MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 14, 2025
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2025 9:10 amMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - November 14, 2025
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING
ONE MORE BAND-AID. ONE MORE TEMPORARY FIX—This article is about Toronto, but much of it applies to Regina, where there are way-too-many band aids and temporary fixes!
[ https://www.muslimnetwork.tv/one-more-b ... orary-fix/ ]
HAMILTON BOYS HOCKEY TEAM CULTURE WAS ‘CESSPOOL’ OF BULLYING AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT: ADJUDICATOR
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton ... -9.6970720 ]
EMPLOYMENT INEQUALITIES WILL PERSIST UNTIL MORE INDUSTRIES UNIONIZE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/employment ... -unionize/ ]
MAMDANI WAS NEVER ‘VETTED’ — WHY SHOULD NDP LEADER BE?
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/11/09/mamda ... leader-be/ ]
LEFT-WING ACTIVIST YVES ENGLER APPLIES TO JOIN NDP LEADERSHIP RACE
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politic ... um=twitter ]
MMA GYM OWNERS, COACHES ID’d AT SECRETIVE NEO-NAZI EVENT IN B.C.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/white-su ... -9.6970604 ]
FEDERAL BUDGET 2025: WHAT IT MEANS FOR HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS
[ https://caeh.ca/budget-2025-analysis-ho ... elessness/ ]
AS MILITARY SPENDING SOARS, DEFENCE DEPARTMENT FAILS ON TRANSPARENCY
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/as-militar ... newsletter ]
THE CORPORATE BLUEPRINT BEHIND THE EVICTION OF OTTAWA’S MOST DIVERSE NEIGHBOURHOOD
[ https://breachmedia.ca/how-the-dismantl ... in-canada/ ]
ADVOCATES CONCERNED TEMPORARY IMMIGRATION CUTS DON'T ADDRESS SYSTEMIC ISSUES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/impact ... -9.6971297 ]
DEFEAT THE LIBERAL-WAR/AUSTERITY BUDGET
[ https://socialistaction.ca/2025/11/10/d ... ty-budget/ ]
A BUDGET FOR TANKS, BANKS, AND OIL BARONS
[ https://breachmedia.ca/a-budget-for-tan ... il-barons/ ]
THE MEMBER STATES COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE, by Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... n-genocide ]
ISRAEL ARRESTS DOZENS IN WEST BANK RAIDS AS SETTLERS TORCH MOSQUE; TRUMP SIGNS BILL ENDING RECORD GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN; LAWMAKERS RELEASE 20,000 EPSTEIN FILES
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-w ... ted-states ]
HOW ISRAEL’S NEW DEATH PENALTY LAW CROSSES A MORAL LINE—AND BETRAYS ITS OWN TRADITIONS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/11/how-i ... raditions/ ]
THE TOLL OF INTENT: LOOKING AT THE GENOCIDAL IMPACT OF ISRAEL’S ASSAULT ON GAZA
[ https://www.cjpme.org/toll_of_intent?ut ... urce=cjpme ]
5 REASONS TO KEEP OUR EYES ON PALESTINE
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... palestine/ ]
ONE MONTH INTO CEASEFIRE, ISRAEL CONTINUES ‘SILENT GENOCIDE’ IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... -ceasefire ]
U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA. U.S. OUT OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
[ https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/u-s-h ... bean-copy/ ]
TRUMP’S HEART OF DARKNESS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/tru ... f-darkness ]
UPDATES ON TRUMP’S WEDNESDAY FROM HELL
[ https://www.meidasplus.com/p/updates-on ... irect=true ]
ROAD TO LOS ANGELES 2028, VISA CAMPAIGN FOR CUBAN ATHLETES
[ https://www.us-cubanormalization.org/ro ... -athletes/ ]
“FREE JOAN LITTLE”: NEW FILM ON LANDMARK 1975 MURDER ACQUITTAL OF WOMAN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY PRISON GUARD
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/11 ... oan_little ]
PORTRAITS OF COURAGE: SAMIRIA’S STORY, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/por ... iras-story ]
STARBUCKS IS THE LARGEST LABOUR VIOLATOR IN MODERN HISTORY: STARBUCKS WORKERS PREPARE FOR INDEFINITE STRIKE
[ https://therealnews.com/starbucks-is-th ... nal-strike ]
COP 30: AN UPHILL CLIMB AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MOVEMENTS
[ https://350.org/canada/cop30dispatch1/h ... M&rd=1&t=4 ]
PLANET WRECKERS: THE GLOBAL NORTH COUNTRIES FUELING THE FIRE SINCE THE PARIS AGREEMENT
[ https://oilchange.org/publications/pari ... -wreckers/ ]
UN CLIMATE CHIEF: REFUSAL TO HALT PLANETARY DESTRUCTION WILL ‘NEVER, EVER BE FORGIVEN’
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-brazil ]
BRAZIL STRADDLES OIL RICHES, CLIMATE THREATS AS COP30 OPENS IN AMAZON
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/amazon- ... -9.6972884 ]
