MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 12, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - May 12, 2024

GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:


DEMONSTRATORS CALL FOR JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/demonstrato ... ault-cases ]


HOW THE 'MAN VS. BEAR' TREND EXPOSES TROUBLING ISSUES (HINT: IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BEAR)
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7199173 ]



REGINA CITY COUNCIL APPROVES 40 K SPEED LIMIT FOR CATHEDRAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... ghbourhood ]


MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS DONATED TO SASKATCHEWAN PARTY USING TAXPAYER FUNDS TO GAIN ACCESS TO PREMIER, OTHER PROVINCIAL POLITICIANS
[ https://regina.ctvnews.ca/municipal-cou ... -1.6796704 ]



'COMPLETELY INADEQUATE': WHAT'S WRONG WITH SASKATCHEWAN'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAWS?
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/whats-wrong ... ation-laws ]



TEACHERS' UNIFIED REJECTION SHOWS 'DECADE OF FRUSTRATION' WITH PROVINCE: PROFESSOR
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/teachers-un ... -professor ]



FALL ELECTION PUTS PRESSURE ON SASK. GOVERNMENT TO RESOLVE TEACHER CONTRACT, PROFESSOR SAYS
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.4224068 ]


STF PRESIDENT SAYS RETURN TO TALKS A 'RESET' FOR CONTRACT BARGAINING
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewa ... bargaining ]


UNFAIR TO COMPARE CHILDISH SASKATCHEWAN MLAS WITH STUDENTS
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/letters/ ... d-students ]


'SO MUCH HARDSHIP': COMMUNITIES CALL OUT PROVINCE FOR LACK OF HEALTH-CARE WORKERS
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/so-much-har ... re-workers ]


HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SASKATCHEWAN: A DISCUSSION ABOUT LAW AND POLICY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAwbOVqhmq8 ]



GROCERY GIANTS PAID FOR FRIENDLY LIBERAL, TORY POLICY WITH DECADES OF DONATIONS
[ https://breachmedia.ca/grocery-giants-p ... donations/ ]



WINNIPEG UNIVERSITIES JOIN OTHER CAMPUSES WITH ENCAMPMENTS, CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXtHfphkikU ]



TORONTO SCHOOL PROMOTING ISRAEL MILITARY DEEMED ‘CHARITY’
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/05/11/toron ... d-charity/ ]


CANADA ABSTAINS FROM UN ASSEMBLY VOTE BACKING PALESTINIAN BID FOR MEMBERSHIP
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-palest ... -1.7200464 ]



HOW THE MILITARY TRIES TO MANIPULATE PUBLIC OPINION, with Steve Staples
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/how-the-mil ... manipulate ]



EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


SUNDAY MAY 12, 11:30 am: THE 19TH ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN JOINT MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY
[ https://www.afcfp.org/2024-joint-memorial-day-ceremony ]



TUESDAY MAY 14, 5 pm: GENOCIDE & RESISTANCE—DIMITRI LASCARIS ON HIS TIME IN OCCUPIED PALESTINE
[ https://dimitrilascaris.org/2024/05/02/ ... esistance/ ]



TUESDAY MAY 14, 5 pm: CANADA’S EMISSION CAP—WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... arded=true ]


WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 2 pm: JOINT NAKBA REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY
[ https://www.afcfp.org/2024-joint-nakba- ... e-ceremony ]



WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 6:30 doors open, 7 pm meeting begins: MEETING WITH THE 'ON TO OTTAWA' PEACE CARAVAN, SENIOR CITIZENS’ CENTRE, 2404 ELPHINSTONE ST
The On-To-Ottawa Peace Caravan will be leaving Vancouver on May 12 and arriving in Regina on May 15. At the meeting, the caravaners will tell us about the goals of the On To Ottawa Peace Caravan and how we can all work for peace and justice.



WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 3 pm: HOW TO STOP A NUCLEAR WAR, with Paul Jay
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]



FRIDAY MAY 17, 8 am: HEALTH CARE INEQUITIES—BARRIERS TO CARE FACING LBTQ COMMUNITIES
[ https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/idahobit-pr ... 5787994737 ]



FRIDAY MAY 17, STARTING AT 10 am: LIBERATED ZONE FOR PALESTINE AT THE U OF R, LLOYD BARBER ACADEMIC GREEN, U OF R
Please come out to show your support for students and faculty at the University of Regina! All are welcome. Bring your friends and picnic blankets and support the call of students worldwide to cut all forms of funding to Israel's genocide.
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=12 ... 2207520000 ]



FRIDAY MAY 17, 7 pm: WILFRED BUCK, RPL FILM THEATRE, CENTRAL LIBRARY, LORNE ST & 12TH AVE—charge of $10
Moving between earth and stars, past and present, this hybrid feature documentary follows the extraordinary life of Wilfred Buck, a charismatic and irreverent Indigenous elder who overcame a harrowing history of displacement, racism, and addiction by reclaiming ancestral star knowledge and ceremony.



TUESDAY MAY 21, 7 pm: PROTECT GENDER RIGHTS WITH AMNESTY
The recent passing of Bill No. 137—which amends The Education Act concerning parental rights—poses significant challenges to the rights of children and youth in Saskatchewan. Despite invoking the "Notwithstanding Clause" to override the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, this legislation's impact remains highly contentious and is currently under legal scrutiny.
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... hlJYNSXRVQ ]



WEDNESDAY MAY 22 & THURSDAY MAY 23: THREADS—A CELEBRATION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[ https://www.sods.sk.ca/events/threads-c ... versations ]



MAY 22, 10 am: THE MANY FACES OF URBAN & RURAL DISPLACEMENT (HOMELESSNESS)
[ https://preventhomelessness.ca/webinar/ ... newsletter [


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