charity, property and ownership, women’s alternative economies, maternal giving, non-paid labor and volunteerism, faith-motivated giving and capitalism, gift in an interfaith context monetary gifts and taxation, giving to political causes, economic disparity, redistribution of wealth and more 

This event is the first step in a larger process. Participants in the forum are invited to work with the collective as we take the next steps, which could include: a conference, scholarly analysis, workshops, actions, a publication. 

For more information go to www.interfaithjustpeace.org or e-mail loraldyk at hotmail.com 

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FILM SCREENING: YOU DON'T LIKE THE TRUTH: 4 DAYS INSIDE GUANTÁNAMO 

Tuesday November 30, 2010 | 7:00pm 

SFU Woodward's - 3rd Floor 

149 West Hasting Street (enter via Courtyard) 

Tickets: $10 

Buy tickets now: https://www.ticketturtle.com/index.php?show=18750 

DOXA is proud to launch our 2010/2011 Film Series Motion Pictures by introducing Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez’s powerful new documentary You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantánamo. 

Based on seven hours of recently declassified security camera footage from the Guantánamo prison, the film captures a series of interrogations of Omar Khadr by CSIS Agents. 

What is revealed, with painful intimacy, is the personal story of a child caught up in the larger forces of political action and the global war on terrorism. 

For more information: http://www.doxafestival.ca/news/film_series.html 

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WRITING OTHER HISTORIES: A BOOK LAUNCH OF RADICAL RE-READINGS IN HISTORY, CULTURE AND MEDIA 

Thursday, December 2, 7:00pm 

Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver 

Free 

Join us for a launch of books recently published by Simon Fraser University authors that critically engage and re-write/re-imagine “other histories” on the margins of different public spaces, whether in the city, the trans/nation, the university or in social and artistic movements. Authors include Lara Campbell, Zoë Druick, Helen Leung, Kirsten McAllister and Adrienne Burk. 

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thrilLITERATE 

Friday, December 3, 7:00pm 

Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver 

$5-20 sliding scale 

thrilLITERATE is an evening of poetry, storytelling, music and of recognizing literacy as a basic human right. Queer authors read to raise funds for the women's literacy program in the Downtown Eastside. Now in its second year, the event has raised $2,400 for the Literacy and Learning Program at WISH: a centre for female survival sex workers. Readers include: Terra Poirier, Shana Myara, Elizabeth Mariani, Hiromi Goto, Afuwa Granger, Elizabeth Bachinsky and Dave Deveau. 

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CRAFTS FOR A CAUSE: A CRAFT FAIR TO SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE STRUGGLES 

Saturday, December 4, 6:00-10:00pm 

Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver 

$2 suggested donation at the door, but no one turned away 

Come shop for holiday gifts while supporting migrant rights, youth empowerment, Indigenous autonomy and more! Peruse socially conscious crafts by local artists, and items created by local organizations to support their social justice work. With music by local performers, and food and drink available for purchase throughout the evening. 

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HERSTORY CAFÉ BOOK CLUB AND DISCUSSION GROUP 

Tuesday, December 7, 5:00-6:30 

Rhizome Café, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver 

Free 

Read Maria Mahoi of the Islands by Jean Barman, and join Herstory Café for a one-night-only book group! Maria Mahoi was born to a Hawaiian father and a First Nations mother. Living her entire life on the Gulf Islands from the 1850s to 1936, she was independent, proud of her heritage, and a true matriarch who left a strong legacy. 

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AN EVENING WITH RICHARD WILKINSON: THE AGE OF UNEQUALS 
Monday, December 13, 2010, 7-8:30pm 

Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, Room 3200, SFU Woodward’s, 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver (please enter via Cordova Street) 
Free 

This lecture is free; however, pre-registration is required. Click here to RSVP by December 8 

About Richard Wilkinson 

Richard Wilkinson’s work has shaped research on the social determinants of health for over thirty years. Recently, he co-authored the international best-seller The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better with Kate Pickett, a ground-breaking book that has transformed our views on the interactions between income inequality and health. Dr. Wilkinson co-founded the Equality Trust to further public education about inequality and its consequences, and why reducing income disparity benefits all members of society. 

