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Richmond Centre for Disability – Information Session

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The Richmond Centre for Disability is hosting an information session on January 16, 2012 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm explaining their Youth Engagement & Achievement Project and their involvement in the Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Their goal is to invite more youth (with or without disabilities; from age 16 – 30) to join their Youth Group for its fun and empowering activities and courses, and to assist youth with disabilities (from age 14-25) who are interested in taking on the bronze level of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. Continue reading →

January is Sexual Assault Awareness Month at UBC!

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Stopping sexual assault is everyone’s responsibility. As friends, relatives, lovers and neighbours there are important and concrete actions we can take to raise awareness and stop violence.

January is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) – a UBC community initiative developed to raise awareness across campus about the issues behind sexual assault and violence. Our focus is a positive one, inspiring people to realise that we can all play a role in putting an end to sexual assault.

Get Involved!

A range of SAAM activities and events are held across the UBC Campus during January. You can take part in SAAM by hosting an event, attending one of our events or downloading and sharing our helpful resources.

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

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December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

This date marks the day that  an armed man walked into an Engineering class at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal, taking the lives of 14 women because he believed they were responsible for his failure to gain entrance to the school. He believed that feminists ruined his chances because of affirmative action in universities.

If you didn’t get a chance to attend the UBC memorial service held on Thursday 29 November, there are still a series of activities to help mark the day, remember those that lost their lives and remind us that violence against women continues in Canada and around the world.

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Vancouver Queer Film Festival

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For 11 days, from August 16th until the 26th 2012, the Vancouver Queer Film Festival brings the very best in queer independent cinema from around the world to Vancouver. As the city’s second largest film festival, they privilege creative innovation and audience experience.

Each summer, this celebrated event brings people together to watch incredible films, talk to filmmakers and artists, engage in scintillating discussions, experience unexpected performances and paint the town pink!

For more information about the Festival visit http://www.queerfilmfestival.ca/.

 

January is Sexual Assault Awareness Month at UBC!

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Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is a UBC community initiative that was developed to help put an end to sexual violence and make our campus safer for everyone! We want to engage and inform the UBC community to spread awareness about this important issue. Our focus is a positive one – we intend to inspire people to realize that stopping sexual assault is everyone’s responsibility, and that as friends and bystanders, there are important and concrete actions we can all take to raise awareness and stop violence. For more information please visit our website at https://blogs.ubc.ca/saam or email us at sa.awareness@ubc.ca.

Current Featured events:

Wednesday, January 11th & Thursday, January 12th Sexual Assault Awareness Month Info Fair in the I.K.Barber Learning Center, 1961 East Mall, UBC

Wednesday, January 18th Denim Day. A campaign aimed to raise awareness about sexual assault. We encourage all individuals to promote awareness and support our community’s sexual assault awareness programming by getting involved.

Monday January 23rd Lecture with Dr. Jackson Katz titled “Men, Women, Sex and Violence”