MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - September 18, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - September 18, 2025

TWO SPECIAL EVENTS . . .

TODAY: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 7 – 9 pm: HARM REDUCTION TOWN HALL, KNOX-MET, 2340 VICTORIA AVE
Join community members for tacos and a discussion about the importance of harm reduction in our city. A panel of healthcare workers; housing and prison justice advocates will facilitate a discussion on how we can collectively defend harm reduction practices and reject forced treatment.
We need healthcare and housing, not handcuffs to address the toxic drug crisis.
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 6732402945 ]


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 10 am: RAISING OF THE PEACE FLAG TO MARK INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY, REGINA CITY HALL
Hope you can come out for peace and justice! Everyone is welcome.
Making Peace Vigil and Regina Peace Council


SPECIAL VIEWING & LISTENING

VALERIE ZINK: WHY I QUIT & CUT UP MY REUTERS PRESS CARD OVER GAZA
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=A5eKNHO7tyM ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

TATANGA SKULL WALK HELD IN REGINA TO RAISE AWARENESS OF INDIGENOUS ISSUES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7634315 ]


REGINA PHARMACY PROVIDES TAX HELP FOR CITY’S HOMELESS POPULATION—Thankyou to the Queen City Wellness Pharmacy!
[ https://www.620ckrm.com/2025/09/15/regi ... opulation/ ]


REGINA STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT TERRY FOX’S ENDURING LEGACY OF CANCER RESEARCH ACTIVISM
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/regina-stud ... h-activism ]


CRITICS, ADVOCATES SOUND OFF ON PLAN FOR NEW SASKATOON HOMELESS SHELTER (Saskatoon NIMBYism)
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7635240 ]


CHIEF PIAPOT FOUGHT FOR HIS PEOPLE IN TREATY SIGNING, by Doug Cuthand
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... cad3be4173 ]


ALBERTA TO BECOME 1ST PROVINCE WITH MANDATORY 'CITIZENSHIP MARKERS' ON DRIVER'S LICENCES—This is disgusting!
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.7634163 ]


HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT: BUILD CANADA HOMES COULD DELIVER ON THAT PROMISE
[ https://housingrights.ca/welcoming-buil ... sept-2025/ ]


STEINBACH PRIDE MARCH POSTPONED AFTER SAFETY THREATS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -1.7633415 ]


CONSERVATIVES PAINTED THE SUBURBS BLUE. CAN THE NDP RECLAIM GROUND?
[ https://thewalrus.ca/conservatives-pain ... im-ground/ ]


CANADA PROVERTY REPORT CARD
[ https://foodbankscanada.ca/poverty-report-card/ ]


POLICE INVOLVEMENT WITH PRO-ISRAEL CHARITY RAISES CONCERNS
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/police-inv ... -concerns/ ]


THE DANGEROUS IN-BETWEEN: ASSASSINATION, FASCISM AND THE FRAGILE STATE OF DEMOCRACY, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... in-between ]


CARNEY STOLE HIS POLICY BOOK. SO PIERRE POILIEVRE IS GOING FULL ANTI-IMMIGRANT
[ https://breachmedia.ca/poilievre-anti-i ... licy-book/ ]


‘JUST KILL EM’: FOX NEWS HOST ENDORSES GIVING HOMELESS PEOPLE ‘INVOLUNTARY LETHAL INJECTION’
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/fox-n ... l-homeless ]


ANGER RULES YOUNG MALE MINDS
[ https://www.meidasplus.com/p/anger-rule ... male-minds ]


PEDAGOGIES OF REPRESSION: FORD, TRUMP AND THE WAR ON EDUCATION
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/09/ped ... epression/ ]


WASHINGTON POST EDITOR'S FIRING LEADS TO FREE SPEECH QUESTIONS AFTER KIRK KILLING
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/attiah-fr ... -1.7634895 ]


THE US NEVER STOPPED TREATING MEXICO LIKE AN IMPERIAL COLONY
[ https://therealnews.com/us-never-stoppe ... ial-colony ]


JUDITH BUTLER: JEWISH PROF. AMONG 160 NAMED IN UC BERKELEY “ANTISEMITISM” FILES HANDED TO TRUMP ADMIN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/15/judith_butler ]


