Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
4:30PM
Jackie Hookimaw-Witt, Norbert Witt
This workshop will describe how the speakers became active in their community in response
to the development of a diamond mine in traditional, Attawapiskat First Nation territory. As women
are the Heart of the Nation and the keepers of culture, the basis for activism was the traditional role
as an Indigenous woman, having the sacred responsibility to protect the land as the basis of culture.
Participants will learn the different strategies used (music, demonstrations, public education,
videography) and examples of how videos are put together using an existing school campaign video
and a planned video on the impact of mining.
African women and girls demand a seat At the Table SAT 10AM - Noon
Canadian Crossroads International
African women and girls have no voice at international summits such as the G8 and G20.
Canadian Crossroads International (CCI) is pleased to host an interactive panel discussion on the
need for global leadership to achieve gender equality and women’s rights. The panel features
women’s rights leaders the Hon Nonhlanhla Dlamini, member of parliament Swaziland, former
Executive Director of the Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse; Shuvai Mandigo Program
Coordinator with the Girl Child Network, Zimbabwe; and Betty Plewes, International Development
consultant, former CEO Canadian Council for International Cooperation and member of the McLeod
Group. Women and girls in Swaziland and Zimbabwe live in extreme poverty. Poverty and
inequality place them at great risk for physical and sexual violence, which in turn places them at risk
for HIV infection with few prospects for treatment or care. Come hear what leading Southern
African women activists have to say to world leaders. Learn about key challenges facing women and
girls in Zimbabwe and Swaziland; innovative program responses that are making a difference; and
why international collaboration is vital in the struggle for their rights.
The Arctic: Climate change victim? Common ground or battleground? SUN 3 - 4:30PM
Pugwash: Science for Peace
Warplanes, nuclear submarines, missile radar stations. Climate change is creating a scramble
for new resources in the Arctic, the potential for military confrontation and competition amongst old
adversaries, and newcomers. We need an Arctic vision in which cooperation, not conflict, is the norm.
This workshop will look at the security dangers in the Arctic, and the need for a new
movement for a secure, nuclear-free Arctic.
The Beehive Collective presents... Art-based tools for education SAT 1 - 3PM
The Beehive Collective
The Beehive Design Collective has evolved a unique approach to 'cross-pollinating the
grassroots' by building campaigns around graphics and using them to engage audiences. The Bees
will be sharing some of the tools they have developed to use images for education and organizing. In
this workshop, participants will be introduced to strategies for collective analysis, such as mind-
mapping and drawing exercises, to illustrate why so many people are protesting the G8/20, and to
illustrate the larger context in which the G8/20 summits are taking place. Art-based education tools
shared in this workshop are meant to be useful both during and beyond the mobilizations in June.
"Behind the Rainbow" - Fifty Years After Independence in Africa SAT 1 - 3PM
Group for Reseach and Initiatives for the Liberation of Africa http://www.grila.org
Fifty years ago a majority of African countries got their independence from their former
colonial powers. This nominal independence came through a long process of resistance by African
people, with countless lives sacrificed, to put an end to over a century of colonialism and almost two
centuries of slavery that integrated Africa into the world capitalist system as a dependent entity. This
year, South Africa will be the only African country present at the G20 summit, and will be echoing
the voice of continent.
"Behind the Rainbow" is a documentary with a deep look at the post-apartheid political
economy of South Africa, blackmail of the globalized era, Debt issues, GEAR and the so-called black
empowerment program, the fierce battle within the ANC between Mbeki and Zuma’s clans,
corruption, etc...
Fifty years after independence, what are the new challenges ahead in a world dominated by
groupings such as the G8 and G20? What new political perspectives for Africa, it's people and it's
diaspora, against imperialism are available today?
The screening of the documentary will be followed by a discussion moderated by members of
GRILA.
