MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 9, 2025

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MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 9, 2025


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# ]
[ https://vowpeace.org/peace-poppy-campaign/ ]


SPECIAL READING

REMEMBRANCE DAY IS FOR ENDING WAR
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/armistice-remembrance-day/ ]


BUDGET 2025 SPENDS MASSIVELY ON THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX BUT CUTS ALMOST EVERYWHERE ELSE
[ https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-pol ... here-else/ ]


WHO ARE YOU REMEMBERING THIS NOVEMBER 11?
[ https://www.peacequest.ca/p/who-are-you ... vember-8f3 ]


MORE SPECIAL READING: GOVERNMENTS THAT SILENCE TEACHERS HURT STUDENTS, by Marc Spooner & Joel Westheimer
[ https://leaderpost.com/opinion/opinion- ... d866018711 ]


GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING

REGINA MAYOR CHAD BACHYNSKI EXCITED TO SEE 11TH AVENUE REOPENING—But they are not allowing Transit back on it, at least not this winter—which means trudging through ice and snow from the Library on 12th Ave to the Cornwall Centre—and then back again. BOO!
[ https://www.cjme.com/2025/11/07/regina- ... reopening/ ]


REGINA MAYOR CHAD BACHYNSKI: PAYING FOR PROJECTS, DOWNTOWN VIBRANCY, POLICE BUDGETS—CBC BLUESKY OCTOBER 3
[ https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1- ... n-vibrancy ]


SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR APPEALS IN SASKATCHEWAN PRONOUN CONSENT LAW CASE
[ https://leaderpost.com/news/supreme-cou ... t-law-case ]


HOW ONE SW ONTARIO CITY 'CRACKED THE CODE' IN SOLVING HOMELESSNESS—There are a couple of ideas here for Regina City Council
[ https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news ... melessness ]


A REUNION 135 YEARS IN THE MAKING: CEREMONIAL PIPE RETURNED TO WHITECAP DAKOTA FIRST NATION
[ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6971978 ]


CARNEY’S ECONOMIC PLAN MUST EXPAND CHILD CARE SYSTEM
[ https://childcarenow.ca/2025/11/04/medi ... re-system/ ]


ALTERNATIVE FEDERAL BUDGET 2026: BUILDING TRUE CANADIAN SOVEREIGNTY
[ https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news- ... vereignty/ ]


OTTAWA URGED TO KEEP CANADIAN WEAPONS OUT OF SUDAN’S CIVIL WAR
[ https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/0 ... civil-war/ ]


RELIGION IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES: A CROSS-BORDER COMPARISON OF FAITH
[ https://mailchi.mp/angusreid.org/religi ... d7097b5139 ]


TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STRUGGLES TO MAKE ITS CASE FOR TARIFFS IN U.S. SUPREME COURT
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-tar ... -9.6968257 ]


THIS IS HOW TO FIGHT FASCISM: NAOMI KLEIN, AOC & BRAD LANDER ON MAMDANI VICTORY
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/5/ ... ein_lander ]


ZORAN THE TIGER
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/11/zohran-the-tiger/ ]


ISRAEL DECLARES EGYPT BORDER AREA A CLOSED MILITARY ZONE; MASS GRAVES IN EL-FASHER
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-d ... order-area ]


WAVE OF ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ON LEBANON; UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF SETTLER ATTACKS IN THE WEST BANK; U.S. CARRIES OUT 18TH CARIBBEAN STRIKE
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israeli- ... site-daily ]


COP30 CLIMATE SUMMIT NEEDS A POWER SHIFT
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/story/cop30-cli ... wer-shift/ ]


NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES—SOME WEAR A KEFFIYEH
[ https://www.muslimnetwork.tv/not-all-he ... -keffiyeh/ ]


$70 TRILLION IN INHERITED WEALTH SHOWS GLOBAL ‘INEQUALITY EMERGENCY’ SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/70-tr ... ted-wealth ]


EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9 11 am: DOCTORS AGAINST GENOCIDE—URGENT WATCHING
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... m750Nc6iFg ]


SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9, 3 pm: VOICE OF WOMEN FOR PEACE DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL BUDGET
Meeting ID: 889 6616 1566
Passcode: 759652
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88966161566?p ... .1#success ]


MONDAY NOVEMBER 10. 11 am: WHAT BUDGET 2025 MEANS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
Canada cannot afford to not invest in public health care. Carney's first budget, released on Nov. 4, has money for hospitals and beds but fails to support the retention of health care workers. Nor does it offer new funding for the expansion of pharmacare.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]


TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 4 pm: “THE PEOPLE OF CANADA WILL LOVE US AGAIN”: SEDUCTION, ABUSE, AND SUBSERVIENCE IN CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 11 am: TRUTH OR TROUBLE—THE LEGAL RISKS OF GREENWASHING FOR CORPORATIONS AND NGOs
[ https://www.sustainabilitynetwork.ca/ev ... s-and-ngos ]


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 6 pm: LESSONS FROM THE ZAPATISTAS—BOOK LAUNCH
[ https://www.tickettailor.com/events/pan ... ol/1899725 ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2 pm: BREAKING UP WITH BILL C5—CANADA UNCOMMITTED
Join us for a deep-dive webinar on Bill C-5 and what it means for Indigenous communities, climate policy, and so-called Canada’s climate commitments heading into COP30. Sponsored by Indigenous Climate Action
[ https://indigenousclimateaction.zoom.us ... gistration ]


FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14 & SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15: THE PALESTINE TRIBUNAL ON CANADIAN RESPONSIBILITY
[ https://www.palcan-tribunal.ca/home ]


SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15, 9:30 am –noon: BEAUTIFYING THE CITY: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, PUBLIC POLICY, AND THE INNER LIFE, RESEARCH & INNOVATION 119, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
There will be a panel discussion, with Victoria Flores, Mahwish Faiyaz, and Muhammmed Asadullah on the panel.
The panel is intended as a public conversation on re-imagining Regina as a city that heals, deepens, and dignifies our relations. With the input of our panelists, our intention is to reflect on the place of beauty in public policy and the role that policy-making can play in realising our potential for more beautiful ways of being in the city.
To RSVP, please fill out the following form: [ https://forms.gle/pkQB79KCKevDgFDk8 ]


MONDAY NOVEMBER 17, 7 pm: SCREENING OF ARNA’S CHILDREN, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
Arna’s Children follows the story of a small theatre group of Palestinian children in the Jenin refugee camp. Shot over a 13-year period, it follows the children as they rehearse and perform amid the daily violence of the occupation, and ultimately join the armed resistance against rael’s invasion of the camp in 2002. Candid interviews provide an intimate look at the personal stories and political context of the resistance in Palestine. To see the trailer, click on the following link: [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyFEKzSBz3A ]


TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2 pm: THE LEGACY OF THE OGONI 9: OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL AND ACTIVISM IN NIGERIA TODAY
On November 10, 1995 a group of climate activists in Nigeria, known as the Ogoni 9, were framed and executed by the Nigerian government for leading the fight against Shell’s ecological destruction of Ogoniland. Their deaths send shockwaves through the international climate justice community. For Oil Change International (OCI), it was foundational. Thirty years later activists continue to fight for their rights and land, stopping Shell from drilling on their land and working with the intern. [ https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dl8 ... MTjplNIT2w ]


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19, NOON: STATE OF CANADA SERIES: WHERE IS THE WEST IN CANADA?
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... canada.php ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20. 1 PM: 2025 FREDEEN LECTURE: MORAL SUASION AS A POLICY TOOL: HOW EFFECTIVE ARE ETHICAL APPEALS IN ADVANCING TRC #92 AND UNDRIP IN SASKATCHEWAN CREDIT UNIONS
[ https://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/ ... unions.php ]


