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Global
Education Week 2008:
Grassroots Education: Living and Learning in Solidarity
Friday to Sunday January
25 -27
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Traveling World Community Film Festival – Various
Times
This festival will feed your spirit with stories of people
who are reinventing their social environments and their futures.
Over 50 films, as well as musical performances, workshops and displays.
International Bazaar Saturday & Sunday
at Showplace (downstairs). For films info, & late
night events, visit www.quidnovis.com
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Saturday
January 26
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TISA International Dinner ~ 6:30 pm at Trinity
United Church
Taste the spices of South Asia, satay of South East
Asia, the flavours of the Caribbean, Japan, Europe and many more!
Live international performances. Tickets $17 at TIP Office,
Champlain College, Trent University
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Monday
January 28
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Poverty and Renewable Resources
Activities ~ 10:00 am Trent Global Living Community presents interactive games surrounding
issues of poverty and the distribution of renewable resources.
Come learn, and have some fun! Free! Lady Eaton College Pit,
Trent University |
TuesdayJanuary
29
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Free Screening of ‘Story of
Stuff’ ~ 12-2 pm Kawartha
Ploughshares presents a film, workshop & discussion. Bring
brown bag lunch. Free! Sadlier House ~ 751 George St. North |
Wednesday
January 30
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Identities Speak: Storytelling & Spoken Word
Gathering ~ 5-7 pm presented by Seeds for Justice and TUNA. Come
share, listen and enjoy stories in voices from around the world.
Feel free to bring a piece on the creation and expression of
identity. Refreshments provided. Gathering Space, Gzowski ~ Trent
University
Free Screening of “What A Way to Go” 7-9:30
pm Council of Canadians
presents this film about a middle-class white who guy comes to
grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population
Overshoot and the demise of the American Lifestyle. Followed
by a discussion. Splice at 379 George Street |
Thursday
January 31
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Sex, Gender and Sexual Choice: PFLAG's Role in
the Community ~ 5-7 pm
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
(PFLAG). Free event. Bring a brown bag supper if you wish and we
will supply coffee, juice and cookies. Sadleir House ~ 751 George
St. North
Popular Education for Social Change ~ 7:30
pm Free screening
of short independent films & discussion presented by OPIRG & KWIC
Seeds for Justice at Sadlier House Lecture Hall ~ 751 George
Street North |
Friday
February 1
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World Affairs Colloquium
~ 3-5 pm Lady Eaton College (LEC) Pit ~ Trent University
(Speaker to be
announced.)
“Living and Learning in Solidarity” Coffee House
~ 8:30 pm (Doors Open 8:00pm)
Performances by Dub Trinity,
Playground & FM Hi Low. Presentations
by different Global Education Week organizations. PWYC (suggested
$5) Cash Bar. Sadlier House Dining Hall ~ 751 George St. North
Learning To Be Me: A Look at Intersecting Identities Art Show
~ 2-9 pm
A visual art display created by Queer, Questioning, or Allied
members of the Peterborough community. Free event open to all.
Donations welcome. Some pieces for sale by artists. Opening remarks
at 6:00pm. Hosted by the Trent Queer Collective Sadlier House,
Senior Common Room ~ 751 George Street North
Photo Show & CD Release Party ~ 6:30 pm A month-long
photo show featuring photography by Alex Atfield opens with a
reception at 6:30pm and live music all evening. Sioux
and David Newberry kick-off their tour with invited guests, Jimi
Maze and Kay Pettigrew. PWYC at the door. One of the framed
photos will be given away as a door prize! Proceeds
to www.howgreen.ca The Spill Café ~ 414
George Street |
Saturday
February 2
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26th Annual One World Dinner
~ ‘Food Justice’ ~ 5:30 pm Peterborough’s 27th Vegetarian Community Potluck! Enjoy
great food, live music, and cajun dancing with Peterborough’s
own BobCajun. Raffle and dessert auction. Guest speaker, Dr.
Peter Andrée. Everyone brings a vegetarian main dish to
share, serving spoon and dish pack. (No desserts please); Tickets
at the door: $5/person, $10/family or PWYC. All proceeds support
JSH, KWIC and the NCC. St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church Hall, Murray
Street entrance. |
February 1-3
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Ethical Purchasing
Policies Activist School ~ Conference presented by the
Canadian Student Fair Trade Network, OPIRG and other allied organizations.
To register or for more information patrickclark@trentu.ca
Friday
February 1st, Keynote Address: Dr. Gavin Fridell, Professor,
Politics Department, Trent University and author of Fair Trade:
The Prospects and Pitfalls of Market-Driven Social Justice.
Saturday February 2nd, Talk by Jennifer Clapp, former
professor at Trent and now professor at the University of Waterloo,
Department of Environmental Studies on local food initiatives
in light of neoliberal globalization.
All events are free and
are to be held at Sadlier House ~ 751 George Street North
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Sponsors: City of Peterborough, Council of Canadians, Fair Trade Trent,
Jamaican Self Help, Kawartha Ploughshares, Kawartha World Issues Centre,
New Canadians Centre, Alex Atfield, Ontario Public Interest Research
Group,
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, KWIC Seeds for Justice,
Traveling World Community Film Festival ~ Peterborough, Trent
University:
IDS, TIP, TISA, ERS, TQC, World Affairs Colloquium,
Ontario Council
for International Cooperation.
For more GEW 2008 info:www.kwic.info
Held in conjunction with Canada’s International Development
Week 2008
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