Category Archives: Decolonization
The Far-Right Grift: Ex-Muslim Edition
For Islamophobes, there are few people more useful than Yasmine Mohammed. And it is a somewhat mutually beneficial relationship—at least for now. For ex-Muslims willing to ignore or even defend bigotry, the temptation to accept a lucrative home among a growing community of far-right grifters appears to be almost irresistible. Yasmine’s story is compelling. A […]
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.
It’s Time to Queer the Digital Humanities
Though, despite this work being done, the Digital Humanities still rely heavily on cisgender, heterosexual, white men. BIPOC queers, Two-Spirit’s and women are tired of being the anomaly. Or, at least, I am; and I’m sure I’m not the only one.
Cedar George-Parker speaks at “Students for Climate Action”
This speech took place on the unceded, traditional and ancestral lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples at the University of British Columbia at an event called “Students for Climate Action” on September 7th, 2018. The event was organized by UBCC350, the Social Justice Centre, Vegans of UBC, and Common Energy UBC. Please view the transcript […]
Worse Than Prison: How Vancouver Detains Non-Citizens (Excerpts from post 9/11 Canada)
In post 9/11 Canada, it is legal to detain non-citizens—including children—without formal trial or criminal charges. Immigrants, International Students, Permanent Residents, Refugees, & Undocumented peoples can be subject to indefinite immigration detention (think incarceration but without a stated length of detention, no criminal trial, no judges or jury weighing in).
Youth Demand Climate Justice Now!
We are a collective of young people from coast to coast who are concerned with how climate change is impacting people around the world, and what it means for our generation and future generations. With the upcoming United Nations climate negotiations in Poland, we are calling on the federal government to take real climate […]
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 […]
Collectively Speaking: A Teach-In On Free Speech
Title: Collectively Speaking: A Teach-In on Free Speech Date: October 31, 2018 Location: Outside the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Description: A gathering outside the Chan Centre, where the Free Speech Club hosted American conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro. While our event is not a direct protest against Shapiro, it is a logical civic […]
Social Trustice, The Struggles of Detangling
Anonymous wants to highlight their positionality as an economically privileged and financially dependent disabled settler of colour with other significant intersections; Anonymous uses all the pronouns, but prefers “he/they”. I’ll stand up to the white men the rich men the Old Boys and the new start a magazine and stop eating so many bloody […]
Unearthing: A Mining Justice Zine
Dear Readers, This zine is the collective effort of the 2018 iteration of the class: “Geography 495: Social Movements in the Americas: The politics of North-South solidarity in theory & practice” taught by Dr. Juanita Sundberg. As we moved through the class we learned about “extractivismo or the (re)turn to resource extraction as development and […]
