15) WHAT'S LEFT

Vancouver, BC

COPE Winter Gala, Sat., Feb. 26, 7 pm, COPE Masquerade ball at Museum of Vancouver, 1100 Chestnut St. Hosted by comedian Charles Demers, west coast food, live music & more. Tickets $70 (student/youth $40, low-income tickets available), for tickets tel. 604-255-0400.

 

Left Film Night, “GARBAGE DREAMS,” documentary on Cairo’s garbage recycling community, Sun., Feb. 27, 7 pm, Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark. Admission free, donations welcome, call 604-255-2041 for details.

 

March Against Racism, Sunday, March 20, 2 pm, from Waterfront Skytrain (601 W. Cordova), 604-715-6990 for info.

 

Pasta Dinner for People’s Voice, 6 pm, Sunday, March 27, tickets $12, followed by Left Film Night at 7 pm, 706 Clark Drive. For info, call 604-255-2041.

Winnipeg, MB

Assembly to protect pensions - expand CPP, Wed., Mar 2, 7-9:30 pm. Speaker Paul Moist, CUPE. Plumbers and Pipefitters Hall, 34 Higgins. Info 942-0522.

 

Toronto, ON

Norman Bethune Day Dinner, Sat., Feb. 26, 7 pm, 290 Danforth Ave., tickets $5. Media sponsor  People’s Voice. Door prize; one-week all-inclusive trip for two to Cuba. Call 416-460-2446 for tickets.

 

National Child Care Now!, flash mob & rally, Tue., March 8, 3:30 pm, Yonge & Dundas. For into, email nationalchildcarenow@gmail.com.

 

Global Crisis, Fiscal Restraint and Public-Private Partnerships, 2011 Clarke Memorial Lecture with John Loxley. 7 pm, Thur., March 10, Ryerson University, Oakham Lounge, 2nd floor, 63 Gould St. Co-sponsored by Ryerson CUPE Locals, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE. Info: Bryan Evans at 416-979-5000 x4199.

 

Ottawa, ON

 

Feminism: The Other “F” Word, Tue., March 8, 12:30 pm, panel followed by “World Café”, Univ. of Ottawa, Desmarais Building, Rm 3120, organized by Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre.

 

Montreal, QC

Palestinians And Jews United, boycott/disinvestment/sanctions picket, every Saturday, 1-3 pm, outside Le marcheur, at Duluth & St. Denis.

 

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IWD EVENTS

 

BURNABY - March 8, 7.30-9.30 am, IWD breakfast sponsored by BC Federation of Labour, at Firefighters’ Banquet Hall, order tickets at 604-430-1421.

 

FREDERICTON - March 6, 12:30-2:30, IWD Potluck and information sharing, 811 Charlotte St., co-hosted by NB Coalition for Pay Equity and Fredericton Peace Coalition.

 

HAMILTON - March 8, 9 am-4 pm, conference for CAW Local 555 sisters on women’s issues and the prospects ahead, Hamilton Convention Centre, CAW Local  555.

 

KINGSTON - March 6, 11 am-5 pm, IWD Fair at City Hall 2nd floor, International Women’s Week Organizing Committee.

 

NIAGARA FALLS - March 6, 1-6 pm, IWD Festival at the Greg Frewin Theatre, in support of Gillian’s Place and Women’s Place of South Niagara.

 

NORTH VANCOUVER - March 12, 7 pm, Crimson Cabaret at Centennial Theatre, to support North Shore Women’s Centre, tickets from 604-984-6009.

 

PRINCE GEORGE - March 5, 8 pm, IWD Masquerade Dance, at the Twisted Cork (1157-5th Ave.) tickets $15 at Books and Company, fundraiser sponsored by Prism North Film Society.

 

REGINA - March 4, 9 pm, viewing of Women’s Rights: Raising the Glass Ceiling, presentation and multi-generational panel, Language Institute Theatre (LI 129), U of R. For info call 757-4669, U of R Women’s Centre.

 

SASKATOON - March 6, 1-4 pm, Strong Women, Strong World,, celebrate the contributions of Aboriginal women in Saskatchewan, and march to bring awareness to exploited and missing Aboriginal women, Oskayak High School, Univ. of Saskatchewan.

 

ST. CATHARINES, ON - March 8. 6.30-9 pm, A Night of Laughs with the Women’s Committee CAW Local 199, tickets $25 (includes dinner), at House of Comedy.

 

SUDBURY - March 6, 1-4 pm, IWD celebration hosted by Sudbury & District Labour Council, Howard Johnson Hotel, 50 Brady Street.

 

TORONTO - March 3, 7-10 pm, Live Music night at Toronto Women’s Bookstore, $5, tel. 416-922-8744; 73 Harbord St. - March 12, IWD rally starts 11 am, OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor West, march 1 pm to Info Fair at Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould St.

 

VANCOUVER - March 3, 6-10 pm, dinner with presentation on the history of IWD and women in the trade union movement, music by Solidarity Sisters, bhangra dancing, Fraserview Hall (8240 Fraser), VDLC Women’s Committee. - March 5, gather 12:30 at McSpadden Park (Victoria & 4th), march 1 pm along

Commercial Dr., to IWD Festival at WISE Hall (1882 Adanac), 2-4:30 pm, www.iwdvancouver.ca.

 

VICTORIA, BC - March 8, Noon-1 pm, Happy 100th Birthday IWD with Raging Grannies, corner of Fort and Douglas Streets.

 

WINNIPEG - March 8, speakers 4:30 at Union Centre (Smith & Broadway), march 5:30 to community feast and events at U of Winnipeg, info 786-9921. - March 8, IWD celebration, Ramada Marlborough Hotel, 8th fl. Dinner & awards. Cash bar 6 pm, dinner 7 pm. Tickets $50, Grassroots Women 770-1767, grassrootswomenmb@gmail.com

 

YELLOWKNIFE - March 7-9, Celebrating Northern women conference to eliminate gender inequality, Explorer Hotel, organized by Status of Women Council of the NWT.

 

(The above article is from the March 1-15, 2011, issue of People's Voice, Canada's leading communist newspaper. Articles can be reprinted free if the source is credited. Subscription rates in Canada: $30/year, or $15 low income rate; for U.S. readers - $45 US per year; other overseas readers - $45 US or $50 CDN per year. Send to People's Voice, c/o PV Business Manager, 706 Clark Drive, Vancouver, BC, V5L 3J1.)