Backyard Uprising: Gaining Food Independence, Turning Toronto into an Urban Garden, and
Instigating Emergency Measures to Combat Smog SAT 1 - 2:30PM
Gabe Nicolau, Torontonians For Breathable Air
Breathable air, drinkable water, and uncontaminated food are human rights, so long as we
fight to make them so. But the city of Toronto this summer will be facing a deadly smog crisis,
importing the majority of our food from absurdly far away, and wasting extravagant amounts of
fresh water to make grass grow two inches in order to be cut by viciously poison-spewing
lawnmowers. This seminar is designed to help lay the groundwork for a grassroots campaign to
encourage the conversion of all available lawn and rooftop space in the city to food gardens and
edible tree orchards, as well as a political campaign aimed at city council to push for the creation of
the Toronto Clean Air Act. This Act would outlaw gas lawnmowers, use of drinking water for
cosmetic/non-essential purposes, levy road tolls to discourage driving and fund the T.T.C. and bike
lanes throughout the city, and demand city council use every appropriate inch of public lands for
growing food, while encouraging and educating people throughout the city in sustainable backyard
and community gardening techniques.
Biomass, Biofuels, Biochar, Bioeconomy: False Solutions and Corporate Control of the Biosphere
SAT 1 - 3PM
Biofuel Watch, Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
Birth of a World People's Movement for Climate Justice: The Cochabamba Conference SUN
10AM - Noon
Toronto Bolivia Solidarity
An assembly of more than 30,000 people from 100 countries, meeting in April in Cochabamba,
Bolivia, adopted an ambitious agenda to defend Mother Earth against climate change and ecological
devastation. The Cochabamba conference challenges us to join in a world people's movement to
assure the safety and protection of Mother Earth. Conference delegates will lead off discussion of this
initiative and its meaning for us.
Panel: Conference delegates: Raul Burbano, Latin American activist will show a video of the
Cochabamba experience. Kimia Ghomeshi, Campaign Director, Canadian Youth Climate Coalition;
Robert Lovelace, Algonquin First Nation.
Canada’s Role in the World: Taking our Foreign Policy back from the Conservatives SAT 3 - 5PM
New Democrats
Speakers: Paul Dewar, Olivia Chow, Linda Duncan
Canada can have a very real and very positive role on the International Stage, but our current
government has failed to show true leadership. This Panel will address the ways that the
Conservatives have tarnished Canada’s international reputation and squandered, and in some
instances outright opposed, opportunities to organize a global response to climate change and
address the inequalities of global finance. The panel will articulate a progressive vision for Canada’s
role in the world focusing on the three themes of the G8 and G20 meetings, Maternal and Child
health, Global Finance reform and the Environment.
Canadian Mining and Free Trade in Central America SUN 10AM - 12:30
Canadians Against Mining in El Salvador
Facilitators: Katherine Daly, Pedro Cabezas, Rene Guerra
Canadian mining projects in Central America are tied with profound socio-economic change
which generates deadly social conflicts in local rural communities. In many cases mining
corporations have been found directly responsible for human rights violations. Working in alliance
with local governments they sponsor forced displacement of local populations, cooption of
democratic participation, coercion and threats to personal security, repression of workers,
contamination of drinking water, and destruction of the environment. This workshop will explore
how Canada's current negotiations of a free trade agreement with Central America(CA4) threatens to
to create a socioeconomic context that further enhances the rights of international mining companies
to profit over local communities’ desire to determine their own sustainable growth.
Can We All Get Along? Collective Poetry Writing SAT 4:30 - 5:30PM
Honey Novick
Participants are asked to offer one sentence or phrase on "Building the Movement for a Just
World' and the facilitator will collate and show how collaborative writing in the instantaneous
moment can become a viable, significant work, as long as we all work together.
Climate Emergency: Race 2 Survival -- Only Emergency Action at Emergency Speed can Confront
the Climate Crisis -- Presentation, Participation & Discussion
Glenn MacIntosh, Ecosanity.org
Competing Paradigms of Disability: From Invisibility To Rights Holders SAT 4:30 - 5:30PM
John Rae
Disability is usually described in terms of the competing medical or social models of disability.
However, over the centuries, these are only two of many different ways by which persons with
disabilities have been depicted. This session will provide an overview of the ways in which persons
with a disability have been viewed, and have viewed themselves from ancient times to the present,
and will show how these competing ways of looking at persons with a disability compete with each
other for predominance. This presentation is particularly timely, given the number of nations,
including Canada, that have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities
(CRPD), the first new human rights treaty of the 21st century.
