Welcome to
The Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation
The Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation was incorporated as a registered non-profit society in 1996 in British Columbia. The Director is Theresa Wolfwood of Victoria.
The aims of the BBCF are:
- To create, to develop, and to encourage programs that promote social justice, peace, sustainability, diversity and community, through research, writing, film and art; and
- To organize public events that will contribute, globally and locally, to knowledge and awareness.
“The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit...It is not enough merely to call for democracy, freedom and human rights. There has to be a united determination to persevere in the struggle, to make sacrifices in the name of enduring truths, to resist the corrupting influences of desire, ill-will, ignorance and fear... “ Thanks to international pressure she is now free and able to travel. See www.nobelprize.org for her powerful speech Au Sung Suu Kyi Leader of democratic movement in Burma, elected but under detention for years.
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Dr. Rosalie Bertell, activist, scholar, scientist, and visionary died at the age of 83 years on June 14, 2012
To read The Life and Work of Rosalie Bertell: A tribute by Theresa Wolfwood: click here |
Calgary Women in Black
Victoria women in Black on ‘Navy Days” in front of a warship
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THE TWO MILLION TREES PROJECT IN PALESTINE::
 A project of The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature. Amman, Jordan supported by BBCF
Did you know that Israel has uprooted & destroyed more than 1 million trees in Palestine?
The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature needs our support to replace these trees and restore the environment and livelihood of Palestinians as well as in its work to raise awareness about the occupation & destruction of Palestine. Support this action to help win peace and justice in Palestine. The trees can be designated in your name or in the name of anyone you choose to honour this way. BBCF is working with APN to raise funds and to help tell people everywhere about Palestine. In 2008 APN achieved its goal of planting one million tress and APN is now working on its second million tree campaign. In Victoria, we have already raised more than $10000 for trees.
Buy a living tree for $8 / 5 GB pounds or 6 Euros! Cheques & bank drafts in these currencies can be sent to BBCF, 1022 McGregor Ave. Victoria, BC. CANADA
Contact BBCF for other forms of payment & information
Photo of Razan Zuayter, Director of APN, taken at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2007. TW
To read a presentation by Razan Zuayter Click here
Books of Interest – Recently reviewed – click here: http://bookreviews.bbcf.ca/
 Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin. THE SETTLER’S COOKBOOK: A Memoir of Love, Migration and Food. 2008. Portobello Books. London, UK
Abu-Zahra, Nadia & Adah Kay. UNFREE IN PALESTINE: Registration, Documentation and Movement Restriction. 2013, Pluto Press. UK. ISBN 978 0 7453 2527 9
Azoulay, Ariella. From Palestine to Israel: A Photographic Record of Destruction and State Formation. 1947-50. 2011. Pluto Press. London, UK
Barghouti, Mourid. I Was Born There, I Was Born Here 2011. Bloomsbury Publishing. London, UK
Butler, C.T. & Keith McHenry. FOOD, NOT BOMBS.
See Sharp Press, Arizona. USA.
