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Network News - Connexions #45 (Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 1987)

Canadian Peace Education News
The Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development is beginning the production of a national quarterly, the Canadian Peace Education News, on behalf of the Canadian Peace Educators Network. The publication will share information, resources, ideas, and discuss problems and issues, related to implementing education on peace and security in the formal educational systems. Individual subscriptions will be $18; bulk rates are negotiable.

West Word Three
West Cost Women and Words in sponsoring its third annual summer school/writing retreat for women, on August 9 to August 22, 1987, in Vancouver. For more information write to West Word Three, Box 65563, Station F, Vancouver, B.C. V6N 4B0, or phone (604) 872-8014.

Standin' the Gaff
The Canadian Popular Theatre Alliance and the International Festival of Popular Theatre are presenting Standin' the Gaff, an international conference in Sydney, Nova Scotia, May 20-30, 1987. Performers include Sistren from Jamaica, Aloke Ray of India, Teocayani of Nicaragua, a Southern African group and others. Development educators may apply to a travel fund. Registration forms: Standin' the Gaff, P.O. Box 1796, Sydney, N.S. B1P 6W4.

Prairie Windbreak
Prairie Windbreak is a training session on development education for the prairie region being held in Ft. Qu'Appelle on June 26-28, 1987. Contact: 1602 - 12th Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0L6.

CANDU for New Brunswick?
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is asking for help in fighting the proposed Lepreau II nuclear plant. The plant will only go ahead with substantial financing from the federal government, and Energy Minister Marcel Masse has indicated that a decision on this commitment will come before the end of May. If approved, Lepreau will be the first North American nuclear reactor sold since 1978. Call the CCNB at (506) 458-8747.

Canadian Environmental Network Meeting
The Canadian Environmental Network is holding its annual meeting on May 8 - 11, near Ottawa. This year's theme is "Action for a Sustainable Society". The agenda revolves around three subthemes: Conservation, Jobs and the Environment, and Pollution Problems. Contact: Canadian Environmental Network, P.O. Box 1289, Station B, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6.

A Close Call
A Close Call is a play about environmental activism in the eighties. Its creators, Jackie Moad and Laurie Gourlay, wrote it to give expression to the movement's quirks, visions, foibles, passions and hopes. They welcome any organizations that might wish to use the play in community development, peace, justice or environmental endeavours. To obtain a copy of the script, write to A Close Call, 1 Susan Ave., London, Ont. N5V 2G1 and enclose $3 for printing and mailing (no charge if you are broke).

Mutual Aid Community
The Mutual Aid Community of Toronto is interested in starting one or more co-op housing projects, and welcomes anyone who would like to participate. For more info call (416) 928-2144.

Day of Mourning
Every year, more than 1,000 Canadian workers are killed on the job. Thousands more are permanently disabled. Hundreds of thousands are injured. Thousands of others die from cancer, lung disease, and other ailments caused by exposure to toxic substances at their workplace. April 28 of each year has been chosen by the Canadian Labour Congress as a Day of Mourning for these victims of workplace accidents and disease. The CLC urges that it be a day to remember the supreme sacrifice they have been forced in order to earn a living, and a day to renew pressure on governments for tougher occupational health and safety standards. CLC Labour Councils are organizing local events observing the Day of Mourning. If your local union wants to organize an event in areas remote from city centres, please write as soon as possible for an information and organization kit to CLC Workplace Health and Safety, 2841 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1V 8X7.

National Inquiry on Homelessness
The Canadian Council on Social Development, in conjunction with the International Year for the Homeless, is conducting a national inquiry on homelessness in Canada from March through June. During these months, ten provincial workshops will be conducted to provide a forum for homeless people, governmental and non-governmental agencies, churches, professionals, and the public. Contact: MaryAnn McLaughlin, Project Co-ordinator, Canadian Council of Social Development, P.O. Box 3505, Station C, 55 Parkdale Ave., Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4G1, (613) 728-1865.

Canadian Mining in Philippines
The Asia-Pacific People's Environment Network (APPEN) says that residents of Marinduque Province in the Philippines have since 1981 been faced with the pollution of their major fishing areas and rich coral reefs. As a result, more than 1,000 fishermen have been forced to undergo misery as their fishing ground is no longer safe for fishing. According to APPEN, the problem started in 1975 when a Canadian mining firm, Marcopper Mining Corporation, a subsidiary of Placer Development Corporation in Vancouver, started dumping copper mining tailings into Calancan Bay. Marcopper has been polluting Calancan Bay with Toxic chemicals including cyanide, mercury, and cadmium. APPEN requests that Canadians apply pressure on the corporation to rehabilitate the Bay as soon as possible. They also ask for help in finding a Canadian Expert who could assist them by coming to the Philippines to do a study and recommend measures for the regeneration of the Bay. For more information contact V.C. Mohan, APPEN, c/o Sahabat Alam Malaysia, 37, Lorong Birch, Penang, West Malaysia, or, Sr. Ma. Aida Velasquez, Luzon Co-ordinator, Lingkod Tao-Kalikasan, 2466 Leon Guinto, P.O. Box 3153, Manila, Philippines.

Women Living Under Muslim Laws
The International Solidarity Network of Women Living Under Muslim Laws was formed in response to situations in which women have faced severe discrimination in countries with Muslim laws. One of the network's current priorities is to help divorced women who are denied access to their children. The network asks for help in its work. Contact: Reseau international de solidarite, 34980 Combaillaux (Montpelier) France.

Peoples' Action Coalition
The Peoples' Action Coalition (see CX 3167) is defunct. The PAC tapes are still available through One Sky, 134 Avenue F South, Saskatoon, Sask. S7M 1S8.

General Electric Boycott
INFACT, the citizen's group that led the successful seven-year boycott of Nestle products, has called for a consumer boycott of General Electric for its role in the arms race. GE was chosen as a target because it makes more parts for nuclear weapons systems (MX missiles, Trident submarines, etc.) than any other firm. GE was the first contractor to be indicted for defrauding the Pentagon, has a lobbying staff of 120 in Washington, and makes the neutron generator trigger for every H bomb in the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

Canadian Women's Archives
Correction: The Spring 1986 issue of the Connexions Digest contained some out-dated info about the Canadian Women's Archives. The Archives' Address is now 455 Spadina Ave., Ste. 215, Toronto Ontario M5S 2G8. Since 1972 the Canadian Women's Movement Archives has been preserving material on the women's movement in Canada from 1960 to the present. They have files on over 1500 women's organizations, 600 women's periodicals and collections of buttons, posters, T-shirts and ephemera. The Archives open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday, is part of an international network of alternative archives, set up to ensure the preservation of material on women's history. It also has a small library to help researchers. Women's groups are asked to send copies of their materials to the Archives.

Death Penalty
The Coalition Against The Return of the Death Penalty warns that pressure to bring back the death penalty in Canada is building in Parliament. The coalition urges people to support continued abolition by writing to their members of parliament, with copies to Mulroney and the Minister of Justice Minister, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0A6. For more information on the coalition, contact Jack Friesen Quaker Committee on Jails and Justice, 60 Lowther Ave., Toronto, Ont. M5R 1C7 (416)922-6128.

Talent Bank of Feminist Cartoonists
Women who would like to be included are invited to submit their names, addresses, and a sample of their work to Susan de Rosa, c/o Communiquelles, 3585 St. Urbain Street, Montreal H2X 2N6. The bank will be accessible to feminist magazines and associations across Canada.

Project for Environmental Priorities
The Project For Environmental Priorities (PEP) of Toronto is gathering its energies for another provincial election and needs your participation and support. The requirements for being a participating group in PEP are simple - time, energy, money or any combination of the three. All PEP meetings are in Toronto. If you can't make the meetings but want to keep informed or want further info about becoming a sponsoring group, call or write: Kirk Roberts, P. O. Box 125, Stn P, Toronto M5S 2Z7 (416) 588-3843.

Community Arts Resource Centre
Second Look Community Arts Resource Centre of Toronto is looking for volunteers to help run programs, and financial help to continue their work. If you are interested in getting involved in popular theatre, please call (416) 924-0101.

Environment Directories
The Ontario Environment Network is working on a directory of environmental spokespeople, arranged by area of expertise, to be used by the media in locating appropriate sources quickly. The second part of this project will give environmental groups an Ontario-wide list of media contacts. Another project being planned is a directory of federal and provincial agencies, boards and commissions concerned with environment issues. All the directories will be available in print and electronic form. Contact: Ontario Environment Network, P.O. Box 125, Station P, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Z7, (416) 588-3843.

Magpie River Project
The environmental group, Friends of the Magpie, is opposing the Magpie River Project which it says would send toxic chemicals into Lake Superior with the threat of irreversible environmental damage. The proposed project would see Great Lakes Power Limited building dams on the Magpie River, thereby flooding areas which are heavily contaminated with large amounts of toxic chemicals. The areas to be flooded would come within the extensive "fume kill" created by emissions from iron ore smelting activities in Wawa. A significant portion of this area is devoid of life. Friends of the Magpie says that the flooding would bring these chemicals into Lake Superior. For more information contact Friends of the Magpie, c/o David MacLachlan, P.O. Box 1890, Wawa, Ontario P0S 1K0, (705) 856-2753.

Women in Science, Technology, and Medicine in Developing Countries
Managua, Nicaragua, will be the host of the Central American Conference on Women in Science, Technology and Medicine in Developing Countries on August 24 - 28, 1987. The conference will discuss the experiences, prospects, and strategies of women in science in developing countries. The focus will be on women in Central America, but participants are invited from other parts of the world. Each participant from a developed country is asked to pay a registration fee of $50. Following the conference, an optional tour of Nicaragua will be provided at a reasonable extra charge. Contact Prof. Ann Hibner Koblitz, Department of History, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02181, U.S.A.