WHEN UNIVERSITIES BECOME INFORMANTS: A PRACTICE FROM THE MCCARTHY ERA MAKES AN UGLY RETURN
[ https://www.chronicle.com/article/when- ... oAYcN94LxA ]


16 NATIONS WARN ISRAEL AGAINST ATTACKING GAZA-BOUND GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA (Sadly, Canada is not one of them.)
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/globa ... lla-sicily ]


BOMBSHELL GAZA GENOCIDE REPORT GIVES UN RIGHT TO INTERVENE MILITARILY TO STOP ISRAEL: EX-UN ENVOY
[ https://sputnikglobe.com/20250917/bombs ... 02038.html ]


‘WE TOOK THE GLOVES OFF’: FORMER ISRAELI MILITARY CHIEF ADMITS 220,000 GAZA CASUALTIES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/ex-id ... casualties ]


PANIC AS ISRAEL WARNS HIGH RISES IN GAZA CITY WILL BE STRUCK WITH MINUTES TO GET OUT
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-b ... ians-panic ]


VOLUNTEER DOCTORS DESCRIBE HOW ISRAELI TROOPS ‘DELIBERATELY TARGETED’ GAZA CHILDREN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/docto ... ot-in-head ]


PROBE REVEALS NEARLY 3,000 GAZA AID-SEEKERS KILLED BY ISRAELI FORCES
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza- ... -by-israel ]


‘IT IS CLEAR’: UN COMMISSION FINDING CONFIRMS ISRAEL COMMITTING GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/unite ... rt-on-gaza ]


‘IT IS GENOCIDE’: SANDERS SAYS ISRAEL IS ‘OPENLY PURSUING A POLICY OF ETHNIC CLEANSING’ IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/berni ... l-genocide ]


“PERISH OR LEAVE”: HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FLEE AS ISRAELI MILITARY INVADES GAZA CITY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/17/netanyahu_israel ]


“SINGLE SHOTS TO THE HEAD”: U.S. VETERAN, VOLUNTEER SURGEON SEES “EXTERMINATION OF A PEOPLE” IN GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/17/gaza_update ]


“SHAME ON HUMANITY”: GAZA DOCTOR PLEADS WITH WORLD TO STOP ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/15/mohammed_saqr ]


HOW THE UN CAN ACT DECISIVELY TO END GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/un ... a-genocide ]


100% OF CLUSTER BOMB VICTIMS LAST YEAR WERE CIVILIANS—NEARLY HALF OF THEM CHILDREN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/cluster-bombing ]


THE BANKSY GHOST, with George Galloway
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=M2aLqGaXld8 ]


SANITIZING MLK’S LEGACY BEGINS BY FORGETTING HIS LIFE OUTSIDE THE SOUTH
[ https://therealnews.com/sanitizing-mlks-legacy ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 7 – 9 pm: REGINA TOWN HALL–HARM REDUCTION UNDER ATTACK: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING MEETING TO DEFEAT THE FORCED TREATMENT AGENDA, KNOX-MET, 2340 VICTORIA AVE
Join community members for tacos and a discussion about the importance of harm reduction in our city. A panel of healthcare workers; housing and prison justice advocates will facilitate a discussion on how we can collectively defend harm reduction practices and reject forced treatment.
We need healthcare and housing, not handcuffs to address the toxic drug crisis.
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10 ... 6732402945 ]


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 10 am: RAISING OF THE PEACE FLAG TO MARK INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY, REGINA CITY HALL
Making Peace Vigil and Regina Peace Council


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 7 pm: DOUBLE FEATURES—2 FILMS FROM GAZA, HUDA SCHOOL, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, 40 SHEPHARD ST
[ https://events.islamicreliefcanada.org/ ... 9/register ]


SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 9 am: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION IN ACTION
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/morning-edu ... 9099653919 ]


SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 11 am – 5 pm: HERITAGE NEIGHBOURHOOD HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL, 1770 HALIFAX ST


SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 9 am: REMEMBERING CHINA’S ROLE IN VICTORY 80 YEAR AGO
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/world-war-a ... tdtcreator ]


SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2 - 4 pm: DISCUSSION OF ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS by Omar El Akkad, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
Sponsored by Palestine Solidarity Regina


MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 11 am: SURVIVING THE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM
[ https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7g7 ... gistration ]


