Upcoming Events!

[Council of Canadians Edmonton]

Hi All,

It is shaping up to be a busy autumn in Edmonton.  Amidst your schedules of Ward forums and Mayoral forums, please check out these exciting meetings, talks, and events taking place in and around the city of Edmonton!  If you have any questions or concerns about any of these events, please do not hesitate to contact the Council of Canadians Prairies & NWT office at alo...@canadians.org.

Maude Barlow’s “Blue Future” Edmonton Book Launch

7:00pm – 9:00pm at the U of A, Telus Centre 150

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

 

Join the Council of Canadians for an evening with Maude Barlow at the Edmonton book launch of her new book, Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever.

Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis — and what we can do to prevent it. The final installment in Barlow’s Blue trilogy, Blue Future includes inspiring stories of struggle and resistance from marginalized communities, as well as examples of government policies that work for people and the planet. A call to action to create a water-secure world, it is, in the end, a book of hope.

Copies of Blue Future will be available for purchase, and Maude will be signing books after her presentation.

For more information on Blue Future, visit http://www.houseofanansi.com/Blue-Future-P2172.aspx

This event is co-sponsored by Council of Canadians U of A Chapter, Council of Canadians Edmonton Chapter, Parkland Institute and the Our Water Is Not For Sale Network.

 

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2.      Wrong Turn: Is a P3 the best way to expand the LRT?

TONIGHT! Thursday, October 3^rd, 2013

7:00pm – 9:00pm at the U of A, Telus 236-238

 

The City of Edmonton is proposing to construct the Southeast to West LRT Line (also known as the Valley Line) through a public-private partnership. But does this arrangement serve the public interest? Parkland Institute and Public Interest Alberta are pleased to present Professor John Loxley (University of Manitoba), expert on public-private partnerships, who will discuss his analysis of the arrangement.

 

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    Pros & Cons: Policies for People and the Planet

Friday, November 1^st, 2013

7:00 – 10:00pm at the Castell Library (616 Macleod Trail SE) 

Please note this event is taking place in Calgary

 

Tickets: $10 (To purchase tickets, visit http://commoncauses.zoobis.com)

 

From October 31 to November 2, the Conservative Party of Canada will descend on Calgary for the party’s first national policy convention since 2011.  At the convention, Conservatives will debate policy resolutions that would:

 

·         “move to a less progressive tax system

·         “support the sale of public assets”

·         restructure the CBC with the aim of the “elimination of all public funding of the corporation”

·         “integrate our foreign policy with policies on trade and national defence”

·         support “right to work legislation” while limiting how unions can spend members’ dues

·         gut public sector benefits and pension plans

·         unilaterally change how land on First Nations’ reserves is governed

·         push for even more public-private “partnerships”

 

Join us for a teach-in to learn about the potential impacts of these policies and hear from a range of provincial and national speakers about a different vision, one that focuses on progressive policies for people and the planet.

 

This event is brought to you by Common Causes, an assembly of social movements dedicated to defending democracy, the environment, and human rights.

 

For more information, visit Common Causes at http://commoncauses.ca

 

Featuring:

 

David Suzuki (Scientist and environmentalist)

Maude Barlow (National Chairperson, the Council of Canadians)

Crystal Lameman (Beaver Lake Cree Nation)

Jean Lortie (Secretary-general, Confédération des syndicats nationaux)

Andrew Nikiforuk (Author and journalist)

Jim Stanford (Economist, UNIFOR)

Brigette DePape ("Rogue Page", writer and activist)

Paul Moist (National President, Canadian Union of Public Employees)

Michael Harris (writer, journalist, and documentary filmmaker)

 

Moderated by Bill Phipps (Author and social and environmental activist

    “Facts, Fictions and the Politics of Truth” Parkland Institute’s 17^th Annual Conference

November 22^nd – 24^th, 2013

 

Whose truth shapes how you see the world? The control, suppression, and manipulation of information are playing an increasingly important role in all aspects of our society. From whistle blowing to censorship, surveillance to marketing, media to knowledge-hierarchies the facts are not always easy to discern or easy to access.

More info can be found at: parklandinstitute.ca/fallconf2013