MAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 30, 2026
Posted: Fri May 01, 2026 9:55 amMAKING PEACE VIGIL Newsletter - April 30, 2026
SPECIAL LETTER
This is a call to stand with women who have challenged harassment and privacy breaches by members of Regina's police. We plan to send our Open Letter (link below) to oversight bodies soon.
What you can do:
1. If you signed the Open Letter, check to make sure your signature is there. If it's not, sign again and look for a 'signature verification' email in your inbox. Only verified signatures can be included.
2. If you haven't signed it, please take a moment now:
[ https://openletter.earth/a-call-for-jus ... e-af4c4d34 ]
3. Share this message.
SPECIAL SURVEY: CO-DESIGNING A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR HEALTHY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES—The survey is due tomorrow, May 1. Sorry for the late notice. Participants may choose to enter a draw for one of five $50 Visa gift cards as a token of appreciation.
https://uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo ... 6Ix3xqaBPU
SPECIAL: DEMOCRACY NOW! with Amy Goodman in Toronto, talking to Avi Lewis
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/28/canada_elex ]
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING
CITY OF REGINA TO HOLD PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ON LAND TRUSTS IN EFFORT TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7180412 ]
ON APRIL 28, WE MOURN KILLED WORKERS. TOMORROW, WE FIGHT
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/on-april-2 ... -we-fight/ ]
WHILE CANADIAN AIRLINES CANCEL FLIGHTS, PROFIT MARGINS FOR OILPATCH REFINERS TAKE OFF
[ https://leaderpost.com/commodities/ener ... a969319b0d ]
CLEAN ENERGY GROUPS CALL FOR EAST-WEST GRID CONNECTIONS, INVESTMENTS IN RENEWABLES
[ https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/nat ... 222b0.html ]
REAL CLIMATE ACTION REQUIRES NEAR-TERM MANDATES WITH TEETH
[ https://sethdklein.substack.com/p/real- ... uires-near ]
REFLECTIONS ON WHY APRIL 28 MATTERS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/ref ... th-matters ]
CANADIAN HEALTH WORKERS CONDEMN COLLEAGUES SERVING IN ISRAELI MILITARY
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-h ... -military/ ]
WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE US
[ https://therealnews.com/what-to-the-sla ... -of-the-us ]
TRUMP VERSUS DREAMERS: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MOVES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO DEPORT 500K+ DAKA RECIPIENTS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/28/daca_ramirez ]
MAY 1: UNIONS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS PLAN NATIONWIDE ECONOMIC BLACKOUT AGAINST BILLIONAIRES AND AUTHORITARIANISM
[ https://therealnews.com/may-1-unions-co ... itarianism ]
“SLOW CIVIL WAR”: AUTHOR JEFF SHARLET ON THE GROWING NORMALIZATION OF VIOLENCE AT HOME & ABROAD
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/27/ ... l_violence ]
PROOF TRUMP’S BRAND OF FASCISM WILL FLAME OUT QUICKLY
[ https://realleecamp.substack.com/p/proo ... scism-will ]
LEBANESE JOURNALIST AMAL KHALIL KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKE, MEDICS BLOCKED FROM SAVING HER UNDER RUBBLE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/24/ ... ournalists ]
A GROWING RAT INFESTATION PLAGUES TENT CITIES IN GAZA
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-rat ... ians-tents ]
AS TRUMP’S NARRATIVE ON NEGOTIATIONS FLAILS, IRAN IS SETTING ITS OWN TERMS FOR ENDING THE WAR, by Jeremy Scahill
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-war ... s-midterms ]
IRANIAN GROUP SUBMITS EVIDENCE OF US-ISRAELI WAR CRIMES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-us-war-crimes ]
SHARING ‘GRIM’ SURVIVOR STORIES, AMNESTY RENEWS CALL FOR WAR CRIMES PROBE OF US STRIKE IN YEMEN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-airstrike-on-yemen ]
OIL GIANTS’ PROFITS SOAR AS TRUMP’S IRAN WAR ESTIMATED TO DELIVER $TRILLION HIT TO WORLD ECONCOMY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran- ... 2676824426 ]
THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT OF IRAN, by Chris Hedges
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... it-of-iran
THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON A GLOBAL TRAGEDY, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... n-a-global ]
“POLITICAL DISASTER FOR DONALD TRUMP”: JEREMY SCAHILL ON STALLED U.S.-IRAN TALKS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/29/ ... ns_impasse ]
THE BUZZ ABOUT CHERNOBYL 40 YEARS LATER: HOW DO WE TELL THE BEES?
