Join author Susan Farrell to celebrate the release of her first novel: Basement Suite.
Wednesday, October 7, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Governor's Pub, 233 Esplanade, Sydney.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Garry Leech keynote speaker to Council of Canadians
Garry Leech, co-author of The Failure of Global Capitalism from Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond, will be a keynote speaker at the Council of Canadians annual general meeting October 23 in Saint John New Brunswick. The theme for this year's convention is "Turning the tide: A just economy for people and the planet.
Garry joins CoC nationa chair Maude Barlow and John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies in Washington, DC.
Garry joins CoC nationa chair Maude Barlow and John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for Public Policy Studies in Washington, DC.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Introduction to the Qur'an, Public talk Oct. 28 in Sydney
Robert Campbell, author of Reading the Qur'an inEnglish is scheduled to give a public talk at the McConnell Memorial Library on October 28, 7-9 p.m. Prof. Campbell's talk will be an introduction to the Qur'an, Islam's most important text, as well as some tips on how to get the most out of an English translation.
Sponsored by Cape Breton Regional Library. Admission is free.
Sponsored by Cape Breton Regional Library. Admission is free.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
"Sobering stuff" writes reviewer
A reviewer for the Halifax Chronicle Herald notes that Gibbs & Leech's book is filled with "sobering stuff." "...this isn’t another bestselling thriller but you should read it anyway. It might just knock you off your complacent 'everything is OK' butt." Read the whole review at: http://thechronicleherald.ca/Books/1123664.html
Weather subject of monthly CBC phone-in
CB Weather Watching author Bill Danielson is in the CBC Cape Breton studios on the third Monday of every month for an hour-long phone-in. Be listening to Information Morning as host Steve Sutherland and Bill take your calls and questions about the weather.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Human rights in Colombia subject of talk at OPSEU
Author and journalist Garry Leech will make a presentation to the Ontario Public Service union May 7, on the subject of the current human rights situation inColombia. The talk takes place at OPSEU offices on Wellsley Street in Toronto. Garry talk is sponsired by: Canadian Council for International Cooperation, Inter Pares, Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC), KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, Latin American Human Rights Education and Research Network (RedLEIDH), and Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
CBU profs focus on the failure of capitalism
CBU profs focus on the failure of capitalism
McConnell library hosting presentation
Thursday March 27, Sydney - The financial crisis that emerged in the United States last year has not only escalated into a full-fledged economic crisis for that country.
While Cape Breton's industrial past may not seem connected to the global meltdown of financial markets, for more than a century, the Island’s economy has been intrinsically linked to a global economy that is a product of the process of industrial capitalism and globalization.
Cape Breton University political science professors Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech, have been studying how the global capitalist system has indeed had an impact here. The authors of The Failure of Global Capitalism: From Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond (new from CBU Press), professors Gibbs and Leech are giving a talk on the subject at the McConnell library on Thursday, April 2.
"Neoliberal globalization, centred around North American and European influences on global economic systems, exploits the natural resources and labour of societies at the periphery," says Garry Leech, "and then moves on."
The reality is that under the dominant free trade ideology, people throughout the world suffer, particularly with regard to socio-economic and environmental issues, he said.
Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech's book, The Failure of Global Capitalism, as the title suggests, examines how that exploitation has affected the industrial economies of Cape Breton and Colombia.
Their talk on Thursday will look at how the instability and insecurity inherent in the global capitalist system has impacted Cape Breton and how we can learn from alternative models challenging dominant free trade ideologies by focusing on democratic participation, economic self-sufficiency and environmental sustainability.
The talk begins at 7 p.m. at the McConnell Library, 50 Falmouth Street, Sydney. For more in formation, call 902.562.3279.
Terry Gibbs is an assistant professor of Political Science and director of the Centre for International Studies at Cape Breton University. She specializes in issues related to democracy and globalization. Gibbs is a contributor to the book New Perspectives on Globalization and Antiglobalization: Prospects for a New World Order (Ashgate Publishing, 2008) and her articles have been published in various journals.
