>Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 20:58:47 -0300 (ADT) >From: Michael Gurstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Registration for Toronto conference (fwd) >To: Canadian futures <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Precedence: Bulk >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 16:19:59 -0700 >From: Sid Shniad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Registration for Toronto conference > >As one of the organizers of the workshop on telecommunications at >the Toronto conference (workshop XIV below), I have been asked to >help get registrations firmed up. If you or other folks in your >organization are intending to participate in this conference and >workshop, please let me know as soon as possible. Space is limited. > >You can reach me by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED], by phone at 604-437- >8601 or by fax at 604-435-7760. > ========================== >The Council of Canadians and the International Forum on >Globalization in collaboration with the Polaris Institute present > >GLOBAL TEACH-IN >Challenging Corporate Rule: A Citizens' Politics for the 21st Century >November 7-9, 1997 >University of Toronto > >Who's really in charge of this country anyway? Who has the real >power to govern and rule? The politicians? Or the CEO's of the big >corporations? What kind of citizen's politics do we need to develop to >restore our democracy? > >Public Forum on Economic Globalization and Corporate Rule >Friday, November 7 >7:00 pm to 10:00 pm >Convocation Hall, University of Toronto > >Moderator: Tony Clarke, Polaris Institute > >Opening Remarks >Maude Barlow, The Council of Canadians >Jerry Mander, International Forum on Globalization > >Voices from the Planet > >Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Technology >Science & Natural Resource Policy, INDIA >Owens Wiwa, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni >Peoples, NIGERIA >Sara Larrain, Chilean Ecological Action Network, CHILE >Jean-Pierre Page, Confederation Generale du Travail, FRANCE >John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies, USA >Bob White, Canadian Labour Congress, CANADA >Martin Khor, Third World Action Network, MALAYSIA > >Live Entertainment > > >Panel: Canadian Perspectives on Corporate Rule >Saturday, November 8 >9:00 am to 10:30 am >OISE Auditorium > >Buzz Hargrove, Canadian Auto Workers >Elizabeth May, Sierra Club of Canada >Heather-jane Robertson, Canadian Teachers' Federation >David Langille, Centre for Social Justice >Murray Dobbin, The Council of Canadians > >20 Workshops on Corporate Rule >Saturday, November 8 >11:00 am to 5:00 pm >OISE Hall and Faculty of Education > >I. Banking on the Debt >How do the big banks influence Canada's monetary and fiscal >policies? What can we do to check their power? > >II. How Safe is Our Food? >What companies are leading the drive toward the deregulation of food >production? How can we close the fridge door on them? > >III. The Corporate Grab for Medicare >What corporations are looking to cash in on Canada's multi-billion >dollar public health care system? How can we stop them? > >IV. McSchools >How are corporations invading our schools? What can we do to keep >our schools public? > >V. The Business Blueprint for Social Security >How are corporations profiting from cut-backs to social programs? >What strategies can citizen's use to fight back? > >VI. The Corporate Privateers >Which corporations are lining up to cash in on the privatization of >public services? How can our communities organize to preserve our >public sector? > >VII. Media Moguls and their Message >How does the increasing corporate concentration of media ownership >affect the diversity of news, information, and entertainment we >receive? What can viewers and listeners do? > >VIII. The Power Brokers >What energy corporations are lobbying for relaxed environmental >rules and pushing for the privatization of public utilities? How can we >pull the plug on their plans? > >IX. The Corporate Underground >How have the big mining corporations compelled governments to >reduce environmental and industry regulations? How do we stop them >from burying our communities and the environment? > >X. Corporate Deals on Wheels >What have the big automakers, airline companies and railways done >to rollback government regulations? How do we get the concerns of >the public back on the road? > >XI. The Emperor's New Clothes >Which clothing and textile companies are exploiting cheap labour >conditions in Asia and Latin America? What can we do to expose >them? > >XII. Corporate Hospitality? >How are tourism and hospitality services being redesigned by >corporate actors and what are the impacts on local communities and >workers? How do we turn the tables on the big corporate players? > >XIII. Bio-Piracy: The Big Business of Life >How have biotechnology corporations secured patent protection for >the genetic manipulation of life? What does it mean and how can we >stop them? > >XIV. The Global Pillage: Telecommunications and the Information >Highway. >How are the telecommunications giants rolling back public >regulations and gaining control over the information highway? What >can be done to put their plans on hold? > >XV. Trading it all Away >How do transnational corporations use trade agreements to hamstring >governments? How can citizens organzie to restore our sovereignty >and democracy? > >XVI. The Global Managers >What role do the IMF and World Bank play in supporting corporate >rule? How do we mobilize to stop them? > >XVII. Legal Fictions >How have governments and the courts granted corporations the rights >of 'super-citizens'? What can be done to challenge these decisions? > >XVIII. Culture, Inc. >How is Canadian culture threatened by foreign-based corporations >and free trade agreements? How can the creative community fight the >entertainment giants? > > > >XIX. The Corporate Cathedral? >How has big business infiltrated the mainline churches? What can be >done to stop them? > >XX. Attention Shoppers! >What big retail chains are moving into communities, gobbling up local >businesses, and exploiting workers? How can communities organize >against the big box retailers? > >Sunday, November 9 >10:00 am to 2:00 pm >OISE Hall > >Round Table >Delegates from the workshops will share reports on >common tasks and plot a coordinated strategy. > >Registration > >Friday night only: $12 $6 fixed income >All events: $35 $15 fixed income > >To register, call The Council of Canadians' toll-free at 1-800-387-7177 > >The Council of Canadians is a national, non-partisan, non-profit >public interest group with more than 90,000 members committed to >safeguarding Canada's social programs, preserving the environment, >promoting alternatives to corporate-style free trade, and defending >the democratic rights of citizens. > >The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is an alliance of >activists, economists, researchers and philosophers representing 19 >countries who have joined together to respond to the threats of >economic globalization to the environment, communities, human >rights, equity, and democracy. > >This teach-in is part of a series of events being held in Canada, the >United States, and abroad to focus increased attention on the major >issues arising from the rush to globalize. >