Creating Health for All - From the Ground Up SUN 10AM - Noon
Health for All
Despite Canada's perceived 'universal' health care system, thousands of people residing in
Canada are actively excluded from health care access on the basis of ' immigration status'. This
interactive participatory workshop facilitated by the local migrant justice group Health For All,
explores the causes of forced migration and discusses the systemic denial of healthcare access to
migrants in Canada. The workshop will highlight the many local community based campaigns, such
as Access Without Fear, are fighting back to create health for all from the ground up.
Cutting Ties with Israel: A Workshop on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign SAT 3
- 4:30PM
Students Against Israeli Apartheid- University of Toronto (SAIA-UofT), Students Against Israeli Apartheid-
York University (SAIA-York), Ontario Public Interest Research Group-Toronto (OPIRG-TO)
This workshop will outline what activists, academics, labour unions and other concerned
people can do to cut ties with Israel and support the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
campaign. We will connect the discussion to the G8/G20 summit by outlining the complicity of
member nations in Israeli apartheid. The workshop will cater to different learning styles and, along
with a carefully prepared PowerPoint, we will have other audio/video aids and spaces for group
discussions.
Direct Action Trainings (same workshop offered twice) SAT 1 - 3PM; SUN 10AM - Noon
The Toronto Community Mobilization Network Actions Committee
Facilitators: Andrea Hatala and Terry Douglas.
These sessions are intended to prepare and empower folks who are expecting to participate in
some or all of the events planned for June 21-27, 2010. Topics covered may include preparing for a
demo/action, common police tactics, basic legal briefing, working in affinity groups, etc. The sessions
will consist of interactive discussions, roleplay, and possibly other approaches.
Food Sovereignty Challenges and Realities from Latin America and Senegal SUN 1 - 2:30PM
Development and Peace
From Copenhagen, to Cochabamba, Toronto and Cancun: Building the movement for climate
justice in Canada SAT 10AM - Noon
KAIROS, Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign, Council of Canadians, Pacific Council of Churches, the
Association for Community Development and Promotion in Guatemala
This two-part workshop will start with a discussion on climate justice led by panelists
speaking to indigenous rights, impacts of the climate crisis in the global South and recent
developments of the growing international movement for climate justice (including outcomes from
the people’s climate conference in Cochabamba Bolivia, April 2010). There will be dynamic strategy
sessions with break out groups identifying tactics and opportunities for mobilization in Canada. The
workshop will be facilitated by Dorothy McDougall, Ecological Justice Program Coordinator with
KAIROS. Speakers include: Clayton Thomas-Muller, of the Mathais Colomb Cree Nation and
Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign, Andrea Harden-Donahue, Energy Campaigner for the
Council of Canadians, Francois Pihaatae from Tahiti, the Ecumenical Animator on Climate Change
for the Pacific Council of Churches, Naty Atz Sunc, General Coordinator of CEIBA, the Association
for Community Development and Promotion in Guatemala.
Geoengineering or Geopiracy: Why proposals to 'Hack the planet' threaten biodiversity, peace,
livelihoods and justice (SUN 3 - 5PM)
ETC Group or Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
As multilateral climate negotiations falter, wealthy countries are actively considering a plan B:
large scale plans to intentionally modify the climate -- including the oceans, land, and atmosphere --
by extreme technological means. Techniques such as shooting sulphates and aluminium into the
stratosphere, fertilization of the oceans to grow plankton blooms, whitening the clouds or turning
plantations into charcoal are receiving increasing attention in some capitals and major corporations
and funders (like Bill Gates and Richard Branson) are involved. The dangers of these technologies
and their potential for devastating unilateral deployment need to be more broadly known. That is
why over 100 civil society groups and many high profile activists are backing the HOME campaign:
Hands off Mother Earth - Our home is not a laboratory -- see www.handsoffmotherearth.org . ETC
Group and Biofuelwatch are the leading civil society organizations monitoring this field of scientific
and industrial activity and will offer a full briefing at this workshop: what are the technologies, who
is backing them, how are they related to climate change negotiations, why do they threaten our
future and what can we do to about them. The workshop will be informative and action oriented.
