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Ottawa
When: Thursday, April 21, 3:00-4:30 pm
Where: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 160 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON
Contact: Ottawa ADL, ottawaanimaldefefenseleague@hotmail.com - Facebook Event Page
Comments: Leafleting opportunities throughout the week - contact for details.
Toronto, ON - vivisection protest
Mon. April 18 to Sat. 23, 2011
* 6 great events! 2 films, 2 talks, 2 protests *
Goals: to help put an end to the ongoing use of animals in laboratories, through education (scientific, legal and ethical), and through peaceful protest; to argue for humane alternatives; to advocate and speak for the millions of nonhuman animals imprisoned, tortured and killed in frivolous, repetitive, cruel and unnecessary experiments every year; to call for compassion and respect for our fellow Earthlings.
All events are free.
If you would like to volunteer for WWAIL 2011 Toronto please contact, paulyork.2010@gmail.com or Tel: 647-342-7995.
The main thing you can do is send this notice to others. Thank you!
For more info. on research on animals at University of Toronto see http://www.cruelandunnecessary.com/
When: Monday, April 18
Where: Bahen Centre, 40 St. George St., room 1170 - 7pm
Film showing: "Earthlings" (on the topic of animal rights), followed by guest speakers and discussion.
Trailer: http://www.earthlings.com
Followed by guest speaker: Anya Yushenko, on the successful campaign against euthanization of dogs at University of Guelph. See http://www.lawyersforanimalwelfare.com/victories/view/1
When: Tuesday, April 19
Where: Bahen Centre, 40 St. George St., room 1170 - 7pm
Film showing: "Behind the Mask" (on the topic of animal research and activist resistance to it), followed by guest speakers and discussion.
Trailer: http://www.uncagedfilms.com/trailer.php
Followed by guest speaker: Nick Wright of Lawyers for Animal Welfare, on the topic of animals and the law, and the legal right of students to opt out of using animals in research and education. See http://www.lawyersforanimalwelfare.com/about/
When: Wednesday, April 20
Where: OISE, 252 Bloor St. W. room 5170 - 7pm
Event: Organizing a fun and vibrant campaign against research on animals, with Brian Vincent of STOP UBC.
STOP UBC's website: http://stopubcanimalresearch.org/
When: Thursday, April 21
Where: OISE, 252 Bloor St. W., room 2279 - 7pm
Event: The ethical argument against the use of animals in research and education, with Dr. David Sztybel.
There is a separate Facebook event site for this event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216222998392199
Dr. Sztybel's website: http://sztybel.tripod.com/popular_menu.html/
When: Saturday April 23
2 protests
PROTEST # 1
Time: 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Unilever Headquarters, 160 Bloor Street East - (their office is suite 1500, but presumably the protest is outside)
Univeler is a corporation that does testing on animals.
Facebook site for this event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193294834045731
PROTEST #2
Where: Dundas & Yonge - 7:30 p.m.
Event: Peaceful protest against animal research with various members of the animal rights movement in Toronto.
See photos of last year's protest: https://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=100000433249325&aid=15011
When: April 23, 2011, 2 pm - 4 pm
Where: Unilever Headquarters 1500, 160 Bloor Street East
Contact: Samantha Luciani, stickupskateboards@hotmail.com - Here is the Facebook group, please rsvp if possible and bring any leaflets you may have at home. thank you!
Vancouver, British Columbia
Where: University of British Columbia
Contact: stopubcanimalresearch@gmail.com
Comments:
- International call-in day to UBC to save four monkeys scheduled to be killed by UBC researchers this month.
-UBC students to hold theatre piece called, "PARTS," on April 14-15 that will highlight how animals are used for research. Proceeds will go to Stop UBC Animal Research
- Leading up to WW, Stop UBC Animal Research held a week-long vigil on the UBC campus calling on the university to free four monkeys scheduled to be killed at UBC.
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