From the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
(CCPA)
Dear CCPA-BC members and friends, I'd like to let
you know about two upcoming events at which CCPA
research associates will be speaking.
This Friday October 24, at the BC Library Association's
Information Policy Conference
Ellen Gould will be speaking on the Trade, Investment
and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA).
And Leslie Regan Shade will be discussing telecommunications
policy. Full conference details follow below.
On Saturday October 25, SFU professor and "Remaking Media"
author Robert Hackett will be speaking at Media Democracy
Day at the Vancouver Public Library. Further information below.
Finally, a reminder that we have extended the registration deadline
to Friday October 24 for our upcoming conference, Re-Imagining
Health Services: Innovations in Community Health,
November 6-8 in Vancouver.
The conference kicks off with an exciting free event open to the
general public: Community Health Stories: Local Health Heroes,
November 6 at 7:00 PM in the Alice MacKay Room of the Vancouver
Public Library, 350 West Georgia St.
This will be an evening of storytelling and sharing about community
health innovators and initiatives. The rest of the conference will be
held at the UBC campus. Please see the end of this email for further
information.
As always, feel free to pass this along to your networks.
All the best, Seth Klein...
Jump-Starting the Public Sphere: Information Policy Issues
for the 21st Century
October 23-24, 2008
Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch350 Robson St, Vancouver BC
Presented by the British Columbia Library Association's Information
Policy Committee
==> quick link to registration and full details:
www.bcla.bc.ca/jumpstarting <==
With debates over information policy issues all over the news, the
question of who controls and who has access to information has
never been more timely. Many people have heard of things like
Bill C-61, TILMA, media concentration, information access, and
net neutrality but may be unsure about what the implications of
these terms are how they relate to information, libraries, and the
public sphere.
On the evening of October 23, Michael Geist, Canada Research
Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, will give a keynote address
on "Why Copyright? The Fight for Canada's Digital Future"
(synopsis below). His speech will set the tone for Friday morning's
panel discussions in which presenters will give conference attendees
the background information they need in order to spend the afternoon
discussing issues more deeply and coming up with creative ways of
defending the public sphere from privatization and corporate control.
We are fortunate to have Dr. Sam Trosow give the Friday afternoon
keynote talk to close off the conference. Dr. Trosow is Associate
Professor at the University of Western Ontario jointly appointed to
the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies
(FIMS) and author of "Canadian Copyright: A Citizen's Guide".
Please join librarians and interested community members to discuss
these pertinent issues and help come up with ideas for what you can
do about them!
Thursday October 23 - 7 PM, Alice MacKay RoomKeynote address:
Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law
"Why Copyright? The Fight for Canada's Digital Future"
In June 2008, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-61, new
copyright legislation that closely followed the U.S. Digital Millennium
Copyright Act. The public response to the bill was both immediate
and angry - tens of thousands of Canadians wrote to the Minister and
their local Members of Parliament, leading to town hall meetings,
negative press coverage, and the growing realization that copyright
was fast becoming a mainstream political and policy issue.
The "Canadian copy-fight", which includes many new advocacy
groups and the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group
that has over 90,000 members, has attracted considerable attention
from the mainstream media, with many wondering how copyright had
emerged as a contentious policy issue. This talk will assess both the
legislative proposals and the Canadian copyfight experience in an effort
to answer the oft-asked question "why copyright?"
***********
Friday October 24 8:30 AM, VPL Lower Level
Friday's informational speakers will be:
*Ellen Gould, Trade Analyst - speaking about TILMA and
trade agreements
* Paul Holden, BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
(BC FIPA) - speaking about net neutrality
*David Loukidelis, BC Privacy Commissioner - speaking about access
to information
* Leslie Regan Shade, Concordia University - speaking about
telecommunications policy
* David Skinner, York University - speaking about media concentration
* Paul Whitney, City Librarian, Vancouver Public Library - speaking
about intellectual property
Closing keynote: Samuel Trosow, University of Western Ontario
***********
To register for the full conference, or for more information about
speakers and times, please visit www.bcla.bc.ca/jumpstarting
Student and low-income conference rates are available.
