Title: Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group – Annual General MeetingLocation: Galileo’s Gallery, Students’ Union Building, University of LethbridgeDescription: Everyone is welcome.
On the agenda is:
1. A short business meeting where the financial statement and annual report will be presented.
2. Presentation from students who have received funding from LPIRG over the past year.
3. Entertainment and refreshments and time to mingle and get to know the incoming LPIRG board members.Start Time: 19:00Date: 2010-04-13End Time: 21:00

Title: Film Screening – The Kids of St. Michael’sLocation: Galileo’s Gallery, Students’ Union Building, University of LethbridgeDescription: The Kids of St. Michael’s
A film by Dez Kamara and Robert of Macumba International of Montreal
Dez Kamara returns to Sierra Leone to follow up on 6 former child soldiers they filmed in the first documentary in 2001. In attempting to find and reconnect with these children (now adults), Dez and his team travel as far as Kambia in the north of the country. Life has not been easy for these children; …

Title: Is Canada’s Support of Israel Biased?Location: Andy’s Place (AH100) Anderson Hall, University of LethbridgeLink out: Click hereDescription: Is Canada’s Support of Israel Biased?
Yves Engler
Monday March 29, 2010
7-9pm
Andy’s Place (AH100)
In his new book Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid, the speaker argues that the long term trajectory of Canada’s foreign policy towards Israel has been clear. Six decades of mostly one-sided support has culminated with Canada (at least diplomatically) becoming the most pro-Israel country in the world during the past four years, under the guidance of a Conservative minority Government, led …

Title: Justice for the LubiconLocation: Lethbridge City Hall AtriumLink out: Click hereDescription:
Justice for the Lubicon
Featuring Chief Bernard Ominayak and a local expert panel
Friday, March 26, 2010
6:30pm
Lethbridge City Hall, main atrium
910 – 4th Avenue South
Lethbridge, AB
Canada is supposed to be a global leader in human rights. Yet the treatment of Aboriginal people in this country is an often overlooked aspect of how Canada, as a rich and powerful nation, is violating human rights for the benefit of government and corporate interests. For more than 110 years, this violation has been …

Title: Blackfoot EcologyLocation: Ballroom A, Students’ Union BuildingDescription: A presentation of the place-based worldview of the Niitsitapi, and its
implications for climate change
Wednesday, March 24
4:00pm
Ballroom A, Students’ Union Building
Narcisse Blood and Ryan Heavyhead, two distinguished Blackfoot scholars, were recently selected to attend Al Gore’s global warming training seminar in Montreal, based on a similar presentation in the film An Inconvenient Truth. Feeling that the perspective taken in the seminar was imbalanced, Ryan and Narcisse have adapted their own presentation on climate change, taking into account the cultural ways of knowing of …

Title: Forced Extinction: The story of the Sinixt Nation Location: TH 241 in Turcotte HallLink out: Click hereDescription: Forced Extinction: The story of the Sinixt Nation
A presentation on behalf of the Sinixt Nation, or Arrow Lakes People, and their struggle against Canada, colonialism and extinction.
Who:
Marilyn James, spokesperson for the Sinixt Nation, or Arrow Lakes people.
Where:
University of Lethbridge, room TH241
When:
March 18th, 12:15pm
Website:
www.sinixt.org
Sponsors
Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group (LPIRG) and the Native American Students Association (NASA)
Biography and synopsis:
Marilyn James works part time for Selkirk College as the Aboriginal Advisor, has developed indigenized curriculum …

Title: Racism and Oppression in Canada: What Can be DoneLocation: Room TH241 in Turcotte HallLink out: Click hereDescription: The Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group (LPIRG) is offering students a free workshop on racism and oppression.
The workshop, titled Racism and Oppression in Canada: What Can be Done? will be held on Tuesday, March 16 at 4:00pm in room TH241.
Do you want to become more informed about the history of racism and other forms of oppression in Canada? This interactive workshop will explore and deepen our understanding of oppression in Canada, and …

Title: Racism and Oppression in Canada: What Can be DoneLocation: Room TH241 in Turcotte HallLink out: Click hereDescription: The Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group (LPIRG) is offering students a free workshop on racism and oppression.
The workshop, titled Racism and Oppression in Canada: What Can be Done? will be held on Tuesday, March 16 at 4:00pm in room TH241.
Do you want to become more informed about the history of racism and other forms of oppression in Canada? This interactive workshop will explore and deepen our understanding of oppression in Canada, and …

Title: Cinema Politica – H2OilLocation: Lethbridge Public Library – 810 5th Ave. SouthLink out: Click hereDescription: H2Oil
Shannon Walsh / Canada / 2009 / 72 min
Ever wonder where American gets most of its oil? If you thought it was Saudi Arabia or Iraq you are wrong. America’s biggest oil supplier has quickly become Canada’s oil sands. Located under Alberta’s pristine boreal forests, the process of oil sands extraction uses up to 4 barrels of fresh water to produce only one barrel of crude oil.
It goes without saying that water — its …