MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 12, 2024

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - December 12, 2024


GOOD READING & LISTENING & VIEWING:

STANDARIZED TESTS WOULD ACHIEVE NOTHING, by Marc Spooner
[ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/colu ... an-schools ]


SASK. LAUNCHES REVIEW OF WORKPLACE CULTURE AT REGINA HOSPITALS AMID COMPLAINTS OF CONFLICT, RACISM
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -1.7405771 ]
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... -hospitals ]


SASKATOON, REGINA WORKING ON SOLUTIONS AS MORE ENCAMPMENTS POP UP IN FRIGID TEMPERATURES
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rofedWd8c ]


SOCIAL HOUSING SHORTAGE WORST TIME FOR MISMANAGING SASK. HOUSING UNITS, by Murray Mandryk
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... sing-units ]


MLA'S ETHICS ISSUES SHOULD EXTEND TO WIDE-SWEEPING REFORMS, by Murray Mandryk
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/columnis ... ng-reforms ]


U OF R STUDENTS' UNION MOVES TO DEFUND WOMEN'S CENTRE, UR PRIDE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... e-ur-pride ]


‘I BELONG HERE’: A DECADE OF TRANS RIGHTS IN SASKATCHEWAN
[ https://leaderpost.com/feature/i-belong ... a5396b39aa ]


FAMILY SPEAKS OUT AFTER PASQUA FIRST NATION MAN'S BRAIDS CUT OFF IN EDMONTON HOSPITAL
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.7406996 ]


CANADA’S HOUSING CRISIS LEAVES FEW OPTIONS TO ESCAPE ABUSE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/national/ca ... ac76e58f40 ]


WHEN YOUR LANDLORD IS A BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION
[ https://thewalrus.ca/real-estate-investment-trusts/ ]


PRIVATE HEALTHCARE IS HERE
[ https://macleans.ca/society/health/priv ... re-canada/ ]


FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS CANADA POST STRIKE DRAGS ON
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... rike-drags ]


CHIEF 'DISAPPOINTED' TO SEE CLEAN WATER USED AS A POLITICAL TACTIC BY CONSERVATIVES
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/ ... 6bebb6c464 ]


‘A CRUSHING DISAPPOINTMENT’: TRUDEAU’S CLIMATE LEGACY
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/a-crushing ... newsletter ]


MARGARET ATWOOD: DEMOCRACY UNDER HER EYE
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hij5MbcICm4 ]


CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY, DECEMBER 9, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdyZUXD6ccs ]


ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM IN CANADA
[ https://www.cjpmefoundation.org/apr_report_2023 ]


‘ALL THAT REMAINS’: AS GAZA FACES CHILD AMPUTEE CRISIS, NEW FILM TELLS STORY OF 13-YEAR-OLD LEYAN
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/6/all_that_remains ]


“UNLEASHED”: REPORT DETAILS HOW ISRAELI SOLDIERS BRUTALIZE WEST BANK PALESTINIANS IN HEBRON
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/10/btselem_hebron ]


‘WE ARE DESTROYING ENTIRE WORLDS’: A WEST BANK RABBI’S FIGHT AGAINST ISRAELI OCCUPATION
[ https://therealnews.com/we-are-destroyi ... occupation ]


SYRIA, with Dimitri Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeoqOnUOGgs ]


IS SYRIA DESCENDING INTO CHAOS, with Dimitre Lascaris
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xODSVFmIfGQ ]


CANADA’S ROLE IN OVERTHROWING THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT, with Yves Engler
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBupUpODYcI ]


SYRIA FREE OF TERRORISM NOW THAT UN-LISTED TERROR GROUP IS IN CHARGE
[ https://yvesengler.com/2024/12/11/syria ... in-charge/ ]


THE FALL OF ASSAD & WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE MIDDLE EAST—with Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... t-it-means ]


“ASSAD IS GONE”: WRITER YASSIN AL-HAJ SALEH ON SYRIA, HIS 16 YEARS IN PRISON & WIFE’S DISAPPEARANCE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/9/ ... _haj_saleh ]


