[KWPeace-groups] 21 Upcoming events for peace, earth & justice

[Esther Kern]

Thank you Tamara!  What rich opportunities!  I wish I lived a bit closer to
be able to attend all of these events!
Peace,
Esther

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 10:49 PM Tamara Lorincz <tlorincz at dal.ca> wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> Hope you all had a good weekend. I wanted to share these 21 upcoming
> events with you in KW area. I'll be at the "Fridays for our Future" outside
> of MP Chagger's office at 12:30 this Friday, Feb 1 if you'd like to join.
> Please feel free to share this list.
>
> Also, please sign the petition "Stop Doug Ford's cuts to OSAP - before too
> late" and help reach 300,000 signatures:
> https://www.change.org/p/stop-doug-ford-s-cuts-to-osap-before-it-s-too-late
>
> Thanks & have a great week!
> -Tamara
>
> (1)
> THE DOCUMENTARY, "THE OCCUPATION OF THE AMERICAN MIND"
> Monday, January, 28, 2019 at 7:00 pm
> Community Room, Conrad Grebel University College.
> Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated
> invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against
> Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world -- except the United
> States. The Occupation of the American Mind takes an eye-opening look at
> this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts
> within the U.S. Narrated by Roger Waters and featuring leading observers of
> the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and U.S. media culture, the film explores
> how the Israeli government, the U.S. government, and the pro-Israel lobby
> have joined forces, often with very different motives, to shape American
> media coverage of the conflict in Israel's favor. From the U.S.-based
> public relations campaigns that emerged in the 1980s to today, the film
> provides a sweeping analysis of Israel's decades-long battle for the
> hearts, minds, and tax dollars of the American people in the face of
> widening international condemnation of its increasingly right-wing
> policies. Narrated by Roger Waters, and featuring Amira Hass, M.J.
> Rosenberg, Stephen M. Walt, Noam Chomsky, Rula Jebreal, Henry Siegman,
> Rashid Khalidi, Rami Khouri, Yousef Munayyer, Norman Finkelstein, Max
> Blumenthal, Phyllis Bennis, Norman Solomon, Mark Crispin Miller, Peter
> Hart, and Sut Jhally.
> More info: https://www.occupationmovie.org/
>
> (2)
> DAY OF REMEMBRANCE: COMMEMORATING QUEBEC'S MOSQUE SHOOTING
> Tuesday, January 29 at 5:30 PM - 7 PM
> Kitchener City Hall
> 200 King Street West, Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4G7
> Public · Hosted by Coalition of Muslim Women - KW and Hate Crimes Project
> - Coalition of Muslim Women of KW
> Day of Remembrance: Commemorating the Quebec City Mosque shooting and Call
> to Action
> Join hands and hearts in solidarity with your neighbours and friends
> against all forms of hate
> Do bring your children to participate in Salaams Canada Cookie Campaign.
> We are also endorsing the Push Back the Darkness Campaign -
> https://pushbackthedarkness.ca/
> For questions / to get more information, contact Sarah Shafiq at
> cmw.kw.info at gmail.com<mailto:cmw.kw.info at gmail.com> or 226-989-0060
> https://www.facebook.com/events/2747200892171216/
>
> (3)
> PLAYING NOW: "ON THE BASIS OF SEX: ABOUT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RBG"
> January 28-31
> Princess Theatre, Waterloo
> http://www.princesscinemas.com/movie/on-the-basis-of-sex
> "A winning, inspirational crowd-pleaser à la Hidden Figures, Leder's film
> follows the early accomplishments of the young Ginsburg (an assured
> Felicity Jones, convincingly slipping into the trailblazer's shoes),
> beginning in 1956." - Time Out
> Today, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a long-serving and respected Supreme Court
> Justice. But her first encounters with the nation's highest court came
> years before she was nominated to it. On the Basis of Sex is the story of
> Ginsburg as a young lawyer and one of her numerous groundbreaking
> gender-discrimination wins in the Supreme Court.
> This year, audiences flocked to the celebrated documentary RBG - and now,
> Ginsburg's early days of legal advocacy come to life. Director Mimi Leder
> dramatizes the landmark Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld case - which gave all
> parents equal status as caregivers under the law - while exploring the
> personal and family life of Ginsburg herself.
> Rogue One's Felicity Jones stars as Ginsburg, joined by Justin Theroux,
> Kathy Bates, and Armie Hammer as her husband Marty, in a powerful
> biographical drama that, despite being set in the 1970s, speaks volumes to
> America today. A century of discrimination is hard to overcome, but On the
> Basis of Sex shows how one woman managed to turn things around - and change
> the future of America.