MONDAY SEPTEMER 22, 5 pm: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BOOKCLUB—AN EVENING WITH NIIGAAN SINCLAIR
Join us for a live online event with Anishinaabe writer, editor and professor, Niigaan Sinclair, the son of the late Honourable Murray Sinclair. As we prepare to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, our host, Pacinthe Mattar, will interview him about his father's legacy, the state of Indigenous rights on Turtle Island (North America), and what Canadians can learn about resistance from Indigenous Peoples.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 5 pm: ANTI-RACISM TRAINING—LEARN HOW TO MOVE BEYOND ALLYSHIP & BE AN ACCOMPLICE
[ https://www.selamdebs.com/freeworkshop ]


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 6:30 pm: SUGARCANE SCREENING AT CENTRAL LIBARY
A documentary set amidst the investigation of unmarked residential school graves, Sugarcane illuminates the beauty of a community breaking cycles of inter-generational trauma and finding the strength to persevere.


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 7 pm: CHARLIE ANGUS IN REGINA—THE RESISTANCE TOUR: FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, ED AUDITORIUM, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Angus will address challenges to post-secondary education in a time of rising authoritarianism.
[ https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-res ... tdtcreator ]


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 7 pm: MUSIC FOR PALESTINE, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
Performers include Albert "Strange Man," Noor Mitri, Gwen Elaine Singer, and band Detention! We're waiting to confirm one other performer. Free admission, all ages. All money raised split between Palestine Children's Relief Fund and Gaza Soup Kitchen. Free admission.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2675574692791789/ ]


WEDNSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 11 am: THE ONGOING LEGACY OF THE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SYSTEM THROUGH CHILD WELFARE
[ https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_d6H ... gistration ]


THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 11 am: REFLECTING ON THE TRC’S CALLS TO ACTION 10 YEARS LATER
[ https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g-5 ... gistration ]


THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2 pm: STRENGTHENING PRAIRIE FOOD SYSTEMS TOGETHER
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 4 pm: THE SUZUKI SESSIONS—LAND DEFENDERS AND LNG
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... JPutom8MuQ ]


THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 7 pm: 40 ACRES SCREENING AT CENTRAL LIBRARY
In a post-apocalyptic world with food scarcity, a Black family of Canadian farmers descended from American Civil War migrants defend their homestead against cannibals trying to seize their resources.


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 11 am: CONFRONTING RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL DENIALISM
[ https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KB8 ... gistration ]


MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 7:30 PM: TURNING OURSELVES INSIDE OUT FOR EACH OTHER: WHY INTERCULTURAL MINISTRY MATTERS, LUTHER LECTURE 2025, LUTHER AUDITORIUM, LUTHER COLLEGE, U OF R & ON ZOOM
[ https://www.luthercollege.edu/universit ... er-lecture ]


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30: ORANGE SHIRT DAY
Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day intended to raise awareness of the individual, family, and community impacts of residential schools, and to promote the concept of “Every Child Maters.” The orange shirt is a symbol of the stripping away of culture, freedom, and self-esteem experienced by Indigenous children over generations. Learn more: [ https://orangeshirtday.org/ ]
Every Child Matters t-shirts can be purchased online.


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30, NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION: EVENTS
Mâmawêyatitân Centre: 9:00 A.M. Pipe Ceremony, 10:30 A.M. Program, 12:30 P.M. Lunch
Join MCoS and EDIN (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Network) to remember the small children who were ripped from their families and struggled in residential schools for years. Orange Shirt Day means we recognize in particular those children who did not survive and those who ”walk between”, no longer comfortable on their own lands and discriminated against in society.


Mackenzie Art Gallery – free day; hourly tours of Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969


Regina Public Library – Central – 12 PM Noon – “Truth, Reconciliation, and the Media – Nelson Bird’s Experiences”. An excellent speaker, Nelson Bird will describe the meaning of reconciliation. He is now a lecturer in FNUC journalism program.


