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!
"How would you explain Indigenous research methodology?
It is rooted in reciprocity, and respect, and relationality — the three Rs as we call them. So when we're approaching research, we're working respectfully on the land and we're working in reciprocity."
@richard
I was disappointed that CBC just called this author "Indigenous" without saying what community she belongs to. I only found in another link that she has Nlaka'pamux ancestry.
I didn't realize the medicine wheel was a thing for First Nations cultures in so-called BC, but I guess I'll have to read the book!
"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.
The documentary Sugarcane is coming to DOXA in Vancouver, May 7 & 10!
WLFN has shared that admission is FREE for all Indigenous peoples, who can book free tickets by getting in touch with the Box Office team at boxoffice@doxafestival.ca, or by inquiring with box office staff at festival venues during opening hours (note: a $2 Doxa membership is still needed).
@tournesol
I've felt this way too and I'm sorry you're going through it. All I can offer is that if you keep searching you might find a way to put your passion and skills to use in a way you also feel good about.
I've felt super lucky to find amazing paid work at the grassroots org Research for the Front Lines, and we offer opportunities for lots of other researchers to contribute. https://researchforthefrontlines.ca/
I hope you find (or start!) a space where you can flourish!
Wow, what this company did to these families is so terrible! And the story reflects so horribly on everyone involved in genetics, prenatal testing, private labs, etc.
I'm grateful for people like the ex-employees who were willing to speak up, and also for CBC for doing this kind of investigation.
I would love to know about libraries across the globe!
Mine is very cool and most importantly, they do not charge late fees!
Second coolest is probably the creative lab with a 3D printer, cricut, large format printer, and computers with all sorts of software like photoshop, illustrator, etc.