http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/3500/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/events/11207 <div class="field field-type-date field-field-date-and-time"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Thu Jun 7</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-city"> <div class="field-label">city:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Halifax, Nova Scotia </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-venue"> <div class="field-label">Venue:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> St Andrew’s United Church </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-address"> <div class="field-label">Address:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 6036 Coburg Road </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-cost"> <div class="field-label">Cost:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Free </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-organizer-contact"> <div class="field-label">organizer contact:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Linda Scherzinger, lindakseven@gmail.com </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-accessibility"> <div class="field-label">Space Accessibiity:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Wheelchair accessible </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-image-jpeg" alt="image/jpeg icon" src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/image-x-generic.png" /><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/kairos_livingcourageposter_halifax_lores_copy.jpg" type="image/jpeg; length=648164">kairos_livingcourageposter_halifax_lores_copy.jpg</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p>Three outstanding women will share their experiences and strategies of defending human rights, struggling against violence and building peace in their communities: Claudia Liliana Castellanos Roncancio, human rights lawyer from Colombia; Lucy Geries Talgieh, Wi&rsquo;am Palestinian Conflict Resolution Centre, Bethlehem; and Patti Doyle Bedwell, past director, Program for Indigenous Blacks and M</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/events/11207" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/events/11207#comments Ideas Aboriginal women Gendered Violence Halifax human rights Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:16:00 +0000 Natascia Lypny 11207 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/paola-ortiz-deportation-canadian-disgrace/8216 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Despite public outcry, officials turn blind eye to danger mother of two faces from abusive ex in Mexico </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/PaolaOrtiz.jpg" alt="" title="Paola Ortiz and her Canadian-born children, aged 2 and 4" width="450" height="533" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>On Friday, Sept. 23, Canada deported Paola Ortiz, the mom of two Canadian citizen kids, aged 2 and 4, to Mexico, a country she fled in 2006 to escape sexual abuse and domestic violence at the hands of her then-financé, a federal Mexican police officer.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/paola-ortiz-deportation-canadian-disgrace/8216" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/paola-ortiz-deportation-canadian-disgrace/8216#comments Isabel Macdonald Canadian immigration policy Gendered Violence Mexico Paola Ortiz Solidarity across Borders Media Co-op Updates Montreal Stories Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:34:34 +0000 Isabel 8216 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca