Creative Maladjustment ...an unquiet mind.

FW: please place these posters where they will be seen

2012-01-31T14:39:00.000-08:00

From: judy.graves@vancouver.ca
To: shenry@firstunited.ca; bkmorris59@hotmail.com; rosemary@whuc.net; Dorothy_Cumming@bcit.ca; hales_jc@yahoo.ca; Jennifer_Sydenham@can.salvationarmy.org; amandagibbs@telus.net; amarjotj@sfu.ca; advocacy@stpaulsanglican.bc.ca; askalice@shaw.ca; andrew@sauve-nolan.com; almckay@telus.net; atysick@gmail.com; ruth.martin@familymed.ubc.ca; ruth_herman@shaw.ca; davidchudnovsky@gmail.com; dswan4432@gmail.com; mdavis@drpeter.org; ladams2@telus.net; bob_and_anne_swann@hotmail.com; rgeralddoll@shaw.ca; bpauly@uvic.ca; wanderingwallace@hotmail.com; bijan91@gmail.com; Murray.Bilida@leg.bc.ca; barbara.levesque@jhsnok.ca; beasley@bernardpartners.com; constance.barnes@gmail.com; charles@downtownvancouver.net; chume@mentalhealthcommission.ca; dweiss@ugm.ca; dlamb@telus.net; ddiewertt@shaw.ca; directordtesnh@gmail.com; daviel@parl.gc.ca; don@themosaic.org; deddy@vnhs.ca; dsikstrom@harbourlightbc.com; drbillca@gmail.com; ggreening@ugm.ca; david@davidewart.ca; stan.lanyon@arboffices.com; ggayman@harbourlightbc.com; Brennan.Nearing@gov.bc.ca; Dianne.Elliott@gov.bc.ca; Dave.Jagpal@gov.bc.ca; daveb@lookoutsociety.ca; dave@infocusconsulting.ca; Craig.Phillips@nursing.ubc.ca; evan.adams@familymed.ubc.ca; eileenmosca@telus.net; executivedirector@vafcs.org; rector@stpaulsanglican.bc.ca; gfranklin@telus.net; Gerry.Bradley2@vch.ca; harvey@covenanthousebc.org; hluke@ethosstrategygroup.com; vfineday@telus.net; info@southgranville.org; info@cnnbackpackers.com; jproudfoot@gmail.com; jwhite-msw-c@hotmail.com; jadams@circleofeagles.com; jsands@sparc.bc.ca; karen@cglf.ca; kathi.thompson@fraserhealth.ca; lyotier@telus.net; Kingsley.Okyere@metrovancouver.org; kmfomi@yahoo.ca; seeingeye@telus.net; lzille@fsgv.ca; LHanson@PCRS.CA; lawrencejho@hotmail.com; outreach@headlinestheatre.com; Lani.johnson@bobics.org; mmmacdougall@shaw.ca; miles.xpisti@gmail.com; micheal@bccla.org; stmarks.campusministry@gmail.com; maryanne@nightshiftministries.org; mattgranlund@gmail.com; njmclaren1@gmail.com; newmann@douglas.bc.ca; nkeough@thekettle.ca; neighbourhoodministry@gmail.com; chiavario@shaw.ca; ostry@uvic.ca; outreachvrc@hotmail.com; petergreenwell@telus.net; pennylrogers@hotmail.com; phonehome@shaw.ca; programming@gachet.org; pbpotter@live.ca; pastor@plc-abby.org; rthompson@ugm.ca; Roger_Hardy@worldvision.ca; rvanwyk@mccbc.com; Roberta.fraser@telus.net; raebi@fsgv.ca; ruth.martin@familymed.ubc.ca; Shefali.Raja@fraserhealth.ca; ssmall@rcav.org; steve.bourne@hedyfry.com; blyth2008@gmail.com; sspear@raincityhousing.org; seppelt@acrss.org; terrybrennen@telus.net; thetenbears@telus.net; tshymka@sjcss.com; tim@gcbchurch.ca; timlouis@timlouislaw.com; vancouvermovingtheatre@shaw.ca; Peter.Vlahos@vch.ca; vstrehlau@brain.ubc.ca; valerieevelevitt@gmail.com; ethel.whitty@vancouver.ca; wendycitn@gmail.com; sean@megaphonemagazine.com; seang@simplycove.ca; wishdropincentre@telus.net; e.d.ccs@shaw.ca
Subject: please place these posters where they will be seen
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:56:11 +0000

Please address all questions and concerns to Candace Parker, cpparker@shaw.ca

From: Candace Parker [mailto:cpparker@shaw.ca]
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 4:30 PM
To: Graves, Judy
Subject:

Hi Judy,

I was going to email you some posters, see attached. Hope you are well! Cheers, Candace

Candace Parker, Barrister and Solicitor

1484 Draycott Rd.

North Vancouver, B.C. V7J 3N8

Tel: 604 998 0203 (office)

604 838 4435 (cell)

Fax: 604 998 0204

Email: cpparker@shaw.ca

This email is for the intended recipient only and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you have received it in error, please advise the sender immediately (by e-reply or telephone) and delete the original email.

FW: cfax poll question and response

2012-01-31T10:41:00.001-08:00

Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:08:24 -0800
To: cfax.talk@chumradio.com
From: eternity@islandnet.com
Subject: cfax poll question and response

cfax poll question and response

hi - i received notice of your poll question about raising welfare rates from a friend of mine. his email follows my response.

i didn't vote, because the question is far too simplistic and misleading. if you had asked something about re-directing lottery revenue, or putting a cap on mla pensions, responsibly redistributing wealth so that everyone in our province can live with a degree of dignity, pay their rent, and with the extra participate in stimulating the local economy, i'd have voted. and i might listen to your station now and then, too.

is this really the best you can do? come on. it's 2012. millions of people around the world have taken to the streets demanding creative solutions to the many challenges we all face on this planet today. surely you've got the intelligence to analyze the situation with more depth, and offer up some more reasonable alternative than merely asking individuals if they'd be willing to further contribute to a corrupt and paternalistic government.

namaste,

janine bandcroft

founder, victoria street newz

From: jack etkin <jetkino@yahoo.ca>

HERE is CFAX radio's 'poll question' for today: As a taxpayer, would you be willing to pay more to increase welfare from its current rate of $610 per month?

That is the question because of the story of the NDP MLA who is trying to survive for one month on the below poverty welfare rate for a single person.

