I've seen Rania Masri (North Carolina Environmental Justice Network) speak before and can promise this online event tomorrow (May 28th) at 7pm ET will be super powerful and will help people who care about environmental justice learn about ways they can show up in real solidarity with Palestine.
There's lots we can be doing, like supporting the student encampments and writing to these universities and our MPs.
Here’s an email and phone script to call on your MP to ask them to increase pressure and establish an immediate, two-way embargo on Israeli-Canadian military trade: https://armsembargonow.ca/actnow/
People are also organizing with their neighbours in communities across Canada to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, among other key demands from the Palestinian Youth Movement.
Are there any folks connected to the science and tech sector who've publicly refused to sign this letter opposing increases to #capitalgains taxes? Or maybe there's another open letter circulating that supports capital gains or wealth taxes?
It's disappointing to see folks from Abcellera sign the letter, but fortunately I didn't see many other orgs from the biotech industry.
I saw someone's hot take that this tax increase was a strategy by the federal gov to draw attention away from the carbon tax, and if so, it seems to be working!
"To build capacity in the sector and support its sustainability, following the co-development of the program with the co-operative housing sector, the federal government will launch a $1.5-billion Co-operative Housing Development Program in Summer 2024.
"This is the largest federal investment in the co-operative housing space in more than 30 years. The Program will include a mix of loans and contributions to focus on new co-operative housing developments across the country."
It looks like this is the same $1.5 billion Co-operative Housing Development Program previously announced in budget 2022, so nothing really new for co-ops this week.
Dès le 18 mars, préparez-vous à l’éclipse solaire du 8 avril en récupérant l’une des 57 500 paires de lunettes disponibles dans les 45 bibliothèques de #Montréal.
Le NPD présentera une motion d'opposition demandant un cessez-le-feu et un embargo sur les armes. Je viens d'écrire une lettre à mon député pour lui demander de voter en faveur de cette motion. Écrivez-en une ici : https://actionnetwork.org/letters/votezpourcessezlefeu
Do you want to actively support the fight for #climate and environmental justice in Canada?
#Research for the Front Lines is expanding our network and we’re particularly looking for people with backgrounds in applied science or analytical testing of environmental pollutants who can volunteer some labour to enhance the support we provide to #Indigenous Land Defenders and other frontline folks.
Have you worked in environmental science or a related field and have skills and time to offer? Or maybe you have deep experience in topics like environmental assessments or environmental testing and want to mentor less experienced volunteers to ensure high quality, rigorous work?
We're so excited to announce this upcoming event!
Research for the Front Lines coordinator Jaimie Vincent will be moderating this conversation with Tiffany Traverse and Waba Moko (Shannon Chief). They will be discussing the role of community-led research in working towards Indigenous Food Sovereignty. Join us in person in Montreal or online.
Do you want to know what types of #pollutants are released and transferred in and near your community?
On Feb.7 at 12pm MST (2pm EST) Keepers of the Water is hosting a webinar with Canadian Environmental Law Association on Exploring Canada’s National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) - Promoting the Community “Right To Know”.
The NPRI is increasingly relevant to research requests that we receive at Research for the Front Lines, so we're encouraging our network to attend.
Please sign Parliamentary Petition e-4745, and demand that Canada impose an arms embargo on Israel! Let's show the federal government how many people in Canada want #Israel's carnage in #Gaza to end. https://www.cjpme.org/arms_embargo_israel