White poppies. Sometimes something rings a little bell amid the gloom, like a bird singing after a catastrophe, or a light in a raging storm. It's a symbol of peace, first introduced in Britain by the Co-operative Women's Guild in 1936. The notion that hope for peace might live, however, is apparently so outlandish that the symbol is little known and only makes rare appearances, as it did in P.E.I. this Remembrance Day, and always seems to upset someone.
Militarization
Facing off for justice in a militarized world
Mar 25 2011 - 7:00pm
Mar 26 2011 - 9:00pm
Location
St. Paul's University
223 Main Street
Ottawa, ON Canada
45° 24' 28.3104" N, 75° 40' 36.732" W
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March 25, 7:00 - 8:30 pm "Uranium in the Environment"
Panel: Mr. Ed Lawrence, Master Gardener and CBC columnist with Dr. Cathy Vakil, Dr. Art Wiebe, followed by wine and cheese reception
March 26, 2011, 9:00 am
Chair: Dr.Anne McCarthy
9:00 am "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Medical Lessons from Work in Extraordinary Settings", Dr. John Cockburn
9:45 am "Post-traumatic Stress Disorder - Military and civilian effects"
Dr. Donna Lougheed, Dr. Dale Dewar
10:30 am nutrition break
10:45 am "Creating a Healing Culture", Theresa Dunn, MA
11:30 am "Re-building Civil Society", Rachel Thibeault, Ph.D.
12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch on your own Chair: Dr. Jason Bailey
Contact name:
Andrea Levy
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Colonialism, Capitalism and Migration: No One is Illegal
Jun 19 2010 - 1:00pm
Jun 19 2010 - 3:00pm
Location
Ryerson University - SCC Thomas Lounge
55 Gould St.
TorontoCanada
43° 39' 28.6092" N, 79° 22' 44.148" W
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Colonialism, Capitalism and Migration - No One is Illegal!
No One Is Illegal! Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal
A panel with community activists from No One Is Illegal Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, as well our allies Melissa Elliott (Young Onkwehonwe United, Six Nations) and Adil Charkaoui (held on a Security Certificate in Montreal). This panel focuses on the realities of Canadian immigration and border controls in relation to the broader global dynamics of corporate free trade, militarization and occupation, and the rise of racist sentiments against Indigenous and immigrant communities.