[ https://www.nirs.org/the-buzz-about-cho ... f568976c1b ]
COLOMBIA HOSTS FIRST GLOBAL SUMMIT ON TRANSITIONING FROM FOSSIL FUELS IN ATTEMPT TO BREAK U.N. DEADLOCK
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/28/climate_forum ]
COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT WARNS ‘SUICIDAL’ FOSSIL-FUELED CAPITALISM IS LEADING WORLD TO ‘BARBARISM’
[ HTTPS://WWW.COMMONDREAMS.ORG/NEWS/GUSTA ... CAPITALISM ]
THE SUCCESS OF NONVIOLENT CIVIL RESISTANCE, with Erica Chenoweth
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSehRlU34w ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS
THURSDAY APRIL 30, 2 pm: THE HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF AI
New data centres are being built worldwide (including one planned locally, just outside Regina in RM Sherwood). These use stunning amounts of electricity and water taken from local power grids and groundwater supplies to cool the huge computers required for LLMs ("genAI") like ChatGPT. I"ll discuss how AI data centres are different from data centres used for more traditional computer cluster work, like the CANFAR/Compute Canada data centres I use for my own astronomy research (which still use a lot of energy, but more efficiently). Companies like SpaceX are now pushing to send "AI data centres" into orbit, with SpaceX submitting a proposal for a million new, huge satellites. They argue this is less environmentally damaging, which is only true if you ignore the huge environmental costs of launches, increasing collision risks in orbit, and the deposition of metal, plastic, batteries, and computers into Earth's atmosphere (and possibly onto Earth's surface as happened here in Saskatchewan in 2024) after these satellites reach their end of life after a few short years. We'll end with a discussion of ways that governments need to carefully reprioritize how we make use of the limited orbital space around the Earth for satellites before we end up in the worst-case scenario of Kessler Syndrome, when no one would get to use satellites anymore.
Presenter: Samantha Lawler (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy)
In person: University of Regina Ad Hum 348
Zoom: [ https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/j/9504678677 ... .1#success ]
THURSDAY APRIL 30, 5 pm: THE PUBLIC COSTS OF RISING MILITARY EXPENDITURE: EDUCATION & PUBLIC SERVICES
[ https://ipb.org/events/the-public-costs ... -services/ ]
THURSDAY APRIL 30, 6 pm: CELEBRATION OF SASK FILMS, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/film-theat ... s/16179144 ]
THURSDAY APRIL 30, 6 pm: OIL IS COSTING US TOO DAMN MUCH (+ WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT)
[ https://act.350.org/signup/april30call/ ... &r=CA&c=NA ]
THURSDAY APRIL 30, 6:30 – 8:30 pm: COMMUNITY CONVERSATION—A RENTAL REGISTRY FOR REGINA, ROSEMONT COMMUNITY SCHOOL GYM, 841 HORRACE ST
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=14 ... 6031166668 ]
SATURDAY MAY 2, 10 am: LAND TRUST CONSULTATION, REGINA CITY HALL CAFETERIA
SATURDAY MAY 2, 10 pm: RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH RAVE, ARTESIAN, 2627 13TH AVE
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/DXAbqGvAR4A/ ]
SUNDAY MAY 3, NOON: NATIVE PLANTS AND POLLINATORS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... eIMNxrMYOg ]
TUESDAY MAY 5, 5 pm: ORGANIZING THE ARTS—INSIDE THE SCOTIABANK/ELBIT DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGN
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... MclV9oq7qg ]
WEDNESDAY MAY 6, 6 pm: RENT CONTROL, WITH PETER GILMER & SIMON ENOCH, REGENT LIBRARY, 331 ALBERT ST
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/DXAbqGvAR4A/ ]
FRIDAY MAY 8, NOON – 4 pm: FRAGILE FLIGHT—BIRD CONSERVATION IN HUMAN SPACE, ARCHER LIBRARY, WASCANA ROOM (107.32/.33) UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Join us for Fragile Flight: Bird Conservation in Human Spaces, an afternoon of learning, reflection, and creative engagement focused on the challenges birds face in built environments.
This event explores the risks birds encounter in human spaces—including collisions with windows and other urban hazards—while highlighting conservation efforts that help protect them. Through art, interpretation, and educational displays, Fragile Flight invites participants to deepen their appreciation for birds and consider how we can create safer shared spaces.
