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Walk For Justice

Highlights from the launch of the Vancouver - Ottawa Walk for Justice, to raise awareness and pressure the government for a public inquiry on the 3,000 women, 80% of whom are aboriginal, who have gone missing in the past decade.

RT: 6:03

CUPE BC 2008 Political Action Conference

Video highlights from the Canadian Union of Public Employees BC Division Political Action Conference, June 9 - 11, 2008 in Vancouver.

RT: 5:33

FIRST forum: "Why Decriminalize Sex Work?"

FIRST "Why Decriminalize Sex Work?" Public Forum, Wed., June 11, 2008, Vancouver Public Library

RT: 90 minutes approximately in segments

CanWest wins 2008 Golden Gag Award!

June 6 2008 "Golden Gag Award" presentation to CanWest MediaWorks for their bullying SLAPP suits against people they disagree with politically.

RT: 30 minutes approximately in segments

BCGEU 2008 Convention

Highlights from the June 6 - 8 2008 Convention of the British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union in Vancouver.

RT: 150 minutes approximately in segments

Co-opting Courage

May 22, 2008 Co-opting Courage Public Forum on changes in the Canadian military sponsored by the Burnaby Teachers' Association and the Community Action Coalition of Burnaby, at Burnaby South High School.

RT: 90 minutes approximately in segments

BCNU: "Sharing Our Successes: Leading Innovation" conference

May 15 and 16, 2008 British Columbia Nurses' Union ( BCNU ) National Nursing Week "Sharing Our Successes: Leading Innovation" conference, in Vancouver.

RT: 12 hours approximately in segments

CanWest: Media Bully

May 14, 2008 CanWest: Media Bully public forum at SFU downtown, on the SLAPP suit by CanWest attempting to silence Palestine solidarity activists like Mordecai Briemberg and 6 other "Jane Doe" and "John Doe"s.

RT: 60 minutes approximately in segments

BCNU supports Insite

Highlights from the May 9, 2008 British Columbia Nurses' Union press conference at Insite Supervised Injection site, the first such site for IV drug users in North America. The nurses urged the Federal government to keep facility open in Vancouver's downtown eastside.

RT: 30:00

BC Health Coalition video

Video for the British Columbia Health Coalition

RT: 12:32

Kinuko Laskey - Hiroshima Atomic Blast Survivor

Memorial video for Hiroshima atomic bomb blast survivor Kinuko Laskey, who dedicated her life to working for world peace.

RT: 16:19

Nurses to Stephen Harper: Keep Insite Open!

May 9, 2008 presser at Insite Clinic, North America's first supervised injection site. Nurses told Prime Minister Harper to keepthe facility open.

RT: 6:11

rabble.ca 7th Birthday

May 8, 2008 birthday party for rabble.ca at Our Town cafe, featuring a book launch of "Exalted Subjects: Studies in the Making of Race and Nation in Canada" by Dr. Sunera Thobani.

RT: 60 minutes approximately in segments

Province Wide Stand For Housing

Highlights from the May 3, 2008 province-wide Stand For Housing, including the rally at 36th and Main Street.

RT: 8:09

CUPE BC 2008 Convention highlights

Video highlights from the Canadian Union of Public Employees - BC Division ( CUPE BC ) 2008 "Building Sustainable Communities" convention in Vancouver.

RT: 100 minutes approximately

CCCABC AGM - "Consequences of Corporatization and Marketization of Child Care"

Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia ( CCCABC ) "Consequences of Corporatization and Marketization of Child Care" AGM, April 09, 2008 in Vancouver.

RT: 100 minutes approximately

Choices That Matter

"Choices That Matter - True Stories from Behind the Curtain of Private Health Care", April 8, 2008, Heritage Hall, Vancouver, sponsored by the B.C. Health Coalition.

RT: 120 minutes approximately

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappe

March 29, 2008 talk by Ilan Pappe at Vancouver Public Library on the "Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine", sponsored by the Canada-Palestine Solidarity Network, Jews for A Just Peace and Canadian Friends of Sabeel.

RT: 70 minutes approximately

Beyond the Status Quo: Tools for Progressive Leadership Governance Forum

March 28, 2008 Columbia Institute "Beyond the Status Quo: Tools for Progressive Leadership" Governance Forum, with keynote speaker Rocky Anderson, who was Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah during their recent Olympic games.