The current vote is 60% to 40% saying NO, we do not want our taxes raised to support a higher welfare rate...

BUT, the funny thing is ... you can only vote NO. I've tried for 3 hours to vote yes, tried several times, and the poll will not take my vote; but when I tried to vote NO, it took my vote right away.

I contacted CFAX an hour ago (10:30AM) and they said they 'would look into it'.

But this misleading poll is still up there, giving a completely incorrect picture of how people feel.

And in my opinion, this is exactly what CFAX is all about; misleading us on behalf of their corporate owners (Bell Media), and not just today but 24 /7, and 365 days a year...

http://www.cfax1070.com/

FW: yoga does...

2012-01-30T17:12:00.001-08:00

Mental health and well being come in many forms. I live a holistic approach to mental health, and encourage others to do so.

Please share.

Be well my friends.

Wallace

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Namaste

Alice G. Walton, Contributor
I cover health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.
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Penetrating Postures: The Science of Yoga

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This is the first of a two-part series on yoga: the second, "The Psychology of Yoga," looks at the psychological changes that yoga has been shown to bring about.
Judging from the number of yoga mats I've seen toted around Manhattan in the last 15 years, I'm pretty sure I was the last person on the island to try it. My relationship with the practice started about six months ago, and I must admit, I fell for it – and hard. I was amazed at the changes it was effecting in my body, and even better, my mind. But the science nerd/Western medicine part of me wondered how, exactly, it was doing this. I could wager some guesses based on what I know about the body, but wanted to talk to some people who actually study this stuff for a living.
Stephen Cope is a therapist and director of the Institute for Extraordinary Living at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts. He heads a program at the Center entitled "Yoga and the Brain," in which researchers are studying yoga's effect on the brain with MRI and other clever techniques. Cope explains that yoga brings about measurable changes in the body's sympathetic nervous system – the one charged with propelling us into action during the "fight or flight" response to stress. However, because our lives today include business emails at 10 o'clock at night and loud cell conversations at the next table, our stress response often lingers in the "on" position at times it shouldn't. Yoga helps dampen the body's stress response by reducing levels of the hormone cortisol, which not only fuels our split-second stress reactions, but it can wreak havoc on the body when one is chronically stressed. So reducing the body's cortisol level is generally considered a good thing.
Yoga also boosts levels of the feel-good brain chemicals like GABA, serotonin, and dopamine, which are responsible for feelings of relaxation and contentedness, and the way the brain processes rewards. All three neurotransmitters are the targets of various mood medications like antidepressants (e.g., SSRIs) and anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) drugs. The fact that yoga is linked to improved levels of these coveted chemicals is nothing to sneeze at.
Yoga has another bonus, says Sarah Dolgonos, MD, who has taught at the Yoga Society of New York's Ananda Ashram. She points out that in addition to suppressing the stress response, yoga actually stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, which calms us down and restores balance after a major stressor is over. When the parasympathetic nervous system switches on, "blood is directed toward endocrine glands, digestive organs, and lymphatic circulation, while the heart rate and blood pressure are lowered," says Dolgonos. With the parasympathetic nervous system in gear, "our bodies can better extract nutrients from the food we eat, and more effectively eliminate toxins because circulation is enhanced. With parasympathetic activation, the body enters into a state of restoration and healing."
There is also consensus that yoga boosts immune function, says Dolgonos. This benefit is probably due to the reduction of cortisol, mentioned earlier: too much of the pesky hormone can dampen the effectiveness of the immune system "by immobilizing certain white blood cells." Reducing circulating cortisol "removes a barrier to effective immune function," so yoga could help prevent illness by boosting immunity.
So let's zoom in on yoga's effects on the body even more (bear with me, this is really interesting). Researchers have discovered that yoga improves health in part by reducing a major adversary of the body: inflammation. Chronic inflammation, even low grade, is responsible for a litany of health problems from heart disease to diabetes to depression.
Paula R. Pullen, PhD, Research Instructor at the Morehouse School of Medicine, studies yoga's effects on inflammation by looking at what's happening in the bodies of heart failure patients who enroll in yoga classes. She has shown that after being randomly assigned to yoga or to standard medical care, patients taking yoga have significantly improved levels of biomarkers like C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). If your eyes just glazed over, these findings are quite remarkable because they illustrate that yoga can actually affect the tiniest molecules, the ones that are widely known to predict risk for serious disease. Pullen underlines that reducing the body's level of inflammation is incredibly important from a preventative standpoint. And yoga can help with this. "Yoga balances the body, the hormonal system, and the stress response. People tend to think of yoga as being all about flexibility – it's not. It's about rebalancing and healing the body."
Though it's been around for thousands of years, Western science is just beginning to understand how yoga exerts its effects. It will certainly be interesting to follow the research as it continues to reveal just what yoga is doing in the body and brain. Stay tuned for Part II of the yoga series!

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FW: Smart Meter Film: trailer is up!

2012-01-16T10:56:00.001-08:00

Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:27:29 -0800
To:
From: eternity@islandnet.com
Subject: Smart Meter Film: trailer is up!

Smart Meter Film: trailer is up!

From: Sibylle Zilker <sibylle@vsip.ca>

Our trailer's out! Stop Smart Meters: The Film

After two months in development, and logging more than 25 interviews throughout the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, I'm very glad to release our trailer / short film, Stop Smart Meters: The Film. I felt compelled to initiate this project because BC citizens are not being told the truth about this issue. Not by the media, and certainly not by the rogue BC government.

The trailer lays out all of the major issues with the "smart meter" program... and why we need to take advantage of this opportunity to rise up and take back our power. It is designed to be shared with everyone, as a mind-opener and an encouragement. I want to thank Ronnie Novak for his excellent videography, and our editor Jocelyne Chaput for her wonderful editing work.

Watch the 6-minute trailer here: http://SmartMeterFilm.com

We're making a difference

As this is a community-funded project, with a huge amount of gratitude, we now ask for funding contributions. We need to raise $7,500 to help cover the expenses so far, and to complete the feature-length film. Every amount helps, no matter how larger or small, towards a smart-meter-free BC... this is our mission. With the importance of the human rights issues so clearly at stake, we've felt compelled to put days and weeks into the mission of this film. If you find value in this work, please take a moment to make your secure contribution here:

http://indiegogo.com/SmartMeterfilm

There is much indication that we're starting to win the public opinion battle in the smart meter arena. Real change ALWAYS starts with a shift in awareness. Tens of thousands throughout BC are pissed off, and this film can reach the mainstream with the necessary encouragement and solutions for their homes, communities and together as a province. Let's create a big impact together. Please donate what you can - with our deep appreciation.