SATURDAY MAY 9, 1 pm: STOP USING DRONE WARFARE TO PERPETUATE GENOCIDES IN PALESTINE AND SUDAN
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/webina ... and-sudan/ ]
SATURDAY MAY 9, 7 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—THE HOMELESS—A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY, BY GLEN HARPER, THE CRAVE, 1925 VICTORIA AVE
TUESDAY MAY 12, 2 pm: SPECIAL PRESENTATION: NUGHEJAGH—INDIGENOUS HEALING AND HEALTHCARE IN ALASKA
[ https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi ... gistration ]
FRIDAY MAY 15, 7 pm: AVI LEWIS IN REGINA FOR A SCREENING OF HIS FILM, THE TAKE, LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER
Join Avi Lewis, leader of Canada's NDP, in a screening of The Take, his award-winning film about workers taking ownership over their factory in Argentina, followed by conversation with local activists and special guests.
[ https://www.ndp.ca/avi-lewis-in-regina ]
FRIDAY MAY 15 – SUNDAY MAY 24: CHECKPOINT—A PALESTINIAN PLAY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY RANIA ALHARTHY, SHUBOX THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Sponsored by Palestine Solidarity Regina. For further information and tickets:
[ https://www.simpletix.com/e/riser-check ... ets-269388 ]
SATURDAY MAY 16, 10 am -4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, GEORGE BOTHWELL LIBRARY, SOUTHLAND MALL, REGINA
Get things—bikes, radios +++ fixed for free.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]
FRIDAY MAY 22, NOON: MONITOR HUDDLE—WEALTH INEQUALITY AND ITS SOLUTIONS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
SATURDAY MAY 23, 10 am: LAND TRUST CONSULTATION, REGINA CITY HALL CAFETERIA
SUNDAY MAY 24, 2 – 5 pm: FREE FILM SCREENING OF "NUCLEAR POWER—HOW WILL IT AFFECT YOUR ENERGY BILL?" - UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTRE, RM 119
Following the film, Simon Enoch will discuss the economics of nuclear vs Renewables; Ingrid Alesich will talk about the dangers of ionizing radiation and the problems with no safe technology for high level waste storage for 200,000 years. There will also be a skit.
[ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?stor ... 77614&_rdr ]
WEDNESDAY MAY 27, 2 pm: JUST SUSTAINABILITIES IN POLICY, PLANNING, AND PRACTICE WEBINAR
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/event/just- ... e-webinar/ ]
SUNDAY MAY 31, 2-4 pm: BOOK CLUB—EVERY MOMENT IS A LIFE: GAZA IN THE TIME OF GENOCIDE, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
Join us for a discussion of Susan Abulhawa’s “Every Moment is a Life,” an anthology of short stories by 18 young writers in Gaza whom Abulhawa mentored during the genocide.
As Abulhawa said in a recent statement, “These young people risked dangers that most of us cannot begin to fathom just to attend writing workshops, because it was a singular outlet for intellectual exercise and creative expression. They came so they could be reminded of their potential. They came to feel that they are more than creatures seeking food and water and shelter. That they have a place in the world; that they have a voice, a relevance, something to contribute. They came to touch the lives that they thought they might still have, even if it was just for a few hours. It has been my honour and my privilege to know these beautiful, courageous individuals who deserve to be heard, to be read, to be protected.”
[ https://www.instagram.com/?target_user_ ... eed&__bp=1 ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS
URGE YOUR MP TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION
[ https://act.oceana.org/page/190870/action/1 ]
DEMAND ACTION ON PLASTIC POLLUTION
[ https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/deman ... pollution/ ]
TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO END PLASTIC POLLUTION NOW
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... id=9388625 ]
STOP PLASTIC POLUTION
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/stop-plastic-pollution/ ]
TELL SANTANDER: STOP FINANCING FOSSIL FUEL EXPANSION IN LATIN AMERICA AND BEYOND
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... and-beyond ]
- Making Peace Vigil
SPECIAL LETTER
This is a call to stand with women who have challenged harassment and privacy breaches by members of Regina's police. We plan to send our Open Letter (link below) to oversight bodies soon.
What you can do:
1. If you signed the Open Letter, check to make sure your signature is there. If it's not, sign again and look for a 'signature verification' email in your inbox. Only verified signatures can be included.