Garry Leech is a lecturer in Political Science at CBUand an independent journalist. He is the author of several books, including Beyond Bogotá: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia and Crude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World (Dis)Order. He is also the co-author of The People Behind Colombian Coal: Mining, Multinationals and Human Rights.
McConnell library hosting presentation
Thursday March 27, Sydney - The financial crisis that emerged in the United States last year has not only escalated into a full-fledged economic crisis for that country.
While Cape Breton's industrial past may not seem connected to the global meltdown of financial markets, for more than a century, the Island’s economy has been intrinsically linked to a global economy that is a product of the process of industrial capitalism and globalization.
Cape Breton University political science professors Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech, have been studying how the global capitalist system has indeed had an impact here. The authors of The Failure of Global Capitalism: From Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond (new from CBU Press), professors Gibbs and Leech are giving a talk on the subject at the McConnell library on Thursday, April 2.
"Neoliberal globalization, centred around North American and European influences on global economic systems, exploits the natural resources and labour of societies at the periphery," says Garry Leech, "and then moves on."
The reality is that under the dominant free trade ideology, people throughout the world suffer, particularly with regard to socio-economic and environmental issues, he said.
Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech's book, The Failure of Global Capitalism, as the title suggests, examines how that exploitation has affected the industrial economies of Cape Breton and Colombia.
Their talk on Thursday will look at how the instability and insecurity inherent in the global capitalist system has impacted Cape Breton and how we can learn from alternative models challenging dominant free trade ideologies by focusing on democratic participation, economic self-sufficiency and environmental sustainability.
The talk begins at 7 p.m. at the McConnell Library, 50 Falmouth Street, Sydney. For more in formation, call 902.562.3279.
Terry Gibbs is an assistant professor of Political Science and director of the Centre for International Studies at Cape Breton University. She specializes in issues related to democracy and globalization. Gibbs is a contributor to the book New Perspectives on Globalization and Antiglobalization: Prospects for a New World Order (Ashgate Publishing, 2008) and her articles have been published in various journals.
Garry Leech is a lecturer in Political Science at CBUand an independent journalist. He is the author of several books, including Beyond Bogotá: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia and Crude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World (Dis)Order. He is also the co-author of The People Behind Colombian Coal: Mining, Multinationals and Human Rights.
CB author to tour NS, NB
Cape Breton writer Susan Young de Biagi, whose novel Cibou is shortlisted for two Atlantic Book Awards is scheduled to take part in several literary events in connection with the awards next week.
The awards, to be presented in Dartmouth next Wednesday evening (April 15th), will recognize the best books published in Atlantic Canada last year.
Cibou, published by Cape Breton University Press, is shortlisted for the Dartmouth Book Award for fiction, as well as the Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing.
Ms. Biagi will appear along with a few other well-known award nominees, at venues and times listed below.
Cibou (pronounced see-boo) is the story of a young Mi’kmaw woman, the interactions between her community and the ways in which early Europeans influenced their lives.
Cibou is the name of a fictitious Mi’kmaw community on Cape Breton. The novel has been adopted as part of the Nova Scotia Dept. of Education’s Learning Resource for Literary Success program in provincial schools, selected for the Aboriginal Books for schools catalogue and is currently under review as a possible learning resource in BC classrooms.
April 15 - noon: Halifax Public Library Spring Garden Road - Readings and Q&A with Susan Young de Biagi, Douglas Arthur Brown and Anne Simpson
April 15 - 7 pm: Alderney Landing Theatre - Atlantic Book Awards Celebration
April 16 - 7 pm: Halifax Public Library Alderney Gate - An evening of Readings, with Susan Young de Biagi, Catherine Banks and Douglas Arthur Brown
April 17 - 7 pm: Mount Allison University, hosted by Tidewater Books - An evening of Readings, Q&A, signings, with Susan Young de Biagi, Mark Blagrave, Ian Colford and Donna Morrissey.
