MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 15, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - February 15, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

IT'S HARDER THAN EVER TO BE A BOOKSELLER BUT I'M NOT SHELVING MY BUSINESS DREAMS: If you buy books, please consider getting them at the Penny University Bookstore, 3104-13th Ave, 639-571-2186
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7094812 ]


'NORTH CENTRAL STRONG': YOUTH TASK FORCE TO LEAD CHARGE IN MASSIVE REVITALIZATION
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... talization ]


NORTH CENTRAL—AN AMAZING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT REGINA’S NORTH CENTRAL NEIGHBOURHOOD, made by Journalism students at the U of R, in response to Canada’s Worse Neighbourhood documentary
[ https://vimeo.com/542932354?fbclid=IwAR ... DzzEHQVXzQ ]


REGINA NON-PROFIT CHALLENGES EARLY CPP WITHDRAWAL FOR SAID CLIENTS IN COURT
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... s-in-court ]


SASK. AMONG WORST PROVINCES FOR WORKPLACE HARASSMENT IN RECENT STATSCAN STUDY | CBC NEWS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7114231 ]


SMALL NUCLEAR MODULAR REACTORS (SMRS) & CONSENT IN SASKATCHEWAN: WHAT YOU HAVEN’T BEEN TOLD
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6TOoWU-w5A ]


MELTING GLACIERS THREATEN SASK. RIVER, SASKATOON WATER SUPPLY
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/lett ... 6433c/amp/ ]


THE 15 WORST THINGS ABOUT EDMONTON’S NEW PUBLIC SPACES BYLAW
[ https://www.theprogressreport.ca/the_15 ... aces_bylaw ]


FEDERAL HOUSING ADVOCATE CALLS FOR NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON HOMELESSNESS
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxUBfrgK7k ]


FEDERAL REPORT CALLS EXPANSION OF ENCAMPMENTS A HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS, AS HOMELESSNESS RISES IN CALGARY
[ https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-ne ... hts-crisis ]


HOMELESSNESS IS A HOUSING PROBLEM’: A DISCUSSION WITH CO-AUTHOR GREGG COLBURN
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwibK60 ... e=youtu.be ]


TWO MLA LINKED MOTELS UPPING FEES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES CLIENTS LOOKS BAD
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/tw ... ks-bad-ndp ]


MORE EXPLANATION NEEDED ABOUT PAYMENTS TO MLA'S MOTEL
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... mlas-motel ]


MOE MUST CLEAN UP MESSY TEACHERS STRIKE BEFORE ANY ELECTION
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... y-election ]


WILL SASKATCHEWAN FUND THE FUTURE OF ITS UNIVERSITIES?
[ https://monitormag.ca/articles/will-sas ... versities/ ]



CSIS WARNS THAT THE 'ANTI-GENDER MOVEMENT' POSES A THREAT OF 'EXTREME VIOLENCE'
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/csis-l ... -1.7114801 ]


IT’S TIME FOR ANTI-SCAB LEGISLATION IN EVERY JURISDICTION
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/its-time-f ... newsletter ]


’DONE BEING PATIENT’: TREATY 4 FIRST NATIONS SUING OTTAWA OVER $5 ANNUITY PAYMENTS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... 9c4eb3c8c0 ]


AFTER SELINA ROBINSON MET WITH UBC PRESIDENT, GAZA STATEMENT DISAPPEARED
[ https://breachmedia.ca/selina-robinson- ... -scrubbed/ ]


TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED $28.5 MILLION OF NEW MILITARY EXPORTS TO ISRAEL
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/email/3183 ... e12b10194/ ]


CANADA MUST PLAY ITS PART IN OPPOSING A RAFAH GROUND INVASION
[ https://www.ceasefire.ca/canada-must-pl ... srael-now/ ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY HOUR, FEBRUARY 12, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuRrEL3-ddk ]


PALESTINIAN DEATHS MORE THAN NUMBERS, by Evelyn Tischer—scroll down
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... ncertainty ]


BOMBS, DISEASE, STARVATION: CANADIAN DOCTOR DESCRIBES THE DESPERATE SITUATION INSIDE GAZA
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/13/ ... _khan_gaza ]


AID GROUPS SAY PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE IS 'ONLY WAY TO AVOID' RISK OF GAZA FAMINE
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/famine-gaza-ceasefire ]


WHAT IS BDS?
[ https://bdsmovement.net/what-is-bds ]


ISRAEL DESTROYED MY UNIVERSITY. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?
[ https://therealnews.com/israel-destroye ... he-outrage ]



GLOBAL ALARM AS IDF TAKES AIM AT NASER HOSPITAL FULL OF SHELTERING CIVILIANS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... r-hospital ]



OASIS OF PEACE: HOW JEWS & PALESTINIANS COEXIST IN THIS ISRAELI VILLAGE
[ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/news/oa ... i-BB1i0H7V ]



RACE, GENDER, CLASS: BISHOP BARBER, ECONOMIST MICHAEL ZWEIG ON POOR & LOW-WAGE VOTERS IN 2024 ELECTION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/12/ ... paign_2024 ]


HUMAN ACTIVITY PUSHING MORE THAN 1 IN 5 MIGRATORY SPECIES TOWARD EXTINCTION: UN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/migra ... extinction ]


