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SUMMARY:TFW Conference: Building and Strengthening Workers Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:In the last decade\, there has been a shift towards bringing in an increased number of TFWs across Canada. Meanwhile\, programs and policies that can protect and promote their rights and welfare are lacking. And in many cases\, they may be isolated from progressive organizations that can assist them. \nTo address this\, we are organizing a two-day conference this December to create a space where advocates from different communities can come together with TFWs to formulate actions to advance their rights and welfare. \nThe conference\, “Building and Strengthening Workers’ Solidarity”\, will be held December 3rd to 4th at the Unifor Hall\, 326 12th Street\, New Westminster. \nDay one will feature keynote speaker York University Professor Ethel Tungohan\, workshops on various urgent issues\, and a lunch panel of courageous TFWs who will share their “Stories of Struggle and Hope”. \nWe will also have an Art Sale and Solidarity Night with different cultural presentations by TFWs and advocates. There is no charge for the Solidarity Night and all are welcome to attend – and perform. \nDay two will focus on the youth and the role they play in forwarding a progressive movement that fights for the rights of all workers. It will also include an “inter-generational” dialogue that will allow for a sharing of experiences with our elders in the labour and social justice movements. \nThe conference fee is $75 for both days and this includes a conference kit and all meals and refreshments. Partnership and advertising opportunities are also available. Funds raised will go towards our conference costs.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/tfw-conference-building-and-strengthening-workers-solidarity/
LOCATION:UNIFOR Hall\, 326 12th Street\, New Westminster\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161202T110000
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SUMMARY:Justice Not Charity March and Poor People's Radio
DESCRIPTION:This will be Raise the Rates’ fifth annual march and Poor People’s Radio show to tell the CBC and the world that we need HIGHER WELFARE RATES\, not more charity! For 5 years the CBC has refused to discuss the root cause of so much poverty in BC on its annual Food Bank Day. So once again\, Raise the Rates will march up to their event to tell them that we want JUSTICE\, NOT CHARITY. \nMeet at 11 am outside the Carnegie Community Centre at Main and Hastings\, Vancouver\, unceded Coast Salish Territories. We will march to the CBC building at 700 Hamilton Street at West Georgia Street to arrive around noon. \nOur Poor People’s Radio program outside the CBC will feature music and real-life stories about how horrible it is to have to rely on food banks to survive. There will be some free snacks! \nCome on out to let the world know that it’s not okay that 100\,000 people in BC are forced to go to food banks to avoid starving! JUSTICE\, NOT CHARITY!
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/justice-not-charity-march-and-poor-peoples-radio/
LOCATION:Carnegie Community Centre\, 401 Main Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161130T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161130T123000
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SUMMARY:Court Support for Jose Figueroa
DESCRIPTION:COURT SUPPORT FOR JOSE FIGUEROA \nDATE: Wednesday November 30th\nTIME: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm\nADDRESS: 701 West Georgia (corner Granville)\, 3rd floor. Ask for which room in matter of Figueroa v. The Minister of Public Safety and others \nCome show your support for Jose Figueroa at Federal Court yet again! \nJose’s struggle is not over. In Jose’s words\, “now that I am free to move around anywhere in Canada\, I am still imprisoned with all the legal processes that were started precisely to obtain freedom!” \nOn November 30th\, the Federal Court of Canada will hear the judicial review of the CBSA’s 2009 decision to write a report alleging that Jose was inadmissible due to his past membership with the FMLN. The Federal Court has found that it is unreasonable to refer to the FMLN as a terrorist organization and the Minister of Immigration has made a decision on humanitarian grounds\, but the CBSA is still defending this report. \nIf you can attend\, please confirm to jfigueroa@shaw.ca and omar.chu@yahoo.ca and more details will be provided. Support Jose in his latest and hopefully last court case as he asserts his rights and dignity. \n*BACKGROUND* \nWATCH:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLxhC-ATfn0Lt-3CIJkA-jIrm2AqgHTDs_&v=LLpwNVfJB3A \nJose Figueroa came to Canada in 1997 and claimed refugee status. After living in Langley for thirteen years and having three Canadian-born children\, Canada moved to deport him. \nIn 2010\, Figueroa was deemed inadmissible due to his affiliation with the FMLN. In El Salvador\, Jose was member of a university student union that supported the opposition Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). The FMLN opposed a murderous US-backed right-wing dictatorship which was notorious for the use of death squads and torture to silence any opposition\, leading to almost 80\,000 deaths. The FMLN is the current democratically elected government of El Salvador. \nThe decision to deport Jose from Canada was widely criticized. Jose was forced to separate from his family and claim sanctuary at Walnut Grove Lutheran Church in October 2013\, where he remained for two years. \nFinally\, in December 2015\, after years of relentless and inspiring public campaigning\, political pressure and legal advocacy\, Jose was allowed to permanently remain in Canada and finally be reunited with his family.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/court-support-for-jose-figueroa/
LOCATION:701 West Georgia (corner Granville)\, 3rd floor. Ask for which room in matter of Figueroa.\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:All Out Against the TPP
DESCRIPTION:Day of action against the Trans Pacific Partnership in Vancouver\, Coast Salish Territory \nIt’s time to demonstrate to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: We Reject the TPP! As a part of a month of action against the Trans Pacific Partnership we are mobilizing in Vancouver on November 29th. \nThis action will also be organized in direct opposition to the Donald Trump election in the US. Trump has been vocal in his opposition to the TPP but we do not stand with his bigoted and racist values that inform his opposition. Our oppositions is based in values of social justice\, environmental stewardship and solidarity with people around the world. We stand for justice and united with all workers\, including “off shore” and migrant workers. We reject Trump’s message as firmly as we reject the TPP. \nWe’re opposed to the TPP because this deal is all about expanding and securing the rights and power of corporations. The TPP accounts for an estimated 40% of the global economy and is one of the largest multilateral agreements since the Free Trade Area of the Americas that was derailed by popular movements over a decade ago. \nThe TPP includes an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provision that allows transnational corporations to sue governments over legislation or policies made in the public interest. Environmental regulation and the rights of indigenous people will be undermined by ISDS mechanisms in order to promote investment in extractive industries. The public will pay corporations massive settlements if policy is passed against their business interests. The TPP will extend pharmaceutical patents so that Big Pharma profits while public health is compromised due to higher drug costs. The agreement promotes the continued exploitation of workers around the world by moving manufacturing to where they can find the lowest wage and exploiting workers with unequal status and rights. The TPP undermines local family farms opening up the dairy market to multinationals while also lowering health stands in the industry. The agreement will will expand their rights of corporations on the internet to control information and data while limiting public access to cultural knowledge. And there is so much more (resources are linked below). \nSimply put: the TPP is about giving more power to corporations and limiting the power of communities to defend themselves. We must stand together to stop it. \nIt’s time to take action. Let’s take our opposition out of the closed door consultations crafted by the federal government and bring it to the street. Join us and help mobilize your community to combat the world’s largest corporations as they try to impose the TPP on us. \nThis action is being organized as a part of a global effort. Latin American activists mobilized on November 4th for the 10th Anniversary of defeating the Free Trade Area of the Americas. The central theme of their mobilization is the fight against neo-liberalism and the TPP (https://seguimosenlucha.wordpress.com/). There is also an Autumn of Action that was launched in Europe against CETA and TTIP (http://www.s2bnetwork.org/autumn-of-action/) along with more actions happening in Asia and Africa. In Canada\, actions are being planned for this month and going forward will be posted here: http://www.notppcanada.org/ \nIf you would like to endorse this action please email: hgrewal@canadians.org\nFull list of endorsers of this action will be posted soon!
