MAKING PEACE VIGIL: Newsletter - October 16, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL: Newsletter - October 16, 2025


TWO SPECIAL EVENTS

THURSDAY OCTOBER 16, NOON: PUSHING FOR CLIMATE ACTION AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL: STRATEGIES FOR COLLABORATION
How can community groups effectively work with their local governments to push for local climate action?
When community groups organize at the local level, they can catalyze meaningful change. This session will explore how groups across Canada have advanced climate action within their municipalities and built strong relationships with elected officials. We’ll highlight practical strategies for building trust with local governments, identifying champions, and creating partnerships across sectors to move climate solutions forward.
We’ll also hear from Kye Kolody Watt and Sophia Young, who have built Better Bus Youth in Regina, to achieve more accessible transit. They’ll be joined by Councillor Shanon Zachidniak of Regina, who will share her perspective on working with community groups to advance this effort.
And we'll hear from Sunil Singal, an organizer with STAND.EARTH. He will speak to how residents and stakeholders came together to stop the Vancouver council from backtracking on its commitment to ban gas from new builds.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


FRIDAY OCTOBER 17, 12:30-1:30 pm: RALLY TO END POVERTY, VICTORIA PARK, SOUTH SIDE, NEAR VICTORIA AVE & ADJACENT TO CORNWALL ST
October 17 is International Day For The Eradication Of Poverty. Please come out to Victoria Park to rally for an end to poverty.

WHITE POPPIES FOR PEACE
As Remembrance Day (November 11) approaches, please consider wearing a White Poppy:
To commemorate all victims of war
To mourn the environmental devastation it causes
To reject war as a tool for social change
To call for dialog and peaceful conflict resolution
To show your commitment to building better future
Because Remembering is important, but it isn’t enough.

If you only want 1 or 2 white poppies: They are available on the table on my veranda. Please drop by and pick them up, along with safety pins and “To Remember Is To Work For Peace” buttons: 2818-19th Ave.
If you want more than 2, please let me know and I’ll prepare a little package for you.
To learn more about the White Poppy: [ https://www.ppu.org.uk/remembrance-white-poppies# ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

ALBERTA PREMIER SPARKS PRIVATE HEALTH CARE WORRIES WITH RECENT MANDATE LETTERS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -9.6938068 ]


“A SUBJUGATION”: FIRST NATIONS CHIEFS BLAST CARNEY’S NATION-BUILDING SCHEME
[ https://thewalrus.ca/a-subjugation-firs ... ng-scheme/ ]


F IS FOR FASCISM, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/f-is-for-fascism ]


THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS HIDING HOW MANY PREGNANT PEOPLE ARE IN ICE DETENTION
[ https://theintercept.com/2025/10/10/ice ... mmigrants/ ]


THE TRAVESTY OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/10/the-t ... ace-prize/ ]


TRUMP’S AMERICA: ECHOES OF A FASCIST PAST
[ https://socialistproject.ca/2025/10/tru ... cist-past/ ]


PENTAGON REPORTERS TURN IN THEIR ACCESS BADGES RATHER THAN BEND TO NEW GOVERNMENT RULES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pentagon- ... -9.6939937 ]


“WE LOST EVERYTHING”: PALESTINIAN WRITER AHMED ABU ARTEMA ON GAZA CEASEFIRE, HOSTAGE EXCHANGE & MORE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/13 ... abu_artema ]


ISRAELI HISTORIAN ILAN PAPPÉ: DESPITE CEASEFIRE, PALESTINIANS STILL FACE “ELIMINATION, GENOCIDE”
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/13 ... _the_brink ]


ALL LIVING ISRAELI CAPTIVES AND HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS RELEASED; TRUMP ADDRESSES KNESSET
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/drop-sit ... ypt-summit ]


ANALYSIS OF THE TRUMP-NETANYAHU "PEACE PLAN" FROM A NONVIOLENT PERSPECTIVE
[ https://www.politicanoviolenta.org/?p=2207 ]


“RECOGNIZE PALESTINE”: ISRAELI KNESSET MEMBER OFER CASSIF ON PROTESTING TRUMP, NETANYAHU SPEECHES
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/ofer_cassif ]


CALLS GROW FOR ISRAEL TO RELEASE IMPRISONED GAZA HEALTHCARE WORKERS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/14/naji_abbas ]


ISRAEL KILLS FIVE PALESTINIANS IN GAZA AND ANNOUNCES IT WILL NOT ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF FACILITATING HUMANITARIAN AID, DESPITE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/drop-sit ... tarian-aid ]


PROTEST AGAINST GAZA GENOCIDE IN TOKYO
[ https://emanuelprez.substack.com/p/prot ... enocide-in ]


