[Sust-mar] Upcoming community events, announcements, IMAGINE FAIRVIEW & NS education questionnaire

[Tamara Lorincz]

Upcoming community events and announcements related to women, peace,
environment, education, urban planning, & youth. Plus IMAGINE FAIRVEW
events. Please circulate far & wide. Thank you!

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MANAGING URBAN SPRAWL
10th Anniversary Carmichael Lecture
When: Thu., May 12, 6-8 p.m. 
Guest speakers David Donnelly and Bruce Lourie discuss managing urban sprawl
and why it matters to downtown. 
Westin Nova Scotian Hotel, Downtown 1181 Hollis Street
496-7435


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IMAGINE FAIRVIEW TOWN HALL MEETING
Wednesday, May 11 from 7-9 p.m. , Fairview Legion, 50 Hillcrest Ave. 
Free, community meeting to talk about the proposed development of the old
Halifax West High School site on Dutch Village Road and the threat of losing
prime, public land in the heart of our community. Come to also learn about
the Facility Needs report for a community centre in Fairview and find out
how you can get involved in the Fairview-Clayton Park Community Action
Network.  Bring your ideas about revitalizing Fairview and building a
stronger, happier, healthier community. For more information, please
contact: Tamara Lorincz, Fairview Resident, 
C: (902) 478-1379 / E:imaginefairview at gmail.com / Join our Facebook group:
IMAGINE FAIRVIEW


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OTTAWA AND THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL POVERTY
Friday, May 13 • 7:00pm - 8:30pm 
Location University of Kings College Alumni Hall (6350 Coburg Rd) 
What can the new government in Ottawa do in 2011 to show Canada's leadership
on international development? In a world where a billion people go to bed
hungry every night, most of them women and girls, and where our food supply
is threatened by climate change, we need to be informed and active. Join
Oxfam and the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation for a talk
about issues that matter. Reception to follow
Speakers: Mark Fried, Oxfam Policy Coordinator and Andrea MacDonald,
Atlantic Council for International Cooperation Board memberfree, all are
welcome!
info: jenniferb at oxfam.ca tel. 902 425 7877 


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BOOK LAUNCH: HOPE FOR WILDLIFE
True stories of animal rescue 
YOU’RE INVITED TO THE OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH
THURSDAY, MAY 12 FROM 6-8 P.M.
Mic Mac Aquatic Club, 192 Prince Albert Road, DARTMOUTH, NS Canada
Join us for wine and cheese with author 
Ray Macleod & special guest Hope Swinimer
Educational, heartwarming, and sometimes heartbreaking, each story is always
filled with hope. 
Please see attachment! Hope to see you there.
Hope Swinimer, CVPM
902-489-4673
Hospital Manager - Dartmouth Veterinary Hospital Founder/Director - Hope for
Wildlife Owner - Homeward Bound City Pound www.hopeforwildlife.net
www.citypound.ca www.dartmouthvet.com


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FILM: WORKINGMAN'S DEATH 
Tuesday May 17th, 6:30pm
Room 307 Dalhousie Student Union Building
(6136 University Avenue)
FREE
Presented by NSPIRG's Films on Critical Issues - CP, a local of the
International Cinema Politica network. 
Description: Is heavy manual labor disappearing or is it just becoming
invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's
Death follows the trail of the HEROES in the illegal mines of the Ukraine,
sniffs out
GHOST among the sulfur workers in Indonesia, finds itself face to face with
LIONS at a slaughterhouse in Nigeria, mingles with BROTHERS as they cut a
huge oil tanker into pieces in Pakistan, and joins Chinese steel workers in
hoping for a glorious FUTURE (2005) directed by Michael Glawogger.