And let's help the trailer go viral! Share it with your email contacts, Facebook, Twitter, letters and comments to online media... share the IndieGoGo page... or any other way you feel inspired.

All I have left to give at this time is a sincere Thank You.

With love and blessings for a year full of Joy and Light,

Josh del Söl

604-762-4347

josh@thebigpitcher.org

facebook.com/josh.del.sol

Josh on the web:

www.SmartMeterFilm.com ~ www.Beeswax-Candles.ca ~ www.TheBigPitcher.org

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FW: DAUGHTER OF CHAOS- PR RELEASE

2011-12-12T15:29:00.002-08:00

Heather Owen

Promotions & Community Relations Coordinator

Central Vancouver Island Crisis Society

PO Box 1118, Nanaimo, BC V9R 6E7
P 250 753 2495 Toll-free 1 877 753 2495
F 250 753 2475

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead

From: helani [mailto:helani@shaw.ca]
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:26 PM
To: Heather Owen
Subject: DAUGHTER OF CHAOS- PR RELEASE

P R E S S R E L E A S E

DAUGHTER OF CHAOS

Helani Davison

Helani Davison describes Daughter of Chaos as a creative compilation of her life as a woman addict put to narrative. A life of trauma and drama is cleverly described in her original poems and prose. “My autobiographical reading is full of real-life depictions of a life-time of addiction and a struggle to find my stability.” Davison describes her delivery as raucous and ribald but also deeply sensitive. Each individual vignette is put forth with fiery passion and compelling detail. “Mental health and addiction are such serious issues but they are rarely personally attested to or put into a form of entertainment. I am challenging that,” says Davison. “Dry academic deliveries about mental health with a bunch of stats fall flat. People zone out.” Bold, forthright and hard-hitting true accounts by Davison tell it like it is in a performance of original works.

Davison's delivery is a grabber. It takes people through all the twists and turns of the life of a woman with multiple addictions and an eating disorder who was raised by a mother who suffered from a painful mental illness called Paranoid Schizophrenia. “It's sad, it's bad. It's sexy. It's up-lifting and it’s true!” says Davison, who is a living testament of recovery.

In provocative poems like “Main and Hastings” Davison speaks of her encounters with street people. “I see broken people. Broken deeper than bones.” In an anecdotal poem about her relationship with a transient lover, Davison writes, “You Rode Me Like a Motorcycle” and goes on to say, “ours was the Harley Davidson of the love-set, honey. That great flash of silver bike, under a 14 karat sky.”

Davison's professional career as a Certified Addiction Counsellor grounds her presentation. As a Public Relations Consultant for numerous addiction treatment centres, Davison proves her commitment to raising awareness on important social issues.

This performance speaks loudly to anyone struggling with addiction or mental health problems and their loved ones. Anyone will benefit from the rawness and honesty of this delivery. “My story is not all that I am, but it is all that I have,” Davison confirms. A compelling story of 'riches to rags and the struggle to come back' offers compassionate understanding, tapping the greatest of all power sources – hope.

This performance, sponsored by Island Fit life in Victoria is held at Burnside Gorge Activity Centre 471 Cecilia Road, Victoria, Thursday, December 15th. Doors open at 6:30 PM, show starts at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $15 at the door. Contact helani@shaw.ca.

FW: Fw DAUGHTER OF CHAOS -AD ATTACHED

2011-12-12T15:29:00.001-08:00

FYI

Heather Owen

Promotions & Community Relations Coordinator

Central Vancouver Island Crisis Society

PO Box 1118, Nanaimo, BC V9R 6E7
P 250 753 2495 Toll-free 1 877 753 2495
F 250 753 2475

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead

From: helani [mailto:helani@shaw.ca]
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:22 PM
To: Heather Owen
Subject: Fw DAUGHTER OF CHAOS -AD ATTACHED
Importance: High

Hi Helani,

As promised, here is the high resolution version of your ad for you to
use for posters, etc.

Erin
Erin Jory
Advertising Representative | Gulf Islands Driftwood
One of Canada's Best Newspapers - CCNA 2008 & 2009
328 Lower Ganges Road
Salt Spring Island, BC, V8K 2V3
Ph: 250.537.9933 ext 211
Cell: 250-537-7365
Fax: 250-537-2613
Toll Free: 1-877-537-9934
www.gulfislandsdriftwood.com
www.facebook.com/gulfislandsdriftwood

FW: A generous offer for low income children... glasses

2011-12-12T13:09:00.001-08:00

From: SWILSON@sd68.bc.ca
Subject: FW: A generous offer for low income children... glasses
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:42:23 +0000
To:

Pearle Vision has contacted Marc Fellows. They wish to provide free prescription glasses to any low income child who needs them. The child needs to take a prescription from an optometrist to Pearle Vision and they will provide lenses and frames for free.

The contact people at Pearle Vision are Todd Simonson or Sarah. Phone number is 250 746-4322.

Deadline is December 13, 2011

Please forward to any agency/person that you think would be interested in this information.

FW: Every Step Counts

2011-12-08T16:20:00.001-08:00

Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:24:38 -0800
To:
From: eternity@islandnet.com
Subject: Fwd: Every Step Counts

Fwd: Every Step Counts

From: Patricia Fitzgerald <grandmas@saltspring.com>

In case you know people who would like to take part.

Patricia

Hello

My name is Gillie Easdon and I run Every Step Counts, a walking and running program for individuals who self identify with challenges with mental health, addiction, poverty, social isolation and other barriers.

For a few years now there has been two very successful co-ed groups running out of the Downtown Activity Centre.

However, this week, we launched a women's only Every Step Counts out of Sandy Merriman House on Tuesday at Friday at 10am. We go out for a walk, return, stretch and have a delicious healthy snack.

Women are given gently used running shoes to start. It is great to know they are coming so I can make sure to have the right size. At 5 sessions there is a water bottle. At 10 there is a running shirt and certificate – at 15 we get brand new shoes for the participant – and there are more milestones – up to 200 runs now!

Participants are encouraged to "leave your stuff at the door" and just enjoy some time outside; not talking about what is going on in your life, just getting outside with good people.

Also – participants do not have to commit twice a week so they are welcome to just come and see if it is a fit! This is non-competitive, very inclusive and positive and fun.

Attached please find a poster – that if you could put it up or circulate it, that would be great. If you would like me to come by to talk about the program, I would be happy to.

My cell is 882-5261, although it is mainly for voicemail as I rarely answer it.

Thanks so much – please let me know if you have any questions!

We are still accepting new participants for the Tues/Thurs 3-430 and Weds/Fri 330-5 groups out of the DCAC (755 Pandora) but they are co-ed (fyi)

Gillie

Gillie Easdon

Every Step Counts Coordinator

REES Network Outreach

823 Broughton Street

Victoria, BC V8W 1E5

T: 250-595-8619

F: 250-595-8629

C:250-882-5261

geasdon@CoolAid.org

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occupy your language ... celebrate linguistic diversity ... what can we do besides "occupy"?

FW: CBC refuses to let low-income people enter their building

2011-12-05T14:06:00.001-08:00

Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:53:57 -0800
To:
From: eternity@islandnet.com
Subject: CBC refuses to let low-income people enter their building

CBC refuses to let low-income people enter their building

For immediate release

December 2, 2011

CBC refuses to let low income people enter their building

Downtown Eastside residents went to the CBC foodbank day today with two messages: We want Justice so we don't need Charity, and we want the CBC to spend more time covering ways to end poverty and so we don't have to spend so much time alleviating it.

"We hope the food bank raises lots of money today," said Roland Clarke, the event's MC. "If they raise half a million dollars that would be good. That would work out to about $2.78 for every person on welfare and disability in BC. The problem is: People in poverty need more than $2.78 worth of food each year. We need justice."

After skits and speeches a small delegation from the group went into the CBC to present a donation and a giant thank you card on air. The card said: "Justice Now to End the Need for Charity." "Thank you CBC. Now make an even bigger difference by providing more coverage on a poverty reduction plan and higher welfare rates." This is when security guards prevented the six people in the delegation from entering the main room where other members of the public were participating in the radio show.

Before the delegation tried to enter the CBC with its message of "justice so we don't need charity," Tina the Charity Turkey also made an appearance, calling for a new group, Turkeys United for Justice so we don't need Charity. "Welfare is too low," said Tina, "It needs to be at least $1300 a month so people can pay rent, buy groceries and take transit to look for a job."

People who donate to the food bank need to do more, said the Turkey. "They can tell the Premier to raise welfare rates so people can buy me with their own money, or preferably buy ham."

Over and over speakers said that the $610 a month welfare rate for rent, utilities, food, transit, clothes, cleaning supplies, phone and other necessities is not enough to live on.

"Most of what they give you at the foodbank, cans and packaged goods, are past expired, sometimes a year or more," said Richard Cunningham.

"You have to spend hours in line and then if you live in a SRO and you don't have a kitchen, you can't use half of what they give you," explained another food bank user, Laura Shaver.

Aiyanas Ormond of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users added, "Anyone who's used a food bank knows that the process is often frustrating, undignified and even humiliating. As a stopgap measure it's bad enough, but when this becomes institutionalized it becomes another part of the grinding violence of poverty that struggling individuals and families have to endure."

"It's the indignity of standing for hours in line for help and then not even being able to use the food they give you," said Brian Miles. I know I'm in a tough situation, but at times at the foodbank, I've felt really humiliated."

While outside, the group handed out bandaid shaped leaflets asking everyone to email premier@gov.bc.ca urging the Premier to raise welfare rates to $1300 a month. They also asked passers-by to fill out a budget for living on $610 per month for all expenses including looking for work.

Contact: Aiyanas Ormond: 604-315-8766

Dave Diewert: 778 708-5006

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FW: Change for a dollar

2011-11-22T17:37:00.001-08:00

Sometimes, it does not take a lot, to be of help....

Change for a dollar

http://www.flickspire.com/m/Share_This/changeforadollar?lsid=161f9da9b7692b6854ca64548e80ab61

Be well my friends.

Wallace

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2011-11-17T14:38:00.001-08:00

http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=070e022b-6102-4ac2-b2c5-d8285f8610c3

Have a good day my friends, please VOTE.

Wallace

FROM MY HEART...

2011-11-12T16:43:00.001-08:00

Wallace

Subject: wanderingwallace sent you a video: "Midnight Walker"
From: noreply@youtube.com
To: wanderingwallace@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:41:16 -0800

wanderingwallace sent you a video: "Midnight Walker"

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2011-11-12T09:09:00.001-08:00

Be well my friends

Wallace

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FW: "Counselling Men Effectively" and "Exploring Male Sexuality" Workshops

2011-11-11T15:22:00.001-08:00

From: theo@nanaimomen.com
To: theo@nanaimomen.com
Subject: Re: "Counselling Men Effectively" and "Exploring Male Sexuality" Workshops
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:48:05 -0800

We have two workshops, "Counselling Men Effectively" and "Exploring Male Sexuality" being sponsored by the Nanaimo Men's Resource Centre later this month. These workshops will be held in Nanaimo, BC and registration is limited, but spaces are still available. Posters are attached!

On Thursday, November 24 and Friday morning, November 25, we are bringing in Dr. Wray Pascoe from Winnipeg to facilitate a workshop on "Counselling Men Effectively".

On Saturday , November 26, Dr. Pascoe will be facilitating a workshop on "Exploring Male Sexuality".

See attached posters or below for more information:

Dr. Wray Pascoe has worked with men in a variety of settings; private practice with professional men, a federal prison, unskilled labourers and men with addictions and/or issues with depression. In addition Dr. Pascoe has worked with survivors of the Residential School System and has presented this workshop throughout the United States and Canada. Dr. Pascoe has served on the Editorial Board Journal of Couples Therapy and is an ad hoc reviewer for other journals.

The objectives of Counselling Men Effectively are to help participants to:

 Engage and keep male clients from opting out of therapy too early

 Maximize the impact of the initial session

 Learn to deal with the clients' anger and tears

 Address overt and covert addictions

 Help the client rediscover the wounded "little boy"

 Deal with deficits and advantages of being a male or female counsellor

 Become comfortable with uncomfortable subjects

 Work with suicidal clients

 Understand their role in counselling men effectively

 Day two will provide clinical examples & intensive discussion of the difficult client (grandiose narcissistic professional male, power /control)

 Develop creative & innovative strategies to apply in their practice

EXPLORING MALE SEXUALITY

This is for you if the following are meaningful for you:

 Masculinity is NOT a pathological CONDITION

 DOES YOUR PENIS HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN?

 Do you confuse SEX and L O V E?

 Do you understand the needs of your partner?

 Sexuality as a dimension of personality

 What about pornography?

About the Presenter:

Dr. Wray Pascoe is a psychotherapist and sex therapist who has presented workshops throughout Canada, U.S., Mexico and the U.K. Dr. Pascoe has taught human sexuality at various medical schools and universities. In Dr. Pascoe's practice, he specializes in working with men and their issues.

My apologies to anyone who has received this email in duplicate!

Theo

Theo J. Boere

Executive Director

Nanaimo Men's Resource Centre

418D Fitzwilliam St.

Nanaimo, BC V9R 3A7

Phone: 250.716.1551

Fax: 250.716.1557

theo@nanaimomen.com

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New story online about lobbying candidates

2011-11-10T16:51:00.001-08:00

http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=248d5a5a-f8bb-4658-80b0-afe42570a7d5

Some may be aware that the CCN group opposed to...

2011-11-10T11:56:00.001-08:00

Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:27:09 -0800
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Gord Fuller posted in Elect Gordon Fuller to Nanaimo Council.

Gord Fuller

11:27am Nov 10

Some may be aware that the CCN group opposed to Low Barrier Housing are running a slate of candidates they want people to vote for.

I have just found out that the group puttting this out, http://whatswrongwiththispicture.ca/sites/default/files/ccn-poster.pdf is in violation of the Community Charter because they have not filed as a Campaign Organization.

As such a Campaign Organizer is subject to financial management, reporting and disclosure rules like candidates and elector organizations. Pretty hard to do when one does not know who is behind the CCN.

http://whatswrongwiththispicture.ca/sites/default/files/ccn-poster.pdf

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Interesting?

2011-11-09T21:38:00.001-08:00

Help elect candidates that are open to consultation with the community. Vote for honesty, integrity and transparency from our City Council. Download the poster from the Concerned Citizens Website at

http://whatswrongwiththispicture.ca/sites/default/files/ccn-poster.pdf

I sure as hell hope everyone is concerned now.

Nothing surprises me when it comes to humanity, so whom ever you vote for, look towards your heart. I do not have a problem with individuals or groups opposing this issue or any other. I do have a problem with the initial ad campaign that has been publicly ignored for the most part. Debasing and dehumanizing a vulnerable and marginalized group of our citizens is just wrong. Where is the integrity, honesty, and transparency in a group that still for the most part remains nameless and faceless?

Be well my friends.

FW: wanderingwallace sent you a video: "Donny's Rant"

2011-11-05T18:08:00.001-07:00

Enjoy my latest video, have added my own voice to the animation, please let me know what you think.

Be well my friends.
Wallace

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Extreme Weather Alert-- Shelter to open

2011-11-04T12:15:00.001-07:00

Please share info.

Be well my friends

Wallace

FW: [Elect Gordon Fuller to Nanaimo Council] “Everybody deserves a home. To show your...

2011-11-02T15:09:00.001-07:00

Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 14:54:45 -0700
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Gord Fuller posted in Elect Gordon Fuller to Nanaimo Council.

Gord Fuller

2:54pm Nov 2

"Everybody deserves a home. To show your compassion for fellow citizens of Nanaimo who need low barrier housing I invite you to support the Green Light Project. Awareness, empowerment, and optimism is the spirit of this movement! Can you feel it?"

A new group that is trying to get acurate information and feedback out. I helped connect the folk involved with one another after receiving a call from a friend who was furious with the Concerned Citizens group in the North End.

The Green Light Project

Local Citizens grouping together to support Low Barrier Housing in Nanaimo. Vote at the upcoming ele...

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FW: Council Monday

2011-10-30T08:28:00.001-07:00

Please share and encourage others to attend.

Wallace

It would appear the North End group opposed to the Supportive Housing has put out a call tp organize their attendance at the meeting so it is even more important that those supporting Nanaimo's Homelessness strategy attend, especially any who live in the North End.

Have had a few comments that some do not think Bill Bestwick will get a seconder to his motion. Do not assume this as I have seen numerous times in the past how another councillor, not necessarily supporting the motion, will second it just to get it on the floor for discussion.

PLEASE ATTEND AND SPEAK OUT.

November 19th - Elect

Gordon W. Fuller

to Nanaimo Council

604 Nicol St
Nanaimo, BC
V9R 4T9
Ph: (250) 754 6389

Cell: 797 0531
e-mail: gorfathome@yahoo.ca

BLOG: http://gordonfuller.blogspot.com

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FW: Council Metting Monday

2011-10-29T09:16:00.001-07:00

Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:44:36 -0700
From: gorfathome@yahoo.ca
Subject: Council Metting Monday
To: gorfathome@yahoo.ca

URGENT On Monday Councillor Bill Bestwick will be making the following motion, please pass this on to others and if anyone is able apply to appear as a delegation http://www.nanaimo.ca/delegation/request_to_appear.aspx , you can apply online up till 11:00am Monday morning; if more than 4 appear as delegations they will receive 5 minutes; or at the very least e-mail mayor.council@nanaimo.ca thank them for their support of the plan and urge them not to vote for the motion.

Lynn & Lesley can you get this out to the block names that were provided for the ad?

19. OTHER BUSINESSS:

(a) At the regular meeting of the Finance I Policy Committee of the Whole

on 2011-0CT-24, Councillor Bestwick advised that he would be bringing

forward a motion regarding the Uplands Drive low-barrier housing site:

"That Council direct Staff to place the Uplands Site for low

barrier housing on hold and submit a review of other

site options to Council and the Provincial Government for

consideration."

Please also try to attend the meeting.

November 19th - Elect

Gordon W. Fuller

to Nanaimo Council

604 Nicol St
Nanaimo, BC
V9R 4T9
Ph: (250) 754 6389

Cell: 797 0531
e-mail: gorfathome@yahoo.ca

BLOG: http://gordonfuller.blogspot.com

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FW: of interest

2011-10-26T16:29:00.001-07:00

Events
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The Centre is pleased to invite you to celebrate the launch of Eric Fabris' Tranquil Prisons:Chemical Incarceration under Community Treatment Orders, just released through University of Toronto Press. 'A brave and innovative book, Tranquil Prisons is a rare academic study of psychiatric treatment written by a former mental patient.' November 10th, 2011 at Gallery Gachet, Vancouver BC. Read more...

FW: New message from Kathy Dallman

2011-10-21T11:38:00.001-07:00

Well said, please pass on.

