WFM-V AGM Sat. APRIL 19 - Dr. J. HARDING on DEEPENING DEMOCRACY

Dear Members of the Victoria Branch of the World Federalist Movement­Canada:

WFMC Victoria Branch Annual General Meeting (AGM)

DATE: Saturday APRIL 19th
Time: 1:30 - 4:30 PM

AT: St Aidan’s United Church,
This church is located at 3703 St. Aidan's Street, immediately to the east of the shopping mall in the North-East quadrant of the Shelbourne St. & Cedar Hill Cross Rd. intersection.
The street is the one-way, northwards continuation of Richmond, after it crosses Cedar Hill X Road.

Parking: is available freely in the church parking lot, at the top of the Aidan Street hill.

Program:
1) AGM to hear annual reports from the various committees and to elect officers for 2007-2008;
2) New business and discussions;
3) Special Address as indicated more fully, below:

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Special Address: DEEPENING DEMOCRACY by Building Global Justice from the Bottom Up
Special Guest Speaker: Prof. / Dr. Jim Harding

About the speaker: Dr. Jim Harding is a retired Professor of Justice Studies, life-long activist, author and speaker. A co-founder of the Students for a Democratic University (SDU), he was a central figure in the unrest and activism that made the new Simon Fraser University campus newsworthy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. While receiving his diploma, Harding once surprised the crusty SFU chancellor Gordon Shrum by kissing his shoes. [See: http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=8657}

Dr. Harding is also a well versed critic of the Canadian nuclear industry His latest book, Canada's Deadly Secret: Saskatchewan Uranium and the Global Nuclear System unveiled the hitherto unexamined ways in which Canada has been a major supplier of depleted uranium, for military use in the Middle East.

In other projects, he has addressed Aboriginal rights, the environment, free trade, and the spread of cancer with analyses that provide alternate visions for configuring energy, health, and sovereignty towards a more sustainable and peaceful future.

Jim Harding presently lives in Saskatchewan. Some of his other books are: After Iraq: War, Imperialism and Democracy (Fernwood, 2004) and Social Justice and Social Policy (Wilfrid Laurier, 1995).

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Refreshments will be served.

We look forward to seeing you on the 19th of April.

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