Idle No More Quebec is launching this call for solidarity to invite you to publicly demonstrate and to join us! WHEN: Idle No More Demonstration in Montreal – Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 1:00 pm WHERE: Phillips Square, 585 Ste-Catherine Street West, Montreal (in front of the store The Bay)
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Politics, Re-Spun: The Geography of Emotions, A Conversation with Colin Mills
Saturday night, I spent almost two hours discussing the Geography of Emotions with Colin Mills. We explored the ubiquitousness of emotions, the male crisis around emotions, how emotions relate with cognition, and the betweeness of emotions. It was a fascinating conversation about a topic with wide implications for society, culture,
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: A Pinterest is Worth 1,000 Blogs
OK, maybe not, but let’s try this. I’ve been trying to figure out how Pinterest could complement this website. We’ve kicked it around and ended up speechless. Which is appropriate. See below. I was asking the wrong question. And since I slid into Pinterest this week I can see that
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: How Millennials Can Improve Everyone’s Job Satisfaction
Quack. It’s 9am, do you know where your millennial employees are? No? No worries. It’s all good. They’re not factory chickens. People who study characteristics of different generations have some incredibly important things to say about how different groups work. Organizations, however, are typically run by older people with their
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Solidarity with IDLE NO MORE and Chief Theresa Spence
Solidarité avec Chief Theresa Spence & Idle No More / Solidarity with IDLE NO MORE and Chief Theresa Spence *BRING DRUMS AND PERCUSSION* On Friday January 11th, 2013, stand in solidarity with Chief Theresa Spence and all First Nations. January 11, 2013 1-3pm 1001 Place Jean Paul Riopelle Between Square
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Politics, Re-Spun Catches Up with Art for Impact, and Ou(x)po
On December 3, 2012, Politics, Re-Spun’s Kevin Harding spoke with Natalie Gan and Andrew Hawryshkewich about Art for Impact and its ninth show, Ou(x)po, which took place on December 8, 2012 at the Russian Hall. Catch up on Art for Impact and their shows on the podcast, with some Rage Against the
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Listen to the December 2012 Politics, Re-Spun Panel on Human Rights and Consumerism
December 2012′s Politics, Re-Spun panel on Co-op Radio included Julie McArthur, Alnoor Gova, Imtiaz Popat, Anna Davey, Kevin Harding and Stephen Elliott-Buckley discussing: International Human Rights Day, experiencing “My Voice, My Right, My Voice Counts” Over-consumption, just consumption, Christmas consumption, sexism, quality of life, consumption as a proxy for enhancing our relationships and happiness. And we enjoyed
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Why does ArcelorMittal hate Bosnia?
Pollution, people and tombstones in Zenica. Owned by the Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest steel producer—creating some 93 billion USD of revenue as of 2011. Granted, steel is an essential building block of the modern world yet ArcelorMittal’s obscene profit margins do raise the question of
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Idle No More – Montreal, Friday at Noon
****An English version will follow**** FRANÇAIS: 17/12/2012 – Mouvement historique – Les autochtones se réunissent sous la bannière Idle No More pour dénoncer les politiques du gouvernement Harper – Joignez-vous à eux le 21 décembre à Montréal. Suivant l’impulsion d’un mouvement spontané, lancé par le mot-clic #IdleNoMore sur Twitter, des
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Hunger Strike As First Nations Serve Notice
Open letter on behalf of the First Nations leaders to the Right Honourable Governor General David Johnston and the Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper OTTAWA, Dec. 16, 2012 /CNW/ – On behalf of the National Executive of the Assembly of First Nations, we write today regarding an
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: “Three trees and a Mayan Calendar”
Espace les Neuf Soeurs presents: “Three trees and a Mayan Calendar” This Friday November 30 vernissage 5-10 PM Also open Saturday and Sunday 11 AM to 5 Pm *bring kids!* Tree no 1 Artist Arpi is back! He has created a tree using discarded objects as a comment on our
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: À St-Henri, le 26 août – Screening Thursday Night
Great opportunity to see this film and pick up some information about Projet Montreal. From the NFB page– Glide along the boulevards of St-Henri with the charming perpetual motion machines that are this district’s diverse denizens, from the taciturn milkman to resourceful Doris the gleaner to a group of fashion-forward
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: New David Fennario Play – Motherhouse
Don’t forget yer pots and pans! (en français ci-dessous) DAVID FENNARIO’S LATEST PLAY – A PERFORMANCE IN THE POINT FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY You are cordially invited to share an afternoon with David Fennario performing his latest play “Motherhouse”, a 65-minute story about the women workers of the
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: New Mural In Ville Emard
Murale de l’Arche Montréal : un projet inspirant qui réunit des graffiteurs et des personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle New mural at 6115 Jogues, looks to be on the side of the presbytery of St-Jean-Damascène. Before And After And here is the city blurb. Montréal, le 6 novembre 2012 –
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Art And Pasta In Verdun November 10
It’s a fundraiser for Projet Montreal. We need to get the corrupt parties out of our city and this is a great chance to contribute to the campaign, get to know what’s going on, eat some fine food, maybe purchase a beautiful work of art by a local artist, or
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: New Play From Point Saint Charles Community Theatre
Just a reminder that our play “Kiss the Bride” Opens in just a little more than a week – November 9th 2012 Please note that our performance for Friday, November 16th is now SOLD OUT If you plan to attend and have not reserved as of yet, please visit our web
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: Good News For Griffintown Horse Palace
MONTRÉAL – mercredi 24 octobre 2012 (english below) – L’avenir du Horse Palace de Griffintown semble mieux assuré avec l’annonce jeudi dernier de l’intention de la Ville de Montréal d’acheter l’enclos devant l’écurie Horse Palace en vue de son aménagement en espace vert. La présidente de la Fondation du Horse
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: WTSP Zombie Halloween Weekend!
October 26 at 8:00pm until October 29 at 5:00am 6011b Avenue Du Parc, Montreal Public Event · By Soapbox Screamer Mundafar and Jay Mana-fesOctober 26 at 8:00pm until October 29 at 5:00 As the We The Sheep People collaborative expands it brings you a new art space/café in Mile End
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: A Thanksgiving Gift from Baseball
Pat Neshek of the Oakland Athletics looks to the sky as he touches the patch with the letters “GJN” on it after he recorded the final out of the bottom of the seventh inning against the Detroit Tigers during Game 1 of the American League Division Series at Comerica Park
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Largest Workplace Charitable Campaign in Canada – Video
Public Servants remain concerned about the future during these difficult economic times. But we know equally that we consistently find a way to set our personal concerns aside and make helping others in need our priority during the annual campaign. ..
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