>
> (4)
> TURNING BACK THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK
> TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2019 - 7:00 PM TO 9:00 PM EST
> Kitchener Public Library
> Doomsday Clock image showing 2 minutes to midnightIt's no joke. The
> Doomsday Clock is a widely recognized indicator of global threats from
> nuclear weapons, climate change, and disruptive technologies.
> Join Doug Peers, Dean of Arts, for a discussion with Faculty of Arts
> scholars in political science, sociology, and English to understand the
> real threats and possible actions for turning back the clock.
> Speakers
> Alexander LanoszkaAlexander Lanoszka, Political Science
> Back to the Future? Nuclear weapons modernisation and great power
> competition seem to make global politics more dangerous than ever. But
> what, if anything, is different about our current situation from what we
> experienced during the Cold War?
> Andrew McMurryAndrew McMurry, English Language and Literature
> Everybody talks about climate change but nobody does anything about it.
> Why are we failing to adequately address this existential threat to the
> planet? It turns out that communicating the threat of climate change is as
> challenging as the problem itself. How do our favoured narratives and
> metaphors condition us to do nothing as the catastrophe unfolds?
> Kate HenneKate Henne, Sociology and Legal Studies
> Disruption, Debilitation, Doom? What threats do disruptive technologies
> pose? According to the Doomsday Clock settings, they undermine democracy
> and political institutions. But, how do they disrupt other aspects of
> everyday life? Looking at their mundane effects may tell us a lot about
> risk and social change.
> Host: Faculty of Arts; University Relations; Kitchener Public Library
> Free - everyone welcome
> Kitchener Public Library
> Main branch theatre
> 85 Queen Street North
> Kitchener,
> More info: https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/events/turning-back-doomsday-clock
>
> (5)
> 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/
>
> (6)
> FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE CLIMATE STRIKE: KITCHENER-WATERLOO
> Friday, February 1
> 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/
>
> (7)
> STEADYING THE HANDS THAT ROCK THE CRADLE: EXPLORING THE ROLES OF AFRICAN
> GRANDMOTHERS IN THE STABILITY AND SUSTENANCE OF DIASPORIC AFRICAN FAMILIES
> February 4 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
> Free
> The presentation explores how the nuclearization, therefore atomization of
> the family system in North America, as an off-shoot of individualism
> presents as a serious attenuation of support systems ordinarily. This
> finding portends even more challenges for Diasporic families, especially
> those from Africa, which social carpets have been ripped from under their
> feet owing to migration. Migration conveys stress-laden concomitants for
> Diasporic entities, which must, among other integration rites of passage,
> enter the labor force, adjust to the norms and mores of the new culture,
> balance their socialization and parenting repertoire with the conflicting
> types decreed by their host country, including endure revision of gender
> roles. Pertinently, it explores how African grandmothers as an often gender
> discountenanced social capital and support system, paradoxically attenuates
> spousal conflicts, including violence, impart culture relevant
> socialization to the grandchildren and assist to forge and maintain family
> homeostasis.
> About the speaker:
> Dr. Buster Ogbuagu has worked as a radio broadcaster, high school teacher,
> social worker in child protection, juvenile justice, as well as a clinical
> practitioner in polysubstance dependence and concurrent disorder, and as a
> new émigré to Canada, he worked as an office cleaner. Dr. Ogbuagu holds a
> BSc. [Hons] in Sociology & Anthropology from the University of Nigeria. He
> also earned a BSW, MSW and PhD from McGill University. Philosophically, he
> is passionate about intersectionalities and anti-oppressive epistemologies
> to social work practice, which underscore and inform his teaching and
> practice. As a Diasporic Transnationalist, his current and ongoing research
> and professional interests include, but are not limited to Social
> Policy/Welfare, Ethics, Race, Anti-racist/Anti-Oppression, Minority &
> Gender Issues, Multiculturalism, Refugees,
> Refugee/Resettlement/Transnational migration, Community Organizing and
> Advocacy; Child Protection; Mental Health, including Addictions and
> Disability. Dr. Ogbuagu has documented some of his many lived experiences
> in several published journal articles and books.
