MAKING PEACE VIGIL - Newsletter December 15, 2023

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL - Newsletter December 15, 2023



GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

STF SAYS JOB ACTION 'VIRTUALLY INEVITABLE' AFTER FAILED TALKS WITH PROVINCE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/stf-says-jo ... h-province ]



SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE SAY EDUCATIONAL REFORMS COULD HELP BREAK THE CYCLE OF ABUSE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7052409 ]



TRAUMA FROM DOG BITES PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON SASKATOON POLICE POLICY ON USING DOGS IN ARRESTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7039695 ]



MORE THAN A QUARTER OF CANADIANS HAVE AT LEAST ONE DISABILITY
[ https://montrealgazette.com/news/nation ... ty-statcan ]


FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LAUNCHING COMMISSION TO PROBE SYSTEMIC ABUSE IN SPORTS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa ... -1.7054257 ]



‘WE BUILT A LIFE FROM NOTHING.’ WHITE SETTLER COLONIALISM & THE MYTH OF MERITOCRACY
[ https://policyalternatives.ca/sites/def ... McLean.pdf ]



CRIMINALIZATION, INTIMIDATION, & HARASSMENT OF WET’SUWET’EN LAND DEFENDERS, by Amnesty International
[ wetsuweten-report.pdf (amnesty.ca) ]



EXPERTS SAY SASK. PREMIER'S COP28 COMMENTS ON OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY NEED FACT CHECKING
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoo ... -1.7055932 ]



THE TOXIC TRUTH ABOUT ALBERTA’S OIL SANDS CANADA IS HIDING
[ https://therealnews.com/killer-water-th ... -is-hiding ]



HERE’S WHAT DANIELLE SMITH IS REALLY DOING IN DUBAI
[ https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/05/D ... ign=111223 ]



CANADA SUPPORTS UN RESOLUTION CALLING FOR CEASEFIRE IN ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada ... -1.7056626 ]



CANADA VOTES FOR CEASEFIRE AFTER MONTHS OF PRESSURE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/836c ... newsletter ]



UNDERSTANDING CANADA’S CEASEFIRE UN VOTE, with Dimitri Lascaris & Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnoCkwhChK4 ]



PMs OF CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND BACK EFFORTS TOWARD GAZA CEASEFIRE
[ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ ... statement/ ]



CANADIAN POLICY HOUR, DECEMBER 11, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2XUvQgiVWQ ]



POST MEDIA CALLED OUT FOR PUBLISHING ISRAELI PROPAGANDA AS ‘NEWS’
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/postmedia- ... a-as-news/ ]



CANADIAN HIRED GUN TRAINING BOTH UKRAINIAN & ISRAELI SOLDIERS
[ https://sputnikglobe.com/20231212/explo ... 37424.html ]



'WE ARE COMPLICIT': SANDERS URGES BIDEN TO CURB ISRAEL MILITARY AID
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/berni ... israel-aid ]



THIS IS NOT A WAR AGAINST HAMAS, by Jeremy Scahill
[ https://theintercept.com/2023/12/11/isr ... Newsletter ]



ANTI-WAR WORKERS BLOCKADE FACTORY MAKING ISRAELI DRONE ENGINES FOR ITS SIEGE ON GAZA
[ https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bje4/ ... ge-on-gaza ]



CHAINED TO WHITE HOUSE FENCE, JEWISH ELDERS CHANT 'CEASE-FIRE NOT GENOCIDE'
https://www.commondreams.org/news/chain ... t-genocide



CALLS TO REFORM UN SECURITY COUNCIL AFTER US VETOES GAZA CEASEFIRE
[ https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsf ... -ceasefire ]



WE MUST PREVENT HUMANITARIAN AID FROM BEING USED AS AN INSTRUMENT OF WAR
[ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2 ... ian-relief ]



UN MEMBERS SUPPORT GAZA CEASE-FIRE IN OVERWHELMING 153-10 VOTE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/unite ... efire-vote ]



GLOBAL SOUTH DECRIES 'WEAK' PROGRESS ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION AT COP28
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/adaptation-cop28 ]



LETTER FROM COP28, by Elizabeth May
[ https://www.policymagazine.ca/letter-fr ... s-winning/ ]



INDUSTRY-DOMINATED COP28 'UNACCEPTABLE,' SAYS VANESSA NAKATE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/vanessa-nakate ]



CLIMATE ACTIVISTS OUTRAGED AS COP28 DRAFT TEXT DROPS CALL FOR FOSSIL FUEL PHASEOUT
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/12 ... op28_draft ]



FINAL COP28 DEAL RIDDLED WITH 'CAVERNOUS LOOPHOLES' FOR FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/cop28-final-deal ]



10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DEMILITARISATION FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE FROM AN INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE
[ https://www.wilpf.org/10-things-you-nee ... rspective/ ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:



THURSDAY DECEMBER 14, 11 am: WARM WELCOME MEETING, SALVATION ARMY, 2240 13th AVENUE
Planning for an overnight warming space for unhoused people in the core area of Regina. . Everyone is welcome



SATURDAY DECEMBER 16, 4 pm: HONOURING LIVES LOST IN PALESTINE, SCARTH ST & 11th AVENUE, ACROSS FROM THE CORNWALL CENTRE
People are invited to leave candles, flowers, written messages, teddy bears, etc. It's a family friendly event.



SUNDAY DECEMBER 17, 3-5:30 pm: A DRAMATIC READING OF CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL, ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, 1861 MCINTYRE ST

https://www.stpaulsregina.ca/events/liv ... 12-13-2023



MONDAY DECEMBER 18, 4 -5:30 pm: GETTING COMMUNITY LIVING SERVICE DELIVER (CLSD) TO TAKE TRANSIT
[ Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84021595709#success ]



MONDAY JANUARY 8, 1:30 pm: END POVERTY REGINA MEETING, KNOX-MET



NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

CALL UPON THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO ISSUE A DIRECTIVE TO THE CNSC THAT IT SHALL MAKE NO DECISION ON LICENSING OF A RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY UNLESS CANADA’S UNDRIP OBLIGATIONS ARE MET
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-4676 ]


INVOKE RESOLUTION 377A FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA
[ https://secure.avaaz.org/community_peti ... a/?tzHbKtb ]


- Making Peace Vigil