[KWPeace-groups] Great civil rights leader & nonviolence activist Rev. James Lawson at Laurier this Th. + more!

[Tamara Lorincz]

Hello KW Peace!

The great civil rights leader and freedom rider Rev. James Lawson will be at Laurier University on Th. Nov. 8. More information is below (#5). I’ve updated the events list. Numbers 5, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 22 are newly added events!

*The Waterloo Record published a good article on the front page on Monday’s newspaper about Mo’s climate save event this past Sunday. I can’t find it online but I’ll bring the copy to our next meeting.

In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,

Tamara

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“PEACE RESEARCH IN TURBULENT TIMES”
Round table on the state and possibilities of peace research
FEATURING PAUL ROGERS, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF PEACE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD
NOVEMBER 7 | 11:30-1:30
Grebel 2202, the Community Education Room
Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo
140 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, ON  N2L 3G6
Bring your own lunch.
SPONSORED BY Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Arts, Department of Global Studies, Department of History and Peace and Conflict Studies Association of Canada
More info: https://pacscan.ca/events/
More about Dr. Rogers: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/social-sciences/staff-profiles/peace-studies/rogers-paul.php AND more here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/paul-rogers

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“FROM THE GREAT WAR TO IRREGULAR WAR: REFLECTIONS ON ORGANIZED VIOLENCE AND THE GLOBAL ORDER”
A lecture to commemorate the First World War Centenary.
FEATURING PAUL ROGERS, EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF PEACE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD
NOVEMBER 7 | 4–6 PM
SENATE & BOARD CHAMBER
SPONSORED BY Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty of Arts, Department of Global Studies, Department of History and Peace and Conflict Studies Association of Canada
More info: https://pacscan.ca/events/

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IMRC 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND DR. KERRY PREIBISCH MIGRATION LECTURE
November 7, 2018
Balsillie School of International Affairs
67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, Ontario
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS at 5:30 PM  and LECTURE at 6 PM
Please join us to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Wilfrid Laurier University’s International Migration Research Centre. Doors open at 4 PM, with introductions beginning at 5:30 PM. At 6 PM Osgoode Hall Professor and social justice lawyer Fay Faraday will provide the Dr. Kerry Preibisch Global Social Justice and Migration Lecture. The lecture will be followed by a reception with community members, featuring art, food and live music by refugee musicians in collaboration with Sanctuary Refugee Health Centre.
Free parking is available after 5 PM in the rear of the building, off of Father David Bauer Drive. Parking before 5 PM can be arranged using Honk Mobile. The main entrance to the building is on Erb Street West, and is connected to the parking lot via a walkway on the east side of the building.
To register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/imrcs-10th-year-anniversary-tickets-51073750964​
More info: https://www.wlu.ca/news/news-releases/2018/oct/international-migration-research-centre-celebrates-10th-anniversary-with-lecture-and-arts-event.html

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FROM FARM TO FRONT: THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND RURAL CANADA
Jonathan Vance | Western University
Wednesday November 7th, 7:00 pm
Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies
232 King Street North, Waterloo
More info: http://canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/events/speaker-series/

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REVEREND JAMES LAWSON ON NONVIOLENCE
November 8
10-11:30 am
Senate and Board Chambers, Laurier University, 75 University Avenue, Waterloo
A pioneer within the American Civil Rights Movement alongside Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Lawson has empowered communities to stand firmly yet compassionately against perpetrators of social injustice. Please join us for a landmark presentation on the role of non-violence in social change.
Rev. Lawson is a famous freedom rider, civil rights leader and practitioner of nonviolence. He brought Dr. King to Memphis to support the garbage workers who were on strike protesting racial discrimination.
Come out to the Senate and Board Chambers on November 8th at 10:00 AM for this special event!
Refreshments will also be provided!
Organized by Laurier Student Society for Non-Violence
https://www.facebook.com/events/541283459630900/

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RESTRAINING GREAT POWERS: SOFT BALANCING FROM EMPIRES TO THE GLOBAL ERA
November 8 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Balsillie School of International Affairs • Room 1-43
67 Erb Street West
Waterloo, ON, ON N2L 6C2
At the end of the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world’s most powerful state, and then used that power to initiate wars against smaller countries in the Middle East and South Asia. According to balance of power theory—the bedrock of realism in international relations—other states should have joined together militarily to counterbalance the U.S.’s rising power. Yet they did not. Nor have they united to oppose Chinese aggression in the South China Sea or Russian offensives along its Western border.
This does not mean balance of power politics is dead, argues renowned international relations scholar T.V. Paul, but that it has taken a different form. Rather than employ familiar strategies such as active military alliances and arms buildups, leading powers have engaged in “soft balancing,” which seeks to restrain threatening powers through the use of international institutions, informal alignments, and economic sanctions. Paul places the evolution of balancing behavior in historical perspective from the post Napoleonic era to today’s globalized world. This presentation, hosted by CIGI and the Balsillie School of International affairs, and based on the book of the same name, is an illuminating explanation of how subtler forms of balance-of-power politics can help states achieve their goals against aggressive powers without wars or arms races.
The presentation will start promptly at noon, and will be preceded by a light lunch starting at 11:30am.
Please note that on-site parking is not availble at the CIGI Campus for daytime events. Options for parking in Uptown Waterloo in 2-hour free spaces.
Free. All welcome. More info: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/events/