Dr. Wilkinson has played a formative role in public awareness and policy development. He began his academic career at the London School of Economics where he studied economic history and then transitioned to the field of epidemiology. He currently is Emeritus Professor of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham, and an honorary professor at both the University College London and the University of York. He has written a dozen books and numerous research papers, and his work has been published in ten languages. 

Introduction: Clyde Hertzman, UBC School of Population and Public Health and Director of Human Early Learning Partnership 
Moderator: Mark Winston, Academic Director and Fellow, SFU Centre for Dialogue 

The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better will be available for sale and signing following the talk. 

Partners 
This is the first annual Bruce and Lis Welch Community Dialogue lecture, presented by the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University in partnership with: 
Mass LBP 
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office 
BC Poverty Reduction Coalition 
SFU Faculty of Health Sciences 
Public Health Association of BC 
Carnegie Community Action Project 

***Other Announcements*** 

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NEW ART/MEDIA CONTEST: WEB-BASED MATERIALS ON WAR TAX RESISTANCE 

Deadline for Submissions: January 31, 2011 

All web-based media are eligible, for example: visual art/poster, photographic slide show, video, music, written verse, or any combination of these. 

Conscience Canada is the organization that advocates for the right of Canadians to redirect the military portion of our federal income tax to peace making. Conscience Canada will create a web-based gallery of creative arts materials/communications using those entries that express the need for a ‘peace tax’ as an alternative to the current military tax. See the ‘reason for our existence’ at www.consciencecanada.ca. Prizes will be awarded for the most effective submissions, although all entries will be eligible for inclusion in the gallery. 

Spread the word! 

Eligibility Criteria and Submission Guidelines: Individuals and groups of all ages and backgrounds who are Canadian residents must submit original entries via email to: 

contest at consciencecanada.ca 

Please specify: 

a) The name of the individual or group; b) contact info (address, phone); c) title 

Three prizes: 

1st Prize = $400 

2nd Prize = $250 

3rd Prize = $100 

Winners will be announced by March 1. Questions? Contact Jan Slakov (250) 537-5251 

www.consciencecanada.ca 

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INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDENT DESIGNED COHORT: AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PILOT PROJECT 

Who Are You? 
• Want to get credit for work you do in the community? 
• Want to get involved in the community or expand yours at SFU? 
• Want to be part of a cohort to help workshop ideas and gain some practical experience? 
• Want to be part of an educational experiment on experiential learning at SFU directed by students for students? 
• Want to apply theory to a local context? 

We are looking for 10 students who answered “yes” to some or one of these questions. Ideally, we are looking for students who are open to experimentation and exploration of what the classroom could be -- students who are self directed but willing to contribute to a group. This is an experiment to bring together a group of students who are passionate about experiencing their education, value self-directed learning and want to try something new. This will be a course that brings together students from across the university to come together and re-imagine education at SFU. 

When: Spring 2011 Semester 

Who Are We? My name is Deanna Rogers and I am currently a student at SFU. I am working with a recent graduate, Jenn McRae, to grow the Experiential Learning culture at SFU. This project came from our personal experience in pursuing education that connected us with our passions. We are now working with the VP- Academic’s office and, specifically, within the Faculty of Environment and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. 

Why participate? 
• Be part of an educational culture shift at SFU. 
• Empowered to co-design and be responsible for your own learning experience. 
• Be part of a collaborative workshop environment to give and receive feedback on projects and ideas. 
• Get a chance to tell your story about your educational experience at SFU. 
• Have the space to reflect upon and ask ‘big’ questions about you and your education. 
• Have the opportunity to engage in creative ways and mediums with your assignments. 
• Practice in the art of facilitation and group process. 
• Simultaneously grow your professional and academic CVs 
• Gain academic credit toward your degree. 

Student Responsibilities – you must commit to: 
• Attending seminars and workshops once a week for the entire semester. 
• Enrolling in a Directed Studies/Readings course and finding a professor to supervise your work (we can help identify potential supervisors 
and have some professors willing to supervise you). 
• Developing learning outcomes for your individual portion of the course. 
• Generating guiding themes for the group seminar. 

