Project Peacemakers celebrates International Peace Day

September 22, 2012

Sept. 21, 2012: Actors Gord Tanner, Sara Constible and Tricia Cooper (l-r) in performance at International Peace Day at the Free Press Cafe in Winnipeg. The evening was sponsored by Project Peacemakers. Photo: Paul S. Graham

Winnipeg’s Project Peacemakers marked International Peace Day 2012 with skits and musical performances at the Free Press Cafe. Performing sketches written by Geoff Hughes and Diane Cooper, actors Tricia Cooper, Sara Constible and Gord Tanner provided a comedic response to the Harper Government’s military spending policies in general and its decision to spend $28 million celebrating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812.

With skillfully performed covers of songs by Pink Floyd, John Lennon and the Weavers, Tom Penner and Jill Cooper closed out the evening with ballads beloved by peace activists everywhere.

International Peace Day was established by the United Nations in 1981 and first celebrated in September 1982. Since then it has been observed in countries around the world.

Project Peacemakers is a church-based organization that has been active in Winnipeg since 1983. It conducts educational forums, and publishes  educational materials on such issues as child soldiers, war-affected children, and violent video games and toys.

Video Production: Paul S. Graham

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Seeking Sustainablity in South Osborne

September 17, 2012

As oil consumption continues to outpace oil discovery and production, energy prices will continue to rise. Because every aspect of our food system, from production, to processing and transportation depends on oil, the prices on our global menu will continue to grow, and they will grow beyond the reach of most citizens.

Simply put, our existing globalized food system is not sustainable. The sooner we begin to make the transition to a more rational system the better.

While governments appear to be largely unaware of this looming threat, small groups of citizens have recognized the problem and are beginning to look for solutions.

One of these is the Sustainable South Osborne Community Co-op, located in Winnipeg, MB. In June 2012, WCTV joined a walking tour of projects the co-op has going in its neighbourhood.

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Hold Hands Across the Land – Winnipeg #S17

September 14, 2012

Monday, September 17th at 5:00pm TUNE IN LIVE

September 17th is the day Parliament re-opens after summer recess and the 1st Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. People across Canada will unite in solidarity to stop Harper’s agenda and work together to create true democracy.

The event will start at 5:00 PM, gathering at the Manitoba Legislature. There will be a few short addresses, and then we will take to the streets. The ‘casserole’ will head to Portage Avenue, up to Main Street and then head over the Queen Elizabeth Parkway, ending at Shelley Glover’s constituency office.

Participants are encouraged to bring your pots and pans, bring your family, bring your friends, bring your neighbours, work mates, house mates, class mates. Facebook event.

WINNIPEG LIVE STREAM LINK: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/winnipeg-community-tv

CROSS CANADA LIVE STREAMS: http://takecanadaback.net

note: USTREAM’s free service has let me down before. If I am unable to stream live I will shoot clips and upload them to Youtube on the go. If live stream doesn’t work for you please check my Youtube channel for updates http://www.youtube.com/user/kenvideoz/videos

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Winnipeg CHALK 4 Peace 2012

August 26, 2012

Aug. 25, 2012: A message of peace from CHALK 4 Peace in Winnipeg’s Vimy Ridge Park. Photo: Paul S. Graham

The underlying premise of CHALK 4 Peace might best be summed up in a statement attributed to Mahatma Gandhi: “There is no way to peace; peace is the way.”

CHALK 4 Peace is an annual event that has spread to hundreds of communities world-wide since its inception in 2003 in Arlington, Virginia. The objectives, according to CHALK 4 Peace  are:

  • To promote the arts by coordinating assemblies of young artists of all ages to draw their vision of peace in public and private spaces with sidewalk chalk as a scheduled worldwide event;
  • To advocate for peace in a non-partisan manner such that all people may share their visions and messages of peace without regard to their nationality, ethnicity, or political beliefs;
  •  To encourage relationships between municipalities and artists so that communities around the world become united in supporting the expression of peace.