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IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT POLAR BEARS: PANEL ON CLIMATE JUSTICE IN NOVA SCOTIA
WHAT: “A People’s Forecast” launch and panel featuring local analysis and
voices from climate-affected communities in Nova Scotia.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 7-9pm
WHERE: Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre, 2158 Gottingen St, Halifax Across
Canada and around the globe, people are organizing to highlight the human
impacts of climate change, and to make sure our solutions focus on social
justice, equality and empowerment—not just buying carbon offsets for BP’s
latest oil spill. This year, The Dominion, Canada’s grassroots news
magazine, made a commitment to tell some of those stories with “A People’s
Forecast," the 2011 special issue on climate justice.
Join the Halifax Media Co-op and the Nova Scotia Coalition for Climate
Action to launch “A People’s Forecast,” with a panel featuring local
analysis and voices from climate-affected communities in Nova Scotia.
Speakers will include:
Elizabeth Marshall, a teacher and grandmother in Eskasoni with a deep
knowledge of the L’nu oral traditions. She will share the L’nu traditions of
respecting the Earth and each other, and how that might help us through the
climate crisis.
Peter Boyles, who lives in Trenton, NS, and, since 1999, has been fighting
Nova Scotia Power’s use of coal. Boyles founded the Hillside Trenton
Environment Watch in 2005 due to the health impacts emissions from Nova
Scotia Power’s Trenton Generating Station were having on his community.
Tamara Lorincz, a mother, peace activist, and currently on the board of
EcoJustice Canada. She will discuss climate change impacts of militarization
and the urgent need for the peace and environmental movements to work
together to achieve climate justice. 
Lukas Swan, Assistant Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department at
Dalhousie University and on the board of the Colchester-Cumberland Wind
Field, which is currently building an 800 kW wind turbine near Tatamagouche.
Swan will discuss the struggles and benefits of community-based and
community-owned wind energy Contact hillary at mediacoop.ca for more
information or to get involved.


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FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE WOMEN’S ACTION COALITION – NOVA SCOTIA
(WAC-NS).
Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 9 am to 4:30 pm
Location: McNally Auditorium, McNally Main Building, Saint Mary’s
University, Robie Street, Halifax
Do you want women’s concerns on the public agenda?
Do you want your voices amplified and echoed by women across the province?
Do you want every woman and girl in Nova Scotia to know that her well-being
is critical to the well-being of our province and country?
If you answered yes to these questions, then you should attend. The first
Annual General Assembly of the Women’s Action Coalition – Nova Scotia
(WAC-NS).
The WAC-NS is a broad- based non-partisan alliance of women’s groups and
committees, social justice organizations and individuals concerned with
women’s equality. Active in the 1980s and 1990s, WAC-NS is being
re-constituted in response to decisions that are being made at the national,
provincial and municipal levels about issues that have disproportionate
impacts on women.  Join the Women’s Action Coalition and register for the
Assembly! 
For more information contact: Stella Lord: lords at eastlink.ca


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IMAGINE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY PICNIC
Saturday, May 14, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 
3620 Dutch Village Road. (old Halifax West High School site) 
Bring your own lunch, blanket, musical instrument and/or soccer ball. Meet
new people and let's share our ideas about the proposed development and the
threat of losing prime, public land in the heart of our community. [*Rain
Date will be Sat. May 21, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.]. For more information, please
contact: Tamara Lorincz, Fairview Resident, 
C: (902) 478-1379 / E:imaginefairview at gmail.com / Join our Facebook group:
IMAGINE FAIRVIEW


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GROW ORGANIC: A SIMPLE WAY TO GROW VEGETABLES IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Keshen Goodman Public Library
Tuesday, May 17/7:00 pm 
Join Elizabeth Peirce author of Grow Organic for advice on ways to
organically garden and grow a variety of vegetables. Tips on growing under
trying weather conditions. More info:
http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/programs.html 