> More info:
> https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/steadying-the-hands-that-rock-the-cradle-exploring-the-roles-of-african-grandmothers-in-the-stability-and-sustenance-of-diasporic-african-families/
>
> (8)
> THE ESCAPE LINE BY DR. MEGAN KOREMAN
> Date: February 5
> 7:00 PM - End Time: 8:00 PM
> Waterloo Public Library
> Come listen to Dr. Megan Koreman, the author of "The Escape Line: How the
> ordinary heroes of Dutch-Paris Resisted the Nazi Occupation of Western
> Europe." The author will speak about he Dutch-Paris Escape Line, which was
> one of the most effective resistance groups in World War II. It was run by
> a group of ordinary citizens who smuggled Dutch Jews and others into
> France, and then to Switzerland. The book is based on recently declassified
> archives and is a story that has never been told before.
> Library: John M. Harper Branch
> Location: Community Room
> More info: http://calendar.wpl.ca/eventcalendar.asp
>
> (9)
> NURSING FOR VICTORY? CANADA'S VOLUNTEER NURSES DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
> Linda Quiney | University of British Columbia
> Wednesday February 6th, 7:00 pm
> Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies
> 232 King Street North, Waterloo
> Some 2,000 Canadian and Newfoundland women enlisted as Voluntary Aid
> Detachment, or VAD, nurses during the First World War, serving as auxiliary
> nurses in homefront and British military hospitals overseas. Undertaking
> the only 'active service' work open to women without nursing
> qualifications, the VADs often saw themselves more as soldiers on the wards
> than real nurses, but at times felt acutely aware of their amateur status.
> "Nursing for Victory?" examines the history, work, and experience of this
> shadow army of women who helped to fill a critical gap in the often
> overwhelmed wartime military medical services.
> Linda Quiney is an Affiliate of the Consortium for Nursing History Inquiry
> at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing. She is the author
> of This Small Army of Women (UBC Press, 2017), as well as a number of
> articles and chapters on Canadian and Newfoundland women's wartime
> voluntary work in support of the military medical services with the St.
> John Ambulance and Canadian Red Cross.
> More info: http://canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/
>
> (10)
> EMPTY PLANET: PREPARING FOR THE GLOBAL POPULATION DECLINE
> WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
> Cigi Campus Auditorium, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, Canada
> Public Event: Community Event
> Speakers: Darrell Bricker John Ibbitson
> https://www.cigionline.org/events
>
> (11)
> OUR WATER OUR FUTURE
> Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 7 PM - 9 PM
> First United Church 16 William St W, Waterloo, ON N2L 1J3
> Public · Hosted by Divest Waterloo and 2 others
> piece of legislation. Bill 66 would allow developers to bypass important
> environmental protections and land use controls established under other
> provincial laws, plans and policies, such as the Clean Water Act and the
> Greenbelt Act, that protect our environment and our health.
> More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2282245212099570/
> The Canadian Environmental Law Association has said that Bill 66 together
> with other recent "laws to eliminate or dilute important environmental
> statutes, regulations and programs... constitutes the biggest and most
> significant environmental rollback to occur in a generation in Ontario."
> Join us to learn more about the Implications of Bill 66 for our water and
> for our future.
> https://www.facebook.com/events/2282245212099570/
>
> (12)
> FIGHTING AGAINST FORD
> Social and Environmental Justice Symposium
> February 8 - 10 2019
> University of Guelph
> ebel Knowledge 2019, OPIRG Guelph's Symposium of Ideas and Action, is
> taking place the weekend of February 8 - 10 2019 in the University Centre
> at the University of Guelph. This event is always FREE and provides free
> food and child care.  The space is physically accessible, with accessible
> and gender neutral washrooms.  Everyone Welcome! This year's theme is The
> Fight Against Ford: Resisting the Tory Attack!  Please join us if you're
> involved or want to get involved in the fight against the Ontario
> government, or if you're looking for inspiration. We hope to come out of
> the weekend with a stronger and more vibrant movement for the years ahead.
> If you're interested in volunteering at the Symposium email mandy at
> volunteer at opirgguelph.org<mailto:volunteer at opirgguelph.org>.