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WOMEN, WAR AND PEACE Double Bill
Two plays: “The Trojan Women” and “Lysistrata” adapted and directed by Richard Walsh
November 8-10, 2018
Christ Lutheran church
445 Anndale Rd, Waterloo
Tickets: $15 / Students $10
http://www.christwaterloo.ca/

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IMAGINING PEACE:  A VISION FOR CANADA
November 10 @ 9:00 am - November 11 @ 4:30 pm
Peace Quest Kingston
Featuring:
Paul Rogers – Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University, UK
John McGarry – Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University
Mona Rahman – Islamic Society of Kingston
Shannon-Monk Payne – CEO, Sakatay Global
Stephanie Simpson – Director, Human Rights Office, Queen’s University
Lawrence Scanlan – Canadian Author, Editor and Journalist
http://peacequest.ca/event/gathering/

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WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY: DISPATCHES FROM TIME AND PLACE
Sunday, November 11
2pm
Great Hall, Conrad Grebel, 140 Westmount Rd., Waterloo
Join us on November 11 for a public forum to remember the impact of war and colonization on women and girls. Hear from speakers on gender and race, war and life-writing, the lives of refugees, and peace and security. More info: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-peace-advancement/

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THE SOCIAL SHIFT: DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
A film about business for the common good
November 12 at 5pm
Apollo Cinema
141 Ontario St. N, Kitchener
Join the LAICOS Enterprise Hub on Monday, November 12 for a documentary screening of the film "The Social Shift."

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INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW 2018 CONFERENCE: INSTRUMENTS OF PEACE
November 13 @ 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Balsillie School of International Affairs • Room 1-43
67 Erb Street West
Waterloo, ON, ON N2L 6C2
Join us as we uncover the role that International Humanitarian Law plays as an instrument of peace.
This conference will address disarmament and arms control, the importance of education in conflict and peace times as well as health and disability in armed conflict. We will hear from experts in the field, including academics, practitioners and representatives from the Canadian Red Cross Society.
This workshop is co-hosted by Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canadian Red Cross, Conrad Grebel University College, Global Affairs Canada, Laurier University and Project Ploughshares
Free. All welcome. More info: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/events/

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SEASICK
Play by Alanna Mitchell
Environmental journalist
Based on her award-winning book “Seasick: The Crisis in Our Oceans”
November 15 at 7:30 pm
Tickets $20/students
The Registry Theatre, Waterloo
More info here: https://www.registrytheatre.com/

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HOW FAR WE'LL GO (A SUMMIT ON RESILIENCE)
When: 8:30am November 15, 2018 at to 4:00pm November 16, 2018
Where: The Family Centre
Adversity is all around us. While some are able to bounce back, others struggle. Why the difference? That’s the question researchers studying resilience have been trying to answer, and their studies have identified several factors that can help people overcome the effects of adversity. The Resilience Project builds on those studies by seeking ways to add resilience factors to the lives of children, families and the community. When community organizations add an understanding of resilience in their programs, the benefits are multiplied. Attending this conference will enhance your work with children, youth and/or families as you learn more about what others are doing to support resilience and see ways to implement these strategies in your own area.
Join us on November 15th and 16th, 2018 to explore new research, hear speakers from local organizations and international organizations, and discover how to engineer resilience.
Lunch will be catered by Morning Glory Café, a community initiative by Ray of Hope. Morning Glory Café is a social enterprise designed to teach practical skills and positive work habits to young people who have experienced long-term difficulty obtaining and/or maintaining employment.
You won’t want to miss keynote speaker Robbie Gilligan from Dublin, Ireland who will share his findings about the role social services can plan in supporting the growth of resilience.
More info: https://www.facswaterloo.org/bf/resilience-summit

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“ON THE STATE OF FRESHWATER FISH AND FISHERIES: FINDING A FUTURE FOR THE FORGOTTEN”
2018 TD Walter Bean Lecture in Environment
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
HH - J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities
200 University Ave W
Waterloo, ON N2L3G1
The Faculty of Science is proud to welcome professor Steven Cooke as the 2018 TD Walter Bean Visiting Professor.
Freshwater fish provide diverse ecosystem services. Yet, freshwater fish and fisheries are not often a national or regional governance priority and as a result, freshwater fisheries are undervalued and largely overlooked. Indeed, due to lack of reliable data, freshwater fisheries have never been part of any high profile global fisheries assessment and are notably absent from the Sustainable Development Goals. Using diverse examples from local to global, Cooke will provide a roadmap for elevating the status of freshwater fish and ensuring that moving forward freshwater fish and fisheries are valued and conserved to ensure that ecosystem services are maximized. Cooke is a dynamic speaker known for engaging audiences with his infectious passion for science, evidence-based environmental management, and all things fishy. Cooke is a proud UW alumnus (BES 1997; MSc 1999).
More info and to register: http://waterloo.imodules.com/s/1802/17/interior-2col-detail.aspx?sid=1802&gid=2&pgid=1223&cid=2949&ecid=2949