US BOMBS OVER 75 TARGETS IN SYRIA AFTER ASSAD FALLS
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-bombs-syria-again ]


PRESIDENT BIDEN SHOULD OFFER A BLANKET PARDON OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
[ https://www.thenation.com/article/socie ... mmigrants/ ]


HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT: CEO’S KILLING IGNITES CALLS FOR REFORM AMID TRUMP’S PLAN TO PRIVATIZE MEDICARE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/10 ... os_killing ]


2024 STILL ON TRACK TO BE FIRST FULL YEAR THAT BREACHED 1.5°C
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/1-5-d ... mit-breach \ ]


ARCTIC TUNDRA HAS TURNED FROM 'CARBON SINK TO CARBON SOURCE' IN DANGEROUS FLIP
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/arctic-wildfires ]


ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES TO PLASTICS
[ https://www.earthday.org/are-there-alte ... -plastics/ ]


SOME GOOD NEWS: SHELL BACKS DOWN IN ITS LAWSUIT AGAINST GREENPEACE
[ https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/shel ... ettlement/ ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS:


THURSDAY DECEMBER 12, 1 pm: FINDING HOPE IN ART & ACTIVISM
[ https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L83 ... gistration ]


SATURDAY DECEMBER 14, 11 am: PEACEBUILDING NEXT TO RUSSIA
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/webina ... ar_id=true ]


SATURDAY DECEMBER 14, 7 pm: MUSIC FOR PALESTINE, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
[ Free admission. Suggested $10 donation. All money raised to be split between UNRWA & Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund ]


SUNDAY DECEBMER 15, 10 am: GLOBAL SOLIDARITY FOR PEACE IN PALESTINE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/intern ... an-people/ ]


MONDAY DECEMBER 16, 4 pm: LAUNCH OF NEW BOOK, TOMMY DOUGLAS AND THE QUEST FOR MEDICARE, BY GREG MARCHILDON, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, KINISEOLOGY 187


TUESDAY DECEMBER 17, 7:30 pm: LISTEN TO DIS PRESENTS NOT JUST CHRISTMAS, DARKE HALL, 2255 COLLEGE AVE
Listen To Dis is a community arts organization, serving Saskatchewan's disabled and non-disabled community through arts, access, and education.
Regular tickets are $35. There are also some barrier free tickets available. If you would like the latter, please let me know.
[ https://tickets.darkehall.ca/TheatreMan ... nt249.html ]


WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18, 6:30 pm: OFF THE HILL: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF 2024 AND LESSONS FOR 2025
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


SATURDAY DECEMBER 21, 10 am: WINTER SOLSTICE GATHERING & CEREMONY, MÂMAWÊYATITÄN CENTRE, 3355 6TH AVE
[ https://www.otc.ca/attend_an_event/even ... ar=&page=2 ]


TUESDAY JANUARY 14, 4 pm: KEYNOTE SPEAKER DR. NIGAAN SINCLAIR WILL DISCUSS "ASSESSING RECONCILIATION IN EDUCATION: FROM PRESENCE TO PERMANENCE," EDUCATION BUILDING 208 or ONLINE
[ https://www.uregina.ca/education/events ... ation.html ]


NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS:


THE CURRENT STATE OF HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS IN CANADA IS ALARMING
[ https://www.boulerice.org/housing-homelessness-crisis ]


CANADA MUST PROTECT HASSAN DIAB FROM HATE CRIMES & DEATH THREATS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/canad ... th-threats ]


CARLETON UNIVERSITY: STAND UP FOR HASSAN DIAB
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/carle ... rect_link& ]


HELP SAVE THE CANADIAN CHARTER: TELL PROVINCIAL AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT USE THE NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE TO ALLOW EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS OF OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.
[ https://takeaction.ccla.org/help-save-our-charter ]


HANDS OFF SUDAN
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/hand-off-sudan/ ]


TO PRESIDENT BIDEN: FREE LEONARD PELTIER. GRANT CLEMENCY NOW
[ https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/to- ... mency-now/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil