EVENTS & MEETINGS:
1) Monday, October 13: Raise the Rates Campaign Meeting
2) Wednesday, October 15 & Thursday, October 16: Showcase: A celebration of indigenous arts
3) Wednesday, October 15: Creating a Culture of Participation - Workshop & Presentation
4) Thursday, October 16: Meeting of Sudbury Working-group of The Media Co-op
5) Thursday, October 16: Sudbury "Raise the Rates!" Action
6) Thursday, October 16: Mayoralty Candidates Downtown Townhall Meeting
7) Monday, October 20: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
8) Monday, October 27th to Friday, October 31: Women's History Week (10 events)
9) Tuesday, October 28th: Women's History Week Keynote Address
10) Tuesday, October 28th: Walk, Bike, Bus or Drive? Rethinking Sustainable Transportation in Sudbury
NEWS, ANALYSIS & CALLS TO ACTION:
1) "Shoulder to Shoulder: Migrant and Canadian Workers Forge Solidarity" by Claire Mumme, Chris Ramsaroop, and Melisa LaRue
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Monday, October 13: Raise the Rates Campaign Meeting
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Offices of the Sudbury and District Labour Council (Suite 209 upstairs in 109 Elm Street, which is across the street from the Native Friendship Centre)
The venue is wheelchair accessible. Children are welcome to attend, or childcare support is available upon request. If you arrive late and doors are locked, please call the S-CAP phone (249-878-7227).
The Raise the Rates campaign which is sponsored by the Canadian Union of Public Employees - Ontario and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty is organizing a raise the rates week of anti-poverty action this coming Oct. 13-17th. The week is calling for the raising of social assistance rates by 55% to bring buying power back to what it was before the Harris government initiated the war on the poor; raising the minimum wage to $14 an hour indexed to the cost of inflation; reinstating the vital provincal Community Start Up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB); and ending the reviews that are designed to push people off of ODSP.
The event in Sudbury is being organized for Thursday, October 16th, starting at 1:30pm with a free meal which will be followed by music, speakers, and a march to the Provincial Building. We are currently organizing meeting with MPPs France Gelinas and Joe Cimino to try to get them to support the Raise the Rates demands.
For these plans to happen we need more people to get involved. We need your ideas, skills and energy. We also need your organizations to endorse the event.
For updates visit raisetherates.ca or like Raise the Rates on facebook
If you want to be part of an action in your community during October or want to help build one, email raisetheratescampaign@gmail.com, oe call OCAP at 416 925 6939
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Wednesday, October 15 & Thursday, October 16: Showcase: A celebration of indigenous arts
Time: 7pm (both nights)
Location: The Open Studio (93 Cedar Street, Sudbury)
A two-day showcase of indigenous films, poetry and storytelling. Doors open at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15 and Thursday, Oct. 16. Admission is free both nights.
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/708626189214215/
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Wednesday, October 15: Creating a Culture of Participation - Workshop & Presentation
Time: Workshop -- 1pm to 4pm
Presentation -- 7pm to 9pm
Location: Holiday Inn (1696 Regent Street, Sudbury)
Cost: Workshop -- $30
Presentation -- $15
In celebration of our 25th Anniversary and to launch our Social Enterprise Division the Social Planning Council Sudbury is excited to invite you to join us on October 15th for what promises to be a fun, informative and entertaining event!
Dave Meslin will lead us in a participatory workshop in the afternoon practicing skills to Creating a Culture of Participation (More details to follow but geared to leaders and front line staff).
In the evening our very own Stef Paquette will set the tone and Dave Meslin will illustrate an optimistic picture of what's possible at City Hall, within the non-profit sector and in our communities.
Workshop: $30
Presentation: $15
Workshop + Presentation: $40
Sponsorship is available. Please contact us for more information.
events@spcsudbury.ca
705-675-3894
Book on-line: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-a-culture-of-participation-tickets-...
Call out for cool ideas to feature at this event! Contact Annette at events@spcsudbury.ca, 705-675-8891, ext. 213, to book your free spot to promote YOUR ‘cool’ idea.