U.N. CLIMATE SUMMIT OPENS IN BRAZIL AS THE PHILLIPPINES IS HIT BY BACK-TO-BACK TO DEADLY TYPHOONS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/10/yeb_sano ]
EXPOSED: 5,000+ FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYISTS GOT ACCESS TO U.N. CLIMATE TALKS & HELPED BLOCK CLIMATE ACTION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/10/nina_lakhani ]
FORMER U.S. VP AL GORE REVEALS SHOCKING DATA ON GLOBAL WARMING AND EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS | AC1N
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6RYnMBwtUY ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS
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, UNIVERITY 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, 1 pm: 350.ORG: COP30 - MEETING URGENCY OF THE MOMENT
[ https://350org.zoom.us/webinar/register ... istration/ ]
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 ]
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 1 pm: WHAT’S NEXT FOR $10-A-DAY CHILD CARE: UNPACKING THE FEDERAL BUDGET
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 6 pm: SCREENING OF BRIDGING DIVIDES
Bridging Divides is a powerful documentary featuring voices from diverse backgrounds. Discover new insights on homelessness and explore solutions to build safer, more inclusive communities.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
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 ]
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, NOON: PENSIONS, CLIMATE RISK AND THE LAW: THE LEGAL CASE AGAINST THE CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/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/ ]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 7 pm: 2025 JAMES M. MINIFIE LECTURE - ANDREW COYNE: WE'LL MISS THE LEGACY MEDIA WHEN IT'S GONE (THOUGH IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE), EDUCATION AUDITORIUM, U OF R
[ https://www.uregina.ca/alumni-and-frien ... cture.html ]
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29, 6 pm: SCREENING OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY: THE REGINA BYPASS SCANDAL
[ http://www.fishbowlvideo.com ]
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/ ]
DECEMBER 6, 12:30 pm: FROM BELÉM TO CANADA: COP30, PROMISES AND REALITIES
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
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
CALL UPON THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO SHOW DISABLED PEOPLE THAT GOVERNMENT WILL FIX THE CANADIAN DISABILITY BENEFIT
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-6791 ]
CANADA: STOP BANKROLLING FOSSIL FUELS
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/181546/action/1 ]
ARMS EMBARGO NOW! NO MORE LOOPHOLES!
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/arms-em ... -loopholes ]
CANADA MUST ACT NOW TO ENSURE CANADIAN WEAPONS NEVER FUEL ATROCITIES IN GAZA AND SUDAN
[ https://nccm.ca/sudan/ ]
TELL THE NDP: DON’T BLOCK THE LEADERSHIP RACE. LET THE MEMBERS DECIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... rship-race ]
TELL PM CARNEY: TOO MANY YOUTH IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES FACE RISING BARRIERS TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. LET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KNOW THAT STABLE, LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS WILL ENSURE ALL STUDENTS SUCCEED.
[ https://www.pathwaystoeducation.ca/leve ... ing-field/ ]
TELL PARTY LEADERS: REJECT CARNEY’S BILLIONAIRE BUDGET
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/rejec ... re-budget/ ]
URGE YOUR MP TO PUSH BACK AGAINST INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE CUTS
[ https://act.one.org/letter/budget-cuts- ... p-ca-2025/ ]
SARNIA, DON’T GIVE IN TO GENOCIDE ADVOCATES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/sarni ... -advocates ]
60 MINUTES, STOP STOKING WAR
[ https://www.codepink.org/60minchinavz ]
CANADA MUST RECOGNIZE ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.cjpme.org/recognize_genocid ... urce=cjpme ]
CANADA MUST STEP UP: FUND THE GLOBAL FIGHT FOR HEALTH AND EQUALITY
[ https://act.one.org/sign/global-fund-as ... a-en-2025/ ]
END THE PROSECUTION OF PEACEFUL PROTESTORS IN THE UK
[ https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end- ... testors-uk ]
- Making Peace Vigil
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING
ONE MORE BAND-AID. ONE MORE TEMPORARY FIX—This article is about Toronto, but much of it applies to Regina, where there are way-too-many band aids and temporary fixes!
