From the Canadian Business Ethics Research Network: CBERN Pacific Region Hub: Business Ethics Mapping Project & Workshop, Vancouver, BC Friday, November 20, 2009 Mapping the Business Ethics research interested parties and their areas of interest in British Columbia and the Yukon in natural resources and other sectors. Date: November 20,
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Business & Human Rights in Vancouver: Make your voice heard on Bill C-300
From Fiona at Amnesty. Here’s more info on Bill C-300: Support Bill C-300 Amnesty International is deeply concerned about human rights violations committed directly or indirectly by Canadian mining, oil and gas companies in developing countries. To ensure that Canadian companies respect human rights in developing countries, we need mandatory
Continue readingSeeing Red in the Southwest: Woodstock – no not that one, the other one
Writing for the next week from Woodstock New York while attending the Tenth Annual Woodstock Film Festival.Some of my reviews and reflections will be available on Huffington Post, whose senior editor Stewart Nusbaumer has assisted me with credentialling, etc. I remain hopeful that a Canadian publication will be interested in
Continue readingAdam M On The Front Page: You Get The Best Of Both Worlds, Chill It Out Take It Slow Then We’ll Rock Out This Show
OK. I think the situation has turned out quite nicely. I won’t say I was against an election per se, but I was definitely not gunning for it. What the Liberal Party needed more than an election, more than anything, was a chance to get out of the corner it
Continue readingredjenny: Ending Africa’s Hunger… by funding Monsanto?
More than a billion people eat fewer than 1,900 calories per day. The majority of them work in agriculture, about 60 percent are women or girls, and most are in rural Africa and Asia. Ending their hunger is one of the few unimpeachably noble tasks left to humanity, and we
Continue readingMy Canada Includes Justice: District 9 looks at how we treat the aliens among us
District 9 is one of the rare summer blockbuster films with some depth. It is a fantastical account of a period in earth’s history, beginning 28 years ago, when a giant alien ship appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. A comparison with Independence Day (1996) is tempting, but beyond the ship
Continue readingBusiness & Human Rights in Vancouver: Vancouver event – Canada as Global Citizen: Is Bill C-300 the Answer
Amnesty International – Business & Human Rights Presents: Canada as Global Citizen: Is Bill C-300 the Answer? Tuesday September 8th, 2009 / 6pm SFU Harbour Centre – 7000 Earl & Jennie Lohn Policy Room In our rapidly globalizing world, Canadians are increasingly concerned with corporate, social and environmental responsibility, and
Continue readingSeeing Red in the Southwest: Moving on – Playa memorials for Caleb Schaber
How to remember Caleb Schaber this year at the burn? Playa time being what it is, pick the one you can fit in to your schedule or that helps you to say goodbye:• Bring a “found item” like a piece of wood that he might have painted on to add
Continue readingSeeing Red in the Southwest: BURNcast.TV Presents: In Loving Memory
Burncast Memorial VideoDaBomb of Burncast TV has created a very moving tribute to all the Burners and significant friends who have passed away this year. The music is perfect for this expert arrangement of photos including Caleb. Thanks DaBomb for your very moving project.BURNcast.TV: BURNcast.TV Presents: In Loving MemoryA memorial
Continue readingBusiness & Human Rights in Vancouver: NDP resolution on extractive industries.
This is unofficial, but I have it from a good source (Liz Blackwood, the co-chair of this group) that the NDP has unanimously passed a resolution at their convention for regulating the overseas operations of Canadian extractive industries. If anybody’s wondering, this is good.
Continue readingAdam M On The Front Page: View From the Outside
Have you ever read the New York Times index bio on Stephen Harper? It doesn’t read like anything you’d see in a newspaper here, despite being pretty accurate. Check it out.
Continue readingredjenny: Mass Murder of Women
Bob Herbert: Women at Risk “I actually look good. I dress good, am clean-shaven, bathe, touch of cologne — yet 30 million women rejected me,” wrote George Sodini in a blog that he kept while preparing for this week’s shooting in a Pennsylvania gym in which he killed three women,
Continue readingAdam M On The Front Page: Good News
I’m so glad the recession’s over. I’m taking this news as true, since I believe everything Mark Carney says. That man is a genius. I am also relieved that Canadian versions of food have more salt. I love salt! Woohoo!
Continue readingBusiness & Human Rights in Vancouver: Pictures from the protest of Goldcorp’s support for the military coup in Honduras
I took these pictures today at a protest of Goldcorp’s support of the military coup in Honduras, in front of their head office at 666 Burrard. For more info, check out Rights Action. For broader human rights documentation on Honduras, also see amnesty.org or hrw.org.
Continue readingredjenny: Blame CUPE
Are you tired of blaming fate, the vagaries of nature, or God for your misfortunes? Try blaming CUPE. It’s fun and easy. Here’s an example, provided by the Toronto Sun. CUPE killed summer. That’s right. Summer is dead, and CUPE perpetrated the murder. Try it yourself. Car won’t start? Blame
Continue readingBusiness & Human Rights in Vancouver: Protest the Honduran military coup at Goldcorp’s Vancouver office
No to the Coup! The Canadian government must demand the return of President Zelaya and refuse to recognize the military regime! Canadian mining companies out of Honduras! Reparations for the communities in the Siria Valley! Protest Picket at Goldcorp’s head office:666 Burrard StreetThursday July 23 – 12pmBring your banners!Join us
Continue readingBusiness & Human Rights in Vancouver: Goldcorp supports military coup in Honduras
Here’s an update from Rights Action about Goldcorp’s support of the military coup in Honduras. The whole alert follows: July 8, 2009 GOLDCORP INC. (ENTREMARES) BUSES WORKERS TO PRO-COUP MARCHES FOR INFORMATION FROM HONDURAS, CONTACT: Grahame Russell (Rights Action co-director):info@rightsaction.org, [504] 9630-9507 & 9507-3835 Yesterday, tens of thousands of pro-democracy
Continue readingBusiness & Human Rights in Vancouver: Pictures from the tragic events in Hnduras.
Please see photojournalist James Rodriguez’s photo essay an the tragic events that occurred in Honduras yesterday when President Zelaya tried to land.
Continue readingBusiness & Human Rights in Vancouver: Amnesty: Oil industry has brought poverty and pollution to Niger Delta
Amnesty International has recently released a report documenting environmental damage and poverty brought to Nigeria by the oil industry. They also document how the government is not holding these companies to account.
Continue readingBusiness & Human Rights in Vancouver: Watch Blood Dimaond movie Sunday night.
If you are concerned about human rights, and haven’t yet seen the 2006 movie Blood Diamond with Leonardo Dicaprio. CBC is showing it tomorrow (Sunday) at 9:00 PM. Set in Sierra Leone, it does a pretty good job of examining the ethical issue of diamonds that are extracted to fund
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