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/all-out-against-the-tpp/
LOCATION:Vancouver Art Gallery\, 750 Hornby Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Iṣọkan Black Community Open Forum
DESCRIPTION:Please register for the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/isokan-black-community-open-forum-tickets-29342703817 \nThis event takes place on the traditional\, unceded\, occupied territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. \n“Iṣọkan” is the Yoruba word literally translated to meaning “Of One mind”. The Iṣọkan Open Forum is a space for those of African descent or that identify as Black\, to come together and begin to imagine a vision for the community in Metro Vancouver. This Open Forum is a safe space to express personal reflections on the needs of the community and share your hopes for the future. \nAs a part of this forum you will have an opportunity to hear from the City of Vancouver and their plans to remove the viaducts and the associated mandate to recognize Hogan’s Alley in the new plan for the area. You will also hear from the esteemed Wayde Compton\, who will give us a brief history of Hogan’s Alley. \nhttp://www.metronews.ca/views/vancouver/2016/11/10/guest-shot-viaducts-removal-chance-to-honour-hogans-alley.html \nThis is your opportunity to connect and learn from other members of the black community and develop a shared vision on building our collective identity and organizing for change. \nPlease register for the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/isokan-black-community-open-forum-tickets-29342703817 \nOnce you have registered you will receive a link to an anonymous survey\, which will assist in the facilitation of the evenings event. \nThank You all! \nMany thanks to the City of Vancouver for sponsoring this event.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/i%e1%b9%a3okan-black-community-open-forum/
LOCATION:Creekside Community Recreation Centre\, 1 Athletes Way\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Supply Drive & Fundraiser for Sutikalh & Ulluilsc
DESCRIPTION:Join us Monday November 28th to support and learn more about St’at’imc villages Sutikalh & Ulluilsc (both are located close to Lillooet BC). \nFor the past 16 years\, Sutikalh (home of the winter spirit)\, has prevented a $500\,000\,000 dollar ski resort from being developed in the Melvin Creek Valley. Hubie Jim and Doug Dan have been maintaining a small village at Sutikalh with many people coming and going from all four directions\, being part of what Hubie describes as “building community where everyone is taken care of.” \nEarly in 2015\, loggers from Aspen Planers Company desecrated an ancient village site during an illegal clear cut and dumped a huge slash pile into salmon-bearing Junction creek. St’at’imc elders Ken Thomas and Albert Joseph took action to prevent any further desecration by asking Christine Jack to set up camp at Junction Creek to heal and protect these lands and waters. Just over a year of living on the land\, a small village has already been built by supporters. For Christine\, Ulluilsc is a place for people to come together – “We’ve become Ulluilsc – not just Chris or Kenny”. \nBoth of these villages need to remain intact to prevent the unwanted development which has been proposed throughout various areas of St’at’imc lands and waters. \nYour continued support helps with the general maintenance and supplies needed for residents and visitors at both Sutikalh & Ulluilsc. %50 of all donations will go to Sutikalh and %50 will go to Ulluilsc. \nCash donations will be accepted\, but we also encourage people to bring non-perishable food items (Non gluten pastas)\, brown rice\, spices\, canned or dried meat\, candles\, batteries. Wish list items include solar panels and wind turnbines. \n5:30PM Dinner (meat & veggie options)\n6:00 Acknowledgement of Salish Lands & waters.\n(Frogman as MC)\n6:15 Live Performance by RedSoulBluez\n6:45 Film Screenings – “Quiet Struggle at Sutikalh”\, some short videos of Christine Jack at Ulluilsc\n7:45 Live Performance by For Lililth\nSlideshow about indigenous resistance in St’at’imc Nation\nGroup Discussion – How can you support or become involved? \nEntrance by Donation (No One Turned Away) \nWheelchair accessible\nChildmind provided \nEndorsed by:\nDefensa del Ixofillmogen\nStreams of Justice \nThis event takes place on unceded Salish Lands & Waters
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/supply-drive-fundraiser-for-sutikalh-ulluilsc/
LOCATION:Grandview Calvary Baptist Church\, 1803 East 1st Ave\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Traffic Jam v.3
DESCRIPTION:Once again Revolución del Sound brings you…Traffic Jam!\nA party for the people… an inclusive and welcoming “house party” style gathering that seeks to create new community rhythms\, loaded with decolonized movements and musical joy.\n—-\nTraffic Jam takes place on the ancestral\, traditional\, & unceded lands of the Musqueam\, Skxwú7mesh\, & Tsleil-Waututh peoples. As organizers\, we invite folks to join us in reflecting on our varying relationships to these lands.\n—-\nWe aim to make this event accessible to as many people as possible. Entrance fee is $5 and we do take donations higher than that to help us continue organizing events like this one. No one will be turned down for lack of funds! \nPlease send an inbox message to any of the hosts for details if you are interested in helping out during the event. \nThe location of the event is right at the corner of Hastings and Slocan… at The Laughing Bean Coffee Co. Several buses stop close to that intersection including the 16 bus.\n=====================\nACCESSIBILITY AND OTHER DETAILS \n– The bathroom at the venue are gender neutral.\n– The space and bathroom is wheel chair accessible.\n– Help us make this space more accessible to people with MCS (multiple chemical sensitivity) by being as scent-free as posible! Here’s a resource on how to be fragrance free:\nhttp://www.peggymunson.com/mcs/fragrancefree.html
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/traffic-jam-v-3/
LOCATION:2695 East Hastings Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161124T220000