NOTE DATE CHANGE: THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20, 7 pm: TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, LAKEVIEW UNITED CHURCH, 3200 MCCALLUM AVE
Once more, we will be hosting a ceremony for the Trans Day of Remembrance. Event facilitated by leaders, @mitosisnotmeiosis and @dee0h._ . Doors and food are at 6:00 pm, ceremony at 7:00 pm, and end time 9:00 pm.
Come mourn, love, and connect with community. All are welcome to light a candle, whether it be for someone you held dear, your community, or yourself. Smudging will be available before and after the ceremony. Accessibility ramp is available at front entrance. [ [ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?stor ... 2fozCmA1w# ]

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23, 4 pm: CUBAN AND U.S. WORKERS RESPOND: CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26, 2 pm: BUSTING THE BUSINESS CASE OF A NORTHCOAST OIL PIPELINE
[ https://sierraclub.bc.ca/our-work/re-co ... -pipeline/ ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27 & FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28: IMAGINE AFRICA BEYOND WAR: WORLD BEYOND WAR’S THIRD AFRICA REGIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE
[ https://worldbeyondwar.org/africa2025/ ]


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 1 pm: BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES THROUGH HOUSING CO-OPERATIVES
[ https://cooperativesfirst.com/building- ... peratives/ ]


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


THURSDAY DECEMBER 4, 6 pm: RESILIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ACTIVISM
Many of us entered movement work out of urgency and many of us are exhausted by it. The Resilience Toolkit offers an embodied, justice-aligned framework for sustaining activism over the long arc of the struggle. Rather than treating burnout, reactivity and conflict as personal failures, The Toolkit helps us understand them as predictable stress and trauma responses - and equips us with real-time regulation skills that expand our capacity to stay engaged without collapse or numbness. [ https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/862622/ ]


SATURDAY DECEMBER 6, 1-4 pm: WINTER FAIR FOR PALESTINE, CATHEDRAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2900 13TH AVE
Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina


SUNDAY DECEMBER 7, 2 – 4 pm: BOOKCLUB DISCUSSION OF PERFECT VICTIMS AND THE POLITICS OF APPEAL, BY MOHAMMED EL- KURD ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST. Hosted by Palestine Solidarity Regina


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

TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: DON’T BE FOOLED BY CARBON CAPTURE. INVEST IN REAL SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... id=8695562 ]


THANK TORONTO MAYOR OLIVIA CHOW FOR PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGING THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.justiceforallcanada.org/thankmayor.html ]


URGE SENATORS TO SUPPORT GAZA MOTION
[ https://www.justiceforallcanada.org/senate-gaza.html ]


TELL MPs: REAL SOLUTIONS, NOT CUTS
[ https://workerstogether.ca/real-solutions/ ]


EMAIL YOUR MP: TO BUILD CANADA STRONG, GUARANTEE A BASIC INCOME
[ https://win.newmode.net/basicincome-budget2025 ]


THIS REFUGEE FAMILY, FLEEING POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND IN NEED OF CANCER TREATMENT FOR THEIR DAUGHTER, IS FACING DEPORTATION FROM CANADA
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeact ... 3524523085 ]


TRUMP IS CONTINUING ILLEGAL AIR STRIKES NEAR VENEZUELA. DON'T LET HIM START A WAR.
[ https://www.thepetitionsite.com/209/205 ... 3524299514 ]


STAND WITH UNCONTACTED PEOPLE
[ https://act.survivalinternational.org/p ... 4/action/1 ]


DECLARE INDIGENOUS LANDS IN THE AMAZON FREE FROM EXTRACTION
[ https://amazonwatch.org/take-action/dec ... extraction ]


DEMAND ISRAEL IMMEDIATELY LIFT ITS BAN ON FOREIGN JOURNALISTS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/forms/demand- ... urnalists/ ]


TELL STARBUCKS CEO: I STAND WITH STARBUCK WORKERS
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/join- ... et-line-2/ ]


- Making Peace Vigil