Monthly Archives: July 2020

Caledonian Club of San Francisco postpone their Highland Gathering and Games

Please note this event that US Branch #25 of the Royal Canadian Legion regularly participates in has been postponed.

Dear Patron,

The Caledonian Club of San Francisco has decided to postpone their Highland Gathering and Games that was scheduled for Labor Day weekend, 2020.

The Caledonians are still considering holding some kind of gathering later in the year.

There is no information about this effort at this time.

When we receive further information, we will let you know.

We will miss seeing you at the Labor Day Weekend Scottish Games, and we look forward to a future in which the Games can go forth again.

In the event that you would like to order any of our Scottish pins, belt buckles, jewelry, etc.,

we are still open for mail order sales by telephone. 415 897 1732.

*Please note that the purchase feature on our website is NOT FUNCTIONING.* —Call us…

Be Well,

Sincerely,

Nancy Nagle

Nagle Forge & Foundry

http://www.nagleforge.com

New Hilbrand fellow; Canada’s new UN ambassador in conversation

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An item from one of our fellow Canadian organizations in the Bay Area.

Canadian Studies Announcements

In this issue:

New Hildebrand Fellow, Mindy Price
Affiliate event tomorrow: Canada’s UN ambassador, Bob Rae, in conversation
Last chance to watch Canadian films from the Seattle Int’l Film Festival

New Hildebrand Fellow, Mindy Price, Studies the

Intersection of Agriculture and Indigenous Rights

Canadian Studies is pleased to welcome the latest recipient of the Edward Hildebrand Fellowship, Mindy Price. Mindy is a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. An environmental sociologist and political ecologist, her research focuses on indigenous food sovereignty and the effects of climate change on agriculture in the far north. Mindy received her B.A. in sociology from Emory University, and her Master of Public Health in global health practice from the University of South Florida.

Mindy’s project will examine recent government agricultural initiatives in the Northwest Territories through the context of Indigenous sovereignty. As climate change and economic shifts increased the attractiveness of farming in the far north, pressure is increasing to settle over 300,000 acres of disputed Indigenous land claims and open these areas to farming. Do these forces represent a threat to Indigenous land sovereignty, and their traditional methods of resource management? What are the benefits and drawbacks these projects present for Indigenous communities and other residents of the Northwest Territories? Mindy plans to conduct interviews and field research in Yellowknife, Hay River, and the Mackenzie River delta to find answers to these questions.

Affiliate Event Tomorrow: Canada at the United Nations, What Next? A Conversation with Canada’s New Ambassador to the UN, Bob Rae

July 21 | 10:00 a.m. PT | Conference call

The Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars will host a discussion tomorrow with Canada’s next Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, the Honourable Bob Rae.

Recently, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau’s four-year campaign effort to secure a rotating seat on the UN Security Council ended in defeat in June. Following Canada’s failure to secure a seat on the agency’s decision-making body, questions arose about whether the vote would alter Canada’s contribution to the UN. Ambassador Rae will highlight Canada’s contribution to the United Nations, and present his vision to further engage international partners and promote the Canadian values of peace, freedom, democracy, and human rights in a time of global uncertainty. The conversation will be moderated by Canada Institute director Dr. Christopher Sands, who is also a board member of Berkeley’s Canadian Studies Program.

To RSVP for this event and view call-in numbers, please click here.

Last Chance to Watch Canadian Films at the Seattle International Film Festival

Streaming through Wednesday, July 23

Two recent films from award-winning Canadian directors will end their virtual run this Wednesday, July 23. The films are being screened by the Seattle International Film Festival, in cooperation with the University of Washington’s Canadian Studies Center, and showcase the talent of two contemporary Canadian filmmakers. Watch them both online here.

And the Birds Rained Down (2019)

Louise Archambault (Québec)

127 minutes; French with English subtitles.

Three elderly hermits live deep in the woods, cut off from the rest of the world. While wildfires threaten the region, their quiet life is about to be shaken by the arrival of two women in this gentle, elegiac study of intertwined lives.

One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019)

Zacharias Kunuk (Inuit Nunangat)

111 minutes; Inuktitut with English subtitles.

In 1961, Noah Piugattuck and his band of nomadic Inuit hunters are approached by a brutish white man known as “Boss” who pressures them to abandon their traditional way of life and move into settlement housing.

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[REMINDER] Royal Canadian Legion – US Branch 25 August Meeting

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As we are still unable to meet in person, but also have business that we need to attend to, we will be holding an August business meeting for the membership of US Branch #25 representing the San Francisco Bay Area. The meeting will be held online using Zoom on Tuesday, 04 August at 7pm. The dress for the meeting is casual (i.e., Legion attire is not required).

The details on how to join the meeting can be obtained by e-mailing mkbarbour@gmail.com

The agenda, minutes from the previous meeting, and various written reports will be e-mailed prior to the event.

If you have not used Zoom, you can download the program to your computer by visiting https://zoom.us/support/download (there are also links on that page to download it to your phone or tablet). To join the meeting follow the steps outlined in this video – https://youtu.be/9isp3qPeQ0E – or the instructions under the “How do I join a Zoom session?” portion of this website https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2020/how-to-use-zoom.html

We hope to see everyone there…

Michael Barbour
Vice President, US Branch #25
Royal Canadian Legion

It’s here – The VJ Day Special Edition Tommy

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A note from the Royal British Legion Industries Village (formerly the There But Not There organization).

Commemorate the 75th Anniversary year of VJ Day. Check out our VJ Day Special Edition Tommy collection.

We are very proud of this VJ Day Special Edition Tommy, we have been working very hard with historian and author Neil Storey, sourcing archive images to put together for this commemorative collection. Over the coming days we will also have activity packs, street party baking boxes available and we are looking for VJ Day street party organisers too (social distancing of course). Plus a free living history video series available.

We have lots of VJ Day products including a 28 page booklet, VJ Day engraved Tommy, badges, stickers, posters and lots more.

Support veterans of today by remembering the sacrifices of the past.

THE FULL VJ DAY TOMMY COLLECTION

WHAT IS VJ DAY

Victory over Japan Day (also known as V-J Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.

The term has been applied to both of the days on which the initial announcement of Japan’s surrender was made – August 15, 1945, in Japan, and because of time zone differences, August 14, 1945 (when it was announced in the United States and the rest of the Americas and Eastern Pacific Islands) – aswell as to September 2, 1945, when the surrender document was signed, officially ending World War II.

THE HISTORY OF VJ DAY

LIVING HISTORY WITH
HISTORIAN NEIL STOREYHistorian and Author Neil Storey has very kindly put together some short videos for RBLI to share with you. They highlight some of the challenges our forgotten army faced, like the lack of drinking water in the Jungle and dealing with leeches. Neil shows us some of the solutions and techniques our soldiers use to overcome these challenges.