Pan-Canadian Student Anti-War Conference

Starting Date: 01-30-2003
Starting Time: 9:00am
Ending Date: 02-02-2003

Address

University Of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
416.533.6026

http://www.project3media.com/iraq

Description

Students Against Sanctions & War in Iraq (SASWI) would like to invite students from American campuses (and elsewhere) to participate in the Pan-Canadian Student Anti-War Conference. The more American students that participate, the more likely it is that we could call a North American-wide student day of action against war in Iraq--rather than just a pan-Canadian one--and the more likely it is that we can build a stronger, more connected student anti-war network. Please join us as we take the first steps to building a truly international movement of students against the war!

~Le texte en fran�ais suit.~

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Students Against Sanctions and War in Iraq (SASWI)

Open call to all students across Canada and Qu�bec

Pan-Canadian Student Anti-War Conference
January 30 to February 2, 2003
University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario

Opposition to a new war on Iraq is growing worldwide. In Britain, over 400,000 people marched against war at the end of September, including thousands of students from all over Britain. The mobilization on October 26 of 100,000 in Washington, D.C. and 60,000 in San Francisco brought many thousands of students onto the streets to oppose the war against Iraq. And in Britain on October 31, dozens of protests took place at universities and colleges, including occupations at Cambridge University, Liverpool, Manchester, Brighton, and Leeds. In Sheffield, 500 students occupied a
faculty building sponsored by Boeing. In London there were occupations at Goldsmith?s, King?s College, the London School of Economics, and many others.

In Canada and Qu�bec, anti-war coalitions are springing up on almost every campus with students building both their own campus anti-war actions and the January 18 North American day of action against war on Iraq. More recently, thousands of students just participated in the pan-Canadian day of action against war in Iraq on November 16-17 which mobilised 35,000 people in Canada and Qu�bec.

At a recent teach-in at the University of Toronto, students from fifteen different universities, colleges, and high schools took part in a discussion called "Students against war: Building an anti-war movement on the campuses". A consensus emerged that it is not only possible but also necessary to begin building an anti-war movement among students all across the country.

With the threat of war looming larger every day, we feel it is now time for students across Canada and Qu�bec to pull together in a unified network that can build a massive student movement against war in Iraq. Students Against War and Sanctions in Iraq (SASWI) would like to make an open call to all students to participate in a pan-Canadian student anti-war conference at the University of Toronto from Thursday, January 30 to Sunday, February 2, 2003. The conference will be accessible both to English- and French-speaking students.

Already a number of student anti-war coalitions have expressed interest in supporting, participating in, and endorsing the conference. We welcome any anti-war
coalition, peace organisation, student union, cultural organisation, faith group, or student club that would like to get involved to send your endorsement to us by email.

In the coming weeks, we will be circulating a tentative conference programme, including a timetable. We look forward to your feedback and hope to post final details as soon as they are ready on our website: www.project3media.com/iraq/.

We will also be organising committees of student volunteers to organise registration, housing, food, transportation, fundraising, and social events. All students in the Toronto area who are interested in working on one of the committees should contact
saswi_logistics@yahoo.ca
.

The possibilities are huge of building a broad,inclusive student movement against war right across the country. We think that a pan-Canadian student anti-war co-ordination can play a role in helping to reach deeper into every school, every classroom, and every campus with the message that we can and must stop this war!

To endorse the conference or for more information:
e-mail us or phone 416.533.6026.

To get involved in one of the student committees (for students in the Toronto area):
e-mail saswi_logistics@yahoo.ca
or phone 416.533.6026.

SASWI online: www.project3media.com/iraq/.

To join the pan-Canadian student anti-war listserve:
e-mail us

The following is a list of some of the organisations that have so far endorsed the Pan-Canadian Student Anti-War Conference: University of British Columbia Coalition Against War on the People of Iraq (CAWOPI), University of British Columbia Medical Students for Global Survival, University of Victoria Muslim Students? Association (MSA), Simon Fraser University Coalition to Stop the War on Iraq, Simon Fraser University Muslim Students? Association (MSA), Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design Coalition Against War in Iraq (CAWI), York University Now End War and Sanctions (NEWS) on Iraq, University of Toronto Students? Administrative Council (SAC), University of Toronto Coalition Against War in Iraq (CAWI), University of Toronto Arab Students? Association (ASA), Ryerson University Arab Students? Association (RASA), Ryerson University Christian Arab Students? Association (CASA), Toronto Committee Against Sanctions & War on Iraq (TCASWI), Toronto Trade Unionists Against the War (TUAW), Carleton University Middle Eastern Discussion Group, Carleton University Solidarity with Iraqi & Palestinian Children (SIPC), University of Ottawa Global Peace Coalition, Brock University Anti-War League (BAWL), Niagara Palestine Association (NPA), McGill University Coalition Against War & Racism (CAWR), Montr�al Muslim News, Fredericton Residents for Education on the Economically-Motivated Deployment of the Military (FREEDOM), Dalhousie University Peace and Justice Coalition, St. Mary?s University Activist Coalition (SMAC), Arab Palestine Association of Canada (APA), the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), and many more! We hope we'll soon be able to add your name to the list too!

