Author Archives: UBC Social Justice Centre
UBC’s Alternative Orientation Booklet: Resisting the University 2019/2020 (Downloadable PDF)
At the Social Justice Centre and the Women’s Centre, we are reviving old traditions with this year’s new alternative orientation booklet. We envision this booklet as an opportunity to situate students, introduce them to powerful groups, both on campus and off, and speak to the myriad ways that resistance and resurgence is taking place in and around us. We invite you to engage in and reflect on your roles on this campus, recognizing that this is unique to each person, and to broaden your imagination of what is possible. We wish that this booklet sparks hope and empowers our communities.
Letter: UBC Social Justice Centre Opposes Canada’s Intervention in Venezuela
February 3, 2019 We, the students of the UBC Social Justice Centre, who live and learn on the occupied, unceded, traditional, and ancestral territories of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations, condemn the Canadian government’s decision to interfere in the sovereignty of Venezuela by recognizing the leader […]
Youth Hold Sit In for Climate Justice at Jody Wilson-Raybould’s Office
sḵwx̱wú7mesh, sel̓íl̓witulh, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Vancouver) – On Friday, a coalition of local youth groups, including members from UBCc350 and the UBC Social Justice Centre, held a sit in at Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould’s constituency office, as part of a cross-country youth action in anticipation of the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24), which […]
Vancouver Municipal Election Voter Information
A note from the Talon’s Editorial Collective: We would like to acknowledge that this municipal election is taking place on the occupied, unceded, traditional, and ancestral territories of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations. As uninvited guests studying and working on these lands, we participate in the […]
resisting the university: an alternative orientation booklet (Downloadable Digital Version)
In this alternative orientation package, we aim to provide a map for the engagement of incoming and returning students and community members of UBC, especially since youth and students are commonly written off as apolitical and apathetic. Through this alternative orientation, we provide a platform for student movements and innovative groups to reach out to […]
Event Preview: Social Justice Centre Conference
The Social Justice Centre Conference is taking place from Tuesday March 24 to Monday March 30. Main Facebook event I will never forget that Adolfo gave his life and blood for this land, and I will do the same. – Angelica Choc On 27 September 2009 Adolfo Ich Chamán, a respected Mayan Q’eqchi’ leader in […]
