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SUMMARY:Launch: Green Rights: The Human Right to a Healthy World
DESCRIPTION:The Sierra Club Canada Foundation and TheGreenInterview.com are pleased to announce the release of the documentary film Green Rights: The Human Right to a Healthy World\, and the companion book Warrior Lawyers: From Manila to Manhattan\, Attorneys for the Earth\, by Silver Donald Cameron. \nThe launch of the film will take place on September 25\, 2016\, at 2:00 at Mount St. Vincent University\, 166 Bedford Highway\, Halifax. The event will be attended by writer and executive producer Silver DonaldCameron\, and also by director and producer Chris Beckett. A question and answer session will follow thescreening. Admission is by donation. \n“It’s a fabulous film\,” said Sierra’s Gretchen Fitzgerald. “Silver Donald and Chris have been working on it for four solid years\, travelling all over the world to collect stories about the remarkable impact of environmental rights on the lives of people in the countries where those rights are recognized. Which is most countries. But not Canada or the United States.” \nUniversity-sponsored screenings in Nova Scotia will also take place at Acadia University in Wolfville\, NS\, at 7:00 on September 19\, in 244 Beveridge Hall\, and at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish\, NS\, at 7:00 on September 28 in the Schwartz Auditorium. These screenings are both open to the public. \nThe official national premiere of Green Rights will take place in Ottawa on October 4. The Hon. Senator George Furey\, Speaker of the Senate of Canada\, will host a celebratory reception in his chambers at 4:00 PM. A public screening in the Pearson ballroom of the Lord Elgin Hotel will follow. \nScreenings are also scheduled at The Screening Room in Kingston\, ON\, on October 6; at Heliconian Hall in Toronto on October 12; at the University of Waterloo on October 17; at the University of Guelph onOctober 18; at St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto on October 19; at the Finnish Labour Temple in Thunder Bay on October 24; at the University of Manitoba on October 27\, and at the Unitarian Church of Calgary on October 30. For details see the events calendar at www.TheGreenInterview.com. \nSilver Donald Cameron will attend all of these events\, and autographed copies of Warrior Lawyers will be available at all screenings. On this same national tour Dr. Cameron will be participating in classes and seminars and delivering guest lectures based on Warrior Lawyers at 12 Canadian universities\, including four law schools. The interviews included in the book are among the nearly 100 interviews with global environmental giants available in video\, audio and text at www.TheGreenInterview.com. \nAdditional screenings and lectures are planned for British Columbia\, Washington and Oregon during the winter. Dr. Cameron will be based in Vancouver from November through April. The tour concludes the overall Green Rights project (www.GreenRights.com) on which Sierra and The Green Interview have been engaged since 2013. TheGreenInterview.com continues as a monthly subscription website\, and the film can also be streamed from that site.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/launch-green-rights-the-human-right-to-a-healthy-world/
LOCATION:Mount St Vincent U\, 166 Bedford Hwy\, Halifax
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SUMMARY:The Pass System at Lunenburg Doc Fest
DESCRIPTION:THE PASS SYSTEM is an investigative documentary about segregation. In Canada. \nThe film screens on Sept 25\, 2016 at 4 PM as part of the Lunenburg Doc Fest. Lunenburg Opera House\, 290 Lincoln Street\, Lunenburg\, NS \nEvent details are here: http://www.lunenburgdocfest.com/the-pass-system/ \nTHE FILM\nFrom the Northwest Resistance of 1885 and for over 60 years\, the Canadian Government denied many Indigenous peoples of the prairies the basic freedom to leave their reserves\, all the while knowing there was no basis in law for the policy. \nNarrated by acclaimed actor Tantoo Cardinal\, with music by Cris Derksen\, this investigative documentary features Cree\, Saulteaux\, Dene\, Ojibwe and Blackfoot Elders and their stories of living under and resisting the pass system. \n“This powerful film draws from Elders’ memories and historical artifacts in order to detail the history of the pass system – yet another example of the regulation and control of Indigenous people through colonial policies created by the Canadian state.” – Idle No More \nWatch the trailer for the film here: vimeo.com/awilliams/thepasssystemtrailer \nThe film’s website: www.thepasssystem.ca\nTwitter: twitter.com/ThePassSystem \nThe Pass System was produced by Alex Williams\, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts\, the Ontario Arts Council\, the Toronto Arts Council\, gracious support from community and artist-run centres across the country\, and produced in association with Tamarack Productions. \nIt is distributed in Canada by Vtape: distribution@vtape.org or (416) 351-1317 \nRECENT PRESS FOR THE PASS SYSTEM \nTORONTO STAR: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/01/10/the-pass-system-explores-dark-chapter-in-canadian-history.html\nhttp://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/04/09/documentary-chases-fragile-trail-of-pass-system-that-once-controlled-movement-of-first-nations.html\nhttps://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/04/27/ottawa-acknowledges-some-records-of-pass-system-were-destroyed-before-historical-value-known.html\nREZX: https://www.isuma.tv/rezx-podcast/episode-3-the-pass-system\nCANADIAN DIMENSION: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/conflict-coercion-and-settler-colonialism-in-western-canada\nTHE GEORGIA STRAIGHT: http://www.straight.com/movies/677981/canadian-film-week-its-movie-night-canada\nNOW MAGAZINE: https://nowtoronto.com/news/canada-s-secret-history-of-segregation/\nCBC ABORIGINAL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/dark-history-canada-s-pass-system-1.3454022\nAPTN NATIONAL NEWS: http://aptn.ca/news/2016/03/09/film-sheds-light-on-restrictive-pass-system/\nhttp://aptn.ca/news/2016/08/04/new-documentary-sheds-light-on-the-pass-system-in-canadas-dark-history/\nTIFF: http://tiff.net/theslate/alex-williams-pass-system\nCTV: http://regina.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=758495\nAPTN INFOCUS: http://aptn.ca/news/2016/04/14/the-pass-system-illegal-confinement-of-rebel-indians-infocus/\nhttp://aptn.ca/news/tag/the-pass-system/\nCBC UNRESERVED: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/exploring-the-past-present-and-future-of-life-in-indigenous-canada-1.3336594/the-pass-system-another-dark-secret-in-canadian-history-1.3338520\nREGINA LEADER POST: http://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/the-pass-system-more-than-a-movie\nEAGLE FEATHER NEWS: http://www.eaglefeathernews.com/arts/index.php?detail=1719\nTREATY 4 NEWS: http://treaty4news.com/2015/12/the-pass-system/
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/the-pass-system-at-lunenburg-doc-fest/
LOCATION:Lunenburg Opera House\, 290 Lincoln Street\, Lunenburg
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SUMMARY:All-Candidates Forum on Municipal Issues - HRM District 5
DESCRIPTION:Grace United Church\, in partnership with the Face of Poverty Consultation*\, will hold a District 5 All-Candidates Meeting on Sunday\, September 25\, 2016. The meeting will be held at Grace United Church\, 70 King Street\, beginning at 7:00 pm and ending at 9:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.\nHear from your candidates. Learn where they stand on the issues important to you in our upcoming municipal election. There will be a moderated Question & Answer and an opportunity to talk with the candidates. All 8 candidates have committed to participate.\nThe meeting is open to everyone. The location is wheelchair accessible. Donations of non-perishable food items for the food bank are welcome. \n*Face of Poverty is an interfaith coalition working to eliminate poverty in HRM.
URL:https://nsadvocate.org/event/all-candidates-forum-on-municipal-issues-hrm-district-5/
LOCATION:Grace United Church\, 70 King Street\, Dartmouth
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