Outside the Nuclear Club
A conference on the theme Outside the Nuclear Club: Options for Non-Nuclear Power in Promoting Peace and Security, will be held at York University, Toronto, on June 10 - 13, 1987. Contact Office of the Master, 258E Atkinson, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3.

Reproductive Hazards
Reproductive Hazards: Are You at Risk?, by WOSH/Women Working, is a 23-page booklet designed as a practical guide to reproductive hazards for working women. It includes information of identifying the hazards and taking action. It is available to individuals and unions at $4 a copy, and to institutions and businesses at $6 a copy from WOSH/Working Women, 1109 Windsor, Ontario N8W lB3, (519) 254-4192.

Vancouver Society on Immigrant Women
The B.C. Task Force on Immigrant Women has changed its name to the Vancouver Society on Immigrant Women. They can be reached at 104 - 1045 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. V6H 1E2, (604) 734-8386.

Waste Management Conference
The 9th Canadian Conference on Waste Management will be held Oct. 7, 8, and 9, 1987 in Edmonton at the Westin Hotel. On Oct. 5 & 6, there will be site visits to Swan Hills Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility. For more details, contact Chem-Security, John S. Richardson, 1323 44th Ave. NE, Calgary T2E 6L5 (403)250-3742.

Mayworks
Mayworks '87, a Festival of Working People and the Arts, will be held May 1 to 10 in Toronto. The organizing committee is looking for volunteers to help with the event. For more info call Katie Pellizzari (416) 651-9676.

Pest or Guest
Pest or Guest is a booklet from the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC) which gives practical information on how to control everything from aphids to wasps in the garden, and ants to whiteflies in the home, using alternative forms of pest control. Sections on beneficial insects, weeds, and making barriers, sprays, and rinses. 32 pages, from SPEC, 2150 Maple St., Vancouver B.C. V6J 3T3, (604) 736-7732.

Our Nuclear Backyard
The Kootenay Centre for a Sustainable Future is holding a conference on Our Nuclear Backyard: A Conference About Hanford. For conference information contact Sandra Harline, Hanford Conference Co-ordinator, Box 727, Nelson B.C. V1L 5R4, (604) 352-9871.

Women and Wellbeing Conference
A conference called Women and Wellbeing will be held on Nov. 6, 7 and 8, 1987 at Westin Hotel in Winnipeg. The conference is sponsored by Canadian Research Institute For The Advancement of Women (CRIAW) and will focus on the ways that women have learned to strengthen and protect their own wellbeing and that of others. For more info, call conference planners at (204) 949-1653.

Arts and Communication Directory
The Toronto Arts & Communication Directory 1987 will soon be available from the World Society For Arts And Communications (WSAC). WSAC, which is committed to "linking communities through arts and communications" produces a newsletter and plans to start publishing a tabloid called World Beam sometime this year. Details about these publications can obtained by writing to WSAC, P. O. Box 1174, Stn. A, Toronto M5E 1G6.

Community Switchboard
Questions about social change activities in Toronto? Want to spread the word about your group's next event? Call Community Switchboard (416)928-2144.

Self-Help Groups
The Metropolitan Toronto Self-Help Clearinghouse is updating its directory of self-help, mutual aid groups for metropolitan Toronto. Groups interested in being included can add their names by calling (416) 978-3270 or by writing to: Metropolitan Toronto Self-Help Clearinghouse, 246 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1.

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Collected for, but not published in, Volume 11, #1

Energy Probe seeks volunteers
Energy Probe welcomes word processors as regular volunteers for editing and entering (using Wordstar). Training on the job as necessary. For more information, please call Sue Zielinski at 978-7014.

Industrial Fluoride Pollution
The Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC) has produced a new video on the sources and effects of industrial flouride pollution. Available in VHS or Beta from SPEC at 2150 Maple St., Vancouver, B.C. V6J 3T3 for $35.

AlterNET
AlterNET is a Canadian non-profit organization created to facilitate information-sharing among people working for a better world. They are working with other organizations to promote the development of an international network of local computer communications centres. AlterNET operates an Ottawa-based computer communications system, and is willing to assist other organizations in setting up similar systems elsewhere. AlterNET asks others involved in computer networking to keep them informed of developments in your community or elsewhere. Contact: AlterNET, P.O. Box 2206, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5W4. Phone: Voice: (613) 224-8588 or 231-2977. Computer: (613) 230-9519 (300 or 1200 baud, No Parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit)--24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Compiled by Ulli Diemer. Connexions Collective members and volunteers for Volume 11, Number 1 (Spring 1987): Ulli Diemer, Guylaine Spencer, Elizabeth Wall, Corinne Dixon, Lucinda Cooke, Ted Dyment, Andrew Waldie, Elaine Farragher, Elgin Blair, Eric Mills, Rosalie Smith, Nick Stahl, Eric Walmsley, Bob Bettson, Karl Amdur.

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Network News - Connexions Digest #46 (Volume 11, Number 2, Summer 1987)

Anti-Authoritarian Listing
An effort is being made to compile a list of anti-authoritarian contacts in Canada, which will be distributed here and internationally. A first tentative directory is planned for October, with an updated one to appear in January 1988. Anyone wishing to be listed is asked to write to Chaotic Distribution, P.O. Box 15642, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5B4. Be sure to specify the name you want on the list, a way of being contacted, and if you are writing for a group or project, a few words about what you do. Donations are gratefully accepted, although no fee is required. Help in distributing the directory is also solicited.
This "Canadian Black Book" will include the following types of projects and individuals: Anarchist and any of its tendencies, libertarian Marxist (Situationist, Council Communist, etc.), Direct Actionists, (A.L.F. Support Groups, etc.), Radical Pagan, Bio-Regionalist, Prisoner Support/Prison Abolition, Traditional Native and their support groups. It will also include significant others like bookstores that regularly carry libertarian literature, as well as a much shorter list of U.S. and international contacts.

Victims of psychiatry experiments
Anti-psychiatry activist Don Weitz is planning to present a petition to Parliament this fall asking for compensation payments to patients experimented on by Dr. Ewen Cameron in the 1950's and early 1960's. The experiments were co-funded by the CIA and Canada's Department of Health and Welfare, and were performed without patients' consent in Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute. Those interested in circulating the petition may contact Don Weitz at 100 Bain Avenue, 27 the Maples, Toronto, Ontario M4K 1E8.

Inequities in Canadian health
The National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO) has received funding to review literature produced by community-based organizations referring to inequities in Canadian health. NAPO is asking for copies of materials (studies, policy motions, newsletters, briefs, etc.) which make any reference to health inequity. Please send to NAPO, 456 Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5Z4. For further information please call (613) 234-3332.

CRIAW bank of researchers
The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women is accepting applications from researchers who wish to be registered with their new Bank of Researchers. The Bank is a national computerized database of resumes of feminist researchers; potential users include government agencies, independent researchers requiring assistance in a project, schools, unions, private businesses and community groups. If you wish to be listed, write to CRIAW, 151 Slater, Suite 408, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H3 or call (613) 563-0681 and ask for a registration form.

Peace Videos
The Public Education for Peace Society has designed a peace education program for junior high school students. The program consists of a video called Learning Peace and a print package called Conflict and Change. The material has been tested in seven British Columbia schools. Included are lesson plans and helpful commentary on implementing the program. For more information, call (604) 522-1123, or write to Public Education for Peace Society, Box 2320, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 5A5.

Animal Liberation Front
On January 19, 1987, five people were arrested in Toronto for allegedly spray-painting a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet. Afterwards, the police added a variety of other, much more serious charges, to the initial mischief charges. The people charged believe that the police are out to "deal harshly with these five men and women, as a supposed deterrent to the rest of the animal activist community". They have been charged with a number of other previous actions taken by animal liberation activists. The bail conditions imposed on some of those charged forbid them to communicate in any way with each other. To fight the charges, the defendants have been forced to spend a good deal of money on lawyers' fees, and are asking for financial support. Donations may be sent to Mary Bartley, Barrister and Solicitor, 11 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5R 1B2. Please note on your cheque: Toronto Animal Rights Defence Fund in Trust.
The Animal Liberation Front Support Group can be reached at P.O. Box 915, Station F, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2N9.

Archbishop Adolphe Proulx
Bishop Adolphe Proulx, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Gatineau-Hull, drowned on July 22. Bishop Proulx was the chairperson of the Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America (ICCHRLA) and a member of the Commission of Social Affairs of the Canadian Conference Bishops. As a human rights advocate, Bishop Proulx frequently participated in personal and written representations to the Canadian government. ICCHRLA said that "in his life and in his work Bishop Proulx was an inspiring example of Christian compassion and dedication to the cause of the oppressed. He did not spare himself in his active commitment to human rights and social justice issues in Canada and in other countries throughout the world." "The best memorial we can give Bishop Proulx", said William Fairbairn, ICCHRLA's associate director, "is to renew our commitment to the ongoing struggle to create more just and caring societies throughout the world."

International Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Tour
The Leonard Peltier Human Rights Fund and the African National Congress are organizing an International Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Tour to connect the struggles of the indigenous peoples of South Africa and North America. They are asking other organizations to endorse the following statements: "Whereas: We recognize that Leonard Peltier was extradited from Canada to the United States on the basis of falsified affidavits and subsequently convicted after a trial in which the government admits key evidence was suppressed and witnesses perjured themselves, and Whereas: Nelson Mandela, recognized throughout South Africa and the world as leader of the African National Congress and the foremost representative of the struggling people, has been unjustly imprisoned for more than 25 years by the racist South African government. Be It Resolved that We deplore the extradition of Mr. Leonard Peltier to the United States from Canada in 1976 on the basis of false information filed with a Canadian court by American authorities, and call upon the government of Canada to seek the return of Mr. Peltier to Canada and the annulment of all extradition proceedings in this regard. And, be it further Resolved We call for the immediate, unconditional release of Nelson Mandela and all prisoners of apartheid. The International Indigenous People's Solidarity Tour can be reached at 456 Spadina Avenue, 2nd floor, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2G8, (416) 961-4704. It is asking for volunteers to help with local events; groups and organizations to endorse the tour goals; financial contributions; help with publicity for the tour; distribution of information packets; writing your M.P. Some tour dates are still available if you wish to organize a local event. The tour will be in Saskatchewan Sept. 12 - 14, Sudbury September 27 - 28, Ottawa September 30, October 1, Montreal October 3 - 5, Kingston October 6, Toronto October 7 - 10, Guelph October 8, Peterborough October 11, Six Nations October 12.