Additional background information available at http://www.etcgroup.org/en/issues/geoengineering.
“Getting To Yes” is the title of the ground breaking work of Roger Fisher and William Ury,
founders of the Harvard Negotiation Project. It is a straightforward guide to coming to mutually
acceptable agreements and is used by a diverse field of organizations from St. Stephen’s Community
house to the United Nations. Marchand will briefly take us on a quick tour of 7 steps to effective
principled negotiation which may be useful to prospective “Game” players.
“The Game” (50-60 people activity, sign-up in the morning) is a role playing exercise involving
federal, provincial, municipal, governments, First Nations, colonial and traditional models. Groups of
people have to figure out how they are a community, what is important to them and how they can
work together around issues. The “Participants” win tokens entitling them to exploit natural
resources. The object of the game is paradoxical; this is what you have to work out. This exercise will
illustrate government tactics to divide and conquer different groups that are working on the same
issue. This will be an in-depth and intense exercise in negotiating and negotiating a common interest.
Global Hypocrisy: International Financial Institutions and their Path of Destruction in Haiti, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia, the Alberta Tar Sands SUN 10AM – 12:30PM
Science For Peace
The panel will look at the impact of international banking and multinational corporations,
profits from debt, structural adjustment, and connections with the military in four
countries: Haiti, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia, and the Alberta Tar Sands in
Canada. A short skit at the beginning will dramatize how debt is created and how the
rich get richer. A short skit at the end will dramatize “great transformations” -- this will not be
utopian but will name the institutional, regulatory, and legal changes that are
essential to reclaim the commons. The overall context will be the pressing time frame imposed by
climate change.
How to line a birdcage and other creative things you can do with the Canada-Europe Free Trade
Agreement (that would be more useful than signing it) SAT 3 - 4:30PM
The Trade Justice Network/Reseau pour le commerce juste, War on Want (UK)
Canadian and European trade justice activists have publicly released a leaked copy of the
Canada-EU free trade agreement that governments on both sides of the Atlantic wanted kept secret.
At 366 pages, it’s the biggest trade agreement either country/region has ever signed, and would go
much further than NAFTA or the WTO in putting hard limits on the kinds of things governments can
do to protect the environment, create jobs, foster local cultures and generally act democratically in the
interest of communities. It is also the first FTA between G8 partners, and is designed to break new
ground on corporate rights at a time when the 'free trade' agenda is severely challenged by reality.
Workshop participants will be walked through the agreement while we think of creative things to do
with it that would not include signing it. Exercises may or may not include wrapping fish, lining bird
cages, making paper airplanes, and how to load a printer with scrap paper to help save trees.
Influencing political and public opinion through letters-to-the-editor SUN 10AM - Noon
RESULTS Canada
Letters-to-the-editor is the most read section of Canadian newspapers. It is a democratic portal
that gives the average person a free soapbox to express their opinion to thousands. It is tracked
through media monitoring by policy makers who assume the concerns of one letter writer are shared
by many. RESULTS Canada volunteers across the country have over 500 letters-to-the-editor
published a year which create political will for investments in cost-effective proven solutions to
poverty in the South. In this skill building workshop you will learn the top tips for writing a
persuasive letter-to-the-editor and getting it published. The workshop will be framed around the
urgent need for advocacy to increase Canada’s investment in the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB
and Malaria.
Islamophobia and the Fight for Civil Liberties in Canada SUN 10AM - Noon
Canadian Peace Alliance, Muslim Unity Group, Independent Jewish Voices
From the ban on George Galloway to the attacks on Israeli Apartheid Week, free speech in
Canada is under attack. The Harper government has pursued unprecedented attacks on any group
or individual that does not share their views on the world. How do we bring groups and individuals
together to fight for the common cause of free speech?
Western governments are doing all they can to make Islamophobia acceptable to the mainstream,
banning Muslim practices and creating a climate of hatred toward Islam. This session confronts the
media distortions of Islam and argues that the fight against Islamophobia needs to be a central call for
anyone campaigning for peace and justice.
