Title: Lethbridge’s 5th Annual Sisters in Spirit Vigil 2011Location: Galt GardensDescription: No More Stolen Sisters: Community members call for an end to violence against Indigenous women
Community members are holding a vigil on October 4, 2011 in Lethbridge, Alberta to honour the lives of Indigenous women who have been murdered or gone missing in communities across Canada.
According to government statistics, Indigenous women are three to five times more likely than non-Indigenous women to die as the result of violence. Research by the Native Women’s Association of Canada has identified nearly 600 …

Title: Cinema Politica – Blood In The MobileLocation: Galileo’s Gallery, Students’ Union BuildingLink out: Click hereDescription: We love our cell phones and the selection between different models has never been bigger. But the production of phones has a dark, bloody side.
The main part of minerals used to produce cell phones are coming from the mines in the Eastern DR Congo. The Western World is buying these so-called conflict minerals and thereby finances a civil war that, according to human rights organisations, has been the bloodiest conflict since World War II: …

Title: Cinema Politica – “500 Years Later”Location: Galileo’s Gallery, Students’ Union BuildingLink out: Click hereDescription: Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African descent globally – Why? 500 years later from the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, Africans are still struggling for basic freedom-Why? Filmed in five continents, and over twenty countries, 500 Years Later engages the authentic retrospective voice, told from the African vantage-point of those whom history has sought to silence by examining the collective atrocities …

Title: Anti-Fracking Action Group MeetingLocation: LPIRG Office (SU242)Description: Fracking is a process where sand, water and chemicals are blasted into
rock formations such as shale, coal beds and “tight” sands to gain access to trapped natural gas deposits. This injection process creates cracks in the rock formations and allows the gas to flow up the well. Concerns about fracking include contamination of ground and drinking water, depletion of water resources, serious health risks and emissions contributing to climate change.
This action group will work to educate students and the public on fracking …

Title: LPIRG Annual General MeetingLocation: Galileo’s Gallery, Students’ Union BuildingDescription: The Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group (LPIRG) will hold its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, Oct 11th at 7pm in Galileo’s Gallery. All U of L students who have not had their LPIRG fee reimbursed are members of LPIRG, have voting privileges, and are invited to attend. All members of the public are also welcome to attend.
On the agenda for the AGM will be:
Presentation of the Annual Report and Financial Statement
LPIRG Grant Recipient Presentations
Short discussion of LPIRG projects
Entertainment and …

Title: Cinema Politica – GaslandLocation: AH118, Anderson Hall, U of LLink out: Click hereDescription: The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us.
But is fracking safe?
When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light …