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January Newsletter
January Events
Tuesday, January 7th: Intervention Writing Workshop
with the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)

Community members are invited to participate in the Intervention Writing Workshop with CELA to intervene on BXWT's license request to manufacture uranium oxide pellets at the Monaghan Rd facility.

January 7th, 2020 @ 6-8 pm
Beth Israel Synagogue
775 Weller Street
Free event

 More info at www.nopellets.ca or carnptbo@gmail.com
KWIC 30th Annual General Meeting

Thursday, Jan 16th in Hobbs Library, Sadleir House, 751 George Street

6pm: Appreciation & AGM Business with refreshments
7pm: Intersections of Mining, Climate Change, and
 Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas
with special guests
Catherine Coumans, PhD: Research Coordinator, MiningWatch Canada
Shaelyn Wabegijig: BA, Indigenous Studies/Philosophy, Trent University
Moderator: James Wilkes, IESS Instructor, Trent University/PhD Candidate, Queen’s
 
For more details, please visit:
/kwic.info/kwic-30th-agm
https://www.facebook.com/events/518351268781002/

This is a free event, welcoming donations at the door.
We hope you will join us.

Saturday, January 18th @ 2pm to 4pm
Launch of Climate-Change Website with Curve Lake First Nation Elder and Knowledge Keeper, Dorothy Taylor

Tell a loved one in the future why you are concerned about the climate crisis and what you are doing to reduce its impact. This experience also encourages connections with all living creatures based on Indigenous knowledge.

Web address: www.Kinagdigwendaagininaanig.ca  and www.ToAllOurRelatives.ca
Sponsors: For Our Grandchildren and the Sacred Water Circle
Contact: Linda Slavin, 705-745-5503   lslavin100@gmail.com

Please take time to visit this website and enter the message you want – hopeful and loving, personal and political - for your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, friends and neighbours, even your future self. 
 
She will explore the name and what it means for those of us concerned with the fate of the planet.  Also there will be a time for writing that note to a loved one, or taking a photo to put on the web to explain why you are concerned about the climate crisis and what you are doing.  Get inspiration from others present. 
Join us at Trinity Church Hall, off Simcoe St. 2pm to 4pm

TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY…ALL WELCOME!
Join KWIC and friends at the annual ReFrame Film Festival
for post-screening discussion of Artifishal

"A look at the challenges ecologists and conservationists face in the lucrative salmon-hatchery industry.

A call-to-action doc about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. The film explores wild salmon’s slide towards extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature.

Following the screening of Artifishal, there will be a hosted discussion about how this salmon story connects to this watershed. The Otonabee River was home to the salmon nation until about 180 years ago."
Save the Dates
Tuesday, February 4th @ 5-6pm
Global Community Network Round Table
The Global Community Network round table is for NGO's, students, academics and volunteers engaged in international development and/or global citizenship activities.
Focus: Introductions, Projects, Federal funding/priorities.
Hosted by KWIC in conjunction with International Development Week 2020.
For more information, contact roohina@kwic.info or visit www.kwic.info.
Light refreshments. Suggested $5/person or pwyc.
 

Friday, February 21st @ 7-8:30pm | Saturday, February 22 @ 10-3pm 
Cultivating Resistance: Diverse economic responses to climate chaos 
with popular educator and academic, Chris Cavanagh
Hobbs Library in Sadleir House,
751 George St N, Peterborough
  
Grounded in a collective understanding that a capitalist economic system has driven the current climate crisis, these events invite us to imagine sustainable, socially and environmentally just economic systems in which everyone contributes and thrives.
Using popular economic theory and praxis, participants will discuss and engage with diverse ways of economic understanding and collectively explore better ways forward.

Feb 21st: $15/pwyc | Feb 22nd: $35 includes lunch OR Combined ticket: $40 for Feb 21/22.
Workshop registration is limited to 25 people.
Bursaries will be available.
Registration details coming soon! 
Community Events
For other KWIC and upcoming Community Events, please visit the Community Social Justice Events Calendar at calendar/month
Save the Dates - Details to come
  • Feb 2-8: International Development Week
    • KWIC Open House – Details to come.
  • Feb 27: Refugee Journalists in Canada with James Cullingham (Gzowski College)
  • Mar 8: International Women’s Day 2020 Free Community Celebration IWD 2020
  • April: Screening of EARTH: Seen from the Heart featuring Robin Wall Kimmerer
For other KWIC and upcoming Community Events, please visit the Community Social Justice Events Calendar at calendar/month
Year-End Appeal
December 13th, 2019 to January 10th, 2020
A Message from Carmela Valles, KWIC Board Director

Dear friends,
As a Trent International student from the Philippines, I found a place of belonging at KWIC. My academic life was enriched by the opportunities KWIC provided to me through their programs, events, volunteer roles, and leadership presence on campus. As an international student, I was able to see more of the community through my engagement with KWIC.

Over the years, I continued to appreciate KWIC's ongoing collaborative work to build a more welcoming and inclusive community, through innovative education programs exploring important global important issues from different perspectives, amplifying voices and experiences not always heard in public discourse. 
Now as a volunteer board member and chair of KWIC's fundraising committee, I have a deeper appreciation for our small passionate staff and committed volunteers, and the vitality of KWIC in our community: KWIC connects our community to the world through local initiatives.

I'm asking you to join me on the occasion of KWIC's 30th anniversary to help us make out 30K fundraising target by making a charitable donation, especially needed at this time of funding changes and uncertainty.  Please consider a monthly donation of $30.00, a one-time gift, or perhaps a legacy gift. 
Donations can be made through Canada Helps (button below) and by writing a cheque to Kawartha World Issues Centre, PO Box 895, Peterborough, ON K9J 7A2.

Sincerely and with best wishes during this holiday season,
Carmela Valles, Volunteer, KWIC Board of Directors | Chair, KWIC Fundraising Committee
Please consider a new year charitable tax donation
to support KWICs work with our community.

Help us reach our 30K fundraising goal for our 30th anniversary!

We appreciate your support!
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