[Sust-mar] International Development Week: FREE Film Screenings and 'Global Citizens Guide'

[Michael Grime]

Clear DayThe following film listings are International Development films
being shown for FREE during International Development Week (Feb 1-7, 2009)
by the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation(ACIC) and member
organizations.  ACIC has also put out a 'Global Citizens Guide' that can be
found distributed at these events, or downloaded from the ACIC website as a
.pdf, informing citizens of how they can get involved at both the local and
international level.  You can find this at
www.acic-caci.org/IDW/2009/idw_2009.html.

Sunday February 1, 2009
Movie: Forgotten Women
Date:  Sunday, February 1, 2009
City:  Sackville, NB
Host:  Oxfam: Mount Allison
Location:  Dunn 106, Mount Allison University
Time:  7:00 PM

Monday February 2, 2009

Movie:  Refugees of a Blue Planet
Date:  Monday, February 2, 2009
City:  Truro, NS
Host:  Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Location:  Cox 257, NSAC campus, Truro
Time:  7:00 PM

Movie:  Iron Ladies of Liberia
Date:  Monday, February 2, 2009
City:  Halifax, NS
Host:  Oxfam: Saint Mary's
Location:  Theatre B, Burke Bldg, Saint Mary's University
Time:  7:00 PM

Movie:  The Peacekeepers
Date:  Monday, February 2, 2009
City:  Dartmouth, NS
Host:  Oxfam: Halifax Community Group
Location:  Helen Creighton Room, Alderney Gate Library, 60 Alderney Drive,
Dartmouth
Time:  7:00 PM

Movie:  Flow:  How did a handful of corporations steal our water
Date:  Monday, February 2, 2009
City:  Sackville, NB
Host:  Mount Allison University
Location:  Mount Allison University, TBA
Time:  TBA

Tuesday February 3, 2009

Movie:  Ryan's Well & Recycled Life
Date:  Tuesday, February 3, 2009
City:  St. John's, NL
Host:  Marine Institute, Memorial University
Location:  Marine Institute, 3rd Floor Mini-Lecture Theatre
Time:  Ryan's Well (12:00 - 1:00 PM) & Recycled Life (1:00 - 1:40PM)

Movie:  Triage
Date:  Tuesday, February 3, 2009
City:  Halifax, NS
Host:  International Health Office, Dalhousie University/MSF Affiliated
Group
Location:  Theatre A, Sir Charles Tupper Bldg. 5850 College Street
Time:  6:00-8:30 pm
Guest Speakers:  Medicines Sans Frontiers

Movie:  100% Cotton / Toxic Trespass (feature)
Date:  Tuesday, February 3, 2009
City:  Fredricton, NB
Host:  University of New Brunswick, International Office/ Conservation
Council of New Brunswick
Location:  The Conservation Council, 180 St. John Street, Fredericton
Time:  6:30 - 9:00 PM

Movie:  A Little Bit of So Much Truth
Date:  Tuesday, February 3, 2009
City:  Charlottetown, PE
Host:  CUSO/ VSO, WUSC UPEI
Location:  Atlantic Veterinary College Lecture Theatre A , UPEI
Time:  7:00 PM

Movie/ Event: Future of Food (discussion to follow)
Date: Tuesday February 3, 2009
City: Mahone Bay, NS
Host: GPI Atlantic
Location: Community Room, Mahone Bay Centre, 45 School St.,  Mahone Bay
Time:  7:00 - 9:00 PM

Movie:  Flow: How did a handful of Corporations Steal our Water
Date:  Tuesday, February 3, 2009
City:  Truro
Host:  Nova Scotia Agricultural College
Location:  Cox 257, NSAC campus, Truro
Time:  7:00 PM

Movie:  The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
Date:  Tuesday, February 3, 2009
City:  Halifax
Host:  Lester Pearson International, IDEAS
Location:  Auditorium 1 of the McCain Building, Dalhousie University
Time:  7:00 PM

Wednesday February 4, 2009

Movie:  A series of movies created through UNB international projects
(Investing in the Teachers – Bhutan, The Bhutan Project; Making a Difference
with Geomatics – Brazil, Geodesy & Geomatics Engineering; Improving Quality
of Life Though Biomedical Engineering - Cuba, Institute of Biomedical
Engineering; Building Higher Education - Malawi, Centre for Property
Studies; Restoring Land Rights – South Africa, Centre for Property Studies)
Date:  Wednesday, February 4. 2009
City:  Fredericton, NB
Host:  University of New Brunswick, International Office
Location:  Lunch and Learn, University of New Brunswick Campus, Fredericton
Time:  12:00 - 1:30 PM

