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

[LSPIRG]

Hi all,

I know LSPIRG has been quiet on this thread but I just wanted to share that
I have been reading every email and sharing these events in our Weekly News
and social media. We are so grateful for all of the organizers in KW -
here's to 2019!

Best,
Karly Rath

On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 4:49 PM Tamara Lorincz <tlorincz at dal.ca> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> (1)
> 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/
>
> (2)
> "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/
>
> (3)
> 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/
>
> (4)
> 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
>
> (5)
> "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
>
> (6)
> 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/
>
> (7)
> 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
>
> (8)
> 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
>
> (9)
> "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/
>
> (10)
> 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/
>
> (11)
> 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/
>
> (12)
> 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/
>
> (13)
> "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/
>
> (14)
> 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/
>
> (15)
> 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
>
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