Winnipeggers celebrated their 6th annual CHALK 4 Peace on Saturday, raising funds for War Child Canada, and bringing sidewalk art, music, and laughter to Vimy Ridge Park.

Performers included Ras Tamils, the Flaming Trolleys and Lindsey White & Mitch Dorge.

Kisa MacIsaac, one of the organizers of the Winnipeg event, explains how this coming together of arts, music and people contributes to a more peaceful world.

You can find find CHALK 4 Peace Winnipeg on Facebook.

Video Production: Paul S. Graham

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Can boycott, divestment and sanctions stop Israeli apartheid?

April 22, 2012

“Can boycott, divestment and sanctions stop Israeli apartheid?” was the title of a forum held March 7, 2012 as part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2012 in Winnipeg. Featured speakers were Dalit Baum and Mostafa Henaway. Baum is an Israeli activist and co-founder of WhoProfits.org, a website that exposes corporate complicity in Israel’s subjugation of Palestinians. Henaway is a human rights activist who works with Tadamon! Montreal. Moderated by Lisa Stepnuk, the forum was sponsored by Students Against Israeli Apartheid and the Winnipeg Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid.

Broadcast Information

Shaw TV Channel 9

Length: 1:29 (YouTube version: 1:41:03)

Thursday, April 26, 2012: 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 28, 2012: 4:30 a.m.

Sunday, April; 29, 2012: 1:00 p.m.

Note: broadcast dates and times are subject to change without notice.

Camera: Paul S. Graham and Mark Etkin

Editing: Paul S. Graham

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Tar Sands, Pipelines and Tankers

March 19, 2012

The National Energy Board is conducting hearings on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal for a pipeline from Alberta’s tar sands to the town of Kitimat in the heart of BC’s Great Bear Rainforest. If approved, over 200 oil tankers will be navigating the difficult waters off BC’s Northwest Coast each year.

On February 16, 2012, a public forum focusing on the project’s risks to the environment, the economy and to local communities was held at the University of Winnipeg, Richardson College for the Environment & Science Complex in Winnipeg. It was organized by the Manitoba Eco-Network, Green Action Centre, Climate Change Connection, the Council of Canadians, and the Green Action Committee of the First Unitarian-Universalist Church, with the support of the University of Manitoba’s Global Political Economy Program and the University of Winnipeg.

The Panel, moderated by CJOB’s Richard Cloutier, consisted of:

Dr. Wade Davis, Explorer in Residence, National Geographic Society, Visiting Professor and Senior Fellow of the Masters in Development Practice (MDP) Indigenous Development program, University of Winnipeg and author of The Sacred Headwaters: the fight to save the Stikine, Skeena and Nass.

Gerald Amos was Chief Councillor for the Haisla First Nation for 12 years. He has been a leading voice for conservation in Canada for thirty years. He is the author of an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Natural Resources Minister, Joe Oliver “No apology forthcoming.”

Lynne Fernandez, Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives. Lynne has an MA in economics from the University of Manitoba. As a research associate at the Manitoba office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Lynne has studied municipal and provincial social and economic policy. She is also interested in labour and environmental issues.

Anne Lindsey, former executive director, Manitoba Eco-Network. Anne has worked and volunteered on Manitoba and national issues such as nuclear waste, forestry, food and pesticides, since 1984, including numerous experiences with environmental reviews.

Broadcast Information

Shaw TV Channel 9
Length: 89 minutes (Online version – 2:31:52)
Thursday, March 22, 2012: 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 24, 2012: 4:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 25, 2012: 1:00 p.m.

Note: broadcast dates and times are subject to change without notice.

Cameras: Paul S. Graham and Ken Harasym
Editor: Paul S. Graham

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Moon Voices Speak: Indigenous Women’s Perspectives on Education

March 8, 2012

Seven Canadian aboriginal women discuss their experiences with the post-secondary educational system at a public forum organized by the Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg and Ka Ni Kanichihk, an agency that provides a variety of social services to the aboriginal community of Winnipeg.