Wallace

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:07:56 -0700
To: wanderingwallace@hotmail.com
From: notification+oe=ee6if@facebookmail.com
Subject: New message from Kathy Dallman

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Hi all,
I have written to our City Councillors asking them to support social housing and I am writing you to ask if you would do the same.
Their contact information is available at: http://www.facebook.com/l/XAQGIhujUAQFAwDZ2EzWxxVWAfzpzboLzvaxJNfY2UZIiVg/www.nanaimo.ca/EN/main/municipal/city-council/24thCouncil.html%23Bestwick

Here is a copy of my letter, please feel free to copy and paste what you wish. Please pass this message on.
Thanks

To the City Council of Nanaimo:

I am writing to ask you to support the north-end housing for homeless, and, in doing so, show real vision and leadership for our city.

I have worked as a homeless outreach worker in Nanaimo for the last three years and have seen the positive impact that social housing has on homeless individuals. I am very concerned that there is a group of Nanaimo citizens making false allegations, disrespectful statements and spreading hatred in regards to an already marginalized group, such as Nanaimo's homeless population. What concerns me even more is that our elected city officials may back down from this group and decide not to push forward with this much needed social housing project.

Social housing in Nanaimo (including the north-end site) will impact the homeless individuals by: providing individuals with an opportunity to make significant life changes that cannot and will not be made while sleeping outdoors; creating a sense of inclusiveness and community to a group of individuals who often treated as outcasts; and improving the individual's mental and physical health with the supports the social housing will provide.

We have an opportunity in Nanaimo to make a difference not only in the lives of the homeless individuals but to our community. Social housing in Nanaimo (including the north-end site) will impact the community of Nanaimo positively in the following ways: by cleaning up our city parks by allowing those individuals who are currently sleeping in them to attain housing; reducing the number of hospital admissions and emergency room visits due to ailments directly related to sleeping outdoors (such as respiratory illnesses); and the provincial funding to the social housing projects will provide a significant about money towards struggling non-profit organizations which in turn will provide jobs and job security for those working in the field.

For those who support social housing but are not for the North-end location, I ask for City Council to consider the long term vision of Nanaimo. If we do not spread the social housing throughout Nanaimo we will only created a ghettoized downtown core creating strain on the downtown resources. We do not want Nanaimo to reflect that of Vancouver's East side. As you are aware there are many support services available in the North Nanaimo area for homeless individuals including: shopping centres, a library, churches, bus service, thrift stores, and services by fire, police and ambulance, an office for the Ministry of Social Development, Drug and Alcohol services, a crisis counselling clinic, a men's residential treatment centre, a women's post withdrawal treatment centre, a food bank in central Nanaimo, AA and NA meetings, and a mobile mental health crisis response team, a Twenty-Four hour crisis line and several outreach teams for those with mental health and addictions.

Regardless of your personal and moral stance on homelessness and social housing, I cannot emphasis enough that if we allow this group of fear-mongering and hate filled individuals to influence our community decisions, Nanaimo will likely lose the significant amount of provincial funding and in turn maintain our high unemployment rate.

This is an important time for our community. Please help make the right choice: Support Social Housing in the Nanaimo, including the North-end.

Sincerely,

Kathy Dallman

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FW: MISSING: Angeline Eileen Pete, Gusgimukw woman, from Quatsino Band

2011-10-19T17:43:00.001-07:00

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Subject: FW: MISSING: Angeline Eileen Pete, Gusgimukw woman, from Quatsino Band
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:33:23 +0000

From: James Pratt [mailto:james@prattconsulting.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2:24 PM
To: James Pratt
Subject: FW: MISSING: Angeline Eileen Pete, Gusgimukw woman, from Quatsino Band
Importance: High

FYI, via Alice Kendall:

MISSING

Gusgimukw woman FROM QUATSINO FIRST NATION

MISSING: since May 2011 "Angeline Eileen Pete" 28 a young Gusgimukw woman, from Quatsino Village close to (PT.Hardy) was last seen in North Vancouver.

First Nations: height -163cm (5"4") - weight -68kg (150lbs) - age: 28 years old, long dark hair (known to occasionally dye it) brown eyes (wears contacts)

If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of Angeline Eileen Pete they are requested to contact: Quatsino Band 250-949-6245 and ask for Cary-lee Calder (her Aunt) or Eileen Nelson (her grandma) 250-949-7572

PLEASE HELP US FIND HER AND BRING HER HOME TO HER SON AND FAMILY, GILAKASLA (THANK YOU) CHIEF TOM NELSON

Let us all show our support

2011-10-19T08:30:00.001-07:00

Good day friends,

Good article in this mornings paper, please share.

Be well.

Wallace

http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/opinion/story.html?id=de370d2f-eb15-4ff6-84df-cb12d665fb1f

2011-10-16T08:46:00.001-07:00

I have received a response from our video. I hope you share the video and this email.

Why do these people think they have the MORAL AUTHORITY to decide who is deserving of having a home and who isn't?

Hi Wallace,

Concerned Citizens of Nanaimo commented on their Wall post.

Concerned Citizens of Nanaimo wrote: "Very good :) You raise a couple of good points in the video, first that the CCN is a nameless group of individuals. Well, we're not, we haven't published our committee names and addresses due to fanatical people telephoning and door-knocking (even without publishing our details this has happened). We are however addressing the fact that we appear nameless this coming week, stay tuned.
Secondly, you say the campaign lacks compassion. Yes, it does, where was the compassion when the City decided on the site without consulting the other residents? Where is the compassion in putting people with (as you rightly state) drug and alcohol addiction into units with no opportunity to get clean. This isn't helping people, this is shifting the problem. We call on the Council to come to the table and discuss the issue as they should. We're not against 'sheltered housing' as you put it, we are against Low Barrier housing. There are enough homeless people that need housing who don't have drug and alcohol problems, or are in recovery - THEY are the ones who deserve housing, not those who don't or can't or won't make an effort to detox.
Our campaign has been hard-hitting and has reached a large proportion of the City population, we have raised awareness of the plight of our homeless and the poor decision making by our City and Council, so whether you like the campaign or not, it's working. If we'd used pretty pictures of fairy princesses and sunshine it might not have had such an impact."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1sp4wMM0Bk

Be well my friends.

Wallace and Jana

FW: wanderingwallace sent you a video: "Bob and Prudence- What is wrong with this picture?"

2011-10-15T21:19:00.001-07:00

Our gift to Nanaimo, the city with heart.

