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 (Terry) 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.
Women in Black, 1995, UN NGO Women’s Forum, Beijing. Photo of Au Sung Suu Kyi, lower left. Photo by TW
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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...
Au Sung Suu Kyi Leader of democratic movement in Burma, elected but under
detention for years.
Afghan MP Malalai Joya in Victoria. For complete story see left side menu :OUR PAPER and click on December, 2007
Saskatchewan Farmers Win Major Prize!
Story & Photos on Schmeiser farm in Bruno, SK by Theresa Wolfwood
 Louise and Percy Schmeiser, who fought and continue to fight for the rights of farmers and against the power of corporations to control life, have been awarded the 2007 Right Livelihood Award (RLA), often called the Alternate Nobel Prize. The Schmeisers gained public attention and global support for their court and personal battles against Monsanto. BBCF helped Percy Schmeiser to participate in an Asian food security conference and then brought him to Victoria to speak in 2004.
The Jury of the RLA honoured the Schmeisers "for their courage in defending biodiversity and farmers' rights, and challenging the environmental and moral perversity of current interpretations of patent laws".
The RLA was presented in the Swedish Parliament in December. For info see: our stories on right side menu & www.rightlivelihood.org
BBCF directors in print: See book reviews on left side.
Elizabeth Mayne. A PASSIONATE CONTINUITY a new book of poetry & images
Peter Nyers. RETHINKING REFUGEES: Beyond States of Emergency. An investigation in global refugee policy and reality
Oona Padgham, in Barndt, Deborah, editor Wild Fire: Art as Activism. A fascinating collection of essays about activist art
Theresa Wolfwood, in Newman, Jessica R. editor FROM THE WEB: A global anthology of women's political poetry |
THE ONE MILLION TREES PROJECT IN PALESTINE::
The  Arab Group for the Protection of Nature. Amman, Jordan. www.apnature.org 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.
Buy a living tree for $6 or 4 Euros!
Photo of Razan Zuayter, Director of APN, taken at the World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya, 2007. TW
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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 AGN to raise funds and to help tell people everywhere about Palestine. In Victoria, we have already raised more than $1000 for trees.
In Canada, for more information contact BBCF/ send your cheques and designated names for trees to: BBCF, 1022 McGregor Ave. Victoria, BC V8S 3T9, CANADA. Outside Canada contact: info@apnature.org
NEW on bbcf.ca
Women in Print by Theresa Wolfwood &
NATO by Bill Blum and other interesting articles and images.
See: Our Paper Spring 2008 on left side.
Michael Skinner on right side. An excellent submission to
the Manley Committee on Canada´s war on Afghanistan
Resources and Information for Palestine/Israel &
Boycotts: Supporting Justice in Palestine on the left side
Water & Privatization by Branden Beatty on right side
New book reviews: Butala,Sharon: the GIRL in SASKATOON: A Meditation on Friendship, Memory and Murder and: O’Neill, Dan. The Firecracker Boys: H-bombs, Inupiat Eskimos and the Roots of the Environmental Movement
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