gender

Positive Women: Exposing Injustice

ELS — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:04:47 +0000

Di Sep 23

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

SFU Woodward's Theatre

Adresse:

149 W Hastings

Coût:

$15

le contact de l'organisatrice:

office@pwn.bc.ca

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Lien:

http://www.positivewomenthemovie.org/

What if you could go to jail for something you couldn't change?

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UPRISING!: Women and the Media, from Tahrir to SlutWalk

SandraCuffe — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:58:03 +0000

The Centre for Peace was abuzz with discussion about gender justice on Saturday, March 31st, as dozens of local feminists, activists, journalists, artists, and others gathered for UPRISING!, WAM! Vancouver's second annual community conference. The local chapter of Women, Action, & the Media (WAM!) hosted the day workshops and discussions as part of a ten-day 'WAM!

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Seeing the Strings: A Series of Teach-Ins on the Oppressions that Hold Capitalism Up

Queermoses — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:46:31 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Introductory event: Capitalism and You

Ve Mar 23

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

Downtown Vancouver Public Library, Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye room

Adresse:

350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1

Coût:

By donation, no one turned away for lack of funds.

le contact de l'organisatrice:

seeingthestrings@gmail.com

Space Accessibiity:

Wheelchair accessible.

Lien de carte:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Downtown+Vancouver+Public+Library&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl

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Lien:

http://seeingthestrings.wordpress.com/

As Occupy protests have erupted across the world to decry the injustice of our current economic system, the question arises: What are we fighting against? At present, Vancouver lacks any adequate forum for broad-based deliberation about what capitalism is and how it functions.

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{Beyond the Bylines} WAM! Vancouver's First Annual Conference

SandraCuffe — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:02:45 +0000

Titre secondaire:

Women, Action, & the Media

Di Mar 27

ville:

Vancouver

Lieu:

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Stikine Room 260, Level 2, UBC

Adresse:

1961 East Mall (UBC), Vancouver

Coût:

Admission by donation ($10 suggested) but no one turned away; registration encouraged to anticipate food/materials

le contact de l'organisatrice:

Joanna Chiu: wamvancouver@gmail.com / 778 388 9176

Lien de carte:

http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?show=y,n,n,n,n,y&bldg2Search=n&locat1=516

Lien:

http://wamvancouver.wordpress.com/

WAM! is an international community of journalists, media makers, artists and activists who collaborate to advance gender justice and promote women’s media participation, ownership and representation.

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100th International Women's Day

Tami Starlight — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:08:05 +0000

200 people march down Commercial Drive in Vancouver on the 100th International Womens Day March on unceded coast salish territory/Vancouver. Women, men, girls, babies and all colours and creeds marched, danced, sang, yelled, handed out pamphlets and generally were having a good time.

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