Michael Geist's talk is free, but registration is required
(www.bcla.bc.ca/geist for more information).
Attendance at Geist's talk is included in full- conference registration.
Great big thanks to the British Columbia Library Association,
Vancouver Public Library, BC Electronic Library Network,
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Island University, and the
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives for their support.
Questions or comments? Please write to Sabina Iseli-Otto (sio@vcn.bc.ca).
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Speaking For Ourselves: Media Democracy Day
2008October 25th, 2008
Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street
12:00pm – 6:00pm
FREE - With media concentrating into fewer and fewer hands, and
Internet Service Providers quickly emerging as online gatekeepers,
a public forum on media issues like Media Democracy Day takes on
a new sense of urgency.
MDD 2008 includes a series of exciting panels, workshops and speakers.
Some of the confirmed speakers include:
*Rex Weyler - World Renowned Author and Co-founder of Green Peace
*Deborah Campbell - Award Winning Independent Journalist
*David Beers - Publisher – The Tyee
*Michael Tippett - Co-founder of Nowpublic.com
*Marika Swan - Redwire Native Youth Media
*Charlie Smith - Editor of the Georgia Straight
*Robert Hackett - professor at SFU and author of "Remaking Media"
*Andrea Hayley - president of the Epoch Times Vancouver
*Robert Scales – CEO of RainCity Studios
*Dawn Paley – The Dominion Newspaper
*Gurpreet Singh - Broadcaster on Radio India, freelance columnist for
Surrey Now, freelance reporter for South Asian Post
*Matt Thompson - Campaign Strategist for FreePress, Co-Founder of
SaveOurNet.ca
*Kate Milberry - Media and Technology Commentator and many more!
Panels and Workshops include:
*Big Media Clamp Down: Taking stock and fighting back
*Free Your Computer, Free Yourself - Practical steps to get you
on the road to liberation with free and open source software
*Journalism in a time of Big Media Domination
*The Battle for New Media and Open Communication
*Community Organizing and Media
*Open Source Journalism
Full programme pasted below and more information at:
http://mediademocracyday.org/vancouver
Join the MDD Facebook Event
Find info and tools to promote MDD here:
http://mediademocracyday.org/press08
MDD Multi-Media Extravaganza After Party/Fundraiser
9:00 pm – 1:00 am
VIVO MEDIA ARTS CENTRE
1965 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V5T 3C1
Media Democracy Day presents the multi-media artist Jackson 2bears
and guests! Inspired by electronic music and dj/vj culture, 2bears
uses the remix as a tool for cultural critique, reflecting on issues of:
racism, colonialism, discrimination, Indigenous subjectivity and Native
stereotypes. These Live Cinema/Scratch Video remixes incorporate
digital images as well as video and sound, with samples taken from film,
television, the news and advertising and then cut-up, looped, and scratched
to the rhythmic patterns of hip-hop breaks and drum n' bass sequences.
There will be a bar at the event.
MC: Ifny - FreeGeekmore at: http://mediademocracyday.org/vancouver
Others can sign up to this mailing list at:
http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/mddvancouver
Visit the website: http://mediademocracyday.org
Get independent news at: http://coanews.org...
Re-Imagining Health Services: Innovations in Community
Health Conference
November 6-8, 2008
Registration deadline: Friday October 24
Canadians hear a lot about crisis in our health care system —
but we rarely hear about solutions. This conference will explore
how community health care can:
- Take pressure off hospitals;
- Allow people to manage their health while living at home and in
their own communities;
- Improve the health of vulnerable groups, such as frail seniors,
people living with mental illness, and people with disabilities or
chronic conditions; and
- Address the socio-economic determinants of health.
- Academic and community-based researchers, community groups,
health service providers, health professionals, health authorities,
labour organizations, policy-makers and students are all invited to
attend.
Details and links to program and registration form...
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Digital Copyright Canada- find out more about Bill 61.
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