THE ONLY PROTECTION FROM NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE IS PROHIBITION, by Frida Berrigan
[ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/02/t ... ohibition/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15, 6 pm: TWO CEASEFIRES: A CALL FOR A CEASEFIRES AND NEGOTIATIONS IN GAZA AND UKRAINE—a webinar
[ https://secure.everyaction.com/iu2_8-xboEi2ZhY9vAqA2w2 ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15, 7 pm: AN EVENING WITH BEAU DIXON—BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15 AVE
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/C2tiDXcuPdF/?img_index=2 ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15, 8 pm: IF THE GLACIER MELTS, THE EARTH WILL CATCH FIRE
Join Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs for a webinar and learn about their groundbreaking Charter of Rights & Freedoms challenge taking on Canada’s climate inaction.
[ https://fundraise.raventrust.com/event/ ... re/e559317 ]



FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 TO SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18: SCREENING OF ITHACA, a film focused on Julian Assange.
Ithaca is a film focused on Julian Assange and on the efforts of his father, wife and family to save him. Julian`s final opportunity to appeal his extradition to the US will take place in front of the High Court in London in one week on February 20th and 21st.
To register to view this film online, please contact Voice Of Women (VOW) board member, Charlotte Sheasby-Coleman at [ c.sheasby@hotmail.com ], and please include "ITHAKA" in the subject line.


FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16, 6 pm: AMNESTY BOOK CLUB PRESENTS SUZETTE MAYR, AUTHOR OF THE GILLER-PRIZE WINNING NOVEL THE SLEEPING CAR PORTER
[ https://amnestysaskatchewan.ca/february ... ar-porter/ ]



SUNDAY FEBRUARY 18, 10:30 am: PETER GILMER OF THE REGINA ANTI-POVERTY MINISTRY WILL BE THE SPEAKER AT THE UNITARIAN CENTRE SUNDAY SERVICE, UNITARIAN CENTRE, 2700 COLLEGE AVE
As a lead-in to World Day of Social Justice, February 20, Peter will tell us about some of the anti-poverty work going on in Regina.
In person or via zoom: [ https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86498080299?p ... 09#success ]


MONDAY FEBRUARY 19, 7 pm: FIRST SESSION OF ECOSTRESS SASK’s 8 WEEK PROGRAM

EcoStress Sask will be offering a new eight-week long group session from February to April 2024. Groups are facilitated and include conversation and sharing of our experiences, as well as instruction and practice of coping and self-care knowledge and skills. The groups also discuss moving forward, meaningful ways to take action, and building community. We will meet on Zoom from 7-9pm each Monday starting February 19th. You can read more about us at [ ecostresssask.ca ].
Our organization runs on a “pay what you can” model with $160 suggested for the eight week long group session. However, we do not want cost to prohibit participation. Everyone is welcome. Groups often decide to continue meeting on their own (without a facilitator) beyond the eight weeks. If you are interested in more information or would like to register, email [ ecostresssask@gmail.com ]



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 7 pm: BLACK HISTORY IN CANADA, WITH CHRISTIAN MBANZA, BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15 AVE
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/C2tiDXcuPdF/?img_index=2 ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 8 pm: JOIN WET’SUWET’EN HEREDITARY CHIEFS FOR A WEBINAR & LEARN ABOUT THEIR GROUNDBREAKING CHARTER OF RIGHTS & FREEDOMS CHALLENGE TAKING ON CANADA’S CLIMATE INACTION
[ https://raventrust.com/events/wetsuweten-webinar/ ]



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 5:30 – 6:30: REGINA HOMELESS MEMORIAL, PAT FIACCO PLAZA, NORTH SIDE OF VICTORIA PARK
Come to honour AND remember lives lost to homelessness. There will be advocate speakers, lived experience stories, and a candlelight vigil.
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/691522463171570/ ]



TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 7 pm: BLACK HISTORY IN SASK, WITH BARBARA MACNEIL-- BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT HAMPTON HUB, 1221 15 AVE
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/C2tiDXcuPdF/?img_index=2 ]


THURSDAY FEBRUARY 29, 6 pm: RADIOACTIVE WASTE POLICY IN CANADA—WHERE DID IT GO?
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


THURSDAY MARCH 7, 6:30 pm: WHAT DOES BUILDING A PROGRESSIVE REGINA LOOK LIKE, UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE


TUESDAY MARCH 26, 5 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—THE MEDICINE CHEST, BY JAROL BOAN, COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS, 2155 COLLEGE AVE, ROOM 139
[ https://www.facebook.com/events/916183116487491/ ]


THURSDAY APRIL 4, 7 pm: CANDIDATE 101—A WORKSHOP OF HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE CANDIDATE IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION, UNION CENTRE, 2709-12TH AVE


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:

SUPPORT SASK TEACHERS
[ https://www.tellthemtuesday.com/rsvp_da ... tuesdaycom ]


STOP ARMING ISRAEL. RESTORE FUNDING TO UNRWA
[ https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/stop-a ... g-to-unrwa ]


CANADA, HALT THE TRANSFER OF WEAPONS TO ISRAEL NOW!
[ https://act.newmode.net/action/islamic- ... ms-embargo ]


WE WANT A CEASEFIRE FROM ISRAEL TO PRESERVE CIVILIAN LIFE
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/6 ... 3386127749 ]


TELL THE ACADEMY: ACKNOWLEDGE THE HUMAN COST OF NUCLEAR TESTING & WAR
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/acknowledge-human-cost ]


WRITE TO THE US PRESIDENT: FREE JULIAN ASSANGE
[ https://www.action.assangecampaign.org.au/petition/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil