EVENTS & MEETINGS:

1) Monday, October 15 to Thursday, October 18: Women's History Week at Laurentian University
2) Tuesday, October 16: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty
3) Tuesday, October 16: Meeting of Friends of Sudbury Transit
4) Wednesday, October 17: Myths and Mirrors Community Arts Annual
General Meeting
5) Saturday, October 20: Friends of Lake Laurentian Annual General Meeting
6) Monday, October 22: Meet-the-Author Dinner for *Paved with Good Intentions: Canada's Development NGOs From Idealism to Imperialism*
7) Tuesday, October 23: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore
8) Saturday, October 27: Eat Local Sudbury Chef Showdown Fundraiser
9) Sunday, October 28: Books for Food!
10) Tuesday, November 6: Canadian History Through the Stories of Activists -- Two Book Launches and Talks

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

1) "Canada’s Spy Groups Divulge Secret Intelligence to Energy Companies: Documents raise fears that info on environmentalists, Indigenous groups and more shared with industry at biannual, secret-level, briefings." by Tim Groves

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Monday, October 15 to Thursday, October 18: Women's History Week at Laurentian University

There are a number of events, both English and French, throughout the week. All events are free. They are being held at various locations on the Laurentian University campus, and everyone from both the campus and the broader community is welcome to attend.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Tuesday, October 16
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Ernie Checkers Theatre (Thornloe University)
"Exploring Child Adoption Across the U.S.-Canada Border" with Dr. Karen Balcom of McMaster University. Reception to follow.

OTHER EVENTS:
Monday, October 15
Time: 4pm
Location: Room PM-101 (Portable)
"The Radical Roots of Women's History" with Dr. Gary Kinsman

Monday, October 15
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Vale Living with Lakes Centre
"Women and Music Concert"

Tuesday, October 16
Time: 8:30am
Location: Room L-507 (Parker Building)
"A Mexican Feminist of the 17th Century: Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz" with Dr. Jorge Virchez

Tuesday, October 16
Time: 11:30am
Location: Room C-207 (Classroom Building)
"Not Exactly 'Pretty Woman': Law and Sex Work on the Borderlines" with Dr. Rosanna Langer

Tuesday, October 16
Time: 4pm
Location: Room T-260 (Thornloe University)
"The Social Construction of Sexuality" with Dr. Mandy Koolen

Tuesday, October 16
Time: 4pm
Location: Room L-507 (Parker Building)
"Une feministe Mexicane du dix-septieme siecle: Soeur Juana Ines de la Cruz" avec Dr. Jorge Virchez

Wednesday, October 17
Time: 8:30am
Location: Room L-712 (Parker Building)
"La nouvelle gauche et la deuxieme vague feministe: Liens, destine et heritages" avec Dr. Joel Belliveau

Wednesday, October 17
Time: 10am
Location: Room A-226 (Arts Building)
"Birth Mothers, Adoptive Parents and Children in Histories of Adoption" with Dr. Karen Balcom of McMaster University

Thursday, October 18
Time: 11am
Location: Room T-242 (Thornloe University)
"The Poetry of Sappho: Interpretations and Misinterpretations" with Dr. Louis D'Allier

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Tuesday, October 16: Meeting of Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty

Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Sudbury and District Labour Council Office, the second floor
of 109 Elm Street (across the street from the Native Friendship Centre)

Matters to be discussed include planning actions against the cuts to the community start-up fund, and our ongoing direct action support work. At 7:30 it becomes a joint meeting with the organizing group for the Town Hall meeting which is the next night. This is an important meeting so please try to come out. Everyone welcome. Children are welcome to attend, or childcare support is available upon request at sudburycap@gmail.com.

S-CAP is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. We provide direct-action support work assisting individuals in their struggles with welfare and ODSP, housing, employers, and others who deny people what they are entitled to in order to meet their needs. In addition, we mount campaigns against and support educational work about regressive government policies as they affect working people and people living in poverty. We believe in the power of people to organize themselves.

S-CAP on FaceBook:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/257339454351403/

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Tuesday, October 16: Meeting of Friends of Sudbury Transit

Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Environmental Resource Centre, reThink Green, 176 Larch Street
(back entrance)

This will be a regular meeting of the Friends of Sudbury Transit.

This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/476807685685021/

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Wednesday, October 17: Myths and Mirrors Community Arts Annual
General Meeting

Time: 5:45 -- potluck, 6:15 -- project unveiling, 6:30pm -- meeting Location: painted building, Victory Park, 496 Frood Road

We are pleased to announce and invite you to our Thirteenth Annual Membership Meeting on Wednesday, October 17th at Victory Park (496 Frood Road, mural painted building).  We start with a potluck at 5:45, the unveiling of our Pillars of the Earth project at 6:15 and the meeting starts at 6:30 pm.

Join us and invite your family, friends and neighbours!  Please R.S.V.P. by Monday, October 15th to help us accommodate everyone.

The Invitation, Agenda, Minutes from previous meeting, current and proposed By-laws, Appendices A & B and the membership form are linked and available for download from this page: http://mythsandmirrors.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/invitation-to-myths-and-...

For further information contact Glenda Forward at g4word@hotmail.com or Monique Beaudoin at mythsinfo@vianet.ca.

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Saturday, October 20: Friends of Lake Laurentian Annual General Meeting

Time: 10:30am to 11:30am (meeting), 12pm to 1:30pm (outdoor activites for the whole family)
Location: Lake Laurentian Conservation Area

Friends of Lake Laurentian’s First Annual General meeting, which is chuck full of events for family and friends. It will be happening on this date regardless of the weather!