INSPIRED BY HUMANISM, THE PARQUE DOS SONHOS STATE SCHOOL IN CUBATÃO (SP) IS RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE WORLD IN 2025
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/10/inspi ... d-in-2025/ ]


TONY MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM
Examining the legendary story teller’s life, works, and the powerful themes she confronted throughout her literary career. [ https://gem.cbc.ca/toni-morrison-the-pieces-i-am ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

THURSDAY OCTOBER 16, NOON: PUSHING FOR CLIMATE ACTION AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL: STRATEGIES FOR COLLABORATION
How can community groups effectively work with their local governments to push for local climate action?
When community groups organize at the local level, they can catalyze meaningful change. This session will explore how groups across Canada have advanced climate action within their municipalities and built strong relationships with elected officials. We’ll highlight practical strategies for building trust with local governments, identifying champions, and creating partnerships across sectors to move climate solutions forward.
We’ll also hear from Kye Kolody Watt and Sophia Young, who have built Better Bus Youth in Regina, to achieve more accessible transit. They’ll be joined by Councillor Shanon Zachidniak of Regina, who will share her perspective on working with community groups to advance this effort.
And we'll hear from Sunil Singal, an organizer with STAND.EARTH. He will speak to how residents and stakeholders came together to stop the Vancouver council from backtracking on its commitment to ban gas from new builds.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY OCTOBER 16, 7 pm: GAZA, PALESTINE AND IRAN: IMPERIALISM, RESISTANCE AND THE CHANGING PARADIGM
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


FRIDAY OCTOBER 17, 12:30-1:30 pm: RALLY TO END POVERTY, VICTORIA PARK, SOUTH SIDE, NEAR VICTORIA AVE & ADJACENT TO CORNWALL ST. October 17 is International Day For The Eradication Of Poverty. Please come out to Victoria Park to rally for an end to poverty.


SATURDAY OCTOBER 18, 11 am: CUSJ DEMANDING JUST CARE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
An online gathering by Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice. We will highlight and share Social Justice Actions across Canada by committees and groups, followed by an invited Speaker
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY OCTOBER 18, 11 am: HOW VETTING DENIES DEMOCRCAY
Who gets on the ballot? There are many obstacles to genuine political democracy in Canada: the influence of billionaires, corporate lobbyists, first past the post voting, etc. A significant, if little discussed, hurdle is the power party insiders have to determine who can run in election races. Join this webinar on the role that political party vetting plays in restricting democracy and social change.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY OCTOBER 21, 5 pm: STOP THE US/ISRAEL/NATO WAR DRIVE ON WEST ASIA!
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 11 am: STOP THE WAR ON THE POOR, UNITE AGAINST POVERTY—ANTI-AUSTERITY DEMONSTRATION ON FIRST DAY OF THE FALL LEGISLATIVE SESSION, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, NOON-2 pm: NO BUSINESS WITH ISRAELI GENOCIDE, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING (Lunch will be served at 12.)
As countries around the world are severing political and economic ties with Israel due to its ongoing genocide of Palestinians, Premier Scott Moe invited Israel’s ambassador to Saskatchewan to discuss deepening economic partnerships and cooperation.
Israel’s economy is in decline, with no signs of recovery, as investors are increasingly distancing themselves. Engaging in business with Israel is not only morally indefensible, it’s also a bad economic decision. Such ties will not only fail to generate profit for our province, they will damage our reputation and harm our relationships with other trading partners.
According to Israeli ambassador Iddo Moed, he saw many “parallels” between Israel and Saskatchewan on his recent visit. Indeed, both places are founded on colonial dispossession and the genocide of Indigenous peoples.
Join us as Premier Scott Moe delivers his Speech from the Throne to demand justice from Treaty 4 to Palestine, and make clear that we want NO BUSINESS WITH ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE. Organized by Palestine Solidarity Regina
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12 ... 6204097528 ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 4:30 pm: SENIORS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE LOBBYING WORKSHOP
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... 6BExAczpGg ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 5 pm: IS UKRAINE HEADED FOR PEACE OR NUCLEAR WAR?
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/N7cAw2B6dkaU8bPrqWL2tw2 ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 22, 7 pm: DR. DEIDRE NUNAN, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON FROM SASKATCHEWAN, 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.


THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 5 PM: JOIN OUR ONE-HOUR WEBINAR REVEALING THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY’S HIDDEN TACTICS AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE THEM
Featuring Regina’s own Emily Eaton, along with Martin Lukacs, Breach journalist; Mary Stewart, Climate Justice Advocate; and Emilia Bellliveau, Environmental Defence
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... id=8598389 ]


THURSDAY OCTOEBER 23, 6 pm: CLEAN AIR, HEALTHY KIDS & COMMUNITIES: THE CASE FOR STRONG METHANE REGULATIONS
[ https://www.forourkids.ca/methane-webinar ]


TUESDAY OCTOBER 28, 5 pm: VIRTUAL LAUNCH OF LISTEN! KNOWING THE WORLD AND FIGHTING TO CHANGE IT, by Scott Neigh
Listen! expands our understanding of "listening" as not an individual, passive act but as fundamental to constructing the social world — and to making it more just. As an activist, journalist, and host of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh shares what he's learned from decades of conversing with other activists and scholars.
What does it mean to find oneself overwhelmed by a world in turmoil, as the relentless news of genocide, climate change, and police violence drives home the urgent need for radical change but doesn't tell us how to make it happen? Listen! reflects deeply on the role of listening — from the moment of injustice to how we respond as individuals, to struggles by collective social movements. The book explores what these movements are, how they work, and what they do in the world, as well as the knowledge generated in and by them and the importance of listening to and within them. By sharpening our critical insight into listening, we can explicitly centre sensory pathways to understanding and strengthen our strategies for collective liberation as embodied and situated knowers.
[ https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/events/vi ... ook-launch ]


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29, 7 – 9 p,: QUEEN CITY IMPROVEMENT BOO..REAU 10TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE SHOW, ARTESIAN, 2627 13TH AVE
The Queen City Improvement Bureau will be 10 years old this Halloween season. Join us for our big LIVE anniversary show at the Artesian. Admission is by voluntary donation to the Artesian. It'll be a night of spooo-o-oky civics!
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/1210132314218265/ ]


WEDNESDAY OCTORBER 29, 7 pm: REPORT BACK FROM CHINA BY REGINA PEACE COUNCIL MEMBER MATT GEHL, SENIOR CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
In September Matt Gehl represented the Regina Peace Council at an international peace conference in China commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the end of the global anti-fascist war. Matt also toured China at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament. Matt will report back on the conference and his impressions of China. For more information please contact Ed at: 306 718 8010


THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 5 pm DOORS OPEN: QUEER & TRANS JUSTICE IN EDUCATION, EDUCATION AUDITORIUM
This event promises to be an engaging and informative session on how to best support 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in schools and is intended for all teachers, pre-service teachers, education support staff, parents/families, and other education community members more broadly, along with University of Regina community members.
The event will include a moderated panel discussion (5:30 pm - 7:15 pm) with Dr. Elizabeth Meyer (Colorado; author of Queer Justice at School: A Guide for Youth Activists, Allies, and Their Teachers), Dr. Qui Alexander (OISE), and Madelaine Enns (Indigenous Teachers for Two-Spirit Youth), followed by a reception (7:30 pm - 8:30 pm).
If you are planning on attending either in-person or online, please RSVP by Wednesday, October 15th. You can register using the following link: [ https://uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo ... 8?Q_CHL=qr ]


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies, by Leslie Kern


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6, 7 pm: STAPLEFORD LECTURE, FEATURING DR. CAMERON ROBERTSON— PICTURING LAND: INDIGENOUS AESTHETICS ON THE FLATLAND, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVENUE, ROOM 139


WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Places of the Heart, by Colin Ellard


WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7, 7 pm: QUEEN CITY URBANIST BOOK CLUB, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
The book that will be discussed is Living Disability, Emily Macrae (ed)


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS


STOP THE CUTS! AUSTERITY THREATENS LIVELIHOODS & COMMUNITIES
[ https://canadians.org/stopthecuts/ ]


DIGNITY DOESN’T EXPIRE! SPEAK UP FOR COMPASSIONATE CARE AND PROVINCIAL SAFEGUARDS
[ https://www.nooptionsnochoice.com/engli ... an-consent ]


SPEAK UP TO CHALLENGE CARNEY ON CLIMATE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/speak ... n-climate/ ]


ARABIC IS NOT A THREATENING LANGUAGE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/arabi ... hreatening ]


CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES: DIVEST FROM WSP—A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR FURTHERING ISRAEL’S APARTHEID REGIME
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/deman ... t-from-wsp ]


WE CALL UPON THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO ENSURE THAT ALL CANADIAN CITIZENS, REGARDLESS OF PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY ID OR PASSPORT, ARE GRANTED EQUAL TREATMENT BY ISRAEL, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO ENTER VIA BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND ARE NOT SUBJECTED TO HARASSMENT OR MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS DUE TO THEIR HERITAGE OR SECONDARY DOCUMENTATION
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-6645 ]


DEMAND EQUALITY FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES IN HONG KONG
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/179657/petition/1 ]


- Making Peace Vigil