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International Development Week Trivia Challenge 2010!!! Try our trivia, fill in your information and win and ipod Red.
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Sask ESD Network Launches the Action Framework |
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Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Amnesty International is urging all UN member states to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’. Read more. |
Make every day a fair trade day by switching to fair trade products at home, at work, at church, and when you purchase gifts for friends and family. It is easy to take action for global justice
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SCIC Member Agencies response to the Earthquake in Haiti
Several of SCIC's member organizations have established relationships with Haiti, are working there now and will be working there in the future. SCIC issued a press release outlining those organizations and how to make donations. It also includes websites for each organization, all of which are accepting donations. It can be found HERE.
International Development Week 2010!
SCIC and CIDA Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of International Development Week. February 7 to 13, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Global Citizen Awards Gala and Carnival of Solidarity
Louis’ Pub, 93 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan - SASKATOON
7 – 1 am, $5, ages 19+
7:00pm - doors open, networking, refreshments, tabling by social justice organizations
8:00pm - SCIC Global Citizen Awards for Project Hope and Isabel Muzichuk
9:00pm - Entertainment by Displaced Persons
9:45pm - SCIC Global Citizen Awards for Making the Links Radio and screening of Under One Sky-Voices of Youth video
10:00pm - Entertainment by Peacoats
10:45pm - ISSA Raffle
11:00pm - Entertainment by The Rebellion
For more information contact SCIC at 956-0622 or 757-4669.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Global Citizen Awards Gala
St Mary’s Anglican Church - REGINA
3337 15th Avenue
5:30 Cocktails
6:00 Supper featuring Ethiopian cuisine
7:00 Global Citizen Awards Ceremony for Rodney Sidloski- HELP International and Daughters of Africa International Inc.
And screening of Under One Sky- Voices of Youth video
Tickets are $20/$10 student, limited income. Children under 10 free and childcare will be provided. RSVP to SCIC by February 8th to scic@earthbeat.sk.ca or 757-4669.
Arts and Activism Workshops
Friday, February 5
Arts & Activism for Global Justice
Neatby-Timlin Theatre (Arts 241), University of Saskatchewan SASKATOON
6:30pm - Doors Open
7:00pm - Project Hope Presentation (http://www.projecthope.ps/)
7:15pm – Movie Screening “Slingshot Hiphop” (http://www.slingshothiphop.com/)
8:30pm - Open Mic Poetry Jam
Presented by the International Studies Students' Association, Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation, the UofS International Students' Association, Project Hope, and Mobilization for Global Justice. For more information contact SCIC at 956-0622 or 757-4669.
Sunday, February 7
Integrating Arts & Activism Workshop
1 – 4 pm Arts 263, University of Saskatchewan - SASKATOON
Featuring members of Project Hope, SCIC, Mobilization for Global Justice, and local artists discussing approaches and skills for integrating arts and activism.
Art is a powerful vehicle for education, empowerment and change. Art provides positive ways for people to express themselves about issues that are important to them, builds connections despite cultural and linguistic differences and showcases the struggle for justice and peace.
Jeremy Wildeman and Rebecca Cox of Project Hope will speak about their work using creative arts and new media for empowering and educating disadvantaged children, youth, refugees and people living in marginalized communities in order to achieve understanding and peace. Jeremy and Rebecca’s interactive presentation will describe the situation in Palestine when Project Hope first started working there, the work they are doing with children and youth, and how this led to the development of graphic novels by young people at An-Najah University in the West Bank. These workshops will also outline how others can volunteer abroad providing educational, recreational and cultural exchange activities for children and youth in a developing and/or disaster-ridden country.
Free. Presented by the International Studies Students' Association, Saskatchewan Council of International Cooperation, and the UofS International Students' Association. For more information contact SCIC at 956-0622 or 757-4669.
Monday, February 8
Art and Activism Workshop
6 pm. Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre, 2900 13th Avenue - REGINA
6 – 6:30 pizza and refreshments
6:30 –7:30 Movie Screening “Slingshot Hiphop” (http://www.slingshothiphop.com/)
7:30 – 8:30 Arts and Activism Workshop featuring Project Hope
Cost: Free for SCIC and SCIC Youth members, $5 for non-members
Art is a powerful vehicle for education, empowerment and change. Art provides positive ways for people to express themselves about issues that are important to them, builds connections despite cultural and linguistic differences and showcases the struggle for justice and peace. Jeremy Wildeman and Rebecca Cox of Project Hope will speak about their work using creative arts and new media for empowering and educating disadvantaged children, youth, refugees and people living in marginalized communities in order to achieve understanding and peace.
Jeremy and Rebecca’s interactive presentation will describe the situation in Palestine when Project Hope first started working there, the work they are doing with children and youth, and how this led to the development of graphic novels by young people at An-Najah University in the West Bank. These workshops will also outline how others can volunteer abroad providing educational, recreational and cultural exchange activities for children and youth in a developing and/or disaster-ridden country.
Please RSVP! For more information and to register contact SCIC at 757-4669.
Click here to check out the CIDA IDW website.
SCIC 2010 Global Action Calendar is here!
SCIC is pleased to introduce our two new staff members, Vicki Nelson and Jeh Custer.
Vicki Nelson has been added to the SCIC team as the Communications and Outreach Officer (communications@earthbeat.sk.ca).
Jeh, our new Community Outreach Officer will be staffing the Saskatoon office (scicyouth@earthbeat.sk.ca)
Member Profile Calling Lakes Centre
Food as a Gift.
In Saskatchewan 90% of the fresh produce we buy comes from outside this province! The global market is so competitive that foods travelling across the continent in huge trucks are cheaper than food grown here. Nonetheless, the consumer desire for locally produced foods is growing, and the popularity of farmer’s markets is just one strong indication. What can each of us do to support and encourage local producers? Find out more about a program that Calling Lakes is hosting entitled, "Food as Gift" by clicking HERE
Canadian Council for International Cooperation's 10 Point Agenda
The Global Challenge to End Poverty and Injustice and Promote Human Rights
1. Promote Women's Rights and Equality
2. Promote Health and Education for All
3. Promote the Right to Food and Ensure Sustainable Livelihoods for Food Producers
4. Build Global Economic Justice
5. Ensure Corporate Accountability
6. Promote Peace
7. Promote Global Environmental Justice
8. Support Democratic Governance and Global Citizenship
9. Build a Democratic and Effective Multilateral System
10. Achieve More and Better Aid
For more information visit www.ccic.ca.
Or read the PDF here.
SCIC Youth
From Canada to Zanzibar
"Travel helps people to learn about their neighbours. It helps us to connect how our contributions at home (whether positive or negative) have an impact on other parts of the globe. It helps us to recognize the inequities apparent between nations, and it helps people to become cognizant of the need for change."
Lindsay Jorgenson shares her opinions about travel, volunteer work, and her most recent adventure in Zanzibar. Read more HERE
Jeh Custer reflects on the Copenhagen Summit, its outcomes, and what a fair, ambitious and binding agreement could actually look like.
Read his article HERE
