Most of our projects are member-driven: students and community members come to VIPIRG with an idea or a current campaign and we help them figure out how to take it from idea to action. Other campaigns are driven by grassroots organizations and we strive to support them and get the information out there. Special projects may also be undertaken by VIPIRG staff, practicum students, or volunteers.
We also support community campaigns through advocacy and coalition work, and our community-based research programs include an action component to make research effective as a catalyst for change.
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.
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.
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 [...]
VIPIRG’s Research Coordinator, Tamara Herman has made her first short video documentary. Rig Dig is a ten-minute piece about an amazing peer-run service for people who use illicit drugs in Victoria, Coast & Straights Salish Territories…
Measuring Sustainability at the University of Victoria VIPIRG and the University of Victoria Sustainability Project (UVSP) undertook a large, year long project to measure the sustainability of our university. This project has expanded and is now the work of other groups on campus. The tool being used for this project is the Campus Sustainability Assessment [...]