RT: 90 minutes approximately

Working Together for a Living Wage

Over 150 HEU members and their supporters heard from a wide range of community members about the importance of living wages and safe working conditions for issues like child poverty, immigrant rights and quality health care services, 18 March 2008.

RT: 90 minutes approximately

Free John Graham (2)

Public Forum, March 28, 2008 in Vancouver on the extradition of John Graham and the struggle for indigenous self determination against colonization, corporate control, and state repression.

RT: 90 minutes approximately

Gabor Maté - In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

March 12, 2008 book launch of Dr. Gabor Maté's "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction", at St. Andrew's Wesley church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

RT: 90 minutes approximately

Should Prostitution be Legalized Before the 2010 Olympics?

March 11, 2008 Workless Party Public Forum @ YWCA,Vancouver asks "Should Prostitution be Legalized Before the 2010 Olympics"?

RT: 90 minutes approximately

International Women's Day 2008 March and Rally

Highlights from the 2008 Vancouver International Womens' Day march and rally on Saturday March 8, part of a week of IWD events.

BROADBAND

RT: 5:33

SENIORS MATTER, NURSES CARE!

BCNU SENIORS MATTER, NURSES CARE! rally for better quality care, February 25- 27, 2008, Art Gallery, in Vancouver.

RT: 30 minutes approximately

CUPE BC Workers of Colour crest in tv frame

CUPE Workers of Colour Conference

Video from the first CUPE BC Workers of Colour conference in Vancouver, February 25- 27, 2008 in Vancouver.

RT: 90 minutes approximately

BCNU 2008 Convention

Video from the British Columbia Nurses' Union "Power to Lead" convention, February 25- 27, 2008 in Vancouver.

RT: 411 minutes approximately

Resolved: Prisons Work - Langara Dialogue 2

20 February 2008 public debate on whether or not "Prisons Work", part of a series of "Langara Dialogues" debates at the Vancouver Public Library, organized by Langara College in Vancouver.

RT: 100 minutes approximately in segments

Security and Prosperity Partnership Public Forum

Webcast of the 19 February 2008 "From Behind Closed Doors, Into The Public Eye" Public forum on the Security and Prosperity Partnership.

RT: 120 minutes approximately

1st Annual Poverty Olympics

Video highlights from the 1st Annual Poverty Olympics, held Sunday February 3, 2008 in the theatre at the Carnegie Centre, Hastings and Main, in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

RT: 9:05

20th Anniversary of the Morgentaler Decision

Vancouver celebration, at Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre, to mark the 20th anniversary of the January 28, 1988 Supreme Court of Canada "Morgentaler" decision that finally gave all Canadian women true reproductive choice.

RT: 90 minutes approx. in segments

Equity & Inclusion Public Education Conference

January 25 and 26, 2008 BC Teachers' Federation Equity and Inclusion Public Education Conference, Fairmont Hotel, Vancouver.

RT: 120 minutes approx. in segments

Through the Green Glass

Keynote speakers at the January 24, 2008 Columbia Institute Through the Green Glass: Climate Change Symposium for Education Leaders in Vancouver.

RT: 70 minutes approx. in segments

Langley Special Education Inquiry Report

January 17, 2008 report of the Langley Special Education Inquiry, a joint project of the Langley District Parent Advisory Council, CUPE Local 1260 and the Langley Teachers' Association, Fort Langely Community Library Hall, Fort Langley, B.C.

RT: 90 minutes approx. in segments

BC Fed Health and Safety centre

Video profile of the British Columbia Federation of Labour's Health and Safety centre. BROADBAND

RT: 8:39

Pakistan Under the Gun public forum

December 11, 2007 Pakistan Under the Gun public forum and interactive discussion on human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Pakistan, at the Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, Canada.

RT: 90 minutes approx.

Campaign for a National Drug Plan

December 10, 2007 BC FORUM ( BC Federation of Retired Union Members ) public hearing at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, part of the Canadian Health Coalition's Campaign for a National Drug Plan

RT: 90 minutes approx. in segments

Dahr Jamail: The Catastrophic Occupation of Iraq

December 8, 2007 lecture in Vancouver by Dahr Jamail, author of "Beyond the Green Zone Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq", on the Catastrophic Occupation of Iraq.

