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UPCOMING EVENTS
 MORE POWER TO YOU
A conference for community & environmental activists organizing to protect public power in British Columbia
Sat. Oct 4 and Sun. Oct. 5, 2008
SFU (Downtown campus)
Speaker(s):
Keynote Speaker: Rafe Mair, Broadcaster, writer, speaker, political commentator, and spokesperson for Save Our Rivers Society
Details:
A two day conference—including presentations, panel discussions, and workshops—will bring together community and environmental activists organizing to protect public power in British Columbia.
Registration:
$50 by September 3rd 2008
($35 Early Bird discount for registrations received before August 8th)
* A limited number of registration fee exemptions are available for event volunteers; contact BCCPP for volunteer opportunities (604.681.5939).
B.C. For $ale: A Conference About Privatization
Sat. Oct. 4, 2008
8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Parksville Community & Conference Centre
Keynote Speaker: Linda McQuaig, award-winning journalist & author of It's the Crude, Dude.
FREE REGISTRATION. Register in advance at www.OceansideCoalition.org
Workshop Presenters:
- Mel Hurtig, Canadian icon, publisher, activist
- Rafe Mair, broadcaster & former Social Credit cabinet minister
- Corky Evans, MLA and former NDP cabinet minister
- Iglica Ivanova, researcher for Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Leslie Dickout, BC Health Coalition
- Charley Beresford, exec. dir of Pembina Institute
- Heather Fussell, researcher, Columbia Institute
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