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November 18
Blue Gold: World Water Wars film

Will future wars be fought over water? With Special Guest Facilitator Meera Karunananthan from the Council of Canadians.

When: 7:00pm
Where: Carleton University,
Ottawa, Ontario

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November 19
Film Showing-The 11th Hour

Come join us for a special film showing - The 11th Hour. This powerful documentary asks the question how much longer can we continue to treat nature as a resource and do we have the time left to change? It is produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio and was featured at Vanouver's Enviromental Film Fest.

When: 7-9 p.m.
Where: Ladner Pioneer Library
4683-51 St.
Delta, BC

We will also sample juice made from local unsprayed fruit and have a draw for wine donated by Wellbrook Winery.
Organic Fair trade coffee & tea served with yummy organic goodies.
Hope to see you there!

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November 21
Reopening NAFTA: Making It Work for People

What does U.S. president-elect Barack Obama’s recent promise to renegotiate NAFTA mean for Canadians? What should be on the table? Join noted broadcaster Ken Rockburn in conversation with a prominent panel of NAFTA critics and observers.

Moderator: Ken Rockburn
Panelists: Maude Barlow, Chairperson, The Council of Canadians; Stephen Clarkson, author of Does North America Exist? Governing the Continent After NAFTA and 9/11; Peter Julian, MP (Burnaby-New Westminster)

When: Friday, November 21, 7-9 p.m.
Where:Fountain Room, National Arts Centre, Ottawa

Admission is Free. View the Event Poster

Co-sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Council of Canadians

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November 21
Public Meeting: "Canada's Deadly Secret: Uranium, the Global Nuclear System and Nova Scotia"

When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Mahone Bay Centre,
45 School Street,
Mahone Bay, NS

Free admission. Everyone welcome

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November 24
Ryerson Students for Medicare hold panel discussion and film screening of SiCKO

Ryerson Students for Medicare will host a panel of Medicare advocates to discuss myths, history and the current fight to reinvigorate Canada’s public health care system; followed by a free screening of Michael Moore’s movie SiCKO. Panel Members include:

• Stuart Trew, Regional Organizer, Council for Canadians
• Doris Grinspun, Executive Director  Registered Nurses of Ontario
• Dr. Michael Rachlis,  Associate Professor University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health                                                 
• Danica Rush, Ryerson Students for Medicare     

When: 6:30 PM
Where:LIB 072 (Theatre in the basement of Ryerson Library Building)
Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON

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November 24
Cinema Politica London presents: The Price of Sugar

In the Dominican Republic, a tropical island-nation, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. Narrated by Paul Newman, "The Price of Sugar" follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people to fight for their basic human rights.

When: 8:00pm
Where: Wemple Lounge, Kings University College
266 Epworth Ave.
London, ON

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November 24 - December 3
TAR SANDS: THE DARK SIDE OF THE BOOM
BC Wide Speaking Tour on the Impacts of the Tar Sands on Communities in Alberta and BC.

Please join us for a very important panel about the largest industrial project in history that has been devastating the environment and communities in Alberta.  This enormous development is expanding across the continent with little to no regard for the eco-systems and communities that lie in the path of the infrastructure.  We are honored to have Mike Mercredi bringing a message from "ground zero" of the tar-sands as well as Jesse Kalman providing a broader view of the real impacts of the development and Will Horter highlighting the industrial expansion through BC to the Pacific. 

Speakers on the Panel include:

MIKE MERCREDI - Member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation will be speaking about the front line struggles of the indigenous community in Fort Chipewyan against the tar sands industry.

JESSIE KALMAN - Tar Sands Campaigner with the Polaris Institute will be speaking about the social & environmental  impacts that the tar-sands including links to the Military and Water Depletion.

WILL HORTER - Executive Director of Dogwood Initiative will speak about the little known support that infrastructure based and proposed in BC provides to current and future tar-sands development. (Speaking in Vancouver, Victoria, Comox and Nanaimo)

Kitimat - Monday November 24th
location: TBA
Contact - North Coast Enviro Watch:
email -  coordinator@northcoastenvirowatch.org  
phone - 250 624 2058

Vancouver - Tuesday, November 25th
Heritage Hall
3102 Main St., Vancouver, BC
Event to start 7 pm
Contact - Council of Canadians Vancouver Chapter:
email - norman.hill@shaw.ca 
phone - 604-789-9331.

Kamloops - Thursday, November 27th
Collonade Room, Coast Canadian Inn
339 St. Paul St., Kamloops, BC
Event to start 7pm
Contact - Council of Canadians Kamloops Chapter:
email - cgarden@mail.ocis.net
phone - 250-377-0055 / 250-375-2241

Comox/Courtneay - Monday, December 1st
Florence Filberg Conference Hall
411 Anderton, Courtenay, BC
Event to start 7 pm
Contact - Council of Canadian Comox Valley Chapter:
email - frayneg@shaw.ca 
phone - (250) 338-6265

Nanaimo - Tuesday, December 2nd
Vancouver Island University—Nanaimo Campus
Room 109 - Building 356, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo, BC
Event to start 1:00pm
Contact - Council of Canadians Nanaimo Chapter:
email - blhansen@shaw.ca
phone - 250-245-2254 / 250-816-6253

Victoria - Wednesday December 3rd
The BCGEU Hall
2994 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC
Event to start 7pm
Contact - Council of Canadians Victoria Chapter:
email - barbaramp@fastmail.fm 
phone - (250) 220-5355

This Tour is being organized, endorsed and supported by the Council of Canadians, the Polaris Institute, Canadian Union of Public Employees BC, the Seirra Club, the Dogwood Initiative, Greenpeace, Check-Your Head, Institute for Citizen Journalism, Tar Sands Free BC, North Coast Enviro Watch, Western Wilderness Committee.

For More Information on the tour please email: hgrewal@canadians.org or call: 604 688 8846

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December 6 & 7
Global Rally to Stop Global Warming | London

Tackling climate change can only be successful if it engages all sections of society. We need you!

We will be one of many synchronized demonstrations around the world on Saturday December 6th 2008 & Sunday December 7th - in as many places as possible - to call on world leaders to take urgent action on climate change. We have now begun organizing for this years rally which will be located in the mezzanine in the downtown Covent Garden Market. Get involved! Book a table! We need help with public relations, media, posters, organizing events, artists, etc. Please contact us at councilofcanadians.london@sympatico.ca to get involved.

When: Sunday, December 7, 2008
10:00am - 5:00pm
Where: Mezzanine | Covent Garden Market,
130 King Street
London, ON

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