2. If you haven't signed it, please take a moment now:
[ https://openletter.earth/a-call-for-jus ... e-af4c4d34 ]
3. Share this message.
SPECIAL SURVEY: CO-DESIGNING A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR HEALTHY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES—The survey is due tomorrow, May 1. Sorry for the late notice. Participants may choose to enter a draw for one of five $50 Visa gift cards as a token of appreciation.
https://uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/fo ... 6Ix3xqaBPU
SPECIAL: DEMOCRACY NOW! with Amy Goodman in Toronto, talking to Avi Lewis
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/28/canada_elex ]
GOOD READING & VIEWING & LISTENING
CITY OF REGINA TO HOLD PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ON LAND TRUSTS IN EFFORT TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE
[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatch ... -9.7180412 ]
ON APRIL 28, WE MOURN KILLED WORKERS. TOMORROW, WE FIGHT
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/on-april-2 ... -we-fight/ ]
WHILE CANADIAN AIRLINES CANCEL FLIGHTS, PROFIT MARGINS FOR OILPATCH REFINERS TAKE OFF
[ https://leaderpost.com/commodities/ener ... a969319b0d ]
CLEAN ENERGY GROUPS CALL FOR EAST-WEST GRID CONNECTIONS, INVESTMENTS IN RENEWABLES
[ https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/nat ... 222b0.html ]
REAL CLIMATE ACTION REQUIRES NEAR-TERM MANDATES WITH TEETH
[ https://sethdklein.substack.com/p/real- ... uires-near ]
REFLECTIONS ON WHY APRIL 28 MATTERS, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/ref ... th-matters ]
CANADIAN HEALTH WORKERS CONDEMN COLLEAGUES SERVING IN ISRAELI MILITARY
[ https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-h ... -military/ ]
WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE US
[ https://therealnews.com/what-to-the-sla ... -of-the-us ]
TRUMP VERSUS DREAMERS: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MOVES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO DEPORT 500K+ DAKA RECIPIENTS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/28/daca_ramirez ]
MAY 1: UNIONS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS PLAN NATIONWIDE ECONOMIC BLACKOUT AGAINST BILLIONAIRES AND AUTHORITARIANISM
[ https://therealnews.com/may-1-unions-co ... itarianism ]
“SLOW CIVIL WAR”: AUTHOR JEFF SHARLET ON THE GROWING NORMALIZATION OF VIOLENCE AT HOME & ABROAD
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/27/ ... l_violence ]
PROOF TRUMP’S BRAND OF FASCISM WILL FLAME OUT QUICKLY
[ https://realleecamp.substack.com/p/proo ... scism-will ]
LEBANESE JOURNALIST AMAL KHALIL KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKE, MEDICS BLOCKED FROM SAVING HER UNDER RUBBLE
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/24/ ... ournalists ]
A GROWING RAT INFESTATION PLAGUES TENT CITIES IN GAZA
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-rat ... ians-tents ]
AS TRUMP’S NARRATIVE ON NEGOTIATIONS FLAILS, IRAN IS SETTING ITS OWN TERMS FOR ENDING THE WAR, by Jeremy Scahill
[ https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iran-war ... s-midterms ]
IRANIAN GROUP SUBMITS EVIDENCE OF US-ISRAELI WAR CRIMES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-us-war-crimes ]
SHARING ‘GRIM’ SURVIVOR STORIES, AMNESTY RENEWS CALL FOR WAR CRIMES PROBE OF US STRIKE IN YEMEN
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-airstrike-on-yemen ]
OIL GIANTS’ PROFITS SOAR AS TRUMP’S IRAN WAR ESTIMATED TO DELIVER $TRILLION HIT TO WORLD ECONCOMY
[ https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran- ... 2676824426 ]
THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT OF IRAN, by Chris Hedges
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the- ... it-of-iran
THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON A GLOBAL TRAGEDY, by Charlie Angus
[ https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/the ... n-a-global ]
“POLITICAL DISASTER FOR DONALD TRUMP”: JEREMY SCAHILL ON STALLED U.S.-IRAN TALKS
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/29/ ... ns_impasse ]
THE BUZZ ABOUT CHERNOBYL 40 YEARS LATER: HOW DO WE TELL THE BEES?