Anarchist Conference
The third in a series of continental anarchist conferences is being planned for June 17 - 20, 1988 in Toronto, hosted by the Anarchist Circle. They are calling it 'A Survival Gathering' with the theme of survival of the Earth, survival of women, survival of indigenous cultures, survival of the anarchist movement, survival as individuals in an alienated, competitive and harsh society. The conference organizers say that "communities are the root of our survival" and that therefore much of the gathering will be based on communities and their projects. Topics already suggested are alternative radio, prisons, women's health, security, gay and lesbian and print media. For more information write P.O. Box 435, Station P, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S9, or call (416) 928-2144.

Human Rights in Eastern Europe and the USSR
The Human Rights Internet has announced the publication of its Human Rights Internet Directory: Eastern Europe and the USSR. This is the fourth in Internet's directory series. The volume describes over 200 Eastern European or Soviet "unofficial" and "approved" human rights organizations. It also describes organizations throughout the world which monitor human rights developments in Eastern Europe and the USSR. Entries contain information about the origin, purposes and activities of the organization, publications, etc. The volume is extensively indexed. It available for $30 for Human Rights Internet, Harvard Law School, Pound Hall, Room 401, Cambridge MA 02138, U.S.A. (617) 495-9924.

Appeal for Peace in Nicaragua
Non-Intervention in Central America (NICA) and Tools for Peace are participating in a joint effort to put pressure on the U.S. government to change its policy in Nicaragua. They are asking Canadians to send letters to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney urging him to publicly oppose further U.S. military activity in the region, and to press the Canadian government to increase aid to Nicaragua. NICA also needs financial support to continue its work. Donations can be sent to NICA, Box 850, Station P, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Z2.

Haitian Experience
Haitian Experience is an opportunity for those 16 or older to experience work in Haiti. Haitian Experience is led by two Catholic high school teachers, and takes place over the March school break. An information/application package is available for $5 from Haitian Experience, 461 Marf Ave., Mississauga, Ontario L5G 1T4.

Alternative News Indices
The Alternative News Indices Project is working to create a national of coalition of groups, organizations, and individuals who want to see socially relevant and meaningful information included on a regular, routine basis in the national news media. It is focussed specifically on the indices which are carried on evening news programs, such as the stock market index, precious metals prices, U.S. and Canadian dollar exchange rates, consumer price index, etc. It would like to develop, and persuade the media to carry, alternative indices which are more relevant to social reality and ordinary people. Indices which have been suggested are a "National Poverty Index", showing in composite form "the number of Canadians living below the poverty line, set in relation to the number of Canadians living in opulent affluence"; an Ecology/Environmental Poison Index indicating factors such as deforestation, soil erosion, and lethal poisons in food and water; and a world militarization/development index which would measure military spending against development spending. For more information contact Alternative News Index Project, c/o The Centre for Communication, Culture, and Society, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6.

Save the Khutzeymateen
The Khutzeymateen Valley is a magnificent and remote coastal area of British Columbia. The 39,000 hectare valley is one of the last wild habitats of the grizzly bear. A B.C. government-appointed wilderness advisory committee has recommended that logging be allowed in the valley. Critics say that this would irreversibly disrupt the grizzlies' habitat and damage the ecological balance of marine and animal life. They ask people to write to federal Environment Minister Tom McMillan (House of Commons, Ottawa K1A 1G2) and B.C. Minister of Environment and Parks Bruce Strachan (Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4) to support the preservation of this important natural area. For more information contact Valhalla Wilderness Society, Box 224, New Denver, B.C. V0G 1S0, or Friends of Ecological Reserves, Box 1721, Station E, Victoria, B.C. V8W 2Y1.

Wingspread Conference Proceedings
The Acid Rain Foundation has announced the publication of Proceedings from the September 1986 Wingspread Conference. The 610 page book, Acid Rain: 1986, A Handbook for States and Provinces: Research, Information, Policy contains information on U.S. and Canadian programs. Also included are resource materials from a variety of organizations. The cost is $55 U.S. from The Acid Rain Foundation, 1630 Blackhawk Hills, St. Paul, MN 55122, U.S.A. A catalogue is also available.

Excellence in Alternative Journalism
The Goodwin's Foundation has announced the winner of its first annual Award for Excellence in Alternative Journalism. The winners were Roy Johnstone and Wendell MacLaine of New Maritimes. Their article, "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" dealt with Litton Industries' failed attempt to set up an arms factory on Prince Edward Island. (A companion article on the issue by Roy Johnstone appeared in the Spring issue of Connexions.) Submissions for the best article for 1987 are now being accepted (the deadline is December 31, 1987). Another category, that of best publication, may be added this year. Alternative periodicals are asked to add Goodwin's to their mailing list. The foundation is also considering the publication of a book of Canada's top censored stories, and is asking for stories that the mainstream media refused to print. For more information contact Goodwin's Foundation, Box 1043, Station B, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5R1.

John Damien Educational Trust
A John Damien Educational Trust is being established to commemorate the memory of John Damien, who died recently after a long struggle for justice after being fired from his job for being gay. For information about the trust contact John Damien Educational Trust, 7 Laurier Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4X 1S2.

World Rainforest Week
Organizers of World Rainforest Week are calling for a boycott of Coca Cola. They say that Coca Cola and its corporate partners have purchased large tracts of rainforest in Brazil and Belize for their Minute Maid plantations. Once these areas are cleared of trees they can sustain agriculture for only a very few years, because the ecology is unable to support this kind of use. The result is erosion and the disappearnance of topsoil, and the rainforest is unable to regenerate itself in such areas. The organizers of World Rainforest Week point out that rainforests are home to half the world's plant and animal species, and the home of native peoples who have lived in harmony with the area for many generations. For more informaiton contact World Rainforest Week c/o Box 6326, Station A, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1P7.

Canadian Tribute to Human Rights
The Canadian Tribute to Human Rights is a monument to be erected in Ottawa on Elgin Street. The intent of the Tribute is to "mark through artistic, inspirational and tangible form the historic struggles and continuing efforts of the people of Canada and of all nations to obtain and preserve human rights." The Canadian Tribute to Human Rights Inc. is a non-profit organization of people based in Ottawa, with support committees in major centres across Canada. If you or your organization would like to get involved or to make a donation, please call (613) 745-9323 or write to Box 510, Station B, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5P6.

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Items collected for but not published in Volume 11, Number 2:

Conference on Human Rights in Latin America
To be held on November 20 - 22nd, the First Conference on Human Rights in Latin America will feature written, video, and audio documented testimony as well as special guests direct from several Latin American countries. According to publicity for the conference, the emphasis will not be on "gruesome truths" but on doing something about them. Contact the conference at P.O. Box 308, Station L, Toronto M6E 4Z2, (416) 927-8009.

Right to Environmental Quality
A conference on The Right to Environmental Quality: An Emerging Right will be held in Quebec City from September 30 to October 3, Contact (418) 656-5219.

Nuclear Weapons Free Canada
A Nuclear Weapons Free Canada: The Possible Dream, is the theme of Operation Dismantle's 10th anniversary conference October 24 in Ottawa. Speakers include Muriel Duckworth, Mary Simon (Inuit Circumpolar Conference), Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley, Barrie Zwicker, Patrick Watson, Robert Hurst, Marion Dewar, George Erasmus, Ernie Regehr, George Ignatieff. For information contact Operation Dismantle, P.O. Box 3887, Station C, Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4M5, (613) 722-6001.

National Farm Women's Conference
The third national farm women's conference will be held in Saskatoon November 12 - 13, 1987. Conference goals are to increase Canadian farm women's knowledge of key agricultural issues; to encourage positive and united action by farm women on behalf of Canadian agriculture, and the status of farm women; to encourage women to undertake leadership roles and develop organizational and other skills which would improve the status of farm women. For more information contact National Farm Women's Conference, Room 105, Kirk Hall, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. S7N 0W0.

Healthy Ontario
Healthy Ontario 2000 is a conference sponsored by the Ontario Public Health Association, to be held November 15 - 18 in Toronto. This professional conference will be part of the 38th annual Educational and Scientific Meeting of the Ontario Public Health Association. Guest speakers, discussion panels, and participatory workshops are planned to help participants understand, address, and act upon the world Health Organization's challenge to the health field, and to meet the social challenges of health. For information contact Ontario Public Health Association, c/o Ronald Labonte, Toronto Department of Public Health, 7th floor, East Tower, City Hall, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2N2.

Wholistic Health Conference
The first annual conference of the Canadian Coalition of Wholistic Health Organisations will be held in Toronto on November 7, 1987. The conference "will bring together a diversity and a wide scope of organizations and individuals who share concerns regarding preventive, holistic and community health care." There will be lectures and workshops, and speakers will discuss an assortment of health issues, including nutrition, specific and complementary medicine therapies, and the need to re-organize our health care system. For more information contact the Canadian Coalition of Wholistic Health Organisations, 1644 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C., (604) 736-6499.