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Monday, October 22: Meet-the-Author Dinner for *Paved with Good Intentions: Canada's Development NGOs From Idealism to Imperialism*

Come to the Laughing Buddha at 7pm to have an informal dinner with Dru Oja Jay, co-author with Nikolas Barry-Shaw of *Paved With Good Intentions: Canada's Development NGOs From Idealism to Imperialism*. To learn more about the book, visit http://www.pavedwithgoodintentions.ca/.

There will be opportunity for informal conversation about the book and related issues, and a chance to purchase a signed copy.

If you wish to attend, please send an email in advance to Scott Neigh at scottneigh@sympatico.ca.

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Tuesday, October 23: Meeting of Justice and Freedom for John Moore

Time: 6:30pm
Location: Fromagerie Elgin, 5 Cedar Street (entry from Elgin), Sudbury

We will be discussing the ongoing work to cultivate opportunities for John to speak about his case outside of Sudbury, John's current letter campaign, and fundraising possibilities.

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Saturday, October 27: Eat Local Sudbury Chef Showdown Fundraiser

Time: 5:30pm to midnight
Location: Italian Club, 7 Craig Street, Copper Cliff

Are you excited about local food, the environment and agriculture? Want to be more active in supporting Northern Ontario’s food industry?

Eat Local Sudbury is hosting its first ever fundraising gala that will take place on Saturday, October 27, 2012. This unique event will showcase food from our region that will be prepared by three of Sudbury’s finest chefs during a “Chef Showdown”.

Chef Jean Huneault from Coopérative Boréal, Chef Alejandro Winzer of Ristorante Verdicchio and Chef Stephanie Piché from Legacy Catering will be put to the ultimate test while they prepare exclusively local food that will be judged by a panel of celebrity judges from the Sudbury community.

We invite you to attend this delicious fundraising event and enjoy a taste of local food and entertainment. Your support has a direct impact on ensuring this local initiative will continue to thrive and achieve its vision of creating a sustainable food system right here in Sudbury.

About the Event

The first ever Chef Showdown will take place Saturday, October 27, 2012 at the Italian Club at 7 Craig Street in Copper Cliff. The event will begin with a cocktail hour at 5:30 pm, followed by a live cooking demonstration at 6:30 pm, then a delicious dinner, silent auction and lastly live entertainment to end the night at 1:00 am. This is the first ever fundraising event put on by the Eat Local Sudbury Co-operative.

Yes, I want to attend this event!

Tickets will go on sale August 1st. Tickets can be purchased at the Eat Local Sudbury Co-operative at 176 Larch Street in person during store hours or on-line at http://store.eatlocalsudbury.com/. Tickets are just $70 for co-op members and $75 for general admission. Tables of 8 can be purchased as well for $600. Your ticket includes a gourmet 3 course meal, wine with dinner and live entertainment. The Eat Local Sudbury Co-operative is open Tuesday - Friday 11 am- 6:00 pm and Saturdays 9 am- 4:00 pm.

This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/285811704857581/

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Sunday, October 28: Books for Food!

Time: 10am to 2pm
Location: 875 Notre Dame NFIA/Industrial Alliance

Used Book Fair! All the money raised will go to the Sudbury Food Bank.

I'm looking for people to help with this book fair, and I'm looking for book donations. This can only happen if people are willing to donate their used books.

If you have books to donate please contact Aimee Marlok @ 705-929-1989 or amarlok1@hotmail.com

We will also have food donation boxes set up too. So feel free to bring some canned goods!

ALL BOOKS WILL BE $1 EACH. Its just easier to have a set amount.

This event on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/events/501726066506058/

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Tuesday, November 6: Canadian History Through the Stories of Activists -- Two Book Launches and Talks

Time/Place:
        3 pm -- Brenda Wallace Reading Room, J.N. Demarais Library, Laurentian University
        7 pm -- Fromagerie Elgin, 5 Cedar Street (entry off Elgin), downtown Sudbury

Join Sudbury-based author and activist Scott Neigh for one of two events on November 6, as he launches new books published by Fernwood Publishing: *Gender and Sexuality: Canadian History Through the Stories of Activists* and *Resisting the State: Canadian History Through the Stories of Activists*. Hear about some of the many struggles that have shaped the Canada of today, and talk about new ways of relating to the past as we struggle for a transformed tomorrow.

At 3pm he will be speaking in the Brenda Wallace Reading Room of the Demarais Library at Laurentian University. His talk will be "Active Remembering and History From Below."

At 7pm he will be talking about "Our Movements and Our Histories" at the Fromagerie Elgin (5 Cedar Street, entry off Elgin) in downtown Sudbury.

Sociology professor Gary Kinsman of Laurentian University, who wrote the Foreword for the books, will also be speaking at both events.

To learn more about the books and the project of which they are a part, and to read and hear excerpts from the interviews around which the books are organized, visit http://talkingradical.ca/.

Scott Neigh is a writer, parent, and activist based in Sudbury, Ontario. He blogs regularly on political topics at http://scottneigh.blogspot.com/.

The event at the Laurentian University is sponsored by the Centre for Humanities Research and Creativity and the Centre for Research in Social Justice and Policy. Both events are sponsored by Fernwood Publishing.

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

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"Canada’s Spy Groups Divulge Secret Intelligence to Energy Companies: Documents raise fears that info on environmentalists, Indigenous groups and more shared with industry at biannual, secret-level, briefings." by Tim Groves
From *The Dominion*: http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/4640