Be well

Wallace and Jana

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Support our community

2011-10-15T15:28:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone,

As a reminder for everyone who attended last evening's emergency NWGH meeting and for those of you who were unable to attend....

.......... we are putting together a 1/2 page announcement specifically thanking Mayor Ruttan and Nanaimo City Council for "staying the course" and working hard to address our city's homelessness!

There will be a photo of a young child (coming from Lesley Clarke) with the caption, "No one is born wanting to be homeless" . It will include a list of all the organizations and individuals who wish to thank Mayor Ruttan and Nanaimo City Council and all those speaking out in support of Nanaimo's Response to Homelessness Action Plan.

Please pass the word on this and ASAP send both Gord Fuller gorfathome@yahoo.ca and myself lynn@viphotoart.com the names of people and organizations who wish to be listed here.

Thank you all for what you do.

Wallace

Supportive housing

2011-10-13T07:42:00.001-07:00

Although I have concerns about who will operate these facilities and how they will be structured, I fully support the main initiative of housing first.

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?6025Upla&1

http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_central/nanaimonewsbulletin/news/131556853.html

FW: Bikes for Developing Countries

2011-10-04T20:09:00.001-07:00

> From: jbhedges@telus.net
> CC: shawn.hedges@gmail.com; john.robertson@csaanich.ca
> To: ;
> Subject: Fw: Bikes for Developing Countries
> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 17:39:55 -0700
>
> Hi All,
>
> John Robertson, a friend of my son's in Victoria, collects and refurbishes
> bicycles to send to developing countries, where they are a valuable source
> of transportation. Apparently he has 200 bikes in his garage and is looking
> for another 100 to fill the shipping container. Please see John's email
> below for more information.
>
> If you have a bike you no longer use -- this may be the answer!
>
> Please contact me if you have a bike you no longer need. We will arrange
> transportation to Victoria.
>
> Have a happy Thanksgiving weekend.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Joyce Hedges
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Robertson" <john.robertson@csaanich.ca>
> To: "'Shawn Hedges'" <shawn.hedges@gmail.com>; "Joyce & Bill Hedges"
> <jbhedges@telus.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 11:26 AM
> Subject: RE: Bikes
>
>
> Thanks Joyce. Good timing indeed! We are just about to launch a drive to
> collect the last 100 bikes. We have a contact on the ground in East Africa
> right now and know they can be put to good use. We need 100 more bikes and
> 100 people to sponsor those bikes at $25 per bike. Please share the info
> around- I will attach a link to our website. (we can accept donations via
> Paypal at that site as well)
>
> Thanks again, these bikes will make a huge difference!
>
> http://www.b4hvictoria.blogspot.com/
>
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Hedges [mailto:shawn.hedges@gmail.com]
> Sent: October 4, 2011 11:04 AM
> To: Joyce & Bill Hedges; John Robertson
> Subject: Re: Bikes
>
> Mom, contact John Robertson. I've copied him on the email.
>
> Also, I have a bike rack on the Westfalia so we can pick the bikes up
> this weekend and deliver them to John if you like.
>
> On 10/4/11, Joyce & Bill Hedges <jbhedges@telus.net> wrote:
> > Hi Shawn,
> >
> > Could you please send me the contact info for your friend who collects
> > bikes
> > for the third world. I have at least two friends who I think would be
> > interested in donating a bike.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Mom
>
> --
> Sent from my mobile device
>
>
> Shawn
>
>

FW: Event Listing for the AGM for Nanaimo Women's Resource Society

2011-09-29T12:32:00.001-07:00

Hope to see some of you there, NWRS is a much needed resource in our community.

Be well my friends.
Wallace

Hello

I just wanted you to know that the AGM event is now listed, and you can view the listing at this link:
http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/nanaimo-womens-resources-society-annual-general-meeting/

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FW: Thanksgiving Dinner

2011-09-28T12:15:00.001-07:00

From: jhsnan2@shawcable.com
To: jhsnan2@shawcable.com
Subject: Thanksgiving Dinner
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:48:05 -0700

Greetings everyone – please find attached an invitation to participate in the upcoming Thanksgiving Dinner. We were very grateful to all the individuals and groups who participated last year – it was gratifying to be able to serve dinner to the numbers that we did. Please consider helping to make this year's dinner even better!

Cheers,

Cheryl

Cheryl Dodge

Volunteer Coordinator

Nanaimo Region John Howard Society

200-1585 Bowen Road

Nanaimo, BC V9S 1G4

250.754.1266

250.754.2340

jhsnan2@shawcable.com

FW: Connect Day poster - John, as per my earlier email, will you make sure that people recently added to the email list receive the poster?

2011-09-27T12:35:00.000-07:00

Good day all

Find attached the poster for the Connect day coming up- this Friday!!!!

Hope to see you all there

John Horn

Social Planner

Community Planning Section

City of Nanaimo

250-755-4483

From: Lynn Burrows [mailto:lynn@viphotoart.com]
Sent: September 26, 2011 7:36 PM
To: John Horn
Subject: Connect Day poster - John, as per my earlier email, will you make sure that people recently added to the email list receive the poster?
Importance: High

Hi John, as per my earlier email (of a few minutes ago) , I sent this out to an older mailing list but included Hugh and Emma (since I had their emails). However, there are others who have been added in the last couple of months that will need to still receive it. Perhaps it makes sense to simply send it out again to everyone on your most up-to-date list?

Thanks very much!

Lynn

Correction -FW: Out and into the media yesterday

2011-09-13T13:15:00.001-07:00

Good day friends,

I am pleased that this is finally public. I have my concerns with some of the recommendations, yet it is a vital piece of information to bring this issue to the forefront.

The need for a more in depth look into the current practice of the medical model, psychiatry, and pharmaceuticals is paramount in changing mental health. Health care providers and policy makers can no longer plead ignorant when it comes to the harmful affects of neuroleptics(ie: anti psychotics), the harmful effects of the DSM ( Diagnostic Statistical Manual) and the archaic BC Mental Health Act.

With mental health awareness week coming soon, I with others will bring some of these issues to a larger audience.

The federal government of Canada has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, March 10, 2010, with the support of all provinces and territories.
Part of this UN Convention outlines the need to abolish present mental health laws, including the BC Mental Health Act.

The questions and concerns of how VIHA ( Vancouver Island Health Authority) still entrenches the medical model in our community, the high percentage of individuals in our community under the mental health act, the lack of community based alternatives ( holistic approach) and the increasing number of psychiatrists is alarming.