CRIAW Conference
The 1987 conference of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW) will take place November 6, 7, and 8, at the Westin Hotel in Winnipeg. The conference will explore the theme "Women and Wellbeing". Presentations will include research and thinking on ways that women have learned to strengthen and protect their own wellbeing and that of others, and on directions for future movement in this direction.

Media for Social Change
Media for Social Change, a public relations handbook, is now available from Connexions. The handbook was written for community workers and social change activists whose work depends on communicating effectively with the public.
If it's important for you to get your message across, this book will show you how to:
Write a news release
Hold a press conference
Deal with "trap questions"
Create public service announcements
It will also show you how to create your own low-cost newsletters, posters, videos, etc.
Included in the handbook is a directory of Toronto media, and names and addresses of places where you can get training, advice and help with your public relations strategy. You can order your copy now for $7.65 from Connexions, 427 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5A 1X7.

U.S. Warships in Canadian waters
Peace activists are protesting visits by a U.S. warship to Canadian ports this summer. The Oliver Hazard Perry is a 445 foot frigate equipped to carry harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles and standard-2 surface-to-ship and surface-to-surface missiles. The U.S. will not confirm or deny whether any of its ships carry nuclear weapons, so it is entirely possible that nuclear warships are among those paying regular visits to Canadian ports. The Oliver Hazard Perry's itinerary this summer includes Montreal, Windsor, Sault Ste. Marie, Port Colbourne, Toronto, Quebec City, and Charlottetown. The Oliver Hazard Perry Project says that the American policy of 'neither confirm nor deny' and the Canadian government policy of not asking, "removes the right of the Canadian people to be aware of dangerous vessels sailing our waters and visiting our ports." It notes that during the first full year of the Mulroney government, the number of visits by nuclear warships was more than twice the average for the previous 10 years. It also points to the danger of nuclear accidents for those in the vicinity, and the dangers caused by the nuclear weapons build-up at sea. It also points out that the man the ship is named after, Oliver Hazard Perry, was an American commander in the War of 1812 who attacked Canadian towns in that war. The Oliver Hazard Perry Project can be reached c/o Performing Artists for Nuclear Disarmament, 555 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1Y6, (416) 533-3859.

Compiled by Ulli Diemer. Connexions Collective members and volunteers for Volume 11, Number 2 (Winter 1988): Ulli Diemer, Lois Enns, Elaine Farragher, Guylaine Spencer, Elizabeth Wall, Corinne Dixon, Lucinda Cooke, Elgin Blair, Rosalie Smith, Nick Stahl, Bob Bettson, Karl Amdur, Vivian Perez.

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Network News - Connexions Digest #47 (Volume 12, Number 1)

Actions and Campaigns

Save the Stein Valley
Two groups are currently working to save B. C.'s Stein Valley, ancestral home of the Haida Native people. The valley contains ancient Native archaeological sites, famous for their pictographs. Wildlife, including bears, mountain lions, and coyotes also live in the valley. The lumber industry in B.C., which has recently begun a million dollar advertising campaign promoting logging of the area, may be given the right to log and build roads on this Native-owned land by B.C.'s Social Credit government.
The Western Canada Wilderness Committee is appealing for help from people outside of the province. They have published 150,000 copies of a free educational newsletter, and are appealing to organizations across the country to help to distribute them. The committee's new address is 103-1520 Sixth Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1R2 (604)731-6716.
A second group -- Save The Stein Coalition -- urges supporters to write to the premier of B.C. and demand that the Stein remain unlogged. Write Premier Vander Zalm, Legislative Buildings, Victoria, B.C., V8X 1X4.

Good News for Temagami
The Temagami Wilderness Society reports that the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources has made positive moves toward the preservation of Temagami, the last large section of untamed land in eastern Canada. The Society urges the public to show their continued support by writing or calling David Peterson, Premier of Ontario, Queen's Park, Toronto Ontario M7A 1A1, (416)965-1941. They suggest that you send a copy of your letter to the editor of your local newspaper.

A Time for Social Solidarity
The Working Committee for Social Solidarity has issued a declaration entitled A Time to Stand Together which calls for popular sector groups to unite to put forward alternative economic and social policies based on social solidarity. Members of the working committee include the Canadian Labour Congress, the Confederation des syndicats nationaux, the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, the National Farmers Union, the United Church, and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Contact The Working Committee for Social Solidarity, 21 Florence Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0W6.

The Wrath of Grapes
The United Farm Workers of America have produced a video cassette called "The Wrath of Grapes" to illustrate how they are fighting toxic pesticide poisoning of Californian table grapes. The spraying affects labourers who harvest the grapes and the residents in the vicinity who ingest "drift" from pesticide spraying. These pesticides cause birth defects, cancer, chronic illness and death. Some of the carcinogenic chemicals remain in the grapes and cannot be washed off.
You can help by boycotting California table grapes, spreading the word to other consumers and speaking to your local grocer or supermarket manager. The video cassette (VHS format only) is free. For a copy, write to: United Farm Workers of America, c/o Canadian Labour Congress, 365-15 Gervais Drive, Don Mills, Ontario, M3C 1Y8 (416)441-3710.

Canadian Mining Company Polluting Philippines
The fishing grounds of 20,000 families at Calancan Bay in the Philippines are being choked by copper tailings dumped by the Canadian Marcopper Mining Corporation. Residents are asking for help to stop this destruction. Supporters can assist the cause by expressing their concern to Placer Dome Inc., which has a 40 per cent share in Marcopper Mining. The address is: Mr. John Walton, President, Placer Dome Inc., Box 49330 Bentall Postal Station, Vancouver, B.C., V7X 1P1.

AIDS and Genital Mutilation
A women's centre in Nigeria is seeking support for their AIDS and Genital Mutilation Campaign. In the past year, this non-profit, non-governmental organization has met with hundreds of rural women in Africa in an attempt to persuade them to refrain from the practice of genital mutilation. This practice is linked to the spread of AIDS in Africa. The centre needs more funds to continue their work. For donations or enquiries, write to Mrs. Hannan Edemikpong, Women's Centre, Box 185, Eket, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, West Africa.

Nature Trust Proposed
In an attempt to break the pattern of urban encroachment on Canada's prime foodlands, Friends of Foodlands has proposed that a Foodland and Nature Trust be set up for the Markham, Pickering and Scarborough areas of Ontario. The Trust would acquire and manage all publicly-owned lands in these areas, and would conserve and enhance wetlands, woodlots, wildlife and other natural features. For more information about this proposal, write or call Friends of Foodland, The Ontario Coalition to Preserve Foodlands, 25 Village on the Green, 295 Water Street, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2X5 (519)763-2589.

Making a Pledge for Peace
The Canadian Peace Pledge is a campaign sponsored by hundreds of peace groups in Canada and facilitated by the Canadian Peace Alliance. The goal of the campaign is to convince politicians that there is a "peace vote" to be won or lost in the next election. Organizers are asking Canadians to sign a pledge that they will vote only for candidates who will actively work to make Canada an international voice for peace. For a copy of the pledge, and for further information about how you can support the campaign, write to: Canadian Peace Alliance, 5-555 Bloor Street West, Toronto Ontario, M5S 1Y6.

Global Campaign Against Wildlife Trade
The Asia-Pacific People's Environment Network (APPEN), in collaboration with Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM), have launched a global campaign to stop the growing wildlife trade. It is estimated that one species of life becomes extinct each day. The campaign is aimed particularly at Japan, which is a major consumer/destroyer of whales, sea turtles, corals and rare plants. Many of the species being imported into Japan are illegal under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the world body which is working toward the abolition of the international trade in wildlife. "We are up against highly organised and well-financed syndicates of illegal traders, government corruption and other economic and social forces which stand against legitimate arguments for sustainable utilisation of wildlife resources," says Tom Milliken, Director of Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce (TRAFFIC).
The Japanese trade is not minor: according to TRAFFIC, annual imports into Japan include 70,000 parrots, 29,000 kilograms of crocodile skins, 500,000 lizard skins, over 100,000 snake skins, and 40,000 Bengal cats.
APPEN and SAM have published a book on the issue: Decimation of World Wildlife -- Japan as Number One. It is available from SAM, Penang, Malaysia for $6 U.S. (surface), $8 U.S. (airmail).

Rural Dignity
According to Rural Dignity, "Across Canada 82 per cent of rural post-masters are women. Over 5,000 rural post offices are due to be closed in the next few years. Not only is that very bad news for the women and men who are employed at those post offices but also it is terrible news for the small community itself. The post office, the heart of the town or village, is essential for a vibrant community." The group requests that letters be sent to the Prime Minister, MPs, MLAs and political parties. For further information contact Cynthia Patterson, Co-ordinator, Rural Dignity Canada, Barachois de Malbaie, Quebec, G0C 1A0.

Rainforest Destruction
Last November, 43 members of the Penan Tribe in Malaysia were arrested for blocking logging roads; their trail begins on October 31. The World Rainforest Movement is calling for worldwide actions in support of the Penan, who are seeking to protect their way of life and the forests in which they live. Protests are being planned in some 40 countries around the world. In Ottawa, one will be held in front of the Malaysian High Commission. Friends of the Rainforest are encouraging other groups across Canada to act in support of the Penan. They have two videos, and an information package, available. Contact Friends of the Rainforest, P.O. Box 4612, Station E, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5H8.

Southern Africa campaign
Development and Peace's study/action campaign this fall is on southern Africa. A package of materials, and a slide/tape presentation, is available through Development and Peace Diocesan Councils and regional staff. On or about December 10, 1988, local groups of Development and Peace have been urged to hold a prayer vigil on southern Africa. For more information, or to obtain action sheets or posters, contact Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, 3028 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4C 1N2, (416) 698-7770.

Sugar Cane Cutters
The Movement for Action with Sugarcane Cutters wants to help improve the conditions of near slavery in which migrant sugar cane cutters live and work in the Dominican Republic. For more information on how you can help call Audrey (416) 537-2694 or Sue (416) 763-0276.