Know Your Rights Workshops (same workshop offered twice) SAT 3 - 5PM; SUN 10 - Noon
The Movement Legal Defense Committee
Members of the Summit Legal Support Project will prepare people for participation in the
protests during the summits of the G8 and G20 in Huntsville and Toronto later in June. People will be
informed of what their legal rights are, what preparations have been made for legal support during
the demonstrations and what happens if one is arrested at a protest.
Latin America Challenges the G8: Danger of new conflicts SAT 10AM - Noon
While the G8 promotes the interests of Western corporations, the people of Latin America are
fighting back. Movements in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and other countries are taking control of
their natural resources for the benefit of the people. In response, the Western powers are militarizing
Colombia and have re-launched the 4th Fleet. They also initiated a right-wing coup in Honduras. The
Canadian government is playing a terrible role in the region by legitimizing the Honduran coup and
promoting “free trade” with Colombia, despite the murder of dozens of trade unionists every year.
Join this round-table discussion to learn about the threat of a new Western-backed conflict in Latin
America, to organize opposition to Canada-Colombia free trade, and to hear about the positive
alternative to the G8 agenda being promoted by the people of the region.
Localizing Resistance to Trade Agreements Past and Present SUN 10AM - Noon
Council of Canadians
Facilitators: Scott Harris (Prairies Regional Organizer, Council of Canadians) & Harjap Grewal (BC-
Yukon Regional Organizer, Council of Canadians).
Facilitators will be conducting an interactive workshop on developing new strategies to
challenge neo-liberal trade agreements that have been signed and that are being proposed. New
strategies are aimed to empower local community based organizing against trade agreements,
something that is often difficult for campaigns that focus on the decisions of national or provincial
governments. The current economic crisis and increasing public awareness of environmental and
climate concerns provides an opportunity to re-examine campaigns against trade agreements.
A Look Ahead at the Week of Action with the Toronto Community Mobilization Network SUN 3
- 5PM
Toronto Community Mobilization Network
Following the People's Summit, a series of forums, creative actions, protests and
demonstrations will take place, June 21-27, 2010 in support of indigenous sovereignty and self-
determination; migrant justice and an end to war and occupation; income equity and community
control over resources; environmental and climate justice; gender justice, and queer and disability
rights. Join TCMN members and organizers of events during the week of action so you know what to
expect as you take to the streets!
Making Polluters Pay and Ensuring Equity when Tackling Global Warming SUN 3-5PM
The David Suzuki Foundation
This panel discussion, to be followed by a dialogue with audience members, will explore the
benefits and potential pitfalls of policies that ensure that polluters pay for their greenhouse gas
pollution. Panelists will compare and contrast the use of a carbon tax vs. implementing a cap-and-
trade system, discuss the use of carbon offsets, and explore important equity issues that arise when
using such instruments.
Panelists:
Dale Marshall, David Suzuki Foundation
Keith Stewart, climate change activist
Daphne Wysham, Institute for Policy Studies
Mastering Google and Going Deeper: Web research skills for activists and independent
journalists SAT 1 - 3PM
Toronto Media Co-op, Facilitator: Tim Groves
This workshop presents the skills and techniques that investigative journalists and private-
eyes use to do deep digging research on the Internet. It show people how to use google in ways most
people are unaware of and how to access the wealth on information on the internet that Google can't
find. Jammed packed from edge to edge, this session will be a chance for novice and expert
researchers alike to pick up skills they can use everyday.
Maternal Mortality and the MDGs: What do human rights have to do with it? SAT 10AM - Noon
Amnesty International
This workshop covers the relationship between a human rights framework and the effectiveness of
the Millennium Development Goals, with a particular focus on maternal mortality (MDG 5). A case
study of the human rights violations underlying maternal mortality will provide a concrete
understanding of the human rights violations that increase the risk of maternal mortality and
morbidity. A speaker from Amnesty International will also share A.I. campaigning experiences to
end maternal mortality and the role that the international community must now play in this struggle.
