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: at 5pm the same day if the announcement comes before Noon or at 5pm the next day if the announcement comes after Noon.
Join us Monday November 28th to support and learn more about St'at'imc villages Sutikalh & Ulluilsc (both are located close to Lillooet BC). For 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 […]
Please register for the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/isokan-black-community-open-forum-tickets-29342703817 This event takes place on the traditional, unceded, occupied territories of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. “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, […]
Day of action against the Trans Pacific Partnership in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territory It’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. This action will also be organized in direct […]
COURT SUPPORT FOR JOSE FIGUEROA DATE: Wednesday November 30th TIME: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm ADDRESS: 701 West Georgia (corner Granville), 3rd floor. Ask for which room in matter of Figueroa v. The Minister of Public Safety and others Come show your support for Jose Figueroa at Federal Court yet again! Jose's struggle is not […]
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 […]
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. To address this, we are organizing […]
White Supremacists are organizing in our backyard. Let talk about what is going on and what we can do. A short documentary Hate Can Kill by Imtiaz Popat will be shown followed by discussion.
Come Join Us!! SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE: Dr.Julio Montaner Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV and AIDS 90-90-90 Update and Next Steps Dr. Alexandra King Physician/Researcher, Lu’ma Medical Centre and works as a general internist at the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre and the Caribou Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake BC Nnamdi Ndubuka Medical […]
Details Celebrate Urban Renewal Project’s Forth Year Anniversary Party with DJ Denise & Red Shirt Mike, plus some of Vancity’s most powerful DJ's & EMCees. This annual fundraiser strengthens the Vancouver urban music scene. A raffle apparel prize pack from Vancity Original Brand will end the night ! Thursday December 8th Fox Cabaret 2321 Main […]
Join Fight C as we celebrate our fall campaign "Feast for the Peace," bringing awareness and solidarity for the Peace River Valley to the table amongst friends and family. This gathering is also a celebration of the devotion, love and tireless work of all fellow organizers and organizing groups in the Vancouver region for environmental/human […]
Nestora Selgado is a naturalized US citizen and a former political prisoner in Mexico. She was seized without an arrest warrant and unjustly detained in a maximum-security prison for two years and eight months by Mexican federal soldiers in August 2013. This was a direct reprisal for her leadership role in community policing against organized […]
There have been over 175 overdoses within the past week in the DTES. The state of emergency declared by the government has not made things move faster for folks on the street and in community. Tickets available here: https://safeinjectioncomedy.eventbrite.ca/ The Overdose Prevention Society is on the ground providing emergency services in a state of emergency. […]
Are you wanting to get invovled and looking for ways to contribute to our brothers and sisters on the front lines protecting our water at Standing Rock ? Come out and show some love!!! We're going to bring together performances, door prizes, friends & allies, and a helluvalotta solidarity for this event to gather up […]
We would like to Thank the unceded traditional territories of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh for allowing us on their traditional territory. Force of Nature Stands in Solidarity with Idle No More, and is an ally with Idle No More, against the Kinder Morgan Expansion Pipeline. Force of Nature runs a grassroots organizing campaigns to help […]
A rally of grassroots Sto:lo and our non-native neighbours to voice our opposition to the federal government's recent approval of Kinder Morgan's expanded pipeline! Speakers include Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and Joan Phillip; Carrielynn Victor, Sto:lo artist and activist; Peter McCartney, climate campaigner for the Wilderness Committee, and Michael Hale, local activist with the PIPE […]
Please join us and explore over 50 tables of arts and crafts. Door prizes, Concession, raffles and much more! December 11th, 2016 10:00 am—4:00 pm Musqueam Community Centre 6777 Salish Drive Vancouver, B.C Admission by donation. Partial proceeds to go to the MIB Girls Mentorship Program We would like to awknowledge the ladies craft group […]
In the past two weeks, residents of West Richmond have twice been leafletted with racist leaflets that demonize Chinese immigrants. Elsewhere in the Lower Mainland, other neo-nazi "alt-right' groups have begun to show themselves as well. It is time for us to speak up! Join us at a rally to oppose racism in our communities […]
wo years ago the community came together to march with the Kwantlen First Nation through Fort Langley and now, with the federal approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, the time has come again to stand with Kwantlen in solidarity. We will not allow this pipeline expansion to be built, we will stand with the […]
Please join the people in honouring Brad Firth Caribou Legs for completing the journey running across Turtle Island for all our missing and murdered women December 12 1 pm - 3 pm 401 Main St. Carnegie Community Centre Auditorium
Find out more about us & sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/university-of-victoria-students-society-board-keep-student-jobs-save-our-non-profit Like our name suggests we do research in the public interest. In YOUR interest. About your city, your food and your environment. We have been a UVic based non-profit organization since 1983. We’re the only community based research group with secure funding on the […]
Housing Crisis Town Hall with NDP MLA’s Melanie Mark and David Eby When: 6:30-8:30pm, Wednesday, December 14th Where: Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main Street We have an unprecedented housing crisis for low-income people. Come to a Our Homes Can’t Wait town hall on December 14th and help put housing and homelessness on the election agenda. This […]
Join the Centre for Socialist Education and the Young Communist League for an evening of learning and discussion on the Gay Libertation movement of the 1970's. Learn how the movement started and what we can take away in today's continued struggle. Speaker Don Hann will discuss the Gay Alliance Towards Equity, formed in Vancouver in […]
We acknowledge that this event is taking place on the ancestral, traditional, unceded and occupied Indigenous territories of the Coast Salish Peoples for the Tseil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam. This is to demand our basic right to housing, to stop criminalizing homeless and to declare a state of emergency for the housing crisis in Vancouver.
What roles do collective action, mutual aid, and attacking the colonial-capitalistic state have in the fight against the Trans Mountain Expansion project, while being in solidarity with Indigenous Sovereignty? First Hour: 75 mins documentary Second + Third Hour: Discussion We've seen thousands of people come up to Burnaby Mountain during the supreme court of british […]
Join us for the annual celebration of the International Migrants Day, on December 18th. On this occasion, we will launch the report "Beyond Our Plates", which tells the story of migrant farm workers in British Columbia, as well as a presentation on the review of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program conducted by the Canadian Parliament […]
Trans community members are warmly welcomed to the Trans Community Holiday Dinner. Location This year, we will be gathering at Broadway Youth Resource Centre on 2455 Fraser Street (at Broadway). The Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam nations have been gathering and feasting on this land since time immemorial. This is their unceded territory, and until there […]
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 […]