Theresa Wolfwood
Encyclopedia
Theresa Wolfwood is the director of the Barnard Boecker Centre Foundation in Victoria, British Columbia
, Canada
. She organizes, writes and speaks on issues concerning peace, social justice, women, globalization and human rights. She participated in the World Peace Forum in Vancouver
and was an international election observer in El Salvador
in June, 2006. She co-coordinates Victoria Women in Black.
She has written for Briarpatch
, Peace Magazine
, Peace News
, Third World Resurgence
& other publications.
Her essays have been included in the following books:
She is a published poet, many of her poems reflect her passion for peace and social justice.
Her photographs have been published and exhibited in several countries and her banner art has also been widely shown.
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. She organizes, writes and speaks on issues concerning peace, social justice, women, globalization and human rights. She participated in the World Peace Forum in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
and was an international election observer in El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
in June, 2006. She co-coordinates Victoria Women in Black.
She has written for Briarpatch
Briarpatch
Briarpatch is an independent alternative news magazine based in Saskatchewan, Canada and distributed across Canada.Launched in 1973 as an anti-poverty newsletter published by the Saskatchewan Coalition of Anti-Poverty Organizations, the magazine's founding mission was "to provide a forum for...
, Peace Magazine
Peace Magazine
Peace Magazine is a Canadian magazine on disarmament and peacebuilding issues, published by Canadian Disarmanent Information Service ....
, Peace News
Peace News
Peace News is a pacifist magazine first published on 6 June 1936 to serve the peace movement in the United Kingdom. From later in 1936 to April 1961 it was the official paper of the Peace Pledge Union , and from 1990 to 2004 was co-published with War Resisters' International.-History:Peace News was...
, Third World Resurgence
Third World Resurgence
Third World Resurgence is the flagship magazine of Third World Network, an international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to environment, development and the Third World and North-South issues...
& other publications.
Her essays have been included in the following books:
- Challenging Empires: World Social Forum, Eds. Jai Sen et al. 2004. Viveka Foundation, New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, India; - Feminist Perspectives: September 11, 2001. Eds. Susan Hawthorne & Bronwyn Winter. 2002. Spinifex Press, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Reprinted as AFTER SHOCK: September 11, 2001; - Global Feminist Perspectives, 2003. Raincoast Books, Vancouver, BC;
- There is an Alternative: Subsistence and Worldwide Resistance to Corporate Globalization, Eds. Veronika Bennholdt-Thomson, Nicholas Faraclas and Claudia Von Werlhof, Zed Books Ltd. London, UK. 2001.
She is a published poet, many of her poems reflect her passion for peace and social justice.
Her photographs have been published and exhibited in several countries and her banner art has also been widely shown.
External links
- http://www.bbcf.ca