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PHOTOGRAPHY about Educationposted on May 14, 2010 by isaac

We Ate the G8 Takes UBC Robson Square

by Isaac Oommen

The G8 cake, getting lighted
The Robson rink, now owned by General Electric
We Ate the G8 Takes UBC Robson Square
Sumayya Kassamali talking about UBC leaning toward corporate funding
Jane Bouey talks about recent school funding cuts
Andrea Morgan on saving UBC Farm
We Ate the G8 Takes UBC Robson Square
Sozan reads Dustin Rivers' thoughts on teaching anti-colonial education to indigenous communities
We Ate the G8 Takes UBC Robson Square
Myka Abramson on the Olympics, G8 and the future of education
Anthony Meza-Wilson on emancipatory education
We Ate the G8 Takes UBC Robson Square
We Ate the G8 Takes UBC Robson Square

On May 13, the Vancouver Community Mobilization Network organized the We Ate the G8 Teach-in at UBC Robson Square.

Before the event began, a security guard informed the group that the area was no longer public space but instead private since GE had bought the rink area, leasing part of it to UBC.

The event itself focused on the ongoing privatization of education, as well as notable alternatives to current institutions.

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