Members of the Money Project will give an introduction before the screening, and a short
presentation about cultural production as a contestation to Capitalism after the screening, and
facilitate a discussion and feedback with the audience.
People Power and the Ballot: Why Canada’s electoral system isn’t democractic, and what we can
do about it SAT 10AM - Noon
Fair Vote Canada fairvote.ca
Politics of the G8 and G20: Toronto, Ottawa and the Planet SAT 10AM - Noon
Greenpeace Canada
Possibilities for Transforming our Destructive Money System into a Creative Force for Needed
Social and Environmental Change SAT 4:30 - 5:30PM
George Crowell
Our money system has enormous, pervasive, damaging impact on our lives, and yet, few of
us, even among social activists, are aware of its impact. Understanding this system so we can work
to transform it is crucial in our work for social justice and environmental well-being. Central to
understanding of this system are the fascinating dynamics involved in the creation of money out of
nothing!
A Public Debate on The Robin Hood Tax - An Idea Whose Time Has Come SUN 10 - Noon
The Robin Hood Tax Coalition
www.robinhoodtax.ca
Presenters:
Rodney Schmidt, Economist, FTT Expert (TBC)
Fraser Reilly-King, Halifax Initiative
Thomas Coutrot, Attac France (TBC)
Is a tiny tax of 0.05% on financial activities by bankers and traders through the stock exchange,
that would raise hundreds of billions for fighting poverty and climate change at home and abroad, a
good idea? We think so, and so do a growing number of politicians, civil society organizations,
economists and some financiers. Since last September, when the Group of Twenty (G-20) met in
Pittsburgh, the idea of implementing a global financial transactions tax (FTT) or “Robin Hood Tax” as
it is being called in many quarters, has been gaining increasing momentum. Come listen to a lively
public debate on the merits and critiques of the Robin Hood Tax.
Seize the Moment: Make 2010 a Turning Point for the Millennium Development Goals
What’s next after the G8 and G20 Summits?
Make Poverty History
Speakers/Facilitators: Jennifer de Vries, Public Engagement Coordinator, Dennis Howlett, National
Coordinator, Make Poverty History, Lysa John, GCAP, Evelyn Cubelo, CUSO-VSO Volunteer, Make
Poverty History
This presentation will look at how we can continue together to build a movement for a just
world in 2010 beyond the G8 and G20 summits in June. This presentation and small group
discussion style workshop will especially look at the Stand Up Global Days of Action on September
17, 18 and 19 and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Review Summit to be held in
New York September 20 -22, 2010. Updates on the global civil society campaign focused on the UN
MDG Summit will be shared and opportunities for engagement will be explored. Looking at the
connection between the G8/G20 summits and the UN MDG Summit, the workshop will look at
Canada’s contribution to the Millennium Development Goals to date and what more still needs to be
done to do our part to ensure the Goals are achieved by the 2015 deadline date. The emphasis will
be on action, network building and collaboration.
Songs of the Struggle – Nurturing the Heart and Soul to Carry On SAT 4 - 5PM
Spirituals, protest songs, peace songs – music is an integral part of the struggle for justice.
Through songs we tell our stories, encourage our movements and restore our souls. Come and sing
and share the stories and songs from social justice movements around the world.
Facilitators:
Brian is a UC minister/singer/hymnist with lots of experience in social justice movements in Canada,
among aboriginal, peace, poverty, and other groups
Susie is an ecumenical liturgist/activist/justice staff with experience in local and global struggles for
human rights and justice.
Becca Whitla is the Music Coordinator at the Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity in downtown
Toronto. An experienced community musician, Becca has founded and directed community choirs
and travelled and taught internationally. She is a gifted community song leader who brings together
diverse traditions and justice-seeking faith.
Take your place at the table for lunch with our G8 Leaders (SUN 12 - 1PM)
Make Poverty History and AT THE TABLE
Facilitated by Dennis Howlett, MPH, Bill Hynd, Oxfam Canada (TBC), Lysa John, GCAP
This action-oriented AT THE TABLE (www.atthetable2010.org) lunch will be an opportunity
to discuss G8 and G20 issues and send a message to G8 leaders through a photo petition. Participants
will be accompanied by AT THE TABLE G8 flat leaders. Lunch will be provided (donations
appreciated).
Representatives of groups currently organizing resistance to the Enbridge Northern Gateway and
Trailbreaker projects will present case studies about campaigns in B.C. in Quebec, including plans for
action camps this summer.
Trans-Atlantic perspectives on fighting free trade and neoliberalism: Mexico, U.S., Canada,
Europe SAT 1 - 3PM
Common Frontiers, RMALC, Public Citizen, War on Want, Council of Canadians
The economic and financial crisis has laid bare the reality that neoliberalism – the doctrine of
small government and open markets – does not produce wealth and development but inequality and
polarization between classes and countries. This is partly why the G20 is meeting, and yet G20
countries are aggressively pursuing free trade agreements against all evidence showing they can only
worsen poverty and ecological damage while disempowering local communities. Trade justice
activists from these four countries will discuss their local trade struggles, the effects of agreements
such as the EU-Mexico FTA, NAFTA and the Global Europe-era of European bilateral with
developing and developed countries, followed by a group discussion with workshop participants on
how we can be more effective in resisting the ongoing free trade agenda at home and in solidarity
with others.
Participants: Alberto Arroyo Pickard, Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC); John Dillon,
Kairos; James Ploeser, Public Citizen (U.S.); Dave Tucker, War on Want (UK), and possibly others.
Understanding Global Injustice Through the Lens of the Canada/Israel Partnership SAT 10 - Noon
Independent Jewish Voices (the national organization and the Toronto chapter)
Not In Our Name (NION)
Holy Land Awareness and Action Task Group (United Church)
The Canada/Israel partnership is forged through a free-trade agreement, shared security
arrangements, a weapons and surveillance trade, and through innumerable political interventions
that go back to the beginnings of early Zionism. Yves Engler, Ali Mallah, and Alan Sears will discuss,
respectively: corporate and military ties between Israel and Canada, and Christian Zionism; the role
of labour union activism in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanction campaign; and strategies for
confronting the silencing campaign aimed at suppressing Palestine Solidarity.
How can activists utilize the powerful medium of video to tell their stories?
This workshop will provide basic knowledge and skills for activists documenting protests and
actions with video and still cameras, while discussing some of the leading trends and technologies in
video-production and distribution.
Topics to be covered:
• Know you rights – how to deal with police and security officials
• Video-making basics: Shooting, composition, working with available light, focus and shooting on
the run.
• Uploading on location and livestreaming.
• Distribution: Getting your video seen.
The seminar will discuss the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) in the context of the International
Campaign that is pressing G20 leaders to impose such a tax rapidly. The FTT is one of the important
tools, among others, promoted by ATTAC since its foundation, for fighting crisis and break the
dominance of the financial markets.
Organised in collaboration with ATTAC Québec
Women in Politics: A Must Have for Social, Environmental and Economic Justice SUN 3 - 4:30PM
Facilitator: Tisha Kalmanovitch
At the end of this highly interactive, mulit-media delivered workshop, participants will have
gained insight and understanding about: Why 50/50 gender parity in politics is critical to driving
forward social, environmental and economic justice; and why we need to develop an ethical
framework by which to guide the kind of policies and practices that will ensure such justice is
realized
Throughout the weekend, space will be offered for anyone to create or participate in open space
sessions on the key issues being explored at the People's Summit. From these sessions, strategies,
actions, networks, initiatives, declarations, catharsis, and self-expression may emerge. Open spaces
are what you make of them.
Environment and Climate Change SAT 11AM - Noon, and 2:30 - 3:30PM
Economic Justice SAT 1 - 2:30PM
Global Justice SAT 3:30 - 5PM
Human Rights and Civil Liberties SUN 1 - 3PM
Holding Canada Accountable - the "Canadian" social Justice Movement SUN 3 - 4:30PM
Moving Forward - Final Reflections from the 2010 People's Summit SUN 4:30 - 6PM
To open up the final reflections from the People’s Summit, Common Threads Community Chorus
will share songs of inspiration and struggle.
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