DAY OF ACTION: Demand a Canadian Energy Strategy on February 2, 2008

Atlantic

Friday, February 1

South Shore
Film screening, "Uranium" (free admission)
7:30 p.m. Mahone Bay Centre, Mahone Bay, NS

Friday, February 2

Annapolis Valley
Information leafleting at Farmers' Market

Charlottetown
Information leafleting at Farmers' Market

Pictou
Information table, Make Poverty History Fair

Saint John
Information leafleting at Farmers' Market

St. John's
Local letter writing

Monday, February 4

Charlottetown
Public meeting and panel discussion on biofuels
“The False Promise of Biofuels for PEI and elsewhere”
7:30 p.m. Murphy Community Center, Room 205.
Speakers: farmer Danny Hendricken; environmentalist Sharon Labchuk, campaigner with Earth Action; and scientist Dr. Kirk Brown

British Columbia

Friday, February 1

Pemberton
Speaker: Andy Ross, COPE 378
7:30 p.m., Pemberton Community Centre, 7567 Pemberton Meadows Road

Port Alberni
An Inconvenient Truth - everyone welcome
1:00 p.m. (sharp), Room C-21, North Island College, Port Alberni Campus

3:30-5:30 p.m.
Available for viewing, on DVD, speeches by:
Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians, National Chairperson
Wenonah Hauter, Food and Water Watch, Washington, DC
Claudia Campepero Arena, COMDA, Mexican committee for the Defense of Water Rights, Mexico City

Saturday, February 2

Campbell River
Information Table at J.A.D.E. Society's Senior's Expo
11:00-4:00 p.m., Maritime Centre, 621 Island Hwy

Comox Valley
Information table at the World Community Film Fest
Filberg Centre

Courtenay
Information Table at World Community Film Festival
Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay 12:00-4:00 p.m.

Duncan
Expert panel on energy and environmental issues in BC, plus screening of '49 Megawatts'
1:30-3:30 p.m., Mercury Theatre, 331 Brae Rd.

Golden
Speaker: Bob Derby, COPE 378, plus screening of '49 Megawatts'
7:00 p.m., Jita’s Café, 1007 11 Ave South

Kamloops
Speaker : Gwenne Farrell, COPE 378
7:00 p.m., Desert Gardens Seniors Ctr, 540 Seymour Street

Kelowna
Speaker: Gwenne Farrell, COPE 378, workshop to follow
1:00-4:00 p.m., Okanagan College, cafeteria, 1000 KLO Rd

Nelson
Speaker: Mike Bruce, COPE 378, plus screening of '49 Megawatts'
3:00-5:00 p.m., Public Library, 602 Stanley Street

Powell River
Speaker: Lori Mayhew, COPE 378, plus screening of '49 Megawatts'
2:00-4:00 p.m., Community Living Place, 6831 Artaban, Cranberry

Surrey
Information leafleting, take action!
11:00 a.m., Choices 3248 King George Highway
Contact Mihoko Kanashiro 604.531.8275 for more information

Vancouver
Education and RALLY! Bill Tieleman (political commentator), Joe Foy (Western Canada Wilderness Committee), Shane Simpson, MLA, Tom Rankin (Save Our Rivers Society), music and theatre as well as information and take action pieces!
1:00-2:00 p.m., information table will be set up 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Vancouver Art Gallery, Robson and Hornby Sts

Expert panel from environmental, social justice, human rights and labour organizations on run of river projects and the BC government's energy plan
7:00 p.m., Ukrainian Hall, 154 East 10th Avenue (between Main and Quebec)

Victoria
Speaker: Sage Aaron, COPE 378, plus screening of '49 Megawatts'
7:00 p.m., BCGEU Area Office, 2994 Douglas Street

Tuesday, February 5

Kelowna
What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire, a feature-length documentary
6:00 p.m. Okanagan Regional Library, 1380 Ellis St
Admission by Donation. For more info contact: 769 1977

Ontario-Quebec-Nunavut

Saturday, January 19

Peterborough
"Mittens" campaign begins at the Market - continuing for a month. Members of a Trent University Environmental Studies class are conducting the campaign on campus.

Wednesday, January 30

Peterborough
7:00-9:30 p.m. "The Splice" film theatre - 2 hour documentary film, "What a Way to Go . life at the end of empire" - includes discussion and brief chapter theatre.

Friday, February 1

Peterborough
Presentation of CoC issues, particularly energy and environmental impact, to groups of participating Trent students during International Development Week at a "coffee house style" dialogue, Sadleir House, late a.m.

Saturday, February 2

Brockville
Information leafleting throughout the afternoon, local letter writing.

Durham Region
Information leafleting and distributing materials to local libraries

Grey Bruce
Information leafleting

Kingston
Chapter members submitting letters to the editor

London
Local market - information leafleting

Northumberland
Meeting with MP and information leafleting at City Hall

Ottawa-Gatineau
Information leafleting downtown - start at Rideau Centre food court at 1:00 p.m.
We will each take some materials, disperse at approximately 1:15, and meet back at the Rideau Centre around 3:00 p.m.

Ottawa
Information leafleting at public event on uranium mining at Sharbot Lake, January 23

Windsor
Windsor market - information leafleting

February 7

Guelph
"Tarsands Revealed" Tar Sands panel at the University of Guelph
7:00 p.m. Panel discussion & presentation at U of G in MacKinnon Bldg. Rm 117.

Dr. Terisa Turner: professor of sociology and anthropology, and scholar of petroleum economics and globalization.

Mike Nagy: Federal Environment Critic, Green Party of Canada Brandon Kidd: U of G grad student in Canadian media coverage of environmental issues

Sunday, March 2

Peterborough
- Chapter participating in an SPP panel at the Public Library, early afternoon. Energy issues and deep integration will be a main part of chapter focus.

Niagara
Event in March - details TBA

Prairies

Saturday, February 1

Univerisy of Alberta
Information table and hosting a film on campus followed by discussion.
6:30pm in Telus Room 150

Saturday, February 2

Calgary
Information leafleting - distribute 5 copies of the handbill to your neighbours on either side and encourage them to follow up with Prime Minister Harper.

Edmonton
Information leafleting at the local farmers market on Whyte Avenue

Lethbridge
details TBA

Regina
details TBA