Supervisor Responsibilities: 
• Assessment: give feedback on your student’s final project. 
• Provide guidance for the student as needed (much like a directed studies). 
• It is not necessary for you to attend the group seminar but you are welcome to do so if desired! 

Assessment: 
We will be using a portfolio method for assessment. This will allow students to demonstrate their learning through exploring their personal, professional and philosophical growth. It is a way to develop and display your work in methods beyond the course in a medium that is exciting and meaningful for you. Course grades will be assigned based on accepted University policy and will be assessed via collaboration between each student, their supervisor and myself (Deanna). 

What we would like from this process: We would like to document this process by collecting your personal stories about education and feedback on this experiment: what worked/what did not? We would like to share your stories to help the university community experience what this education could be. Part of the project will be working on storytelling and creative ways and mediums to dynamically communicate this information. 

Project Context: Some of the work that has been completed by this initiative already can be found on the Faculty Environment website at: http://www.fenv.sfu.ca/programs/el-courses/ 

Potential Faculty Support: 
John Bogardus of the Sociology and Anthropology Department has agreed to support this process by designating the Interdisciplinary Student Designed Cohort as a placement site for the 8-unit SA 498 Field Study (see attached). Completion of upper level courses in theory and methodology in certain departments -- e.g., the School of Communication, Geography, Political Science – may be deemed to be equivalent to the SA requirements for admission to SA 498. To explore your eligibility for enrollment in SA 498, please contact John at: bogardus at sfu.ca 

As mentioned before, this can be a directed study through each individual department and we have started a list of professors who will support this in different departments. 

Contact: Email: dcr1 at sfu.ca or Phone: 604 716 6795 for more information and next steps! 

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EARTH DAY CANADA LAUNCHES AWARD AND RECOGNITION PROGRAMS 

Earth Day Canada celebrates and supports environmental initiatives year-round through a suite of recognition programs and financial support, including scholarships, grants and cash awards programs. 

Help us celebrate and recognize these contributions by directly applying or promoting the programs to your volunteers, supporters and/or community network today! 

Toyota Earth Day Scholarship Program awards twenty $5 000 scholarships to graduating Canadian high school and CEGEP students entering their first year of post-secondary studies. Eligible students can apply now at www.earthday.ca/scholarship . The application deadline is January 31st, 2011 . 

Earth Day Canada Community Environment Fund provides financial grants of up to $20 000 to support local not-for-profit organizations, charities and schools in the development and delivery of environmental initiatives in Ontario. Please visit www.earthday.ca/envirofund for more information. The Spring Grant Period deadline is February 28th, 2011 . 

Hometown Heroes Award Program rewards environmental leaders (individuals and groups) who have fostered meaningful, long–term community awareness and action in their communities with a $10 000 prize. Nominate a hero today at www.earthday.ca/hometown The application deadline is February 28th, 2011 . 

***Job Postings*** 

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OUT ON SCREEN IS HIRING! 

Consider joining our team! We’re passionate about making a difference and our programs are having greater impact in our communities. We’re currently seeking the following two positions: 

1. Director of Operations & Volunteers, full-time starting January 5 

• Lead, nurture and empower our volunteers 

• Oversee the hiring of all part-time and contract staff, along with providing HR support 

• Manage all operational aspects of the organization, including the annual Queer Film Festival 

• Oversee the festival box office and front-of-house 

2. Special Events Producer, three days per week starting January 5 

· Produce all of our fundraising events, up to four per year 

· Produce the Queer Film Festival Galas and Receptions 

· Assist with other championed and third party events 

· Assist with other fundraising activities 

The deadline to apply for both is November 25 . Full details can be found at: http://www.outonscreen.com/content/Employment/571/51/0 

Please direct any questions to Kat Biondi, at employment at outonscreen.com . And do feel free to pass this posting along to your own contacts. 