> You can also visit our website:
> http://symposium.opirgguelph.org/
> More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/586274201828656/
>
> (13)
> HANDS OFF VENEZUELA
> Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 11 AM - 12 PM
> Kitchener Farmers Market
> Join us as we hold a info picket demanding that the Canadian state stop
> interfering in the internal affairs of Venezuela
> 300 King St E, Kitchener, Ontario N2G 2L3
> https://www.facebook.com/events/2382492741966076/
>
> (14)
> BLACK HISTORY MONTH: MY PLACE IS RIGHT HERE
> February 10 at 3pm
> Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener
> A original play written by Aaron Haddad, and performed by the Flex We
> Talent Players. The powerful story of one of Canada's first civil rights
> activists. Hugh Burnett was a key figure in the fight for
> anti-discrimination legislation in Ontario. Through the 1940s and early
> 1950s, he organized tirelessly against racial discrimination in public
> service in his hometown of Dresden, Ontario, rising to prominence as a
> leader and organizer of the National Unity Association (NUA), a coalition
> of black community members who advocated for equal rights.
> February 10, 2019 at 3:00 pm
> Tickets: $10 in advance $12 at the door
> Tickets are available at the door or you can Buy Online
> https://www.registrytheatre.com/ourworld/
>
> (15)
> CINEMA SERIES: "DAWNLAND"
> Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:00 Pm - 9:00 Pm
> Cigi Campus Auditorium, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, Canada
> Public Event: Cinema Series
> For most of the 20th century, government agents systematically forced
> Native American children from their homes and placed them with white
> families. As recently as the 1970's, one in four Native children nationwide
> were living in non-Native foster care, adoptive homes, or boarding schools.
> Many children experienced devastating emotional and physical harm by adults
> who mistreated them and tried to erase their cultural identity.
> Now, for the first time, they are being asked to share their stories.
> In Maine, a historic investigation-the first government-sanctioned truth
> and reconciliation commission (TRC) in the United States-begins a bold
> journey. For over two years, Native and non-Native commissioners travel
> across Maine. They gather testimony and bear witness to the devastating
> impact of the state's child welfare practices on families in Maliseet,
> Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribal communities. Collectively, these
> tribes make up the Wabanaki people.
> The feature-length documentary Dawnland follows the TRC to contemporary
> Wabanaki communities to witness intimate, sacred moments of truth-telling
> and healing. With exclusive access to this groundbreaking process and
> never-before-seen footage, the film reveals the untold narrative of
> Indigenous child removal in the United States.
> https://www.cigionline.org/events/cinema-series-dawnland
>
> (16)
> 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/
>
> (17)
> "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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> RCI TALKS - MAPPING ONTARIO'S ENERGY TRANSITION
> Date: 21/02/2019
> Start Time: 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM
> Description:
> The Land-use and Landscape Impacts of Renewable Energy Development. A
> rapid transition away from fossil fuels and toward low-carbon and renewable
> energy resources is necessary in order to avoid dangerous levels of climate
> change. Join our discussion as we look at renewable energy resources and
> their relationships to policy, technology and geography. Rebecca Jahns is a
> Master's student in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics
> at the University of Guelph. Register online with Eventbrite.
> Library: McCormick Branch
> Location: Community Room
> Contact: Jennifer Webb
> Contact Number: 519-886-1310 X 213
> Link: Eventbrite Registration link
> More info: http://calendar.wpl.ca/eventcalendar.asp
>
> (19)
> CHELSEA'S STORY
> February 21-23 @ 7:30 pm
> February 23-24 @ 2 pm
> The Registry Theatre, 122 Frederick St., Kitchener
> Ontario is reputed to have the highest level of human sex trafficking in
> Canada, harbouring 70% of all human trafficking activity, in part due to
> highways such as the 401 and the QEW that allow for quick movement between
> cities. Most people think human sex trafficking is an "international" issue
> of smuggling people in from other countries. In fact the majority is sex
> trafficking, specifically child sexual exploitation, which is a domestic
> issue and the problem is growing. Sex trafficking occurs when people are
> recruited, coerced, or deceived into providing sex services. In 2015,
> Police found 27 cases of trafficking in Waterloo region; 26 involved sexual
> exploitation. 93% of trafficked victims in Canada are girls around the ages
> of 12 to 15. This problem is far larger that we know with most cases being
> unreported.
> We need to understand human sex trafficking so we can mobilize efforts to
> prevent it. This takes an "all hands on deck" approach.
> JM Drama Alumni, working in partnership with the Waterloo Crime Prevention
> Council (WRCPC) and the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region
> (SASC), is producing a community play to start a broader dialogue about
> this issue that in turn will hopefully lead to some upstream prevention
> measures.
> Chelsea's Story written by Sean McGrath from Alter Ego Creative Solutions
> UK is a compelling saga that will be the centrepiece for a series of
> outreach and educational opportunities around human sex trafficking. The
> goal is to increase awareness and mobilize community and its services to
> prevent our children from being victimized in the first place.
> Performances will run from February 21-24, 2019 coinciding with Human
> Trafficking Awareness Day at The Registry Theatre, located in downtown
> Kitchener, Ontario.
> The community theatre production of Chelsea's Story will be augmented by a
> series of outreach activities into the community both before and after.
> School aged children will be a particular area of focus. Strategic outreach
> to youth at risk will bring members of the community to the theatre that
> are unlikely to engage in the arts otherwise and often struggle with social
> challenges that are not always well understood.
> Partnerships will be the key to the success of this endeavour; it is only
> through meaningful interaction with local stakeholders, both individuals
> and organizations, that we can foster shared ownership of the project, and
> generate a collective response to the complex problems we face in our
> communities.
> The Chelsea's Story project is grateful to acknowledge funding support
> from the Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation and the Landmann Family
> Fund.
> Tickets: $20, $15 Student/Senior, $5 eyego
> For group rates, email info at registrytheatre.com<mailto:
> info at registrytheatre.com>
> Call 519-578-1570 or Buy Tickets Online: https://www.registrytheatre.com/
>
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> BLANKET EXERCISE FACILITATOR TRAINING
> February 23, 2019 - 8:30am to 5:00pm
> Community Room, MCC
> 50 Kent Avenue
> Kitchener, ON N2G 3R1
> MCC Indigenous Neighbours Team would like to invite you to this training
> on Saturday, February 23, 2019.  Join Lead Trainer and Grandmother, Mim
> Harder, as well as Indigenous Neighbours Animator, Kandace Boos for a
> meaningful day.
> This session will prepare you to lead the blanket exercise, a powerful
> teaching tool to foster Truth and Reconciliation. Spaces are limited.
> Pre-registration is required
> Cost is $25 per person. Lunch, snacks and refreshments are included.
> Schedule:
> 8:30 AM: Registration and refreshments
> 9:00 AM: Blanket exercise and talking circle
> 11:00 AM: Health break
> 11:15 AM: Training begins
> 12:30 PM: Lunch
> 1:00 PM: Training resumes
> 2:30 PM: Health break
> 5:00 PM: Training concludes
> More info:
> https://mcccanada.ca/get-involved/events/blanket-exercise-facilitator-training-0
>
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> CANADA, OIL AND WORLD POLITICS: THE REAL STORY OF TODAY'S CONFLICT ZONES -
> IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, VENEZUELA, UKRAINE AND MORE
> February 27 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
> Free
> Petroleum is the most valuable commodity in the world and an enormous
> source of wealth for those who sell it, transport it and transform it for
> its many uses. As the engine of modern economies and industries,
> governments everywhere want to assure steady supplies. Without it, their
> economies would grind to a standstill. Since petroleum is not evenly
> distributed around the world, powerful countries want to be sure they have
> access to supplies and markets, whatever the cost to the environment or to
> human life. Coveting the petroleum of another country is against the rules
> of international law - yet if accomplished surreptitiously, under the cover
> of some laudable action, it's a bonanza. This is the basis of "the
> petroleum game," where countries jockey for control of the world's oil and
> natural gas. It's an ongoing game of rivalry among global and regional
> countries, each pursuing its own interests and using whatever tools, allies
> and organizations offer possible advantage.
> This talk, based on the book Oil and World Politics: The real story of
> today's conflict zones - Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine and more,
> covers oil-producing countries, transit countries, the Big Powers as well
> as Canada. John Foster explores military interventions, tensions around
> international waterways, and the use of sanctions or political interference
> related to petroleum trade. Drawing on his experience as a petroleum
> economist, John illuminates the petroleum-related reasons for government
> actions usually camouflaged and rarely discussed publicly.
> About the speaker:
> John Foster has spent his working life as a petroleum economist. He has
> more than 40 years' experience in policy and economic issues relating to
> infrastructure and petroleum. While holding positions with the World Bank,
> the Inter-American Development Bank, Petro-Canada and BP group, he
> witnessed first-hand the impact of petroleum geopolitics in more than 30
> countries around the world.
> This event is co-sponsored by the Peace and Conflict Studies Association
> of Canada (PACS-Can) and LSPIRG.
> More info and to RSVP:
> https://www.balsillieschool.ca/event/canada-oil-and-world-politics-the-real-story-of-todays-conflict-zones-iraq-afghanistan-venezuela-ukraine-and-more/?rsvp_sent=1
>
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