April 18 - 2 pm: Moncton Chapters - Closing retail celebration of the 2009 Atlantic Book Awards, with Susan Young de Biagi, Ian Colford, Donna Morrissey, William Naftel and Susan Tooke.
The awards, to be presented in Dartmouth next Wednesday evening (April 15th), will recognize the best books published in Atlantic Canada last year.
Cibou, published by Cape Breton University Press, is shortlisted for the Dartmouth Book Award for fiction, as well as the Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing.
Ms. Biagi will appear along with a few other well-known award nominees, at venues and times listed below.
Cibou (pronounced see-boo) is the story of a young Mi’kmaw woman, the interactions between her community and the ways in which early Europeans influenced their lives.
Cibou is the name of a fictitious Mi’kmaw community on Cape Breton. The novel has been adopted as part of the Nova Scotia Dept. of Education’s Learning Resource for Literary Success program in provincial schools, selected for the Aboriginal Books for schools catalogue and is currently under review as a possible learning resource in BC classrooms.
April 15 - noon: Halifax Public Library Spring Garden Road - Readings and Q&A with Susan Young de Biagi, Douglas Arthur Brown and Anne Simpson
April 15 - 7 pm: Alderney Landing Theatre - Atlantic Book Awards Celebration
April 16 - 7 pm: Halifax Public Library Alderney Gate - An evening of Readings, with Susan Young de Biagi, Catherine Banks and Douglas Arthur Brown
April 17 - 7 pm: Mount Allison University, hosted by Tidewater Books - An evening of Readings, Q&A, signings, with Susan Young de Biagi, Mark Blagrave, Ian Colford and Donna Morrissey.
April 18 - 2 pm: Moncton Chapters - Closing retail celebration of the 2009 Atlantic Book Awards, with Susan Young de Biagi, Ian Colford, Donna Morrissey, William Naftel and Susan Tooke.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Cibou author to tour Maritimes
Susan Young de Biagi will be in the region during Atlantic Book Awards week, giving readings at a number of venues to be announced. Her first novel Cibou is shortlisted for both the Dartmouth Book Award for fiction and the Atlantic Book award for Historical Writing.
Garry Leech interviews
Garry Leech, co-author with Terry Gibbs of The Failure of Global Capitalism: From Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond, will give a talk on his other new book Beyond Bogota: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia (Beacon Press) at CBU on March 12 (CE-265, 12 noon).
Segments of Garry's interview with CBC Cape Breton Information Morning host Steve Sutherland, will air March 9-11.
Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech will give a talk at the McConnell library on Thursday, April 2, entitled, "Cape Breton and the Global Economic Crisis."
"The financial crisis that emerged in the United States last year has not only escalated into a full-fledged economic crisis for that country, but also for Canada and every other nation in the world. Over the past 25 years, Cape Breton’s economy has become intrinsically linked to a global economy that is a product of the process of globalization. This talk will look at how the instability and insecurity inherent in the global capitalist system has impacted Cape Breton and how we can learn from alternative models that are emerging to challenge the dominant free trade ideology by focusing on greater democratic participation, economic self-sufficiency and environmental sustainability."
Segments of Garry's interview with CBC Cape Breton Information Morning host Steve Sutherland, will air March 9-11.
Terry Gibbs and Garry Leech will give a talk at the McConnell library on Thursday, April 2, entitled, "Cape Breton and the Global Economic Crisis."
"The financial crisis that emerged in the United States last year has not only escalated into a full-fledged economic crisis for that country, but also for Canada and every other nation in the world. Over the past 25 years, Cape Breton’s economy has become intrinsically linked to a global economy that is a product of the process of globalization. This talk will look at how the instability and insecurity inherent in the global capitalist system has impacted Cape Breton and how we can learn from alternative models that are emerging to challenge the dominant free trade ideology by focusing on greater democratic participation, economic self-sufficiency and environmental sustainability."
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