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On The Radar Panel (May 12)

Click here for audio of the event! A panel discussion on police accountability, social profiling, and community oversight with David Eby (BCCLA), Hugh Lampkin (VANDU), Hilary Marks (VIPIRG)…

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Instances of Resistances

Instances of Resistances is a lunch time film series featuring independent, radical, and activist short films. At least once a month we invite you to join us for a free screening in the UVSS SUB.

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4th Annual Indigenous Women’s Memorial March

According to the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s 2010 report, there are over 600 missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Of these deaths, nearly half of the murder cases remain unsolved. Rates of violence against Indigenous women are highest in British Columbia with 28% of the cases of missing and murdered women occurring here.