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A special thank you to our editor, Patrik Parkes, for all of his time and effort putting this spectacular issue of the journal together. Also thank you to our many contributors. We couldn't do it without you!
Back issues of our PSA Journal, THE GLOBAL EDUCATOR, are available from THE GLOBAL EDUCATOR link above.
Other items new on our site:
There are other interesting articles to help inform
about membership about issues around ethical and sustainable investing
for our pension funds. You'll find more under Ethical Pensions on this site. Of particular note is the now re-posted articles Profits of War by Jim Pine and Joel Stephanson's compelling article Darfur, the Case for Targeted Divestment.
These articles provide a strong argument as to why we all need to be
involved in understanding how our pension money is being invested. Both
articles provide links to more information. PAGE Membership information has been updated and membership application forms can be downloaded at About Us>Membership. Updated January 20, 2010
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For those of you following events in Latin America
Over the past two years members of PAGE BC have had the opportunity to meet Dr. Manuel Rozental and hear him speak so passionately about the struggle for human rights in Latin America, and most specifically in his home country of Columbia.
Dr. Rozental spoke at the BC Federation of Labour/BCTF Social Justice joint conference "Rights not Wrongs" in April 2008, at the PAGE Langara Forum "Education for a Better World" and again at the PAGE/Victoria Social Justice conference in June 2009. When he has spoken, he urges us to do what we can to become better informed about the current and rapidly changing political and economic situations in Latin America, and in particular to pay attention to how Canada and the US governments are involving themselves.
Those who are following trends and events in Latin America may be interested to view these two Fault Lines videos (embedded here) which investigate the recent US-Columbia military base agreement for the use of seven military bases in Columbia.
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These videos were brought to our attention here at PAGE through the Across the Americas Organization, an excellent organization through
which readers can learn much more about events, conferences, and
educational efforts in this part of the world.
Across the Americas
P.O. Box 268733
Chicago, IL 60626-8733
773-764-6773 (phone and fax)
http://www.acrosstheamericas.org
info@acrosstheamericas.org | | |
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The Green Challenge: Environmental Sustainability and the Challenges for Canada - the PAGE BC PSA Conference was held in Victoria, BC on October 23, 2009. |
Murray Langdon |
Murray Langdon
moderates "The Green
Challenge". The 2009 BC Peace and Global Educators' Fall Conference
about Environmental Sustainability and the Challenges for Canada. |
Erwin Blanco |
Erwin Blanco is a social justice activist and member of the
Canada Colombia Project whose aim is to foster awareness of the social
and political situation in Colombia, aggravated by the Canada-Colombia
Free Trade Agreement. |
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Dr. Richard Kool
Parts 1 & 2 |
Dr. Richard Kool is an educator now working in Victoria, BC as an
Associate Professor at Royal Roads University where he
founded the MA
program in Environmental Education and Communication. |
Elizabeth May
Parts 1 & 2 |
Elizabeth May is an environmentalist, writer, activist, lawyer, and Leader of the Green Party of Canada. |
Dr. Frank Tester
Parts 1 & 2 |
Dr. Frank Tester has been a Professor at UBC since joining the School
of Social Work in 1990. Frank's work concerns the social and cultural
implications of climate change for the Inuit. |
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