[ https://www.muslimnetwork.tv/one-more-b ... orary-fix/ ]
HAMILTON BOYS HOCKEY TEAM CULTURE WAS ‘CESSPOOL’ OF BULLYING AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT: ADJUDICATOR
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton ... -9.6970720 ]
EMPLOYMENT INEQUALITIES WILL PERSIST UNTIL MORE INDUSTRIES UNIONIZE
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/employment ... -unionize/ ]
MAMDANI WAS NEVER ‘VETTED’ — WHY SHOULD NDP LEADER BE?
[ https://yvesengler.com/2025/11/09/mamda ... leader-be/ ]
LEFT-WING ACTIVIST YVES ENGLER APPLIES TO JOIN NDP LEADERSHIP RACE
[ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politic ... um=twitter ]
MMA GYM OWNERS, COACHES ID’d AT SECRETIVE NEO-NAZI EVENT IN B.C.
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/white-su ... -9.6970604 ]
FEDERAL BUDGET 2025: WHAT IT MEANS FOR HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS
[ https://caeh.ca/budget-2025-analysis-ho ... elessness/ ]
AS MILITARY SPENDING SOARS, DEFENCE DEPARTMENT FAILS ON TRANSPARENCY
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/as-militar ... newsletter ]
THE CORPORATE BLUEPRINT BEHIND THE EVICTION OF OTTAWA’S MOST DIVERSE NEIGHBOURHOOD
[ https://breachmedia.ca/how-the-dismantl ... in-canada/ ]
ADVOCATES CONCERNED TEMPORARY IMMIGRATION CUTS DON'T ADDRESS SYSTEMIC ISSUES
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/impact ... -9.6971297 ]
DEFEAT THE LIBERAL-WAR/AUSTERITY BUDGET
[ https://socialistaction.ca/2025/11/10/d ... ty-budget/ ]
A BUDGET FOR TANKS, BANKS, AND OIL BARONS
[ https://breachmedia.ca/a-budget-for-tan ... il-barons/ ]
THE MEMBER STATES COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE, by Chris Hedges
[ https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... n-genocide ]
ISRAEL ARRESTS DOZENS IN WEST BANK RAIDS AS SETTLERS TORCH MOSQUE; TRUMP SIGNS BILL ENDING RECORD GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN; LAWMAKERS RELEASE 20,000 EPSTEIN FILES
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-w ... ted-states ]
HOW ISRAEL’S NEW DEATH PENALTY LAW CROSSES A MORAL LINE—AND BETRAYS ITS OWN TRADITIONS
[ https://www.pressenza.com/2025/11/how-i ... raditions/ ]
THE TOLL OF INTENT: LOOKING AT THE GENOCIDAL IMPACT OF ISRAEL’S ASSAULT ON GAZA
[ https://www.cjpme.org/toll_of_intent?ut ... urce=cjpme ]
5 REASONS TO KEEP OUR EYES ON PALESTINE
[ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/202 ... palestine/ ]
ONE MONTH INTO CEASEFIRE, ISRAEL CONTINUES ‘SILENT GENOCIDE’ IN GAZA
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/israe ... -ceasefire ]
U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA. U.S. OUT OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
[ https://peaceandjusticenetwork.ca/u-s-h ... bean-copy/ ]
TRUMP’S HEART OF DARKNESS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/tru ... f-darkness ]
UPDATES ON TRUMP’S WEDNESDAY FROM HELL
[ https://www.meidasplus.com/p/updates-on ... irect=true ]
ROAD TO LOS ANGELES 2028, VISA CAMPAIGN FOR CUBAN ATHLETES
[ https://www.us-cubanormalization.org/ro ... -athletes/ ]
“FREE JOAN LITTLE”: NEW FILM ON LANDMARK 1975 MURDER ACQUITTAL OF WOMAN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY PRISON GUARD
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/11 ... oan_little ]
PORTRAITS OF COURAGE: SAMIRIA’S STORY, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/por ... iras-story ]
STARBUCKS IS THE LARGEST LABOUR VIOLATOR IN MODERN HISTORY: STARBUCKS WORKERS PREPARE FOR INDEFINITE STRIKE
[ https://therealnews.com/starbucks-is-th ... nal-strike ]
COP 30: AN UPHILL CLIMB AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MOVEMENTS
[ https://350.org/canada/cop30dispatch1/h ... M&rd=1&t=4 ]
PLANET WRECKERS: THE GLOBAL NORTH COUNTRIES FUELING THE FIRE SINCE THE PARIS AGREEMENT
[ https://oilchange.org/publications/pari ... -wreckers/ ]
UN CLIMATE CHIEF: REFUSAL TO HALT PLANETARY DESTRUCTION WILL ‘NEVER, EVER BE FORGIVEN’
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-brazil ]
BRAZIL STRADDLES OIL RICHES, CLIMATE THREATS AS COP30 OPENS IN AMAZON
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/amazon- ... -9.6972884 ]
U.N. CLIMATE SUMMIT OPENS IN BRAZIL AS THE PHILLIPPINES IS HIT BY BACK-TO-BACK TO DEADLY TYPHOONS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/10/yeb_sano ]