RT: 57 minutes

6 December 2007

Video highlights from three events - on Dec. 1, Dec. 5, and Dec. 6 2007 - to commemorate the December 6 National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

RT: 8:55 minutes

$10 NOW! B.C. Workers Need A Raise

Video on the campaign to raise the minimum wage in British Columbia from $8/hr to $10/hr, spearheaded by the B.C. Federation of Labour.

RT: 5:21

Maude Barlow's "Blue Covenant" book launch

Oct. 30, 2007 launch of Maude Barlow's new book, "Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water", Maritime Labour Centre, Vancouver.

RT: 90 minutes approx. in segments

Council of Canadians 2007 AGM

Highlights from the Oct.26 - 28 2007 Council of Canadians Annual General Meeting in Kelowna.

RT: 200 minutes approx. in segments

Million Steps for Child Care run

Video highlights from the conclusion of the October 9 - 16, 2007 Million Steps for Child Care run, from Campbell River to the Legislature in Victoria on Vancouver Island.
BROADBAND

RT: 5:59 min

Naomi Klein speaks with striking CUPE workers

Video of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 391 Vancouver Public Library workers picket line meeting with author and activist Naomi Klein, Friday October 5, 2007 at Libary Square downtown Vancouver.
BROADBAND

RT: 5:59 min

CUPE 391 "Word On the Strike" festival

Video of highlights of the Local 391 Vancouver Public Library workers "Word on the Strike" festival of picket line creativity, Sunday September 30, 2007 at Libary Square downtown Vancouver. BROADBAND

RT: 5:50 min

"Red Carpet" for new CMA President Day

Public health care activists "roll out the red carpet" for Dr. Brian Day, the new pro-private medicine President of the Canadian Medical Association.
BROADBAND

RT: 11:20

Prison Justice Day 2007

Highlights from the 32nd annual Prison Justice Day memorial rally August 10, 2007, at Trout Lake Park, Vancouver.

RT: 90 minutes approximately

Acts of Transformation: War Toys to Peace Art

Acts of Transformation: War Toys to Peace Art, video produced by working TV for the British Columbia Teachers' Federation ( BCTF ), in August 2007.
BROADBAND

RT: 11:00

First Nations' National Day of Action
Video highlights of the Vancouver component of the First Nations' National Day of Action, 29 June 2007. BROADBAND RT: 7:10

The Possible City:
Co-operatives in a sustainable economy - Tracey Axelsson, Kevin Millsep, Bob Williams, John Restakis and Brian Smith, March 22, 2007 Rhizome Cafe, Vancouver. Chaptered, Multi-bandwidth Video with Synchronised Slides. RT: 1 hour 39 minutes. Indexed via chapters

CUPE BC LGBT Pink Triangle Conference
Webcast highlights from the Feb. 16 and 17, 2007 LGBT Pink Triangle Conference in Vancouver. BROADBAND RT: 6 minutes

Shaping the System for
Sustainable Energy in BC
Sustainability Town-hall forum with NDP environment critic Shane Simpson, John Calvert, SFU, NDP energy critic John Horgan, and others, January 17, 2007, Vancouver, BC. Chaptered, multi-bandwidth Video with Synchronised Slides video now online.
RT: 1 hour 55 minutes. Indexed via chapters

Free the Cuban Five Solidarity meeting
Webcast from the November 2, 2006 event for the Cuban Five Political Prisoners held in American prisons on trumped up "terrorism" charges

RT: 45 minutes approximately in segments

National Day of Action for Immigrant Rights
Highlights from the May 27, 2006 Day of Action for Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Vancouver, one of eight similar actions across Canada.
BROADBAND RT: 5:23 minutes

Student picket line report at Templeton in tv frame

Student report on BCTF Strike @ Templeton Secondary in East Vancouver
Student report from the picket line of the BC Teachers' strike at Templeton Secondary in East Vancouver. Broadband video online. RT: 5:52 minutes