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IMAGINE FAIRVIEW TOWN HALL MEETING
Thursday, May 19 from 7-9 p.m.
Ecole Burton Ettinger Elementary School, 52 Alex Street. Another chance to
learn about the proposed development, meet neighbours and share ideas. For
more information, please contact: Tamara Lorincz, Fairview Resident, 
C: (902) 478-1379 / E:imaginefairview at gmail.com / Join our Facebook group:
IMAGINE FAIRVIEW. *Mark your calendars for the Fairview-Clayton Park
Community Action Network (CAN) Community Meeting, June 1, 12-2pm Alive
Christian Church, 28 Willet St. and the CAN Community Summer BBQ, July 30st,
12-3pm at Centennial Arena [*Rain Date July 31]. All welcome.  For more
information, please contact: Tamara Lorincz, Fairview Resident, 
C: (902) 478-1379 / E:imaginefairview at gmail.com / Join our Facebook group:
IMAGINE FAIRVIEW
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/home.php?sk=group_169418436448010 


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IMAGINE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY CLEAN UP
Sat., May 21 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. 
Meet at 3620 Dutch Village Road. (old Halifax West High School site). Great
Pick Me Up with Clean Nova Scotia. Garbage and recycling bags supplied.
Please bring your own gloves. Treats and prizes for participants. [*Rain
Date Sat. May 28, 2:00-3:30 p.m.]. For more information, please contact:
Tamara Lorincz, Fairview Resident, 
C: (902) 478-1379 / E:imaginefairview at gmail.com / Join our Facebook group:
IMAGINE FAIRVIEW


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COMMUNITY SUPPORTED FISHERIES TALK
Spring Garden Rd. Memorial Public Library
Tuesday, May 24/7:00 pm
Community Supported Fisheries (CSFs) are modelled after Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA) enterprises, which work to connect consumers to local and
sustainably grown, fair traded foods. Learn how Social enterprises like CSFs
help make sure that independent, smallscale fishing families can continue to
pursue their livelihoods in an industry rapidly becoming dominated by
largescale, corporate players. More info:
http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/programs.html


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THE NOVA SCOTIA NINE: GREAT WOMEN OF NOVA SCOTIA
An exhibit of paintings by Jo Napier
Opening Reception: Friday, June 10 7-9:00pm
Public Archives of Nova Scotia (Corner of Robie and University Streets)
Exhibit Hours: Monday to Saturday, 9am - 4:30pm
For more information: www.jonapier.wordpress.com / jnc at ns.sympatico.ca
June 10 - 25, 2011
Featuring paintings of: Rita Joe, Mabel BellAileen Meagher, Viola Desmond,
Margaret Marshall Saunders, Anna Leonowens, Marie-Henriette LeJeune-Ross,
Muriel Duckworth, Edith Jessie Archibald
- Jo Napier, Artist  (902)429-7389


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FILM: RUNNING THE SAHARA
Thursday, 2 June at 18:00  film screening 
Where: Sobey's Scotiabank Theatre (map)
Description: Saint Mary's University in Partnership with The Nova
Scotia-Gambia Association Present 
Running the Sahara - a film screening with special guest Ray Zahab. Tickets
are $20 and can be purchased online www.nehst.com, the NSGA office at
423-1360 or at Aerobics First (6166 Quinpool Rd). Purchase your tickets
early, capacity is 200. More info: www.smu.ca


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FUNDRAISING 101
Please join us for an evening with Mary Martin, Vice President of KCI as she
shares her expertise and insights on top philanthropic trends in 2011. Mary
will also provide a hands-on session in which all attendees will
participate.
WHEN: 	Thursday, June 2, 2011 
WHERE: 	Veith House, 3115 Veith St., Halifax
TIME:		4pm - 8pm
COST:		$10 for NSEN Members. / $15 for non-members. (Want to become
a member? Please visit:
http://www.nsen.ca/join.php).	Snacks will be provided. NSEN strongly
encourages Board Members to attend.
WHAT: 	Mary Martin will provide details on the top trends of
fundraising.She will also help organizations make a case for their
fundraising campaigns. This is a great opportunity to learn more about
asking individuals and businesses for donations. *** Please RSVP and fill
out the one-page questionnaire (found here: www.nsen.ca) by May 26th.***
Please e-mail Janelle Frail: nsen at cen-rce.org  or fax to 902-453-3633..
Don’t miss this great event!
About the Presenter:
Mary Martin – Vice President
With more than 30 years’ experience in the not-for-profit arena, Mary Martin
is a seasoned development professional who has successfully managed and
implemented multi-million dollar capital and annual campaigns for some of
Canada’s most prestigious educational and health care institutions. Since
joining KCI in June 2002, Ms. Martin has worked with a number of clients
including the Symphony Nova Scotia, Discovery Centre, IWK Health Centre
Foundation, QEII Health Sciences Centre Foundation, the Friends of The
Moncton Hospital Foundation, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation in
Charlottetown, the Health Care Foundation of St. John’s, the Janeway
Children’s Hospital Foundation, Canadian Cancer Society – Nova Scotia
Division, the Canadian Red Cross-Atlantic Zone, Heart and Stroke Foundation
of Nova Scotia, the Coady International Institute, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, Saint Mary’s University, Acadia University, the University of
New Brunswick, the University of Prince Edward Island, NSCAD University,
King’s-Edgehill School, Armbrae Academy, and the Halifax Public Libraries.


