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, …

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 …

Title: Heavy Haul Speakers TourLocation: AH177, Anderson Hall, University of LethbridgeDescription: Join speakers from the Nez Perce Tribe, The Rising Tide Northern Rockies Collective, All Against the Haul, Friends of the Clearwater, Sierra Club Prairie, Greenpeace, and rural residents from farming and Indigenous communities along the shipping route for a week-long tour raising awareness about the tar sands equipment called the ‘heavy haul.’ These mega loads are shipped from Idaho via Montana towards the Kearl site in Alberta.
Heavy hauls and megaloads are giant pieces of heavy crude oil, or tar …