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SUMMARY:ReMatriate Coffee House and Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 24th at 7pm\nWestern Front\n303 8 AVE E (by Scotia Street) \nWe are honoured to invite you to our first coffee house! We have a host of incredible presenters\, musicians\, vendors and knowledge holders. The event will be entry by donation (does not have to be money) and all donations will go to the Downtown East Side Women’s Shelter. We want to support our communities right here\, in this place. So come and join some conversations\, hear some tunes and drink some tea with us. Your children are welcome as well and there will be childcare available. There will be snacks and drinks and couches. \nMC: JB the First Lady \nPresenters:\nDory Nason\nCandace Curr & her daughter\nMelissa Frost\nAudrey Siegl\nCease Wyss\nIndigenous Doula Collective\nReMatriate Collective \nThere will be several vendors including:\nLauraleigh Paul Yuxweluptun’aat: Big Heart Bannock\nJeska Slater: Beaded Snapbacks\nDancing Water\nMontana Cardinal\nWe also have put together some of our own ReMatriate SWAG! \nPlease feel free to bring any of the following for donations:\nBlankets and linens\nTowels\nToothbrushes and toothpaste\nFeminine hygiene products (menstrual pads\, incontinence supplies: Tena\, Poise)\nToiletries – shampoo and conditioner (travel sized preferred)\, new soap\, hand cream and makeup\nSocks\, underwear\, bras (new or gently used)\nCoats and rain gear\nWomen’s clothing (new or gently used\, should be clean and in good repair)\nFootwear\nUmbrellas\nAlcohol wipes\nReading glasses\nDVDs\, books\, magazines\nArts and craft supplies such as beads and beading supplies\, knitting needles\, crochet hooks\, yarn or wool\, buttons \nfor more information:\nhttp://dewc.ca/donate#goods\nhttp://www.rematriate.com/
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/rematriate-coffee-house-and-fundraiser/
LOCATION:Western Front\, 303 East 8th Ave\, Vancouver\, Canada
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SUMMARY:REVERB: A Queer Reading Series Fall 2016
DESCRIPTION:Help us wrap up our last year of regular programming by joining us for a night of writing magic on Thursday\, November 24th at Gallery Gachet (88 E. Cordova St.) on unceded Musqueam\, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh land. \nDoors open at 7\, show at 7:30 sharp! The event will begin with a welcoming by Lorelei Hawkins. \n***FEATURING*** \nHASAN NAMIR\nHasan Namir was born in Iraq in 1987 and came to Canada at a young age. He graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BA in English. He lives in Vancouver. God in Pink (published by Arsenal Pulp Press in fall 2015) his is first novel. Recently\, Hasan has won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction. He was also featured for Airbnb’s Pride video. \nJANE SHI\nJane Shi is a Han Chinese settler currently living on the traditional\, ancestral\, and unceded territories of the Musqueam\, Tsleil-Waututh\, and Squamish peoples. The mountains of Zhoushan and Pujiang cradled her family and ancestors\, while she was born in Nanjing\, Jiangsu and lived and grew up in Shanghai and Richmond. Along steep cliff edges of fear\, anxiety\, and violence she clings to dreams of more-than survival and safety\, of more-than possibilities of trust\, community\, and freedom. She wants to live in a world where love is not a limited resource\, land is not mined\, hearts are not filched\, and bodies are not violated. In the mean time she will fold dumplings\, trace poetry out of the shadows of the english language\, and dance the unknown rage within. \nCICELY-BELLE BLAIN\nBio coming soon! \nRJ EDWARDS\nRJ Edwards is a writer and librarian. Their work has appeared in Capricious Magazine\, The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard\, and the “Queers Destroy Science Fiction!” special issue of Lightspeed Magazine. RJ is originally from the tiny and far-away state of Rhode Island\, which is not actually an island. They currently live in Vancouver with their partner and their ridiculous cat. \nLISTEN CHEN\nlisten chen is a capricorn born in the year of the rabbit who lives & writes in unceded coast salish territory. \nKYLA JAMIESON\nKyla Jamieson is currently surviving her MFA at UBC and lives and relies on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. She edits poetry and prose for SAD Mag and has written for Elle Canada\, GUTS\, and Rabble. Last year\, she worked with Shit Harper Did to troll conservatives and get you to vote. \n— \nWe ask for $5 at the door but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nOur merch table is always awesome and will include books\, art\, zines\, and chapbooks from present and past readers — bring your bucks! And of course\, we’ll have some amazing give-aways for you — stay tuned! \nEvent poster by our amazing artist-in-residence\, April Alayon. Check out more of April’s work here: http://www.aprilalayon.com/ \n***ACCESSIBILITY INFO*** \nASL Interpretation Provided. \nWe offer free on-site childcare! With cozy kid zones combined with facilitated free-range mobility\, it won’t be our crew’s job to keep kids quiet or hidden from view\, but rather keep ’em safe and create space for them to do their thing and participate on their terms. Toys\, books\, pillows\, art-making\, and more! No need to register\, just show up! If possible though\, please drop us a line at reverbqueerreadingseries@gmail.com and be sure to include your kiddo’s allergies and access needs. \nThere will two active listeners available if people need to check in with someone throughout the event. \nFor Gallery Gachet:\nfront door: 5 feet width\nfront door step: 6 inch height (but we have a ramp)\nramp: 31 inch width\nwashroom door: 33 inch width\ntoilet: 10 inch clearance on left side\n14″ inch clearance in front to sink \nThere is an all genders washroom. \nGallery Gachet is an art gallery and as such may have some chemicals present that some maybe be sensitive to including paints\, pottery glazes\, or other art supplies. In order to create a space where folks with multiple chemical sensitivities can participate\, please refrain from wearing perfumes\, colognes or other scented products (including essential oils) and smoke far away from the entrance to the space. We do clear out the space with an air purifier prior to the event. For info on how to support folks with multiple chemical sensitivities\, visit: http://www.peggymunson.com/mcs/fragrancefree.html \nFor a full accessibility audit of Gallery Gachet\, visit: http://radicalaccessiblecommunities.