Day for Darfur-Welcome

Event Information: Toronto

This years event will be taking place in downtown Toronto in Nathan Phillips Square
Things will kick off at 1pm and go through the afternoon until 3:30pm

Taking the TTC: Located at 100 Queen Street West, easily accessed by the TTC Queen street car (501), or the Yonge Line subway (exit Queen station) or the University line (exit Osgoode Station).

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Speakers

Glen Pearson was elected as Member of Parliament for London North Centre on November 27th, 2006.

Prior to entering politics, Glen perhaps best known as the volunteer director of the London Food Bank. In its 20 years of operation the Food Bank has fed thousands of local individuals and families and has been a driving force in the attempt to end child poverty in Canada.

Leading the London Food Bank and also helping to direct the Ontario Association of Food Banks has provided Glen with a key understanding into some of the struggles faced by many citizens in London North Centre – immigration issues, lack of doctors, low-income earners, minimum wage earners, struggling university students, the challenges faced by modern educational institutions, etc. His concern over such issues caused him to become active in all three levels of government over the years.

In 1998, along with his wife Jane Roy, Glen began human rights and development work in Sudan. This work has included building schools and infrastructure, fighting modern day slavery, community development and supporting local enterprises as they enter into the competitive world market system. After almost 30 years of public service in London, he has worked on poverty, immigration, refugee, job creation, health and public safety issues in our community and wants to see those important issues championed in Ottawa.

Glen Pearson and Jane Roy live with their adopted children Abuk, Achen and Ater in London.

To learn more about Glen Pearson please visit his site here

Sergeant Debbie Bodkin is a 20-year-veteran of the Waterloo regional police in Ontario. She has served in the homicide, the sexual assault and the drug squads. She thought she'd seen everything until the summer of 2004 when she used her vacation time to travel to Chad as a member of the Atrocities Documentation Team for a US State Dept inquiry. She and colleagues interviewed 1,136 victims. Then in November 2004 she joined another investigation team. This one authorized by the UN. She suffered from post-traumatic stress due to her experiences, but she continues to move people to action through her lectures.

More Speakers Bio's coming soon!