Beyond McWorld: Challenging Corporate Rule
By request we've re-encoded the webcast of Beyond McWorld: Challenging Corporate Rule produced in 1998 by Dave Robbins, Just InTime Productions. BROADBAND

RT: 35 minutes in segments

Winning Choice on Abortion
June 7, 2005 reading at the Vancouver Public Library by author Ann Thompson from her new book "Winning Choice on Abortion: How BC and Canadian Feminists Won the Battles of the 1970s and the 1980s". RT: 40 minutes approximately in segments

Tariq Ali - "Empire and Resistance, from Vietnam to Iraq"
Webcast of "Empire and Resistance, from Vietnam to Iraq", the talk by Tariq Ali on April 28, 2005 at the Maritime Labour Centre in Vancouver. RT: 60 minutes approximately in segments

Sun Peaks Convergence banner in tv frame

Sun Peaks Convergence
Webcast highlights from the August 28 / 29 2004 convergence of supporters of the Secwepemc First Nation at Sun Peaks resort near Kamloops British Columbia Canada.
BROADBAND video online. RT: 7:52

Multi Union Pride Vancouver
Webcast highlights from the August 01, 2004 Vancouver Pride parade. Activists from several unions got together in the Multi Union Pride committee to participate in the 26th annual event, which drew 150,000. BROADBAND video online. RT: 5:36

Mouseland
An animated short, with audio from a speech by the late Tommy Douglas, about a place called Mouseland where the downtrodden mice keep electing cats to their Parliament - until one little fellow has an idea! With an introduction by actor Keifer Sutherland, grandson of Tommy Douglas. BROADBAND video online. RT: 6:37

Is Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic?
15 May 2004 forum at the Vancouver Public Library featuring Dr. Normal Finkelstein.
RT: 120 minutes approximately in segments

Dr. Helen Caldicott
Dr. Helen Caldicott, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, speaking on "Nuclear Madness and Missile Envy: The New Nuclear Danger", April 28, 2003 in Vancouver. RT: 60:00 approx. in segments

Damaged Care
American Physician Dr. Linda Peeno, subject of "Damaged Care" a made for TV movie about patient abuse in the "Managed Care" U.S. private health system, on the dangers of private care. RT: 45 minutes approx. in segments

Parenti Forum on War Drive
American intellectual Dr. Michael Parenti in Vancouver speaking at a Public Forum on the U.S. Iraq war drive. RT: 60 minutes approx. in segments

HERE WE STAND!
Brief highlights from HERE WE STAND! the 50th anniversary Memorial Concert for Paul Robeson, held May 18, 2002. BROADBAND video online. RT: 30 minutes approx. in segments

SFL Summer Camp
A video report on the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour Summer Camp for teens - a breeding ground for young troublemakers and a lot of fun.
Includes BROADBAND video. RT: 12 minutes

Water for People and Nature ( 2001 )
By request, we've re-posted "Water for People and Nature", featuring Maude Barlow, Vandana Shiva and Judy Darcy from the conference in Vancouver in 2001. RT: 120 minutes approx. in segments

Chem Trails ( 2000 )
By request, we've re-posted "Chem Trails: What Is Wrong With Our Skies?", featuring the talk William Thomas gave in Vancouver in June 2000. RT: 55:00 minutes approx. in segments

Vandana Shiva "Whose Freedom? Which Freedom" ( 1998 )
By request, we've re-posted Dr. Vandana Shiva's lecture on June 15, 1998 at the Vancouver Public Library "Whose Freedom? Which Freedom? The Universal Declaration of Human Rights vs. the GATTs Treaty of Inhuman Rights". RT: 57:00 minutes approx. in segments

Leaky Condo Public Meeting ( 1998 )
By request, we've re-posted "Leaky Condo Public Meeting" taped in Vancouver in April of 1998. It was sponsored by the BC Federation of Labour and the Carpenter's Union in response to the Leaky Condo crisis in the lower mainland. RT: 57:00 minutes approx. in segments

Noam Chomsky, 1996
By request, we've re-posted "Controlling the Public Mind", the talk Noam Chomsky gave in Vancouver in 1996. This was one of the most popular community access television programs we've ever produced, based on the number of requests for repeat broadcasts. RT: 90:00 minutes approx. in segments

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