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HIKE NS AGM & HIKE MAY 15
Hike Nova Scotia will hold its Annual General Meeting on May 15 at the
Shearwater Aviation Museum in Dartmouth, staring with a morning hike, free
lunch and AGM at 1 pm. Details at www.hikenovascotia.ca . More info: 
info at hikenovascotia.ca /www.hikenovascotia.ca
Support Hike Nova Scotia by becoming a member
<http://www.hikenovascotia.ca/membership.cfm>  ($10 for individuals and $25
for organizations). Follow Hike Nova Scotia on Twitter
<http://twitter.com/HikeNS> , become a Facebook
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hike-Nova-Scotia/164753326881184>  fan or
check out the Hike NS Blog <http://hikenovascotia.wordpress.com> .


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ROOT CELLAR WORKSHOP, MAY 27-29
Join the Ecology Action Centre for a weekend root cellar building workshop.
Learn basics of root cellar design and participate in the building of a
cold-room style root cellar in the basement of the Ecology Action Centre.
Cost: $150 per person (includes lunch on Saturday and Sunday, and snacks).
Please contact Marla for more details: foodaction at ecologyaction.ca


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LUBICON CREE SOLIDARITY WITH NS
Please join us at a meeting of those interested in working to improve the
human rights of the Lubicon Cree of Alberta - Monday, May 16th, 7pm, Mi'kmaq
Native Friendship Centre, 2158 Gottingen St, Halifax. All ages are welcome
and needed, and please come whether or not you're familiar with the issue.
We can fill you in. Hope to see you there!
Uganda's Anti-Gay Law: http://www.allout.org/en/petition/uganda
Coming soon, info about AI at 50!
Cheers!
Christine, Amnesty International Halifax
Halifax Action Circle a73
aihalifax at gmail.com


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HALIFAX PEACE COALITION MEETING
2nd Tuesday of every month. Next one June 13. 
Halifax Peace Coalition meeting from 7-8:30 pm at Just Us Café on 5896
Spring Garden Road. All welcome. Join us on Facebook: Halifax Peace
Coalition and stay in touch with our web site: www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca 


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Great youth events at Heartwood Centre for Community Youth Development:
http://www.heartwood.ns.ca/ 


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THE ECO-EFFICIENCY CENTRE'S ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS
BREAKFAST
We will be celebrating our 12th Annual Environmental Excellence in Business
Breakfast on June 6th, 2011, at the Westin Nova Scotian from 8.00a.m. to
10.00 a.m. Tickets are $25 each. To register and purchase tickets, send an
e-mail to eecentre at dal.ca or call us at 902-461-6704. Come join us in
celebrating the Success Stories of 2011 and learn about their efforts to
achieve environmental excellence. Each year, The Eco-Efficiency Centre hosts
an annual Environmental Excellence in Business Breakfast to coincide with
the Canadian Environmental Week. The breakfast is an opportunity for the
Centre to recognize small and medium-sized businesses within Nova Scotia
that have been proactive in achieving higher levels of economic and
environmental performance. Our guest speaker, hosted this year by our
breakfast partner Efficiency Nova Scotia, is Murray Coolican, Deputy
Minister, Nova Scotia Department of Energy, who will be speaking about Nova
Scotia's energy future. 
We hope that you will join us as we celebrate this year's success stories!
Contact: Penny Slight
Eco-Efficiency Centre
www.dal.ca/eco-efficiency
Ph. (902)461-6704
eecentre at dal.ca


