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Teamsters Canada held its 10th convention from June 8-11 at the Château Laurier in Ottawa.

Jimmy Hoffa Jr, the General president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, addressed the assembly on issues including the new Obama regime, the economic crisis, organizing across borders, and the Columbia Free Trade Agreement. Hoffa is introduced by Teamsters Canada President, Robert Bouvier.

To learn more about the Teamsters, visit http://www.teamsters-canada.org/

Teamsters Canada held its 10th convention from June 8-11 at the Château Laurier in Ottawa.

Globe and Mail columnist and CTV commentator, Jane Taber, addressed the convention on the importance of union engagement with media and new media, and also shared some insight into the experience of reporting from the Hill.

The Future of the Internet: Access, Openness, and Inclusion A Town Hall Discussion. Open Internet Town Hall Meeting (TORONTO) Monday June 8, 2009, 7:00pm – The Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St. West) Speakers include: Mark Surman – Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation; Steve Anderson – Co-founder, SaveOurNet.ca; Rocky Gaudrault – CEO, Teksavvy Solutions Inc; Raymi the Minx of http://raymitheminx.com/ & Sass of http://zucket.com/; Derek Blackadder – National Representative with CUPE.

Special Guests: * Olivia Chow – MP * Jesse Brown – Search Engine * David Skinner – Communications Professor, York University * Kim Elliott – rabble.ca * Mark Kuznicki – remarkk consultant

John Agnew, the president of the American Association of Geographers. He was speaking to the Canadian Association of Geographers at the 2009 Congress of the Humanities.

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What made Obama's campaign marketing work so well? Dr. Jeffrey MacLeod presents research at the 2009 Congress of the Humanities.

Alex Marland, Associate Professor at Memorial University, presenting at a 2009 Congress of the Humanities roundtable.

Are Canada's political parties selling their image, or changing their image to suit you? Marland looks at the last two elections to answer that question.

The title of the session was The State of Political Marketing in Canada.

This month is rabble.ca's eighth birthday, and to celebrate we convened a panel to talk about the media. It was called What's Wrong With Canada's Newspapers, and featured Linda McQuaig, Peter C. Neuman, and Wayne MacPhail.

This is Linda McQuaig's address.