[ https://www.nirs.org/the-buzz-about-cho ... f568976c1b ]
COLOMBIA HOSTS FIRST GLOBAL SUMMIT ON TRANSITIONING FROM FOSSIL FUELS IN ATTEMPT TO BREAK U.N. DEADLOCK
[ https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/28/climate_forum ]
COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT WARNS ‘SUICIDAL’ FOSSIL-FUELED CAPITALISM IS LEADING WORLD TO ‘BARBARISM’
[ HTTPS://WWW.COMMONDREAMS.ORG/NEWS/GUSTA ... CAPITALISM ]
THE SUCCESS OF NONVIOLENT CIVIL RESISTANCE, with Erica Chenoweth
[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSehRlU34w ]
EVENTS, WEBINARS, TV PROGRAMS, & FILMS
THURSDAY APRIL 30, 2 pm: THE HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF AI
New data centres are being built worldwide (including one planned locally, just outside Regina in RM Sherwood). These use stunning amounts of electricity and water taken from local power grids and groundwater supplies to cool the huge computers required for LLMs ("genAI") like ChatGPT. I"ll discuss how AI data centres are different from data centres used for more traditional computer cluster work, like the CANFAR/Compute Canada data centres I use for my own astronomy research (which still use a lot of energy, but more efficiently). Companies like SpaceX are now pushing to send "AI data centres" into orbit, with SpaceX submitting a proposal for a million new, huge satellites. They argue this is less environmentally damaging, which is only true if you ignore the huge environmental costs of launches, increasing collision risks in orbit, and the deposition of metal, plastic, batteries, and computers into Earth's atmosphere (and possibly onto Earth's surface as happened here in Saskatchewan in 2024) after these satellites reach their end of life after a few short years. We'll end with a discussion of ways that governments need to carefully reprioritize how we make use of the limited orbital space around the Earth for satellites before we end up in the worst-case scenario of Kessler Syndrome, when no one would get to use satellites anymore.
Presenter: Samantha Lawler (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy)
In person: University of Regina Ad Hum 348
Zoom: [ https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/j/9504678677 ... .1#success ]
THURSDAY APRIL 30, 5 pm: THE PUBLIC COSTS OF RISING MILITARY EXPENDITURE: EDUCATION & PUBLIC SERVICES
[ https://ipb.org/events/the-public-costs ... -services/ ]
THURSDAY APRIL 30, 6 pm: CELEBRATION OF SASK FILMS, CENTRAL LIBRARY FILM THEATRE
[ https://www.reginalibrary.ca/film-theat ... s/16179144 ]
THURSDAY APRIL 30, 6 pm: OIL IS COSTING US TOO DAMN MUCH (+ WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT)
[ https://act.350.org/signup/april30call/ ... &r=CA&c=NA ]
THURSDAY APRIL 30, 6:30 – 8:30 pm: COMMUNITY CONVERSATION—A RENTAL REGISTRY FOR REGINA, ROSEMONT COMMUNITY SCHOOL GYM, 841 HORRACE ST
[ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=14 ... 6031166668 ]
SATURDAY MAY 2, 10 am: LAND TRUST CONSULTATION, REGINA CITY HALL CAFETERIA
SATURDAY MAY 2, 10 pm: RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH RAVE, ARTESIAN, 2627 13TH AVE
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/DXAbqGvAR4A/ ]
SUNDAY MAY 3, NOON: NATIVE PLANTS AND POLLINATORS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... eIMNxrMYOg ]
TUESDAY MAY 5, 5 pm: ORGANIZING THE ARTS—INSIDE THE SCOTIABANK/ELBIT DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGN
[ https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registe ... MclV9oq7qg ]
WEDNESDAY MAY 6, 6 pm: RENT CONTROL, WITH PETER GILMER & SIMON ENOCH, REGENT LIBRARY, 331 ALBERT ST
[ https://www.instagram.com/p/DXAbqGvAR4A/ ]
FRIDAY MAY 8, NOON – 4 pm: FRAGILE FLIGHT—BIRD CONSERVATION IN HUMAN SPACE, ARCHER LIBRARY, WASCANA ROOM (107.32/.33) UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Join us for Fragile Flight: Bird Conservation in Human Spaces, an afternoon of learning, reflection, and creative engagement focused on the challenges birds face in built environments.
This event explores the risks birds encounter in human spaces—including collisions with windows and other urban hazards—while highlighting conservation efforts that help protect them. Through art, interpretation, and educational displays, Fragile Flight invites participants to deepen their appreciation for birds and consider how we can create safer shared spaces.