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Thursday, October 16: Meeting of Sudbury Working-group of The Media Co-op
Time: 10am to noon
Location: meeting room #1, Main Branch, Greater Sudbury Public Library (74 Mackenzie Street, Sudbury)
Along with our ongoing quest to find a wide-range of interesting and original local content to publish on our site, we have started plans for a big public event in early December. We encourage anyone and everyone who might be interested in making media themselves, or who recognize that a robust grassroots media infrastructure is essential for social change work being done across a broad range of issues, to come out to the meeting that we're having on October 16th at 10 am in meeting room #1 at the Mackenzie Street branch of the library. Please come out and share your ideas!
If you can't make it to the meeting but still think you might want to be involved somehow -- through organizing things, through participating in some of the editorial stuff, through writing or producing other content -- then be in touch with me at the email address above or send a note to grassrootssudburymedia@gmail.com.
Find our site at:
http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/
Our callout for content, some of which we might even be able to pay for:
http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/blog/grassrootssudburymedia/19108
Find us on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/GrassrootsMediaCollective
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Thursday, October 16: Sudbury "Raise the Rates!" Action
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Starting from Memorial Park in downtown Sudbury
Stop unfair ODSP ‘medical reviews’!
Living Wages for All!
Thursday, October 16th, 2014
Meet in Memorial Park
1:30pm – Free meal
chili, pasta, vegetarian curry, bread,
hot chocolate
2:00pm – Music by John Newlands and others.
Rally followed by March to the Provincial Building.
A part of the province-wide week of action organized by the Raise the Rates campaign, the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty and the local Raise the Rates organizing committee. We hope you will join with us.
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/299231433616654/
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Thursday, October 16: Mayoralty Candidates Downtown Townhall Meeting
Time: 5:30pm to 8pm
Location: The Sanctuary, St. Andrew's Place (111 Larch Street, Sudbury)
Though organized by the Downtown Sudbury Business Improvement Area Association -- not necessarily an organization with an inherent social justice mandate -- issues relevant to urban downtowns often touch in one way or another on questions of the environment and social justice, and it may be useful for people who prioritize these issues to attend and make their presence known.
The meeting itself is from 6pm to 8pm, and you can join the BIA between 5:30pm and 6pm in the foyer to the Sanctuary for a Meet and Greet. As well as being able to meet others with an interest in the Downtown, there will be refreshments available from the Motley Kitchen.
This is your chance to ask candidates what their position is on the issues affecting the downtown ... Submit your question(s) in the comment section, or by email at Maggie@downtownsudbury.com
Near the end of the meeting, there will be an opportunity for "questions from the floor."
*As there are 10 candidates we are facing a few time restraints, we may not be able to use all of the questions, but will do our best to hit the key areas of concern are covered
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1518325798409447/
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Monday, October 20: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Offices of the Sudbury and District Labour Council (Suite 209 upstairs in 109 Elm Street, which is across the street from the Native Friendship Centre)
The venue is wheelchair accessible. Children are welcome to attend, or childcare support is available upon request. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. If you arrive late and doors are locked, please call the S-CAP phone (249-878-7227).
S-CAP is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. We provide direct-action support work assisting individuals in their struggles with welfare and ODSP, housing, employers, and others who deny people what they are entitled to in order to meet their needs. In addition, we mount campaigns against and support educational work about regressive government policies as they effect working people and people living in poverty. We believe in the power of people to organize themselves. We believe in the power of resistance!
La coalition contre la pauvreté de Sudbury (S-CAP) est un organisme d’action directe luttant contre la pauvreté. Elle se trouve à Sudbury en Ontario.
Le travail de la coalition se base dans l’action directe et consiste à apporter de l’aide aux individus dans leurs luttes pour l’assistance sociale, l’invalidité, le logement, l’emploi et à les aider à faire face aux gens qui leur refusent ce à quoi ils ont droit pour rencontrer leurs besoins. De plus, la coalition fait des compagnes de sensibilisation et de dénonciation par rapport aux politiques gouvernementales régressives quant à leurs effets sur les travailleurs et travailleuses et les personnes vivant dans la pauvreté.
La coalition croit au pouvoir des personnes de s’organiser elles-mêmes; elle croit au pouvoir de la résistance!
