Justin Trudeau is rumored to be coming to Vancouver on Monday to promote his approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Let's mobilize for a rally at CBC Vancouver downtown and make sure there is strong visible opposition while he is in town and make it clear that we will never let it get built. If […]
As the Canadian capitalist State enters its national celebration of 150 years of resource exploitation, expansion and colonization of indigenous lands and peoples, we will gather on Lekwungen territory during the Spirit of 150 Victoria- First Night festivities to bear witness, form circle and raise our voices and banners to the systemic injustices and tragedies […]
On January 4th Kinder Morgan is holding a Misinformation session in Coquitlam. Join us as we form a line to set the record straight and inform people in Coquitlam about everything that's wrong with the Kinder Morgan pipeline. We'll have information flyers, banners, signs and song and some powerful speakers. Find us near the North […]
Full schedule for the day and event description will be updated soon. Doors open: 12:30pm 1pm -Kanehsatake: 240 years of resistance ~120mins 3pm -Defenders of the Land (gustafsen lake standoff) ~50mins 4pm -Line In The Sand ~90mins -Al Jazeera documentaries about Unist'ot'en Camp 5:30pm -Caretakers (a new Burnaby Mountain documentary) ~60mins 7pm: -Showdown at Highway […]
This event will take place on the unceded, ancestral and occupied territory of the the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam people). The everyday violence enacted against black, indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) is inseparable from the broader violence of settler colonization, displacement and white supremacy that enable the occupation of this land by UBC and the Canadian […]
Join us and voice your opposition at the City of Vancouver's Open House for the market development condo proposed at 105 Keefer. Because of the recent onslaught of gentrification and displacement in Chinatown, our group rejects the current rezoning application put forward by Beedie Living (http://rezoning.vancouver.ca/applications/105keefer/index.htm). Our demands are: 1) No market housing at this […]
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson will be reading from her forthcoming collection of short stories, This Accident of Being Lost (House of Anansi Press) as part of Open Word: Readings & Ideas. These two readings are co-presented by Camosun College through Open Space. Simpson will read at Open Space on Tuesday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m. at […]
This event will take place on the unceeded, traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. The event is for people of all genders and non conforming folks. The event is wheelchair accessible and asks you to be mindful of using scents. If you have any accessibility needs for this events, please email sasc@ams.ubc.ca Amber Dawn […]
Come to see some great people, videos, skits about the "Ministry of Despair". We'll have snacks and you can get free amazing posters and see what Raise the Rates is trying to do to make poverty an issue in the upcoming provincial election. Everything is free.
Members of the Japanese-Canadian community will tell their stories of internment and how the dispossession and forced sale of their property affected their lives after the war. Display of research findings with student researchers will be exhibited for discussion.