Broads on Bay Street
The women's caucus of the Alliance for Non-Violent Action is planning a non-violent women's day of resistance for International Women's Week 1989, with the theme "Broads on Bay Street." The focus of the action is to be Toronto's Bay Street, "the emotional heartland of Canadian capitalism." The action is intended to "give us a space and opportunity to raise our voices against the many states of women's oppression." Other women are invited to join in the planning.

Living With AIDS
October 17 - 23 has been proclaimed Ontario AIDS Awareness Week. Community groups are invited to participate by offering special educational events and projects. For more information, contact the AIDS Committee of Toronto, Box 55, Station F, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2L4, (416) 926-0063.

Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier is a North American Native political activist in his 13th year in a U.S. prison. He was extradited to the U.S. from Canada on the basis on evidence which was later shown to be falsified. The Leonard Peltier Canadian Defence Committee is continuing to work for Peltier's release and return to Canada. Contact 43 Chandler Drive, Scarborough, Ontario, M1G 1Z1, (416) 431-1886.

Appeals for Support

Support for Simon Nkodi
Simon Nkodi, a black gay activist jailed in South Africa for anti-apartheid activities in June of 1984, has been free on bail since 1987. His trial continues, and, although no longer in prison, he must attend the proceedings five days a week and report to the police daily. Simon is unable to work to support himself due to these restrictions, and must depend on the generosity of his friends and supporters to subsist.
The Simon Nkodi Anti-Apartheid Committee has committed itself to making direct contributions to Simon's support. They have pledged to send a minimum of $100 per month until the trial concludes and he can return to work.
Please send cheques payable to SNAAC, indicating that your donation should be directed to the Support Campaign. If you would like to pledge a monthly amount, make a note of this, and include your post-dated cheques. Write to the Simon Nkodi Defense Fund, Box 65 Station F, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2L4.

Literacy Aid for Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan Library Support Group, a group of librarians from Edmonton, is currently raising funds to help combat illiteracy in Nicaragua.
Nicaragua's outstanding national literacy campaign, one that has lowered the illiteracy rate from 52 per cent to 12 per cent, is an international success story. However, libraries in Nicaragua are desperately short of reading material, particularly children's books. Currently, Nicaraguan libraries have only one book per person.
Previously, the Nicaraguan Library Support Group has donated funds to purchase Spanish language subject heading lists for Nicaragua's National Cataloguing Centre. They are now raising funds to help build a Spanish language library school to serve the forty public libraries in Nicaragua. A fund-raising goal of $20,000 has been set.
Send your tax-deductible donation to: Change for Children-Library Project, c/o Barbara Club, 1901-11135 83rd Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2C6.

Tools for Peace
The 1987 campaign to send priority goods to the people of Nicaragua was the most successful ever. More than $155,000 worth of goods were shipped from the Toronto warehouse to Vancouver for transshipment--a 17 per cent increase over last year.
Tax-deductible donations to "Interpares - Tools for Peace" buy goods. Top priority items for this year are rubber boots for women agricultural workers (size 8 or smaller), notebooks for students, health and safety gear to protect factory workers, corrugated roofing to house families displaced by war and fishing gear for small scale fisheries.
Unreceipted donations are also needed to expand educational and lobbying activities in Ontario. These contributions enable Tools for Peace to involve more people in this unique and highly successful people-to-people aid campaign.
Send contributions to Tools for Peace, Box 829 Station P, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2Z1 or contact the Coalition for Aid to Nicaragua, Toronto Co-ordinating Office, 301-347 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2V8 (416)922-0852.

Indian Peace Action Asks for Support
A community in Orissa, India is calling on the international peace movement for support in their struggle to stop the construction of a ballistic missile base on their land. Since July 1985, the citizens of the Baliapal-Bhograi area of the Balasore district in Orissa have been resisting their government's attempts to evict them from their homes. Already, 110,000 eviction notices have been issued.
In opposition, the people have formed local organizations including an anti-missile people's front, a student front and a women's front. Various civil liberties organizations in the region are supporting the struggle. The Orissa government is now trying to break the movement by preventing the supply of essential commodities to the area.
Supporters of the anti-missile movement believe that pressure from the international community would help. They ask people to write to the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, PMO, New Delhi, 11011 India. The Orissa campaign co-ordinator would appreciate receiving a copy. Send a copy to: Mr. Gangadher Pangrahi, Ganheantrik Adhikar Suraksa Sanghatna Kedar Couri Chhah, Bhadanswar, 751001 Orissa, India.

Crisis Centre Needs Funds
The Toronto Rape Crisis Centre is in desperate need of funds to continue operations. The Centre is dependent upon donations as they receive no permanent funding from any source. This is a vital service, and one we must support in any way possible. Please send donations to: Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Box 6597 Station A, Toronto, Ontario, M5W 1X4.

Manuel Febres Flores
Manuel Febres Flores, a Peruvia human rights lawyer and vice president of the Association of Democratic lawyers, was assassinated by plain clothes assailants believed to be para-military forces, on July 28, 1988. Febres, 41, was involved in defending political prisoners. Prior to his death, Manuel Febres Flores had received repeated telephone death threats and was harassed by intelligence service agents. He is survived by his widow Estela, and their children.
According to the Peru Support Group, this murder is part of a pattern which has included the `disappearance' of thousands of Peruvians, and the massacres of peasants and political prisoners. It urges concerned Canadians to denounce this extra-judicial killing by sending letters and telegrams to President Alan Garcia, Presidente de la Republica, Palacio de Gobierne, Plaza de Armas, Lima, Peru.

East Timor
In 1975, following the departure of the Portuguese colonial authorities, Indonesia invaded East Timor. As a result of the military attack and ensuing ravages of occupation, one third of the entire East Timorese population of about 700,000 was killed. East Timor continues to be occupied by the Indonesian military and an insurgency continues to be waged. Western countries, including Canada, have consistently ignored Indonesia's disregard for international law and human rights, placing their trade and political interests in Indonesia above the lives and rights of the Timorese people. The East Timor Alert Network, with the assistance of the Canada-Asia Working Group, the Inter-agency Committee on Pacific-Asia, the United Church of Canada, and the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, are sponsoring a campaign to have Canada support, at the United Nations, the right of the people of East Timor to self-determination. Canadians are asked to write to External Affairs Minister Joe Clark. For more information contact East Timor Alert Network, Box 354, Ladysmith, B.C., V0R 2E0, (604) 245-3068.

Coming and Goings

Labour Tour of Nicaragua
The Saskatchewan International Labour Project is organizing a Labour Study Tour to Nicaragua, to focus on health and safety. Deadline for applications is November 1, 1988. Contact SILP, 136 Avenue F. South, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7M 1S8, (306) 653-2250.

Canadian Environmental Defence Fund
The Canadian Environmental Defence Fund gives support and funding to people involved in court and board assessment cases filed against environmental polluters. The organization is growing rapidly and is looking forward to this year's activities. Volunteers are welcome to help in promotion, research and special events. If interested, call Oz Parsons at (416)365-2136 or write to the Canadian Environmental Defence Fund, 205-73 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1Z4.

Carole Geller Award Established
An award has been established in memory of Carole Geller, the first executive director of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission. Former commission chairperson Ken Norman describes Geller as "the leading edge in the 70's for human rights in Saskatchewan." The award will be made annually to a person who has made a significant contribution to the field of human rights. Contact One Sky, 136 Avenue F South, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7M 1S8.

Program in Non-profit Management
Ryerson's Continuing Education Division in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy has received a $300,000 grant from the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company to develop a national certificate program in non-profit sector management.
The program will be a university level certificate program. It is expected to be fully operational by July of 1989. People with three to five years in middle or senior management within the non-profit sector will be able to take the program either on the campus of a college or university or by correspondence.
Ms. Robin Campbell, co-ordinator of the program, commented that the program will be "user-driven," and be "steered by the non-profit sector to respond to what they see to be their management needs."

Gardeners Look for New Members
The Urban Wilderness Gardeners need new members for their steering committee. Phone Jan Anderson at 694-7397, Colleen Kelly at 690-2333, or Barbara Bland at 690-0594 for more information, or write the Urban Wilderness Gardeners, 227 Kenilworth Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4L 3S7.

Network Electronically Through WEB
WEB invites you to join Canada's national non-profit electronic network. WEB offers electronic mail, electronic meetings, discussion areas (similar to public bulletin boards), private conferences, global communication and computer support. For more information about how to get on-line, write WEB, Box 125 Station P, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Z7 (416)588-3843.

Library on Farming and Stewardship
The Jubilee Foundation for Agricultural Research, the research and education arm of the Christian Farmers of Ontario, is cataloguing its collection of materials to make it more accessible to the public. The Family Farm/Stewardship Library is already open to the public, but after the cataloguing of the materials this summer, the collection will be easier to use. The library welcomes the donation of books, documents, tapes or videos. The library is at 115 Woolwich St., 2nd floor, Guelph, Ontario N1H 3V1.

Community Services Programs
Toronto's George Brown College, which features a community worker program, has expanded its community service programs to include an Assaulted Women's and Children's Advocate/Counsellor program. Persons interested in this program, the community worker program, and other community service programs, may contact Lynne Brennan at (416) 967-1212 x4220, or write Box 1015, Station B, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2T9.

Voluntary Resource Council
The Voluntary Resource Council of Charlottetown, PEI, is facing funding problems. The Council, which serves many voluntary organizations is to receive $10,000 from the provincial government instead of the $25,000 it had requested. The VRC is looking for ways of dealing with its funding situation. The VRC is at 81 Prince Street, Charlottetown, PEI, CIA 4R3.

