The life of former B.C. premier Dave Barrett will be honoured with a public state memorial service in Victoria on Saturday, March 3. Barrett, who led the province’s first New Democratic Party government, died on Feb. 2 at the age of 87. The service will be held at the Farquhar Auditorium at the University of Victoria on March 3 at…
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Every February, CUPE celebrates Black History Month (also known as African Heritage month) when we pause to reflect on the efforts of the many union activists and community organizers of African descent who lead the fight for inclusive communities and workplaces. This fight happens every day, as CUPE members bargain for more inclusive and equity-based language in our collective agreements, challenge racism in our governments,…
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This month we have vacancies on the Executive Board and we also have upcoming elections for delegates to convention. We will be electing up to five delegates for CUPE BC April 18-21, 2018 For the Executive Board we are seeking a Treasurer and an Education Chair. We are also looking for people to step into roles on the Job Evaluation…
Read moreHREI started the year very productively – on January 17 we sponsored a protocol gathering which saw close to 30 people participate and enjoy food, information and mingling for the one hour noon event. Deb George, the Cultural Protocol Liaison from the First Peoples House spoke to us about the traditional history of the land the protocol of the Lekwungen…
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Please join us on Wednesday December 13th in the Upper Commons from 11:45 to 1:15 for our annual holiday social. Our regular agenda will be adjusted to allow the committees to update members on the work they have been doing through the year. Following feedback from last year, the room will be reoriented and an audio system has been requested.…
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Every year since December 6, 1989, members of the university community have taken time on the last day of fall term classes to: acknowledge the societal impact of gender based violence against women honour all survivors, activists and those who support them affirm our commitment to resist and bring about an end to gender-based violence The focus of the event…
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