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JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION IN WORLD POLITICS
November 22 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Balsillie School of International Affairs • Room 1-43
67 Erb Street West
Waterloo, ON, ON N2L 6C2
Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics is a study in normative and critical theory of how to conceptualize practices of justice and reconciliation that aim to respond to colonial injustices in international and transnational contexts. Examining cases of colonial war, genocide, forced sexual labour, forcible incorporation, and dispossession, this book highlights the structural injustices involved in colonialism, based on race, class, and gender, and shows that interactional practices of justice and reconciliation have been inadequate in redressing these structural injustices. The book argues that contemporary moral/political projects of justice and reconciliation in response to the persistent structural injustices of a colonial international order entail strategies of decolonization, decentering, and disalienation that go beyond interactional practices of accountability and reparation, beyond victims and perpetrators, and beyond a statist world order.
About the speaker: Catherine Lu is Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University, and Coordinator of the Research Group on Global Justice of the Yan P. Lin Centre. Her research and teaching interests intersect political theory and international relations, focusing on critical and normative studies of humanitarianism and intervention in world politics; theories and practices of justice and reconciliation; colonialism and structural injustice; and cosmopolitanism, global justice, and the world state. She is the author of Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2017), and Just and Unjust Interventions in World Politics: Public and Private (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).
Free. All welcome. More info: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/events/

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REDUCING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT 101: PROJECT NEUTRAL SERIES

22 November 2018 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Reep House for Sustainable Living

20 Mill Street, Kitchener, ON, N2G 2Y3

Learn more about Project Neutral and Reep

Project Neutral is known for its community-focused, carbon benchmarking and climate action tool. Project Neutral allows anyone to find out their carbon footprint in 5 minutes, based on real local data.

Stay tuned for more details on improving your carbon impact in your home and waste!

Home Energy 101

Date: | Thursday, November 22

Time | 5:30pm – 7:00pm

Diving into Waste 101

Date: | Thursday, December 13

Time | 5:30pm – 7:00pm

Note: This is an interactive event and you will need a phone/tablet/computer to participate!

Alicia Parkin, Customer Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, Reep Green Solutions
More info: https://app.projectneutral.org/reep

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DOCUMENTARY SCREENING "What is Democracy?"
Wed, 28 November 2018
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
CIGI Campus Auditorium
67 Erb St. W.,
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6C2
Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis, What Is Democracy? reflects on a word we too often take for granted. Director Astra Taylor’s idiosyncratic, philosophical journey spans millennia and continents: from ancient Athens’ groundbreaking experiment in self-government to capitalism’s roots in medieval Italy; from modern-day Greece grappling with financial collapse and a mounting refugee crisis to the United States reckoning with its racist past and the growing gap between rich and poor.
Featuring a diverse cast—including celebrated theorists, trauma surgeons, activists, factory workers, asylum seekers, and former prime ministers—this urgent film connects the past and the present, the emotional and the intellectual, the personal and the political, in order to provoke and inspire. If we want to live in democracy, we must first ask what the word even means.
About the Cinema Series
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), is pleased to announce a new partnership with
the Grand River Film Festival, and THEMUSEUM to deliver public film screening events throughout the
year.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cinema-series-what-is-democracy-registration-51533148033

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“THE LEGACY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR”
Dec. 5, 7:00pm at the LCMSDS
Mark Humphries, Wilfrid Laurier University
Laurier Military History Speaker Series
Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies
232 King Street North, Waterloo
More info: http://canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/events/speaker-series/
Mark Humphries is the Director of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and the Dunkley Chair in War and the Canadian Experience at Wilfrid Laurier University. He has published five books and more than a dozen articles on the medical, social and operational history of the Great War. His new book A Weary Road: Shell Shock in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914–1918 will be released with the University of Toronto Press in late 2018.

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CONRAD GREBEL COLLEGE SEMINAR SERIES 2018-2019:
https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/news/2018-19-public-lectures-announced

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ZONTA WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL
November 8-10
Princess Theatre, Waterloo
https://www.zontakw.org/zff-schedule?fbclid=IwAR23akzxtZ4WvPHEg9xA4yMMx88YrlDXIwqYe0jIzig5eJbF1QmKpyAiJ7I

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FREE SCREENINGS OF AWESOME DOCUMENTARIES
Five Screenings take place between Nov 6- Dec 12
Waterloo Public Library
Thanks to Hot Docs Cinema, we are hosting free screenings at the Main Library and the John M. Harper Branch of some outstanding documentaries. Registration is not required.
More info: http://www.wpl.ca/documentaries

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WRITE FOR RIGHTS
8 December 2018 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
WHERE: Seven Shores Community Café
10 Regina St N #4
https://www.facebook.com/AmnestyInternationalGroup9/