[KWPeace-groups] Upcoming Events: Solidarity Event tonight, MLK Film Jan 10, Enviro Commissioner Jan 15 + more

[Tamara Lorincz]

Hello and Happy New Year KW peace friends!

Hope you all had a good holiday.

15 upcoming events for peace, earth and justice. Please help me promote the film this Thursday for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. See details below.

When and where is our next KW Peace meeting?

See some of you tonight at the solidarity event in the Waterloo Public Square,

Tamara


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TONIGHT - INTERNATIONAL ACTION SOLIDARITY WITH WET'SUWET'EN PEOPLE
January 8, 7-8 PM
Public Square Uptown Waterloo
75 King Street South, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 1P2
Join us in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en. 50+ solidarity actions taking place around the globe!
Please bring a drum if you have one. Meet at 7pm uptown outside in front of the Shops on King Street. We will have hot tea - bring your own mug.
* Action protocols:
Take action against the provincial government in B.C, federal government of Canada, and Canadian consulate internationally.
Demand that the provincial and federal government uphold their responsibilities to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and 'Anuc niwh'it'en (Wet'suwet'en law).
The Wet'suwet'en Access Point on Gidumt'en Territory are conducting peaceful actions as sovereign peoples on their territories, and ask that all actions taken in solidarity are conducted peacefully and according to the traditional laws of other Indigenous Nations.
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/359103131548421/
This is a good overview with map of the protest: http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2019/01/08/british-columbia-pipeline-protest-update/

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"STALIN'S GULAG AT WAR" PUBLIC LECTURE
LCMSDS Presents
Laurier Military Speaker Series, 2019
Wilson T. Bell, Jan. 9, 7:00pm at the LCMSDS
LCMSDS
Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Avenue West, Waterloo
What was the Gulag's role in Soviet victory in the Second World War? In his talk, Bell will trace the history of Stalin's notorious prison camps during a time when prisoners died at extraordinarily high rates. He will discuss the myriad responses of both prisoners and personnel to the war, the ways in which the state mobilized labour, and the illicit and condoned interactions between prisoners and non-prisoners. Ultimately, prisoners played a tangible role in Soviet mobilization, but at an incredibly high cost--a cost that highlights the tragedy of the Stalinist system at the moment of its greatest triumph.

Wilson T. Bell is an assistant professor of history and politics at Thompson Rivers University (PhD, UofT, 2011). He is the author of numerous articles on the Gulag, and his first book, Stalin's Gulag at War, was published in 2018 with the University of Toronto Press.
More info: http://canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/speaker-series-wilson-t-bell-stalins-gulag-at-war-january-9th-7pm/

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FREE FILM SCREENING "MLK: A CALL TO CONSCIENCE"  In recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Film & Discussion about
Dr. King's Anti-War Views
Thursday, January 10
7:00 -9:00 p.m.
Room 2-105, Dr. Alvin Woods Building (DAWB), Wilfrid Laurier University
A free public screening to mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day. The documentary, A Call to Conscience, gives greater insight into Dr. King's anti-war views and deconstructs his most important but least known speech Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence. This powerful film puts Dr. King's legacy into a contemporary context, particularly in light of the new Poor People's Campaign, the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing wars in the Middle East. The film includes rare archival footage and interviews. The screening will be followed by a discussion about nonviolent resistance, social justice and peace activism for Canadians in this current era of global warming, poverty and the Trump presidency. Copies of Dr. King's speech will be made available. Free. All welcome! A must see!
Organized by the Laurier Student Society for Non-Violence (LSSNV). For more information: https://www.facebook.com/laurierstudentsocietyfornonviolence/

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FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE CLIMATE STRIKE: KITCHENER-WATERLOO
Friday, 12:30-2pm
Waterloo City Hall, 100 Regina St S - Waterloo, ON
Friday strikes happening all over the world
https://www.facebook.com/events/1163394617169359/?event_time_id=1163441933831294