Please call us 249-878-7227
Email us at sudburyCAP@gmail.com
Website http://sudburycap.com/
S-CAP on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/257339454351403/
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Monday, October 27th to Friday, October 31: Women's History Week (10 events)
Come and celebrate Women's History Week 2014 -- Women and Popular Culture/Les femmes et la culture populaire. All events are free and everyone is welcome! Unless otherwise noted, events are on the Laurentian University campus.
*Monday, October 27*
Marriage Alliances in the Fur Trade
11:30am, L-507 (Parker Building)
Prof. Brittany Luby, Dept. of History
La 'Deuxieme vague' de feminisme: A la fois partie integrale et rupture de la 'nouvelle gauche'
11h30, L-712 (Edifice Parker)
Dr. Joel Belliveau, Dept. d'histoire
*Tuesday, October 28*
Women's and Gender History: Developments and Differences
8:30am, C-305 (Classroom Building)
Prof. Kristin Hall, Dept. of History
Spiritualism and Psychic Research: The Fox Sisters
1pm, C-203 (Classroom Building)
Dr. David Leeson, Dept. of History
KEYNOTE: "We Are Not Men": Historical Women and *Game of Thrones*
7pm, Fromagerie Elgin, downtown Sudbury
Dr. Janice Liedl, Dept. of History
See SSJN listing #9 for further details.
*Wednesday, October 29*
Roundtable Discussion: Literary and Media Representations of Indigenous Womanhood
1pm to 2:30pm, C-114 (Classroom Building)
Reception to follow
*Thursday, October 30*
Theosophy: East Meets West with Helena Blavatsky
2:30pm, C-203 (Classroom Building)
Dr. David Leeson, Dept. of History
L'impact particulier du colonialisme sur les femmes
16h, L-324 (Edifice Parker)
Prof. Nawel Hamidi, Dept. de science politique
*Friday, October 31*
Sappho The Female Voice of Greek Poetry
10am, T-220 (Thornloe University)
Dr. Louis L'Allier, Dept. of Classical Studies
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Tuesday, October 28th: Women's History Week Keynote Address
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: Fromagerie Elgin (80 Elgin Street, Sudbury)
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Janice Liedl from the Department of History will be the keynote speaker for Laurentian University's 2014 Women's History Week. The focus this year is Women and Popular Culture and her talk is titled " 'We are Not Men': Historical Women and Game of Thrones."
We also have a number of other great presentations and lectures throughout the week on the Sudbury campus. You can check out the time and date for those in the listing just above.
Please feel free to share this event and invite others that might be interested, thanks!
Any questions about the keynote should be directed to: mx_commito@laurentian.ca
This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1521224884789519/
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Tuesday, October 28th: Walk, Bike, Bus or Drive? Rethinking Sustainable Transportation in Sudbury
Time: 7:30pm
Location: The Laughing Buddha (194 Elgin Street, Sudbury)
We've heard it all before: our reliance on motor vehicles contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, injuries and fatalities, rising obesity rates and declining health. However, the transportation challenges we face as a northern community can make addressing these issues seem impossible. Sudbury’s unique geography and harsh climate make motorized transport a near neccessity. Are we able to change the daily commute in Sudbury? What kinds of changes and innovations would work in our northern context? What is the value of walking, busing and cycling instead of driving? Is it worth the investment of time and money from our municipal government and institutions? What can we do as citizens to improve our commutes?
Supported by CFMS.
Free admission and snacks!
NEWS, ANALYSIS & CALLS TO ACTION:
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"Shoulder to Shoulder: Migrant and Canadian Workers Forge Solidarity"
by Claire Mumme, Chris Ramsaroop, and Melisa LaRue
(From *Our Times*: http://ourtimes.ca/Talking/article_372.php)
The site for the Sudbury working-group of The Media Co-op has been archived and will no longer be updated. Please visit the main Media Co-op website to learn more about the organization.
The Sudbury working-group of The Media Co-op was formed to create independent media in the North, to speak to our issues and outlooks on our communities as well as the world around us. Independent media provides an avenue for people who are wishing to gain critical perspective on the issues that matter most to us, and to give a voice to those people and stories that you won't find in the mainstream media.
The Sudbury working-group site is no longer being updated and has been archived.