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/this-audit-of-gallery-gachet-was-performed-on/ \nWe provide snacks! Including gluten-free and vegan options\, and do not sell alcohol at the event. All of our snacks are nut-free and we ask that any food you bring into the event be free of tree nuts (including coconut and pine nuts) so the space can be accessed by folks with airborne anaphylactic allergies. \nWe’ll have a photographer taking photos at the event — if you don’t want to be included in photos\, all you need to do is grab some tape at the door and stick it on your hand or personally let the photographer know you don’t want to be photographed. \nSome people get sick from the electromagnetic radiation from cell phones\, wireless and electrical devices. If you’re able to completely power off your cell phones\, wireless and electrical devices during the event\, please do so! \nIf you’re attending and will need particularly comfortable seating\, please let us know! We have a few comfy and large office chairs that we’re stoked to save for folks who need that kind of seating\, so if that’s you\, please message or email us with your name so that we can be sure you’ll be comfortable throughout the event (and please also show up early to make sure you get in the door!). If you would be made more comfortable by the addition of a cushion\, please bring one with you — and if you don’t have one you can bring\, let us know and we’ll do our best to rustle up something for you. \n***ABOUT REVERB*** \nREVERB: A Queer Reading Series aims to support and showcase emerging and established LGBT2QI writers through a quarterly reading series with an anti-oppressive framework. We believe that writing is a radical act that can transform dominant narratives about whose lives and loves are important and valued\, and that sharing that writing can empower\, inspire and transform ourselves and our communities. We write and read on unceded Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh land\, and are committed to radical inclusion in our series\, recognizing that access to the world of writing\, literacy\, and even queerness continues to be limited. As organizers\, we endeavour to create a reading series where white-identified readers are always in the minority to ensure a space that centres the voices of Indigenous\, Black\, mixed writers and all writers of colour. All our writers self-identify on a spectrum of queerness that centres trans and femme experiences. All of our events are held in physically and financially accessible spaces\, and with every event\, we make at least one change to ensure that REVERB becomes more and more accessible. We promise to do all we can to create a safer space — bring your suggestions! Check your assumptions at the door; REVERB is a body-positive\, anti-racist\, anti-sexist\, and hella queer- and trans-positive event. \nreverbqueerreadingseries@gmail.com\nreverbqueerreadingseries.weebly.com\nFacebook: REVERB: A Queer Reading Series
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/reverb-a-queer-reading-series-fall-2016/
LOCATION:Gallery Gachet\, 88 East Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161124T180000
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SUMMARY:Rally to block Gregor’s injunction against the 58 tent city
DESCRIPTION:Housing rights not property rights! Displacement is not safety!\nRally to block Gregor’s injunction against the 58 tent city \nThursday\, November 24th\n4pm\n58 W Hastings tent city \nBy 6pm on Thursday\, November 24th\, all tent city residents of 58 W Hastings have been ordered to evacuate the site. Almost 20 people are currently staying at the site and they have nowhere to go when the tent city is dismantled. Only one person has been offered housing and all the shelters are full\, including the winter shelters which opened last week. \nThe City is using safety concerns to justify the injunction\, but in reality the injunction is designed to break up and destroy the little stability\, safety and security that the remaining homeless residents of 58 W Hastings have built up over the past months. Displacement does not mean safety for women or anyone. Displacement will thrust the residents of 58 back into the alleys and dark spaces of the city where they will face increased danger from police and anti-homeless and misogynist bigots who act under cover of isolation. \nThe court injunction against 58 W Hastings was granted even though in similar cases last year the BC Supreme Court found that pushing homeless people out of public spaces without offering adequate shelter alternatives is a violation of their Charter rights. In this case\, although 58 W. Hastings is owned by the City of Vancouver\, it is the City’s private property and designated for the City’s private development not public use. \nThe fight against Gregor’s injunction at 58 challenges the rule of private property rights over peoples’ lives. The court ruling that empowers the police displacement of 58 means the homeless-free appearance of Vancouver’s downtown core and the power of private property (even a fenced-in empty lot) overrules homeless people’s lives. \nJoin 58 W Hastings tent city residents on Thursday as they protest the City of Vancouver’s homeless hate laws. In the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis\, we want the City to accommodate tent cities not displace them! We want homes not shelters! And we want an end to all homeless hate laws! \nRead more about the injunction in the Volcano’s special newsletter about 58 W Hastings:\nhttps://www.thevolcano.org/2016/11/14/november-14-special-newsletter-on-the-58-w-hastings-tent-city/ \nThe rally is taking place on the unceded coast salish territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Wauthuth) and Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) peoples.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/rally-to-block-gregors-injunction-against-the-58-tent-city/
LOCATION:58 W Hastings\, across from Army and Navy\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161123T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161017T154843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161017T154843Z
UID:6838-1479927600-1479934800@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Unfree Labour? Meet the editor\, Aziz Choudry
DESCRIPTION:Over the past decade\, Canada has experienced considerable growth in labour migration. Moreover\, temporary labour migration has replaced permanent immigration as the primary means by which people enter Canada. Utilizing the rhetoric of maintaining competitiveness\, Canadian employers and the state have ushered in an era of neoliberal migration alongside an agenda of austerity flowing from capitalist crisis. Labour markets have been restructured to render labour more flexible and precarious\, and in Canada as in other high-income capitalist labour markets\, employers are relying on migrant and immigrant workers as “unfree labour.”
