Have some beans and raise a stink about welfare rates! What: Picket Christy Clark's $1000 a plate dinner When: 5pm, Tuesday, February 7th at 1015 Burrard St. Travel and Signmaking: You can also meet us at 3.30pm at the CCAP office (on second floor of Carnegie). We will bus together to 1015 Burrard St. at […]
We acknowledge that this event is taking place on the ancestral, traditional, unceded and occupied Indigenous territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, and in particular, the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. The xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory on which UBC Point Grey campus is located is unceded, that is, it was never surrendered, relinquished, or handed over by […]
Time and space to engage with the continuing work and struggles surrounding the INM movement, explore pathways forward and present examples of Indigenous resistance and resurgence across Turtle Island.
Landlords throughout Metro Vancouver are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Residential Tenancy Act by getting tenants to unknowingly sign Fixed Term Tenancy Leases, making it easier for them to evict tenants without proper due process and raise the rents above the yearly maximum. A sharp rent increase or eviction has devastating effects for all […]
We would like to acknowledge that this event is taking place on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skxwú7mesh, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, on whose territories we live and organize. As stewards of these lands, we would like to recognize the tremendous labour that has gone into nurturing and protecting these traditional […]
As World War II raged on in Europe, many in the U.S. still refused to take Hitler’s rise seriously. Charles Chaplin was among those who did. Chaplin takes on the dual role of dictator Adenoid Hynkel and a poor, Jewish barber who wants to see an end to bigotry and hatred. While Chaplin deftly ridiculed […]
We noticed that people often arrive late to our films, and we don’t want anyone to miss out, so for fun we’re going to start off each A.V. Club screening with a 45-minute episode of the all-singing-all-dancing police prodedural drama that aired for 11 episodes in 1990 before its brutal cancellation. Join your favourite civil […]
Join BC New Democrat MLAs Gary Holman and David Eby with Marika Albert of the Community Social Planning Council for a forum to discuss the Affordable Housing Needs Assessment for the Saanich Peninsula, and possible solutions for BC's housing crisis. When: Thursday, Feb 9th, 7:00-8:30pm Where: Room 2, Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave W, […]
WE STAND WITH STANDING ROCK! Emergency IntersACTION As we continue to organize against Trudeau's approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, we also need to respond to an urgent call to action from those on the frontlines in Standing Rock fighting against the Dakota Access pipeline. Trump has already called for the pipeline to be built, […]
Join us for a potluck and screening of a new documentary about whistleblower John Bolenbaugh, who worked for Enbridge during the 2010 Kalamazoo oil spill. Unwilling to help cover up the company's blatant disregard for life and health, Bolenbaugh sacrificed his job and began documenting the extent of the damage to the local ecosystem and […]