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 9 am: ILAN PAPPÉ ON THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CRISIS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Better Buses, Better Cities, by Steven Higashide
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/2486789288326245/ ]


THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 11 am: A CANADA WITHOUT HOMELESSNESS STARTS WITH BUDGET 2025
As Members of Parliament return to Ottawa soon and the new federal government writes their first Budget, join the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness for an important conversation about our pre-Budget campaign. In this webinar, we’ll walk you through the key priorities of the movement to end homelessness going into Budget 2025, the policy solutions we’re advocating for, and how we can work together to influence decision-makers to invest in housing and ending homelessness.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... wz_BdCfGLQ ]


NOTE CHANGE IN START TIME: THURSDAY OCTOBER 2, 5:30 – 11:30 pm: REGINA 2025 POINT-IN-TIME—PiT—COUNT OF HOMELESSNESS IN REGINA,
Volunteers are needed for Regina’s 2025 PiT Count, which will take place on October 2. Namerind Housing Corporation, as the Reaching Home Community Entity for Regina, will be leading the 2025 PiT Count of homelessness on October 2nd, and they need volunteers to make it happen.
To volunteer, go to: [ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/call-for-vo ... tdtcreator ]


THURSDAY OCTOBER 9, 10 am: MORE THAN A RIDE: TRANSIT TRAINING AS A TOOL FOR YOUTH INDEPENDENCE
Join Get On The Bus, a national youth transit movement driven by Small Change Fund, as we launch our brand-new Train-the-Trainer Guide. This practical tool is designed to help communities support youth in using public transit with confidence and independence.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 7 pm: DR. DEIDRE NUNAN, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON FROM SASKATOON, ON HER TIME AT NASSER HOSPITAL IN GAZA CITY, KNOX-MET, 2340 VICTORIA AVE
Join us on Oct. 22 to hear the firsthand experiences of Dr. Deirdre Nunan, a Saskatchewan-trained orthopaedic surgeon who has spent much of the past decade working in international humanitarian contexts. She has spent nearly two years working in Gaza, including on three occasions during the past year. She recently returned from working at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. When in Canada, she works in Moose Jaw.
Admission is free. No registration required.
This event is sponsored by Doctors Against Genocide, Palestine Solidarity Regina, Amnesty International Saskatchewan, Regina Peace Council, Regina Public Interest Research Group, Students for Justice in Palestine, Faculty for Palestine, and Regina Making Peace Vigil.


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS


MPs: WE WANT YOU TO PUT HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AT THE TOP OF YOUR LIST.
[ https://action.caeh.ca/budget_25 ]


CALL ON CARNEY’S GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT OUR HEALTH, OUR ECONOMY, AND OUR CHILDREN
[ https://cape.ca/action/meet-the-moment/ ]


TELL ST. PAUL’S BLOOR ST. TORONTO: DON’T CAVE TO PRO-GENOCIDE PRESSURE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... e-pressure ]


P.M. CARNEY: US NUCLEAR REACTORS ARE NOT THE WAY TO BUILD OUR NATION
[ https://www.cleanairalliance.org/mpo/ ]


CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE. CANADA CONTINUES TO PRETEND IT IS NOT SENDING WEAPONS TO ISRAEL
[ https://www.cjpme.org/petition_close_the_loophole ]


DEMAND THAT CANADA UPHOLD ITS COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PEACE
[ https://act.oxfam.ca/page/171122/action/1 ]


CANCEL THE CANADA-ISRAEL FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
[ https://www.cjpme.org/cancel_cifta ]


MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES AND CITIZENSHIP: REUNITE CANADIAN CITIZEN SOPHIA PAPP WITH HER SPOUSE, ZAIN HAQ, THROUGH HIS ADMISSION INTO CANADA.
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-6779 ]


I DEMAND THE CANCELLATION OF CANADA-ISRAEL FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
[ https://www.cjpme.org/cancel_cifta ]


TELL APPLE: END COMPLICITY IN GENOCIDE
[ https://www.codepink.org/apple?utm_camp ... e=codepink ]


THANK THE SARNIA JOURNAL FOR REFUSING TO PARTICIPATE IN MANUFACTURING CONSENT FOR GENOCIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/thank ... r-genocide ]


FIFA: BAN ISRAEL FROM THE WORLD CUP
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/ba ... cup_rbloc/ ]


CHECKLIST FOR NATIONAL INTEREST PROJECTS
[ https://www.wcel.org/blog/nationalinterestchecklist ]


END ANTI-LGBTQ MORALITY CLAUSES
[ https://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/st ... 244.gOxTlu ]


- Making Peace Vigil