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"STEWARDS OF OUR FUTURE: PROTECTING WHAT WE LOVE" PUBLIC LECTURE
Featuring Dr. Dianne Saxe, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 @ 7pm
Kitchener City Hall Rotunda
How can we reduce our personal carbon footprint, engage with elected officials about our concerns, and prepare for a world unlike the one we currently live in?
Please join us for a community discussion about the choices we face to address the climate crisis and to protect our environment: the land, water and air that sustain life on Earth.
Meet Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Dianne Saxe - our provincial "environmental watchdog" - along with local leaders in environmental protection, for a conversation about climate change and how each of us can play a role in creating a safer environment.
For more on the facts, fallacies and ways forward on climate change, join the conversation!
Please REGISTER (admission is free).
Presented by Divest Waterloo, Faith & the Common Good, The Centre for Public Ethics - Martin Luther University College, and Grand River Environmental Network (GREN).
Thank you for your ongoing support for Divest Waterloo and for your part in our collective action to raise awareness and engage our community on issues related to climate change, our pursuit of a low carbon economy, and our movement towards a just and sustainable future. We hope to see you soon!
More info: https://www.facebook.com/divestwr/?__tn__=%2Cdk%2CP-R&eid=ARAKEpAVuq82gcC0cNYaLqmL-XJbFnfIC187yoVpa1awmfc11SXEo_W2se6G8kCsMvwMVMMa_Xp8iUOd

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CORAL KINGDOMS AND EMPIRES OF ICE WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS DAVID DOUBILET AND JENNIFER HAYES
National Geographic Live 2018/19 Speaker Series
Main Theatre
WED,
JAN. 16, 2019
@ 7:30PM
Centre in the Square, Kitchener
Explore rarely seen undersea worlds with two photographers creating a visual voice for the world's oceans. David Doubilet is a legend in underwater photography. Together with his wife and underwater partner, photojournalist Jennifer Hayes, he has explored three unique marine environments for National Geographic. Join them to explore the rich and diverse waters of Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, part of the "coral triangle." Follow them into the world beneath the Antarctic ice, then north to the Gulf of St. Lawrence to see whales, wolfish, and harp seals. Together, they'll go beyond the published stories to share the reality of "behind-the-camera" adventures.
https://centreinthesquare.com/event/national-geographic-live-coral-kingdoms-and-empires-of-ice/

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I AM ROHINGYA: A GENOCIDE IN FOUR ACTS - DOCUMENTARY SCREENING
January 17, 2018
Documentary Screening Followed by Question and Answer session with Director & Laurier Alumnus, Yusuf Zine and cast members
Sponsors: Wilfrid Laurier Alumni Association, Department of Global Studies, Global Studies Student Association, Muslim Student Association
Location Information:
Waterloo - Bricker Academic Building
Room: BA 201
Free and Open to the Community
Optional donations will be accepted to UNHCR Canada
More info: https://adc.wlu.ca/activedata/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=4249&information_id=12845

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GREBEL GALLERY EXHIBIT | GICHITWAAWIZI'IGEWIN: HONOURING
MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2019 (ALL DAY) TO FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2019 (ALL DAY)
Special Launch event at 4pm on  January 17, must register
In this exhibit, artist Catherine Dallaire re-examines the original Indigenous values in animal and plant life that are often vilified by contemporary Western settler culture. Building understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous worldviews is an important step towards peace and conciliation in the Canadian context. Creating space for Indigenous wisdom to guide culture and policy is an integral part of building peace and justice.
https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/grebel-gallery-exhibit-gichitwaawiziigewin-honouring

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"LEFT, RIGHT: MARCHING TO THE BEAT OF IMPERIAL CANADA" LONDON, ON
YVES ENGLER speaking about his latest book:
Wed. Jan. 16, 2018, 6:30 pm social; 7 pm start
Mary Campbell Housing Co-op Common Room, 587 Talbot St. (OFF TALBOT STREET AT CENTRAL)
Left, Right: Marching to the Beat of Imperial Canada details the Canadian Left's promotion of colonial policies and nationalist myths. Yves Engler's latest book outlines the NDP's and labour unions' role in confusing Canadians; from Korea to Libya, Canada's major left-wing political party has backed unjust wars; Canadian unions supported the creation of NATO, the Korean War, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Bay of Pigs invasion and the coup in Haiti. Left, Right also shows how prominent Left commentators concede a great deal to the dominant ideology. Whether it's Linda McQuaig turning Lester Pearson into an anti-US peacenik, Stephen Lewis praising Canada's role in Africa, or others mindlessly demanding more so-called peacekeeping, Left intellectuals regularly undermine the building of a just foreign policy. Left nationalist ideology, both Canadian and Quebecois, has warped the foreign policy discussion; viewing their country as a semi-colony struggling for its independence has blinded progressives to a long history of supporting empire and advancing corporate interests abroad. Even many victims of Canadian colonialism among indigenous communities have succumbed to the siren song of supporting imperialism. Finally, Left, Right suggests some ways to get the Left working for an ecologically sound, peace-promoting, non-exploitative foreign policy that does no harm and treats others the way we wish to be treated.
Dubbed "Canada's version of Noam Chomsky" (Georgia Straight), "one of the most important voices on the Canadian Left" (Briarpatch), "in the mould of I.F. Stone"(Globe and Mail), "part of that rare but growing group of social critics unafraid to confront Canada's self-satisfied myths" (Quill & Quire), "ever-insightful" (Rabble), "Chomsky-sytled iconoclast" (Counterpunch) and a "Leftist gadfly" (Ottawa citizen), Yves (yvesengler.com) has nine published books.
Free admission. Everyone Welcome. Donations welcome.
Hosted by the Council of Canadians, London Chapter
Coffee, tea, juice, and water provided
Bring a friend! Share this notice with your contacts! Let's network! Please keep water issues in mind when you vote in the upcoming municipal election.
FRAGRANCE FREE EVENT! Please be respectful of attendees who have serious allergies! No perfume or flowers will be permitted.
https://www.facebook.com/events/135917477342641/

