Montreal

Whose security? Our Security! Countering the National Security Agenda

Friday February 4 2011 (All day)

4 to 6 February 2011, Concordia University, Montreal

People's Commission Network Forum
Whose security? Our Security!
Countering the National Security Agenda

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0SOl5QYMgw
www.peoplescommission.org/en/forum

Free event. Free food. Childcare on site.
Simultaneous translation (English-French). Accessible to wheel-chairs.*
Accessibility policy: www.peoplescommission.org/en/forum/accessibility.php

The People's Commission Network is organizing a conference to mobilize our networks to collectively address the growing threat of the national security agenda.

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FORUM CONTENT
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**See www.peoplescommission.org/en/forum for more details.**

Friday, February 4th

19h Panel -- Historical perspectives on National Security: Delegitimization of Dissent and Marginalization of Communities
Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve W., H-110
Speakers : Marc-André Cyr, Ellen Gabriel, Ian Mackay, Mona Oikawa

Saturday, February 5th

** Childcare from 10am to 5:30pm at the Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve W., room H760

10am Panel - CSIS - Who needs them?
Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve W., H767
Speakers : Gary Kinsman, Adil Charkaoui, Marie-Ève Sauvé and Clifton Arihwakehte Nicholas

1pm  Virtual 'walking tour' of Montreal's Security Industrial Complex
Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve W., H767

3:30pm Action workshops:

Action workshop 1: Mapping Montreal's (in)Security Industrial Complex
Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve W., H767

Action workshop 2: CSIS Watch
Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve W., H763

Action workshop 3: Towards a People's History Collective in Montreal?
Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve W., H762

Saturday, February 6th

** Childcare from 10am to 5:30pm at 2110 Centre, 2149 Mackay

10am   Panel - Immigration Security Measures: Evaluating our Struggles
De Sève Cinema, JW McConnell Building (Library), 1400 de Maisonneuve W., room LB-125
Speakers: Matthew Behrens, Hassan Almrei, Nazila Bettache and Mostafa Henaway

1pm Panel -- Canada's terrorist lists, a mechanism of social and political control
De Sève Cinema, JW McConnell Building (Library), 1400 de Maisonneuve W., room LB-125
Speakers: Dominique Peschard, Issam Al Yamani and video with extracts from interviews on the political and community impact of blacklisting

3:30pm  Action workshops:

Action workshop 1: Media Fightback on Immigration Security Measures
SCPA, 2149 Mackay, 1st floor*
with Ramani Belendra, Tamara Vukov and Sophie Lamarche Harkat
*We apologize that this location is not accessible to wheel-chairs.

Action workshop 2: Campaign against Canada's terrorist list
QPIRG, 1500 de Maisonneuve W., room 204

18H  Community Dinner in solidarity with Mohamed Harkat
Hall Building, 1455 de Maisonneuve W., 7th floor

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GET INVOLVED
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There are many ways you can contribute to the success of this forum:

1) To help out with set-up and tear-down, simultaneous translation, welcome table, childcare, note-taking and mediation team:logistique@peoplescommission.org

2) To help with mobilization and to get posters and flyers: educationpopulaire@peoplescommission.org.

3) Spread the word about the forum in your networks: forward this call out!

... and our video ad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0SOl5QYMgw

4) Make a donation

To make donations, make your cheque out to "Réseau de la Commission populaire" with "Forum" in the memo line. Send by mail to QPIRG Concordia (People's Commission) c/o Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve W., Montreal (Quebec) H3G 1M8.

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