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/unfree-labour-meet-the-editor-aziz-choudry/
LOCATION:Spartacus Books\, 3378 Findlay Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/UnfreeLabour.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161122T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161122T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161122T150237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161122T150237Z
UID:7492-1479837600-1479837600@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Vigil In Support Of INDIGENOUS WOMEN In Quebec
DESCRIPTION:******* \nPLEASE FORWARD WIDELY IN YOUR NETWORKS. \nOrganized by Stolen Sisters invites you to the Vigil for Indigenous women next Tuesday November 22nd at 6pm. \nIn Quebec 36 Indigenous women have gone to the police to state that they have been assaulted and abused by police officers. The police have responded by not charging any of the police officers involved.\nWe invite you to join a vigil in solidarity with Indigenous women and to demonstrate to them that WE BELIEVE THEM\, that we do not accept or trust the justice system when it fails to honor or respect Indigenous women. \nPlease bring your drums\, regalia\, voices and prayers.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/vigil-in-support-of-indigenous-women-in-quebec/
LOCATION:Legislative Buildings\, Victoria\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/VigilVictoria.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161017T165143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161017T165143Z
UID:6867-1479754800-1479762000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Jobs\, Justice and the Climate
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this exciting forum on connecting the fight to stop climate change with the struggle for social and economic justice for First Nations and working class communities. \nLocation: Unifor’s Western Regional Office (15 minutes walking from New Westminster Skytrain Station) \nFormat: One hour panel speeches followed by one hour of open discussion and a brief wrap up. \nDonations at the door are appreciated but no one will be turned away. \nOrganizations that wish to participate in the event can contact us directly through our Facebook page and request space to set up a table and hang a banner in the room. \nPURPOSE\nPolitical leaders and oil industry pundits have divided us for years claiming that we have to make a choice between good jobs and strong communities on the one hand and justice for First Nations and real climate action on the other. Yet the impacts of climate change are already being felt in BC\, killing jobs and local economies dependent on fisheries and forestry\, with First Nations and working class communities suffering the consequences. \nThis forum is aimed at dispelling the myth that we have to sacrifice the environment to create jobs and showing how real climate justice is only possible by uniting the struggle for First Nations justice and reconciliation and the struggle for a just transition to good green jobs for workers in the fossil fuel industry. \nSPEAKERS\nMelina Laboucan-Massimo – Lubicon Solar \nRuss Day – President\, Unifor Local 601 (Chevron Refinery Workers) \nLliam Hildebrand – Iron and Earth (ironandearth.org) \nMarc Lee – Chief Economist\, Climate Justice Project – Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives \nLUBICON SOLAR (http://www.lubiconsolar.ca/)\nLubicon Solar is one of many inspiring examples of First Nations leading the way in creating green jobs for their communities and building the infrastructure of a green economy. And it’s happening in the heart of the Alberta Tar Sands! \nUNIFOR Local 601 represents refinery workers at the Chevron Refinery in Burnaby which refines 60% of the fuel consumed in the Lower Mainland. They have joined the fight\, along with their national union\, to stop Kinder Morgan as it directly threatens their jobs. \nIRON AND EARTH (ironandearth.org) is an exciting initiative led by workers in the Alberta oil industry to accelerate the transition to good green jobs by creating government funded training opportunities and pushing for green energy projects. \nCCPA’s Climate Justice Project (https://www.policyalternatives.ca/projects/climate-justice-project) has led the way in developing the economic arguments for a rapid transition to a green economy that is run on 100% renewables.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/jobs-justice-and-the-climate/
LOCATION:UFAWU-Unifor\, 326-12th Street\, New Westminster\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/JobsJusticeClimate.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161121T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161121T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161119T145247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161119T145247Z
UID:7458-1479726000-1479729600@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:News Conference: Stop the Chinatown Econ Revitalization Plan
DESCRIPTION:Chinatown Concern Group is holding a news conference on Monday morning to address the lack of transparency and respect that the City and its policy reviews have shown towards the working class Chinese community in Chinatown. Last month’s open house regarding the Chinatown Economic Revitalization Update and Development Policies Review was poorly planned and organized; notices with vague and exclusive language were not received by many buildings in the neighborhood and no revisions were made to the controversial Historic Area Heights Review that attracted so many condo developers to the neighborhood. \nCome and hear members speak about their fears and frustrations with the rate of development and exclusionary public consultation processes. \nThe press conference will be taking place on Main (near E Georgia)\, where a gentrifying Italian grocer will be opening in a couple weeks on December 3rd. This is in light of the recent trend of Chinese grocers serving the low income community closing down\, as well as local favorite\, 110 year old Italian grocer Tosi and Company.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/news-conference-stop-the-chinatown-econ-revitalization-plan/
LOCATION:687 Main Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161120T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161204T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161124T184957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161124T184957Z
UID:7502-1479661200-1480870800@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Emergency Rally - IF Trudeau approves Kinder Morgan
DESCRIPTION:In the event Justin Trudeau approves the Kinder Morgan Pipeline please meet at the CBC Station (700 Hamilton\, corner of West Georgia) downtown by Library Square: \nat 5pm the same day if the announcement comes before Noon or at 5pm the next day if the announcement comes after Noon.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/emergency-rally-if-trudeau-approves-kinder-morgan/
LOCATION:CBC Vancouver\, 700 Hamilton Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161120T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161120T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161031T213333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161031T213333Z
UID:7219-1479655800-1479663000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:2016 Trans Day of Remembrance
DESCRIPTION:Organized and taking place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, Tsleil-Waututh peoples. \n2016 Vancouver Trans Day of Remembrance:\nA memorial for those trans/gender queer/gender diverse people who have been murdered\, oppressed\, marginalized and even taken their own lives. \n– Who we will be memorializing\n– Speakers\n– short (20 mins) documentary\n– open mic \nWhen: Sunday\, November 20th\, 2016\nTime: 3:30pm – 5:30pm\nLocation: Theatre Room (main floor)\, Carnegie Community Centre\, 401 Main St.\, Vancouver\, BC \nAccessibility:\n– this space will be held as a safer space; violence\, hate speech and bigotry will not be tolerated\n– the building entrance\, theatre room\, and washrooms are wheelchair accessible\n– ASL interpretation is currently being secured; if you require this service please comment below or email vantdor@gmail.com by November 18th\, 2016 at 3:30pm\n– we are committed to a scent-reduced environment\, please refrain from wearing perfume/cologne/scented products the day before and the day of the event\n– if you have any accessibility requests please let us know and we will do our best to meet your needs and ensure your participatioon at this event: email vantdor@gmail.com \nMore info:\nhttps://tdor.info/\nhttps://vancouvertdor.wordpress.com/ \nfor questions\, media requests\, and/or to volunteer please email: vantdor@gmail.com
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/2016-trans-day-of-remembrance/
LOCATION:Carnegie Community Centre\, 401 Main Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161119T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161119T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161031T212521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161031T212521Z
UID:7200-1479567600-1479578400@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Hot+Noisy Chinatown Mahjong Social - November
DESCRIPTION:Come play-teach-learn community free play mahjong and other Chinese games\, including those from our childhood like Chinese checkers and the airplane game! \nEveryone Welcome. No Gambling. Bring your own poh-poh (BYOPP)!
