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Resisting deportation of women fleeing violence

A rally in Toronto on Canada Day, 2008, in support of migrant justice. Photo: No One Is Illegal -- Toronto

On this day in 1989, 25-year-old Marc Lepine, screaming "I hate feminists!" shot and killed Anne-Marie Edward, Anne-Marie Lemay, Annie St. Arneault, Annie Turcotte, Barbara Daigneault, Barbara Marie Klucznik, Genevieve Bergeron, Helene Colgan, Maryse LeClaire, Maryse Leganiere, Maud Haviernier, Michele Richard, Nathalie Croteau and Sonia Pelletier.

Dozens of vigils, memorials and public events will take place across Canada today remembering these 14 women. We will gather to speak about the ongoing violence perpetuated by men against women and trans people that forms the basis of our rape-culture.

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Pivot Legal Society

Vancouver DTES women's groups shut out of B.C. Housing office

March 24, 2011
| Harsha Walia, Vancouver DTES women's rights organizer, speaks about demands for women's safety in shelters in light of recent sexual assaults.

8:17 minutes (7.58 MB)
John Bonnar

Canadian Border Services Agency and immigration enforcement officials barred from Toronto women's shelters

| November 26, 2010

From the front lines: A public meeting on actions against homelessness

Mar 31 2010 - 7:00pm
Mar 31 2010 - 9:00pm

Location

Bloomfield Centre
2786 Agricola Street
Halifax
Canada
Phone: 902-423-8105
44° 39' 29.034" N, 63° 35' 50.3592" W

From the Front Lines: A Public Meeting on Actions Against Homelessness

The lack of affordable, supportive, and safe housing options across Nova Scotia puts too many people in our communities at risk. Hardest hit are those who struggle with homelessness, evictions, and unsafe housing. Front-line workers are also feeling the effects of the downloading of social services from the government onto individuals and underfunded non-profit groups.

This disregard for the basic human right to housing is unacceptable. Our government needs to hear from us - people who are homeless, people who work in shelters, and everyone who cares about this urgent need for affordable and safe housing options.

Contact name: 
Cole or Fiona
Maker Culture

Episode Eight - Makers close to home

March 4, 2010
| We look at makers who provide clothing, shelter and fashion for themselves, by themselves.

19:01 minutes (26.11 MB)
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