Movie:  Super Amigos
Date:  Wednesday, February 4. 2009
City:  Bristol, NB
Host:  Falls Brook Centre
Location:  Carleton North High School Auditorium, 30 School Street, Bristol,
NB
Time:  7:00 PM

Movie:  Flow: How did a handful of Corporations Steal our Water
Date:  Wednesday, February 4. 2009
City:  Fredericton, NB
Host:  Oxfam, St. Thomas
Location:  Ted Daigle Auditorium, 126 Rigby Hall Fredericton
Time:  7:00 PM

Movie:  Recycled Life & Ryan's Well
Date:  Wednesday, February 4, 2009
City:  St. John's, NL
Host:  Marine Institute, Memorial University
Location:  Marine Institute, Room E2300
Time:  Recycled Life (12:00 - 1:00 PM) & Ryan's Well (1:00 - 1:40PM)

Movie:  Flow: How did a handful of Corporations Steal our Water
Date:  Wednesday, February 4. 2009
City:  Halifax, NS
Host:  Nova Scotia Environmental Network
Location:  Seton Auditorium C, 166 Bedford Highway, Mount Saint Vincent
University.
Time:  7:00 - 9:00 PM
With an accompanying talk about water issues in Nova Scotia.

Thursday February 5, 2009

Movie:  100% Cotton
Date:  Thursday, February 5. 2009
City:  Halifax, NS
Host:  Just Us! Development Education Society (JUDES)
Location:  Just Us!, 5896 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS
Time:  7:00 - 9:00 PM
The film is followed by a discussion and workshop on Fair Trade cotton and
its benefits in creating positive change for rural farming communities.

Movie:  Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Date:  Thursday, February 5. 2009
City:  Halifax, NS
Host:  NSPIRG/ Cinema Politica
Location:  Room 207, Weldon Law building, Dalhousie University
Time:  7:30 PM

Movie:  First Voices:  Connecting Youth through Music
Date:  Thursday, February 5. 2009
City:  Charlottetown, PE
Host:  Atlantic Council for International Cooperation/UPEI
Location:  Youth Symposium, Women and Development, UPEI
Time:  2:30PM

Movie:  First Voices:  Connecting Youth through Music
Date:  Thursday, February 5. 2009
City:  Charlottetown, PE
Host:  Atlantic Council for International Cooperation/ Native Council
Location:  PEI Native Council, F.J. McAulay Crt.  Charlottetown, PEI
Time:  7:00PM

Movie:  Dishonour Defied
Date:  Thursday, February 5. 2009
City:  Antigonish, NS
Host:  Oxfam, Saint Francis Xavier University
Location:   Room 16, Nicholson Hall, St. Francis Xavier University
Time:  7:00 PM

Movie:  How to Save the World / Flow
Date:  Thursday, February 5. 2009
City:  St. John's, NL
Host:  Marine Institute, Memorial University
Location:  Marine Institute, 3rd Floor Mini-Lecture Theatre
Time:  12:00 - 1:00 PM

Friday February 6, 2009

Movie:  Move Your World
Date:  Friday, February 6. 2009
City:  Dartmouth, NS
Host:  Nova Scotia Community College
Location:  Waterfront Campus Theatre, NSCC Waterfront Campus, 80 Mawiomi
Place, Dartmouth.
Time:  2:00 - 6:00 PM
Film begins at 2:00 PM, followed by talks, presentations, and a reception in
the Waterfront Gallery where International Development organizations will
have displays.  All welcome.

Saturday February 7, 2009

Movie:  First Voices:  Connecting Youth through Music
Date:  Saturday, February 7. 2009
City:  Tobique, NB
Host:  Atlantic Council for International Cooperation
Location:  Tobique Bingo Hall, Tobique First Nation, Tobique NB
Time:  3:00 PM

Movie:  Iron Ladies of Liberia
Date:  Saturday, February 7. 2009
City:  Charlottetown, PEI
Host:  Oxfam, UPEI
Location:  City Cinema, Charlottetown
Time:  2:30 PM

Movie:  How to Save the World: One Man, One Cow, One Planet
Date:  Saturday, February 7. 2009
City:  Lunenberg, NS
Host:  GPI Atlantic
Location:  Third Floor Assembly Hall, 97-101 Kaulbach St., Lunenberg, NS
Time:  7:00 - 9:00 PM
Screening followed by discussion.

ACIC's 'International Development Week 2009' activities were made possible
by financial contributions from the Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA).  www.acdi-cida.gc.ca


~ Michael Grime

Community Engagement Coordinator

Atlantic Council for International Cooperation /
Conseil atlantique pour la coopération internationale
Suite 210, 2099 Gottingen Street
Halifax, NS/N.-É. Canada, B3K 3B2
Tel/Tél: (902) 431-2311 Fax/Téléc: (902) 431-3216
E-mail/Courriel: intern at acic-caci.org


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