Thanks and Congratulations!
Thanks and congratulations to Emilie and Karen for two great presentations at the Metropolis international conference in Melbourne, Australia, last week. People are returning home to all parts of the world impressed to have learned more about the work at EMC in relation to RPL and such things as e-portfolios thanks to their effective and relevant sessions. Well done!
Speaker from Sierra Leone
Greetings friends,
Abu (see below) will be speaking at the University of Alberta International Centre at 5pm Thursday Oct 18 (this Thursday). You are cordially invited to attend and hear from him about the situation in Sierra Leone at present and the changes that are hoped for with the new government elected in the summer.
Peace, Bob
ABU BRIMA
Mr. Abu Brima is the Executive Director of the Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD), a Sierra Leonean non-government development and civil society advocacy organization that has played a key role in multiple and integrated approaches to the peace process by calling for negotiations, accountability and justice in Sierra Leone. A trained educator and human rights activist, Mr. Brima served as a civil society representative at the peace negotiations in 1999 in Lomé, Togo. He is the main actor in Sierra Leone calling attention to the detrimental role that diamonds have played in fuelling the conflict and destroying life and the environment in Sierra Leone. He initiated the Campaign for Just Mining (CJM) and National Advocacy Coalition on Extractives (NACE) in Sierra Leone, the main civil society coalitions that are campaigning alongside Partnership Africa Canada and others in the battle to end the trade in conflict diamonds and irresponsible and environmentally destructive mining.
What NMJD Is and Does
Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) is a non-governmental civil society development and advocacy organization that organizes, and strengthens CSOs, communities, to engage and influence change for the transformation of society. In so doing NMJD undertakes a number of strategic activities relating to:
- Governance and Accountabilility-Budget advocacy, service delivery monitoring, elections monitoring and observing
- Mining and Extractives-Corporate Social Responsibility, Policy/Contract Agreement reviews, Community Beneficiation, Monitoring Kimberley Certification Scheme and EITI implementation
- Youth Empowerment-Coalitions building, skills training and leadership formation, HIV’AIDS education and civic education
- Peace and Security-Conflict transformation, Peace education, Access to Justice (Paralegal Work) and Livelihoods Support initiatives
NMJD uses the Human Rights Based Approach to carry out its work engaging both duty bearers and rights holders. Activities include awareness raising and public education; mobilizing and organizing different stakeholders for action; research, documentation and publicity; lobbying and advocacy for policy change; capacity building through trainings, workshops and exposures/exchanges; conferences, symposiums and campaigns.
FYI > City of Edmonton - Community Services / Men's Group Series.
Family & Community Services / The City of Edmonton
Chaos to Peace Group: An 8 week group for men who are or have been abused physically, emotionally, financially or sexually by their partner. This group focuses on personal support/safety, improving self-esteem & learning to build a healthy sense of self.
A pre-group interview is required to help with immediate information/support needs. The group is facilitated by (2) professional/experienced social workers.
Thurs. Oct. 25 - Dec. 13, 2007 / 6:30-8:30 p.m. / North Side.
To register call Terry at: 944-5466 (or) Michael at 496-5866.
For more information contact:
Assessment and Short-term Counselling line: 496-4777
Fax: (780) 496-2995 / E-mail: mensgroups@edmonton.ca
Courtesy: The Community Networks Group ® T: (780) 474-6058 > C: 995-6819
Good Afternoon Everyone
Please take a few minutes to check out the new Children’s Services website at www.child.alberta.ca.
Early Intervention
Planning, Early Intervention, and Community Engagement (PEICE) Division
6th Floor, Oxbridge Place
9820-106 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2J6
Pre-Natal Class
If you know of someone who is looking for a Pre-Natal Class, next class is on Nov. 3, 2007 . Its FREE ! Also lunch and snack is provided. It will be held at the MCHB office. You can call Estela 989-0965 or Irene 482-7167.
Thanks
Cecilia Sevilla
Program Assistant
Edmonton Mennonite Centre For Newcomers
10211-97 ST.
Edmonton, AB. T5J 0L6
(780) 945-2290
Massey Lectures with Alberto Manguel - October 19 in the Myer Horowitz Theatre
The University of Alberta is pleased to host the 2007 Massey Lecture featuring Alberto Manguel on Friday, October 19. The Edmonton lecture is the third in the Massey Lecture series.
Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at some of the problems in modern societies - race riots in France, political murder in the Netherlands, bombings in Britain - all appear to be symptoms of multicultural experiment gone awry. In his book, The City of Words, Manguel suggests a fresh approach - look at what writers have to say, maybe books and stories hold secret keys to the human heart, keys that social planners can't find. Manguel is an award-winning essayist, novelist, anthologist and literary critic, and author of such books as The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, A History of Reading, and The Library at Night.
The Massey Lectures are co-sponsored by CBC Radio, House of Anansi Press, and Massey College in the University of Toronto. The lecture series was created in 1961 to honour Vincent Massey - the first Canadian-born governor general of Canada, and to provide a forum on radio where major contemporary thinkers could address some of the important issues of our time.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster or CBC Radio.
Date:Friday October 19, 2007
Time: 8:00 PM
Venue; Myer Horowitz Theatre, Students’ Union Building (SUB)
Event URL:
http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/massey/massey2007.html
Contact Information:
Jackie Wright, Office of the President
jackie.wright@ualberta.ca or 492-9592