Chambers, Carole. She Draws the Rain. 2013. Thistledown Press. Saskatoon, SK, Canada ISBN 978-1-927068-42-7
Corry, Stephen. TrIbal Peoples for tomorrow’s world. 2011. Freeman Press Publication. UK
Deneault, Alain and Sacher, William. Imperial Canada Inc. Legal Haven of Choice for the World’s Mining Industries 2012. Talonbooks, Vancouver, Canada
Eichler, Maya. Militarizing Men: Gender, Conscription and War in Post-Soviet Russia. 2012. Stanford University Press, USA
Elmessiri, A.M., editor. The Palestinian Wedding: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Palestinian Resistance Poetry. 2011. Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc. Colorado, USA & London, UK
Engler, Yves. Lester Pearson’s Peacekeeping – The Truth May Hurt. 2012. RED Publishing/ Fernwood Publishing. CANADA
Hallet, Mary and Marilyn Davis. FIRING THE HEATHER: The Life and Times of Nellie McClung. 1994. Fifth House, Canada
Irving, Sarah. Leila Khaled: Icon of Palestinian Liberation. 2012. Pluto Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-7453-2951-2
Jones, Esyllt and Adele Perry. PEOPLE’S CITIZENSHIP GUIDE: A response to conservative Canada. 2012. Arbeiter Ring Publishing. Winnipeg, MN, Canada
Loney, James. CAPTIVITY: 118 days in Iraq and the struggle for a world without war. 2011. Alfred A.Knopf. Canada
Martinez, Carlos & Michael Fox, & Jojo Farrell. VENEZUELA SPEAKS! Voices from the Grassroots. 2010. PM Press, Oakland, CA, USA. ISBN 978-1-60486-108-2
Mehta, Vijay. The Economics of Killing 2012. Pluto Press, UK
McQuaig, Linda & Neil Brooks. THE TROUBLE WITH BILLIONAIRES.2010. Viking, Canada
San Martin, Pablo. WESTERN SAHARA: the Refugee Nation. 2010. University of Wales Press, Cardiff, Wales
Septer, Dirk. Lost Nuke: The Last Flight of Bomber 075. 2012. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd. Canada
Shaxson, Nicholas. Treasure islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens. 2011. Palgrave Macmillan. UK. ISBN 978-0-230-10501-0
Suarez, Thomas. Palestine: sixty years later. 2010. Americans for Middle East Understanding. New York, USA
Waring, Marilyn. 1 WAY 2 C THE WORLD: writings 1984-2006. 2009. University of Toronto Press. Canada
Williamson, Janice editor. Omar Khadr, Oh Canada. 2012.McGill-Queen´s University Press Montreal, Canada ISBN 978-0-7735-4022-4
Free Liliany Obando! Libre Liliany Obando
FREE Liliany Obando, Political Prisoner in Colombia
Liliany is still under arrest &endangered by death threats. No progress on her trial to date – May, 2013
Liliany visited Victoria twice in 2005 and 2006 to tell us about the human rights abuses and trade unionist killings in Colombia. She was arrested on August 8, 2008 and charged with rebellion and helping a terrorist organization. At the time of her arrest Liliany was researching the killings of peasant leaders in Colombia.
 Targeting Liliany and other social justice activists is a structured tactic on the part of the Colombian state. Canada is in the final stages of a controversial bilateral free-trade agreement with Colombia, where the administration is embroiled in a scandal involving links between top politicians and the paramilitary forces.
Liliany in Victoria with peace poppies, 2006 photo:TW Liliany was on the cusp of finalizing a significant solidarity project involving several Canadian unions and FENSUAGRO. In conjunction with labour, agronomists, farmers, and researchers, she was working on an expanded development program to further assist rural workers at La Esmeralda. She and many prisoners are mothers who are seeking at the least, house arrest, so that they may be with their children. Liliany says she is not “special” , that all political prisoners are being denied basic human rights.
It is critical for individuals, unions, community and civil society groups, development agencies, members of faith communities, academics, students, and concerned citizens to show their solidarity for Liliany. We must express our opposition to the unjust detention of this important Colombian activist, scholar, and worker. Please demand that Liliany Patricia Obando Villota be released, have all charges withdrawn, and be treated as a democratic citizen.
WRITE TO:
H.E. Sra. Clemencia Forero Ucros,
Ambassador of Colombia to Canada,
360 Albert Street, Suite 1002,
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X2, Canada.
Telephone: (613) 230–3760
Fax: (613) 230–4416
AND: President Juan Manuel Santos
Cra no 7–26, Placio de Narina, Sante Fe de Bogata, Colombia
 Liliany’s Freedom Fund will help to finance Liliany's defense and other expenses associated with it. For information about how to donate, please contact: casc(at) telus(dot)net
Liliany when arrested August, 2008
Liliany was released from prison in March but is still on trial and under house arrest: see appeal at upper left menu.
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