Speakers (in order of appearance):

  • Shannon Cormier
  • Claudette Michell
  • Cherie Burns
  • Maxine Boulanger
  • Vanessa Tait
  • Sylvia Boudreau
  • Charlene Greene
  • Tanya Kappo
  • Wendy McNab
  • Roxanne Shuttleworth

Links:

Broadcast Information:
Shaw TV Channel 9
Length: 89 minutes (Online version – 1:43:14)
Thursday, March 8, 2012: 8:00 p.m.
Friday, March 9, 2012: 12:30 a.m.
Saturday, March 10, 2012: 4:30 a.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 11, 2012: 12:30 p.m.

Note: broadcast dates and times are subject to change without notice

Cameras: Harold Shuster and Paul S. Graham
Editor: Paul S. Graham

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International Human Rights Day: Solidarity, not Charity

January 9, 2012

Gerry Caplan is a former CUSO field officer, author of The Betrayal of Africa, a weekly, online columnist for The Globe and Mail, a featured television political commentator and a veteran CCF-NDP activist. Gerry was the keynote speaker at a dinner held in Winnipeg December 10, 2011 to mark the 50th anniversary of CUSO and the 63rd anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations on Dec. 10, 1948.

This event was sponsored by the University of Winnipeg Global College, CUPE Manitoba, the Manitoba Council for International Co-operation and CUSO-VSO. It was held at the Union Centre in downtown Winnipeg.

Length: 29 minutes

Broadcast Information:
Shaw TV Channel 9
Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012: 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 13, 2012: 12:30 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012: 4:30 a.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012: 12:30 p.m.

Videographer & Editor: Paul S. Graham

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Four Directions Walk to End Poverty

December 3, 2011

According to the 2011 Child and Family Poverty Report Card, issued by the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg:

  • 92,650 children in Manitoba live in families under the poverty threshold
  • 29,000 children in Manitoba live in families with annual incomes insufficient for meeting basic needs
  • 29,563 Manitoban children use food banks each month because their families cannot afford to purchase the necessary food they require
  • 59,734 Manitobans accessed Employment and Income Assistance
  • The richest 20% of Manitoban families have more total income than the poorest 60% of the population

The Council says these statistics have not changed significantly since 1989, the year the House of Commons pledged to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. Because of this grim reality, a group of Winnipeg citizens proposes a package of measures they call a “Justice Charter to End Poverty in Manitoba.” They also hold an annual event called the Four Directions Walk to End Poverty in which four contingents begin their walk on the outskirts of town and converge on the Manitoba Legislature. They held their fourth such walk on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011.

Contact the Four Directions Walk Committee by email: fourdirectionswalk@changetheworldmb.ca or by phone (204) 792-3371.

Length: 30 minutes

Broadcast Information:
Shaw TV Channel 9
Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011: 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 9, 2011: 12:30 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011: 4:30 a.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011: 12:30 p.m.

Videographers: Paul S. Graham and Ken Harasym
Editor: Paul S. Graham

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Israel-Palestine: Fear of the Future

November 8, 2011

“Inhuman, immoral and unsustainable” are the words used by Amira Hass to describe what she terms “the State of Israel and the privileges it endows to Jews only, at the expense of Palestinians.”

Hass was at the University of Winnipeg Sept. 30, 2011, to provide a unique perspective on the Palestinian struggle, that of an Israeli Jew, a woman and a journalist for Haaretz, who has lived and worked in either Gaza or the West Bank for the past 17 years. Her visit was sponsored by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East and KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives.

Links:
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
Kairos Canada


Length: 90 minutes on Shaw TV Channel 9, 1 hour, 47 minutes on YouTube
Crew: Camera: Paul S. Graham and Harold Shuster; Editor: Paul S. Graham

Broadcast Information

Shaw TV Channel 9
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011: 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 11, 2011: 12:30 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011: 4:30 a.m. & 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011: 12:30 p.m.

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