CCPA Manitoba Presentation to Standing Policy Committee on Protection, Community Services and Parks in support of the tabling of the Supervised Consumption Site in Winnipeg report June 7, 2021 – presented by Molly McCracken
By John Wiens
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 25, 2021
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press May 19, 2021
By Don Sullivan
By Molly McCracken and Pamela Rogers
The Provincial overhaul of K – 12 Education removes local democratic oversight of education, starves the system of funding, and will reinforce systemic racism. How have other jurisdictions fought back against similar threats? Please join us for this online panel presentation and discussion.
Tuesday April 27th
6 pm – 7:30pm
Panelists:
- Archy Beals, former elected African Nova Scotian Representative, Halifax School Board and appointee to the Provincial Advisory Council on Education in Nova Scotia
- James Bedford, President, Manitoba Teachers’ Society
- Muna Kadri, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation member
- Medeana Moussa, Executive Director, Support Our Students (SOS) Alberta
- Paul Wozney, President, Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oK4fVoxIQwaNswOsIRMTKg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Co-sponsored by the Manitoba Teachers’ Society and the Winnipeg Labour Council.
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 10, 2021
I tried to tell the people but they never heard a word I say
They say there’s nothing out there but wheat fields anyway
Just a farmer’s wife hanging laundry in her backyard
Out on the prairie where the winds blow long and hard
Neil Young, Prairie Winds
By Saku Pinta,
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 9, 2021.
By Lynne Fernandez
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