Mike Palecek and University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa: The four-day forum, which began Thursday, is concentrated around the University of Ottawa, b ut events associated with the forum will be happening throughout the city between Thursday and Sunday. , according to CBC. "These events are happening all over the place, and the social forum itself is going to feed into the pride parade on Sunday. So really, though the workshops are happening on the university campus, it an event that going to transform the downtown core," Palecek said. Ottawa is hosting what organizers are billing as the largest progressive event ever held in Canada: the Peoples Social Forum. Organizer Mike Palecek of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers describes the Peoples Social Forum as something like a Woodstock of left-wing politics. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.