sust-mar: Various Talks in Halifax & Beyond from Oct. 14 - Oct. 29

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UPCOMING TALKS IN HALIFAX & BEYOND - Free, all welcome, please
circulate.

1) Bruce Gagnon, American peace activist and Coordinator of the Global
Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space will be speaking on
the "Blueprint for World Domination: The American Space Program and its
Military Industrial Complex"

Thurs. Oct. 14
7:30-9:00 PM
Room 105
Weldon Law School, Dalhousie University
6061 University Ave. 
Free. All welcome. 

In his lectures, Bruce will be explaining the American missile defence
program and U.S. plans to weaponize space, and develop new nuclear
weapons. He will also be discussing the growing international peace
movement that is countering America's destabilizing foreign and defence
policies. Spend an evening with an inspiring activist!

Hosted by the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies and the Halifax Peace
Coalition. More details contact: centre@dal.ca

NOVA SCOTIA TOUR
*Bruce will also be in Wolfville on Friday, Oct. 15 speaking from 7:30 -
9:00 p.m" in BAC Room 134, Acadia University. free public lecture.
Contact: Janet M Eaton [jmeaton@ns.sympatico.ca]

*He will be speaking again in Sydney, Monday, Oct. 18 free public
lecture in the Royal Bank Lecture Theatre, UCCB, from 7.00-8.30 p.m.
contact: Tel 902 563-1626, E-mail LeeAnne_Broadhead@uccb.ca)

*His last stop is Truro, Weds. Oct. 20 and he will be speaking in the
evening at the Community College, free public lecture. contact: margaret
sagar [margaret.sagar@ns.sympatico.ca]

 

2) Mel Hurtig, author, former book store owner and publisher, Officer of
the Order of Canada, and one of the founders of the Council of
Canadians, is giving a talk based on this new book "Rushing to
Armageddon: The Shocking Truth about Canada, Missile Defence and Star
Wars". 

Friday, Oct. 22
7:30-9:00 PM
Room 105
Weldon Law School, Dalhousie University
6061 University Ave. 
Free. All welcome.  

Book selling and signing to follow lecture. Refreshments provided.
Hosted by the Society for Corporate Environmental and Social
Responsibility (CESR) and the Halifax Peace Coalition. Free All welcome.


More details contact: cesr@dal.ca

 

3) Scott Taylor, Esprit de Corps Journalist, War Correspondent, and
Halifax Herald Columnist will be speaking on his recent horrifying
ordeal in Iraq "Firsthand reports: How America is losing the peace in
Iraq" and his new book "Among the Others: Encounters with the forgotten
Turkmen of Iraq"

Tuesday, October 26
7:30pm-9:00pm
Alumni Hall 
University of King's College
Free. All welcome.

Book selling and signing to follow lecture. Organized by the Centre for
Foreign Policy Studies at Dalhousie University,  the School of
Journalism at the University of King's College, and the Halifax Peace
Coalition. More details contact: centre@dal.ca

 

4) Harry Glasbeek, author, former corporate and labour lawyer and law
professor at York University will be speaking on his new book "WEALTH BY
STEALTH: Corporate Crime, Corporate Law, and the Perversion of
Democracy"

Wednesday, Oct. 27
7:30-9:00 PM
Room 102
Sobey Building
Saint Mary's University
*Harry will be speaking under a different title for this lecture "The
Westray Bill: Can the New Law Really Hold Corporate Officers and
Directors Criminally Liable?" and it is co-hosted by the CN Centre for
Occupational Health and Safety at Saint Mary's. Book selling and signing
to follow lecture.

Thursday, Oct. 28
12-1pm 
Room 105
Weldon Law School
6061 University Ave. 
Free. All welcome.  
 
Book selling and signing to follow lecture. Organized by Law Hour at
Dalhousie University and the Society for Corporate Environmental and
Social Responsibility (CESR): http://is2.dal.ca/~cesr/ More info please
contact Law Hour at: jpoirier@Dal.Ca 

Harry Glasbeek, BA, LL.B, JD, is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar
at Osgoode Hall Law School. He is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor
of the Supreme Court of Victoria and has taught law at Monash and
Melbourne universities in Australia and at the University of Western
Ontario. From 1974 to 1996, he was a professor at Osgoode Hall Law
School. He has published over 100 articles and papers on torts, legal
education, policing and racism, labour, occupational health and safety,
corporations, corporate social responsibility, industrial manslaughter
and corporate criminality. His latest book, his tenth, is Wealth by
Stealth: Corporate Crime, Corporate Law and the Perversion of Democracy,
Toronto: Between the Lines, 2003. His new book is a scathing
introduction to the operations of the modern corporation. With its
Canadian perspective, the book reviews corporate law and examples of
corporate malfeasance, examines the issue of corporate social
responsibility, and explains what must be done to curb corporate crime
and irresponsibility. Harry will also address the new Westray
legislation. 

MARITIME TOUR
*Harry will also be doing a Maritime Tour and speaking at Acadia in
Wolfville on Tuesday Oct. 19, UCCB in Sydney on Thursday Oct. 21, Mount
Allison in Sackville NB on Monday Oct. 25, and St. Francis Xavier on
Tuesday, Oct. 26, Halifax as above, Memorial University in St. John's on
Oct. 29.

For more details, please email tlorincz@dal.ca or phone 902-443-2423
 



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