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We believe it is urgent to get as many signatures on a call for a public inquiry. We believe it is possible to shift the terms to debate, and to shine a spotlight on the abusive police practices during the G8/G20. But we need your help to do that.
Please sign on and circulate the call widely to friends, colleagues, allies and networks who might be willing to sign. Email
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with your name, affiliation and which category you prefer to be placed in (trade unionists, faculty, students, community activists, legal workers, teachers, cultural workers, arrested and detained)
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Gender Relations & Food Security Internship
Job Description:
Gender Relations: Work in collaboration with OPIRG Staff, board and volunteers to:
- Liaise with a network of community organizations (including Peterborough Women's Events Committee [WEC], Peterborough Pride Committee, etc) and campus groups to take an active role in helping to organize and carry out community-wide events that address sex and gender-based oppression, homophobia and transphobia.
- Contribute to campaigns that recognize all persons' rights to live without violence and discrimination.
- Events and campaigns may include, but are not limited to: Take Back the Night, Person's Day breakfast, December 6th Vigil & International Women's Day, Trans Day of Remembrance, Peterborough Pride and others.
Food Security and Environmental Sustainablity: Work in collaboration with OPIRG Staff, board and volunteers to:
- Assist in the coordination of OPIRG's Free Market, Food Cupboard and Green Dishes initiatives. The Free Market is a space for the redistribution of donated clothing and household items, the Food Cupboard is an emergency food program which provides non-perishable food items for low income community members, and Green Dishes is OPIRG's community dish lending program.
- Recruit volunteers, run orientation sessions, and coordinate Free Market and Food Cupboard volunteers.
- Keep track of volunteer availability, arrange food deliveries, and work with volunteers to ensure all shifts are covered.
- Improve outreach for the Food Cupboard and Free Market.
- Prepare and maintain a database of community organizations who promote the Free Market/Food Cupboard, and advertise events and updated hours with these organizations.
- Enter the food cupboard statistics and membership information each month and represent OPIRG at Kawartha Food Share meetings.
- Help organize environmental & social justice events (do-it-yourself workshops, Year End Free Market give away, food drives, film screenings, etc).
- Work on OPIRG's environmental and poverty reduction programs and help organize special events that bring attention to economic equity and food security, as well as waste reduction & the local redistribution of basic goods.
- Oversee "Green Dishes" program by keeping track of dishes and cutlery inventory, communicating with local organizations who borrow items, and by helping to develop resources, policies and practices to improve the program.
Additional Contributions and Collaborations: Work in collaboration with OPIRG Staff, board and volunteers to:
Contribute to the overall success and collaborative nature of the organization by assisting with a variety of special events, ongoing projects, outreach, and organizational and administrative duties as required.
For qualifications, eligibility and application details, press the "read more" link below.
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 Ontario Public Interest Resea rch Group (OPIRG) Peterborough
Established in 1976, OPIRG Peterborough is a campus-based, community-oriented, non-profit organization committed to research, education and action on social justice and environmental issues. Each year, OPIRG staff and volunteers organize speakers, films, conferences, publications and campaigns on a wide variety of topics that fit within our mandate. We also offer skills development workshops and research-for-credit opportunities.
A volunteer board of directors works with one full-time staff person to administer the office and resource library, develop programming, allocate resources, and network with other campus and community organizations. The OPIRG board uses a consensus decision-making process and meets fortnightly during the school year. Board members are elected annually and usually serve a two-year term.
OPIRG Peterborough is an autonomous member of Ontario PIRG, a provincial network of eleven PIRGs. In August of 2005, OPIRG Peterborough became incorporated under the province of Ontario.
 33 Years of Action in Peterborough (and counting!)
For more than three decades, the Peterborough Chapter of the Ontario Public Interest
Research Group (OPIRG) has been pursuing social justice and
environmental activism on the Trent campus and the Peterborough
community. During this long history, OPIRG has worked on a wide range
of issues and has seen its alumni go on to contribute to other social
justice and environmental movements after they leave Trent. Today,
OPIRG continues to be a dynamic organization where many Trent students
learn the skills and knowledge they need to be active citizens. To read more, please click "read more" link below.
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