Events

IBPOC Connections faculty & staff lunch: Create joy and play (March 9)

IBPOC Connections is co-hosting a staff and faculty lunch with St. John’s College on March 9th from 12:00 – 1:30pm.
Focused on creativity and connection, you will have the opportunity to enjoy a prepared menu by the St. John College culinary team, build community, and engage in some arts, crafts, and other expressions of joy.

Yom HaShoah commemoration

Join the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver and Temple Sholom Synagogue for a community-wide commemoration of Yom HaShoah.
This event will be held in person on Monday, April 17, 2023 from 7 PM at the JCC Wosk Auditorium.

Grand Chief Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell Knowledge Keeper Mohawk Council of Akwesasne

You Are On Indian Land: Crossing the Borders of Truth, Reconciliation and Redress

Watch the recording of “You Are On Indian Land: Crossing the Borders of Truth, Reconciliation and Redress.” In this event, we had a conversation with Grand Chief Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell of the Mohawks of Akwesasne, and director of You Are On Indian Land and we learnt more about the broader reach of truth, reconciliation and redress.

IBPOC Voices: A Conversation with Dr. Kishore Mulpuri

Watch the recording for a Conversation with Dr. Kishore Mulpuri. Dr. Kishore Mulpuri is the Head of the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia, as well as a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at BC Children’s Hospital.

Black Lives, Black Voices and Black Identities in the Faculty of Medicine

To commemorate Black History Month and as part of REDI’s commitment to amplifying IBPOC voices, we invite you to watch our panel “Black Lives, Black Voices and Black Identities in the Faculty of Medicine.”

My Privilege, My Responsibility: A Higher Calling To Do Better in an Era of Truth, Reconciliation & Redress with Sheila North

Watch the recording of “My Privilege, My Responsibility: A Higher Calling To Do Better in an Era of Truth, Reconciliation & Redress with Sheila North” to learn about the activism of Sheila North, the creator of the widely used hashtag #MMIW – a movement that advocates for the end of violence against First Nations/ Indigenous women and girls.