Title: The Epidemic and Crisis of Missing and Murdered Women in Canada Location: AH116, Anderson Hall, University of LethbridgeLink out: Click hereDescription:
7-9PM in AH116 (Anderson Hall) at the University of Lethbridge
Due to the graphic nature of the talk it is not recommended for those under 16.
Media stories about missing and murdered women seem to appear on a regular basis, but other than a few sentences about the woman and a grainy picture of her we learn little more than about one family’s tragedy. However, when Jennifer Allan sees those …

Title: Cinema Politica – Between Midnight and the Rooster’s CrowLocation: Galileo’s Lounge, Students’ Union Building, University of LethbridgeLink out: Click hereDescription:
Monday, November 7th
7:00pm
Galileo’s Gallery, Students’ Union Building
Cinema Politica and LPIRG presents:
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In the aggressive search for the ‘black gold’ that drives Western economies, multinational corporations are working to extract billions of dollars of oil reserves from beneath Ecuador’s rainforest. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND THE ROOSTER’S CROW investigates the operations of the EnCana Corporation, a firm that, despite proud public declarations of its social responsibility, is shown to be answerable for widespread …

Title: Ecuadorian Indigenous Leader Lifestories and Craft Production WorkshopLocation: Galileo’s Lounge, Students’ Union Building, U of LLink out: Click hereDescription: Mr. Gonzalo Alvarado Tanguila is an indigenous leader from the Napo Province of Ecuador’s Amazon. He has a long-standing commitment to the Amazonian indigenous social movement, and has been an active participant in political and cultural revitalization projects. Mr. Alvarado has organized and directed a variety of community-oriented development projects with the goal of providing sustainable economic alternatives to community members. One of those projects is an artisan craft project, …