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EDUCATION ASSOCIATE, RESPECTED: VIOLENCE AND ABUSE PREVENTION 

Province of British Columbia – Lower Mainland 

Permanent Full Time Position 

The RespectED Education Associate works in a team environment to plan, promote and coordinate RespectED programs in Lower Mainland schools and communities, with a focus on partnership development and program capacity-building. The position involves cultivating relationships within the school system and developing strong school-based partnerships. It includes promoting RespectED in the community, supporting program partners, and working collaboratively with organizations and communities on violence prevention initiatives. 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

· Manages the recruitment, training and support of RespectED Training Partners in collaboration with the BC RespectED team 

· Implements and maintains new customer service and support model 

· Develops strong links with decision-makers and other stakeholders involved in the BC education system 

· Supports the Provincial Manager in attaining accreditation for all RespectED programs within the BC Ministries 

· Promotes RespectED and delivery partner programs in the community 

· Networks with child advocacy groups, service providers, inter-agency committees, educational institutions, recreational associations and other community stakeholders 

· Coordinates workshop delivery to organizations, post-secondary institutions and other community groups 

· Delivers community presentations and workshops as required 

· Collaborates with the BC team to secure the financial resources needed for program sustainability and growth 

· Ensures that the standards and quality of the program are maintained 

· Performs records management functions 

· Produces written documents, reports and proposals in support of the program as required 

· Builds effective work teams and relationships both internally and externally which promote and foster the Society’s goals and objectives 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

· Minimum qualifications include Post Secondary degree in Education, Social Work, Psychology or a related field, and 3 to 6 years of related work experience or equivalent combination of education and experience 

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; fluency in two or more languages is an asset 

· Understanding of the BC education system and experience working with schools 

· Understanding of violence prevention and risk management issues facing schools and organizations (e.g. bullying prevention, child abuse/neglect prevention) 

· Experience in marketing and promotion 

· Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills 

· Strong planning and organizational skills 

· Experience and proficiency in delivering public presentations, workshops and/or training sessions 

· Knowledge of community development and engagement strategies 

· Experience working with diverse populations 

· Experience working with volunteers is an asset 

This position is subject to a successful criminal record check APPLICATIONS: Interested parties may submit their applications no later than November 29, 2010 to: 

The Canadian Red Cross Society 
Attn: Desiree Sattler 
3400 Lake City Way, Burnaby, BC V5A 4Y2 

Email: RespectED.bc at redcross.ca Fax: 604-709-6645 

While we appreciate all responses, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Please note that relocation funding is not available for this position. 

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NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR THE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY 

REGIONAL COORDINATOR- VANCOUVER 

Organization: National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE) 

Reports to: National Project Coordinator 

Position Summary: 
The Regional Coordinator will assist the National Project Coordinator to execute a two-year grant funded project in Vancouver that aims to improve the financial literacy of low-income older women. 

Duties & Responsibilities: 
The duties of the Regional Coordinator include, but are not limited to: 

· Organizing and facilitating workshops in Vancouver, and recruiting older adult participants 

· Assist the project coordinator to develop five regionally suitable pocket tools with older women 

· Coordinating all activities related to the project and its deliverables in Vancouver 

· Ensuring that the project budget is on track as per the national project coordinator’s budget instructions 

· Establish partnerships with community agencies in Vancouver 

Qualifications: 
The ideal candidate will have the following skills, qualifications and experience: 

· Post secondary education in relevant Social Science field 

· Strong leader with the proven ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of individuals as well as 

· work autonomously with minimal supervision 

· Experience working in the social service sector 

· Experience in managing government grants would be an asset but equivalences will be considered 

· Ability to lead workshops 

· Ability to recruit participants 

· Highly motivated, self-starter with excellent time management and prioritization skills including the 

· ability to multi-task effectively and work to deadline 

· Exceptional organizational skills including a high level of attention to detail 

· Superb interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills are essential 

· Strong computer skills, particularly in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) 

· Financial literacy knowledge would be a definite asset 

Please submit your covering letter and resume electronically to: 

Alexandra Wilson, National Project Coordinator 
Email: alexandra.wilson at nicenet.ca 

Please respond by Friday, December 10, 2010. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. 

For more information about NICE, visit: http://www.nicenet.ca/ 