I will be in touch soon as we are gathering an alliance across Vancouver Island, the mainland, and internationally.

Wallace

I am concerned about the possible ramifications of data bases.

FW: Out and into the media yesterday

2011-09-13T13:10:00.001-07:00

My dear friend,
I am pleased that this is finally public. I have my concerns with some of the recommendations, yet it is a vital piece of information to bring this issue to the forefront.

The need for a more in depth look into the current practice of the medical model, psychiatry, and pharmaceuticals is paramount in changing mental health. Health care providers and policy makers can no longer plead ignorant when it comes to the harmful affects of neuroleptics(ie: anti psychotics), the harmful effects of the DSM ( Diagnostic Statistical Manual) and the archaic BC Mental Health Act.

With mental health awareness week coming soon, I with others will bring some of these issues to a larger audience.

The federal government of Canada has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, March 10, 2010, with the support of all provinces and territories.
Part of this UN Convention outlines the need to abolish present mental health laws, including the BC Mental Health Act.

The questions and concerns of how VIHA ( Vancouver Island Health Authority) still entrenches the medical model in our community, the high percentage of individuals in our community under the mental health act, the lack of community based alternatives ( holistic approach) and the increasing number of psychiatrists is alarming.

I will be in touch soon as we are gathering an alliance across Vancouver Island, the mainland, and internationally.

Bless you for all that you do, be well my friend.

Wallace

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Subject: Out and into the media yesterday
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:17:07 +0000

I am concerned about the possible ramifications of data bases.

"Be The Difference...Support Our Kids"

2011-09-12T07:51:00.001-07:00

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wanderingwallace has shared a video with you on YouTube: Be The Difference...Support Our Kids The Nanaimo-Ladysmith Schools Foundation is a non-profit, charitable organization that raises funds for students in School District 68 in Nanaimo & Ladysmith, British Columbia. The Foundation is serving a high need population through direct to student programs. All their programs rely on the generosity of donors. www.nlsf.ca Song Credit - "The Simple Life" Braeden Marshal"
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FW: CHRUSP update and fundraising appeal

2011-09-09T08:03:00.000-07:00

> From: tminkowitz@earthlink.net
> To: tminkowitz@earthlink.net
> Subject: CHRUSP update and fundraising appeal
> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 09:13:18 -0400
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> Dear friends and supporters,
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> Please enjoy this update about our work and contribute if you are in a
> position to do so.
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Tina Minkowitz, Esq.
> Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
> 44 Palmer Pond Rd.
> Chestertown, NY 12817 USA
> +1-518-494-0174
> tminkowitz@earthlink.net
> www.chrusp.org
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A need for change

2011-09-09T07:05:00.001-07:00

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/09/08/f-border-mental-health-privacy.html

FW: BC Youth Activist Conference--OurTurn2011 Summit

2011-09-08T11:28:00.001-07:00

Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:18:50 -0700
To:
From: eternity@islandnet.com
Subject: BC Youth Activist Conference--OurTurn2011 Summit

BC Youth Activist Conference--OurTurn2011 Summit

From: BCTF Social Justice [mailto:bctf-socialjustice@list.bctf.ca] On Behalf Of Larry Kuehn

ubject: BC Youth Activist Conference--OurTurn2011 Summit

BC Federation of Labour is sponsoring a youth activist conference in November:

We've got a conference coming up that you or someone you know might be interested in:

OurTurn2011 is a one day summit for young trade unionists, students and social justice activists.

There is no registration fee to attend and all young people are welcome.

OurTurn2011 is for youth who want to change our communities, our workplaces and our world.

We've put up the registration form so you can register online.

Please click here to get more information about the OurTurn2011 summit.

FW: Gordon Campbell is ineligible to Receive the 2011 Order of BC

2011-09-06T13:55:00.001-07:00

> Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:54:58 -0400
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> To: wanderingwallace@hotmail.com
> Subject: Gordon Campbell is ineligible to Receive the 2011 Order of BC
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FW: An Invitation to Attend Soles Remembering Souls, a World Suicide Prevention Day event

2011-08-25T12:16:00.001-07:00

From: SWILSON@sd68.bc.ca
Subject: An Invitation to Attend Soles Remembering Souls, a World Suicide Prevention Day event
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:54:56 +0000
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Info share…

Cheers,

Shannon

"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing" ~ Helen Keller

Shannon Wilson

Community School Coordinator

John Barsby Community School

550 - 7th Street

Nanaimo, BC V9R 3Z2

c: 250.616.7984

e: swilson@sd68.bc.ca

w: www.myjohnbarsby.ca

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Please find below the information about our event in honour of World Suicide Prevention Day. We would appreciate your assistance in getting the word out to your group and would welcome anyone who would like to attend from your area.

Warm regards,

Heather Owen

Promotions & Community Relations Coordinator

Central Vancouver Island Crisis Society

PO Box 1118, Nanaimo, BC V9R 6E7
P 250 753 2495 Toll-free 1 877 753 2495
F 250 753 2475

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead

You are invited to attend

SOLES REMEMBERING SOULS 2011

a unique gathering, free of charge and open to anyone
who has lost someone they loved or cared about to suicide and
to community members who would like to lend their support.

Doors open at 2:30 pm on September 11, 2011, at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo.

Further information, including directions, can be found at www.solesremembersouls.com.

Featured performers (to date), include:

SirReal

Nanaimo resident Matt Dunae raps about loss
as he pays tribute to his brother, Nick,
who died by suicide in 2007.

Matt exemplifies strength and resilience
with his devotion to family and community
in both his actions and his lyrics.

Erica Day & Family

Erica hails from Victoria. She and her twin brothers Pete and Pat
dedicate their performance in memory of their friend Rielly
who lost his life to suicide in 2006.

Their music includes Erica's composition, Left 2 Live,
and cover songs in tribute to those who have died by suicide.

We hope to see you at this event
and encourage you to forward this invitation to others.

For further information about the Vancouver Island Crisis Line,
providing service throughout Vancouver Island at
1-888-494-3888
and for the Suicide Bereavement Support Group,
please see www.cvics.ca.

Together, we are making a difference…

Central Vancouver Island Crisis Society
16 – 1708 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, BC V9S 1G9
PO Box 1118, Nanaimo, BC V9R 6E7
V 250 753 2495 Toll-free 1 877 753 2495
F 250 753 2475

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead