The Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to research, education, advocacy, and action in the public interest. Located in the Student Union Building of the University of Victoria, VIPIRG is a place where students and community members connect to work together on social justice and environmental issues.
Students and community members oversee VIPIRG through a volunteer coordinating collective. VIPIRG staff and volunteers organize events, do action-oriented community-based research, sustain action over time through ongoing working groups, and publish educational materials based on VIPIRG’s current list of priorities.
Students and community members can borrow from VIPIRG’s alternative resource library. This library houses books, magazines, zines and videos on a range of social, political and environmental issues. Check it out!
The street community is subject to disproportionate ticketing for minor offenses and frequent police harassment. The social and economic costs of this policing of poverty are unacceptable. Its time for us to set things straight and make this a safer community for everyone.
This initiative is a current and on-going work of a member of the Lekwungen community whom is inviting Indigenous people and allies to work together in reinstating the Kwetlal food system.
Do you want hands-on learning about supporting local native plants, and how to remove plants that destroy the balance in local Indigenous food systems?
…Or if you already have knowledge about local plants and ‘restoration’, want to share what you’ve learned?
Allies of Drug War Survivors is currently working alongside the Society of Living Illicit Drug Users (SOLID) and The Beddow Centre to host an ‘Activism and Advocacy Skills-building Convergence’ by and for people who use drugs right here in Victoria.
The Automated Project aims to bring students, staff and faculty together to resist the neoliberal restructuring of post-secondary education
This spring, Homes Not Prisons is taking these findings to city officials, demanding changes to city bylaws and policing practices…
Through the community tool shed project, local Indigenous families are providing guidance on priorities and the where, when, and how for visitors to join in this work collectively and respectfully.
Please join us to share knowledge about existing projects and allied organizations (Society of Living Illicit Drug Users, Beddow Centre), and to pool our resources to build a strong, focused anti-poverty movement in Victoria.
Urban Agriculture has a listserve. The listserve is used to connect people that are involved in urban agriculture in greater Victoria and elsewhere. If you’re involved with a group that’s doing urban agriculture, or know of some research that is being or has been conducted or is planned, or anything else connected with urban agriculture, [...]
VIPIRG has a working group type partnership with Harm Reduction Victoria. To get involved contact research@vipirg.ca or visit Harm Reduction Victoria online: http://harmreductionvictoria.ca Mission statement Harm Reduction Victoria (HRV) seeks to ensure that the highest quality health care is made accessible to all those who require harm reduction services. We are a collection of Victoria [...]