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/hotnoisy-chinatown-mahjong-social-november/
LOCATION:Chinatown Plaza\, 180 Keefer Street Suite 100\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161119T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161111T030926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161111T030926Z
UID:7390-1479556800-1479569400@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Standing Rock Solidarity Round Dance at Stop KM Rally
DESCRIPTION:Part of the Stop Kinder Morgan – No Consent No Pipeline Rally and March\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/128002137658093/ \nCalling for a Big Drum and Hand Drummers in regalia to lead the March on November 19th on unceded Coast Salish territories. \nWe will form a drum and prayer circle for a round dance in the center of the rally when we arrive at Library Square in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux and the water protectors fighting to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. \nFor more information or to confirm details of your participation please contact: \nJuanita Desjarlais\njuanitalyn@me.com\n604-616-7922 \nJody Leon\njody_royce@hotmail.com\n250-306-1240
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/standing-rock-solidarity-round-dance-at-stop-km-rally/
LOCATION:Vancouver City Hall\, 453 West 12th\, Vancouver\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/StandingRockSolidarity.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161119T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161017T164803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161017T164803Z
UID:6865-1479556800-1479569400@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Stop Kinder Morgan: No Consent No Pipeline
DESCRIPTION:Prime Minister Trudeau’s decision on Kinder Morgan is fast approaching. Now more than ever we need a show of force to show that – no matter his choice – this region will do whatever it takes to stop this pipeline. We need to bring the spirit of Standing Rock\, where Indigenous-led grassroots opposition stopped a pipeline\, to the West Coast. \nRALLY AND MARCH\nWe will start with a brief rally at City Hall followed by a march across the Cambie Street Bridge and end at Library Square with speakers and music. This will be a family friendly event with The Peace Bearers marshalling the march. Further details addressing accessibility are coming soon. \nTAKE THE PLEDGE\nWe’re launching a “Take the Pledge” campaign to prepare for escalating actions in the event Trudeau’s cabinet approves the Kinder Morgan pipeline at the end of December. People will be able to sign the pledge and commit to supporting whatever action is necessary to stop the pipeline including peaceful civil disobedience. On November 19th we will conduct a mass public pledge to demonstrate to cabinet the scale of opposition they are facing if they attempt to move forward with Kinder Morgan. If Trudeau wants Clayoquot Sound 2.0 in the middle of Metro Vancouver – he’ll get it. \nACKNOWLEDGEMENT\nThis event takes place on the traditional\, unceded\, occupied territories of the Coast Salish peoples: the mi ce:p kʷətxʷiləm (Tsleil-Waututh)\, Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish)\, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. \nMore details coming soon… \nNext Organizing Meeting\nWednesday\, October 12th (and 19th)\n7:00 to 9:00pm\nRoom B144 at Langara College \nAll groups\, organizations and individuals who want to contribute to the organizing and building of this mobilization are welcome to attend. \nYou can also message us directly through the Climate Convergence Facebook page to get more information on how to get involved.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/stop-kinder-morgan-no-consent-no-pipeline/
LOCATION:Vancouver City Hall\, 453 West 12th\, Vancouver\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ClimateConvergenceMarchRally.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161119T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161119T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161107T163526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161107T163526Z
UID:7295-1479545100-1479576600@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Crisis and Resistance
DESCRIPTION:http://www.peaceforumteachin.org/\na conference on issues around peace and social justice facing us in todays world.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/crisis-and-resistance/
LOCATION:SFU Harbour Centre\, 515 West Hastings\, Vancouver\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161118T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161115T151420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161115T151420Z
UID:7450-1479495600-1479502800@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Screening: Hogan's Alley (1994)
DESCRIPTION:221A invites you to a screening of Andrea Fatona and Cornelia Wyngaarden’s Hogan’s Alley (1994)\, on Friday\, November 18 at 7pm. This event is part of a series of public programs for Rereading Room: The Vancouver Women’s Bookstore. \nIn the late 1960’s\, the City of Vancouver laid out extensive plans for ‘urban renewal’\, promising to radically transform the neighborhoods east of the downtown core. Central to this project was the construction of the Georgia Viaduct\, a twinned overpass bridge that would connect Downtown Vancouver to Main Street. If carried through according to the proposed plan\, the bridge would have displaced many of East Vancouver’s working class communities and ethnic conclaves\, including what we know now as Strathcona\, Chinatown\, and Gastown. While these areas were ultimately saved from demolition through effective community campaigning\, in 1970 the city proceeded in flattening Hogan’s Alley\, a neighbourhood that had been home to Vancouver’s first and last predominantly black community. \nHogan’s Alley presents the oral histories of Pearl Brown\, Leah Curtis\, and Thelma Gibson Towns\, three women whose narratives speak to the entangled complexities of class\, gender\, and sexuality\, as articulated in the life and aftermath of the disappeared neighbourhood. The video not only serves as a record of Hogan’s Alley and the history of black life in Vancouver\, but today takes on a renewed purpose in activating this history in the wake of the City of Vancouver’s recent plans to remove the Georgia Viaduct and redevelop the land for new housing and condominiums. \nCornelia Wyngaarden will be present during the screening for remarks and questions. The event will be followed by a reception.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/screening-hogans-alley-1994/
LOCATION:221A\, 221A East Georgia Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161031T212008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161031T212008Z
UID:7188-1479409200-1479416400@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:From Standing Rock to Burnaby Mountain
DESCRIPTION:Leadnow invites you to a free public event to hear about the growing\, continent-wide opposition to new pipelines like the Kinder Morgan and Dakota Access Pipelines. \nThurs. Nov. 17th\, 7:00-9:00pm (doors at 6:30)\nSFU Harbour Centre (515 W Hastings St)\n(see childcare details below) \nCanada’s federal government could approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline before the end of the year. In both the United States and Canada\, the Dakota Access Pipeline faces fierce resistance from Indigenous communities defending land\, water\, and sacred sites. \nCan direct action stop these new pipelines? How will fossil fuel companies and governments respond? Join us for a discussion with Indigenous and community leaders about the implications of direct action on stopping new fossil fuel infrastructure. \n## Confirmed Speakers: \nTara Houska is Ojibwe from the Couchiching First Nation has been involved with the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock. She is a tribal attorney and National Campaigns Director for Honor the Earth. In February 2016\, Houska was appointed Native American advisor to Bernie Sanders’ campaign for President. Her work is raising the profile of important issues\, like the impact of fossil fuel extraction on women\, their children and communities and the treatment of Indigenous people by private companies and police. \nGrand Chief Stewart Phillip is the President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs\, an organization of First Nations that works toward the “implementation\, exercise\, and recognition” of Aboriginal Rights and Title and the protection of land and water. The Grand Chief was arrested by the RCMP\, along with more than a hundred others\, during the 2014 Burnaby Mountain encampment opposing the Kinder Morgan pipeline. \n## About the Kinder Morgan Pipeline\nKinder Morgan plans to make the Burrard Inlet a major tar sands export terminal by building new facilities including a pipeline and fuel tanks. The changes will add seven times as many tankers per month to Vancouver’s narrow harbour\, increasing the likelihood of a dangerous spill of irrecoverable diluted tar sands bitumen. More than 50 Indigenous nations across North America have signed the Treaty Alliance pledging to block all proposed pipeline and tanker projects affecting First Nations’ land and water\, including the Kinder Morgan plan. In December\, the federal government will make a decision about whether to approve or reject this proposal. \n## About the Dakota Access Pipeline\nIf completed\, the US$3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline would carry about 470\,000 barrels of crude oil per day from the low-quality\, high-cost Bakken oilfields to Illinois. In the largest gathering of First Nations in modern American history\, Indigenous peoples have set up a defenders’ camp on land belonging to the US Army Corps of Engineers in North Dakota. \nIn September\, private security attacked Indigenous peoples with dogs\, sound cannons\, and pepper spray at an encampment defending the Standing Rock Sioux tribal burial site. In September\, the Obama administration ordered a stop to all pipeline construction on US Army Corp land and called for a “voluntary pause” on all construction activity. Nationwide solidarity actions have mobilized to compel President Obama to revoke the pipeline’s permits. \nThis event takes place on the traditional\, unceded\, occupied territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. \nWe are working on making childcare available at this event. Please send an e-mail to rachel@leadnow.ca if this is something you require. Thanks!