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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CAUCUS MEETING
The next EEC Meeting has been confirmed for May 25th, from 10am - 12pm.  It
will be held at Dalhousie (Studley Campus), in the Reilly Room on the first
floor of the Oceanography Wing of the Life Science Centre.  Directions: The
Life Science Centre is the big grey building with the turrets, near the
corner of South and Oxford. There are parking lots on both the Coburg and
South Street sides of the building.  The Dalplex parking lot is also just
across the road. Come in the main doors (look for the cafeteria and
adirondack chairs) and go left towards the Psychology and Oceanography
Wings.  Next, take the glass hallway on the right to go to Oceanography.
Keep going straight down this hallway to the conference room (there will be
three sets of glass doors to go through).  
Please send me any agenda items by the 20th. All welcome.
We will have the room until 1pm, so feel free to bring your lunch! 
Take care, 
Lori
Lori Anne Hilchey, Coordinato
Atlantic Science Links Association (ASLA)
Email:   sits at dal.ca
FAX:   (902) 494-6889
Phone:  (902) 494-2831 / 1-800-565-7487
http://atlanticsciencelinks.dal.ca
c/o Earth Sciences Department
Dalhousie University
Halifax, N.S.   B3H 4J1


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ANNOUNCEMENT: HAVE YOUR SAY IN NS EDUCATION: QUESTIONNAIRE DUE JUNE 15
The NS Minister of Education is now considering the directions proposed in
the Levin report "Steps to Effective and Sustainable Public Education in
Nova Scotia: Report to Nova Scotia Department of Education" and she is
seeking input from Nova Scotian students, parents, teachers, principals,
school boards, elected officials, key stakeholders and the general public.
Please complete a short online questionnaire, available in both French and
English. Participation is voluntary and individual responses will be kept
confidential. The questionnaire should take approximately 15 minutes to
complete and will be available online until June 15, 2011. Questionnaire
here: http://www.ednet.ns.ca/events/levin_report/index.shtml


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ANNOUNCEMENT: May is Membership Month at the Halifax Media Co-op! Join us!
This past year the Media Co-op has seen explosive growth, from our recent
special issue on climate justice, to opening new locals in Toronto and
Montreal (our first bilingual local!) and winning Canadian Worker Co-op
Federation's award for best practices. None of this would be possible
without our sustaining members, who are the backbone of the Co-op. This May,
we want to sign-up 100 new sustaining members whose contributions will help
continue to build a sustainable, alternative, grassroots media movement
across Canada. Be part of this movement! Become a member today! [link:
http://www.mediacoop.ca/join]  When you sign up this month, not only will
you be joining hundreds of Canadians in building co-operative, grassroots
media, but you'll be entered into our weekly raffles for great gifts. Click
here [link: http://www.mediacoop.ca/join] to become a member now!
Hillary Bain Lindsay
Managing Editor
Dominion Newspaper Cooperative
http://dominionpaper.ca
http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/
902 429 7738

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May is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and May 14 is International
Migratory Bird Day (http://www.birdday.org/)
 
Happy Spring!

For peace, earth & justice,

Tamara

Tamara Lorincz
55 Willowbend Court
Halifax, NS CANADA B3M 3L3
Phone: (902) 443-2423
Cell: (902) 478-1379
tlorincz at dal.ca
ECJ: http://www.ecojustice.ca
GN: http://www.space4peace.org/
HPC: http://www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca/ 
NSEN: http://www.nsen.ca
"A better world is possible"

"Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary
spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility
to poverty, racism, and militarism." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967

"Without a doubt, military spending represents the single most significant
perversion of worldwide priorities known today." Former President of Costa
Rica, Oscar Arias, 1999