Anarchist Centre
A group of anarchists in Toronto are getting together to investigate setting up an anarchist centre which would combine a drop-in centre, book store, free store, cafe, and soup kitchen. Financial contributions in particular are being sought; contributions of $10 per month are suggested. For more information write to P.O. Box 915, Station F, Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 2N9.

Disabled Women's Research Project
DAWN Canada: DisAbled Women's Network Canada is conducting a project to determine the needs and priorities of Canadian women with disabilities. A questionnaire, designed to discover the obstacles facing women with disabilities is being circulated. If you would like a copy of the questionnaire, could provide information about the project, or would like more information, write to: Jillian Ridington, DAWN-Canada, 3464 West 27th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., V6S 1P6.

Centre for Our Common Future
A "Centre for Our Common Future", an outgrowth of the World Commission on Environment, has been established as a clearing house and exchange centre for ideas and activities "to hold the constituency together and maintain the momentum." Environment, development, trade unions and other organizations have been asked to associate with the centre as `working partners'. Contact: The Centre for Our Common Future, Palais Wilson, 52, rue des Paquis, CH - 1201 Geneva, Switzerland, phone 022-32-7117.

Meetings and Conferences

Women's Film Festival
A film festival, Canadian Women, the Voice of Strength, is being held in Jasper October 21 and 22, 1988. For more information contact Janice Yeman, Box 621, Jasper, Alberta.

CRIAW Twelfth Annual Conference November 11-13
The theme of this year's conference of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women is "Women and Development." Feminists, having rejected the limits inherent in traditional models of economic development, have called for an in-depth change in the concept of development. True development, they feel, must focus on people as well as the environment affecting them -- not simply on economic growth.
Panels, communications and workshop sessions will provide a forum that will enable speakers and participants to discuss this theme. There will be audio-visual presentations and time set aside for networking.
Individuals and groups interested in participating should request registration forms from: Service des Communications, Faculte des sciences sociales, Bureau 3446, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, Universite Laval, Quebec, PQ G1K 7P4.

Workers and Communities
Making Connections: Workers and Communities, is a conference scheduled for York University, Toronto, May 26 -28, 1989. It is being planned as "a conference with a difference--a weekend of discussion groups, videos, workshops, gossip, music, networking, and picnics. Making connections between teachers, trade unionists, community activists, homemakers, researchers, the unemployed and retired--all contributing ideas about the relationship between work and community." For more information, including information about the ways you can participate in the conference, contact Workers and Communities Conference, c/o Labour Studies Programme, Division of Social Science, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3.

The Fate of Our Forests
A series of decentralized conferences and festivals concerned with The Fate of Our Forests is being planned for October 21 to 23, 1988, People around the world will be meeting at this time to underscore awareness of the global nature of the forest crisis, express solidarity and mutual support and achieve greater press impact. Meetings can be as small as half a dozen people gathering in a living room. For more information, or to join the conference/festival network, contact: Helena Pearwood, P.O. Box 190, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario L0S 1J0.

Multicultural Health
The Canadian Council on Multicultural Health has announced a national conference on "Multicultural Health--Realities and Needs: Policies, Programs and Implementation." The conference will be in Toronto on March 30 and 31, and April 1, 1989. For more information contact CCMH Conference Committee, 1017 Wilson Ave., Suite 407, Downswiew, Ontario, M3K 1Z1, (416) 630-8835.

Publications & Resources

Free Trade and the Environment
In January, the York University Faculty of Environment Studies, in co-operation with Pollution Probe, the Council of Canadians and the Coalition Against Free Trade, organized a one day workshop on free trade and the environment. The participants roundly criticized the Free Trade Agreement, stating that it poses a potential ecological disaster for Canada since free trade will continue the erosion of Canadian environmental standards and lead to unfair competition which will cause the deterioration of occupational health standards.
The Coalition reminds Canadians that the deal is not a fait accompli. They are demanding a federal election on free trade before any agreement is ratified. They ask for financial contributions to help in their educational and lobbying work.
Copies of the "Workshop on Free Trade and the Environment Report" are now available. Send the name and address of your organization, the number of copies needed, and $1 for postage and handling. Write: The Coalition Against Free Trade, 736 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2R4 (416)534-3523.

United Electrical Publications Available
The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of Canada have produced three free trade fact sheets and a bulletin on workplace hazardous materials. The fact sheets include: "Control of the Canadian Economy," "Consumer Prices" and "Canadian Social Services." A bulletin entitled "The Workers' Right to Know About Hazardous Materials" outlines federal and provincial legislation in this area and includes synopses of a number of studies on workplace health hazards.
To obtain copies of these bulletins, write U.E. at 10 Codeco Court, Don Mills, Ontario M3A 1A2 (416)447-5196.

New Publications from SWAG
The following resources produced by the Southern Africa Working Group are available from the Inter-Church Coalition on Africa: 1) Namibia Kit Updated Version ($1.00) -- a packet of information including popularly-written articles on the Namibian struggle for independence, Namibian Churches, SWAPO and Canadian involvement in Namibia 2) Southern Africa Action Packet ($3.00)--a packet of action-oriented information designed to help concerned Canadians find ways to support oppressed peoples in Southern Africa. Included is information on the Canadian government's position on apartheid, statements on South Africa made by Canadian churches and suggestions for action on behalf of sanctions, detainees, Namibia, SADCC and the Front Line States 3) "How Far Will You Walk With Us?" ($1.00)--a collection of materials offering a variety of perspectives on violence in Southern Africa.
When ordering these resources, please indicate the kit title, the quantity required and enclose payment plus postage. Write: Inter-Church Coalition on Africa, 189 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1N5.

A.T. Microfiche Library
The Appropriate Technology Project has compiled over 1000 books and documents on microfiche on hundreds of topics including agricultural tools and techniques, workshop tools and equipment, crop storage systems, water supply systems, forestry, aquaculture, improved cookstoves, solar/wind/water power, bio-gas, transportation, health care, science teaching, communications, small industries, small enterprise management, non-formal education techniques and other small scale technology topics.
The microfiche reader and carrying case for the microfiche cards are designed to be portable, and require only a small amount of storage space. The cost of the library is 5 per cent of the cost of the paper forms of the books included. For information, contact: A.T. Microfiche Library, Volunteers in Asia, Box 4543, Stanford, California 94305 USA, (415)326-8581.

Human Rights in Latin America
The final report of the First Conference on Human Rights in Latin America is now available. The report includes the resolutions passed at the conference. The principal objective of the conference was to analyse the social and human rights situation from a continental rather than national perspective. Contact: Latin-American and Canadian Solidarity Network, P.O. Box 308, Station L, Toronto, Ontario M6E 4Z2.

Diversity: the Lesbian Rag
A new lesbian newspaper, Diversity: the Lesbian Rag, has begun publication. Write: Diversity, Box 65951, Station F, Vancouver, B.C., V5W 5L4.

Anthology of Indigenous Women's Writings
Ts'eku Collective is a Native women's group compiling an anthology of indigenous women's writings in North America. The theme is "Native Women: Celebrating Our Survival." Submissions are invited from indigenous women that celebrate, in a political way, their survival despite the problems of racism and assimilation and their serious repercussions. We must tell these stories of our resistance, not only contemporary, but the history of our mothers and grandmothers." Submissions can be short stories, poetry, essays, oral narratives, graphics or black-and-white photos. Contact Ts'eku Collective, 603 Powell Street, Vancouver, B.C. B6A 1H2.

Wild East
Wild East, a bimonthly tabloid, is calling for submissions about every aspect of Maritime culture and art. They want articles, reviews and criticisms as well as original poetry, fiction and works of art presentable in a black-and-white medium. Contact Margaret McLeod, Wild East, 463 Waterloo Row, Apt. 2, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 1Z6.

Our Schools, Our Selves
A new magazine for Canadian education activists, Our Schools, Our Selves, has been announced. The magazine is intended to serve as "a forum for dialogue and debate among all progressive education constituencies." A subscription will normally include four magazines and four books. Subscriptions are $28 regular, $24 for students, pensioners, and the unemployed, $32 for organizations. Contact Our Schools, Our Selves, 1698 Gerrard St. E., Toronto, Ontario, M4L 2B2.

Employment Training Coalition
A new group, the Coalition for Community-Based Employment Training has been formed "in response to the increasing need for recognition of community-based training programs by the Ontario government." For more information contact Marion Villanueva at (416) 657-8777.

IDRC to House Brundtland Collection
The entire collection of documents gathered by the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission) is being housed in the library of the International Development Research Centre. The materials will be accessible to scholars and researchers. For more information, contact Martha Stone, Director, Information Sciences Division, IDRC, 250 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario, (613) 598-0586.

Sexual Assault Manual
Press Gang Publishers has produced the third edition of Surviving Procedures After a Sexual Assault by Megan Ellis, a resource book for survivors of sexual assault, and for those working with survivors. Press Gang Publishers, 603 Powell Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1H2, ISBN 0-88974-011-9, $8.95.

Volunteers Wanted

United Farm Workers
The United Farm Workers are looking for full-time volunteers to spend a month or more helping to organize the California Grape Boycott. You will learn the strategies of non-violence, and gain experience in social marketing and social activism. Call David Martinez at (416) 626-6332, or write the UFW, 600 The East Mall, Ste. 401, Toronto, Ontario, M9B 4B1.

Peace Brigade Seeks Volunteers
Peace Brigade International, a Gandhian organization which works in areas of conflict around the world, is currently seeking volunteers for its projects in Guatemala and in El Salvador. In Central America, Peace Brigade International helps people and organizations threatened with violence, supports efforts to promote peace and shares information about non-violent ways to work for justice. For an application form, contact: Peace Brigades International, 175 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 2K3, (416)964-1881.