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/from-standing-rock-to-burnaby-mountain/
LOCATION:SFU Harbour Centre\, 515 West Hastings\, Vancouver\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161116T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161107T162856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161107T162856Z
UID:7280-1479322800-1479330000@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Studentification: Impacts of education-led immigrants
DESCRIPTION:In this talk Dr. Qiyan Wu will discuss studentification as a new feature and process of gentrification. Dr. Wu’s past work has examined Nanjing\, one of China’s largest urban centres. Using the example of Nanjing\, Dr. Wu will build on his original studies to consider cities with large Chinese immigrant populations\, such as Metro Vancouver and Manchester. \nPlease note: This event is free\, but you must reserve a seat through SFU’s system. \nThis event is part of the Urban Studies Program’s free fall lecture series: Who gets to be part of the city? See our website for more details and events in that series: http://www.sfu.ca/urban/events/eventitems/who-gets-to-be-part-of-the-city.html
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/studentification-impacts-of-education-led-immigrants/
LOCATION:SFU Harbour Centre\, 515 West Hastings\, Vancouver\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Studentification.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161115T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161115T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161115T151609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161115T151609Z
UID:7455-1479229200-1479247200@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:VAN Call To Action:We Stand With#StandingRock
DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted on occupied\, unceded Coast Salish territories \nOn Tuesday\, November 15th\, join a massive day of action in solidarity with those at Standing Rock\, and demand the American government and the Army Corps reject the Dakota Access Pipeline. \nIndigenous land defenders in the land occupied by the United States of America are now facing the Trump presidency. Trump has vowed to fast-track pipeline projects\, remove environmental protections\, renew the leases of coal mines\, and rescind executive orders relating to resource extraction projects. The Keystone XL pipeline will be back on the table. The Dakota Access pipeline will proceed with all the violent\, racist force of Trump’s administration. \nThe water protectors at Standing Rock need our support NOW\, more than ever. \nIndigenous peoples have been standing strong across Turtle Island\, protecting the land and water for future generations. The #noDAPL fight at Standing Rock is part of a network of land protectors and warriors. We declare our support for ALL Indigenous peoples resisting the destruction of their territories\, and this action links Standing Rock with other land defense struggles in so-called British Columbia\, at Unist’ot’en\, Lelu Island\, Madii Lii\, the Peace River Valley\, Ahousaht\, and many more. \nTHE TIME FOR ACTION IS NOW. Stand with Indigenous peoples. Stand with the Oceti Sakowin. Kill the black snake. #noDAPL #MniWiconi #WaterIsLife
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/van-call-to-actionwe-stand-withstandingrock/
LOCATION:Vancouver Art Gallery\, 750 Hornby Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161114T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161114T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161107T163105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161107T163105Z
UID:7285-1479144600-1479148200@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Family Poverty & Food Insecurity
DESCRIPTION:MEETING NOTICE \nPlease join us for a discussion on family poverty and food insecurity in the West End with the Executive Director of Gordon Neighbourhood House\, Paul Taylor. \nMeetings are open to all and provide an opportunity to connect with neighbours\, community groups and organizations on topics of relevance to local families.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/family-poverty-food-insecurity/
LOCATION:Gordon Neighbourhood House\, 1019 Broughton Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.thevolcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/FoodInsecurity.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161112T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161112T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161014T213320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161014T213320Z
UID:6831-1478959200-1478968200@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Can the Left and Dalits in India Unite Against Hindutva?
DESCRIPTION:Location: room 2600\, SFU Surrey. \nCo-sponsored by SFU’s Institute for the Humanities\, Gursharan Singh Memorial Lecture Committee\, & Chetna Association of Canada. \nGURSHARAN SINGH MEMORIAL/AMBEDKAR MEMORIAL LECTURE 2016 \nCaste and class have had an uneasy relationship in India despite their often close connection. Dr. Anand Teltumbde will reflect on the history of this relationship and the possibility of solidarity among Dalits\, the most oppressed people in the caste system\, and the left in the struggles against caste oppression and economic exploitation in the face of Hindu nationalism. \nSPEAKER \nAnand Teltumbde is a professor of business management who is also a leading public intellectual writing and speaking on the issues of caste\, class\, peoples’ struggle\, public policy and democratic politics in India today. He has written extensively in leading newspapers\, and magazines\, published organizational pamphlets and booklets as an aid to struggling masses\, lectured widely in India and abroad\, and authored 20 books which have been translated into many Indian languages. He is a regular contributor to the Economic and Political Weekly and regularly contributes to Mainstream\, Frontier\, Seminar and several English and Marathi newspapers. \nBorn in a family of landless laborers in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra\, he was active in student politics.He has been involved in struggles of construction workers and casual labour in West Bengal and in the struggles of textile workers\, slum dwellers and contract labour in Mumbai. He is associated with the Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights (CPDR)and with the All India Forum for Rights to Education (AIFRTE).