EXPOSED: 5,000+ FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYISTS GOT ACCESS TO U.N. CLIMATE TALKS & HELPED BLOCK CLIMATE ACTION
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/10/nina_lakhani ]
FORMER U.S. VP AL GORE REVEALS SHOCKING DATA ON GLOBAL WARMING AND EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS | AC1N
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6RYnMBwtUY ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS
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, UNIVERITY 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, 1 pm: 350.ORG: COP30 - MEETING URGENCY OF THE MOMENT
[ https://350org.zoom.us/webinar/register ... istration/ ]
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 ]
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 1 pm: WHAT’S NEXT FOR $10-A-DAY CHILD CARE: UNPACKING THE FEDERAL BUDGET
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... gistration ]
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 6 pm: SCREENING OF BRIDGING DIVIDES
Bridging Divides is a powerful documentary featuring voices from diverse backgrounds. Discover new insights on homelessness and explore solutions to build safer, more inclusive communities.
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
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 ]
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, NOON: PENSIONS, CLIMATE RISK AND THE LAW: THE LEGAL CASE AGAINST THE CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/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/ ]
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 27, 7 pm: 2025 JAMES M. MINIFIE LECTURE - ANDREW COYNE: WE'LL MISS THE LEGACY MEDIA WHEN IT'S GONE (THOUGH IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE), EDUCATION AUDITORIUM, U OF R
[ https://www.uregina.ca/alumni-and-frien ... cture.html ]
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29, 6 pm: SCREENING OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY: THE REGINA BYPASS SCANDAL
[ http://www.fishbowlvideo.com ]
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/ ]
DECEMBER 6, 12:30 pm: FROM BELÉM TO CANADA: COP30, PROMISES AND REALITIES
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
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
CALL UPON THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO SHOW DISABLED PEOPLE THAT GOVERNMENT WILL FIX THE CANADIAN DISABILITY BENEFIT
[ https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/ ... ion=e-6791 ]
CANADA: STOP BANKROLLING FOSSIL FUELS
[ https://takeaction.amnesty.ca/page/181546/action/1 ]
ARMS EMBARGO NOW! NO MORE LOOPHOLES!
[ https://act.greenpeace.ca/en-ca/arms-em ... -loopholes ]
CANADA MUST ACT NOW TO ENSURE CANADIAN WEAPONS NEVER FUEL ATROCITIES IN GAZA AND SUDAN
[ https://nccm.ca/sudan/ ]
TELL THE NDP: DON’T BLOCK THE LEADERSHIP RACE. LET THE MEMBERS DECIDE
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... rship-race ]
TELL PM CARNEY: TOO MANY YOUTH IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES FACE RISING BARRIERS TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. LET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KNOW THAT STABLE, LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS WILL ENSURE ALL STUDENTS SUCCEED.
[ https://www.pathwaystoeducation.ca/leve ... ing-field/ ]
TELL PARTY LEADERS: REJECT CARNEY’S BILLIONAIRE BUDGET
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/rejec ... re-budget/ ]
URGE YOUR MP TO PUSH BACK AGAINST INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE CUTS
[ https://act.one.org/letter/budget-cuts- ... p-ca-2025/ ]
SARNIA, DON’T GIVE IN TO GENOCIDE ADVOCATES
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/sarni ... -advocates ]
60 MINUTES, STOP STOKING WAR
[ https://www.codepink.org/60minchinavz ]
CANADA MUST RECOGNIZE ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE IN GAZA
[ https://www.cjpme.org/recognize_genocid ... urce=cjpme ]
CANADA MUST STEP UP: FUND THE GLOBAL FIGHT FOR HEALTH AND EQUALITY
[ https://act.one.org/sign/global-fund-as ... a-en-2025/ ]
END THE PROSECUTION OF PEACEFUL PROTESTORS IN THE UK
[ https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end- ... testors-uk ]
- Making Peace Vigil