Canada World Youth
For the eighteenth consecutive year, Canada World Youth is offering young Canadians an opportunity to learn about international development, through voluntary work projects and non-formal educational activities in Canada and in a developing nation. The seven month exchange program encourages participants to acquire the skills essential for contributing to the development of communities in Canada and overseas. To be eligible, applicants must be between 17 and 20 as of December 31, 1988. Deadline is January 27, 1989. Contact Canada World Youth, Suite #15, 270 MacLaren St., Ottawa, K2P 0M3, (613) 234-2137.

Compiled by Ulli Diemer. Connexions Collective members and volunteers for Volume 12, Number 1: Karl Amdur, Elgin Blair, Nancy del Carmen, Ulli Diemer, Lois Enns, Elaine Farragher, Darlene Fleming, Maureen Fleury, Patricia Galvin, David Hobbs, Theo Hock, David Holmes, Ethel Meade, Dean Morra, Rosalie Smith, Guylaine Spencer, Elizabeth Wall, Denise Wilson.

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ACTIONS AND CAMPAIGNS

Help Save Carmanah Valley
Carmanah Valley, an old growth forest on Vancouver Island, is threatened with destruction by MacMillan Bloedel, B.C.'s largest logging company. Environmentalists want the whole 6,730 ha Carmanah watershed protected as a logical addition to Pacific Rim National Park. The Sitka spruces growing there are the tallest known in the world. MacMillan Bloedel plans to clearcut all but two per cent of the valley. To help save the valley, send your tax deductible donation to Western Canada Wilderness Committee, and mail it to: WCWC, 103 - 1520 West 6th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1R2.

Agricultural Land Disappearing
The Association of Peel People Evaluating Agricultural Land (APPEAL) has produced a report outlining a project to produce a new pattern of sustainable development designed to save the dwindling agricultural lands in the Peel and Toronto region. The goal of the project is to produce a design of a prototype or demonstration model of a development within the urban boundary on undeveloped farmland, which involves combining housing with ecological food production, with an emphasis on functional landscaping, reduction of waste and energy efficiency. To find out how you can help this project call Ken Schnell, Project Coordinator of the Agri-City Project, at (416) 821-3413 or 977-3783.

Boycott Apartheid
Despite repeated calls for sanctions, many big companies still do business in South Africa -- in fact, Canadian corporations' trade with South Africa has grown substantially in the past year. A leaflet by the Canadian Union of Public Employees lists some of these, such as Coke, Shell Canada, IBM, Price Waterhouse, and Touche Ross and Co. People are encouraged to write to these companies objecting to their continued business in South Africa, and demand total sanctions against South Africa by also writing to: Joe Clark, Minister of External Affairs, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 (no postage needed).

Free Leonard Peltier
On December 18, 1976, American Indian Movement leader Leonard Peltier, who is today recognized worldwide as a political prisoner, was extradited on charges of murdering two FBI agents. The extradition was fraudulently obtained by the presentation of perjured affidavits to a British Columbia Supreme Court Judge. Even though evidence that the affidavits were false surfaced almost immediately, the extradition was upheld by the Federal Court of Appeal. Despite an admission by the U.S. government in 1985 that it did not conclusively know who killed the agents, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Peltier's request for a new trial. A week of prayer and protest by Native people is planned in Ottawa, April 15-21. The Peltier Defence Committee needs funds to secure travel arrangements for their elders and lawyers and to improve communications. As well they need office equipment and money for a fax and a computer printer. If you would like to contribute, send your cheque to: Leonard Peltier Canadian Defense Committee, 43 Chandler Dr., Scarborough, Ontario M1G 1Z1, or phone, (416) 439-1893.

Walk for World Survival '89
Walk for World Survival is an international group of people who are going to walk from the four directions to Regina, Saskatchewan, arriving for a rally at the Saskatchewan parliament on August 13, 1989. The purpose is to awaken the need of all people to become involved in the issues of peace by focusing on a number of specific issues: the mining of uranium from the world's largest deposit at Cigar Lake, Saskatchewan; global environment issues such as acid rain, ozone and the decline of animal life; Native rights, child poverty, women's rights; networking grass roots peace organizations. You can walk an hour or the whole way, or help to organize, or give a donation. To find out schedules and how you can become involved, write to Walk for World Survival, 128 Vanauley Walk, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2H7, or call (416) 363-2411. A bibliography is also available.

LOON: Lake Ontario Organizing Network
LOON is a joint project of citizens' and environmental groups in Ontario and New York State who live and work in the Lake Ontario Basin. The LOON Project advocates economic, lifestyle, and government practices which can help to achieve immediate reduction in the discharge of toxic chemicals into the environment. In Canada, contact LOON c/o Pollution Probe, (416) 926-1907.

Canadian Electric Shop on Wheels for Nicaragua
This project is organizing Canadians to go down and do electrical work in Nicaragua, and runs workshops in electrical wiring for Nicaraguans. For more information, contact CESOWN, c/o TDN, 555 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Y6.

Jesuit Communication Project
The influence of mass media, especially television, on our children today is phenomenal. They are constantly surrounded by images that influence their lives. If the role of traditional educators is not to be displaced by mass media, children must be given the knowledge necessary to understand and evaluate media. The Jesuit Communication Project seeks to promote the teaching of Media Education in our schools to ensure students learn how to critically interpret media messages. Although started by the Jesuits, their concerns are not restricted to any one faith. The Project seeks your financial contribution so that they can convince educators how important understanding media is in today's world. Send your contribution to: Jesuit Communication Project, 10 Saint Mary Street, Suite 500, Toronto.

Unions Denied Access to Information
Trade unions who subscribe to the Dialog computer data base are being denied access to part of the information it contains, the Dun & Bradstreet Financial Records data base, which contains extensive information about some 700,000 corporations. This data base has helped a variety of unions to sharpen their organizing and collective bargaining strategies. Recently, however, some Dialog customers, notably unions, have been denied access. Pressured to explain, Dialog finally admitted that it had been instructed by Dun & Bradstreet to deny 240 users access to the data. Aside from the unions, it is not clear who else is on the `hit list', because Dialog and Dun & Bradstreet refuse to say. In the U.S., legal challenges are now being mounted to this action under the Freedom on Information Act. Dialog subscribers are asked to try to log onto files 516 and 519, and to contact the magazine Reset if they receive an "unauthorized file" message. Reset is at 90 E 7th St., #3A, New York, N.Y. 10009, U.S.A. Union librarians who can be contacted directly include Ruby Tyson at AFL-CIO (202) 637-5000 and Art Levine at the Communication Workers (202) 728-2300.

Imagine
Imagine is an initiative of the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy aimed at increasing the level of private support for charitable activity in Canada. Imagine was seen as necessary because individual and corporate donations, relative to income, have declined by about one-third in Canada in the last 20 years. Imagine is also seen as a program which non-profit organizations can tie into in developing their own fundraising plans, although Imagine itself will not raise funds for any particular organization. For more information contact Imagine, 74 Victoria St., Suite 920, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2A5, (416) 368-1138.

MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

The Green and Red Movements in Canada
Green socialists in Canada believe that a new kind of politics is emerging in this country which is first and foremost "green" but which needs a socialist component. Unlike other capitalist countries, the Left in Canada has so far paid little attention to the developing green movement. The Green and Red Movements in Canada will be the subject of a bilingual session at the Learned Societies Conference at Laval University in Quebec City (June 1 - 4, 1989). Papers are particularly encouraged from socialists who are active, at a practical level, in the green/environmental movement. Call or write Nick Ternette, #4 - 280 River Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R3L 0B8, (204) 475-7251

Towards a National Recycling Agenda
Canada's First National Exhibition and Symposium on Recycling and the Environment, March 19-21, 1989. The Canadian Alliance for Recycling and the Environment is presenting this conference whose objective is to work towards a consensus on a national recycling agenda by bringing forward the results of discussions on the main subject areas. In addition to sessions, over 100 exhibits about recycling products and services will be present. Call or write, CARE, c/o Exhibition and Conference Mgmt. Ltd., 300 Leo-Pariseau, Suite 202, P.O. Box 1119, Place du Parc, Montreal, Quebec, H2W 2P4, (514) 288-8811

National Conference on Multicultural Health
The Canadian Council on Multicultural Health will sponsor the first national conference to examine issues of health in a culturally diverse society, Marc 30 - April 1, 1989. The conference will discuss successful approaches, discover existing programs and services which have developed across Canada, obtain information on specific issues, and network with other groups across Canada. It is expected that the gathering will provide an exciting opportunity to develop awareness and practical solutions. For a registration form and further information write or call: CCMH/CCSM, Suite 407, 1017 Wilson Avenue, Downsview, Ontario M3K 1Z1, (416) 630-8835

Fourth World Congress on the Conservation of the Built and Natural Environments
Organised by the Heritage Trust, and sponsored by various national and international government ministries, this congress, on May 23 - 27, 1989, will explore the theme of "Conservation and Industrial Development". The congress will provide a forum for the exchange of information and experiences on priority industrial environmental problems, and expects to make a contribution to the promotion of sustainable industrial development. In addition, an international exhibition, "Industry and the Environment" will be on display. For a program, write to: Heritage Trust, 79 Cambridge Street, London SW1V 4PS, England. Or, Dimension Travel Incentives Limited, 2 St. Clair Ave. W., Suite 1108, Toronto, Ont. M4V 1L5, (416) 963-8900.

Making Connections: Workers and Communities
A conference at York University, Toronto, May 26 - 28, 1989. Write: Workers and Communities Conference, c/o Labour Studies Programme, Division of Social Science, York University, 4700 Keele St., North York, Ontario M3J 1P3.

Women, Addiction and Identity
Community Resources and Initiatives is an organization which produces local, regional and national conferences on progressive issues. On March 31, and April 1, 2, and 3, the organization will hold a national conference, Beyond Survival: Women Addiction and Identity, to explore the intersecting dimensions of early childhood trauma, violence against women and addictive coping mechanisms. Conference presenters include dynamic therapists, researchers and community organizers. For registration information, contact Ani Arnott, Registration Co-ordinator, Community Resources and Initiatives, 150A Winona Drive, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 3S9, (416) 658-1752.