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/can-the-left-and-dalits-in-india-unite-against-hindutva/
LOCATION:SFU\, Surrey Campus\, 250-13450 102 Ave\, Surrey\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161112T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161112T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
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UID:7183-1478959200-1478966400@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Demovict the Metrotown Plan! Save 3000 homes!
DESCRIPTION:At the end of November\, Burnaby Council will vote on the future of every resident of low-rise apartments in the Metrotown area. If Council passes the proposed Metrotown Plan update\, they will “up-zone” every rental apartment between Boundary and Royal Oak\, and Kingsway and Imperial for condo towers that will not be affordable for the current residents. \nThe Metrotown Plan will immediately impact the approximately six thousand people living in buildings inside its zone\, and then it will affect every renter in the lower mainland as we lose 3\,000 purpose-built rental apartments from our already strained\, near-zero vacancy rate rental stock. \nMayor Corrigan’s council has ignored and denied the demovicting effectsof their rezoning policies so far\, so we know it will take pressure to stop the plan. It is not too late to stop the Metrotown Plan – join those facing eviction to save their three thousand homes! Together we march to demand: \nDemovict the plan; Save 3000 homes! Burnaby Council must reject the “Downtown” Metrotown Plan and start from scratch with participation of the affected community to develop a “regional growth plan” that doesn’t displace established residents. Lower mainland renters can’t handle the loss of three thousand apartment units. \nPlacement before displacement! Hundreds of renters are already scheduled to be evicted through rezonings permitted under Burnaby’s old Metrotown plan and approved by City Council\, and they report that Burnaby’s existing tenant relocation supports are inadequate. We call on Burnaby council to ensure every renter is placed in new housing they can afford before they are displaced from their existing homes. \nOrganized by the Stop Demovictions Burnaby Campaign\nhttp://stopdisplacement.ca/burnaby\norganize@stopdisplacement.ca\nTwitter: @stopdisplacemnt\nFacebook: Against Displacement
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/demovict-the-metrotown-plan-save-3000-homes/
LOCATION:Metrotown Skytrain Station\, Burnaby\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161112T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161110T181239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161110T181239Z
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SUMMARY:Victoria In Support of Standing Rock!
DESCRIPTION:Come out in solidarity with the Sacred Stone Camp in Standing Rock\, ND. We ask individuals to come out with their drums\, rattles\, regalia\, songs\, prayers and voices to support the water protectors at Sacred Stone Camp.\nStop the Dakota Access Pipeline! #mniwiconi #noDAPL \nWe will also be collecting donations to be sent to Standing Rock Camp.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/victoria-in-support-of-standing-rock/
LOCATION:Centennial Square\, 1 Centennial Square\, Victoria\, BC\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161112T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161112T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161107T162704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161107T162704Z
UID:7273-1478950200-1478964600@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Home Remedies with T'uy't'tanat-Cease Wyss
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to create your own natural medicine cabinet using non-alcohol ingredients as bases. This fun and easy workshop will help you prepare seasonal remedies for you and your family. We will be working with both fresh and dried herbs. \nWe will make one slow brewed glycerine tincture which are great for babies\, and a few different apple cider vinegar tinctures. \nPlease bring 3 x 250ml jars (mason jars\, juice jars)\, 2 x amber tincture bottles along with some snax and water/bevvies with you as this will be a full afternoon of remedy making! If you don’t have jars and/or amber bottles\, they will be available to purchase at in-store before the workshop. \nInstructor Bio: \nT’uy’t’tanat – Cease Wyss is a Skwxwu7mesh Ethnobotanist\, and is the owner and lead herbalist at Raven and Hummingbird Tea Company.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/home-remedies-with-tuyttanat-cease-wyss/
LOCATION:Homestead Junction\, 649 East Hastings\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20161111T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20161111T223000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003009
CREATED:20161111T171543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161111T171543Z
UID:7404-1478860200-1478903400@www.thevolcano.org
SUMMARY:Squamish Annual Veteran's Pow wow
DESCRIPTION:Annual Squamish Veteran’s 1 day Powwow 2016 at the Chief Joe Mathias Center- North Vancouver CJMC as indicated and shown on the map. \nA Cenotaph Ceremony start time 10-10:30am. Near the Catholic Church in North Vancouver.\nPrayer – honor song – roll call.\n11 am- a moment of silence to honor past & present Veterans.\nLunch- we still need donations.\nPow wow starts 12:30-1 pm? We will play that by ear\, due to Veterans ceremony earlier in the morning. \nThere will be two Grand Entries. 1 pm and 7 pm.\nOur Host Drum: Ocean Side Dakota with Darcy Demas\nMC: Ian Ewenin Bee\nAD: John Miller\nHead Male Dancer- Russell Cardinal\nFemale head dancer – Gloria Nahanee\nFirst 3 drum groups will receive day pay. At least 4 per drum. \nTiny tots\, Jr & Sr Princess\, Squamish Veterans Jr & Sr Brave\, Squamish Veterans Grandma and Grandpa specials to be determined. \nWe need volunteers the day of the event & food donations for the community feast. We will have a raffle\, prizes to be drawn on Nov 11\, 2015 \nWe will have 6-8 2016 Royalty Categories Squamish Veteran’s Tiny tots\, Jr & Sr Princess\, Squamish Veterans Jr & Sr Brave\, Squamish Veterans Grandma and Grandpa. We may consider 2015 Squamish Veteran’s Tiny Tot categories if we have enough interest. \nContact Tony Discon – send me a inbox message.\nWe are not responsible for any form of loss\, theft\, vandalism\, or travel assistance. No outside raffles. Craft tables pay Tony Discon $30.00 and please give a donation to our pow wow for our raffle. Vendors are allowed the space of one table. No additional space is allowed to be fair to all the vendors. For the meals- bring your own plates and eating supplies- we are helping Mother Earth when we do this.
URL:https://www.thevolcano.org/event/squamish-annual-veterans-pow-wow/
LOCATION:Chief Joe Mathias Centre\, 100 Lower Capilano Road\, North Vancouver\, Canada
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