SATURDAY MAY 9, 1 pm: STOP USING DRONE WARFARE TO PERPETUATE GENOCIDES IN PALESTINE AND SUDAN
[ https://actionnetwork.org/events/webina ... and-sudan/ ]
SATURDAY MAY 9, 7 pm: BOOK LAUNCH—THE HOMELESS—A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY, BY GLEN HARPER, THE CRAVE, 1925 VICTORIA AVE
TUESDAY MAY 12, 2 pm: SPECIAL PRESENTATION: NUGHEJAGH—INDIGENOUS HEALING AND HEALTHCARE IN ALASKA
[ https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi ... gistration ]
FRIDAY MAY 15, 7 pm: AVI LEWIS IN REGINA FOR A SCREENING OF HIS FILM, THE TAKE, LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED LATER
Join Avi Lewis, leader of Canada's NDP, in a screening of The Take, his award-winning film about workers taking ownership over their factory in Argentina, followed by conversation with local activists and special guests.
[ https://www.ndp.ca/avi-lewis-in-regina ]
FRIDAY MAY 15 – SUNDAY MAY 24: CHECKPOINT—A PALESTINIAN PLAY WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY RANIA ALHARTHY, SHUBOX THEATRE, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Sponsored by Palestine Solidarity Regina. For further information and tickets:
[ https://www.simpletix.com/e/riser-check ... ets-269388 ]
SATURDAY MAY 16, 10 am -4 pm: REPAIR CAFÉ, GEORGE BOTHWELL LIBRARY, SOUTHLAND MALL, REGINA
Get things—bikes, radios +++ fixed for free.
[ https://www.envirocollective.ca/repair-cafe/ ]
FRIDAY MAY 22, NOON: MONITOR HUDDLE—WEALTH INEQUALITY AND ITS SOLUTIONS
[ https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/registe ... gistration ]
SATURDAY MAY 23, 10 am: LAND TRUST CONSULTATION, REGINA CITY HALL CAFETERIA
SUNDAY MAY 24, 2 – 5 pm: FREE FILM SCREENING OF "NUCLEAR POWER—HOW WILL IT AFFECT YOUR ENERGY BILL?" - UNIVERSITY OF REGINA, RESEARCH & INNOVATION CENTRE, RM 119
Following the film, Simon Enoch will discuss the economics of nuclear vs Renewables; Ingrid Alesich will talk about the dangers of ionizing radiation and the problems with no safe technology for high level waste storage for 200,000 years. There will also be a skit.
[ https://www.facebook.com/story.php?stor ... 77614&_rdr ]
WEDNESDAY MAY 27, 2 pm: JUST SUSTAINABILITIES IN POLICY, PLANNING, AND PRACTICE WEBINAR
[ https://masspeaceaction.org/event/just- ... e-webinar/ ]
SUNDAY MAY 31, 2-4 pm: BOOK CLUB—EVERY MOMENT IS A LIFE: GAZA IN THE TIME OF GENOCIDE, ABSTRACTIONS CAFÉ, 2161 ROSE ST
Join us for a discussion of Susan Abulhawa’s “Every Moment is a Life,” an anthology of short stories by 18 young writers in Gaza whom Abulhawa mentored during the genocide.
As Abulhawa said in a recent statement, “These young people risked dangers that most of us cannot begin to fathom just to attend writing workshops, because it was a singular outlet for intellectual exercise and creative expression. They came so they could be reminded of their potential. They came to feel that they are more than creatures seeking food and water and shelter. That they have a place in the world; that they have a voice, a relevance, something to contribute. They came to touch the lives that they thought they might still have, even if it was just for a few hours. It has been my honour and my privilege to know these beautiful, courageous individuals who deserve to be heard, to be read, to be protected.”
[ https://www.instagram.com/?target_user_ ... eed&__bp=1 ]
NEW PETITIONS & OTHER ACTIONS
URGE YOUR MP TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION
[ https://act.oceana.org/page/190870/action/1 ]
DEMAND ACTION ON PLASTIC POLLUTION
[ https://ecojustice.ca/take-action/deman ... pollution/ ]
TELL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO END PLASTIC POLLUTION NOW
[ https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/pag ... id=9388625 ]
STOP PLASTIC POLUTION
[ https://davidsuzuki.org/action/stop-plastic-pollution/ ]
TELL SANTANDER: STOP FINANCING FOSSIL FUEL EXPANSION IN LATIN AMERICA AND BEYOND
[ https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell- ... and-beyond ]
- Making Peace Vigil