APPEALS FOR SUPPORT

Freedom Under Attack
On November 2, three people were forcibly removed from a publicly advertised Conservative rally in Nanaimo, searched, arrested, jailed for about two hours, then released with no charges. The Conservatives and the RCMP cooperated to make it a decidedly Tory-only meeting, effectively barring anyone who might have protested or asked embarrassing questions. The three had stood quietly, holding a small pennant protesting the presence of nuclear ships in Canadian harbours, which they were planning to display when Mulroney arrived. This seems to be part of a pattern of "detainments". The three are suing the RCMP officers and Tory workers involved for false arrest, assault and battery, false imprisonment and breach of their rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If you would like to contribute to the fundraising effort, make cheques payable to: Nanaimo Civil Liberties Suit. Send cheques to Nanaimo Civil Liberties Suit, P.O. Box 122, Gabriola Island, B.C. V0R 1X0, (604) 247-8670

East Timor
In 1975, following the departure of the Portuguese colonial authorities, Indonesia invaded the formerly Portuguese-controlled colony of East Timor, which had declared independence. In the incredibly brutal Indonesian invasion and the occupation which followed, about one third of the entire East Timorese population of 700,000 was killed. East Timor continues to be occupied by the Indonesian military and an insurgency continues to be waged. Western countries, including Canada, have consistently ignored Indonesia's disregard for international law and human rights, placing their trade and political interests in Indonesia above the lives and rights of the Timorese people. Groups around the world have persisted in a call for justice for the East Timorese. Although the Indonesian invasion was condemned by the United Nations, Canada has distinguished itself by selling military equipment to the Indonesian and by giving aid to the Indonesian government. Canadians are urged to write to External Affairs Minister Joe Clark (House of Commons, Ottawa K1A 0A6) to demand that Canada cease supporting Indonesia, and to talk to their MPs, local newspapers, friends, and organizations to which they belong about this issue. For more information contact Canada-Asia Working Group, 11 Madison Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5R 2S2, (416) 921-5626 or the East Timor Alert Network, Box 354, Ladysmith, B.C. V0R 2E0, (604) 245-3068.

Movement for Action With Sugarcane Cutters
Sugar is the most important industry in the Dominican Republic. For many years Haitian migrants, largely treated as slaves, have been responsible for the cutting of sugarcane. The are trapped in their jobs by low wages, killing hours and working conditions. Their identification is taken from them upon entering the country and if they leave they are either sent back or put in jail. For information on how you can help call either Audrey (416) 537-2694 or Sue (416) 763-0276.

The Dr. Negail R. Riley Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization is seeking donations to a fund to provide low-income community organizers with the financial support necessary to visit and study community organizing efforts in other countries. This would provide the international experience needed to establish global networks among organizers and communities in several continents. They have set a goal of $75,000 to support annual sabbatical experiences for organizers selected by the fund's National Advisory Board. If you would like to contribute to the fund, send your donation to: The Dr. Negail R. Riley Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o IFCO, 402 West 145th Street, New York, NY 10031, (212) 926-5757

Help for Nicaragua
Tools for Peace is appealing to the public for donations to help Nicaraguans rebuild their homes after the devastating hurricane that his their country in the fall. Donations may be sent to Tools for Peace, P.O. Box 829, Station P, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Z1. For more information contact (416) 922-0852.

COMINGS AND GOINGS

Phyllis Clarke Prize
The Society for Socialist Studies and the Department of Politics of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute are establishing an essay award in honour of the late activist Phyllis Clarke. The prize will be awarded annually for the best essay on the subject selected for the annual thematic issues of Socialist Studies, published by the Society for Socialist Studies. Financial donations should be made to: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (Phyllis Clarke Prize), Office of Development and Alumni Affairs, c/o Mr. David Bultler, Assistant Director, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, 350 Victoria St., Toronto, Ontario.

Participatory Research Newsletter
The Participatory Research Group has stopped publishing its newsletter, but is now co-operating in the production of a new newsletter, called Network Notes, which deals with participatory research across North America. Contact the PRG at 229 College St., Toronto, Ontario M5T 1R4.

Working Committee for Social Solidarity
The Working Committee for Social Solidarity has been formed by a coalition of unions, church, women's and other popular organizations. Its purpose is to present "a vision of a society based not on market values, but on equality and social solidarity", in response to what it sees as a deepening social crisis in Canada. The Working Committee has issued a statement, "A Time to Stand Together ... A Time for Social Solidarity". The Working Committee is calling on "popular sector groups to unite to put forward alternative economic and social policies based on social solidarity." Its statement is available for $4 for a single copy, $3.50 each for two to 25 copies, $3.25 each for 25 copies or more, from The Working Committee for Social Solidarity, 21 Florence St., Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0W6.

Trip to Peru
The Toronto School of Theology and St. Michael's College is organizing an `exposure trip' to Peru, May 25 to June 15, 1989. The program is directed to students of theology interested in the general area of the Church in Latin American and liberation theology. It will involve meeting with church workers and Canadian church associates, as well as exposure to urban and rural areas where the church is working at the grassroots level. The maximum cost is $2,500; it is expected that some financial aid will be available. For information contact Peru Program, Attention Joe Mihevc, St. Michael's College, 81 St. Mary St., Toronto M5S 1J4, (416) 926-1300 ext 3252 or (416) 924-9351.

Church, Farm and Town Ceases Publication
The Church, Farm and Town, a newsletter published by Archdeacon John Peacock since 1943, ceased publication with the December 1988 issue. The newsletter started with 17 readers in 1945, and grew to 410. It addressed issues of ecology, rural life, ethics, work, and other social concerns.

PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES

Images for a Peaceful Planet
Peace educators working with the National Film Board, have created a one day workshop "Images for a Peaceful Planet", which raises new questions about the relationship between media literacy and peace education, as a means of strengthening the expanding network of Canadian peace educators. These workshops contain materials, skills and strategies for educators working with grade six students all the way up to adults. They can be sponsored as professional development programs by school boards or teachers' unions, and included in community outreach programs by community groups. The NFB will provide partial funding for at least five workshops, and are actively seeking co-sponsors for workshops during the school year. If you are interested arranging an all day workshop of this kind in your community, call Stephanie Merrin, Interhelp Ontario, (416) 461-1992.

Peace and Security Publications
The Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security was founded to increase knowledge and understanding of international peace and security issues. Anyone can obtain, for free, a range of publications produced by the Institute. Among these are Peace & Security Magazine, Occasional Papers, Conference Reports, Background Papers, Points of View, Working Papers, the Annual Review, and Factsheets. For a directory to the Institute's publications, write to: Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security, 360 Albert, Suite 900, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7X7, or phone (613) 990-1593.

Nuclear Awareness Project Publications
Nuclear Awareness Project has produced a 70 page booklet that looks at food irradiation from a Canadian perspective. The booklet questions claims irradiation is a safe answer to world hunger. The cost is $3 plus $1 postage and handling. The Project has also produced a slide show and a video called The Nuclear Power Show offering a straightforward introduction to the problems associated with nuclear power. Another publication, the Nuclear Power Booklet, is a 48-page booklet covering in greater depth many of the issues addressed by the Show. It is suitable for high school students and the general public. For more information, write to: Nuclear Awareness Project, Box 2331, Oshawa, Ontario M1H 7V4, or call (416) 725-1565.

Green Teacher
Green Teacher is a British-based magazine for teachers, teachers educators, and curriculum developers. Each issue provides materials directly usable with teaching groups, and surveys of other resources. Articles in recent issues have included Tropical Forest Roleplay, Learning with Environments, Non-Hierarchical Teaching, and Conservation Education. A one-year subscription (6 issues) is $25, available from Green Teacher, 95 Robert St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 2K5.

Compiled by Ulli Diemer. Connexions Collective members and volunteers for Issue #48 (Winter 1989): Ulli Diemer, Karl Amdur, Elaine Farragher, Darlene Fleming, Ethel Mead, Maureen Fleury, Rosalie Smith, Elizabeth Wall.
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Actions and Campaigns

Save the Carmanah Valley
The giant logging company MacMillan Bloedel has asked for, and apparently is about to receive, permission to log 92 percent of British Columbia's Carmanah Valley. Environmental groups, including the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, are strongly urging that the entire Carmanah watershed be preserved. To make a donation, or for more information, contact the Western Canada Wilderness Committee at #103, 1520 West Sixth Ave., Vancouver, B.C. V6J 1R2, (604) 731-6716.
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Excess Packaging Campaign
Environmental Action Ontario has launched an Excess Packaging Campaign to reduce excess packaging in supermarkets and fast-food outlets. The campaign seeks to bring environmental groups and concerned individuals together to tell the large food corporations that we don't want a throw-away society. They are urging the following changes: 1) fast-food restaurants provide reusable dishes and cutlery for sit-down customers, (2) a special tax on disposable take-out containers, with revenues dedicated to waste reduction efforts, 3) supermarkets reduce their excess packaging.
Hoping to tap public support for substantial environmental improvements, participating groups will be approaching unions, church and community groups and municipal councils in their local areas to endorse the demands of the campaign.
Report cards are to be issued at the beginning and end of the one-year campaign which will rank the various fast-food and grocery chains according to the re-usability of their packaging.
The campaign is looking for groups or individuals to co-ordinate the campaign in local communities. Local co-ordinators will receive a campaign kit including background information on the issue and a manual outlining the tasks involved. Local campaigns will include three major components: information gathering, publicity, and lobbying. To participate, for information, or to make a financial contribution, contact Environmental Action Ontario, 263 Howland Ave, Toronto, Ont. M5R 2B7.
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