|
Home
|
Bananas! (2009)
May 8 7PM @ Sadleir House Lecture Hall (wheelchair accessible), free popcorn will be provided
Admission is free and open to the public
(Donations to OPIRG are appreciated)
About the film: On behalf of twelve Nicaraguan banana workers, a lawyer tackles Dole Food over their use of a banned pesticide that was known by the company to cause sterility
Go to http://www.bananasthemovie.com/ to screen trailer.
Cinema Politica is a Montreal based, not for profit, media arts collective which screens independent political film by Canadian and internationaly based artists.Through it's partnership with OPIRG, Cinema Politica seeks to widen public awareness of issues both at home and abroad. For more information regarding Cinema Politica, it's screening lists, special events and blog, please visit www.cinemapolitica.org
|
|
|
Check out the following 3 minute YouTube video for Red Pashmina in which Yolanda Jones, B etsy McGregor, Lynn Zimmer, Maryam Monsef and Jessica Melnik talk about who -- and what -- inspires them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULoDFc3DOU
A second video 3 minute YouTube video is also available in which Yolanda Jones, Full-Time Coordinator at OPIRG Peterborough, talks about the importance of standing up and making a difference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTBplfR3mY8
Both Videos were produced by Maryam Monsef & Jessica Melnik and directed by Jeremy Kelly.
The
Red Pashmina Campagin (RPC) aims to celebrate, empower, and connect
women here and around the world. Proceeds from the sale of the red
shawls are now supporting education initiatives by Canadian Women for
Women in Afghanistan (CW4W). http://redpashmina.com/
|
|
|
If you need help networking to get a ride to any of these events OR can
offer someone else a ride, please feel free to email us (CMA:
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
and we'll try and facilitate as best as we can. Both the Barrick
protest and the Endbridge rally are Wednesday which are cheap fare days
on the Greyhound*
1. CONFRONT BARRICK: Shareholder's meeting protest
May 2nd, 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
255 Front Street, toronto
RSVP on FB here
Once a year, the board of Directors of the world's most powerful gold
mining corporation converge in downtown Toronto. Join us and
representatives from mining-impacted communities to confront Barrick
Gold! For more information, solidarityresponse.net
2. MINING INJUSTICE CONFERENCE: RESISTANCE 2012
May 4th, social meet and greet:
7 pm, 25 Cecil Street
May 5th - 6th, main conference days:
10 am - 5 pm, 5 Bancroft Ave., Earth Sciences, room 1050
3. Yinka Dene Alliance Freedom Train - Toronto Stop
May 8th - 9th Block the Pipelines: Stop the Tar Sands
The Yinka Dene Alliance (YDA) is planning a massive Canada-wide action
against Enbridge leading up to its upcoming Annual Shareholders Meeting
in Toronto on Wednesday, May 9.
JOIN US IN TORONTO
Tuesday May 8
Freedom Train Solidarity Concert
8:00 p.m. at The Great Hall (1087 Queen Street West)
Admission by Donation
Wednesday May 9 - 11:45am
Rally, March & Water Ceremony
When: Wednesday May 9th - 11:45 am
David Pecaut Square- Toronto
(near King St. & John St., behind Metro Hall)
**closest subway station is St. Andrew Station. A mobility vehicle will
be made available for those that cannot walk the march route. For a
spot in the van or for any other accessibility concerns, please email:
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
**
|
|
|
A warm welcome to OPIRG Peterborough's new Board of Directors for the 2012-2013 academic year.
On Friday, April 13th OPIRG Peterborough held it's 35th Annual General Meeting. At the AGM present board members resigned and several new board members were elected.
Congratulations to the following new members: Tara-Lyn Prindiville, Meg Labron, Victoria Kinlin-Hynes, Zankhna Mody, and Matthew Laing Gibbard.
These new members will be joining current board members: Kate Kelly and Autumn Corvus.
Special thanks for all their hard work and good luck in their future endeavours to the retiring board members: Matthew Davidson, Sasha Patterson, Kristen Lloyd, Natalie Guttormsson, and Kayley Marsh.
|
|
 The Supermarket Tour
What strikes you as you enter a supermarket? The clean aisles, the colourful arrays of fruits and vegetables, the bountiful shelves? What message do these potential breakfasts, lunches, and dinners impart?
Over twenty-five years ago, The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) produced an educational booklet, The Supermarket Tour, which told a story about store-bought foods that many of us had never heard before. Making connection to larger food issues, the popular Supermarket Tour has since been updated three times to incorporate more recent developments in Canada’s ever changing food system.
The Supermarket Tour can be seen as a classroom, asking questions about the products that fill the shelves, providing a focus for discussion on the food issues, from labour to labeling, marketing to genetic manipulation, and pesticides to profit. This book is meant to highlight some key issues and to serve as a starting point for further research and education.
To get your hands on one of these handy books you can stop by either The Seasoned Spoon in Champlain College on Trent’s campus or at OPIRG’s office at Sadleir House. There is small cost for the book of $10.00.
|
|
| |
|
