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Campaigning for Long-Term Social Change

Published by admin on November 28th, 2011 - in Blog

One of the most important steps in any campaign is getting your message across to a broad audience. Whether it’s a campaign against violence or a call for involvement, you can’t expect action without being heard first. But is sending out a strong message always enough when it comes to affecting social change? Although this is a complicated question and the answer is sure to be a situational one, it seems that disseminating a strong message is often just a stepping-stone to something much greater. As an example, thousands of dollars have been spent on developing advertisements to inform on the importance of maintaining proper hand hygiene. While these advertisements are sure to illicit its intended response from individuals who pass by the advertisement, will this change in behaviour persist? [...]

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Asbestos debate hits The House of Commons

Published by admin on October 31st, 2011 - in Blog

“It is beyond belief that we are exporting death. And that we are exporting it willfully and knowledgeably. I don’t understand it. I don’t understand the government in this province and I don’t understand the government of Canada. There is no asbestos anywhere that is safe. None. And it is unimaginable that we are willing to sacrifice lives in developing countries to support a relative handful of jobs in the Canadian economy.” Stephen Lewis Speaking at The People vs. Cancer Concordia University, Oct. 5th, 2011 The Campaign to Control Cancer joins Stephen Lewis, the NDP of Canada, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Canadian Union of Public Employees and thousands of concerned citizens in stating that it is beyond belief that Canada continues to export death, and calling for the federal [...]

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The People vs. Cancer 2011 University Tour: A Review

Published by admin on October 25th, 2011 - in Blog

It’s not surprising that Stephen Lewis at 70+ continues to be a superstar to young Canadians because of his passion and the quickness of his mind. He is no longer the UN secretary general’s special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, but his popular influence has never been greater, as evidenced by the lively real-time and on-line student response to the 2011 People vs. Cancer tour at McMaster University in Hamilton, the University of Calgary and Concordia University in Montreal. Stephen Lewis, like many of the students who attended the events or watched the live-stream video, doesn’t understand the inability to come together to address preventable suffering and death from disease There is something appalling – shocking about our inability to come together sufficiently and overcome the passivity and the rigidity [...]

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People Vs. Cancer 2011: Lessons Learned on the road with Stephen Lewis and Simon Sutcliffe

Published by admin on October 21st, 2011 - in Blog

The 2011 People vs. Cancer tour brought Stephen Lewis and Simon Sutcliffe, Chair of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer to young audiences across Canada to inspire, engage and recruit students and faculty in the campaign for “More control. Less cancer.” As we travelled across Canada with the People vs. Cancer this year and last, we’ve had a chance to hear feedback from students and to share some learning’s with you. Here’s a short list of Lessons Learned on the road with Stephen and Simon: Lesson #1: When mobilizing for change, it’s not what you say – it’s how you make people feel. People want to feel inspired, confident, energized, hopeful, No one does this better than Stephen Lewis. He is no longer the UN secretary general’s special envoy for HIV/AIDS [...]

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