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Students Against Sanctions and War in Iraq (SASWI)

Un appel � toute la population �tudiante � travers le Canada et le Qu�bec

Conf�rence pan-canadienne des �tudiantEs contre la guerre
Du 30 janvier au 2 f�vrier 2003
Universit� de Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

Le mouvement d?opposition � la menace d?une nouvelle guerre contre l?Irak se multiplie � travers le monde. En Angleterre, plus de 400 000 personnes ont manifest� contre la guerre � la fin septembre. Les manifestations de 100 000 personnes � Washington et de 60 000 � San Francisco le 26 octobre ont attir� des
milliers d?�tudiantEs en opposition � la guerre contre l?Irak. Et le 31 octobre en Angleterre, des douzaines de manifestations ont eu lieu sur les campus des
universit�s et des coll�ges, y compris des occupations � Cambridge, Liverpool, Manchester, Brighton, et Leeds. � Sheffield, 500 �tudiantEs ont occup� un �difice portant le nom de la compagnie Boeing. � Londres, des occupations ont eu lieu � Goldsmith?s, King?s College, London School of Economics, et bien d?autres.

Au Canada et au Qu�bec, des coalitions contre la guerre ont �t� form�es sur pratiquement chaque campus, et les �tudiantEs se mobilisent pour leurs propres
actions et pour la mobilisation nord-am�ricaine contre la guerre le 18 janvier. Plus r�cemment, des milliers d?�tudiantEs ont particip� � la journ�e d'action
pan-canadienne contre la guerre contre l'Irak les 16-17 novembre, une mobilisation de 35 000 personnes au Canada et au Qu�bec.

R�cemment, lors d?une conf�rence � l?Universit� de Toronto, des �tudiantEs de quinze universit�s, coll�ges, et �coles secondaires ont particip� � une discussion intitul�e >. Un consensus s?est d�gag� de la conf�rence: il est non-seulement possible, mais aussi n�cessaire, de construire un mouvement contre la guerre au sein de la population �tudiante � travers le pays.

Avec la menace d?une guerre qui grandit � chaque jour, nous pensons que le moment est venu pour les �tudiantEs de cr�er un r�seau unifi� qui pourra construire un �norme mouvement �tudiant contre la guerre en Irak. Les �tudiantEs oppos�Es � la guerre et aux sanctions contre l?Irak (Students Against Sanctions and War on Iraq) lancent un appel � toute la population �tudiante pour participer � une Conf�rence pan-canadienne des �tudiantEs contre la guerre � l?Universit� de Toronto du jeudi 30 janvier au dimanche 2 f�vrier 2003. La conf�rence sera accessible
aux francophones et aux anglophones.

D�j� plusiers coalitions �tudiantes contre la guerre ont exprim� leur d�sir de participer � cette conf�rence. Nous invitons toutes les coalitions contre la guerre, les organismes pour la paix, les associations �tudiantes, les organisations culturelles, les groupes religieux, ou les clubs �tudiants qui veulent participer d?offrir leur appui par courriel � saswi2003@yahoo.ca.

Au cours des prochaines semaines, nous ferons circuler une �bauche de programme pour la conf�rence, y compris un horaire. Vers la fin novembre nous esp�rons afficher sur notre site internet www.project3media.com/iraq/ l?information pertinente lorsque les d�tails de la conf�rence seront confirm�s.

Nous organiserons aussi des comit�s pour organiser l?inscription, l?h�bergement, la nourriture, le transport, les lev�es de fonds, et les activit�s sociales. Toutes les �tudiantes et tous les �tudiants de la r�gion de Toronto qui sont int�ress�s �
participer � un des comit�s peuvent contacter saswi_logistics@yahoo.ca.

La possibilit� de constuire un mouvement �tudiant contre la guerre existe partout � travers le pays. Nous pensons qu?une coordination �tudiante pan-canadienne contre la guerre pourra jouer un r�le pour assurer que nous rejoignons chaque �cole, chaque classe, et chaque campus avec le message que nous pouvons et devons pr�venir cette guerre!

Pour appuyer la conf�rence ou pour plus amples renseignements:
courriel saswi2003@yahoo.ca ou t�l�phonez au 416.533.6026.

Pour participer � un des comit�s �tudiants (pour les �tudiantes et �tudiants de la r�gion de Toronto):
courriel saswi_logistics@yahoo.ca ou t�l�phonez au 416.533.6026.

SASWI sur l?internet: www.project3media.com/iraq/.

Pour devinir membre du serveur de listes pan-canadien des �tudiantEs contre la guerre:
courriel saswi@yahoogroups.ca.

Voici une liste partielle des organisations qui ont d�j� donn� leur appui � la Conf�rence pan-canadienne des �tudiantEs contre la guerre: University of British Columbia Coalition Against War on the People of Iraq (CAWOPI), University of British Columbia Medical Students for Global Survival, University of Victoria Muslim Students? Association (MSA), Simon Fraser University Coalition to Stop the War on Iraq, Simon Fraser University Muslim Students? Association (MSA), Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design Coalition Against War in Iraq (CAWI), York University Now End War and Sanctions (NEWS) on Iraq, University of Toronto Students? Administrative Council (SAC), University of Toronto Coalition Against War in Iraq (CAWI), University of Toronto Arab Students? Association (ASA), Ryerson University Arab Students? Association (RASA), Ryerson University Christian Arab Students? Association (CASA), Toronto Committee Against Sanctions & War on Iraq (TCASWI), Toronto Trade Unionists Against the War (TUAW), Carleton University Middle Eastern Discussion Group, Carleton University Solidarity with Iraqi & Palestinian Children (SIPC), University of Ottawa Global Peace Coalition, Brock University Anti-War League (BAWL), Niagara Palestine Association (NPA), McGill University Coalition Against War & Racism (CAWR), Montr�al Muslim News, Fredericton Residents for Education on the Economically-Motivated Deployment of the Military (FREEDOM), Dalhousie University Peace and Justice Coalition, St. Mary?s University Activist Coalition (SMAC), Arab Palestine Association of Canada (APA), la F�d�ration canadienne des �tudiantes et �tudiants (FCEE) , et plus d'autres! Nous esp�rons que nous pourrons ajouter votre nom � la liste aussi!

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