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ATOMIC ASSURANCE: THE ALLIANCE POLITICS OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
January 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Balsillie School of International Affairs * Room 1-42
Free
Do alliances curb efforts by states to develop nuclear weapons? Atomic Assurance looks at what makes alliances sufficiently credible to prevent nuclear proliferation; how alliances can break down and so encourage nuclear proliferation; and whether security guarantors like the United States can use alliance ties to end the nuclear efforts of their allies.
Alexander Lanoszka finds that military alliances are less useful in preventing allies from acquiring nuclear weapons than conventional wisdom suggests. Through intensive case studies of West Germany, Japan, and South Korea, as well as a series of smaller cases on Great Britain, France, Norway, Australia, and Taiwan, Atomic Assurance shows that it is easier to prevent an ally from initiating a nuclear program than to stop an ally that has already started one; in-theater conventional forces are crucial in making American nuclear guarantees credible; the American coercion of allies who started, or were tempted to start, a nuclear weapons program has played less of a role in forestalling nuclear proliferation than analysts have assumed; and the economic or technological reliance of a security-dependent ally on the United States works better to reverse or to halt that ally's nuclear bid than anything else.
About the speaker
Alexander Lanoszka is an assistant professor of international relations in the Department of Political Science and a fellow in the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo. He previously taught at City, University of London, where he remains an Honorary Fellow. He has also held postdoctoral fellowships at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Dartmouth College. He researches and writes on alliance politics and theories of war, with peer-reviewed publications appearing in International Security, International Affairs, Security Studies, and other journals. He has published the book Atomic Assurance: The Alliance Politics of Nuclear Proliferation (Cornell, 2018) and two policy monographs with Michael A. Hunzeker of George Mason University that focus on Taiwan (GMU CSPS, 2018) and the Baltic region (U.S. Army War College SSI, 2019). Alexander holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University.
https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/atomic-assurance-the-alliance-politics-of-nuclear-proliferation/

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THE SDGS: A POLITICAL ECONOMIC TAKE
January 31 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Balsillie School of International Affairs * Room 1-43
The global Sustainable Development Goals require us to make sure "no one is left behind." That means reaching the hardest to reach. We know how to deliver health to the so-called lowest hanging fruit, but what about the highest hanging fruit - the poorest of the poor, those who lack ID, the marginalized, the invisible? In this talk, Professor Wong will discuss the challenges of delivering health to the hard to reach, the innovations to reach, and the political and economic obstacles in our way.
About the speaker
Professor Joseph Wong was appointed Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, International Student Experience on January 1, 2017. Professor Wong is currently the Ralph and Roz Halbert Professor of Innovation at the Munk School of Global Affairs, a Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, and held the Canada Research Chair in Health, Democracy, and Development for two full terms, 2006 to 2016. He was the Director of the Asian Institute at the Munk School from 2005 to 2014.
Professor Wong is the author of many academic articles and several books, including Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics in Taiwan and South Korea and Betting on Biotech: Innovation and the Limits of Asia's Developmental State, both published by Cornell University Press. He is the co-editor, with Edward Friedman, of Political Transitions in Dominant Party Systems: Learning to Lose, published by Routledge, and recently co-edited with Dilip Soman and Janice Stein Innovating for the Global South with the University of Toronto Press. Professor Wong's articles have appeared in journals such as the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Politics and Society, and Governance, among many others.
More info: https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/the-sdgs-a-political-economic-take/

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INDIGENOUS SPEAKERS SERIES PRESENTS MARIA CAMPBELL
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 4 PM - 6 PM
Modern Languages Theatre of the Arts
The Indigenous Speakers Series proudly presents Maria Campbell, Cree-Métis writer, playwright, filmmaker, scholar, teacher and elder. Campbell's memoir Halfbreed (1973) is regarded as a foundational piece of Indigenous literature in Canada for its attention to the discrimination, oppression and poverty that some Métis women (and other Indigenous people) experience in Canada.
Campbell has published several other books and plays, and has directed and written scripts for a number of films. As an artist, Campbell has worked with Indigenous youth in community theatre and advocated for the hiring and recognition of Indigenous people in the arts. She has mentored many Indigenous artists during her career. Among many honours and awards, Campbell received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2005, and was named Officer of the Order of Canada in 2008.
This Indigenous Speakers Series event is co-presented by the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre, the Faculty of Arts, the Department of History, and the Department of Communication Arts. The Series highlights the voices of Indigenous artists, writers, activists, and leaders from across Turtle Island, offering UWaterloo students, faculty and staff opportunities to learn from, understand, and engage with Indigenous issues.
No registration required. Free event. https://www.facebook.com/events/515825765587428/

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"HOME STATE RESPONSIBILITY" AND CONTESTED SOVEREIGNTIES IN AFRICA'S MINING SECTOR
February 14 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Balsillie School of International Affairs * Room 1-43
Recent research triggers the need to better understand the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR), multinational mining companies, and state behaviour. In particular, the nascent concept of home state responsibility (HSR) remains challenged with unknowns, as it is not clearly understood how this emerging concept differs from a government-censored CSR, and why it matters. In this talk, Dr. Compaoré asks what issues, insights and prospects the concept of home state responsibility brings to debates on local-global dynamics in Africa's mining sector. This is a critical question for debates on the resource-conflict nexus, especially at a time when African state and non-state actors are increasingly contesting the role of multinational mining corporations, and displaying greater agency in the governance of their mineral resources. Specifically, the tripartite dynamics between host states, mining companies and home states bring to light multiple dimensions of sovereignties, and also involve contestations from local communities affected by mining projects. Informed by a legal pluralist framework to regulation that is anchored within a Third World Approach to International Law, the analysis addresses whether and to what extent, the innovative concept of HSR may be a tool and/or a hindrance in addressing governance challenges in Africa's mining sector.
About the speaker
Image of WR Nadege CompaoreW. R. Nadège Compaoré is a Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) Postdoctoral Fellow. Prior to joining the BSIA, she was respectively a Research Analyst at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Social Science at York University. Her work lies at the intersection of Global Political Economy, International Relations and International Law scholarships, which guide her analysis of global and regional governance measures targeting the oil, gas and mining industries in Africa. Nadège's research draws from extensive fieldwork in Gabon, Ghana, and South Africa, respectively funded by SSHRC, CIGI, and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Her ongoing project investigates the changing nature of mining legislations in Africa, and the implications of these changes for multinational corporations, as well as for state behaviour in both host and home countries. Her work has been published in journals such as International Studies Review, Etudes Internationales, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, and Contemporary Politics. Nadège is co-editor of New Approaches to the Governance of Natural Resources: Insights from Africa (Palgrave, 2015). She holds a PhD in Political Studies from Queen's University.
https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/home-state-responsibility-and-contested-sovereignties-in-africas-mining-sector/

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GUARDED GIRLS - A PLAY
The Registry Theatre, Waterloo
May 8-19
The psychological destruction brought on by solitary confinement is at the heart of this wrenching and powerful new play by Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman. When 19-year-old Sid is transferred to a new prison, she finds friendship with Britt - but also forms a complicated relationship with the guard who seems to be watching their every move. Soon it's the guard who's being watched, and this playful, theatrical, mysterious work heads towards its shocking conclusion. THIS SHOW IS APPROPRIATE FOR AGES 13 AND OLDER (SOME STRONG LANGUAGE AND MATURE THEMES, INCLUDES NUDITY)
https://www.registrytheatre.com/category/events/partnerevents/

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DEFEND THE ENVIRONMENT: STOP FORD'S BILL 66
*Finally, please sign petition to Stop Bill 66 in Ontario: https://www.leadnow.ca/climate-chaos/
Environmental lawyers are calling it "the biggest and most significant environmental rollback to occur in a generation."  Ford's Bill 66 is an environmental chaos bill. It would allow developers to rip up Ontario's precious Greenbelt, polluters to contaminate the Great Lakes, and necessary tap water safety regulations to be abandoned. Act Now!

January 21 is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day.

In solidarity for peace, earth and justice,

Tamara Lorincz